- 02/12/10 -- To read more about what your Kansas NYG Coordinators are doing for you, click here to access their 02/2010 report.
- 02/12/10 -- Registration remains open for WEBELIEVE but the price increases to $325 on March 1. To register go to www.lcmsgathering.com
- Registration now open -- Designate only ONE person from your church who will be responsible for filling out the online registration form
- Read this first before signing up activities, etc. -- information flyer dated 1/20/10 w/ everything you need to know about the events, costs, dates, buses, etc.
- 58 Kansas churches and 726 participants are going to the 2010 NYG -- click here to see a list of the churches and numbers attending from each church PDF or Excel
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Rev. Mark Kiessling, Gathering Program Director, says “We are inundated with so much information and innumerable sound bytes that it can be difficult to know what to believe on a variety of subjects. In God's Word, we find John writing of the things that bring faith and life. The logo points us to the cross which is at the center of what we believe and the truths that Christ tells us about us, our world, and His love for us."
Seth Boggs, a graphic designer and art instructor at Concordia University Nebraska , designed the 2010 logo.
| Kansas NYG Promo Flyer PDF | Youth Protection Policy PDF |
IMPORTANT Emails from Kansas and LCMS
| 02/2010 Report | 10/19/09 | 09/09 | 08/09 | 06/13/09 | 02/13/09 | 01/06/09 |
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Vicki Lessman (left) |
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Elaine Whiteneck (right) |
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from your Kansas NYG Coordinators
- Family Group Leader meetings in early 2007 around the district
- A web site to find out all the particular details for the Kansas District
- Pre-Gatheirng events planned for groups prior to the Gathering
- Bussing transportation to the Gathering and pre-Gathering
- A Kansas Group event during the Gathering
- A Kansas District booth at the Gathering
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NYG downloadable resources for adult leaders. Check out the National Youth Gathering site's FAQ section -- www.lcmsgathering.com
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Pre-Gathering Buses/Events Info 10/19/09 Update PDF
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More information coming soon!
The District Event will be Sunday, July 18, 2010 on the Steamboat Natchez. Boarding will begin at 10:30pm and we will leave the boat at 1:00am. The boat will depart the dock at 11:00pm. We will have chicken fingers, nachos, Ice cream, hot dogs, and two soft drinks (additional drinks will be available for purchase). We will have a DJ and dancing. The cost is $30. There will only be 600 spaces so be sure and register as soon as registration opens for our District activities in February. After we reach 600, additional registrants will be placed on a waiting list. The Rocky Mountain District will be joining us on the cruise.
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Attention National Youth Gathering Congregations!
The planned dates for the District Pre-gathering buses to leave KS is July 13, 2010 (late afternoon/early evening) with arrival July 14, 2010 . You will need hotel rooms in NOLA for July 14, 2 010 – July 20, 2010 with check out on July 21, 2010 . Pre-gathering events begin early morning July 15,2010 . Groups that fly in may participate in Pre-gathering events but will pay extra to cover local transportation costs which we are still negotiating. Groups that have their own transportation will pay the same as bused participants.
Pre-gathering events:
July 15 Servant Event
-----$20 includes lunch & t-shirt or hat
-----$35-40 if we have to procure transportation for you
July 15 Michauls Cajun dinner w/ live entertainment
-----$35
July 16 Swamp tour/seafood boil (also hamburgers) at Jean Lafitte Park
-----$55 w/district buses or own transportation
-----$70-75 If we have to procure transportation for you.
The regular buses (not participating in the Pre-gathering) will leave July 15, 2010 (late afternoon/early evening) and arrive in NOLA on July 16, 2010 . You will need rooms July 16- July 20, 2010 with check-out on July 21, 2010 . All District buses will leave NOLA July 21, 2010 and arrive home July 22, 2010 . Cost will be between $250 and $300 depending on where you are picked up based on mileage.
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T- Shirt Designs Wanted:
We need help! Does anyone in your congregation like to create and design t-shirts? We are looking for a t-shirt design for the Kansas District t-shirt for the National Youth Gathering "We Believe".
Please send your ideas/designs for our District t-shirt to Vicki Lessman vlessman@cox.net 605 S. Chautauqua Wichita, KS 67211 or Elaine Whiteneck ekwhite@messiahlutheran.org at 1101 Neosho Street, Emporia, KS 66801 by August 1, 2009. Designs need to creatively represent our state and the theme WE BELIEVE.
Elaine Whiteneck --
Minister of Christian Education
Messiah Lutheran Church -1101 Neosho -
Emporia, Kansas
620.342.8181 ekwhite@messiahlutheran.org
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New information coming to www.lcmsgathering.com mid March including downloadable resources for adult leaders. Check out the site's FAQ section.
Applications are available online for Community Life Builders who need to be at least 25 years old by the time of the Gathering. The online application process ends March 18
Later this summer, online applications will be available for the Young Adult Volunteer Corps who must be between 19 and 25 by the time of the Gathering.
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Join the group “The 2010 National LCMS Youth Gathering” http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=6376465727
The registration fee for the Gathering in $275 per participant which covers program costs, a Bible, and a backpack. Registrations materials will be available online in late summer and online registration begins this fall.
The adult/youth ratio is 2 adults for the first 7 youth with one additional adult for 8-14 youth, one additional adult for 15-21, etc.
Remember: Participants must be 14 years of age by the time of the Gathering. It is not too early to begin planning and fundraising for WE BELIEVE. If your church is interested in, or thinking about, taking a District bus to New Orleans, please email Vicki Lessman at vlessman@cox.net We are hoping to take buses to the Gathering this time.
Vicki will be attending NYG District Coordinator Training in St. Louis May 5-8 and both she and Elaine will attend the National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference in New Orleans July 16-19 to begin planning KS District events. We will hold several informational meetings throughout the District this summer.
Contact:
Sherrah Behrens, Manager, Youth Ministry Communication Team
Phone: 314.996.1152 -- Fax: 314.996.1124 -- E-mail: sherrah.behrens@lcms.org
2010 Gathering Logo and Program Tracks Developed
Planning continues for the 11 th triennial National LCMS Youth Gathering with the development of the Gathering logo and the program track themes.
The Gathering logo is a design treatment of the theme for the 2010 Gathering, We Believe. It incorporates a distinctive cross, and will help tell the story of what We Believe. Rev. Mark Kiessling, Gathering Program Director, says “We are inundated with so much information and innumerable sound bytes that it can be difficult to know what to believe on a variety of subjects. In God's Word, we find John writing of the things that bring faith and life. The logo points us to the cross which is at the center of what we believe and the truths that Christ tells us about us, our world, and His love for us." Seth Boggs, a graphic designer and art instructor at Concordia University Nebraska , designed the 2010 logo.
The program track system that was developed for the 2007 Gathering will once again be implemented in 2010. This will allow participants to experience the program in smaller groups while also providing a structure for each group's daily schedule. Through the three tracks, participants will experience the theme and apply it to their faith and daily lives. The program tracks will unpack the theme verse (John 20:31) and give participants the opportunity to “Look,” “Listen,” and “Live.”
At an August meeting, Gathering planners spent time studying the Gospel of John at the direction of Dr. Michael Middendorf, professor of Theology at Concordia University Irvine and theological advisor for the National Youth Gathering. He explains, “We are given sight by Jesus, the Light of the World, to LOOK and see the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. At the Gathering we will also LISTEN and hear to the words of the Word made Flesh, for, as Jesus said, His very words are Spirit and are life. And we who have been given life in Jesus' name are then called to LIVE for others, to love others as He first loved us.”
In early 2009, the Youth Ministry Office will roll out a new design for the Gathering website, www.lcmsgathering.com . In addition to important details related to the event, the site will provide adult leader resources, youth polls, downloads, and a Gathering store.
The Gathering registration fee will be set this winter, and registration will open in the fall of 2009. For more information, contact the Youth Ministry Office at 800.248.1930 Ext. 1155 or by email at youth.ministry@lcms.org.
NOTE: If you need a JPEG of the logo for you publication, please send an email to sherrah.behrens@lcms.org.
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