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The Lutheran Youth
Organization...
lifting the voices of young people
The Lutheran Youth Organization
(LYO) is an organization of high-school age young people
who are members of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. There are nearly 100,000 ELCA youth across the
United States and the Caribbean.
 The LYO is
a place where the
voices of young people are lifted up in the church. This
ministry happens through a variety of ways in which young people discuss issues
of importance to them
concerning faith, youth ministry, the ELCA,
local communities, and
the
world.
Update on Hurricane
Gustav and New Orleans
(09/02/08)
The impact of Hurricane Gustav has not diminished or changed the ability
and commitment of the city of New Orleans and the ELCA to safely host
the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering, MYLE, and DAYLE.
Registration for the Gathering will open, as planned, on
September
15, 12:01am central time.
2008 Council of Synod Lutheran
Youth Organization Presidents (CSLYOPs) to be hosted by
Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod
CSLYOPs
is a ministry of faith formation, leadership development, and
ministry development for youth and the adults they work with in
their synods. LYO leaders -- youth and adults -- will gather in
Arkansas, November 6-9, 2008. Registration deadline is
September 12.
Proposed
major changes to the LYO mission and structure will be shared at
this meeting of CSLYOPs, and there will be time to receive and engage these
proposals together as a community.
CSLYOPs
information and forms.
For more information, please
contact Bill Bixby (bill.bixby@elca.org)
at the ELCA Youth Ministry office.
Lutheran youth gathering in Canada
 Youth of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)
will be gathering for their triennial youth event
called Travel Light
in Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory, August 14-17.
Representatives of the LYO and
ELCA Youth Ministry will be there with them.
God is Key: Open Your Hearts and
Step to God’s Beat!
2009 Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (MYLE)
 Imagine
hundreds of young people from various ethnic and cultural
backgrounds marching in to a space together ready to worship and
learn about leading their churches into a future where the
message is: all belong, all are called, and all are sent. The
2009
Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (MYLE) will be such a
place!
The
MYLE Logo Contest is now looking for young artists and
creative souls to submit logo ideas. You could win one free
individual registration for MYLE! |
