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Common MYLE Questions & Answers
Q: Who can go to the
Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (MYLE)?
A: Any young people attending the Gathering who can
come early to….
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Seek to live in, and
live out, baptism’s gifts of right relationship with God
and with people of all ethnic backgrounds. |
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Dive into practices of
discernment and witness -- seeing, understanding, naming
and overcoming racism in the church and in the world, in
fidelity to God’s new creation (2
Corinthians 5:17). |
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Engage in deep
cross-cultural and multi-generational learning about all
the various ways in which people identify themselves and
how these identities affect how they live together as
children of God. |
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Respond to their call to
lead their congregations back home into fuller inclusion
in a beautifully diverse world.
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Q: How much does it
cost? And what financial assistance might be available?
A: Registration fee for MYLE is $125 per person.
This covers housing, meals, and program.
For 2009, total financial
assistance for the Gathering has been more than doubled,
and can be accessed earlier in the registration process.
The Gathering has committed half of all its financial
assistance for young people of color who plan to attend
both MYLE and the Gathering. This financial assistance
covers 100% of the Gathering registration fee, which is
$295. Applications for Gathering financial assistance
were accepted up until July
31, 2008.
Q: How do I
register?
A: Registration for MYLE and the Gathering is now
closed. MYLE registration will be
monitored for intentional diversity. People who register for
this event will receive a confirmation after the Gathering
registration closes.
Q: What happens during
MYLE?
A: Check out the detailed
program
schedule (PDF). Join the
MYLE '09 Facebook group.
For more information, please
contact Pamela Evans at
pamela.evans@elca.org
or call us at 1-800-638-3522 ext. 2936.
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