Proclaim Story - Proclaim Justice - Proclaim Community
The ELCA Youth Gathering for high school-age youth takes place every three years and is about faith formation, worship, study, fellowship, service and play.
The Youth Gathering is a five-day event that begins on a Wednesday evening and ends with a service of communion the following Sunday morning. The opening night sets the stage for the days ahead in which young people may have an encounter with Jesus that energizes their faith and helps them further discover their call to live and serve in the world — locally and globally. On the days between Wednesday and Sunday, young people rotate through a variety of service learning experiences in the surrounding community. They explore and strengthen their faith by studying God’s word, serving their neighbor, sharing bread and wine in worship, participating in lively faith discussions and broadening their experience of God’s world and diverse communities through travel. For many young people, traveling to the ELCA Youth Gathering is the first time they have been out of their county or state. When the question “Why work so hard to gather so many young people in one place?” pops up, the response is really quite simple. We were meant to be together, and we are a church that believes God is calling us into the world — together. So every now and then, we gather young people and adults together to share their unique stories and to experience the larger story that makes up the ELCA; we gather to be inspired, encouraged, strengthened, connected and sent out to do God’s work in the world — together! |
Registration
- September 15, 2014 (Non-refundable $150 deposit)
- Grades 9-12 (Fall of 2014)
- Cost of Registration is $325
- Scholarships available online May 15, 2014 at www.elca.org/gathering
- Registration costs include program materials
- Airfare from Phoenix to Detroit ($470+)
- Ground Transportation to and from airport to hotel in Detroit (will know more later)
- Ground Transportation to and from hotel to downtown Detroit (will know more later)
- A hotel will be assigned to us in February 2015
- Price ranges from $70 to $155 per room per night (plus taxes and tips)
- We may not be placed downtown; could be places as far as a 40 minute drive
- We are responsible for finding our food
- Hotel may or may not provide breakfast
- There will be food trucks as well as vendors inside Cobo Center & Ford Field
- There are no “big” grocery stores in downtown Detroit
- Cost will be $40 a day to $60 a day
- Absolutely no FLIP FLOPS (#1 Injury)
- T-Shirts
- Holy Trinity Youth Group T-shirt (2x)
- Grand Canyon Synod T-shirt
- Orange Service Learning Day (Proclaim Justice) T-shirt
- Weather in Detroit in Summer is mid 80’s and low 60’s
- Pack only what you can carry—you are responsible for your own suitcase
- Wednesday - Opening Program 7:00 p.m. (Ford Field)
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday - Proclaim Story, Proclaim Justice, & Proclaim Community
- Begin at 9:00 a.m. and head back to hotel either at 9:00 p.m. or after Community Life at 11:00 p.m.
- Sunday - Closing Worship at 9:00 a.m. and head home afterward at 12:00 p.m.
- Social Media
- Website
- Gathering Website: www.elca.org/gathering or www.htlutheran.com/youth
- Email
- Monthly meetings beginning in September through July 2015
- Youth Payments - Coupon Books ($62.50 each month beginning June 2014 through June 2015)
- Fundraising
- Youth Talent Show Dinner with Silent Auction/Raffle in November 2014
- Golf Tournament in March 2015
- Church Budget
- 2015
- Request from Endowment Fund
- Adult Leaders
- Need 1 Female adult & 1 Male adult (possibly more)
- 1 to 5 ratio
- Volunteers
- May 15th, 2014--www.elca.org/gathering
- Servant Companions (ages 19-30), Gathering Volunteer Core, & Community Life
- $250 Travel Stipend, Housing, FREE Registration, and food vouchers