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NOLA ELCA Youth Gathering 2024

Posted on Jul 14, 2024 in Youth Blog Post |

Helllllloooo church family! This is Devon and Emma coming in with today’s blog post! Devon’s high was touring the Mardi Gras museum and trying on various unique Mardi Gras costumes. Her low was that her mac and cheese from lunch was too peppery and her burger for dinner seemed more mystery than actual meat 🙁 Emma’s high for the day was also the Mardi Gras museum, trying on outfits and watching Brad during the parade. She also loved all the shopping the group did in the French quarter. Her low was a passing steam boat honking the horn and it being very loud that she burst into tears. The girls saw god today when the said steam boat horn a was encouraging horn to keep walking after out already 30 minutes of walking to get to dinner. Also seeing all the homeless people in the French quarter allowed us to realize what we take for granted and how grateful we are that we had a hotel to go back to, a home, cold water, food, etc. Overall today was a fantastic day and we are so excited for what’s to come!

ELCA Youth Gathering 2024 – New Orleans

Posted on Jul 13, 2024 in Youth Blog Post |

ELCA Youth Gathering Houston, TX – Monday, July 2nd, 2018

Posted on Jul 2, 2018 in Youth Blog Post |

This week was hard for all of us at the youth gathering. We all went through the good and bad times but ended on a good note at the end of the day. Today was our chill day and we went to the pool and hung around the hotel. This week at the gathering we struggled with the heat, the lines, and finding something to do. Triumphs were surviving the days and seeing the good we all did in one way or another. The place I saw God today was in the people working at the airport enjoying their job as they get to communicate with so many different people from all different countries. This week was one of the best weeks of our lives and one that we’ll never forget. Thank you to the congregation for donating money and helping us get to and from Houston for this chance to come and serve this community.

– Sam L. & Gracyn M.

ELCA Youth Gathering Houston, TX – Sunday, July 1st, 2018

Posted on Jul 1, 2018 in Youth Blog Post |

Today we were reminded of how God changes everything.We saw this in the church service, where they did a recap of the entire week. We talked about how hope affected us, and visited the zoo after the church service was done. We saw many cool animals like orangoutangs and ostriches, and had fun with friends. We ended the night with some chicken tendies from a restaurant down the street.

– Caleb B & Nathan M

ELCA Youth Gathering Houston, TX – Saturday, June 30th, 2018

Posted on Jun 30, 2018 in Youth Blog Post |

Saturday- Synod Day

Today was Synod Day at the gathering. Our day started off with us getting to the lobby at 7:00 to get shuttled to ihop. Once we were finished eating we walked to the hotel where our synod day activities were being held. During that time we volunteered to be the ushers. Throughout the time there we had many jobs. This included being greeters, blessers, handing rocks that were inscribed with Jesus, handing out note cards as the offering, and giving communion. After that we were shuttled to the NRG Stadium for mass gathering. We got there early so we were able to get floor seats. Mass gathering was really fun and enlightening with all of the guest speakers. The singers were also inspiring because of their passion, optimism, and hope with continuing their faith. They share their experiences and beliefs with others to encourage others to not shy away from being yourself because you are exactly who God intended to create.

- Kali K & Lily C