Faith Formation Network:
2022 Fall Network Meetings

October 2022 Meeting:
The ELCA Youth Ministry Network
with Rev. Todd Buegler

Thursday, October 27
at Trinity Lutheran in Owatonna, 11 AM-1 PM
Join us for the October gathering of the SEMN Faith Formation Network! We will gather for fellowship and lunch (bring your own!) at 11 AM at Trinity Lutheran in Owatonna. We will begin our program at noon with a short devotion, announcements, and then a presentation and conversation by Pastor Todd Buegler on the ELCA Youth Ministry Network. All are welcome to join us, and the program will be recorded for sharing with anyone who cannot attend in person.

OPPORTUNITY...
The ELCA Youth Leadership Summit
November 3-6 at Carol Joy Holling Camp (Ashland, NE)

The 2022 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit will equip youth leaders through Peer Ministry Leadership Training. They will learn to welcome and include others in all situations promoting diversity and acceptance. They will learn to share God’s love and grace through their daily connections, becoming aware of the hurts and needs of those around them while living out the Good Samaritan story. Through the peer ministry training the participants will learn how to be careful listeners, to guide healthy and purposeful conversations, to clarify concerns and values, to ask open-ended questions and make observations, and to know when a situation is too large and how to ask for help. The youth and adults will be challenged to take home their learnings at the Summit to inspire action, teaching what they learned in their own synods, congregations, and communities. (Learn more.)

Do you know of a couple of youth and an adult that could be a good fit? Contact Assistant to the Bishop Matt Larson now at mlarson@semnsynod.org or by calling the Synod Office at (507)280-9457.
Save the date for the November 2022 Meeting:

Welcome, Inclusion, Celebration
Thursday, November 17
at Gloria Dei Lutheran in Rochester, 11 AM-1 PM

Join us for the November gathering of the SEMN Faith Formation Network! We will gather for fellowship and lunch (bring your own!) at 11 AM at Gloria Dei Lutheran in Rochester. We will begin our program at noon with a short devotion, and announcements, followed by a presentation and conversation.