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Every three years, 30,000 high school youth and their adult leaders gather for a week of faith formation known as the ELCA Youth Gathering. Through days spent in interactive learning, worship, Bible study, service and fellowship, young people grow in faith and are challenged and inspired to live their faith in their daily lives. The 2022 ELCA Youth Gathering will be held July 24-28, 2022, in Minneapolis, with the two pre-events, the Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (MYLE) and the tAble, scheduled for July 21-24, 2022.

For more information about the gathering and updated COVID-19 protocols, check out the ELCA’s website: www.elca.org/gathering and for questions, please contact our ELCA Youth Gathering Synod Coordinator Deacon Ben Remmert.

Atlantic Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30th.  "The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center expects and above-normal hurricane season. For 2021, the NOAA expects a likely range of 13-20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher)." Houston Chronicle article May 28, 2021

This is the time to prepare. Information and tools for becoming a 72 hour Lutheran as well as resources for local areas can be found on the synod Disaster & Recovery Website.

We welcome you to engage in one of our camps, retreats and hosted events at Lutherhill Camp in La Grange or the Zion Retreat Center on Galveston Island. For more information and to register, check out Lutherhill’s website.  

Thank you for your participation in our first digital assembly! Keynotes, reports and other information from assembly can be found here. If you have not done so already, please complete our feedback survey here.

Our Synod Assembly offering for Campus Ministry has raised almost $8,200 so far, but you can still contribute at any time here to help us reach our goal of $10,000!