Trinity Newsletter - August 2018
The LCMS National Youth Gathering will be held at Minneapolis, MN next summer. The dates are July 11-15, 2019. The theme is “Real. Present. God.” The theme is rooted in Psalm 46. The youth will be studying gathering talking points during youth meetings starting in August. We will register our group on the first day of registration, 17 October 2018. For more information about the Gathering visit lcmsgathering.com. We are planning for at least eight youth, ages 14 to 18, to participate. Youth ages 19 and 20 can also attend as youth or they can attend as Young Adult Volunteers. We are also looking for at least four Young Adult Volunteers (YAVs), ages 19-24, to participate in the gathering. And finally, we are looking for four adult volunteers to participate. All this means the youth will be very busy starting in August with fundraising events. Any and all fundraising suggestions are welcome. Our goal is to raise enough money to ensure all youth who desire to participate are afforded the opportunity to attend.
There will be a parent’s meeting on Sunday, 5 August, from 12:30 pm until 1 pm to discuss National Youth Gathering attendance and fund raising goals. All youth who wish to attend the gathering will be given the opportunity to attend.
The Senior Youth continue to meet the first Sunday of the month from 11 am to 1 pm. The Middle School Youth meet the third Sunday of the month from 11 am to 1 pm. Both groups are continuing their study of The Reverend Doctor John W. Sias’ two session study on Martin Luther’s “A Simple Way to Pray: For Peter, the Master Barber.” We have studied how we can boldly pray to our Father in heaven and that prayer is rooted in justification, in forgiveness of sins, and in our adoption as sons, in Christ. We have finished the first section of the study and are going over the review questions before continuing.
The youth also continue to cook breakfast the second Sunday of the month as a fund raiser.
All the above has not been possible without the wonderful participation of the parents, guardians, and adult volunteers who have supervised the monthly youth breakfast Sundays, provided snacks for the youth meetings, and attended the monthly youth meetings.
The prayers of the congregation for the youth are greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Bob Hanovich
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