Hello there! As I’m writing this, we are patiently waiting for the metro shuttle and enjoying the ELCA community! Today was a great official first day of the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering! We started the day off at the Johnson Space Center, a great NASA museum and journeyed to the opening night Mass Gathering at …
Who can really say that on their sweet 16 birthday that they rode on a coach bus, with 250 other friends, to arrive in Houston to join 30,000 other friends for the biggest ELCA youth celebration this town has ever seen? Well, Mary Walls can. It was quite a memorable day filled with riding a …
Our Zumbro and St. Pius youth did amazing work today! We had people at two different nursing homes, a soup kitchen, and the Boys and Girls Club. The kids are being stretched outside their comfort zones by interacting with varieties of people as well as working VERY hard. So this evening it was great to …
Today was a very productive day as work crews traveled to our work sites. Worksites included the Boys and Girls Club, nursing homes, helping in their homes and the local food shelf. Our group (Maya, Jordan, Maggie, Cami and I) spent the morning at a local food shelf. We were working with 3 girls from …
Our travels to Houston began early this morning! We joined up with 250 people from other SEMN ELCA churches to load 6 coach busses to head south. (Thank you Good Earth Village for this opportunity!) Our travels have been smooth but the temperature has risen the further we go. It’s 85 and humid! We arrived …
A very easy drive north brought our group of 18 youth and 4 adults to Duluth safe and sound and ready for adventure! We spent 2 hours at the Spirit Mountain Adventure Park where the group bonded by encouraging each other to try the alpine slide, zip line and the ginormous bounce pillow! We arrived …
Our team returned from Tanzania just over one week ago. As we’re slowly adjusting to the right time zone, we’re also reflecting on our experiences with our partners at Iambi Hospital. They face many challenges in their work, yet year after year they continue to reach out with compassion to each of their patients. I …
One of the great joys of being a pastor is the opportunity to walk alongside families for the major moments in their lives. As we celebrate Valentine’s Day this month, we will spotlight four of the weddings we were delighted to be a part of in 2017. We hope you’ll enjoy! Perhaps you’ll even remember …