Jr. High Retreat  

LCMS Campus Mission Confabulation

Midwest Regional DCE Gathering

Older Adult Retreat

Senior High Gathering '08

Spring Singles Retreat

LYF Nominations

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Missouri District Junior High Retreat
March 28-30, 2008

CREATED…becoming who God wants us to be

Event update

The 2007-2008 Junior High Retreats will focus on baptism with “CREATED…becoming who God wants us to be” based on text from 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 

"CREATED" is a Bible study designed to help students understand how God sees them. They probably don't see themselves the same way yet, but it's important for them to know that God is making them into something special. This series will focus on four word-pictures that give students a tangible look at the mystery of becoming the young man or woman God has created them to be.

We encourage you to encourage your young people to invite their unchurched friends that participate in your youth ministry to be part of the relationship building with each other and their Savior.

What is the cost? Still just $105 per person (youth and adults)! A deposit of $50 per person is due with your registration.

Need more information?  Call the Missouri District Family Life & Youth Ministry office at (314) 317-4556 or e-mail Sue.Thompson@mo.lcms.org. 

Windermere is serving only as the host facility for the Missouri District Junior High Retreat. Questions related to programming, childcare, or other such issues are the sole responsibility of the group sponsoring this event and should be directed to Jason Glaskey at (636)583-2209.

Registration form

Event update

Jr. High responsibilities

Schedule - Spring 08

Jameson Bio/retreat summary

Medical release

Things to know

What to bring

Recreation prices

Talent show guidelines and covenant

Entire packet in one pdf

EVENT UPDATE: MISSOURI DISTRICT SINGLES MINISTRY CONFERENCE

Registration form and event flier

We are excited to announce an all new ministry opportunity for single adults of all ages.

The Missouri District Family Life & Youth Board and the Singles Ministry Planning Committee will host “Jesus! Carpenter, Teacher, Man…Smoothing the Edges”, a one day conference on April 5, 2008 at Quality Inn in Columbia, Missouri.

Notice a new program and new location, plus new options for attendees as well:

• You may attend just the conference on Saturday, April 5 – registration begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 3:30 p.m. for just $39 per person. Fee includes program and lunch. Registrations must be received by March 15, 2008.

• If you would like to arrive early, come on Friday night, there will be fellowship and a free pizza party from 8-9 p.m.

• Stay after the conference ends at 3:30 p.m. and join a group for various activities and free time choices in the Columbia area. Then, join the group at the Lighthouse Theater for dinner, gospel music & comedy show for just $30 per person.

• On Sunday, hotel guests will enjoy a free hot breakfast buffet. There will be an opportunity to attend local worship services as a group.

• Make room reservations on your own by calling 800-4CHOICE or 573-449-2491. Quality Inn has offered an early reservation special rate of only $59.00 per night (plus tax) for single or double occupancy. Quality Inn is located at 1612 N. Providence Road, Columbia, MO (I-70 at exit 126). Save even more by rooming with a friend!

Our presenter for the day will be Rev. Alan Erdman, President of Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri. Rev. Erdman will present “Jesus! Carpenter, Teacher, Man…Smoothing the Edges”, based on text from I Corinthians 15:10. Pastor Erdman will share that Jesus, through His words and example teaches and builds us into God’s children by smoothing the edges of each challenging point in our daily lives.

Please share this new ministry opportunity with your congregation by publicizing in your church bulletin, newsletter, post the information and link on your church web site or copy the material to your single adults.

This conference may meet a ministry need not currently being served at your congregation level. Your help in getting the word out to your congregation is what makes these conferences such a success! If you have any questions, please contact our office at 314-317-4556 or email Sue Thompson at Sue.Thompson@mo.lcms.org. This information is also available on our web site at: mo.lcms.org.

Older Adult Ministry Retreat

Introduction Letter

Registration Brochure

Older Adult Ministry Retreat
April 29-30, 2008
Cross Pointe Retreat Center
Rocky Mount, Missouri

Growing Up in Christ
“Older Adults Full of Sap & Green”
Psalm 92:12-15
                               

Cross Pointe is located in Rocky Mount, Missouri, 13 miles south of Eldon, Missouri at the end of Y Highway, in the beautiful Lake Ozark area.

Presenters & Workshops:

Rev. Terry Dittmer will be our keynote speaker as well as a workshop leader. Pastor Dittmer has been with LCMS youth ministry 28 years, the last six as director.  He has written six books and 45 songs and hymns

Keynote: “Full of sap?  It’s Not Easy Being Green?” 
When fashionistas say blue is the new black and brown is the new red, what does God mean when He says “green” is the new “old?”  David the Psalmist wrote about it.  Kermit the frog sang about it.  And you probably think about it - even just once - every day.  What does it mean to “GROW old.”

Workshop: “Multiple Shades of Green”
We will look at how we can cross generational lines to build relationships with those younger and those older than ourselves.  Dialogue will continue from the keynote presentation as we explore how the body of Christ is so much about relationships and intergenerational.

Rev. Walter Schoedel, Director of Church Relations for Lutheran Senior Services.

Workshop: AH-HA! Ambassadors for Health Hope and Aging
This workshop will provide a model to assist older adults and leaders in the congregation to become AH-HA people.

Rev. Dr. Scott Seidler serves as Senior Pastor of the 3,000 soul Concordia Lutheran Church in Kirkwood, Missouri.

Workshop: “Come On Get Sappy” 
Getting older may entail bones becoming brittle, cartilage getting stiff and joints creaking like a barn door in winter.  God’s children are not exempt from the frailty of the flesh.  But we are baptized Christians and that means we have a power at work in us that provides abundant life regardless of age.  In this presentation, Pastor Seidler will help you celebrate a God who through Christ makes everyone grow.  Bring a tissue and avoid too much mascara!

Rev. Jeffrey Sippy, Pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Springfield

Workshop: Older Than What:  Passing the Baton and Blazing the Trail
Age is relative:  We’re all pretty young compared to Noah and Methusalah, and younger still than our Eternal Father.  In “Older Than What?”  we will celebrate the uniqueness of being the children of God by virtue of our Baptism.  We will also liken our witness and nurture of others to that of a relay racer passing the baton to those who follow.   Finally, we see ourselves as the ambassadors of Jesus we are, blessed to blaze the trail for each generation to come. You will be encouraged. 

Retreat Highlights

• Community building activities

• Topics and a variety of Workshops

• Music and fellowship

• Opportunities to make new friends

Cost: $75 per person – includes program and all meals.
Lodging: Make your own room reservations directly with Cross Pointe by calling 573-365-0600. Special room rates are available for $75.90-$86.90 per night, based on double occupancy; $7.50 per person for each additional person per room. Save money by bringing a friend!
Deadline: Registration form (with payment) must be postmarked no later than April 18, 2008. Due to contract obligations, there will be no refund of deposit after April 18, 2008.

Missouri District Senior High Youth Gathering - June 27-29, 2008

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.   Galatians 2:20     (NIV)

Whole Packet

Update

Registration Procedure

Participant Registration

Congregation Registration

Emergency Medical Form

Liability Release

Code of Conduct

Things to Know

General Schedule

In keeping with our 2004 Missouri District convention’s number one goal of mission outreach, every congregation a mission outpost and all of us being missionaries, your Senior High Gathering committee selected the theme “Hearts on Fire…Light in the Darkness” based on text from 2 Cor. 4-6 – “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”

Being “Lights in the Darkness” we want to invite and encourage everyone attending to invite_and_bring their unchurched friends, classmates, neighbors and relatives.  The gathering will serve as outstanding opportunity for them to experience and celebrate what our faith is all about with 500+ Lutheran youth and their family group leaders.  It will also encourage them to build relationships with your youth ministry and your congregation as you prepare to attend.

To welcome them and be full participants in the entire gathering, our closing worship service will be a service of celebration (without communion) and sending everyone to be “a Light in the Darkness.”

This year, we are excited to have as our main presenter Rev. Bill Yonker, a nationally known speaker (did you see him at the 2007 National Youth Gathering?) who loves to travel around the country talking to people about the Lord Jesus and also serves as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in East Dundee, Illinois. 

Music for this year’s Gathering will be by Billy Buchanan and Fusebox.

Also included in this year’s program are: worship coordinator, Rev. Jerry Brownlee and emceeing the event: Ron Wheeler, Missouri District Board of Directors Youth Advocate and the Missouri District LYF Team. 

Share a weekend with over 500+ young people from every corner of Missouri!  We look forward to being with you as you join us with Hearts on Fire…Light in the Darkness at Missouri State University in June! Choosing to say yes to this exciting ministry event is the first step. 

Pray about it and then – go for it!

Lutheran Youth Fellowship

The Missouri District Lutheran Youth Fellowship (LYF) Committee gives twelve young people of our District the opportunity to grow in their service to the church and in their leadership in youth ministry.  You are invited to nominate a young person from your congregation to serve in this important capacity.

Nomination form (below) and three letters of reference are due to the District Office no later than June 1, 2008 by mail, fax or email to Sue.Thompson@mo.lcms.org. 

Information Letter

Nomination Form

Campus Mission Confab

“Come, Bask in the SON,” based on Isaiah 60:1 and Matthew 11:28-30, is the theme of the fourth-annual LCMS Campus Mission Confabulation, which will be held May 17-20, 2008, at the Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore.

Confabulation participants will be taught whole-life wellness and ways they can offer whole-life wellness to others upon their return home, which will also open doors to sharing the Gospel at the colleges and universities they serve.

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