New Orleans Full Moon

On the streets the moon adventures continue! 

And... here is the task that took me there...

(can I really find 800!)

ELCA Youth Gathering - New Orleans!

MINISTRY CALLING for 800 Young Adult SERVANT COMPANIONS

We need 800 young adults ages 20 to 25, to be Servant Companions at the ELCA Youth Gathering July 20-26, 2009 in New Orleans. You will help lead 36,000 high school youth and adult leaders through a variety of experiences around the theme of Jesus, Justice, and Jazz. 

 

Each Servant Companion will help welcome, lead, facilitate and care for groups of 45 youth and adult leaders through the Youth Gathering experiences while in New Orleans. This will include service projects, theological reflections and interactions with an area of justice. 

 

If you are a person who...

•  Senses a calling for youth ministry
  
• Is growing in your theology and practices of faith
  
•  Is excited by being with high school youth
  
• Engaging and confident voice that commands and energizes a group of 45
  
•  Has a confident, welcoming, life affirming personality
  
• Listens carefully to concerns and can help problem solve
  
•  Can “think on your feet”
  
• Learn names quickly
  
•  Has experience with small group facilitating skills
  
•  Has an interest in justice issues
  
•  Be okay with not having all the answers.
  
•  Is able to listen and wonder with youth about ambiguous ideas of theology and sociological issues
  
•   Is humble, dependable and above all flexible. –The Gumby Pledge!

Then we need you!

 

Apply today to join us as a Servant Companion by going to www.elca.org/gathering click on the link that reads “Volunteering at the Gathering” to apply on line.

Training and orientation begins at 3 PM on Monday, July 20, 2009. Your housing and meals will be provided. You will apply through the ELCA web site, need to have background checks completed and secure your own transportation to New Orleans. Servant Companions will be led by a team of 27 Coaches and coordinated by Lyle Griner, National Peer Ministry Director with The Youth & Family Institute in Bloomington, MN.