Volunteering in the Bayou— volunteer applications extended
The deadline for Gathering Volunteer Corps (GVC) applications has been extended to November 1. The Gathering Volunteer Corps serves in multiple capacities throughout the Gathering. Duties might include ushering and assisting during Mass Gathering, helping with Interactive Learning activities, directing...
Faith Lived Out Loud at The Gathering
One of the many ways we live out our faith in action is through volunteering. There are many different ways that this can be done through the Gathering and what better place to do it than in New Orleans with...
Why Daniel loves volunteering
Have you thought about what it would look like to serve as a volunteer at the Gathering next summer? Applications to serve as a volunteer at the Gathering are now open! There are five different volunteer opportunities: the Gathering Volunteer...
A Story of God’s Resurrection Hope | Bethlehem Lutheran Church, New Orleans
We are Easter people who believe in the resurrection hope of Jesus. As followers of Jesus, we have hope beyond the grave. We know that death is not the end. In Christ’s death, there is life, and we have hope...
Accompaniment: Walking the Road with Companions
Servant Leadership at the Gathering with Companions and Coaches Written by Bobbi Cyr (she/her) As we have entered into the Easter Season, I have been especially drawn to the road that Jesus walked with his disciples. Jesus showed us how...
Why “Created to Be?”
A message from the Director of the ELCA Youth Gathering, Deacon Tammy Jones West– I have been a part of many theme discernment spaces for synodical events, but this was my first time bringing together young people from around this...