Proud to Be Your Partner Once Again!
– Carmen Cobo, Mission Investment Fund Mission Investment Fund (MIF) comes to each Gathering because we are church, and because we believe in lifting up the youth of this church. I am energized as I come to each Gathering. I...
Mass Gathering
– Chris Marien Greetings from the Mass Gathering Team. My name is Chris, and I have the honor of leading the team that creates and shapes the mass gathering sessions each night and worship on Sunday morning. With my own...
A Bishop’s Reflection
– Bishop Tracie Bartholomew Rise Up! A fitting theme for the first Gathering I attended as bishop of the New Jersey Synod. This had been a theme in New Jersey following Superstorm Sandy, which leveled homes and businesses across our...
Transportation
– Kim Adams I am Kim Adams, and I am the Transportation Team Leader for the 2018 Youth Gathering in Houston. I have served the on the Transportation Team since the 2003 Gathering and this will be my third cycle...
Gathered and Freed: By Love, For Love
– Drew Ingram I remember the Confirmation lesson the week I was cut from the basketball team. I was telling myself that I was not good enough at basketball or at anything. The Confirmation lesson title was, “G.O.G.G.: The Gift...
Risking and Experimenting
– Pastor David Lose The world is changing – okay, major, major understatement. The world is changing like it has never changed before! Yeah, that’s more like it. Think about it: The way we communicate. The way we create meaning....