Dear Youth Leader:
Dear youth leader: Being a youth leader can be both rewarding and challenging. It’s a role that requires a great deal of energy, compassion, and patience. If you’re feeling tired or overwhelmed during this Advent Season, you’re not alone. The...
Get your krewe together! 🎉
Where y’at? 👋 This standard New Orleans greeting means simply “How are you?” or “What’s going on?” So don’t say where you are. Just say you’re doing all right! Our team is gearing up for the 2024 ELCA Youth Gathering,...
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...