A generational issue?
The 2009 Youth Gathering is over, and the ELCA Churchwide Assembly is only days away. Many teens wondered if the harmony and goodwill generated from their work in New Orleans will be undone by dissension among the church’s adults in...
The saints go flying home
Meet Seth Moland-Kovash (standing), a funny and thoughtful pastor from All Saints Lutheran Church in Palatine, Ill. He led a group of youth from the congregation to the 2009 Youth Gathering in New Orleans July 22-26.
A wing and a prayer
Brittany Mata, 14, of Palatine, Ill., joined her youth group in prayer today at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. Mata was among the 37,000 youth and adults attending the 2009 Youth Gathering. The event was themed on...
Yup, another Brit
Britney Lintner sported her new Youth Gathering headwear at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans today. Lintner, 17, of Albany, N.Y., played cards while waiting for a flight home. She was among the 37,000 youth and adults in...
So long, New Orleans
Bishop Mark Hanson was among the last to board an American Airlines flight out of New Orleans that left shortly before 5:30 p.m. today. He rode in coach seating. Hanson, the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,...