A North Carolina thriller
Julie Swan’s group worked in the Lower Ninth Ward today. That’s a predominantly African American area not far from one of the levees that failed. The death and destruction was so massive that many people have not been able to...
Our hands. God’s work?
Tom Powell (left) and Patrick Allen (right) were of different minds after their work project Friday. Allen’s disappointment was obvious. His group had spent the day clearing litter and weeds from a neighborhood still recovering from the wrath of Hurricane...
LutherTube: “How Could Anyone” (from DAYLE 2009)
The video features scenes from the closing worship of the 2009 DAYLE, the Definitely Abled Youth Leadership Event, in New Orleans. A pre-event to the ELCA Youth Gathering, DAYLE brings together young leaders with a wide range of physical and...
Diggin’ the work
Brittany Christensen, 19, of Pipestone, Minn., was among the 12,000 ELCA teens sent out on work projects in New Orleans today. Here she’s digging a hole for plants in the front yard of a homeowner in the Lower Ninth Ward. The...
LutherTube: Youth Gathering Opening
Courtesy of LutherTube by Brett Nelson and Zack Stoudemayer: Scenes from the Opening of the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering from the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. 37,000 youth from near and far have come to worship God and serve in...
LutherTube: MYLE Closing Worship
Courtesy of LutherTube by Brett Nelson and Zack Stoudemayer: Scenes from the Closing Worship of the 2009 MYLE, Multicultural Youth Leadership Event, a pre event to the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans. MYLE is a multi-ethnic and multi-generational event...