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District Youth Events
FLORIDA-GEORGIA . . . District Middle School Youth Gathering is scheduled for November 6-8, 2009 at Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center in Eustis , Florida. The theme of the gathering is “Disaster Relief” based on the story of Jesus calming the storm in Mark 4. Rev. Mark Schaefer from Frisco, TX will serve as the keynote speaker. Andrew Witt (formerly known as Rough Draft) will serve as the gathering band.
IOWA EAST . . . October 9-10, Confirmation Retreat at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca . . . November 20-21, Senior High Retreat at Camp Io-Dis-E-Ca.
MISSOURI . . . CONNECT Conference, September 19 at Faith Lutheran Church in Jefferson, City, focusing on connecting children and youth and keeping them connected in their faith formation and with the church. . . Family Life Institute – Module 5, September 25-27, St. Paul Institute for Education, Concordia, MO. Dr. Richard Hardel, presenter . . . JUNIOR HIG RETREAT, “3 in 1: Trust in the Trinity, October 16-18, featuring Dr. Micah Parker, Windermere Conference Center, Roach, MO . . . Senior High Leadership Training, featuring LYF Teen Leadership Training, at the Rickman Center, Jefferson City, MO, November 20-22.
NORTH DAKOTA . . . District Youth Gathering, Doublewood Inn, Fargo, ND, October 21-23 for 6th-12th graders.
NORTHWEST . . . Senior High Youth Gathering, Wildhorse Canyon Young Life Camp, Antelope, OR. October 2-4. “The REAL Real World” based on I John 5:20. More information at www.nowyouth.org
OHIO . . . November 20-22, Senior High Gathering at the Marriott Northwest Hotel in Dublin, OH.
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST . . . District Servant Event, “Shine Like Stars,” November 21. Busloads of teens from all over the district will converge on Phoenix for a day long servant event in the city. Questions: contact Jeremy DaPena at jhapena@sotdaz.org.
SOUTHERN . . . Junior High Gatherings, Grades 6-8, under the theme “Fellowship of the King” based on I Corinthians 1:9. For more information and registration materials, go to http://www.southernlcms.org/Ministries/Youth/2009JrHighYouthGatheringInformation/tabid/208/Default.aspx Two events: November 13-15 at Blue Lake Camp near Andalusia, AL and November 20-22 at Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center in Woodworth, LA.
