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	LCMSNews -- No. 143
	December 2, 2003

	Registration remains open
	for LCMS Youth Gathering

	Registration remains open for the 2004 National LCMS Youth
Gathering, July 24-28 in Orlando, Fla.

	Gretchen Jameson, communications manager for the Gathering and
its sponsor, LCMS Youth Ministry, said that registrations will be
accepted "on a space-available basis," as late as March 1.

	Jameson said the registrations that Youth Ministry has received
"pushed a record-level mark" of about 29,000 by the Nov. 5
priority-window registration deadline. Gathering registration opened
Oct. 22.

	"Gathering planners report that because of the outstanding
Orlando hotels and the convention center, space is available for as many
as 36,000 Gathering participants," Jameson said.

	"Some in the Synod have assumed that registration would be
closed by Nov. 5," said Gathering Registrar Krista Miller. "But with the
unique situation in Orlando, this simply is not the case. This Gathering
offers the opportunity for more youth than ever before to attend a
National Youth Gathering."

	The last youth gathering, at New Orleans in 2001, had a record
32,000 participants.

	Miller said that more than 18,000 youth and adults registered
online in the Oct. 22-Nov. 5 priority period.

	"Online registration not only helps speed up the process for
confirming registrations, but is helping to save the Gathering thousands
of dollars and man hours on costly data entry," Miller said.

	Each LCMS congregation last summer received a booklet with
registration forms and information about the Gathering.

	Printed registration forms, as well as signature forms for those
registering by mail or online, must be mailed to the youth-ministry
office in St. Louis. Include payment of at least $125 of the $225
Gathering registration fee for each person registering.

	To register online, go to www.nyg.lcms.org
<http://www.nyg.lcms.org>  and follow the directions for registering.

	For more information about the national Gathering, go to that
Web site or contact LCMS Youth Ministry at (800) 248-1930, Ext. 1155.

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