ELCA News Blog
July 11, 2006
Young Lutherans return home from ELCA Youth Gathering
by Melissa Ramirez Cooper, ELCA News Service
With worship, music and dance, the first of two events of the 2006 Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) concluded July 9 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. More than 15,000 high-school-age Lutherans and adults from across the country and around the world participated in the ELCA Youth Gathering July 5-9, with activities also taking place in and around San Antonio. More than 24,000 Lutherans will attend the second event July 12-16 for similar activities.
"I've been at this gathering all week, and I've seen some awesome things," the Rev. Jay Gamelin told young Lutherans at the closing worship. Gamelin, campus minister at Ohio State University, Columbus, preached the sermon. With the birth of Jesus, "God's will became known in a way that changed the world," he said. "The church is a movement in history. Dare to move," he said, adding that "God is on the way," leaving here "like a freight train."
The Rev. Margarita Martinez, bishop of the ELCA Caribbean Synod, presided during worship. Worship also featured the music of Agape, Rachel Kurtz, Ken Medema, the ELCA Youth Gathering's house band led by Peter Mayer and friends, a choir and jazz band.
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