Please come to vote and/or run for a Board Position, to donate shoes to our sister synod in Honduras , to get to know other Lutheran youth from around New England, and to have fun. The cost will be $10 per person. Snacks, Midnight Ice Cream Social, and breakfast will be provided.

There will be a band, guest speaker, and lots of fun activities. Keep checking this site and invitation coming to all churches for more updated information.

SCUFFY LOCKIN SCHEDULE
8:00 – 8:30 pm Registration, Sign in
8:30 – 9:00 pm Mixers
9:00 – 11:00 pm Band/Speaker/LYO Information
11:00 – 12:00 pm Servant Activity
12:00 – 12:30 Second Annual Ice Cream Social!
12:30 – 1:00 am Organizational Meeting
1:00 – 1:30 Campfire and Devotions
1:30 – 6:00 am Free Time Activities & SCUFFY Olympics
6:00 – 7:30 am Breakfast/Get Ready for Church
8:00 am Church Service
9:00 am Depart

There will be an opportunity to run for the SCUFFY YOUTH TEAM POSITIONS!

Nominees must be 14-18 years of age and entering grade 9-12 in the fall of 2009. Nominees will be elected by all youth at the event. There are 13 possible board positions available. Each position will be a one-year term. We are looking to have representation from all states in our mission area. All Youth attending will get to vote for all positions.

Youth Team Leader
Vice President/Secretary
Communication Coordinator
2 Member at Large/Maine
2 Member at Large/New Hampshire
2 Member at Large/Vermont
2 Member at Large/New York
Definitely Abled Representative
Diversity Representative

SERVICE PROJECT
We are asking you to bring a pair of new or gently used shoes in infant and children’s sizes to donate to our sister synod in Honduras. It would be great if everyone who came had at least one pair. If you would like to involve your church, host a shoe drive before you come to the event.

If you have any questions, contact Angela Bonfiglio at ambonf@comcast.net or on Facebook. See you there!

SPREAD THE WORD ~

A new pan-denominational group is forming in our Central Mass. Mission Area that brings together young adults from the surrounding area and including students from Worcester Polytechnic Instuttestudents from and Quinsigamond Community College among others.

The group goes by the acronym CCYA-CM: Christ-Centered Young Adults of Central MA.

Contact Pastor Andrew Borden at pastor_andrew.b@verizon.net for event info.

Bethany Lutheran Church is hosting a special Captive Free Concert Friday, October 17, from 7:30-9:00 PM.  We’ve included the flyer below for you to print out for your youth group!

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For more info call  860-635-4618 !.

The Get Drenched Team will be sponsoring a special day of workshops and networking for adults and senior high youth on Oct. 18 at Good Shepherd Lutheran in Westborough, MA. 

The day will include a variety of workshops, some still TBA, but will include: opportunities to brainstorm ideas for helping your group get the most out of the National Youth Gathering, using technology in your ministry with a review of on-line resources, creating a safe environment for youth, and building a healthy youth ministry in your congregation.  If you have used the Get Drenched Resource (available for download here at our blog) you can share how this is working in your congregation with others who are also working through developing best practices in youth ministry.

For details, simply download and print our brochure (it’s a PDF file) and send your registration in by October 12.  We would love to see at least one youth and one adult from each congregation!     drenched-oct-event

Youth Specialities is offering a special pdf file from their Youth Ministry Management resource that is worth checking out.  You can access it at:  http://www.youthspecialties.com/free/general/9780310235965_ymmt_team.pdf.

This is the first of 5 events sponsored by the North’s LYO group for ELCA youth in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

The Scuffy Event will feature games, service, fun, music, hanging out with friends and learning more about GOD, and what it means to walk with God. More information will be posted as the event gets closer, so just mark your calendder for now.

Facebook users can join the LYO New England group for continued updates.

Youth Encounter has announced dates for their 2009 event in New England.  The event will combine both a Zone and Quake format to account for potential low numbers due to the ELCA Youth Gathering coming next summer.

This combined event has been scheduled on the traditional Quake date and site:  Worchester MA, Jan 30-Feb 1, 2009.

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 This is the resource made available to all the New England congregations at Synod Assembly.  This is the entire resource.  We will be posting this in smaller chunks at our website:  www.getdrenched.org by the end of June.  Let us know how this is working in your congregation.

(If your delegation forgot to pick this up at assembly, note that a hard copy will be mailed to you soon!)

There is one resolution at synod assembly that will be important to support for youth in your congregation.

The resolution, 08-02 for Youth Representation at Synod Assemblies, would allow any congregation in our synod to add an additional voting member under age 25 to their congregation’s delegation.  You can see the entire resoultion at the synod assembly info page, or in this pdf form:  http://www.nesynod.org/2008_Synod_Assembly/2008Resolutions.pdf.  Scroll down to page 2.