Day 6: The Flag Made It Home
It’s a bit of a sad time when the Gathering comes to a close, but we close in the best way possible – worshipping and communing together as the body of Christ. We gathered together one last time in the Superdome for worship with music from the Gathering band and choir (made up of Gathering…
Day 5: Endure and Adapt
It’s crazy how long the wait can seem as we plan and talk about the Youth Gathering. Since we’ve been here, it seems like time has flown by. Today was our last full day of Gathering programming. It seems like we just got here. Bible study today focused on “let us ENDURE like no other”…
Day 4: You Belong
Today was the day…we got BEIGNETS (“ben-yay-s”) from Cafe du Monde! They are a staple of New Orleans. One order comes with three pillowy, powdered sugar covered donuts that were well worth the wait. And a few of us ventured to go get gluten free and vegan “beignets” that were pretty tasty too! We eventually…
Day 3: Bible Study, Sessions, Exhibitors, Oh My!
Today was nothing short of a full one. We headed to the convention center at 9:30am to begin attending sessions at 10am. Youth and adults had the opportunity to attend several sessions all the way up until 4:30pm. Talk about some serious learning! Our youth attended several different sessions, including ones just for boys, just…
Day 2: Things Have Officially Begun
This morning was far more pleasant than yesterday with time to sleep in and casual breakfast. Our day started with our district event at Mulate’s Restaurant (however you just pronounced it is fine, because we still don’t know how to…). Over 500 people from South Wisconsin attended! Lunch was buffet style with Cajun classics like…
Day 1: We made it, and we’re tired.
Alarms went off a couple of hours after midnight for everyone to be able to make it to the church parking lot by 3:30am this morning. Talk about bright and early…and by bright, I mean very DARK. We got everyone checked in, bags loaded into cars, joined together in prayer, and headed on our way…
Participating From 1,042 Miles Away
Maybe you wish you were back in high school so that you could come along with us on our trip and experience the incredible things of the Youth Gathering. While you may not have your feet on the ground of New Orleans, there are a couple ways that you can participate in the Gathering, all…
It’s Go Time!
For over a year, there have been conversations about the 2025 LCMS Youth Gathering. Now we’re just four days away from stepping onto our flight to travel to the city of jazz music and Cajun food – New Orleans. There are 24 youth and six adults who will be traveling together for this amazing experience…
My First Youth Gathering
I’ve never been to a LCMS Youth Gathering before. I know, it’s hard to believe that I’ve made it this far without ever attending the LCMS Youth Gathering that’s held every three years. I’ve always wanted to go; I’ve just never had the opportunity. But this year, on July 18, twenty-six youth and six adults…