Western North Dakota Synod of the ELCA

Western North Dakota Synod of Evangelical Luthern Church of America

2007 WND LYO Gathering - "ASK ME"

“Tell the world that Jesus lives, tell the world that He died for them, tell the world that He lives again, Come on, Come on, tell the world!” is the opening words of a song that Jacob’s Road sang at the WND LYO Gathering. The Seven Seas, Mandan rocked with their music. The WND LYO Board (Max Buchholz, Christina Lantz, Danika Moran, Steph Sandvick, Katie O’Neill, Carter Hill, Cody Horab, Nolan Weisz, Brooke Kilber, and Dustyn Haman) led the gathering with worship services under the theme ”Ask Me” from I Peter 3: 15-16: ”But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer when anyone asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have…but do this with gentleness and respect.” Crosses were presented to each person during opening worship. The four Bible camp staffs provided gathering and worship music. The board presented a power point of pictures and music from the gathering for closing worship.

  Action track topics ranged from “Meet and greet Jacob’s Road”, “Ask me about being Lutheran”; “How we can help the Ruth Meiers Hospitality House”; “Peer Ministry”; “wwjt: What Would Jesus Text”; “Do you want to be a camp counselor?” to “Swing Dancing”.    Dances were held both nights plus an alternative activity was bowling at Thunder Alley. The cash offering of $962.26 was given to our four Bible camps. The Inkind Offering donations were given to the Ruth Meiers Hospitality House. Each group was assigned to a service project that varied from helping prepare for a rummage sale at the Ruth Meiers House and raking leaves at the park to cleaning at the zoo. Each day closed with devotions in hometown groups; Friday evening devotions also included a temporary tattoo of Martin Luther’s Rose.

Elected to serve the WND LYO for 2007-2008:

President: Carter Hill, Hazen; Vice President: Megan Ronnie, Minot,
Secretary: Nolan Weisz, Hazen;
Treasurer: Amity Lantz, Dickinson.

Serving as conference representatives are:

Upper Missouri – Cody Horab, Williston;
Western Prairie –Chris Johnson, Minot and Randal Reese, Stanley;
Turtle Mountain –Dustyn Haman, Minot;
East Missouri –Kerrie Shepherd, Wilton; Badlands –Christina Lantz, Dickinson;
Heart River –Brooke Kilber, Hazen;
Lonetree Conference – Mariah Balaban,Max.

We are thankful for the support of the WND LYO adult advisors who assisted the board throughout the year: Jess Throlson, Tim Newman, Brian Engelhart, Rev Randy Emgarten, Johnna Westby and Brad Dokken. We grieved the loss of Shantel Penn, the Heart River adult advisor who died in a car accident in January.

We appreciate pastors, youth directors and adults who support the gathering by bringing youth.

The 2008 Gathering will be October 23-25 at the Grand International, Minot.

The WND LYO board meets four times a year to plan the gathering. One member of the WND LYO board serves on the synod council. Also, the LYO board nominates one youth to attend the churchwide assembly.

Jan Zook, assistant to the Bishop
Synod staff to LYO

For information about LYO click here.

Elected to serve the WND LYO for 2007-2008:

President -  Carter Hill, Hazen
Vice President - Megan Ronnie, Minot
Secretary - Nolan Weisz, Hazen
Treasurer - Amity Lantz, Dickinson

Serving as representatives to the conferences are:

Upper Missouri - Cody Horab, Willison
Western Prairie - Chris Johnson, Minot
Turtle Mountain - Dustyn Haman, Minot
East Missouri - Kerrie Shepherd, Wilton
Badlands - Christina Lantz, Dickinson
Heart River -Brooke Kilber, Hazen
Lonetree Conference - Mariah Balaban

Each conference of our church also elects one adult advisor to the board.

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