[DCE Youth] DCE & Youth Occasional Letter- National Youth Worker's Convention this week- Spring DCE Retreat- Ballot for Delegates to LCMS Convention

Wed Oct 4 14:23:51 CDT 2006

DCE and Youth Ministry Occasional Letter - Oct. 4, 2006    

Attention:  National Youth Worker's Convention Participants 

>From Vanessa Seifert, Director of Youth and Family Ministries - Shepherd of
the Hills, San Antonio

Hi there DCE/Youth Ministry Folks-

Are you planning on attending Youth Specialties' 2006 National Youth Workers
Convention in Austin later this week? 

If so, we (myself and some other San Antonio DCEs) would love to have you
join us for dinner this Saturday, Oct. 7th in Austin during the convention.

The Saturday pre-dinner session ends at 4:30 pm.  We will meet at the main
registration booth at 5:00 pm to decide on a dinner destination.  We plan to
be back in time for the 7:30 pm evening session. (Who would want to miss
Shane and Shane along with Donald Miller?)

We would love to connect with others from around the state-it'll be fun!!
Please call my cell phone if you have any questions or want to meet up and
miss us at 5:00 pm   210.488.1117

In Christ,

Vanessa Seifert

Director of Youth and Family Ministries 

Vote for Commissioned Minister Delegates to LCMS Convention in Houston Next
Summer

Dear Principal/Director/DCE Leader,

Greetings in His name! We are conducting the election for advisory delegates
for the commissioned ministers of the Texas District to the July 14-19,
2007, Synodical Convention in Houston, Texas electronically.  

Please distribute individual ballots; each commissioned minister at your
church and school can vote for up to 10 candidates.  Please return your vote
"TOTALS" via e-mail to lgaines at txdistlcms.org or by fax 512-926-1006 (to the
attention of Mrs. Lee Gaines) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 6, 2006.

We look forward to seeing who will represent the Texas District teachers and
DCEs in Houston this coming summer.  

Sincerely, in Christ, 

Bill Hinz

BALLOT

MINISTERS OF RELIGION COMMISSIONED

ADVISORY DELEGATES FOR SYNODICAL CONVENTION

JULY 14-19, 2007

(Houston, Texas)

PLEASE VOTE FOR 10 DELEGATES 

(Return to lgaines at txdistlcms.org by October 6th)

or FAX 512-926-1006

                                                                   X or v

Gatlin, Connie - Lutheran High, Dallas                    _____

Glienke, Dave - Pilgrim, Houston                             _____

Griffin, Adam - Lamb of God, Flower Mound          _____

Hoffschneider, Larry - Dallas                                   _____

House, Jim - Zion, Dallas                                          _____

Kieschnick, Glen - Redeemer, Austin                     _____

Kuhlmann, Eloise - Trinity, Amarillo                        _____

Kurth, Robin-St. Paul, McAllen                                _____

Landfried, Elizabeth (Liz) -Redeemer, Austin          _____

McClain, Mark - St. Michael, Winchester             _____

Ryan, Rick - Trinity, Amarillo                                  _____

Seifert, Vanessa - Shepherd of the Hills, San Antonio         _____

Schatte, William - Redeemer, Austin                       _____

Williams, John - Christ the King, Kingwood            _____

"Only one life will soon be past. Only what's done for Christ will last."

Lee Gaines - Office of School Ministry

7900 E. Highway 290, Austin, TX  78724

800-951-3478 x226 FAX: 512-926-1006

DCE Spiritual Renewal Retreat for 2007 Scheduled - Please Mark Your
Calendars Now!

From: Chris Holder: Zion Lutheran & LINC Dallas

To: Texas District DCE's, Directors / Ministers to Youth, Adults, Children
etc.

Save the Date: Spring Spiritual Renewal Retreat

Plan on joining us April 23-25th (Monday - Wednesday) for our Annual
Spiritual Renewal retreat at Camp Lone Star.  This event has grown steadily
in participation each year and is a great time to be refreshed and reconnect
with ministry friends across the state.  A planning team from the DFW area
is already in place working on this event for next Spring.  Cost will again
be $99 thanks to our ongoing partnership with the District.  Look for
registration materials to go out early in 07 and ongoing updates as they
become available.  

In HIS Service,

Retreat Planning Team

Chris Holder

Lauren Nietubicz - Cross of Christ, Desoto 

Adam Griffin - Lamb of God, Flower Mound

Bobby Walston - St. Paul, Fort Worth

Doug Widger - St. Paul, Fort Worth

Kim Davis - Messiah, Plano

Becky Brockman - Peace, Hurst

Dave Pendley - Grace, Arlington

Paul Krentz - Texas District

Matt Behrens - Camp Lone Star

Youth ministry symposium to focus on youth culture and the Church - It's In
Houston - January 5-7!

The annual DCS Youth Ministry conference for those serving high school youth
in Lutheran congregational and school settings, YM2007: A Youth Ministry
Symposium will be held January 5-7, 2007 at the JW Marriott in Houston, Tx.

Youth Ministry Symposiums focus on issues timely to youth culture and the
impact on ministry to and for young people across the LCMS.  The 2007 topic:
Abandoned but Not Lost: Reclaiming the Church's Young People, features
speakers Chap Clark and Rev. Dr. Marvin Bergman.  The Symposium includes
guided conversation on implementing the ideas discussed into LCMS youth
ministry settings.

Youth ministry thinker and speaker, Chap Clark will focus on material found
in his current book, Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers. Clark's
work offers a penetrating look into the contemporary adolescent experience
as it relates to the institutions that should care for them.  YM2007
participants will engage in discussion and community with Clark throughout
the event.

Rev. Dr. Marvin Bergman, professor emeritus for Concordia University
Nebraska will introduce participants to the findings of a new study on
Confirmation practices in The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
Participants will consider implications of the findings for practical youth
ministry programs.  Bergman has been in ministry in theology and education
on the faculty at CUNE for more than 30 years.  

About the topic, Rev. Terry Dittmer - Symposium director and Director for
LCMS Youth Ministry shares, "Today's youth often feel abandoned by the
institutions that have responsibility for them, including the family,
schools, government, and even the church.  The church needs to raise its
awareness of and sensitivity to its youth as it shares the faith with them.
This is a timely topic with no easy answers.  Participants are in for
challenging time." 

Participants can arrive early to engage in a Friday morning youth ministry
practicum, January 5, led by Dr. Jim McConnell, DCE Director at Concordia
University Austin.  The symposium begins with lunch at 12:30PM on January 5
and concludes Sunday, January 7 at 11:00AM.

YM2007 is open to both professionals and volunteers serving youth in
congregations, schools, agencies, and districts of the LCMS. College
students pursuing careers in church work and youth ministry are also welcome
and encouraged to attend.  

Registration for the three-day event is $200.   Full YM2007 registration
details are available online at www.lcms.org/youth
<http://www.lcms.org/youth> 

GLORYbound 2008 - Dallas/Ft. Worth - Plans Beginning Now - Nov. 28-30, 2008

Dr. Lou Jander is scouting appropriate venues and hotels, and the GLORYbound
planning team will soon be organizing in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to begin
plans and deliberation for GLORYbound '08, November 28-30.  Our 2005
GLORYbound in San Antonio, was a great success, with nearly 2,000
participants.

LCMS National Youth Gathering Registrations Sent

By now, you should have received your gathering packet for next year's
National LCMS Youth Gathering and the first-time Adult Gathering -- both set
for July 28-Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla. The mailing also includes a DVD to help
congregations and groups plan for the Gathering.  Online registration opens
Sept. 25 at the Gathering Web site, http://www.lcmsgathering.com
<http://www.lcmsgathering.com> .

Mailed-in registration forms postmarked no earlier than Oct. 25 will be
processed in a "priority window" that starts on that date, through Nov. 8.
Registration forms postmarked earlier than Oct. 25 will be returned to the
sender for remailing.

Youth Gathering registration will continue until March 1, or until a maximum
35,000 participants are registered.  Registration capacity for the Adult
Gathering is 2,000 participants.

For more information about the Adult Gathering, including how to promote it
in congregations, see the Gathering Web site.  The Adult Gathering is open
to participants who are at least 25 years old.

A late fee of $50 will apply for registrations postmarked after March 1.
The registration fee for the 2007 Youth Gathering is $235 -- just $10 more
than for the 2004 Gathering, which also was in Orlando.

"The Gathering has worked to keep cost increases to a minimum," said Rev.
Terry Dittmer, director of LCMS Youth Ministry.  "The National Youth
Gathering takes its commitment to LCMS youth and congregations [to be good
stewards of their dollars] very seriously."

Gathering registration fees cover all costs for participation in the
Gathering, including the Gathering Bible and backpack, and all program
administrative fees for LCMS Youth Ministry, the Gathering sponsor.

Congregations that have not received their mailed Gathering registration
packets by Sept. 5 should contact the LCMS Youth Ministry office at (800)
248-1930, Ext. 1155.

Did You Know that there are more than 100 DCE's Serving in the Texas
District?  Did you know that all three Mission and Ministry Facilitators in
the Texas District are DCE's!  I am not totally sure, but I believe we have
the largest number of DCE's in the LCMS.

Blessings

Paul

Paul Krentz  <*}}}>< DCE

Mission and Ministry Facilitator

Texas District, LC-MS
800.951.3478

Mobile: 512.769.6734

KrentzTx at txdistlcms.org <mailto:KrentzTx at txdistlcms.org> 

www.txdistlcms.org/krentz/ <http://www.txdistlcms.org/krentz/> 

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