At NATIONAL12, we will gather around the theme "Remember.” We hope to see you in San Antonio this summer as we receive encouragement in God's Word and from one another to remember what God has done for us in Jesus Christ.  
 
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What Happens at the NATIONAL Lutheran Youth Workers Conference (NATIONAL)?

 

At NATIONAL, you will...

 

Be affirmed in the service your work provides the Church through encouragement, celebration, and recognition of your calling to be a youth worker.

 

Discover practical skills and relevant theory for effective youth ministry.

 

Network with volunteer and professional youth workers through fellowship and community building.

 

Be challenged and equipped to develop youth ministry programs that focus youth on Christ and encourage them in service.

 

Leave enriched by content that is timely for your ministry and applies your understanding of that ministry in your day to day vocation.

 

Get an inside look at the 2013 National LMCS Youth Gathering general program and the city of San Antonio.

 

 

Should I attend NATIONAL?

 

If you serve youth in the congregational or school setting as a pastor, DCE, teacher, lay volunteer, Mom, Dad, or friend – you want to attend the National Lutheran Youth Workers Conference, sponsored by The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Youth Ministry.  This conference is open to individuals and teams serving youth in Lutheran congregations across the country.

 

Congregations are encouraged to consider sending senior high youth who are leaders in the Church to participate in the event alongside their youth leaders.  Youth are invited to register with their youth leaders, participate in the conference and attend leadership training modules designed for youth. 
 
NATIONAL strives to provide a comprehensive program that meets the needs and challenges the minds of professionals and volunteers working with junior and senior high youth in the Lutheran congregational setting.

 

NATIONAL Conference Program

Program schedule information will be communicated over the next months.  Please use this basic information and schedule to consider your time at the NATIONAL Lutheran Youth Workers’ Conference:

 

Spiritual Life

NATIONAL provides not only professional and skill development, but opportunities for spiritual nurture and fellowship that are rooted in the Word.  Specific activities:

 

Daily Bible Study
Devotions

Worship

 

Community Life

Whether you come with a ministry partner or team, or travel to NATIONAL on your own, the community at NATIONAL will refresh and restore you. Laughter, play, fun, and interaction provide you with opportunities to learn from your fellow participants.

 

General Sessions

National LCMS Youth Gathering Event

San Antonio Morning City Walk

Opening Reception and Closing Brunch
Sponsors and Exhibitors

 

Workshops

NATIONAL provides many opportunities to learn form and connect with other youth ministry practitioners from across The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.  A specific leadership module will be provided for youth.  Do you have a workshop topic that would enhance your youth ministry?  Let us know at youth.ministry@lcms.org or on the LCMS Youth Ministry Facebook page. 

 
General Conference Schedule (Tentative)

 

 

THURSDAY – July 12, 2012

12:00 PM Registration Opens          Navarro Pre-Function
 
2:00 PM Workshop Session 1
 
4:00 PM Workshop Session 2
 
DINNER ON OWN
 
7:00 PM General Session 1               Navarro Ballroom
 
9:00 PM Welcome/Exhibitor Event
 
11:00 PM Youth Room Closes

 

FRIDAY – July 13, 2012
7:00 AM City Walk                          Meet in Lobby
 
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
 
9:00 AM General Session 2               Navarro Ballroom
 

11:00 AM Workshop Session 3

 
LUNCH ON OWN
 
1:30 PM Workshop Session 4
 
4:00 PM National LCMS Youth Gathering Event
 
EVENING Free Night
Gathering Scavenger Hunt

 
SATURDAY – July 14, 2012
 
7:30 AM Morning Prayer
 
9:00 AM General Session 3                 Navarro Ballroom
 
11:00 AM Workshop Session 5
 
LUNCH ON OWN
 
1:30 PM Workshop Session 6
 
3:30 PM Workshop Session 7
 
DINNER ON OWN
 
7:00 PM General Session 4 (Worship)   Navarro Ballroom

 

SUNDAY – July 15, 2012
 
8:30 AM Brunch is Served
 
9:00 AM General Session 5
 
10:30 AM CONCLUSION OF EVENT

 

 
 
UPDATED:      05/11/2012