ne mn synod journey spring training 2015
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WELCOME!
Synod Journey Planning Team
Catherine Anderson
Team Manager
Marty HancerServant Team
Erika NilsenWorship Team
David Anderson
Adult Leader Team
Adult Leader Team
•Paula Ross, Zion Grand Rapids•Mindy Johnson, Hinckley•Christina Kadelbach, Cloquet•Rollie Bockbrader, Hermantown
Opening Devotion
Video Clip
• YouTube: “History in the 313, Emma Rooney”• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=gYXoX_WWPus
Opening Devotion
Service Learning
Story of Service in Scripture
• Get in groups of 3-4, Read the passage
• What story (or stories) do you see present in this passage? Who’s telling the story? Who’s listening? What message is being conveyed?
• How does this passage deepen your understanding of service and mission?
• In light of this passage, how can we listen to, embrace, and celebrate the stories of others we encounter on the Synod Journey?
Video: Service Learning Process
• Mark Jackson,
• Practice Discipleship 2015: “Story of Service”
• www.practicediscipleship.org
Planning Guide Handout
How can weLISTEN
EMBRACECELEBRATE
The stories of others on the Synod Journey…
…and throughout our lives?
How do we share the Story of Jesus when we listen to, embrace, and celebrate the stories of others?
Gear Up for Final Preparations
Remember What We Are After
• Leadership Development
• Faith Formation
How might this faith Journey transform the lives of our youth – and us! – to follow and serve Christ in our daily lives?
THEMES
• DIG DEEP TOGETHER• KNOW the Story• BE the Story• TELL the Story
• RISE UP TOGETHER• Proclaim Story• Proclaim Justice• Proclaim
Community
Adult Leader Role
• Be a leader first
• Positive attitude
• Listen
• Fully participate – but don’t dominate!
• Relationships
• Servants
• Team Player
• Everything is an opportunity
Its not about you. It’s all about you.
You make a difference! What difference will you make?
Remember to Pray
• Pray for your group of students• Pray for the other adult leaders• Pray about your fears and concerns
Journey Details
Saturday July 11
• Buses depart between 10pm – midnight, Friday July 10
• Breakfast and lunch stops:• Need to have meal $
• A Note on Buses:
A Note on Buses
• Respect Bus Captains as point person
• Sign and Support Bus Covenant
• BE ON TIME!!!!
• Luggage: Once luggage is loaded underneath the bus it may not be retrieved until reaching Lansing.
Packing
Each participant may bring:
• 1 regular size suitcase (not accessible during travel)
• Backpack and Pillow
Primary Leaders may also bring:
• Extra box or suitcase with supplies
• Required sleeping bag, pillow, Air mattress
• Cooler or dorm refrigerator
Each Bus Captain will bring:
• Cooler
• Games and bus supplies
Saturday July 11
• Arrive Michigan State University• Akers Hall• Mid-late afternoon• Check in to rooms• Orientation meetings• Down/free time
• IM East Athletic Center• Swimming Pool• Wander Campus (with adult leader)• Quad Area Games
Akers Hall
Housing Notes: MSU
• Adults cannot be in rooms with youth
• Must stay in assigned rooms
• Opposite genders may not be in same room unless adult present
• Respect MSU Hall Staff
Saturday July 11
• Supper in Akers Dining Hall• Bus Captain meeting with
Catherine• Adult Leader Meeting• Supervised activities for youth• Will receive Synod Journey T-Shirt
• Worship• Family Time• Lights Out
Worship Notes
• Meet on campus in auditorium
• Synod Band, led by Michael Carmack
• Speakers: Kai Nilsen and Anders Nilsen
• Know, Be, Tell the Story
• Offering toward servant event organizations taken at Tuesday Synod Journey worship
Sunday July 12
We are still waiting for confirmation on these plans, so hold these details loosely!
Wear your Synod Journey T-shirt - We’re going to Detroit!
Breakfast at MSUDepart for DetroitLunch – Boxed lunches from MSUCharles Wright African American MuseumBRRICK (Building Racial Reconciliation in Christ’s Kingdom)
Afternoon Return to Lansing
Sunday July 12
MSU – free timeSupper at MSUAdult Leader meeting• Supervised Activities for Youth
Servant Event OrientationWorship Family Time Lights out
Monday July 13
Breakfast at MSUWork sites (8:45-ish – 3:30-ish)
• Boxed lunches from MSU on siteReturn to MSU: Clean up and Free TimeSupper at MSUBus Captain MeetingAdult Leader Meeting
• Supervised Youth ActivitiesWorshipFamily TimeLights Out
Tuesday July 14 – service day
Breakfast at MSUWork sites (8:45-ish – 3:30-ish)
• Boxed lunches from MSU on siteReturn to MSU: Clean up and Free TimeAdult Leader Meeting: Gathering Details
• Youth cleaning rooms and packingSupperRiverboat!WorshipFamily TimeLights Out
Wednesday July 15 – to Detroit
Busses Depart for DetroitTime TBD by bus groups/captains
This is your chance to explore Detroit!• Henry Ford Museum• Detroit Historical Museum• Motown• Detroit Institute of Arts• Belle Isle• Underground RR Tour• Community Life at COBO• Sleep in at MSU, depart later
Wednesday July 15 – to Detroit
FOOD/MILK/JUICE STOP PRIOR TO DETROIT!
Note:• Our hotel does not have room refrigerators.• You will need to keep purchased items cool until
you get to the hotel.
Each congregation may EITHER1. Bring a full-sized cooler along OR2. Bring a small (square) dorm style refrigerator
Wednesday July 15 – to Detroit
More on food –
Each morning primary leaders may text a milk/juice request to Paula.
After Ford Field events Thurs/Fri/Sat adult leaders can get milk/juice from Paula’s room
Hotel Food Options: www.motorcitycasino.com – “Dining”
Wednesday July 15 – to Detroit
Milk and juice option is available so that you and your group can eat a simple breakfast together each morning.
Everyone could bring a box of their favorite cereal or breakfast bars or …
It’s a convenient – and often cheaper – way to get breakfast.
Wednesday July 15 – to Detroit
2:00 – 3:00 arrive at Motor City Casino Hotel
Check in to hotelRegister for Gathering at Hotel
•Paula and Laurie will have keys and wristbands for you
Gathering Orientation for Adult leaders•Series of videos to watch before arrival•Final video will be shown Tuesday night at adult leader meeting.
NOTE: No Gathering backpacks. Yes for Bible.
BE PATIENT, KIND, LOVING, UNDERSTANDING – ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE
Notes on Hotel: Detroit
• Adults cannot share bed space with youth, unless it is your child
• Opposite genders may not be in same room unless adult present
• Adults must stay in assigned rooms. If you move youth, please contact Paula.
• Respect the staff, space, and other guests
• Robes: $100 if you take!
• Refrigerators: $20 per night, contact Catherine
• Movies turned off, mini-bar locked, snacks removed
• Remember and teach youth to tip! • Tip suggestion: $3 per day per room, leave on pillow
BREAK
Gathering Details
Hotel, Ford Field, COBO
Wednesday July 15 – to Detroit
Another choice!.........
1. Busses will depart at 5:00 to Ford Field concessions available OR
2. Bus groups/captains will choose to leave earlier to be dropped at a restaurant. And then will walk from restaurant to Ford Field.
Ford Field
Ford Field
“Dome”
• Rachel Kurtz
• AGAPE
• Bobby Siegrried
• Lost and Found
• Christopher Clay
• Royal Tailor
• TED Talk Formats
“Dome” Themes
• Wednesday= Rise up –Resurrection• Thursday =Bear Burdens -Man on the mat• Friday =Build Bridges – Walking on water• Saturday =break chains – Crucifixion• Sunday =Bring Hope – Feeding 5,000
Wed, Thurs. Fri, Sat PM
5:30 Ford Field Doors Open
5:30 – 7:30 DJ and “Dance move of the day” 7:00 – 7:30 Satellite Stages
7:30 – 8:00 House Band
8:00 MAIN EVENT “Rise Up Together”
Wed, Thurs. Fri, Sat PM
After main event, we will take Gatheirng provided busses back to our hotel.
We walk about 20-30 minutes to bus staging area near the GM Rennaisance building. Do not dawdle. Stay with group.
Brush Street will be closed to vehicles.
We get on bus identified by #
Thursday July 16
PROCLAIM COMMUNITY DAY -
Gathering busses take us from Hotel to COBO in AM
This is our assigned day to spend intentionally in the interactive center.
Maps and details should be posted soon.
Proclaim Community Day - Thurs
Proclaim Community Day - Thurs
• Cobo Center
• 11 Football Fields
• Cross in the Center all paths lead to the cross
• Shoes, water bottle, Bible
• Zip line, bumper cars, creative expression, build a house, food court, resting place, bands
• Donate Hair, blood, money
• Colleges, ministry organizations etc.
Proclaim Community Day - Thurs
• The Trick will be to prepare and Prioritize• Food in and around Cobo • Community Life – NEW – happens around
COBO and between COBO and Marriott Renaisance • Bands, stages, dances, food, street festival
style• Not so much after Dome event in hotels
• Make way to Ford Field• Walk back to bus to get to hotel
More on Community Life
• Begins as soon as groups arrive in the city each morning
• “The Morning Show” with live music, interiews
• All day in and aournd COBO and Crown Plaza
• Most center around music, theater, art
• Lots of stages
• Eucharist 8:30 AM AND 9:30 AM
• Dances and traditional community life at the Marriott in late afternoon
Friday, July 17
PROCLAIM JUSTICE DAY• Take Gathering bus to COBO in AM
• Launch at 8:45am and 10:15am• Begins with Orientation in Hart Plaza
• 10-25 minute bus ride to most work areas
• The majority of projects will be “boarding up and cleaning up”.
• We will not know what we are going to be doing or where until we are on the bus.
• Each site will have “story teller”
Proclaim Justice Day - Friday
• Each site will have site captain from one of the 129 congregations of the SE MI Synod
• Bring: gloves, water bottle
• Wear Proclaim Justice day T-Shirt
• Wear Closed-toe shoes
Saturday, July 18
PROCLAIM STORY DAY -• All of NE MN Synod will gather in assigned
ballroom or other space.
• Synod Leaders:• Scott Jacob, Synod Day Director• Susan Williams, Curriculum Team Leader• Deb Westerberg, Worship Team Leader
Saturday, July 18
Proclaim Story Schedule
• Take Gathering buses to COBO in AM, Participate in Community Life at COBO, then walk to Masonic Temple (25 minute walk)
• OR walk AS A GROUP to the Masonic Temple to arrive by 12:30pm (10 minute walk)• Would need to eat lunch at Motor City Casino
• Doors open at 12:30
• 1:00 Kick off
• 4:00 end so we can go for food and migrate towards Ford Field. • May have synod bus option to return to Ford Field/nearby
restaurants.
Sunday – last day
8:00 Journey Busses depart for Ford Field
9:30 Closing Worship
11:30 Synod Journey lunch at Ford Field
12:45 load busses at Ford Field
Supper on your own en route
Late night (11pm – 2:00 am) arrivals in MN
Other Details
MAY 1ST !!!!!!!
Deadline for FINAL PAYMENT!!!!
Deadline for FORMS, FORMS, FORMS
• Synod Journey Health and Release forms
• Special Needs Survey
• ELCA Youth Gathering Adult Release of Liability
• ELCA Youth Gathering Youth release of Liability
• ELCA Medical Form.
• Make Copies of everything.
Preparation
•Covenants•Synod Journey Bible Studies•Getting Ready Materials•Bus meetings
Payoff:
• Relationships• Trust• Accountability•Depth
Will I belong?Will I have fun?Does this have
purpose?
OFFERINGS
$$$$$$ • Service Projects:
• Beautify Detroit• Urban Garden Supplies• Scholastic Book Packets• Art Supplies
• Sunday Morning Offering• “Always Being Made New
Campaign”• World Hunger, ELCA
Missionaries, Youth and Young Adult Ministries, SE MI Synod ministries
• ELCA World Hunger’s Walk for Water
In-kind• Diapers
• Buy in Detroit (helps their economy)
• pre-order and mail to address
• Non-Perishable Food Items
MIF Account
What is your plan for carrying cash?
Your bank at the Gathering:
Mission Investment Fundwww.mif.elca.org/youthministry
Clothing To Bring
• Closed Toed Shoes
• Hat and Sunscreen
• Covenant Appropriate Clothing
• Work Gloves
• Consider long sleeve shirt and long pants
• No Flip-Flops!
Complete What to Bring List to be sent in June
T-shirts
• Journey T-Shirt• Distributed in Lansing•Wear Sunday July 12•Wear Wednesday July 15
• Proclaim Justice Day• Also coordinated/distributed on Journey
Supplies to bring
Breakfasts, snacks • instant oatmeal, crystal light packets, Cliff bars, etc
Water bottles BackpacksFood money (cash)Exchange itemsDuffle Bag for Bibles at check in
Covenant clarity
•Cell phone/device policy•Clothing policy
Safety
• Synod Crisis Management Plan• Synod Notification Procedures• Stay inside of walking zones
• (basically inside of People Mover tracks)
• Always groups of at least 3• Know where your kids are• Have meeting place/time• Have all cell numbers• Have charged phone• “Follow Me” Identifiers
Safety
•Synod Journey Number on wristband.•ELCA hotline number on wristbands.•Do NOT walk to/from Hotel
FOOD
•Consider breakfast in room•Consider one good meal a day•Use online resources to research restaurants and then make reservations•Concessions around COBO and Ford Field.•Don’t forget to tip servers!
City Curfews
• Just plan on walking with the group from Ford Field to bus pick up location, and you’ll not even have to think about this.
June Mailing
• Final, Detailed Itinerary
• What to Bring List
• Emergency Contact Information
• Final Bus Pick Up Times and Locations
• MSU and Detroit Housing Assignments
• Final Updates
Final Group Meeting
• Review covenant• Highlight: Dress Code, cell phone/device, on time, lights
out, public displays of affection, not in opposite gender rooms, and all the rest!
• Contact #s• Enter cell numbers in phones• Packing Information• Loading time and location• Group Prayer!
Include parents!
I wonder what they’re…learning
…doing…experiencing?
What did I invest in?
Communicate on the Journey: Parents and Congregation• Details
• Stories
• Postcards
• Blog
(Make sure you have permission for pictures)
• Continues trust, excitement, partnership
To Do Before July 10
• Final payment, forms, copies• June Mailing• Bus Group Meetings• Commissioning Service• Communicate with Congregation• Getting Ready Material Prep with Group• Final Group Meeting• Primary Leaders Download Gathering
Info
Only when Catherine tells you!!
Primary Leaders Only!
Shortly before we leave, download your final congregational information.
• Catherine will email you when to do this, and the form you need to print
• DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES!!!
• You will need your Congregational ID# and Primary Leader Email address
Congregational Account:Do not make any changes!!
Scroll to Bottom – “Print Forms”(Might also be in “Congregational Details)
https://www.conferencebuilders.com/elca2015/start.asp
Or go to “Gathering Registration” at www.elca.org/gathering
More Information: Synod Journey
• www.nemnsynod.org/SynodJourney• Synod Journey Email Updates
• Facebook GROUP for adult leaders
• Facebook Page for general excitement
More Information: ELCA Youth Gathering
•www.elca.org/gathering• www.gatheringleaks.com
• gNews
• Facebook Page
Other Helpful Websites
• Old Lutheran (Official Gathering Gear): www.oldlutheran.com
• Visit Detroit: www.visitdetroit.com/elca2015
Questions