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2024 ELCA Youth Gathering 
NEW ORLEANS, LA

The Gathering’s mission of faith formation in young people. Our goal is to create environments and opportunities for faith formation through worship, interactive learning, Bible study, service and fellowship. While some of the experiences can be replicated at home, some are unique and special to the Gathering because of the size and scope of this ministry.
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2024 ELCA YOUTH GATHERING JULY 16-20, 2024  NEW ORLEANS

Who can attend the
ELCA Youth Gathering

Youth participants must be in eighth to 12th grade at the time of registration (fall 2023). Adult leaders accompanying youth to the Gathering must be at least 21 years old at the time of the Gathering.

What does it cost?

Registration $375/person
Please note that hotel, meals and travel costs are not included in the Gathering registration fee. We encourage congregations to budget $70 per person, per day for meals and $175/night plus tax for a room. Typically three individuals are assigned to a room.

*Financial assistance is available to youth participants only in the form of registration-fee credits. Please talk to Hannah or Kale if needed.

Schedule (Theme of day)

(Travel dates TBD based on flights)
Monday, July 15 - Travel day


Tuesday, July 16 BRAVE
7-8:45p         Mass Gathering - Superdome
9:15-10:45p   Community Life
11:00p           Final 15 (At hotel)  


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*Wednesday, July 17 AUTHENTIC
*Thursday, July 18 FREE
*Friday, July 19 DISRUPTIVE



Saturday, July 20 DISCIPLES
9:30- 11:30 a.m. Closing Worship - Superdome

Sunday, July 21 - Travel day
*Wed-Fri will be assigned based on:
~Accompaniment Day - These include “action” “awareness” and “advocacy.” Action projects could be painting something, cleaning up a park or performing other physical work. Advocacy projects could be neighborhood organizing, community building or working with global partners such as ELCA World Hunger. Awareness projects could be diving into New Orleans culture and learning how food, history and music tie into the community.

~Synod Day Experience 10a-2p
~Interactive Learning Space 10a-3:30p

Created to Be theme

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We have been created to be ourselves. Created by the Holy One. Since the last time the ELCA came together for an ELCA Youth Gathering, our young people have experienced several major life events. Still today, we are experiencing an ongoing public health crisis mixed with an economic and political crisis. However, we can rest assured that we are created to be in relationship with one another.

We are created to be brave, to show up with an open mind and heart, willing to be challenged.
We are created to be authentic, to bring our whole selves and know that we are loved by our Creator.
We are created to be free, to be transformed by the gospel.
We are created to be disruptive, to work for justice for all our siblings.
We are created to be disciples, to be sent out into the world to love our neighbor just as we are loved by God.

Our host city, New Orleans, has always been its true, authentic self. Our theme, “Created to Be,” highlights the arts, music and soul of this beautiful, vibrant and resilient city. New Orleans was built to host and be a city where all God’s children come together.

We plan to dive deeper into justice, mental health and anti-racism conversations throughout the Gathering. These are hard conversations, but our church desperately needs to have them. We also hope to foster relationships and be a sanctuary for one another. We are saint and sinner simultaneously, and we need forgiveness when we aren’t or can’t be brave, authentic, free, disruptive disciples.
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