Leaving

Well, 18 Faith Lutheran Youth are heading out of Big Ten college town Bloomington to serve others in and around Milwaukee.

Follow what we’re doing on Peter’s twitter account. He’ll be updating regularly throughout the week to give you the latest. The posts will also appear on his Facebook page.

Servant Event Kickoff and a kiddie Pool

FLY kicked off the 2009 Servant Event tonight by grilling out, swimming, playing ultimate and keeping an annual tradition.

Last year, John got creamed by chocolate during the much loved marshmallow drop game. This year, Leah concocted a take on bobbing for apples that includes oven mitts and stockings. As you can see from the photo the game came to a hilarious end when Peter got picked up and dropped into the kiddie pool.

The kiddie pool is now the proud possesion of the Faith Lutheran youth!

We leave in a week. It’s gonna be a ton of fun, and we’ll try and post from Milwaukee about what we are doing.

Church Expansion Offers Valuable Lessons

As Faith Lutheran expands, the youth stand to gain the most.

No, not the youth room, although that is certainly a blessing.

As youth, they quietly look on,  learning today’s lessons for tomorrow’s church. And in big undertakings like building expansion, the youth have the most to learn.

That means that as we move forward with the build, the youth will be watching to see how this is done, and the lessons they learn will be applied in the congregations of tomorrow.

Lutherans Making a Difference

Lutherans make a difference everyday. Whether you exude the grace given to you in the hallways of school or supplies distributed in Sri Lanka.

Lutheran World Relief has been instrumental in supplying relief to civilians caught in the crossfire of Sri Lanka’s civil war, which has sadly cost 6,500 lives in the last three months. Distributing food, fuel and other essential items Lutherans have been making a difference in war torn areas of Sri Lanka.

For more on Lutheran World Relief visit their website at: www.lwr.org/

For more on the Sri Lankan civil war visit the BBC’s website.