2021 NYG Committee meets in Winnipeg

L-r: Rev. Glenn Worcester, Deacon Lisa Olding, Michelle Heumann, Rhonda Kelman, Josh Gajdos, Madison Bouwman, Erika Schroth-Gajdos, Bill Wardekker, Rev. Eric Moffett, Deacon Stephanie Mayer, and Rev. David Haberstock in the chapel at Synod office

WINNIPEG – The National Youth Gathering (NYG) planning committee met at Lutheran Church–Canada’s synodical office on November 15-16, 2019 to begin planning for the 2021 NYG. The committee is co-chaired by Deacon Lisa Olding and Rev. Glenn Worcester, and the chaplain is Regional Pastor David Haberstock. The other committee members are Madison Bouwman, Josh Gajdos and Erika Schroth-Gajdos, Phil Guebert, Michelle Heumann, Rhonda Kelman, Deacon Stephanie Mayer, Rev. Eric Moffett, and Bill Wardekker.

Rev. Worcester commented that “Even though we just had our last NYG a few months ago, it’s an exciting time as we get a group of people together from all over the country to use their leadership skills, passion, experience, and commitment for youth ministry to serve Christ’s Church and His people, especially youth.”

There will not be a three-year wait for the youth who attended the 2019 NYG in Langley and who are eager to go again; the planning committee has decided to hold the next NYG in 2021 instead of 2022, so as to not conflict with The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod NYG.

The theme for 2021 is “In Not Of” and the theme verse is “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,” from Philippians 3:20. The Gathering will be held at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg from July 16-20, 2021.

The committee reports that they had an enjoyable and productive weekend of meeting, planning, and exploring the Gathering options available in the city, and they are thankful for the staff at Synod office who accommodated the meeting. Rev. Worcester concluded that “with many new faces joining the committee, some familiar ones returning, and only a short time to prepare, we wanted to use our meeting time as effectively and as wisely as possible. With all the talent in this group, I think we got off to a pretty good start in this first face-to-face meeting. Now we will continue planning from a distance, focusing not just on this life, but the life that is to come for all God’s people.”

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