Interaction Center
Chris (left) and Kari Gray, Bothell, Wash., were some of the hundreds of volunteers who made the Gather- ing happen. They met as volunteers at the 2006 event. Today they are married with two children who they hope to send to a future Gathering.
Youth enjoyed a variety of activities in the Cobo Center, site of the Proclaim Community interaction center. Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton poses with a group from Friedens Lutheran Church, Oley, Pa.
At one of the stations, Morgan Phelps (left) and Erica Anderson, Calvary Lutheran Church, Richmond Hills, Texas, design covers for their Gathering Bibles.
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ering as “hopeful—for this city and for our church. T ere are all kinds of signs of hope. People think that the youth are absent from our church, maybe because when they’re scat- tered it seems like they don’t make as much of an impact. T ey are present and they are so energized.” Molly Beck Dean, former youth
ministry specialist and assistant to the bishop of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, is the new director of the Gathering, which in 2018 is scheduled for June 27-July 1 in Houston. Or as the Gathering’s Facebook cover photo now declares: “Houston, we have a Gathering.”
Photos continue on page 24. See more event photos and video at
www.elca.org/gathering.
Author bio: Strybis is an associate editor of The Lutheran. She attends Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chicago.
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