The Grand Canyon Synod is looking for three leaders, currently in 9th-12th grade, to represent us at the 2020 ELCA Youth Leadership Summit. As in-person summits have been in the past, this is being planned and will be led by the ELCA Youth Core Leadership Team. 

This virtual event is 11/6 and 11/7/2020, Friday evening and Saturday. Applications are due 9/30/2020, by 8pm.

Apply here. Those selected will be notified by October 2.

The ELCA Youth Leadership Summit is an annual gathering for high school youth identified as leaders and an adult representative from each synod. The theme verse, Proverbs 27:19 says, As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

The 2020 ELCA Youth Leadership Virtual Summit will help youth discover and affirm themselves, as they are created perfectly in God’s image, both outwardly and inwardly. Through online webinars, the participants will meet leaders who are reflecting God through the ministries and agencies that they lead and serve. And finally, through small group discussions, the participants will share their hearts, passions, hopes and dreams of how they will reflect God through their involvement in their community, church, school, and vocation. 

Youth can expect to participate in community building activities with the Youth Core Leadership Team including games and small groups between learning sessions. Youth will be introduced to representatives from ELCA Lutheran Colleges, ELCA Campus Ministries, ELCA Young Adults, and ELCA Military Chaplaincy as they “look toward” their next faith community and the opportunities that awaits them in the church. There will be some preparation work for the participants that will be emailed in advance of the Summit and t-shirts and other Summit swag will be sent directly to the youth’s homes. 

The Youth Leadership Summit is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and partners with the Domestic Mission Unit, the Faith Formation Team, the SYMBOL Network, the ELCA Youth Gathering, 65 Synods across the United States, ELCA Disability Ministries, and ELCA Ethnic Specific Ministries.