Lutheran Youth Organization

High School Youth Ministry

St. Peter's Lutheran Active Teens (SPLAT!) LYO

ELCA NATIONAL YOUTH GATHERING

2006

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LYO Gallery of Past events

Ski Trip Spring 2005!

Breckenridge, Colorado

Senior High Gathering - December 29-31 in Austin

Theme: "It’s Good to Be Lutheran".

See Below for Bishop's Award!

Courtney Hoff and Jessica Struchen, both from St. Peter's are nominees for the Annual Bishop's Award.

Courtney Hoff Receives Bishop's Award

Teens Attend "Jesus Christ Superstar" Performance in Austin

Habitat for Humanity Workers get started - May 2005

Service and Mission Trip to Angelfire, New Mexico

June 20 -26, 2004

We Built This Fence!

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LYO SPLAT attends Synod LYO Gathering in Corpus Christ,

December 29-31, 2003

UBUNTU!

LYO youth attend 2003 ELCA National Youth Gathering in Atlanta!

LYO attends Synod Youth Retreat in Austin, December 2002

(more new photos below)

About LYO at St. Peter's

LUTHERAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION at St. Peter's ministers to high school youth. Each Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. (except during the Summer) the youth gather for study and discussion with their leaders. Throughout the year LYO members sponsor congregational events, community events, and other fund raisers for their projects and trips.

Thanks also to those who have made a commitment to being present on Sunday mornings. We have a great group!

LYO Planning

A major event each year is the annual LYO trip. The group is on a three year schedule:

Year 1: A ski trip during spring break, usually to New Mexico

Year 2: A service project involving travel. This year's LYO group went to Taos, New Mexico, where they helped build a habitat for humanity house. (They still had time for fellowship, Bible study and worship, and white water rafting!)

Year 3: Every three years the group travels to the ELCA National Youth Gathering. These events are held every three years in a large city and attract over 30,000 Lutheran Youth. There are two sessions in 2000 scheduled at St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Peter's group is looking forward to attending one of them.

HUSH! Synod Prayer (and Fellowship!) Retreat, 2002

Synod Retreat in Corpus Christi, Christmas Break, 2001

YOUTH AND FAMILY SKI TRIP

SPRING BREAK, 2001

St. Louis 2000 - ELCA National Youth Gathering

Dancing at the Crossroads

Members of St. Peter's LYO Youth Group went to St. Louis June 28 - July 2 for the National Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Six high school youth, Pastor Larson, and Lisa Baker traveled to St. Louis by bus along with churches from Fredericksburg, Wimberley, Mason, San Marcos, and Stonewall.

While in St. Louis the youth attended Bible Studies, workshops, worship, service projects, and did some sightseeing as well.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Prize and head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, was a keynote speaker on the topic of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Attendance at the gathering was around 30,000, and a second session followed one week later for more youth.

Taos Trip - Summer, 1999. Mountains, cool air, white water rafting, and, oh, yeah, building adobe houses for Habitat for Humanity (translation: making mud bricks in the sun - FUN, right?)

Getting Ready:

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