Friday was a great day! We went to COBO (the convention center) for our day with the Southern Ohio Synod. After experiencing the convention center and all it had to offer with games, experiences and THOUSANDS of people.
While going from one end of COBO to another, we stopped and took an official group picture. It was pretty funny because our shirts were very close to the color of the green screen so it took some extra editing. You can see the difference below :)
From early afternoon until early evening we met with over 800 youth and adults from our Synod in a HUGE room at the convention center. There we heard personal faith stories from Pastor Lorne Hlad and Bishop Suzanne Dillihunt. We dug into our journals complete with a personal timeline and talk about baptism.
One church brought numerous flexible frisbees and let them fly as high as our spirits as we sang with Epiphany Lutheran Church's (Dayton) praise band and worshiped God together!
Our youth took on leadership roles as well in the worship! Mallory read the Gospel and Morgan, Berit and Alessia all helped with distribution of Holy Communion.
After worship and dinner we made our way to Ford Field. What a wonderful night of speakers, worship, and music! The theme of the night was Building Bridges.
Powerful speakers like Rani Abdulmasih who is a respected leader in interfaith dialogue in the Detroit area. Sarah Funkhouser spoke about her year as a full-time volunteer with the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission program in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Sarah served at the Helen Keller School for the Visually Impaired and Special Education as an English language teacher’s assistant. The final speaker of the night was Steve Jerbi who is the senior pastor of All Peoples Church, a multicultural ELCA congregation in the heart of Milwaukee. He is a dedicated worker for justice, active in peacemaking initiatives and anti-racism work.
AND WHAT A SURPRISE! The Motown All Stars with members of The Temptations and the Funk Brothers showed up for a 12 song set. From My Girl to Stop in the Name of Love to Shout! it was an UNFORGETTABLE and UNBELIEVABLE night!
More Pictures Are Coming Soon!
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