OLYO: August 2011

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

High School Gathering!

As you're filling your calendar with activities this fall, don't forget the
OLYO High School Gathering
November 11-13
Camp Cascade - Lyons, Oregon
We'll talk about BREAKING BARRIERS with our speaker and musician AGAPE*! He'll be joined as well but fantastic musician Rachel Kurtz! They're joining us for the weekend as a special stop on the Citizens with the Saints Tour!
"For [Jesus] himself is our peace, who has made the two one and destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility." Ephesians 2:14

Look for the registration forms in the "Documents" tab on the front page for the OLYO Group at Soul Cafe http://www.soulcafe.org/group/olyo

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

FIND US HERE...

Hello everyone! If you haven't checked out SoulCafe yet... you should!

For the next few months we'll be posting information simultaneously on both this blog and our group on SoulCafe, with the goal being eventually to take up permanent residence on SoulCafe.

Find us at http://www.soulcafe.org/group/olyo

OLYO FAQs

What is OLYO?
OLYO stands for Oregon Lutheran Youth Organization and it is part of the ELCA’s nationwide Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO). Each of the ELCA's 65 synods are asked/expected to implement and support a model of peer leadership, the idea being that each synod would have an entity similar to our OLYO Board that would help to engage, lead, and empower the Lutheran youth of that state. But OLYO is NOT just students in leadership. Every young person who is part of an ELCA congregation in Oregon is part of OLYO.

What's so special about the OLYO events?

The OLYO events are specially planned and organized to include lots of fun fellowship time so that youth from all over Oregon can get to know one another and find mutual encouragement. Each event includes time for games, discussion around engaging subject matter, worship, and usually an opportunity for service. Another very unique aspect of the OLYO gatherings is that they are planned and led BY youth FOR youth. An OLYO event is both an opportunity for those in leadership (the OLYO Officers) to exercise and expand gifts for leadership, as well as an opportunity for the youth at the gathering to experience peer ministry, and hopefully be inspired to find ways to exercise their own gifts for leadership and ministry at the event and after!

What is the OLYO Board?

The OLYO Board provides leadership for the larger OLYO body. There are eight OLYO Officers elected each year at the Convo that happens concurrently with Oregon Synod Assembly. The role of the OLYO Board is to plan and provide leadership for the High School Gathering (in the Fall), the Middle School Rally (in the Spring) and the help plan the Convo. OLYO Officers also try to connect with as many congregations and individual students as possible.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

High School Gathering!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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