Hey there! Rebecca here! Today was Proclaim Story Day for our synod, which includes congregations from all across central and upstate New York. Before worshipping with the 350 other people from our synod, we ate at Colors, a restaurant that serves locally sourced food and provides job training opportunities. The food was amazing, and the workers were very friendly! From there, we walked to worship with our synod. There were many great speakers, both teens and adults, that shared their faith stories and encouraged us to share and reflect on ours. The Bishop shared his story, too, about his journey with God. (By way, did you know he flunked his first year of college?) All in all, it's been a fun and inspiring day, and I can't wait to see what the rest of the week will bring!
Blessings from Detroit!
Rebecca 🙏 ❤️
We're headed to Detroit in July for the ELCA National Youth Gathering, where we will join with 35,000 other young people and adults for a week filled with worship, friends and reaching out to the people of Detroit through a variety of activities based on the theme, "Rise UP Together", 65 youth and adults from the Genesee Finger Lakes region will be heading to Detroit July 14-19; most of us traveling together on a chartered bus. Follow our thoughts and reflections here.
I love hearing what all of you are doing. Keep up the blog posts! We are enjoying all of the photos on the blog and Facebook, etc. So glad you are enjoying yourselves!!
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