In our final episode of the Gathering Finishing Pack, we talk about what happens between now and the 2028 LCMS Youth Gathering.
End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry: Gathering Finishing Pack – Impact of the Gathering
The Gathering has an impact far beyond what happens in your congregation. Hear DCE Zeal Beale and Kari Benson talk about the impact of our service at the 2025 Youth Gathering.
{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Adventures in Lutheranism: Children’s Choir
Rachel embarks on a new Adventure in Lutheranism as she helps start and lead a new children’s choir at her church.
{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Erin’s Big Question: Dungeons & Dragons
For the first time ever, Erin’s asking a Big Question in the Lounge — and it’s a doozie: Is Dungeons and Dragons actually great?
{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Kitchen Table Talk: Mary and the Saints
The Ladies welcome the Rev. William Weedon to talk through pressing questions about whether and how we can faithfully and appropriately celebrate the saints of God.
End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry: Gathering Finishing Pack – Community Post-Gathering
Rev. Dr. Peter Nafzger join Mark and Julianna to talk about our theme of community and how we can carry it forward in healthy youth ministry.
{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Our Favorites, Revisited: CORN
In this riveting episode originally from August 2024, it’s a “cornival” of craziness as Erin leads Sarah and Rachel in an Iron Ladle Challenge celebrating the joys of “corn culture” (or “corny culture”) in midsummer.
End Goals — LCMS Youth Ministry: Gathering Finishing Pack – Staff Reflections
The LCMS Youth Ministry staff reflects on the 2025 LCMS Youth Gathering and celebrates what God did during our time together in New Orleans.
{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Sarah Goes to School: CUI Graduation → CSL Deaconess Studies!
Sarah wraps up her studies at Concordia University Irvine’s Townsend Institute for Counseling and Leadership as she revisits her capstone project on humor in the workplace and celebrates the completion of her M.A. in organizational leadership.
{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} International Mission 101: Missionaries Carol Halter & Chelsea Irwin
The Ladies welcome Deaconess Carol Halter, the LCMS’s longest-serving missionary, and Chelsea Irwin, one of the youngest LCMS missionaries, to share their stories of serving as international missionaries.