On September 16, 2022, the lecture room of the new coffeehouse at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg hosted a meeting of children’s & youth ministers—“Don’t Let Yourself Dry Out!” What did they do? - Group discussion of the minister’s characteristics and responsibilities described in the Old and New Testaments, … [Read more...]
Children & Youth Servants Hold Seminar in Novosibirsk
Yelena Tatti and Nikolai Minenkov with the ELCIR Children & Youth Department from St. Petersburg held a seminar at the ELCIR Lutheran Church of Novosibirsk on November 27, 2021. They talked about how and why we should talk to children about God. Original post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]
Youth Leaders Meet at Yoshkar-Ola Church
On October 16-17, 2021, the Lutheran Congregation of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, hosted a meeting of youth leaders from the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. Yelena Tatti, instructor with the ELCIR Children & Youth Department, facilitated seminars about the personality and spiritual life of the youth leader and interactive methods of holding Bible … [Read more...]
Children & Youth Dept. to Hold Online Conference
On November 21, 2020, the ELCIR Children & Youth Department will hold an online conference on children & youth ministry. The conference will start at 12 noon. Sunday school secretaries, teachers and assistants, youth workers, children & youth retreat counselors are invited. Please send relevant questions to Yelena Tatti, an … [Read more...]
Update on ELCIR Children & Youth Dept.
By CYD Head Nikolai Minenkov and CYD Instructor Yelena Tatti On September 29, 2020, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. We remember God’s protection which He gives us through His angels. Since children are an important focus of this feast, our Church has a tradition of collecting offerings on that day for the work … [Read more...]