On September 16, 2023, the lecture room of Annenkirche (St. Anne’s Lutheran Church) in St. Petersburg hosted the annual seminar “Don't Let Yourself Dry Out!” The seminar is geared primarily for child & youth ministers, but the ELCIR Child & Youth Department which organizes this event invites and is happy to see any … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s hosts training for Sunday school teachers
ELCIR Sunday school teachers met together for three days at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg to share best practices and learn the Godly Play® methodology. The 18 teachers came from Karelia, Lomonosov, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Udmurtia, and Yoshkar-Ola. The three wonderful days strengthened St. Mary’s Sunday school and upgraded the … [Read more...]
ELCIR youth ministers meet, pray, read Scripture, discuss ministry aspects
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...]