Change the World 2009 ECLA Youth Gathering

Dear Friends,

We are grateful to be part of the largest servant project in the country as 36,000 people serve in New Orleans this summer as part of the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering – Jesus, Justice, Jazz. Please help us, and all those involved, be successful with this important work as we serve people who are still recovering from the floods of Katrina.

You can help in three ways:

First, make a personal donation at the online gift catalog at: http://archive.elca.org/scriptlib/DS/giving/youthgiving_gift.asp

Second, pass this invitation to everyone in your address book.

Third, pray earnestly for the youth and adult participants and those they come alongside during the three days of service - July 23, 24, and 25.

Your partnership is greatly appreciated as we work together –in the spirit of compassionate justice - in New Orleans this summer.

THANK YOU!

Sincerely,

Brenna Truhe, Tori Happel, Christopher Arpin, Kyler Arpin, Stephen Tillberg, Amanda Mong and Alisha Helms (youth)

Karla Arpin and Pastor Kent Happel (adult leaders)

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Salina, Kansas