My name is Debra Porowski and I am excited to be serving again as the Gathering Synod Coordinator (GSC) for the NJ Synod for the 2021 ELCA Youth Gathering in Minneapolis, June 29 - July 3, 2021. I currently serve as the Youth Director for Faith Lutheran Church in Hillsborough, as well as the lead of the NJ Synod Youth Ministry Mission Team. This is the fourth Gathering that I will attend and my second Gathering as the GSC for NJ.

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Over the upcoming months, I will be providing workshops to help you register in the fall, and then workshops on how to best plan to bring your young people to the Gathering. I will help adult leaders to feel equipped to walk alongside our youth as they experience God’s boundless love for them.  I will share information about how to get there, where we will be staying, how the daily schedule will work, where to eat, etc. I am here to answer all your questions (or help you find the answers!) and to provide support to your congregations as you plan for this life changing and faith forming opportunity.

You can reach me via email at youthmin@njsynod.org. Follow us on Facebook at “NJ Minneapolis 2021 ELCA Youth Gathering” for the most up to date information. Thank you for your work to help the youth of the NJ Synod add the Gathering to the timeline of their Faith Journey and dive deeper into the Gathering theme verse from Ephesians 3:19 “I want you to know all about Christ’s love, although it is too wonderful to be measured. Then your lives will be filled with all that God is.”