Learn more about past SPSYC events here...
Cost: $110 early (on or before Oct. 19), $125 later.
Questions: contact event registrar: spsyc@earthlink.net
Important: You'll need a medical form for students, so here's a
generic medical release that you may use.
Please complete carefully - first fill in the church name (3 places), then photocopy for each student.
Don't send these with your registration, but bring them to camp. Hint: check each camper's for parent's
signature before the student gets into the vehicle!
Also, please have each participant sign
this publicity waiver, and bring
them with your registrations.
Special note:The offering at Sunday worship will be board games, which
be given to a local charity organization. Please encourage your campers
to bring gently used or new board games, perhaps asking others in the congregation to participate.
Senior High Event, with SPSYC elections
Theme: "Connections: More Jesus in More Places", October 16-18, 2009, at Mount Cross.
Download registration materials.
Or try our experimental
on-line registration.
Please note: 85 people attended this event!
New: here's the weekend schedule.
Important: You'll need a medical form for students, so here's a
generic medical release that you may use.
Please complete carefully - first fill in the church name (3 places), then photocopy for each student.
Don't send these with your registration, but bring them to camp. Hint: check each camper's for parent's
signature before the student gets into the vehicle!
Also, please have each participant sign
this publicity waiver, and bring
them with your registrations.
Special announcement: SPSYC has proposed changes to its constitution. These will be
voted on during the October 2009 event. Please download
the draft constitution,
review, and return comments and questions to SPSYC at spsyc @ earthlink.net. Thanks so much.
We are planning an amazing event and hope that you will be part of it!
Bible Verse: Romans 8:28
Cost: $110 early, before Sept 18. $125 late, after Sept 18.
- At Large: Multicultural representative
- District A: 3 youth and 1 adult
- District B: 1 youth and 1 adult
- District C: 2 youth
- District D: 2 youth
- District E: 2 youth
- District NV: 2 youth and 1 adult
2009 Winter Elementary Events
Superheroes of Faith: Believers Assemble!
Come learn about the heroes and prophets of our faith, as well as our
ultimate hero, Jesus!
We will explore our theme in four sessions led by our speaker Darren Zinser, the Youth Director at St. John's Lutheran Church in Sacramento.
Our great Elementary School Event 2009 is offered twice and now in two locations:
Download the schedule or go to details on line.
Important:You'll need a medical form for students, so here's a
generic medical release that you may use. Please
complete carefully - first fill in the church name (3 places), then photocopy for each student. Don't send these with
your registration, but bring them to camp. Hint: check each camper's for parent's signature before the student
gets into the vehicle!
New! Beta testing on-line registration
If you'd like to try our first attempt at on-line registration (but no payment), try our no-obligation
On Line Registration (beta). We
hope this is useful, but if not, please register the tried-and-true way!
Thanks for being adventureous (and who says "Lutherans can't change"? Why I changed my socks
at least twice last week!)
L.E.G.O.S.
(Love Every Gift Of the Spirit):
The Building Blocks of Faith
We are so blessed to introduce our amazing speaker Dr. Carol Jacobson!
Carol, as she puts it, has a “Ph.D in God.” She is a
speaker, teacher, and a seminary professor at
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. She is great
at translating the building blocks of our faith into
language that ‘tweens and teens can understand. We are VERY EXCITED to have her
leading us this weekend!
The 2008 Senior High Faith and Leadership Retreat
"AmazingRACE"
October 17th - 19th, 2008
Mt. Cross Lutheran Camp – Felton, CA
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We had an exciting weekend for all of our participants! Our theme was “AmazingRace” – but it’s more like two themes in one! Get it? - The “Amazing Race” (like the TV show) and God’s “Amazin’ Grace!” Sometimes we run our life like it’s a race, but if we can stop and accept and reflect on God’s grace in our lives, that race turns into an Amazing Race of GRACE where we are all winners!
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3rd - 6th Grade Camp
This event is offered on two weekends each. Our camps this year in March and April event were wonderful, spirit-filled, fun, rewarding events. See some photos here.
Our Theme this year was Finding NEMO: New-found Existence Marked by
Our God!
Don't forget - each year we make a movie too, starring you!
The dates for these events will be announced soon, so start planning for one of these wonderful weekends.
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We can't wait to see you at our events next year!
High School Youth Gathering, October 12-14, 2007
Where: Mount Cross, Felton, CA
Our Theme: The Pursuit of Happyness
Featured speaker / musician: David Sherer, aka Agape, with his trademark Christian hip hop/rap
Special note: Elections to SPSYC will be held. You too could be on the Synod Youth Committee. See What is SPSYC? for details on how you can be one the committee! Lots of openings for youth and adult representatives.
Cost:
$105 per person for early registration (postmarked by September 24), $125 after 9/24.
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Middle School Gathering, November 30 - December 2, 2007
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Where: Mount Cross, Felton, CA
Our theme: Mirror, Mirror On the Wall - is this the Real Me After All?
Cost: $99 per person for early registration (postmarked by November 1), $125 after 11/1.
Registration material should be available in your church's mail in early September.
OR click to
get the registration materials right now, as a Word document.
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So what is the SPSYC?
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We are a dynamic group of student and adult volunteers, devoted to service to our God, our Church, our congregations, and our fellow Christians. Each year new members are elected to the committee for 2 year terms at the October High School Event. Maybe you'd like to be on the committee! Here's how.
We belong to ELCA Lutheran Churches across Northern California and Northern Nevada. We practice our faith by serving others, learning how to live Christ-centered lives by ministering to the young people of our communities and congregations.
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Each year we plan and host four weekend events for young people from 3rd grade through high school. All are held at
beautiful Mount Cross Lutheran Camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Each event starts on Friday evening and ends by noon on Sunday. Activities include singing,
indoor and outdoor games, dynamic speakers, music, special workshops and crafts, worship, Bible study, and much, much more.
And check out our 2007-8 upcoming events and activities here.
Please send comments, questions, suggestions to our web maintainers.
We'd love to hear from you.
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