National Youth Gathering

The 2025 National Youth Gathering is upon us!

Tickets for the Michigan District Event at the National Youth Gathering and t-shirt orders are now available.

Michigan District 2025 LCMS Youth Gathering T-Shirt

The t-shirt design will help those who wear and see it be encouraged to ENDURE!

Pick-up sites for District t-shirts will be at: Michigan District Office, Ann Arbor; St. Martin Lutheran Church, Birch Run; and Immanuel Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids.

Please consider wearing these shirts as “evening wear” for the day of the District Event on Monday, July 21.

Each shirt is only $10, unless you get a 2XL ($12) or a 3XL ($13).

Please order by Wednesday, April 23, 2025!

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District Event

Our District Event will be at the Superdome on Monday, July 21, from 5-8 p.m. We will not only be in the place for that evening’s mass event–it will be the only way for us to sit on the main floor for the mass event.

The menu offers four entrees that cover a cross-section of tastes while also offering a Louisiana taste:

• Meat Pies – Louisiana fried pies filled with seasoned beef and pork baked in flaky dough. Served with Cajun ranch dip
• Bacon Jam Sliders – Mini hamburgers served with homemade bacon jam
• Fried Shrimp – Fried golden brown and served with cocktail sauce
• Stuffed Mushrooms (Vegetarian and Gluten Free) – White button mushrooms stuffed with fresh herbs and parmesan cheese

The meal also includes iced tea, lemonade, bottled water, and local cheese display served with artisan crackers and freshly baked cookies.

Our entertainment for the event is “The Roots of Music”–young local musicians sharing the quality and variety of the New Orleans music scene! You can check them out at their website: therootsofmusic.org.

This time together will give us a great opportunity to relax not only in our congregational groups but as God’s children from Michigan!

Pricing per person for this year’s Michigan District package is:

            Shirt only:                              $10.00 ($12/$13)

            Event only:                            $45.00

            Both shirt & event:              $50.00 ($52/$53)

Register below by April 23 to be included in this event!

The Michigan District Coordinator is Randy Bickel (989.624.9204). He will send news to you periodically through the District’s weekly E-newsletter, direct emails, and the Michigan District Youth Worker’s Facebook Group Page. Please feel free to contact him if you have any questions.

For more information about the National Youth Gathering, visit lcmsgathering.com.