YOU are invited to WINTERFEST 2025  

The Upper Susquehanna Synod is looking to send as many youth as we can to Winterfest. Winterfest is a weekend of faith-formation with senior high and young adults ages 18-24! It will be held on January 3-5, 2025, at the Wyndham Resort in Lancaster.

What is Winterfest?  Large group gatherings feature keynote speakers and live music that introduce the theme and help inspire youth and young adult attendees to think critically about how the theme intersects their daily lives. Small group conversations allow participants to go deeper, and to explore the ways God may be speaking to them through the theme and the surrounding Christian community. Congregational advisors have opportunity to meet with peers for continuing education, networking, and mutual support. In addition, “ELECTIVES” in the afternoon block on Saturday will give you a chance to explore more. Youth, young adults, AND adult advisors will be able to self-select the elective options they wish to attend, based on their interests.

This year’s theme is … Fingerprints. Cost for participants is $225.  Thanks to a grant, young adults can go for $175. Registration includes two-nights lodging, Friday snack, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and breakfast on Sunday. Worship concludes our time together on Sunday morning, and parents who are coming to pick up youth are invited to arrive early enough to join us for worship. A $50 deposit is due at the time of registration. Registration deadline:  December 8, 2024

You know high-school aged youth who would love to attend and we ask you to please encourage them to go. We also need adult chaperones, so please come with us, too! Once you know what youth would like to attend, reach out to us at cml@campmountluther.org and we’ll work on putting registrations together. If you’d like more information or have a talk at your congregation, contact Linda Romanak at: 717-919-7653 or linjanrom@gmail.com. You can also contact chad@campmountluther.org or jim@campmountluther.org.

Promote it with this bulletin insert: https://www.uss-elca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/winterfest25bulletininsert_02.pdf