The Lutheran Youth Organization
The voices of young leaders
The Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO) is an organization of high-school age young people who are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America . There are nearly 100,000 ELCA youth across the United States and the Caribbean.
The LYO is a place where the voices of young people are lifted up in the church. This ministry happens through young people discussing and advocating issues of importance to them concerning faith, youth ministry, the ELCA, local communities, and the world.
Learn more about the Lutheran Youth Organization at "What is the LYO?"
2010 CSLYOPs Registration is Now Open!
The 2010 Council of Synod LYO Presidents (CSLYOPs) will take place Thursday, October 28 to Reformation Sunday, October 31, 2010. It will be hosted by the Nebraska Synod
at Camp Carol Joy Hollingin Ashland, NE. The theme is Reformation Now!
LYO restructuring update
The Lutheran Youth Organization has been undergoing a study and restructuring process since 2007. The new LYO Restructuring Team will be posting updates beginning November 2009 with “mini surveys” for people across the ELCA to provide input on particular areas of change that will be considered. Thank you to everyone who participated in our most recent survey on Purpose and Core Values.
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The Definately Abled Advisory Committee invites responses to the Draft Message on Human Disabilties
The Definately Abled Advisory Committee - a ministry of LYO that helps the LYO and all youth-led ministries strive to bve more inclusive, and to voice the converns and mission hopes of young epopel with different abilities - urges all congregational and synodical youth ministries to read and comment on the Draft Message on Human Disabilities. This document, called for by the 2009 Churchwide Assembly, provides faith perspectives and general guidance for ministry and public policy efforts on a full range of issues related to persons and groups with disabilities. The statement in several formats, with instructions on offering comments is found HERE.