In 2008 All Things New Ministry decided to focus on preparing high school youth to
serve as volunteers in the disaster field. The purpose of this ministry would be to:

• Empower youth to serve in disaster fields through training & service
• Build practical skills for life
• Encourage active serving of Christ among teenagers
• Develop personal and family preparedness

Our idea was to offer various types of training, such as construction and meeting emotional and spiritual needs of people affected by disaster, to equip youth for this service. We also expected that the high school youth would commit to at least one week of field disaster ministry. We convened a steering committee of youth and their leaders to help us further develop this concept.

The Steering Committee

During Fall 2008, teens and leaders participated in a Steering Committee to guide the development of the . This steering committee was funded by All Things New Ministry and Thrivent for Lutherans. This committee:

• Guided development of
• Worked with other teens
• Helped others
• Built preparedness skills
• Served as church leaders
• Received individualized training

We used the input from these youth and their leaders as we refined the idea of the .

In January 2009, a two year project was funded by Lutheran Services for Children Endowment and All Things New Ministry to develop the .

Goals

• Refine & test a disaster response training curriculum manual
• Build capacity of teens & their leaders to address the broad array of needs in disaster response
• Train 42 teens and youth leaders, building practical skills throughout
• Have teens and leaders apply these skills in the disaster field

We are in the project and are recruiting youth to participate. Below is the information on 2009 training.

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2010 Training To register for training, click here for the forms. Be sure to complete all 4 pages, then submit them and payment to All Things New Ministry, 5555 Grove Place Crossing, Lilburn, GA 30047.

Training at Lutheranch 2010: April 4 – 10, 2010 Cost: $400 per session. Scholarships of $200 available for the first 14 who sign up for training at Lutheranch.

All Things New Ministry is accepting applications from high school youth (age 14 – 18) and youth leaders to become involved in the . In this corps, you will build practical skills in most aspects of disaster response and apply these skills in the disaster field. The training is hands on, learning the ABCs of disaster response ranging from mucking out to spiritual care of people affected by disaster. Specific units include: putting your faith into action handling tools and construction programs and resources for meeting emotional and spiritual needs of children, teens and adults administrative computer skills youth preparedness In addition to training, you are expected to apply your new skills at a disaster site. All Things New Ministry (ATNM) will link you to teams in the field. Please contact Hal Shope, ATNM Executive Director, at (404) 680 – 6860 or email him at Hshope@atnm.org for further information.

*This project is supported, in part, through a grant from the Lutheran Services for Children Endowment at the ELCA Foundation, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and All Things New Ministry, respectively.