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Congregational Youth Groups

Learn about opportunities for junior high and high school students at Urban Plunge, Interfaith Bridge Building, Augsburg Youth Theology Institute, Interfaith Youth Day of Service and campus visits below. Contact us at (612) 330-1732 or dames@augsburg.edu.


Urban Plunge

Urban Plunge is an overnight, Augsburg student-led, faith-based experience for Middle and High School youth groups. Come to learn about and explore the gifts and challenges of our Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis by connecting with community members and using “The Sermon on the Mount” as a guiding message. Want to know more? Contact us or download info packet.

 

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Interfaith Bridge BuildingImage of a globe with a dove in a tree to symbolize interfaith work

Come to Augsburg University and our neighborhood and explore how interfaith friendships enrich our lives. What in the cross of Jesus Christ leads us to one another?

Experience: Interfaith Service Learning, Sacred texts, Sacred spaces (especially our local mosques), and Interfaith dialogue with religiously diverse college students. Want to know more? Contact us to book a Saturday experience or download info packet. Or watch this video introduction to the program.

 

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The Confluence

The Confluence hosts an annual weeklong on-campus experience in the summer each year for high school students to gain deeper insight into who they are and the life they want to live as children of God. The Confluence is only one of the many initiatives supported by the work of the Christensen Center for Vocation.

 

The CONFLUENCE is an experience that empowers young people to be curious about how their personal story, the world’s story, and God’s story flow together to create a loving and just world. Together in community, participants learn how to practice vocational discernment through a variety of experiences including –

 

  • intentional community building with small groups led by college mentors

  • daily spiritual practices of prayer, journaling, first word, and worship

  • learning how spiritual gifts and strengths inventories can deepen our understanding of the gifts God has us

  • reading books and articles that invite academic inquiry as a way of understanding theology and vocation

  • community based learning in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood and the greater Twin Cities

Our hope is that by the end of the CONFLUENCE, each participant will have gained a deeper insight into who they are and the life they want to lead as children of God. These stories all flow together – it’s simple. JOIN US THIS SUMMER!


Youth Group Visits

Do you have a youth group at your congregation that you would like to bring to Augsburg University for a tour?  Augsburg Admissions has many options available, whether you’d like to come during the week or on a Saturday.  Please make your arrangements through Augsburg Admissions by starting on the Visit Campus webpage and scrolling to the appropriate section, i.e. “Summer Visits” or “Group Visits” at the bottom of the page.

We’d like to know you are coming, too! Please call Campus Ministry at (612) 330-1732 and let us know how we can interact with your visit.