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• • Why Study Youth and Family Ministry at Augsburg?
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• • Student and Alumni Voices
    • Student & Alumni Voices
    • Kate Verlautz ('12)
    • Ally Streed ('09)
    • Brent Haglund ('10)
    • Erika Hiland ('05)
    • Geoffrey Gill ('12)
    • Kirsten Kelly ('00)
    • Justin Daleiden ('11)
    • Natalie Romero ('08)
    • Sarah Grans ('01)
    • Jason Bryan-Wegner ('01)

Youth and Family Ministry

Student & Alumni Voices

Click on the photos or video of student interviews below to hear how our YFM program shapes lives.

Ally Streed Class of 2009 English Teacher Luther Jr. & Sr. High School Kumamoto, Japan	Brent Haglund Class of 2010 Director of Youth and Family Ministry Prince of Peach Lutheran Church Brooklyn Park, MN
Erika Hiland Class of 2005 Children’s Ministry St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church Mahtomedi, MN	Kate Verlautz Class of 2012 Senior High Youth Director Trinity Lutheran Church Owatonna, MN
Geoffrey Gill Class of 2011 Staff Member Chrestomathy Eden Prairie, MN	Kirsten Kelly Class of 2000 Children’s Ministries Zion Lutheran Church Buffalo, MN
Justin Daleiden Class of 2011 Director of Youth and Family Ministries Prairie Lutheran Church Eden Prairie, MN	Natalie Romero Class of 2008 Director of Children, Youth and Families Ministries Ascension Lutheran Church Deer Park, NY
Sarah Grans Class of 2001 Director of Outreach and Faith Formation St. Peder’s Lutheran Church Minneapolis, MN	Jason Bryan-Wegner Class of 2001 Pastor of Mission and Outreach Zumbro Lutheran Church Rochester, M

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