Pastor Adam on the Plank!

We aren't superstitious at Southwestern Conference Youth Ministries, but we did find it kind of funny that we inadvertently scheduled our pool party on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic... Pastor on the Plank went off without a hitch, however. We saw a great mix of youth and adults from around the Southwestern Conference, including Bethel, First, Holy Trinity, Immanuel, Saint Timothy's, and Tri Church.

Pastor Adam Miller-Stubbendick of Bethel Lutheran in Jamestown was the pastor who received the most votes to walk the plank. Pastors Allie Leitzel of Tree of Life Parish, Dan Nagle of First, and Jordan Miller-Stubbendick of Saint Tim's showed up for moral support and bonus plank walking. We have some great pastors in the Southwestern Conference and we thank them for being good sports! (Seeing multiple pastors at the event kept the youth guessing!)

Thanks to the pastors who took a dive to raise funds for clean drinking water in Africa, the youth who collected votes, The Friendly Unicorns (our worship team), adults who transported youth and chaperoned, the nice staff at the JCC Total Fitness Complex, and Sally Baer who told us about her mission and humanitarian work in Ethiopia.

We raised $258 for the ELCA 100 Wells Challenge so far, but that amount will be revised later in the week as several churches still have contributions to hand in. Watch this space.

Here is a short video of the afternoon highlights:


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Look at the photo album of the event here.