Mike Westendorf

Join women from across the Synod, July 18-20, 2019 at Luther Preparatory School in Watertown, WI to find out what that means for your life. Be nurtured by God’s word to understand what that looks like at home and in the world. Be encouraged by sisters in Christ facing similar circumstances. Be equipped with ideas and resources for life as a living stone. Most importantly, see God’s design from God’s perspective. Visit wels.net/wmconference for conference information, lodging, publicity materials, resources and updates. REGISTRATION opens in February!

Mike's breakouts are here:

Hope and the Broken Road: Understanding the Journey of Emerging Adults

For a lot of people who love the church, we look around in our worship services and wonder where the younger generation has gone.  We know we won’t be here forever and we know that the future of the physical church depends on people carrying on the Gospel work after we’re gone.  Before we dig into ideas on how to walk with Millenials and emerging adults, it’s important to unpack the importance of the 18-25 time of life and the journey of adulthood.  In this session we’ll talk about the breaking of the straight and narrow road and the how Jesus as our ultimate Hope that can heal that broken road.  Based on 1 Peter 2:11-12 

Walking the Broken Road with Hope: Strategies for Ministering to Millennials and the 18-25 Generation

With a little more insight into the process of emerging adulthood  we look at some ways we can consider engaging and ministering with and to the young adult and Millennial generation.  We will look at some gleanings from the book of Judges and some of the current strategies that we can apply in our personal, professional and church lives to build meaningful mentoring relationships with the next generations.  With courage, vulnerability and a willingness to be humble, we can see the beauty of the Gospel and the story of God’s faithfulness through all generations!  Even though the journey of faith often resembles a broken road, it is one we walk with hope with Jesus and a hope that we might help others walk that road too.  Based on 1 Peter 2:11-12