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Lott Carey’s International Youth Development Department helps churches to nurture new generations of leaders for the world.  The primary way that we accomplish this goal is through.

• The Annual Youth Seminar that gathers several hundred young people ages 14 - 21 for a week of service learning and servant leading
• The Hope Missions Program helps churches mobilize children ages 6 – 13 for missional learning and serving
• The Calling Congregations Project that helps churches to notice, name, and nurture adolescents who may be open to ministry as vocation

57th Annual Lott Carey Youth Seminar June 25 – June 30, 2011

More than 400 young people ages 14 - 20 gathered on the campus of Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia for a week of missional learning, serving, worship, and fellowship.  Together we shared in servant leading and service learning, and youth explored ways of being light and salt for the world with attention to global and local opportunities.  

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See video highlights from the 55th Annual Youth Seminar here... 

See photo highlights from the 56th Annual Youth Seminar here. 

See video highlights from the 56th Annual Youth Seminar here. 

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Lott Carey Calling Congregations:
 

Noticing, Naming, and Nurturing Young People with an Inclination toward Vocational Ministry (In partnership with The Fund for Theological Education)

Five congregations worked for more than a year to explore developing practices that both welcome and encourage adolescents to consider the call to ministry as a viable vocational option for their lives.  The call to ministry is a noble call, and churches should invite youth to "try on the mantle of ministry."  Read more, and join us on this journey! Download  Calling Congregations Work in Progress.

Hope Missions Program

Lott Carey helps churches to nurture young missionaries through our Hope Missionary Emphasis.  During the Annual Session, we have age appropriate mission education classes and mission service projects to help children ages 6 - 13 gain more exposure to being on mission with Christ in the world.  Annually, we coordinate Hope Missionary Day in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area.  We rejoice to work with networks of churches in other communities to help you cultivate your Hope Missions Program.  Email Tonga Peterson (tpeterson@lottcarey.org) to explore how we can work together to nurture a new generation of leaders for the world.