WCC NEWS: WCC will share resources at Evangelical Lutheran Church of America youth gathering

A team from the World Council of Churches (WCC) will conduct three workshops during the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's youth gathering in New Orleans, Louisiana, which is convening 16-20 July. Photo: Grégoire de Fombelle/WCC 11 July 2024 The gathering is expected to draw approximately 20,000 youth, young adults, and their adult leaders.  The WCC Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing has identified mental health as one of four priorities.  The workshops, which will focus on the intersections of mental health and youth in the church, will help participants understand more about mental health and wellbeing, and provide a platform for dialogue.   The workshops will include contextual Bible studies in small groups to help address mental wellbeing from a biblical perspective. The WCC team will accompany the participants in developing an action plan to strengthen self-care, community care, and congregational follow-up in the domain of mental health and wellbeing. See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 352 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 580 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay from the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland