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Registration is open for the 2026 WELS International Youth Rally, July 14-17, at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. The cost is $450 if attendees register by April 30 and $475 from May 1-29.<\/p>\n
The rally is open to all WELS teens heading into their freshman year of high school through seniors graduating this spring. Teens from across the country will gather to discover ways to lead and serve, worship with thousands, and attend workshops to share the saving gospel.<\/p>\n
The theme for the 2026 rally is \u201cChrist through us,\u201d inspired by 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 and the synod\u2019s ten-year plan, which calls each of us to be Christ\u2019s ambassadors.<\/p>\n
Two keynotes will be presented based on the theme. Luke and Rachel Beilke, who serve as missionaries in Latin America since 2022 and also lead the efforts of Academia Cristo<\/em> ministry will present \u201cChrist through ordinary you.\u201d Their presentation will explore how Jesus isn\u2019t just something that happens at church, on mission trips, or is limited to missionaries far away, but he uniquely positions all of us to share his love. Rev. Jonathan Hein, director of the WELS Commission on Congregational Counseling, will present \u201cBefore you were ready.\u201d His presentation will explore that each time God\u2019s people felt they weren\u2019t ready to shoulder responsibility, God had equipped them for the work he gave them.<\/p>\n Workshops will be held for both youth leaders and youth. Topics include encouragement for Christians in today\u2019s world such as \u201cWhy youth leaders matter more than ever\u201d and \u201cIllustrations that impact\u201d for youth leaders, and \u201cA day in the life of a home missionary,\u201d \u201cWho are you when nobody\u2019s watching?,\u201d and \u201cStarting a spiritual conversation\u201d for youth.<\/p>\n Learn more about the workshops, recreational excursions, and the rally\u2014and register\u2014at welsyouthrally.net.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Registration is open for the 2026 WELS International Youth Rally, July 14-17, at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. The cost is $450 if attendees register by April 30 and $475 from May 1-29. The rally is open to all WELS teens heading into their freshman year of high school through seniors graduating this spring. Teens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[3602,989,5045,7814,290,1460],"class_list":["post-23530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-prayer","tag-international","tag-open","tag-rally","tag-registration","tag-wels","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}