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adults Higher Things Making the Gifts of Christ Jesus known to youth and young adults Menu Home Events Who Am I // 2024 Conferences Identity. More than what you want to be when you grow up. More than what’s expected of you. What do you see when you look in the mirror? What gives you value? What makes you … you”? Who am I? A Christian. You’re found in the wounds of the Savior. Your identity starts there. Join us in 2024 for Who Am I. Confirmation Camp Studying the catechism while zip lining and canoeing? Amazing! Retreats Getting to know other Lutheran youth from nearby while diving into tough issues and truths of the faith? Okay! 2023/2024 Retreat Offerings Retreat in a Box RIAB is the answer you’ve been looking for if you’re putting together any sort of gathering for youth! Content We Believe We believe is a huge project by Higher Things full of videos, articles, and studies to help reinforce the core teachings of our Lutheran faith. Rooted in the teachings of the Small Catechism, we tackle quarterly topics from a variety of perspectives grounded in the same biblical teaching, all pointing to the same gifts of Christ Jesus our Lord. Latest Short: A Room for Eternity Hymns You’ll find our catalog of Hymns here. Check them out! The Drive to School Podcast Join Higher Things as we tackle all the tough topics facing our youth at school, and how their faith applies to the world around them. We’ll sit down with a host of experts and ask real questions so you can have real answers, rooted in the real hope of Christ crucified. Available every morning during the school year at 7am CT through your favorite podcast app, and at 3pm CT on Youtube for the video-cast version. Latest Episode: Who Am I? Podcasts Listen to Law and Gospel rightly divided. Listen to God’s promises given to sinners. That’s what you’ll find in our selection of podcasts, both audio and video. Reflections Two minutes. It takes two minutes to read a daily Reflection full of the Gospel of Christ crucified for you. Each day you get a reading, a devotion, and a prayer to help you confront the devil, the world, and your own sinful flesh with hope in your Lord’s victory over all of it. Today’s Reflection: Reflections: Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter May 14, 2024 Today’s Reading: 1 John 5:9-15 Daily Lectionary: Numbers 16:1-22; Luke 19:11-28 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according… High School Bible Studies HT bible studies cover a range of topics and are rooted not only in the truth of God’s holy word but in the comfort of His saving gospel. Confirmation Class Confirmation is a critical time of learning for our church’s youth. We have designed our program based on the stages of learning set out by a classical education model. Check out the HT Confirmation Curriculum! Now available. Content Archive Higher Things has existed for over 20 years. That’s over 20 years of articles, videos, and more! Check out our content archive for highlights to scratch your theological itch. About HT About HT Learn more about HT’s mission, history, and staff! Employment and Internships Want to work, volunteer, or intern for HT? This is your opportunity to make the Gifts of Christ Jesus known to youth and young adults. Donate to HT Do you love the work we are doing? Would you consider supporting Higher Things? HT is supported in its mission by your generous gifts and donations. Church Partners HT is blessed with the opportunity to make the Gifts of Christ Jesus known to youth and young adults through the generous support of these congregations and organizations. FAQ Are you wondering what Higher Things is all about? Good questions deserve good answers. Your search is over! HT.ed HT.ed is a curriculum designed to help you learn, think, and defend your faith. From the basics in VBS through the chance to learn and grow in confirmation and beyond, we equip you to stand firm in what you believe. VBS- Teach Us To Pray Take your students into the Sunday School classroom and learn about the Lord’s prayer and how Jesus teaches us to pray! 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Name * E-mail * Telephone * City * Message * By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. Submit ...Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth." (Colossians 3:1-2) In 1998, several LCMS pastors began planning a smaller, more regionally minded, cost-effective conference for youth, designed to be uniquely Lutheran. A year later, those plans were unveiled for the Dying to Live national Lutheran youth conference, held in the summer of 2000. Over 700 youth and adults from 25 states attended what was, for all intents and purposes, the first Higher Things conference. Based on the success of that first conference, more plans developed for what would become Higher Things. The name for the emerging group was chosen just before the first conference, as it had become obvious by then that the event would serve as the impetus for something worth continuing and expanding. The new organization’s theme verse was: If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on...