DCE interns return for mid-year retreat

Director of Christian Education interns returned to Concordia for a retreat Jan. 24-26. The students are currently halfway through their year-long internships. A DCE's work varies according to the needs of a particular congregation and can include everything from youth ministry to working with the elderly.  

The seventeen participants, placed in congregations across the United States and in Riga, Latvia, shared moments of triumph and challenge from their individual internships.  The feedback and discussion helps the interns to adjust and improve their ministry efforts, and the frontline stories are especially useful for younger students in the DCE program.