The NYG committee is very pleased to announce that our main speaker for 2021 is Pastor Eric Moffett.
Pastor Eric is the Associate Pastor at Foothills Lutheran Church in Calgary, where he spends half of his time on the university campus interacting with students. He’s been involved with youth gatherings since he was a youth himself (no comment on how long it's been since then), and is on two gathering planning committees. He enjoys playing board games with his lovely wife, has terrible taste in music, loves sports, and knows some real bad dad jokes. Originally from Kitchener, he’s a CREW Ministries alum, has a music degree from Concordia Edmonton, and was ordained and installed at Foothills in 2015. UofC campus outreach, youth ministry, and music are some of his greatest joys as part of his work there.
Cassie Moore is an author, speaker, and Director of Next Gen Ministries at St. Mark Lutheran Church & School in Houston, Texas. She’s author of “Authentic Youth Ministry: Straight Talk about Working with Kids, Teens & In-Betweens”, contributor for “Connected for Life: Essential Guide to Youth Ministry”, and an upcoming historical fiction series. She's published over 80 articles on youth and culture, in addition to freelance curriculum writing. She grew up in Illinois & Minnesota, has a degree from Concordia University in Irvine, California, has worked on national & district youth gatherings, and enjoys speaking nationally. She loves travel & talking to strangers. She and her husband, Pastor Tyler, have two dogs. Connect with her at cassieahmoore.com.
The 2010 NYG in Edmonton was Pastor Scott's first youth gathering experience, and since then he's been getting his hands dirty in all sorts of gathering roles; iBod, co-MC, IMPACT chaplain, and now MC for the 2022 NYG. He's currently one of the pastors at Faith Lutheran Church in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and when he's not pastoring he's likely eating wings, playing board and card games (Codenames or hearts, anyone?), or drinking coffee with his wife, Becky. For the last few months, Faith has been livestreaming daily devotions on their Facebook page, and you can usually catch Pastor Scott on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. He's looking forward to seeing you in Winnipeg in 2022!