On August 10-17, 2014, thirteen LCMS young people (including two proctors) spent days together in service, learning, and community. They took part in a pilot program for Lutheran Youth Corps, a project of LCMS Youth Ministry. The participants ranged in ages 16-20, and were either upperclassmen in High School or are attending or entering college. Participants came from across the United States, as far west as New Mexico and the Dakotas. The students came together under the program’s theme, “Life Together through Witness and Mercy.”