Kairos is our annual week-long faith sharing event for youth who will be in 9th-12th grades in the fall!
This year’s event will take place June 22-27, 2025 (Sunday evening through Friday noon) at Roanoke College in Salem, VA.
About Kairos:
Kairos is an event where youth and adults gather together for for lots of singing and skits and fun and friend-making and prayers, then participants gather in small groups that meet throughout the week. There are so many beloved features of Kairos: event theme t-shirts, Open Talent Mic Show, faith testimonies, comic relief, reflection time, prayer stations, speed friending, t-shirt fashion show, and more!
(“Kairos” is the New Testament Greek word for “special time.” It is used whenever God’s people want to talk about a time of change, of renewal, of God’s special work in the believer and the community.)
This event is a chance for youth who are already committed to a life of faith to be part of a unique Christian community for an entire week, to have a fresh experience of the grace and presence of God in that community, and to develop habits for discipleship that can be taken home as they live out their baptismal call to be followers of Jesus. Unlike our weekend events (Lost & Found, Winter Celebration), congregational adult advisors are not required to accompany youth to this event. The small group leader staff serves as adult leaders for the week.
Dates: June 22, 2025 (Sunday evening) – June 27, 2025 (Friday noon)
Location: Roanoke College, Salem VA
Click here to go to the online registration page for YOUTH for Kairos 2025.
(OR Click here to go to the downloadable Kairos 2025 registration form for completion and return via mail to: Kairos, Virginia Synod ELCA, PO Box 70, Salem VA 24153)
Click here to go to the downloadable permission and signature page which must be completed and returned for registration to be complete. This page also summaries the expectations for both youth and adult participants at Kairos.
Click here to go to the online registration page for ADULTS for Kairos 2025.
Click here to see the expectations of all adults at Synod youth events (on page two of the Small Group Leader Information Form).
The cost for youth participants for Kairos 2025 is $350. Click here to go to the payments page and scroll down to the Kairos 2025 tile to make a payment for Kairos 2025.
Contact Pastor Dave Delaney (delaney@vasynod.org / cell: 540-529-6893) if you are having trouble downloading any of these forms or for more information about Kairos and the application process.