The Western States Youth Gathering (WSYG) and Western States Multicultural Youth Leadership Event (WYLE) are back! Coming to California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif., July 4-9, 2023, the Western States Youth Gathering is open to high school aged youth in Regions 1-4 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). WSYG and WYLE will gather around the theme “Revive, Reunite, Rejoice,” grounded in Acts 2:1: “When the day [of WSYG] came, they were all together in one place.” The Western States Multicultural Youth Leadership Pre-Event (WYLE) will be held July 4-6, 2023. The Western States Youth Gathering (WSYG) will be held July 6-9, 2023.