Nov. 1 is National Junior High Sunday in the Church of the Brethren. The theme is the same as that for this year's National Junior High Conference, “Honor God by Honoring Others” (Matthew 7:12). Find worship resources and a logo in pdf format at www.brethren.org/yya/jr-high-resources.html.
Source: 8/20/2015 Newsline
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Junior high conference helps youth address change, while keeping a focus on God
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Photo by Glenn Riegel
Junior high youth gather at Elizabethtown College in
Pennsylvania for the 2015 National Junior High Conference.
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An acorn. Small, ordinary, even insignificant. Yet that small seed transforms into a massive, rooted, solid oak tree.
That transformation was the metaphor for change used by the organizers of the 2015 National Junior High Conference held June 19-21 at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. The message came through clearly.
In total, 325 youth, advisors, and staff attended the conference and participated in workshops, recreation times, and even a carnival while also sharing meals and worship together.
Theme guides youth through change
The worship sessions each built upon the metaphor of transformation. The theme from the weekend was based on Romans 12:1-2, which, in the Message version, states, “Take your everyday, ordinary life--your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life--and place it before God as an offering.” In addition, the youth were charged to not allow themselves to “become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out.”
Organizers of the event, including director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Becky Ullom Naugle, wanted to acknowledge the changes junior high youth go through and remind them to keep their focus on God.
“We were thinking about different images for change, and the acorn starts so small and so insignificant, but it turns in to this mighty oak tree,” she said. “And we thought that could help the kids see long term. It’s not about how you look or what you have. God’s looking at other things.”
Kristen Hoffman, coordinator of National Junior High Conference and a Brethren Volunteer Service worker, said she wanted the students to feel energized. “We wanted to focus on their gifts and talents and have them fueled by that and ready to go back to their junior highs,” she said.
Preachers share personal stories, challenges
That energizing process began with the opening worship service. Lauren Seganos, a seminarian at the Memorial Church of Harvard University and member of Stone Church of the Brethren in Huntingdon, Pa., had the first opportunity to address the attendees, and she shared a personal story about her time in junior and senior high.
She talked about how much she enjoyed singing and performing and how she would audition for parts in musicals and solos in choir. However, another classmate usually earned those leads and solos. Seganos said she became so discouraged, she turned down an opportunity to sing at a coffee house hosted by her high school during her senior year.
She told the crowd that today, she can look back and see her focus was in trying to be the best rather than accepting the talents and strengths she did have. “We are all made in God’s image,” she said during her message, “but sometimes it’s hard to remember that.”
Putting unrealistic expectations on ourselves is a quick way to lose focus. “We’re in a culture where everyone needs to be the best at everything, and it’s worse today than when I was a child,” she said. “I think it’s important to not focus on being the best necessarily, but focus on what brings you joy because when we’re doing something that comes from our heart, that pleases God.”
Seganos said she was excited when contacted by the conference organizers. “They explained to me the vision for the weekend, with the image of the acorn and how it ties in,” she said. “I love the scripture passage; I actually have a poster of that up on my wall, that verse in the Message translation, and I thought it was so neat that that was the verse they asked me to preach on.”
On Saturday morning the transformation metaphor was expanded when Bethany Theological Seminary academic dean Steve Schweitzer talked about filters. He began by showing what different pictures looked like with different filters, such as different color filters, simple back and white, or even a negative filter. He then talked about the filters through which we see ourselves, or how others see us, or how God sees us. His theme was identity, an important topic for junior high youth.
“This is an age in which the answer to the question about knowing who you are can change every day,” he said. “We have to recognize that God sees us as no one else can and to know that God knows who we are and who we will become, so even when we screw up and get it wrong, God is there to call us into being that which God sees in us.”
Amy Gall Ritchie, a former Church of the Brethren pastor who now works with students at Bethany Seminary, also used pictures and images as part of her message during Saturday night’s worship service. She showed pictures of trees that grew in prevailing winds, trees that have grown more horizontally than vertically. She explained how while we should grow vertically, stretching to God, the prevailing winds of peer pressure can cause any of us to change direction.
She related a powerful story about peer pressure, describing how a group of friends organized a trip to the mall and while there, devised a plan to ditch one person in the group. Knowing what she was doing was wrong, she went ahead with her friends. The plan worked.
Acknowledging her guilt in making a bad choice, she had advice for those in worship that night: “We are going to make bad choices,” she said, “but there is always the next choice. We do not have to carry around our bad choices like a chain of punishment.”
Realizing those next-choice opportunities is the key to avoiding bad choices in the future, not to mention the guilt that comes with them. “If we get discouraged and give up, then we’re in that unproductive place of shame and guilt again,” she said. “And honestly, if I’m going to put my energy into something, I want to put it into goodness.”
Pacific Southwest District moderator Eric Bishop gave the message closing the conference on Sunday morning, building on what previous speakers had said. He challenged the youth to keep in mind what they had heard over the weekend, and challenged the adults as well.
“Yours has to be the just generation,” he told the youth. “We are failing and falling. Each generation, we hope the next will be the change we want and need. If we are going to change, we must help show you how.”
He talked about the mistake some people make in their underestimating of junior high youth. “We tell the youth, ‘You're the future, but [you have to] wait.’ But I think they are not the future; they are a part of the church now. We need to bring them in and listen to them,” he said.
Workshops include Charleston discussion
Between worship sessions, youth and advisors alike had opportunities to unwind or get wound up. Saturday afternoon featured opportunities for sports and recreation, utilizing Elizabethtown’s facilities for kickball, volleyball, and Ultimate Frisbee.
Saturday’s schedule also featured two sessions of workshops, where youth could learn about a wide variety of topics including what Brethren volunteers are doing in Nigeria, how pop culture relates to faith, how not to be a jerk, among many others.
Organizers also saw an opportunity for discussion with the tragic shooting in South Carolina. Bishop offered to facilitate a talk specifically about what happened in Charleston, and also more generally about violence and race. He said it was a good chance to discuss some important topics. “It was primarily advisors, but those are the people who help influence the youth,” he said. “It’s interesting because there was a point where I said, ‘OK, we’ve been here an hour, so you’re welcome to come and go as you need,’ but no one moved.”
All of the discussions and activities took place in large part because of the efforts of the steering committee, which included Dave Miller, Michelle Gibbel, Eric Landram, and Jennifer Jensen. “Anytime at conference when something needed to happen they were always the first ones who said they’d do it,” Hoffman said. That included the Saturday night carnival, featuring activity booths from Brethren Volunteer Service, Global Mission and Service, Bethany Seminary, and McPherson College.
Seth Hendricks led the musical portion of worship, including praise songs and an original work based on the conference’s theme.
All of the activities and fellowship made for a positive experience.
“It’s been a good and healthy place for kids to be over the weekend,” Ullom Naugle said.
-- Josh Harbeck is a high school English teacher and member of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, Ill., where he serves as a junior high teacher.
Glenn Riegel, a photographer and member of Little Swatara Church of the Brethren in Bethel, Pa., has posted albums from the National Junior High Conference at
www.facebook.com/glenn.riegel.
Source: 6/24/2015 Newsline
Lightsabers and communicating with junior highs: An interview with Bethany dean Steve Schweitzer
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Photo by Glenn Riegel
Bethany Seminary dean Steve Schweitzer speaks
at 2015 National Junior High Conference
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When pondering the best tools to use to communicate with junior high youth, lightsabers may not appear on the top of the list. However, according to Bethany Theological Seminary academic dean and professor Steve Schweitzer, they may have their place.
Schweitzer is teaching a new course at Bethany called “Science Fiction and Theology,” and he brought some of the ideas discussed in that class to a workshop at the National Junior High Conference held June 19-21 at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College.
Schweitzer showed clips from the Star Wars and Star Trek movie and television franchises, along with clips from various episodes of the BBC television show “Dr. Who.” Each of these clips had to do with faith, humanity, relationships, and concepts of God.
Why bring topics from a college course to a junior high conference? For Schweitzer, the answer is simple. “This is my favorite age group. I love junior high,” he said. “They’re honest, they ask good questions, and they don’t know yet that those aren’t the questions you’re supposed to ask. There’s a blunt honesty about life that makes you smile.”
Junior high is an important time in the life of an adolescent, a time when many changes are happening. One of those changes is independence that manifests itself partly in choices about entertainment. Authority figures must have an idea about what junior high students are consuming.
“We have to be aware about what's going on culturally and be willing to engage it in productive ways” Schweitzer said. “That doesn’t mean we have to agree with it, but we have to communicate about the truth of the gospel and truth of our faith in ways that make sense.”
Schweitzer brought up the example of Paul and how he tried to minister in the New Testament. “He doesn’t go in and pull out references that no one understands. He talks to them in ways they understand culturally and ways that make sense,” he said. “That’s a huge part of what it means to communicate effectively in our culture.”
That means taking an interest in the interests of students. Those who serve as authority figures have to be able to meet the students on their level. “Think about the young adult dystopian phase right now, like the Hunger Games and Divergent [book series and movies], and if your children are into that, for you not to talk about why this is so appealing and what’s the attraction seems to me a big missed opportunity, whether it's a parent or a teacher or a pastor,” Schweitzer said.
In the end, communication is about honesty. A genuine interest in the interest of the students will bring about real conversations about serious topics. That’s how a discussion of Yoda’s philosophies about the Force in “The Empire Strikes Back” can lead to discussions about faith and the Holy Spirit.
“They want someone who is going to respect them and listen to them and is going to, when they have a question, have a real answer,” Schweitzer said. “Saying, ‘I don't know’ is fine, but [we also say,] ‘This is how I am able to make sense of some of this.’ That authenticity and respect is huge.”
-- Josh Harbeck is a high school English teacher and member of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, Ill., where he serves as a junior high teacher.
Glenn Riegel, a photographer and member of Little Swatara Church of the Brethren in Bethel, Pa., has posted albums from the National Junior High Conference at
www.facebook.com/glenn.riegel.
Source: 6/24/2015 Newsline
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
National Junior High Conference worship will be webcast
Link to the webcasts at https://livestream.com/livingstreamcob/NJHC2015.
The conference worship schedule and speakers:
- Friday, June 19, at 7:15 p.m. (Eastern time): Lauren Seganos, a member of Stone Church of the Brethren in Huntingdon, Pa., is a student at Andover Newton Theological School outside of Boston, Mass. As part of her education, she is a seminarian at the Memorial Church of Harvard University.
- Saturday, June 20, at 9 a.m. (Eastern): Bethany Seminary dean and professor Steve Schweitzer teaches courses in Old Testament, and a new course on Science Fiction and Theology, at the Church of the Brethren seminary in Richmond, Ind.
- Saturday, June 20, at 7 p.m. (Eastern): Amy Gall Ritchie works with students at Bethany Theological Seminary, and has been a pastor and spiritual director in the Church of the Brethren.
- Sunday, June 21, at 9 a.m. (Eastern): Eric Bishop is a member of La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brethren, moderator of the Pacific Southwest District for 2015, and a graduate of the University of La Verne. He is vice president of student services for a community college in southern California.
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
National Junior High Conference 2015
National Junior High Conference 2015Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
June 19 – 21, 2015
Living the Change:
Our Offering to God
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.
—Romans 12:1 – 2 (The Message)
Come join us for a weekend packed with powerful worship, fun workshops, music, and recreation!
For Junior High Youth (those who have completed grades 6 – 8) and their advisors.
Cost?
Early bird registration, from January 9 – March 31, is $160 per personTravel scholarships are available to those who live west of the Mississippi River. Download the form and check registration deadlines on the NJHC website.
(participants and advisors).
Regular registration, on and after April 1, is $185 per person.
A non-refundable deposit of $80 is required within two weeks of submitting your online registration to hold your spot.
Registration begins online January 9, 2015 at 12 noon central time.
Check the website for frequent updates!
www.brethren.org/njhc
Contact Kristen Hoffman, NJHC Coordinator,
by phone at 847-429-4389 or
by email at khoffman@brethren.org
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
‘Early bird’ registration for National Junior High Conference ends soon
Thinking about attending National Junior High Conference 2015? Online registration is open! We encourage you to register soon to take advantage of special early bird rates. Through March 31, the cost is $160 per person. After March 31, the cost for regular registration is $185 per person. Travel scholarships are available to those who live west of the Mississippi River. For more information and to register, visit www.brethren.org/njhc or call 847-429-4389.
National Junior High Conference is sponsored by the Church of the Brethren Youth and Young Adult Ministry, which is a part of Congregational Life Ministries. The conference will be held on June 19-21 on the campus of Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. Junior high youth and their adult advisors will be invited to consider Romans 12:1-2 and the theme, “Living the Change: Our Offering to God.”
The theme asks participants to consider taking their everyday, ordinary life--our sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking around life--and place it before God as an offering. As junior high youth encounter a number of changes in their lives, NJHC 2015 will encourage them to live the changes in ways pleasing to God.
The event will be enriched by worship speakers Lauren Seganos, Steve Schweitzer, Amy Gall-Ritchie, and Eric Bishop. Seth Hendricks will be coordinating music, and worship will be coordinated by Rebekah Houff and Trent Smith. In addition to four celebrations of worship, there will be time for learning in workshops and for play during recreation.
We are excited to announce that our special evening activities include a performance by Chris Ivey, an interactive juggler, and an evening carnival complete with fun games, snacks, and music. We look forward to meeting and worshipping with you in Elizabethtown!
-- Kristen Hoffman is a Brethren Volunteer Service worker and coordinator of this year’s Christian Citizenship Seminar and National Junior High Conference.
Source: 3/18/2015 Newsline
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Romans 12 provides theme for National Junior High Conference
As junior high youth encounter a number of changes in their lives, the conference will encourage them to live the changes in ways pleasing to God. The event will be enriched by worship speakers Lauren Seganos, Steve Schweitzer, Amy Gall-Ritchey, and Eric Bishop. Seth Hendricks will be coordinating music, and worship will be coordinated by Rebekah Houff and Trent Smith.
In addition to four celebrations of worship, there will be time for learning during workshops and time for play during recreation and evening activities.
Online registration is open at www.brethren.org/njhc. Register now to take advantage of early bird rates! Through March 31, the cost is $160 per person. After March 31, the cost for regular registration is $185 per person. Travel scholarships are available to those who live west of the Mississippi River.
For more information and to register, visit www.brethren.org/njhc or call 847-429-4389. National Junior High Conference is sponsored by the Church of the Brethren Youth and Young Adult Office.
-- Becky Ullom Naugle is director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries for the Church of the Brethren.
Source: 02/03/2015 Newsline
Monday, December 22, 2014
2015 National Junior High Conference registration opens January 9
Jan. 9 is the opening date for registration for the 2015 National Junior High Conference
on the theme, “Living the Change: Our Offering to God” (Romans 12:1-2).
The conference will be held on June 19-21 at Elizabethtown (Pa.)
College for youth who have completed 6-8 grades and their adult
advisors. For more information go to www.brethren.org/yya/njhc. For questions contact Kristen Hoffman, conference coordinator, in the
Youth and Young Adult Ministry Office at 847-429-4389 or khoffman@brethren.org
Source: 12/22/2014 Newsline
Source: 12/22/2014 Newsline
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Brethren workcamps schedule for 2015 is released
The Church of the Brethren Workcamp Office has released the workcamp schedule for 2015, which is now available at www.brethren.org/workcamps. The theme for the year, “Side by Side: Imitating Christ’s Humility”
is inspired by Philippians 2:1-8. A brochure will be mailed soon to
congregations. For questions, contact the Workcamp Office at cobworkcamps@brethren.org.2015 workcamp schedule
Find the full workcamp schedule with links to descriptions of each workcamp and a picture key identifying the different types of work at each site, at www.brethren.org/workcamps/schedule. The key provides a rough guide to the five different types of work: emphasis on relational service, gardening and eco-service, construction and painting etc., food bank or soup kitchen, thrift store or packaging clothes.
Junior high workcamps for those who have completed 6th-8th grade:
- June 21-25 at the John Kline Homestead in Broadway, Va., $275
- June 22-26 at Camp Pine Lake in Iowa, $275
- July 1-5 hosted by Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin, Ill., $275
- July 22-26 hosted by Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren in South Bend, Ind., $275
- July 29-Aug 2 partnering with On Earth Peace and the Brethren Housing Association in Harrisburg, Pa., $275
- Aug 5-9 hosted by Brooklyn (N.Y.) First Church of the Brethren, $275
- Aug 5-9 hosted by First Church of the Brethren in Roanoke, Va., $275
- June 7-14 at Camp Wilbur Stover in Idaho, $325
- June 8-13 at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Ga., $395
- June 14-20 at a project site of Brethren Disaster Ministries, to be determined, $285
- June 14-20 in New Orleans, La., $425
- June 21-27 at Pine Ridge Reservation in Kyle, S.D., $455
- June 28-July 4 at the Family Abuse Center in Waco, Texas, $335
- July 5-11 at ECHO in N. Fort Myers, Fla., $375
- July 5-11 at Innisfree in Crozet, Va., $325
- July 19-25 partnering with Baltimore (Md.) County Christian Workcamp, $325
- July 20-26 hosted by Camp Carmel working with Crossnore School in Crossnore, N.C., $325
- July 20-26 hosted by York Center Church of the Brethren in Lombard, Ill., $325
- July 27-Aug 2 hosted by Olympic View Church of the Brethren in Seattle, Wash., $325
- July 27-Aug 2 at the Brethren Nutrition Program in Washington, D.C., $325
- Aug 9-15 co-sponsored by the Brethren Revival Fellowship (BRF) at New Horizons Ministries in Colorado, $335
- Aug 9-15 hosted by Bittersweet Ministries in Los Angeles, Calif., $425
- June 14-20 at Camp Mardela on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, $325
- June 20-27 co-sponsored by the Brethren Revival Fellowship (BRF) in Lewiston, Maine, $325
- May 29-June 7 in the Dominican Republic, $700
- June 29-July 2 We Are Able Assistants at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md., $375
- June 29-July 2 We Are Able, a workcamp for youth and young adults with intellectual disabilities, ages 16-23, in New Windsor, Md., $375
Source: 10/28/2014 Newsline
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
‘Honor God by Honoring Others’ is theme for Junior High Sunday
Churches of the Brethren are encouraged to celebrate Junior High
Sunday on Nov. 2. The theme for the 2014 observance of Junior High
Sunday is “Honor God by Honoring Others,” based on Matthew 7:12, “In
everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is
the law and the prophets.”Resources for this annual special Sunday are available online, designed to aid junior high youth and their adult advisors lead their congregations in worship. Downloadable resources include the theme logo in several different formats, and worship resources written by Church of the Brethren members Marcus Harden, Stephen Hershberger, Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey, Rachel Witkovsky.
Worship resources include calls to worship and benedictions, invitations to give and blessings for the offering, a litany of confession, a scripture jam, a children’s story, and other creative worship elements.
Download resources from www.brethren.org/yya/jr-high-resources.html.
Source: 10/14/2014 Newsline
Friday, October 10, 2014
National Junior High Sunday - November 2, 2014
Celebrate Junior High Sunday on November 2!
The theme is "Honor God by honoring others" based on Matthew 7:12.
The theme is "Honor God by honoring others" based on Matthew 7:12.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Kristen Hoffman welcomed as coordinator for National Junior High Conference and Christian Citizenship Seminar
The Youth and Young Adult Ministry of the Church of the Brethren has welcomed Kristen Hoffman
as coordinator for National Junior High Conference and Christian
Citizenship Seminar in 2015. Hoffman will serve in the position as a
volunteer through Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS), working at the
denomination’s General Offices in Elgin, Ill. Her home church is
McPherson (Kan.) Church of the Brethren.
Source: 8/19/2014 Newsline
Source: 8/19/2014 Newsline
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Immerse!, a junior high Bible and Brethren history event - June 12-17
Immerse! registration deadline has been extended.
Slots are still available for Immerse!, a junior high Bible and
Brethren history event sponsored by the Institute for Ministry with
Youth and Young Adults at Bethany Theological Seminary. The event will
be held June 12-17. “Please encourage junior high youth who have
completed 6th, 7th, and 8th grades to register by April 8 at www.bethanyseminary.edu/immerse,” said an announcement. For more information about Immerse! see Bethany’s press release at www.bethanyseminary.edu/news/immerse.
Source: 3/18/2014 Newsline
Source: 3/18/2014 Newsline
Monday, February 18, 2013
2013 Annual Conference Junior High Activities
- Connect with old friends!Meet up with friends from around the country from past conferences.
- Make new friends!Find out who's new and make a new friend!
- Converse—"Move in Our Midst"Discuss the conference theme and go over plans of all the fun stuff we'll do this week.
- Group games!Get your game on!
- Carolina Panther's Stadium!
We'll have a backstage pass to tour the stadium and check out the field of this NFL team. - Bowling at Strike City Lanes!
We'll have lunch and bowl at this local spot. Show off your skills on the lanes!
- Mutual Kumquat Concert!
Join with the senior highs to hear one of Brethren youth's favorite bands in concert just for us. They mix a strong, positive message of love, peace, and social justice with an eclectic sound influenced by soul, pop, bluegrass, and world music. We're sure Christ will be present—even singing and dancing in our midst!
- New Community Project!We meet with David Radcliff to find out about how to incorporate sustainability in our lives, as well as service to creation and to others.
- Service Project!We'll go down by the riverside in Charlotte to help with river clean up and meet with officials from the Rocky River chapter of Trout Unlimited. We'll learn about how pollution is having an impact on local watersheds. Their group is working all over the US to help conserve, protect, and restore North America's coldwater fisheries.
- Swim!After all our hard work we'll cool down in a local pool. Bring your swimsuit!
- Service Information!In the evening we'll hear
all about Brethren Volunteer Service, Brethren Disaster Ministries, and
Church of the Brethren Workcamps. Emily Tyler will help us explore what
it means to live a life of service and what our denomination offers.
- NASCAR!
Charlotte is the home to the NASCAR Hall of Fame (which is right across the street from the convention center!) We'll have an opportunity to do fun activities like drive in a racing simulator, do a pit crew challenge, video games, call a race, and lots more! - Converse—COBCOA!
Hear from the Church of the Brethren colleges as they do a fun, interactive presentation with lots of good stuff. - Money!
The Brethren Benefit Trust will talk to us about how we can spend, give, and save our money in a faithful way.
- Music!
In the evening we'll have music by Virginia and David Meadows, who led music at the National Youth Conference in 2010! We'll wrap up the week with closing reflections about how God has moved with us and what that means as we move forward into our summer.
Registration Information:
- All children participating in age-group activities must also be registered for Annual Conference.
- A Medical/Permission form must be filled out for each child participating in age-group activities.
- Register for Annual Conference and age-group activities at www.brethren.org/ac.
- Advance Registration
- All days activities — $85.00
- Sunday only — $45.00
- Monday only — $25.00
- Tuesday only — $40.00
- Onsite Registration
- All days activities — $100.00
- Daily fees increase — $10.00/day.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Online registration has Opened
Online registration has opened or will open soon for church events in 2013. Unless otherwise noted, find registration links at www.brethren.org/about/registrations.html . Registration is open now for the Christian Citizenship Seminar
for high schoolers and adult advisors on March 23-28 in New York City
and Washington, D.C. Registration for congregational and district
delegates to the 2013 Annual Conference on June 29-July 3 in Charlotte, N.C., opens Jan. 2 at www.brethren.org/ac (non-delegate registration will open Feb. 20). Registration opens Jan. 4 for the National Junior High Conference
set for June 14-16 at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College (please note that an
online parental consent form is required to register). Registration
opens Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. (central time) for summer workcamps (find out more at www.brethren.org/workcamps ). On Jan. 25 young adults may begin registering for the Young Adult Conference on May 25-27 at Camp Pine Lake in Eldora, Iowa.
Source: 12/27/2012 Newsline
Source: 12/27/2012 Newsline
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Online registration has opened
Online registration has opened or will open soon for church events
in 2013. Unless otherwise noted, find registration links at www.brethren.org/about/registrations.html. Registration is open now for the Christian Citizenship Seminar for
high schoolers and their adult advisors on March 23-28 in New York City
and Washington, D.C. Registration opens Jan. 4, 2013, for the National
Junior High Conference to take place June 14-16 at Elizabethtown (Pa.)
College (online parental consent form required to register).
Registration opens Jan. 9, at 7 p.m. (central), for the summer’s
workcamps. For 2013 workcamp sites, cost, and more information see www.brethren.org/workcamps.
Source: 12/13/2012 Newsline
Source: 12/13/2012 Newsline
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
National Junior High Sunday
National Junior High Sunday will be held Nov. 4 on
the theme, “Put on love,” based on Colossians 3:12-15. A logo, poster,
and bulletin cover are available now at www.brethren.org/yya/resources. More worship resources will be posted in September.As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves in love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. ~ Colossians 3:12-15 (NRSV)
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Planning begins for upcoming junior and senior high youth events.
The
Church of the Brethren Youth and Young Adult Ministry director Becky
Ullom has announced initial planning for National Junior High Sunday
this November, as well as next year’s National Junior High Conference
and National Youth Sunday, and the next National Youth Conference (NYC)
in 2014.National Junior High Sunday will be held Nov. 4 on the theme, “Put on love,” based on Colossians 3:12-15. A logo, poster, and bulletin cover are available now at www.brethren.org/yya/resources. More worship resources will be posted in September.
Next year’s National Junior High Conference will take place June 14-16, 2013, at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. For more information and to register, go to www.brethren.org/njhc. Registration opens Jan. 4, 2013.
Congregations are encouraged to celebrate National Youth Sunday on May 5, 2013, using the theme “In God’s Image...” (2 Corinthians 3:18). The National Youth Cabinet met recently to select this year’s focus and begin writing worship planning materials, which will be posted at www.brethren.org/yya/resources in September.
Dates for the next National Youth Conference have been announced as well. NYC will be held July 19-24, 2014, in Fort Collins, Colo. Applications for NYC 2014 coordinators are now being accepted. To request an application, contact the Youth and Young Adult Ministry Office at 800-323-8039 ext. 397 or cobyouth@brethren.org . The deadline for applications is Nov. 1, 2012.
Source:8/22/2012 Newsline
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Annual Conference - Junior High Youth
The junior high youth will have a unique
opportunity to spend the morning of July 10 at St. Louis’ Old Courthouse
learning about the Dred Scott case and 19th century slavery, and
considering the issues of modern-day slavery and human trafficking.
Daily rate for July 10 is $35. Cost to attend junior high activities for
the entire Conference is $85, which includes a visit to the Gateway
Arch, a Mississippi River cruise, and the St. Louis Zoo, among other
events. Other groups planning to visit St. Louis’ Gateway Arch include the middlers (grades 3-5) and senior high. See the Information Packet at www.brethren.org/ac for more age group activities and fees.
Source:2/8/2012 Newsline
Source:2/8/2012 Newsline
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Junior High Sunday to be celebrated November 6
Go to www.brethren.org/yya/jr-high-resources.html to find the online resources to download in pdf format. Resources include a theme commentary, Bible study, bulletin cover, worship resources such as calls to worship and prayers, a scripture jam, a dramatic reading of Luke 9, three skits, and an idea for a children’s story. Also offered is a link to webcasts from National Junior High Conference 2011.
For more about National Junior High Sunday contact Becky Ullom, director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, at bullom@brethren.org.
Source:10/5/2011 Newsline
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