 Christian Citizenship Seminar
Read the report of the 2011 Christian Citizenship Seminar
CCS 2012 participants will consider carbon footprints and carbon labeling. Join us on the journey!
April 14-19, 2012 - New York and Washington, D.C.
Register online now! Make registration go smoothly by getting your church code ahead of time. Go to Find A Church and enter the beginning of your church name. Click on the underlined name to the bottom left of the search results (beneath the map). Church code is the last item on the listing.
Registration is limited to 100 participants, so register early!
Cost: $375. Pay online now (deposit or full fee)
Registration help (PDF)
If you have any problems or questions, please contact Carol Fike, 800-323-8039 ext. 281 or send an email to cfike@brethren.org.
 See our CCS Facebook event page!
Who is eligible to attend?
All high school youth and adult advisors are eligible to attend the seminar.
Churches sending over four youth are required to send at least one adult advisor to insure an adequate number of adults. Registration is limited to the first 100 participants.
What does it cost?
CCS 2012 registration costs $375, which includes:
- lodging for five nights
- dinner on the opening evening of the seminar
- transportation from New York to Washington D.C.
Each participant needs to bring additional money for meals, sightseeing, personal expenses and a few subway/taxi fares.
Stepping Out: Our Relationship with Carbon
At this particular Christian Citizenship Seminar, rather than a debate on “global warming,” participants will focus on how we as individuals and as a country might respond to the high level of carbon in today’s atmosphere. How much carbon do everyday tasks, such as driving to school or eating a banana imported from a tropical country, put into the atmosphere? What is our country’s carbon footprint? How does that footprint compare to other developed countries? Are there actions we can encourage our government to implement?
Carbon labeling is one large scale response being experimented with in other parts of the world. As always, after a number of educational sessions, CCS participants will visit their legislators to discuss what they have learned and what changes they would like to see in government policy as a result.
“Our task is nothing less than to join God in preserving, renewing and fulfilling the creation. It is to relate to nature in ways that sustain life on the planet, provide for the essential material and physical needs of all humankind, and increase justice and wellbeing for all life in a peaceful world.”
“Creation: Called to Care” Approved by Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren 1991.
CCS 2012 brochure (PDF)
For more information contact:
Youth and Young Adult Ministries Office
1451 Dundee Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
CoBYouth@brethren.org
(800)323-8039
www.brethren.org/ccs
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