By Becky Ullom Naugle
“Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him’” (Matthew 2:13, NRSVue).
The next Church of the Brethren Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS), for senior high youth and first-year college students and their adult advisors, will be April 11-16, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The 2024 theme is “And They Fled: Advocating for Just Immigration Policy,” drawing from Matthew 2:13-23.
Online registration opened Dec. 1 at www.brethren.org/yya/ccs.
Those who register and pay in full by Dec. 31, 2023, will receive a free t-shirt! Registration cost is $500. A non-refundable deposit of $250 is due within two weeks of registration in order to hold a spot. Learn more at www.brethren.org/yya/ccs.
— Becky Ullom Naugle is director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries for the Church of the Brethren.
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