Brethren bits

— The National Youth Cabinet of the Church of the Brethren met this past weekend, March 21-23, to discern the themes for National Youth Sunday 2025 and National Youth Conference 2026. With leadership from Becky Ullom Naugle, director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, cabinet members represented a number of church districts including Atlantic Northeast, Atlantic Southeast, Western Plains, Shenandoah, Virlina, Northern Indiana, Mid-Atlantic, Southern Ohio and Kentucky, and Northern Ohio. More information about the group and their meeting will appear soon, and worship resources will be forthcoming in advance of May 4, which is the suggested date for National Youth Sunday. “But your congregation can celebrate the leadership gifts of your youth anytime!” Find out more at www.brethren.org/yya

— Also from the Youth and Young Adult Ministry comes this invitation in preparation for love feast during Holy Week: “Looking for a hands-on lesson with a splash of theology and a dash of Brethren history? Make communion bread! In a 4 minute video, then pastor Katie Heishman demonstrates a recipe from the New Inglenook Cookbook from Brethren Press. Could your [youth or young adult] crew volunteer to make communion bread for the next time the congregation celebrates communion? If there is a group at your church who ‘always’ makes communion bread–ask if you can join them and make it an intergenerational activity!” Find the video originally posted by Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren on the congregation’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@princeofpeacechurchofthebr7560 or go directly to www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHmbss1PKt0