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Are you a multi-vocational pastor (MVP) within the Church of the Brethren? Do you work a job, or multiple jobs, as well as leading a congregation? Are you more than part time but not paid on scale? Would you like to share with someone about your journey as an MVP?
Registration for Song and Story Fest 2026, the 30th annual intergenerational camp to be held under that name, is now open–with a deadline of June 1.
National Youth Sunday 2026 resources are now available online at www.brethren.org/yya/national-youth-sunday. Resources are focused around the theme of National Youth Conference, “Light Within Us,” based on Matthew 5:14-16.
Intercultural Ministries Café: Faith & Culture Conversations—rooted in relationship, discipleship, and practical intercultural engagement—will be held once a month for the next few months.
Mediator, professor, and consultant Betty Pries leads us into deep territory in her book The Space Between Us: Conversations About Transforming Conflict. Join us for a nine-week discussion of Pries’ book.
Are you attending National Youth Conference (NYC) 2026 as an adult? Do you have knowledge, expertise, or passion about a certain topic and want to lead a workshop for youth and advisors, or just advisors? We would love for you to consider leading a workshop at NYC 2026!
The National Youth Conference (NYC) office is excited to share about our service project. Our service project will be… (drumroll please)… Making Fleece Tie Blankets! Many children find themselves in the hospital due to illness and can always use a bit of extra comfort. Fleece tie blankets will be made by NYC participants to be donated to children’s hospitals to help provide some of that comfort.
The older adult FaithX trip took place Feb. 22-27 at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla. There was a total of 14 participants alongside Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred and Aly Heckeroth of the FaithX and Brethren Volunteer Service staff, who acted as leaders.
Ice and fire. No, not the epic Game of Thrones saga but the very real elements some endured to gather for the Western Plains District Leadership Training in Great Bend, Kan.
“Redeeming AI: Biblical Guidelines” is this year’s theme for the pre-Annual Conference Church of the Brethren Ministers’ Association continuing education event. Russell Haitch, Bethany Theological Seminary professor of theology and human science, will be the keynote speaker. The event will take place Saturday evening, June 27, and all day Sunday, June 28, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
