{"id":19203,"date":"2022-07-25T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=19203"},"modified":"2022-07-26T05:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T05:07:19","slug":"today-at-nyc-july-25-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/today-at-nyc-july-25-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at NYC – July 25, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Glimpses of National Youth Conference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cYou have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him\u201d (Colossians 2:6, CEV).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jody Romero, the Monday evening preacher, washes feet onstage as he starts his message on the story of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

How to follow NYC:<\/strong> Photo albums of each day are at www.brethren.org\/photos\/national-youth-conference-2022<\/a>. The NYC Facebook page, with brief videos from worship and other events, is at www.facebook.com\/churchofthebrethrennyc<\/a>. NYC on Instagram is at www.instagram.com\/cobnyc2022<\/a>. The NYC news index page is at www.brethren.org\/news\/coverage\/national-youth-conference-2022<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday morning worship, July 25<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kara Bidgood Enders. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201c\u2019Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?\u2019 He said, \u2018The one who showed him mercy.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Go and do likewise\u2019\u201d (Luke 10:36-37, NRSVue).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ones who are least expected to help can create the most impact\u2026. Part of having a strong faith foundation is pushing past society\u2019s expectations\u2026. If we are truly following the words of Jesus, we would step up and help those in need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Kara Bidgood Enders of Ridgeway Community Church of the Brethren in Harrisburg, Pa., the first of the three youth speakers for worship. She is a rising senior in high school and hopes to become an elementary school teacher. She spoke on the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBut he [Jesus] was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, \u2018Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?\u2019 And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, \u2018Be silent! Be still!\u2019\u201d (Mark 4:38-39a, NRSVue).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs I healed and recovered\u2026Jesus was with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Hannah Smith of Brownsville (Md.) Church of the Brethren, the second of the three youth speakers this morning. She is a rising sophomore at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College majoring in Sociology and Japanese. She spoke on the story of Jesus and his disciples out in a boat during a storm, from Mark 4, relating that story to personal storms and the healing power we may receive in Christ.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Smith. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Schweitzer. Photo by Chris Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cWe must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world\u201d (John 9:4-5, NRSVue).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have seen the cruelty and hate in this world\u2026. It may be hard to see how our love for others may make an impact\u2026. The important part is that we do it\u2026. Wouldn\u2019t you rather take the chance that our kindness makes an impact on someone, rather than not try at all?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Anna Schweitzer of Cedar Grove (Ohio) Church of the Brethren, the third of the three youth bringing messages in the morning service. She is a rising senior in high school in Indiana, where she is involved in choir and theater. She spoke on the story of Jesus healing the blind man at the Pool of Siloam in John 9.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy greatest realization–
Perfection is an illusion,
but nothing is more real than love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Audri Svay, theopoet in residence and a Church of the Brethren pastor, sharing a poem about herself and encouraging the youth to share their own stories and to listen to others\u2019 stories. These lines are from her poem \u201cHello.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Youth cut out diapers from donated t-shirts, at the Diapers for Haiti service project. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Monday evening worship, July 25<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jody Romero. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThen he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples\u2019 feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him\u201d (John 13:5, NRSVue)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJesus is asking us to serve from below. He\u2019s calling us to take this beautiful demonstration of his service and turn the world right side up\u2026. You are generation Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Jody Romero preaching on the story of Jesus washing his disciples\u2019 feet. He and his wife, Vanessa, are church planters, are involved in ministry with youth, and have been leading Restoration Los Angeles, a Church of the Brethren congregation in East Los Angeles, Calif., for nearly 12 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAll the feet around God\u2019s son\u2026
Ready for the journey\u2026.
Here\u2019s the big surprise:
They\u2019re coming down to join
God on their knees.
I bet you\u2019re going to have sore knees\u2026.
Sore knees.
Holy knees.
Sore knees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— From a song created onstage by Ken Medema, responding to the morning\u2019s messages. Blind from birth, Medema is a Christian singer and songwriter whose improvisational storytelling through music has inspired many at previous National Youth Conferences and also at the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Annual Conference and National Older Adult Conference.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ken Medema, with Jacob Crouse in the background. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A group of NYCers hiking in the Rocky Mountains. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cThe cloth in your hand symbolizes the towel Jesus used to wash the disciples\u2019 feet. What was on that towel after he was finished? Water, of course; some dirt, certainly! Dirt from everywhere, dirt that tells the story of where we\u2019ve been and the paths that brought us here. Paths of joy and sorrow, beauty and pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Audri Svay, a pastor and NYC theopoet in residence, introducing the small squares of cloth that were handed out, to be returned at the doors at the end of the service for use again later in the week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Glimpses of some of the activities at NYC 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The NYC band. Photo by Chris Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The band is joined by a variety of musicians recruited from among NYCers, at the start of evening worship. Photo by Chris Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Each NYCer is part of a small group, and meets with their group every day. Photo by Chris Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Workshops each afternoon present a wide variety of information and education as well as opportunities to learn crafts and more. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Annual Conference moderator Tim McElwee (2nd from right) leads a workshop. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NYCers learn knitting at a popular, standing room only, workshop. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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School kits were put together for distribution by Church World Service, with sponsorship from Brethren Disaster Ministries. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bags of school supplies were assembled and boxed up for transport to the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A hiking group in the mountains. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Community is formed in meaningful worship experiences. Photo by Donna Parcell<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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