{"id":19512,"date":"2022-08-05T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=19512"},"modified":"2022-08-05T22:23:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T22:23:15","slug":"glimpses-of-the-closing-day-of-nyc-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/glimpses-of-the-closing-day-of-nyc-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Glimpses of the closing day of National Youth Conference 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Closing worship at NYC 2022. Photo by Chris Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The 2022 National Youth Conference (NYC) ended with closing worship on the morning of Thursday, July 28. Here are some glimpses of the day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, \u2018Children, you have no fish, have you?\u2019 They answered him, \u2018No.\u2019 He said to them, \u2018Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some\u2019\u201d (John 21:4-6a, NRSVue).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI want you to notice emptiness, because sometimes the Holy Spirit uses emptiness to create . . . a holy hunger for something more\u2026. The point is Jesus at work in the emptiness, and now asking them to go fill the emptiness of others\u2026. Notice the emptiness around you\u2026and go to meet your neighbors at their point of emptiness, and for heaven\u2019s sake give this world something better to believe in\u2026. Don\u2019t wait for a better messenger, don\u2019t wait for a better time, don\u2019t wait for a better church, just go!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Jeremy Ashworth, pastor of Circle of Peace Church of the Brethren in Peoria, Ariz., preaching the closing sermon on John 21. This story, which takes place after the resurrection, finds Jesus on the beach, encouraging his disciples to try the other side of the boat when their nets are empty after a long night of fishing. The story culminates with his command: \u201cFeed my sheep.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremy Ashworth. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A skit during the closing worship service acted out the story from John 21, in which Peter leaps from the fishing boat to swim to shore to meet Jesus. Photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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NYC final numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

580<\/strong> youth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

224 <\/strong>adult advisors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

97<\/strong> NYC staff including denominational staff and volunteers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

154<\/strong> congregations represented<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/strong> countries represented: Canada, the Dominican Republic, Spain, and the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25<\/strong> states and the District of Columbia represented: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

444<\/strong> diapers assembled out of old T-shirts, in a service project for Diapers for Haiti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3,102<\/strong> school kits assembled, with sponsorship from Brethren Disaster Ministries. The kits will be distributed through Church World Service and the Material Resources program at the Brethren Service Center in New Windsor, Md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$2,521.75<\/strong> received in an offering for the school kits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$1,949.56<\/strong> received in an offering for the NYC scholarship fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— The NYC 2022 press team contributed to this coverage: Glenn Riegel, lead photographer; Chris Brumbaugh-Cayford, young adult photographer; Jan Fischer Bachman, website producer; Russ Otto, media support; Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, news director. Donna Parcell and Laura Brown also contributed photographs. Go to www.brethren.org\/nyc<\/a> for more coverage of National Youth Conference.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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