{"id":2152,"date":"2010-07-18T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2018-09-05T03:48:31","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T03:48:31","slug":"today-at-nyc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2010\/today-at-nyc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"2010\u00a0National Youth\u00a0Conference of the Church of the Brethren<\/h4>\n

Fort Collins, Colo.\u00a0— July 17-22, 2010<\/h4>\n

\"\"\u00a0NYC\u00a0today\u00a0opened with early morning devotions, following by the main Sunday morning worship service led by Ted Swartz of Ted & Co.\u00a0The day\u00a0continued with small group meetings,\u00a0a\u00a0Pneuma Challenge, workshops in the afternoon. Evening worship featured Jim Myer of the Brethren Revival Fellowship. Late-evening activities included a concert by Mutual Kumquat, a Brethren band, and another performance by Ted Swartz of Ted & Co.<\/p>\n


\nQuotes of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Let the young among them see visions and let the old dream dreams, and let them build a church so powerful that the gates of hell cannot stand before it.”
\n–Ted Swartz of Ted & Co. in the closing benediction for morning worship, when he\u00a0offered a blessing for the National Youth Conference of the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWho would have thought that 3,000 Brethren young people would be cheering for a 79-year-old man to preach to them at 8:37\u00a0p.m. on a Sunday night?\u201d
\n–Jim Myer of the Brethren Revival Fellowship, preaching for the Sunday evening worship service<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Good News, young people, is this. You are within the reach of God.\u201d
\n–Sunday evening preacher <\/em>Jim Myer<\/em><\/p>\n

NYC Question of the Day
\n<\/strong>“In keeping with the day\u2019s theme, ‘Searching for Identity,’ what do you think it means to be Brethren?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\nDamaris Reyes
\nJoplin, Mo.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo live together, united.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interviews and photos by Frank Ramirez<\/em><\/td>\n

\"\"
\nDouglas Reyes
\nCarthage, Mo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really have confidence in each other.\u201d<\/td>\n

\"\"
\nKatie Monroe
\nHyattsville, Md.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it means to live peacefully and together.\u201d<\/td>\n

\"\"
\nNathan Teetor
\nElgin, Ill.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiving simply.\u201d<\/td>\n

\"\"
\nKristen Flora
\nRocky Mount, Va.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me it means you live your life in service to everyone else.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/h1>\n

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\n<\/em>The News Team for the 2010\u00a0National Youth\u00a0Conference (NYC)\u00a0includes photographers Glenn Riegel and Keith Hollenberg, writers\u00a0Frank Ramirez and\u00a0Frances Townsend, “NYC Tribune”\u00a0guru Eddie Edmonds, Facebooker and Twitterer Wendy McFadden, website staff Amy Heckert, and news director and editor Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. Contact <\/em>cobnews@brethren.org<\/em><\/a> .<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to www.brethren.org\/Newsline<\/a> to subscribe to the Church of the Brethren Newsline free e-mail news service and receive church news every other week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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