{"id":2160,"date":"2010-07-18T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2018-09-05T03:52:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T03:52:23","slug":"pneuma-challenge-brings-40-plus-teams-into-a-spirit-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2010\/pneuma-challenge-brings-40-plus-teams-into-a-spirit-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Pneuma Challenge Brings 40-Plus Teams into a ‘Spirit’ Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Fort Collins, Colo.\u00a0— July 18, 2010<\/h4>\n

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\nA Pneuma Challenge participant receives clues via text message. Photos by Glenn Riegel<\/p>\n

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One of the Pneuma Challenge stations was the making of a cross out of broken shards of pottery.<\/p>\n

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Sunday afternoon\u2019s Pneuma Challenge scavenger hunt proved popular.\u00a0Forty six teams of youth and advisors followed instructions relayed to them through text messaging, roaming the\u00a0NYC campus and searching their Bibles to find items.\u00a0The hunt\u00a0ended in the CSU Lory Theater with a video message from the Holy Spirit and distribution of t-shirts to all the challenge participants.<\/p>\n

Emily Shonk Edwards, one of the staffers in charge, said the Pneuma Challenge is new to NYC this year.\u00a0 She described it as a non-competitive activity with many worshipful elements.\u00a0\u201cPneuma\u201d is the Greek word for breath, and in scripture means the breath of God or the Spirit of God.\u00a0The goal of the challenge was for participants to experience that breath of God for themselves while engaging in teamwork, scripture study, and interaction with others to find each answer or photo required.<\/p>\n

Teams were composed mostly of congregational youth groups–and many registered under colorful names, such as the Jesus Followers, the Lebanon Leapers, the TACO Belles, the Wrestlers for God, the Peacemakers, the God Squad, the Sangerville Seekers, the F. O. R. C. E., and the CIA (Christians In Action).<\/p>\n

The high tech aspects of the event created some problems, however.\u00a0Clues were to be received by text message and responses were to be texted back, or pictures taken with cell phones were to be sent back to the organizers.\u00a0Some teams never received the clues, because the number of messages being sent together had triggered a spam filter.\u00a0Also, at least one team did not have any cell phones\u00a0with adequate texting or photo sending abilities.\u00a0But low-tech workarounds (old fashioned print on paper) were devised so everyone was able to take part in the fun and learning.<\/p>\n

–Frances Townsend is pastor of Onekama (Mich.) Church of the Brethren<\/em><\/p>\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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