{"id":2226,"date":"2010-07-21T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2018-09-05T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T14:09:17","slug":"today-at-nyc-extending-agape-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2010\/today-at-nyc-extending-agape-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Today at NYC: “Extending Agape Love”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"2010\u00a0National Youth\u00a0Conference of the Church of the Brethren Fort Collins, Colo.\u00a0— July 17-22, 2010<\/p>\n

\u00a0Morning devotions began the day. The morning worship celebration heard from Dennis Webb, pastor of Naperville (Ill.) Church of the Brethren, and was followed by\u00a0small group meetings. In the afternoon were workshops, hiking, service projects, and ultimate frisbee, along with other recreation.\u00a0Evening worship featured\u00a0Jarrod McKenna, an eco-evangelist and “peace prophet”\u00a0from Australia. Late-evening activities included a celebration of the final night of NYC 2010, an intercultural worship service, an open microphone talent show, and board games.
\n(Banner photo by Glenn Riegel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Quotes of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Agape love is God\u2019s love demonstrated and dramatized in Jesus Christ<\/p>\n

through every single human being, including those gathered in this hall this morning.”
\n–Dennis Webb, pastor of Naperville (Ill.) Church of the Brethren, preaching for morning worship on Wednesday<\/em><\/p>\n

“Australia is like a parallel universe. Imagine a place where poor children don\u2019t die because they didn\u2019t have health insurance and nobody owns guns.”
\n–Jarrod McKenna, Australian eco-evangelist and peace and justice activist, giving the Wednesday evening message<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“Atonement in the Jewish imagination is God putting the world right.”
\n–McKenna in the evening sermon, speaking on a passage from the gospel of John and setting it in a context of Hebraic thought<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

“The peace church tradition teaches us it\u2019s not about heroes. It\u2019s about people.”
\n–McKenna speaking to a Brethren audience about the church’s own peace tradition–one he told the youth they should cherish as a tradition so many others in the world want to be invited into<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(Photos above: top Dennis Webb, Wednesday morning preacher; bottom Jarrod McKenna, Wednesday evening preacher. Photos by Glenn Riegel)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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NYC Question of\u00a0the Day<\/strong>
\n<\/em>What will you take from this year\u2019s National Youth Conference?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\nAllyson Stammel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lebanon Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A deep relationship with God and a better understanding of what it means to be a Christian.”<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nJohn Peck<\/strong>
\nFort Hill, Pa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A great experience and memories that will last a lifetime.”<\/p>\n

(His friend blurted out “Don\u2019t say: \u2018The towels and bedding.\u2019”)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nKatelyn Carothers<\/strong>
\nGlendale, Ariz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I will take away a renewal of my faith in God, an awareness of my brokenness, but I know God can heal it.”<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nKayla Tracy<\/strong>
\nNew Carlisle, Ohio<\/strong>“Not everybody is what they seem to be. There\u2019s more to people than there appears to be.”<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nJustin Biddle<\/strong>
\nHollidaysburg, Pa.<\/strong>“We need to live out what we\u2019re supposed to be.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interviews and photos by Frank Ramirez<\/em><\/td>\n\"\"
\nAaron Neff<\/strong>
\nGotha, Fla.<\/strong>“A whole bunch of new friends and some awesome worship experiences. Also some new music!”<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nTanner King<\/strong>
\nTreasure Island, Fla.<\/strong>“A lot of new experiences.”<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nThomas Winnick<\/strong>
\nMt. Union, Pa.<\/strong>“Friendship.”<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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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