{"id":23093,"date":"2023-12-01T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23093"},"modified":"2023-12-02T19:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:08:31","slug":"christian-citizenship-seminar-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/christian-citizenship-seminar-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Citizenship Seminar 2024 will focus on immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>By Becky Ullom Naugle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cNow after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, \u2018Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him\u2019\u201d (Matthew 2:13, NRSVue).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/CCS2024Logo-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/CCS2024Logo-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/CCS2024Logo-600px-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/CCS2024Logo-600px-560x212.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next Church of the Brethren Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS), for senior high youth and first-year college students and their adult advisors, will be April 11-16, 2024, in Washington, D.C. The 2024 theme is <strong>\u201cAnd They Fled: Advocating for Just Immigration Policy,\u201d <\/strong>drawing from Matthew 2:13-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online registration opened Dec. 1 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/ccs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/yya\/ccs\">www.brethren.org\/yya\/ccs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who register and pay in full by Dec. 31, 2023, will receive a free t-shirt! Registration cost is $500. A non-refundable deposit of $250 is due within two weeks of registration in order to hold a spot. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/ccs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/yya\/ccs\">www.brethren.org\/yya\/ccs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212; Becky Ullom Naugle is director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries for the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/learnings-from-l-e-a-d-conference\/\">\u2018What got us here won\u2019t get us there\u2019: Learnings from the L.E.A.D. Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/wfc-hiroshima-seeks-volunteers\/\">World Friendship Center in Hiroshima seeks volunteer co-directors through Brethren Volunteer Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/virtual-delegate-briefing-may-27\/\">Annual Conference officers to host virtual delegate briefing on May 27<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/childrens-book-about-feetwashing\/\">Brethren Press publishes children\u2019s book about feetwashing written by Gimbiya Kettering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-brethren-rapid-response-network\/\">A new Brethren Rapid Response Network is organized<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next Church of the Brethren Christian Citizenship Seminar (CCS), for senior high youth and first-year college students and their adult advisors, will be April 11-16, 2024, in Washington, D.C. 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