{"id":24241,"date":"2024-08-30T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=24241"},"modified":"2025-03-07T22:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:16:28","slug":"faithx-2025-older-adult-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/faithx-2025-older-adult-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"FaithX announces location and dates for 2025 older adult trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FaithX invites older adults (age 55-plus) to join us back at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla., on March 2-7, 2025, for a time of volunteering, continued growth, and fellowship in community! Last year\u2019s trip included camp projects of painting a cabin, tree trimming, invasive species removal, deep cleaning, and kitchen assisting. We also had plenty of time for Bible study, games, bird watching, puzzles, rocking chair relaxation, and recreational trips away from camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign up now! Registration for the FaithX older adult trip is open at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/faithx\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/faithx\">www.brethren.org\/faithx<\/a>. Photos from the 2024 trip can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogile.com\/gotha2024\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.yogile.com\/gotha2024\">www.yogile.com\/gotha2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have questions about the older adult FaithX service trip, please reach out to Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred in the FaithX Office at <a href=\"mailto:faithx@brethren.org\">faithx@brethren.org<\/a> or 847-429-4337.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Marissa Witkovsky-Eldred is coordinator of Short-Term Service for the Church of the Brethren, working the Brethren Volunteer Service office.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/FaithXOlderAdultTrip-7-450px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/FaithXOlderAdultTrip-7-450px.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/FaithXOlderAdultTrip-7-450px-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Participants in the last FaithX older adult trip work on fixing up facilities at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla. Photo courtesy of FaithX<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\/amy-gall-ritchie-elected-moderator\/\">Amy Gall Ritchie to serve as Annual Conference moderator-elect, among other election results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-church-plant-and-new-fellowship\/\">Church of the Brethren welcomes a new church plant and a new fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/international-guests-attend-conference\/\">International guests attend Annual Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/loving-our-immigrant-neighbors\/\">Loving our immigrant neighbors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/a-reunion-and-a-planning-committee\/\">A reunion and a planning committee: The Brethren Disaster Ministries and Children\u2019s Disaster Services breakfast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FaithX invites older adults (age 55-plus) to join us back at Camp Ithiel in Gotha, Fla., on March 2-7, 2025, for a time of volunteering, continued growth, and fellowship in community!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[68,5,1814,1256,3095,2195],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-24241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-brethren-volunteer-service","tag-bvs","tag-faithx","tag-older-adults","tag-events","tag-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24250,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24241\/revisions\/24250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24241"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=24241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}