{"id":25816,"date":"2025-08-22T20:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=25816"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:52:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:52:01","slug":"national-youth-conference-2026-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/national-youth-conference-2026-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"National Youth Conference 2026 theme is \u2018Light Within Us\u2019"},"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 Rachel Johnson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Youth Cabinet is excited to share the theme and logo for the Church of the Brethren\u2019s National Youth Conference (NYC) 2026! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cabinet met in March to start planning NYC and decided on \u201cLight Within Us,\u201d based on Matthew 5:14-16, as the theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Youth Conference will be held July 18-23, 2026, at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colo. Registration opens Jan. 5, 2026. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/nyc\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/nyc\">www.brethren.org\/nyc<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As followers of Jesus, we are to carry the light of Jesus we bear inside of us&#8211;shining for those around us to see.<\/strong> We are not to hide Jesus\u2019 light, but share it with those around us, reflecting who Jesus is through our words and actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NYC 2026 logo depicts the light of Jesus within us coming out to shine brightly to those around us. How can you shine Jesus\u2019 light to those around you by sharing about NYC 2026?<\/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=\"600\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/NYC-2026-logo-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/NYC-2026-logo-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/NYC-2026-logo-600px-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/NYC-2026-logo-600px-560x416.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The theme logo for National Youth Conference 2026. Design by Debbie Noffsinger<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Rachel Johnson along with Anna Schweitzer will coordinate National Youth Conference 2026. Johnson is serving through Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS).<\/em><\/p>\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 is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/restorative-conversations-workshop\/\">\u2018Restorative Conversations Workshop\u2019 held in Northern Indiana District<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/taller-de-conversaciones-restaurativa\/\">Taller de &#8220;Conversaciones Restaurativas&#8221; celebrado en el distrito del norte de Indiana.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/atelye-konvesasyon-restoratif\/\">Atelye &#8216;Konv\u00e8sasyon Restoratif&#8217; ki te f\u00e8t nan Distri N\u00f2 Indiana a<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/board-considers-leadership-priorities\/\">Mission and Ministry Board considers priorities for next general secretary, approves 2027 budget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/la-junta-de-misiones-y-ministerios\/\">La Junta de Misiones y Ministerios considera las prioridades para el pr\u00f3ximo secretario general y aprueba el presupuesto de 2027.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Youth Cabinet is excited to share the theme and logo for the Church of the Brethren\u2019s National Youth Conference (NYC) 2026! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25818,"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":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[3408,3022,259,3246,1320,3143,3409,2233,3095,1858],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-25816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-light-within-us","tag-logo","tag-national-youth-conference","tag-national-youth-conference-2026","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-2026","tag-rachel-johnson","tag-theme","tag-events","tag-youth-and-young-adult-ministries"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25816","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=25816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25820,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25816\/revisions\/25820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25816"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=25816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}