{"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\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-and-the-declaration\/\">Brethren and the Declaration of Independence: Denise Kettering-Lane presents an equipping session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-of-grace-and-god-of-glory\/\">\u2018God of grace and God of glory\u2019: A call to worship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/resolution-on-weapons-transfer\/\">Resolution on weapons transfer is adopted by the 2026 Annual Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/review-and-evaluation-committee\/\">Review and Evaluation Committee brings an interim report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-dinner-2026\/\">Global Mission Dinner hears from EYN president Daniel Mbaya<\/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}]}}