{"id":26608,"date":"2026-02-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26608"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:57:06","slug":"webinar-a-sankofa-story-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/webinar-a-sankofa-story-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercultural Ministries presents a \u2018Sankofa Storytelling Event\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\">The Church of the Brethren Intercultural Ministries is presenting a webinar titled \u201cSankofa Storytelling Event\u201d on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. (Eastern time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe would like to tell you a story,\u201d said an invitation. \u201cWe want to tell you about the people from our small community who have come together \u2018to seek the coming kingdom, participate in the multiethnic mosaic, and pursue biblical justice.\u2019 These travelers are on a journey toward healing\u2026. Won\u2019t you join us as we share our stories?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sankofa journey begins with readings, recordings, and discussions, includes a bus ride through Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham, and Memphis, and sends disciples to tell the story of our struggle to be the Beloved Community.<\/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=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Sankofa-webinar-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Sankofa-webinar-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Sankofa-webinar-600px-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Sankofa-webinar-600px-560x321.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stone Church of the Brethren in Huntingdon, Pa., has partnered with members and friends of Payne Church in Huntingdon, Bethel A.M.E. Church in Mount Union, University Baptist and Brethren Church in State College, State College Friends Meeting, and Alabaster House in Mill Creek. Stone Church has sent more than eight cross-racial pairs\u2014two-by-two\u2014to board the bus for the Sankofa journey, look back at our nation\u2019s racial history, and move forward together in truth and in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The registration link is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/intercultural\/#sankofa\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/intercultural\/#sankofa\">www.brethren.org\/intercultural\/#sankofa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Intercultural Ministries director Founa A. Badet contributed this information to Newsline.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\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\/young-adult-conference-2026\/\">Young Adult Conference 2026: Identity in community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/cmmb-joins-brethren-service-center\/\">CMMB joins Brethren Service Center as new partner renting warehouse space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/annual-conference-worship-livestreamed\/\">Annual Conference worship services will be livestreamed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/committee-to-ask-questions-of-delegates\/\">Review and Evaluation Committee to ask questions of delegates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/shine-everywhere-reaches-midpoint\/\">Shine Everywhere reaches midpoint, strengthening faith formation at home and church\u202f<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church of the Brethren Intercultural Ministries is presenting a webinar titled \u201cSankofa Storytelling Event\u201d on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. (Eastern time). \u201cWe would like to tell you a story,\u201d said an invitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26610,"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":[1407,3635,1135,1918,1994,1263,3633,3634,258,3214,1866],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-26608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-becky-ullom-naugle","tag-black-history","tag-intercultural-ministries","tag-justice","tag-online-event","tag-peace","tag-sankofa","tag-sankofa-journey","tag-stone-church-of-the-brethren","tag-impact","tag-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26608","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=26608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26614,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26608\/revisions\/26614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26608"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=26608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}