{"id":28014,"date":"2026-10-23T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=28014"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:59:05","slug":"eric-miller-begins-at-camp-swatara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/eric-miller-begins-at-camp-swatara\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Miller begins as Camp Swatara executive director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Miller began Oct. 19 as the new executive director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campswatara.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.campswatara.org\/\">Camp Swatara<\/a>, a Church of the Brethren camp and outdoor ministry center near Bethel, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing an extensive search process led by the Executive Director Search Committee, the Board is excited to welcome Eric into this important leadership role,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campswatara.org\/leadcamp\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.campswatara.org\/leadcamp\">an announcement from the camp<\/a>. \u201cHe brings a strong background in nonprofit management, organizational leadership, and Christian ministry, along with a lifelong personal connection to Camp Swatara.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller grew up attending family camp at Camp Swatara and later served two summers on the counseling staff, said the release. Miller holds a doctorate in anthropology, has spent 16 years living and working in China, has a decade of experience managing study abroad programs, and previously served as executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/global\/\">Global Mission<\/a> for the Church of the Brethren. Most recently, he was executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/dreamwrights.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dreamwrights.org\/\">DreamWrights Center for Community Arts<\/a> in York, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The camp board also expressed gratitude for the seven years of leadership and service provided by former executive director Tim Courtright.<\/strong> \u201cHis creativity, innovative spirit, dedication, and servant&#8217;s heart have made a meaningful contribution to Camp Swatara&#8217;s ministry. Alongside the faithful commitment of staff, volunteers, donors, churches, and supporters, Tim\u2019s leadership has helped Camp Swatara grow, embrace new possibilities, and prepare for the opportunities ahead.\u201d<\/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\/resisting-racism-latest-in-bible-study-series\/\">Resisting Racism is latest in the Covenant Bible Study Series from Brethren Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/resisting-racism-estudios-biblicos\/\">Resisting Racism es el \u00faltimo libro de la serie de estudios b\u00edblicos Covenant de Brethren Press.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/reziste-rasis-etid-biblik\/\">Reziste rasis la se d\u00e8nye liv nan seri etid biblik Alyans lan ki soti nan Brethren Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/registration-open-faithx-older-adult\/\">Registration is open for next older adult FaithX trip at Camp Ithiel in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/faithx-para-adultos-mayores\/\">Ya est\u00e1 abierta la inscripci\u00f3n para el pr\u00f3ximo viaje de FaithX para adultos mayores en Camp Ithiel, Florida.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Miller began Oct. 19 as the new executive director of Camp Swatara, a Church of the Brethren camp and outdoor ministry center near Bethel, Pa. \u201cFollowing an extensive search process led by the Executive Director Search Committee, the Board is excited to welcome Eric into this important leadership role,\u201d said an announcement from the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"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":[1545,1683,1958,3902,2273,1296,628,1774],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-28014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-camp-swatara","tag-camps","tag-eric-miller","tag-feature","tag-hiring","tag-outdoor-ministries","tag-outdoor-ministries-association","tag-personnel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28014","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=28014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28015,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28014\/revisions\/28015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28014"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=28014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}