{"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\/general-secretary-signs-statement\/\">General secretary signs statement on Christian presence in the Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/el-secretario-general-firma\/\">El secretario general firma una declaraci\u00f3n sobre la presencia cristiana en Oriente Medio.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/sekrete-jeneral-la-siyen\/\">Sekret\u00e8 Jeneral la siyen yon deklarasyon sou prezans kretyen nan Mwayen Oryan an<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/meeting-at-the-margins-worship-resources\/\">\u2018Meeting at the Margins\u2019 Advent worship resources focus on the Holy Family and migrants today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/los-recursos-liturgicos-de-adviento\/\">Los recursos lit\u00fargicos de Adviento \u00abEncuentro en los m\u00e1rgenes\u00bb se centran en la Sagrada Familia y los migrantes de hoy.<\/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}]}}