{"id":5230,"date":"2018-07-22T18:23:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2018-09-29T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T18:28:50","slug":"5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 first impressions of National Youth Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Church of the Brethren Newsline<br \/>\nJuly\u00a022,\u00a02018<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\u201cGood!\u201d (Thumbs up.)<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Daniel from Northern Indiana District<\/em>\u201cThe [worship] service is really fun. It seems like God really was in here.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Kyle from Pennsylvania<\/em>\u201cVery organized\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Martin from Pacific Southwest District<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow wide and big this place is.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Sharon from California<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Jeff [Carter, Bethany Seminary president and the preacher for the opening worship service] spoke, it spoke to me. I got very emotional.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Kelsey from South Central Indiana District<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Worship] was unexpected. It was really good and it was a really unique experience. I like that!\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Lillian from Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like a very communicative environment. Everyone is so welcoming and friendly.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Moriah from Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s great to have people of the same faith and interests come together. Back home that doesn\u2019t happen as often.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Austin from Mid-Atlantic District<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI liked it last night at the basketball court, that a group of guys let us play ball with them.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Tyler from Mid-Atlantic District<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen after worship we were standing around talking with our pastor&#8230;. He started pulling in people that he knew into the conversation. Everyone knows everyone in the Church of the Brethren, but I hadn\u2019t seen it like that before and it was really neat.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8212; Tessa from Atlantic Northeast District<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Frank Ramirez and Mary Dulabaum contributed this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>#cobnyc #cobnyc18<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5230 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc\/an-offering-of-t-shirts\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/an-offering-of-t-shirts.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/an-offering-of-t-shirts.png 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/an-offering-of-t-shirts-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5231'>\n\t\t\t\tAn offering of t-shirts to make diapers for Midwives for Haiti. Photo by Nevin Dulabaum.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc\/body-painting-at-block-party\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/body-painting-at-block-party.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/body-painting-at-block-party.png 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/body-painting-at-block-party-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5232'>\n\t\t\t\tBody painting shares Brethren values at the block party. Photo by Laura Brown.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc\/experiencing-worship-at-nyc\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/experiencing-worship-at-nyc.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/experiencing-worship-at-nyc.png 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/experiencing-worship-at-nyc-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5233'>\n\t\t\t\tExperiencing worship at NYC. Photo by Glenn Riegel.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc\/one-of-the-small-group\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/one-of-the-small-group.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/one-of-the-small-group.png 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/one-of-the-small-group-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5234'>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the small group meetings at NYC 2018. Photo by Glenn Riegel.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc\/the-bbt-dress-up-picture-booth\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-bbt-dress-up-picture-booth.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-bbt-dress-up-picture-booth.png 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-bbt-dress-up-picture-booth-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5235'>\n\t\t\t\tThe BBT dress up picture booth at the Brethren Block Party. Photo by Nevin Dulabaum.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2018\/5top-10-first-impressions-of-nyc\/the-sunday-morning-5k\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-sunday-morning-5k.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-sunday-morning-5k.png 500w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/the-sunday-morning-5k-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5236'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Sunday morning 5K, the theme was &#8220;Super Heroes.&#8221; Photo by Glenn Riegel.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em>Members of the NYC 2018 Press Team contributed to this reporting. The team includes Laura Brown, Allie Dulabaum, Mary Dulabaum, Nevin Dulabaum, Eddie Edmonds, Russ Otto, Frank Ramirez, Alane Riegel, Glenn Riegel, and Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, director of News Services for the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/Newsline\">www.brethren.org\/Newsline<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to the Church of the Brethren Newsline free e-mail news service and receive church news every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 first impressions of National Youth Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5233,"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":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[806,1320,1283],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-5230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-congregational-life-ministries","tag-nyc","tag-youth-and-young-adults"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5238,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5230\/revisions\/5238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5230"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=5230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}