{"id":104,"date":"2019-01-03T15:12:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T15:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/yya\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2026-01-10T00:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:07:57","slug":"ccs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/ccs\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Citizenship Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/CCS-2025-group.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Citizenship Seminar 2025 group\" class=\"wp-image-1565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/CCS-2025-group.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/CCS-2025-group-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/CCS-2025-group-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/CCS-2025-group-560x178.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>CCS 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a world where injustice and violence are too common, how can your faith guide you to drive positive social and policy change in policy and build authentic relationships and community?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian Citizenship Seminar 2027 invites high schoolers, college freshmen (and those who are age-equivalent), and their adult advisors to engage&nbsp;this question and discover how to be advocates for change while being grounded in Jesus\u2019 teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will build the skills you need to address various issues such as, climate change, war and violence, racism, and poverty, from a faith perspective. Learn from faith-based experts and policy advocates, practice conducting meetings with elected officials, and plan how to best take action and make your perspective heard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where and When?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CCS will take place next in the spring of 2027 in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for more information! Contact Becky Ullom Naugle in the Youth\/Young Adult Ministry Office with questions (<a href=\"mailto:bullomnaugle@brethren.org\">bullomnaugle@brethren.org<\/a>, 847-429-4385).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Praying-in-Color-CCS-2025.jpg\" alt=\"People sitting on the floor drawing\" class=\"wp-image-1567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Praying-in-Color-CCS-2025.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Praying-in-Color-CCS-2025-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>&#8220;Praying in Color&#8221; devotions at CCS 2025<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/10\/CCS-theme-announcement-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/10\/CCS-theme-announcement-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/10\/CCS-theme-announcement-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/10\/CCS-theme-announcement-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/10\/CCS-theme-announcement-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/10\/CCS-theme-announcement-560x560.png 560w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/10\/CCS-theme-announcement.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April 5-9, 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"pdf\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/CCS-2025-final-schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CCS 2025 Schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/connecting-at-christian-citizenship-seminar\/\">What was CCS 2024 like?<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/09\/CCS-2024-schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CCS 2024 schedule<\/a> (PDF) like at the last event?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where injustice and violence are too common, how can your faith guide you to drive positive social and policy change in policy and build authentic relationships and community?&nbsp; Christian Citizenship Seminar 2027 invites high schoolers, college freshmen (and those who are age-equivalent), and their adult advisors to engage&nbsp;this question and discover how<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":109,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidthpage.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":57,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}