by Armin Jahr | Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission
As a science teacher at Hillcrest Academy, I get to know students from all around the world and each has a unique story. I have seen, over and over again, that the process of becoming a Christian isn’t an event as much as it is a journey (an adventure, really). So...
by Brandon Pangman | CLB Canada, CLB Youth, Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission, We are LB Church (NEWS)
I love being part of the CLB Youth Convention. The first day might be my favorite as everyone starts to ascend upon Estes Park, Colorado. Leaders come in and register their students. Group by group, student by student, the chairs start to fill up in the auditorium....
by Olivia Nordlund | CLB Canada, CLB Youth, Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission, We are LB Church (NEWS)
There were heavy sighs resounding around me as we learned that once again, there had been a mistake with our hotel rooms. After a twenty-minute wait, we dragged our over-packed suitcases down the hall and flopped onto our beds, dropping our things into a heap on the...
by Gary Witkop | CLB Canada, CLB Youth, Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission, We are LB Church (NEWS)
Why do we do it? Why does the Church of the Lutheran Brethren—you!—invest time and money into a national convention for youth? As the Regional Pastor representing the work of North American Mission with the Youth Convention (YC), I needed to answer that. Is it worth...
by Troy Tysdal | Faith & Fellowship magazine, North American Mission
As Vikki watched, I struggled to load the old reclining chair into my Nissan Murano. My wife had placed the chair on the side of the road with a sign that read, “For Sale, $15.” Vikki had chewed me down to $10, and now wanted free delivery. She didn’t live far away,...
by Faith & Fellowship | CLB Canada, Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary, North American Mission, We are LB Church (NEWS)
KRISTIAN ANDERSON: Kristian grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Sayville, NY during his junior year of high school and graduated from Sayville High School. He went on to study History and Political Science at Wagner College, and then Biblical Theology and Youth...