World Student Christian Federation

RAISING NEW PROPHETS: The World Student Christian Federation will hold its 2009 North America Regional Conference and Consultation Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in San Francisco with the theme, “Raising New Prophets, Arising of a Movement.” The event marks the launch of the WSCF-NA, the North American region of the global federation, reports the General Board of Church and Society’s “Faith in Action” weekly newsletter. The WSCF’s mission is “to empower students to be agents in constructive transformation of the world by providing a space for prayer and celebration, theological reflection, study and analysis of social and cultural processes, and solidarity and action across the boundaries of culture, gender and ethnicity,” the newsletter says. For more information and applications, e-mail, or call (212) 870-2470.

Young Clergy Capitol Hill Leadership Forum

YOUNG CLERGY: Jan. 16 is the deadline to apply to attend the 5th annual Young Clergy Capitol Hill Leadership Forum, sponsored by the GBCS, reports “Faith in Action.” The forum will be held Sunday to Wednesday, Feb. 8-11, at the historic United Methodist Building, next door to the U.S. Supreme Court and across the street from the U.S. Capitol. Annual conferences are encouraged to send two people, age 35 and under, who may be either elders or on an elder track, and serving a local church full-time. The forum will provide “creative and participatory ways” to teach the United Methodist Social Principles in congregations, according to the newsletter.