Be The Neighbor

06/03/2026

This year we are so excited to introduce you to 3 new origjnal songs for our Be The Neighbor 2026 summer! This first one is written by Rev Mason Wagner and arranged and produced by David Lanza. We can’t wait to sing it with all of you this summer!

We Have Come to Be The Neighbor Written and sung by Mason Wagner, ...

06/01/2026

Our interns are here for training. We could not be more excited! We can’t wait for you to meet this phenomenal group of young adults who are ready to be the neighbors who change the world through service, justice and love! They were made for this!

05/28/2026

For the second year, each of our Be The Neighbor interns will be paired with a mentor. As these phenomenal young adults are discerning how they will live their adult lives rooted in the values of faithful love, service, justice, and neighboring, they will get to partner with someone a little further along on their journey who has lived their lives based on these faithful values.

Here are this year’s amazing mentors:

Lisa Barnett
Denise Bell
Dottie Cook
Cathy Cralle Jones
Diane Faires Beadle
Kim Gage Ryan
Cara Gilger
Pam Green Holt
Katie Hays
Kim Kofron
Nadia Lahutsky
Alan Lobaugh
Dee Moore Wells
Derrick Perkins
Quinton Phillips
Nancy Pittman
Laurie Pound Feille
Courtney Richards
John Richardson
Emily Saenz
Karen Turley Parker
Cyndy Twedell

This list of names connected with the 23 phenomenal young adults interns gives us so much hope for the world!

04/15/2026

We are so excited to introduce our 2026 interns! These incredible young people will be joining us this summer to lead groups in service-learning trips across the country. We're so excited for our participants to get to know them.

They come from a variety of denominations, including Disciples of Christ, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and more! Some are currently in undergraduate programs, while others are graduate students, and others are working in their professions. Those who are students represent schools from the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, California, to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and everywhere in between: the University of Denver, Texas Christian University, University of Texas and DePaul University, to name a few! They have future aspirations of attending law school, becoming psychologists, serving in churches and nonprofits, and more. Each person brings with them a different perspective, and we can't wait for our groups to learn alongside them.

03/24/2026

This week we are delighted to be welcoming youth from FUMC Jonesboro, Arkansas who are serving and learning about economic justice at our Bentonville site alongside our site director, Rev. Mark Dingler! Thank you all for spending part of your spring break being the neighbors who partner with God to make our world a more loving place where all people can thrive.

03/23/2026

Thank you to the Fort Worth Report for helping to share our story through the lens of past intern, Chrys Beckley!

Be The Neighbor helps young people connect faith, service and justice through hands-on community work.

03/07/2026

This weekend middle school youth from Country Club Christian Church are on our Kansas City Justice 101 trip led by our Site Director, Tulley Beard! They are spending the weekend being the neighbors who make our communities more loving and just by serving with non profits like Flourish: A Furniture Bank, learning about systemic racism and how to work for change through Dividing Lines, and building community by sitting at tables and worshiping with neighbors whose life experience is different than their own. We are so grateful for the amazing neighbors they are! They are reminding us that, even on days when the news is filled with fear, LOVE will always be louder!ct

03/06/2026

The countdown is on - only two days left to apply for our summer internship program! Learn more and complete the application at betheneighbor.org/summerstaff.

03/05/2026

Some of our past interns want to share their thoughts with anyone considering applying to join our team this summer! Don't forget to apply by this Sunday, March 8, at betheneighbor.org/summerstaff!

03/05/2026

We are thrilled to be at the Women in Youth Ministry conference with so many amazing youth pastors! If you are here, come say hi to Allison at our booth.