City on the Hill – Motivation for the Next Generation of Faithful Activists

A Family Life Interview on “Faith Under Fire” – 8/01/2024

Some five dozen young0-adult Christians spent a week getting information and inspiration on how to live faithfully and act Biblically in the public square.

“City on the Hill” just completed its 24th year of motivating the next generation of Christian activists. The program is an outreach of the Pennsylvania Family Institute. It uses workshops, guest speakers, open discussions, and a simulation of a legislative debate to help the high school and college students wrestle with the social, political and cultural issues of the day. The subject matter ranges from Christians in the Public Square to The Case for Life to Why Religious Freedom Matters.

This is the first of a two-part interview with Amaya Montijo, a high school student from Annville, and Jacob Reece, a college student from Blandon. Both are multi-year participants in City on the Hill.

For your follow-up:

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• The Pennsylvania Family Institute presents City on the Hill as a leadership development and worldview conference each July. Details are here.
  
• Their promotional video is also online.
  
• Jacob Reece also wrote a blog post, telling his first-person account of how he has been changed through his experiences at COTH.