Employment Opportunity: Marketing Coordinator

This new position with CSB Ministries will provide marketing, communications, public relations, and social media campaigns, as well as develop and execute strategic marketing and sales plans for CSB Ministries.

Candidates will possess a Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience, solid understanding of core marketing principles, and advanced communication (written and verbal), organizational, and problem solving skills.

Please send resumes to office@csbministries.org or mail to CSB Ministries, Attn: Human Resources, PO Box 1010, Hamburg, NY 14075.

All CSB Staff positions must agree with the CSB Statement of Faith, demonstrate a growing, vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ and a passion for Brigade.  Candidates will be asked to share a testimony of their Christian faith journey and provide information for a criminal background check.

Employment Opportunities: Midwest Regional Director

Midwest Regional Director Brian Stebick was led to accept the position of Assisant Camp Director at Camp Hickory Hill in Western New York, where he grew up.  We are pleased Brian will still be working in Brigade circles, as Hickory Hill is a Brigade Camp.

If you are interested, or you know of a mature Christian man, who wants to know more about this leadership role – please contact Joel Fiscus, the National Field Director,

The candidate would need to commit to a minimum of 20 hours a week with great potential for growth.

Email me at jfiscus@csbministries.org or call 716-526-0026, ext 109.

Danger! Waterfall Ahead!

Why young men suffering gives us hope

I’m often perplexed why young men get so excited about some of the adventures we offer them. As one example, every three years we offer a trip to canoe a circuit of frigid lakes in the damp far reaches of British Columbia. The guys are required to schlep the canoes and seven days-worth of food and gear up muddy trails while the mosquitoes treat us like a human happy hour, “Drinks on us!” We assure the young men that after the mosquitoes have their fill many of them will have faces that resemble whoopee cushions, but they still choose to come. If warmth is to be had it is only found on the other side of a pile of wood that must be perpetually chopped. Their major source of protein ... SPAM; the meat product of all great risk takers. Young men are willing to do laborious chores there, the easiest of which back at home they would creatively and desperately seek to elude, and they are willing to suffer deprivations that would cause a fountain of complaints to whine from their mouths if it was mom asking it of them. All of this is sandwiched like cramped bookends between 2 days of solid driving in a van full of un-showered adolescent males.

We never have trouble filling this trip.

The Cheerios Dad Ad #HowToDad

We aren't necessarily endorsing peanut butter cheerios as a breakfast cereal, but we are endorsing that dads are awesome and this is finally an ad that promotes dads in a light we can get behind.

Funny and inspiring, be awesome and watch the video.

Stockade reVision Update: Reporter, Swimming, Weather

In the past week the Stockade reVision team just released  three new resources:

One full "Reporter" module for use in weekly meetings

Reporter Leaders Guide

Reporter Outpost Adventure

You can view more information regarding this exciting new module in our store:
View "Reporter" Leaders Guide
View "Reporter" Outpost Adventure

Two new stand Alone "Outpost Adventures" for Swimming and Weather

Our Newest Regional Director: Bill Mellien

Jehovah Jireh: God the provider.

God does indeed continue to provide. The most recent example is the addition of Bill Mellien to CSB's team of Regional Directors. We'll introduce Bill more fully in the next Brigade Connection issue but we wanted to let you all know the exciting news now.

Bill will be working with churches in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. If that means he's your regional Director and you have any questions or needs feel free to contact him or just say hello.

You can email him at bmellien@csbministries.org

The Brigade Portal SURVEY- Tell us what features you want!

Take the 6 question survey and help set our priorities

The Brigade Portal has been launched!

We built a strong foundation on the back end of the new portal website and our initial feature available to users is a church registration and management tool for Brigade Chairmen.

As we build features on top of this strong foundation we want to aim well and prioritize our development on the features you leaders feel are the most vital first.

You can help control the direction of our development and the features we work on first by completing this 6 question survey which is really just a list of potential features that you can rank for us.

Take The Survey

CSB Leaders! Don't miss this key opportunity to help us identify the tools that can make your ministry easier and more powerful.

"The Story" - Powerfully explaining the Ministry of CSB

CSB explained in 2 minutes. Take a look

Even after more than 75 years of ministry it can be difficult to articulate precisely what CSB is all about. This is not for lack of a vision but because the need and the vision are both so big and the traditions of our organization have grown so deep. How could one explain all of that in only a minute or two?

Over the past few months key staff have worked hard to create a short description of our ministry and it's vital role in today's cultural and church landscape.

If you want to better understand or better articulate the need we address, our mission for meeting that need, and our plan for fulfilling our calling, take a few minutes to look at this document.

The team did a jaw dropping job and it's not only content rich, but simple and beautiful to look at.

Connecting you with CSB Staff: Caleb Porzio "I'm a Brigade Guy"

BC:  Prior to coming on staff with the new US national office staff, what was your involvement with CSB?

CP: I’ve been involved in Brigade for most of my life. Starting as a Stockader, I made my way through Battalion and became a Sergeant in my home Unit. I also was heavily involved in our local Brigade camp (Camp Hickory Hill), starting as Junior Leader and eventually serving as a Program Director.

BC:  When it was decided to move the national office from Wheaton, IL to Hamburg, NY – you were a major reason it was also decided to bring the on-line store and warehousing back in-house.  Share a little about this transition.

CP: At the time, Brigade was outsourcing their warehouse operation. There was discussion about taking it back in-house, and my name was mentioned because I had experience in web design and media and could build and manage an online-store. Let’s just say I had no clue what I was in for.

reVision Update: Should I switch to the new Stockade materials?

With a total of 7 modules in the store, 4 more in production ready for the store in a couple weeks, 3 more ready for layout and numerous other modules in production there is plenty to choose from among the stockade reVision materials and plenty to get you through this ministry year. 

In the Store:

• Shape N' Race
• Pioneers
• Cars and Trucks
• Woodworking
• Team Sports
• Bikes Boards and Buddies
• Flight

Modules in Production: 

1. Reporter
2. Camping
3. Space
4. Electricity

Modules in the queue: