July 23, 2010

REGIONAL ASSEMBLY:

MANY FACES OF MINISTRY – NOVEMBER 5-7, 2010 in McCOMB, MS

Keynoters:  Johnny Wray, former director of Week of Compassion (Friday night) and Bob Shebeck director of Global Mission Partners from Division of Overseas Ministries (Saturday morning).  Worship Sunday featuring Revs. Donald Dick and Barbara Jones.

Check your church office for registration forms.

Do you know any students headed to Louisiana State University (LSU) in the fall?  First Christian Church of Baton Rouge, LA is the only Disciples church near LSU.  We have a growing and vibrant Young Adult Disciples (YADS) group and would love to welcome any students or young people in the Baton Rouge area.  If you know of anyone between the ages of 18 – 30 that will soon be living in the Baton Rouge area, especially LSU students, please pass on their name and email or phone number to Rev. Laura Phillips, Associate Minister of FCCBRLA (laura@fccbrla.org or 225-205-7169).  FCC would love to welcome them to the Baton Rouge area and to our Young Adult Disciples (YADS) group!

Mississippi Christian Missionary Convention (MCMC) Disciples Standing on the Solid Rock will present its 123rd Annual Convention July 22-24 at the Regency Hotel in Jackson, MS. The theme for the Convention this year is “Disciples Standing on the Solid Rock”.  The convention is being hosted by Elder Russell Myers and the United Christian Church in Jackson, MS.  Elder Patricia Parker is MCMC President and Elder Russell Myers is MCMC Vice President.

Morning Session “One Size Fits All!” - a claim often made, but rarely, if ever, accurate.  The product may “work” for everyone but not in the most effective way.  When we talk about how we can grow spiritually, we can get into the one size fits all mindset.  One method of prayer, one style of Bible Study, one sort of worship is to touch each of us in the same powerful way.  Yet all too often that is not what happens.

How to Connect with God is a seminar that helps explain how one size doesn’t fit all.  Instead God has created us with differences and those differences sometimes need different pathways to lead us closer to God.  In this seminar we will look at 9 of those pathways, their characteristics, and how we can utilize them to grow spiritually.  As we examine these pathways, many of the conflicts and misunderstandings among people as they reach out to God will be seen in a new light. This can lead to greater appreciation for one another and more effective ministry in our churches.

Afternoon Session “Do more…Do More…DO MORE!”  Is that the message you hear when you think about Spiritual Maturity?  We want to grow in our faith but it can be exhausting to keep up with the escalating time and energy we feel is demanded.  But is “more” really the answer? Are we just supposed to “do more” praying, “do more” worshipping, “do more” giving, “do more”…. Or are these actions supposed to be used in a way that actually does help us mature spiritually? 

Come to the Spiritual Maturity & Spiritual Disciplines workshop and find out what it takes to grow spiritually and how much more fulfilling and enjoyable your spiritual journey can be for you.

Anyone living in the Hammond/Ponchatoula area and attending Southeastern Louisiana University or career people between ages 18-30, we would welcome them at First Christian Church in Hammond, 305 East Charles Street, Hammond LA 70401. We are the only FCC (DOC)  in Hammond. Please send name, telephone number, email address to Rev. Bill Eubanks, 985-345-0374, email fcchammond@bellsouth.net. We would love to begin a college/career class.

Position Opening for Executive Director.  Division of Homeland Ministries.  The Executive Director of the Office of Disciples Women will be a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); and, as a woman who draws on a deep personal faith, she will articulate and exhibit a passion for women's ministries. She will be responsible for:

·        the development of general planning for the life and ministry of women  in congregations and regions of the CC (DOC) in the United States and Canada;

·        related laity emphases and program;

·        general program planning and implementation of Disciple Women's  Ministries in the United States and Canada; and, the relating and representation of women to the priorities, mission and ministries of the CC (DOC).

Rev. Warren Lynn, Director of the Office of Search and Call of the CC (DOC), at the toll free number (888) 346-2631.

More complete details about this executive position opening, including job responsibilities and duties, can be found on line at: www.discipleshomemissions.org and clicking “about DHM.”