Connection - 01/04/2008
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Prayer Concern
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Get Connected Youth Event
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Praise Team Retreat 1/12/08
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Stone Soup Event Orrick
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Youth Leadership Training
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Calendar of Events
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Week of Compassion Update
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Please keep Scott Killgore, pastor of Wyatt
Park Christian Church, and his family in your
prayers. Scott’s grandmother passed away and the
services are today at 2:00 p.m., Plattsburg First
Christian Church.
On
January 19, 2008 Sandi Mull, Area Pastor,
will leave for a month in Ecuador to study, preach
and teach as part of the ongoing Hispanic Ministries
of the Northwest Area. She will return on February
19, 2008. During this time, please keep Sandi in
your prayers.
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Northwest Area
Church Camps Present:
Get Connected
For Youth in Chi Rho and CYF
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008
FCC Gower , MO
Plan to meet old camp friends and meet new friends
as we “Get Connected.” Registration begins at 10
a.m. and the event will be 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There will be great food, Bible study, games, and
more, as well as time for youth sponsors to talk
together. Early bird cost is $7 before Feb. 8.
After Feb 8, cost is $10. Registration form and
flier are at
www.nwareacc.org
or contact the Area
office if you need more copies.
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PRAISE TEAM RETREAT
Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend this
retreat.
There is an attached flyer that we invite you to
give to your youth and anyone interested in Praise
Music.
January 12, 2008
NW Area Praise Team Retreat 9 am – 4 pm
9 am – meet at FCC Plattsburg
Clinic with Bemo Myers 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
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By working together,
with everyone contributing what they can,
a greater good is achieved.
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Benefit for Lynn Joplin
Sunday, January 13, 2007
11:30A – 2:30P
Lunch, Silent Auction, Bake Sale & Raffle
Orrick Lion’s Club
Orrick, Missouri
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Do you know the
Portuguese Fable that tells of the peasant who
goes to a village with a magic stone and creates
a feast of “stone soup” for all? If not, this is
your chance to learn how by working together,
with everyone contributing what they can, a
greater good is achieved. Be a part of it! Be
inspired by friends and colleagues who have
captured the essence of this fable in helping
Lynn Joplin, a resident of Orrick, as she
endures the struggle of a brain tumor and the
need for surgery not covered by insurance.
Please help us to help her!
How can you help?
Bring your
appetite and wallet to participate at the “Stone
Soup” lunch and silent auction. There is
something for everyone—and at a price everyone
can afford. Do you feel lucky? Then the raffle
is for you. Buy one chance or more ($1 for
one/$5 for 6) to win one of the following: 15”
Flat Screen TV w/ DVD Player, hand-made
comforter, Gold Canyon gift basket, and more!
Speaking of
something for everyone, soup options include
vegetable, chili, potato, chicken noodle,
broccoli-cheese to mention a few… with a choice
of cobbler, too. Then if that is not enough,
tickle your palate with Panera Bread and all of
the condiments to complete this feast. Cost: $7
for adults…$5 for children 12 and
under…Donations are also welcomed!
For more
information, contact:
Pastor Donna Murphy-Ceradsky
816/496-3608 (Orrick
Christian Church) or 816/496-2483 (Home)
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LeaderTreks “In and Through”
Training for Adults in Youth Ministry
Who: Youth Ministers
& Adult youth Ministry Volunteers
Where: Rickman
Conference Center , Jefferson City
When: Saturday,
February 9, 2008 (9am-5:15pm)
Trainer: Steve Gerber,
LeaderTreks ( (http://www.leadertreks.org)
Cost:$85/person
(includes lunch, snacks, training materials)
LeaderTreks exists to
help churches and adults serving in youth ministry
inspire and develop youth leaders. The day’s
training will include:
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Concepts and tools
to identify and develop youth leadership gifts
Resources to help
you and others mentor youth in your church
Adult leadership
skills needed to inspire youth to grow
Orientation and
experience with one of the LeaderTreks
curriculum (the facilitator guide and a student
handbook for this curriculum is included in the
fee)
A free copy of
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts, Student Guide.
If you would like a
hard copy flyer sent to you, please contact Leslie
at (573-442-5815).
Early Arrival and
lodging on Friday night at Rickman is possible.
Attached is flyer in PDF format
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Calendar
of Events
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MSR Understanding
the Bible – Rev. Fran Schnarre Jan. 4-5, May
2-3, Aug. 8-9
MSR Introduction
to Hebrew Scripture – Rev. Tom Russell Feb. 8-9,
March 7-8 and April 4-5
MSR Personhood of
the Pastor – Rev. Bob Eichenberger May 8-10
MSR Christian
Ethics – Rev. Bob Flanagan June 6-7, July
11-12, Aug. 1-2
MSR History and
Polity of the Disciples of Christ – Rev. Ken
Watson Aug 21-23
MSR Introduction
to the New Testament – Rev. Robert Atkinson
Sept 5-6, Oct. 3-4, Nov 7-8
MSR Stewardship
Strategies for the Small Congregation – J.
Joseph Trower Dec. 5-6
Christian
Education in the Small Congregation
Elders Institute
January 25 & 26, 2008
Unbinding the
Gospel January 25, 2008
Get Connected –
Chi Rho and CYF Youth Event February 16, 2008
Summer Camps June
& July
Women’s Mini
Retreat July 11-13, 2008
Sessions for Men
July 17-2, 2008
For more information
on MSR courses email: KrystalMSR@earthlink.net
or
www.msr-crm.org
Week of Compassion Update
In Troubled
Darfur - Hopelessness to Hope!
Killings of African Union peacekeepers, drivers, and
the detention of aid workers in the conflict-ridden
Darfur region of Western Sudan are just some
examples of a continually volatile situation, now in
its fifth year.
From June to late August 2007, the United Nations
reported 55,000 new persons being displaced in the
region. Speaking under a plastic tarp on a drizzling
day in Darfur , Mariam recounted how she was
displaced eight months ago by attacks in which her
husband and son-in-law were killed, forcing her to
become the sole support for a household of six
children.
Mariam said she would not return to her village 93
miles away, given the insecurity in her home region,
the schooling her daughter is now receiving, and the
difficulty she would face trying to make a living
without a male breadwinner.
As
dire and hopeless as the situation seems, there is
also hope. The Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) through Week of Compassion is supporting
partners in the region working to improve the
conditions in Darfur . Humanitarian aid, including
food, continues to be provided. Water and sanitation
in refugee camps are being improved. Health clinics
are now providing health care for the most
vulnerable children and elderly, in addition to
well-care for pregnant women. Schools have been
established for children in the Internally Displaced
Persons (IDP) camps and for the communities hosting
the camps so that most of the children can receive
an education.
Raising awareness in the U.S. on the conflict in
Sudan through education, advocacy, and fundraising
for humanitarian assistance is the goal of the Tents
of Hope Campaign, a national, interfaith, community-
based project that unites artistic creativity with
social concern. Local churches are invited to create
a simulation refugee tent in their communities and
to transform it into a hopeful work of art by
painting the tent. Tents of Hope will culminate in a
collective action, as local communities bring their
tents and delegations to Washington , DC , for a
national event in October 2008. The website
www.tentsofhope.org includes project
guidelines, a photo gallery of tents, free
downloadable posters, and promotional materials.
Linking support for humanitarian relief with
advocacy for lasting change is a growing emphasis of
Week of Compassion in complex conflict situations
around the world.
Unrest and Violence in
Kenya
According to a number of church partners and
humanitarian organizations, the civil unrest and
violence in the East African nation of Kenya
following the recent national elections has grown
into a national humanitarian disaster. The violence
has now claimed the lives of more than 300 people
and may have left more than 100,000 homeless in what
has been one of Africa 's most prosperous and stable
countries.
The
eleven Action by Churches Together members in Kenya
, including Church World Service, are closely
monitoring the crisis and are preparing a
coordinated response. CWS has just issued an initial
appeal to its U.S. member communions to provide
emergency food and non-food items through its local
partner, the Kenyan Evangelical Lutheran Church , to
families whose homes were destroyed in the Nairobi
slum communities. Week of Compassion has responded
with a grant from the Compassion Response Fund.
Make an online donation
WOC
Map/Poster
Click below for the latest additions to the WOC
interactive map/poster. For a complimentary copy of
the map/poster for your congregation, call the
office at 317.713.2442 or send an e-mail to
ecleveland@woc.disciples.org.
Map for Congregations
Have a Blessed Day,
Jan Shrewsbury
Northwest Area
Administrative Assistant
816-632-2237
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