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2022 Gateway Mission Center Family Retreat
Registration has been extended through March 21st!
LIVING THE RHYTHM OF THE MISSION PRAYER
For a number of years in our congregations, our retreats, and our personal prayer lives we have prayed:
God, where will your Spirit lead today?
Help me to be fully awake and ready to respond.
Grant me the courage to risk something new
And to be a blessing of your love and peace. Amen.
The Mission Prayer invites us to discover and live a way of life as individuals and communities where we slow down, truly see one another and the stranger, and risk a new level of openness in our relationships with God and one another.
Three simple words, Awaken, Risk, Bless, invite us to “spiritual and relational transformation” [Doctrine and Covenants 164:9b] individually and in community. Come join us as we explore “Living the Rhythm of the Mission Prayer.”
Where: Twin Rivers Congregation
When: April 1-3, 2022
You are invited to come for a day or the weekend. Let’s gather together. Let’s celebrate gathering. Let’s bask in the presence of our friends and family we’ve longed to see for far too many months. Please, come.
Registration will close at midnight on Tuesday, March 21, 2022. Please find the link below to the registration form and contact Karen Snethen at [email protected] if you have questions regarding the registration process.
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Camping Season is COMING!!!!!
Mark your Calendars!!
- Reunion: June 10-16
- Primary Camp: June 25-26
- Junior Camp: June 25-28
- Jr High/Sr High: June 28 - July 2
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Enrollment Information for eLearning Classes:
The following classes are now open for a limited enrollment:
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· Introduction to Scripture (SS400): 8-weeks, April 2 - May 27 - $25
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· Ministry of the Teacher (MP303): 6-weeks, April 2 - May 13 - $25
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· Ministry with Latter-day Seekers: 4-weeks, April 2 - April 29 - $20
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· Children and Youth Workers Core Training: At your own pace for 2 weeks - starts April 2 and continues open until late May - $18
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· MEADS - "Living Grace and Generosity" - April 25-29, 7:30pm-10:00pm (Eastern) Live via ZOOM. Instructor: Lew Shepherdson - $35
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Easter Season Worship Services
The Mission Center Leadership team is sponsoring Easter season worship services.
- The Kirkwood congregation will host a Good Friday service on April 15, 2022, 7 p.m., at the Kirkwood Community of Christ.
All are welcome!
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Mission Center Bible Study
The next meeting for the MC Bible Study Class for Lent is Monday, March 21, 2022, at 7 p.m.
These classes will be part of our preparations as we journey to the cross throughout the Lenten season. Please make our time of study and preparations for Lent a matter of prayer and meditation. Our study guide will once again be Greg Mashburn from the Kirkwood Congregation.
Join Zoom Meeting (same for all sessions)
All are welcome!
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What: Climate Webinar - ”Issues in Eco-Justice: Going Deeper”
Follow-up Conversation – Sunday, April 3, 2022, 2pm PT (3pm MT, 4pm CT, 5pm ET, 12pm HT, 10pm London, 9am Sydney + 1 day)
Where: Online Ministry
Racial justice is deeply entangled in climate mitigation issues. In the past, ethnic communities provided time, labor, and lives to extract resources, till the land, and sustain the wealthy lifestyle of various dominant culture. In return the dominant cultures have not only used more than their fair share of the resources, but also added massive carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The resulting climate crises have deadly impact on the ethnic populations that supplied the lives and labor to extract the raw materials—and their descendants. Join us in exploring uncomfortable truths about systemic injustices and issues of conflict connected to climate change. Go deeper, opening yourself to the lessons provided by marginalized communities in touch with creation. Along with ethnic and indigenous leaders, we can unite to find a more hopeful way forward.
If you registered for a past webinar or conversation, you do not need to register again. Once registered, you will be sent a Zoom link before each webinar, panel and conversation.
This is an online ministry sponsored by the Greater Pacific Northwest USA Mission Center for Community of Christ. The North American Climate Justice Team are the planners, with members from GPNWMC, Canada East, Canada West, IWMC, SPMC, and SPIMC.
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Save the Dates for USA Field Conversations on Nonviolence
All are invited to engage in USA field-wide conversations on nonviolence. This experience is planned to address WCR 1319 in preparation for World Conference 2023.
Each online session is scheduled for two hours.
- Session 2: Thurs, April 7, 7:00PM CT— History—Lach Mackay, facilitator
- Session 3: Thurs, April 21, 7:00PM CT— Scripture—Ron Harmon, facilitator
- Session 4: Thurs, April 28, 7:00PM CT— Principled and Pragmatic Nonviolence—David Nii, facilitator
- Session 5: Thurs, May 5, 7:00PM CT— What role should nonviolence play?—Robin Linkhart, facilitator
We honor and welcome the diversity of life experiences and perspectives that shape our collective journey.
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Gateway Mission Center Online Worship Opportunities
Boonville Congregation
The Boonville Congregation has resumed in-person services.
Columbia Fairview Congregation
Sundays 10:30 AM Worship, fellowship begins at 10:00
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 849 6578 6032
Passcode: 744290
+1 312 626 6799 US
Wednesdays 7:00 PM Prayer and Meditation
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 857 4855 9850
Passcode: 517305
+1 312 626 6799 US
Cross Street Congregation
Sundays at 9:30 for adult Sunday school and 10:45 for Community Worship
or, by phone - 1 (312) 626-6799
Meeting ID: 833 2818 5363
Passcode: 812868.
Jefferson City Congregation
- Sunday worship starts at 10:00. We are currently having 'hybrid' services with in-person worship and streaming the service on Zoom.
- Adult education class meets on Zoom on Monday evenings at 7:00. Beginning October 25 we will be studying the book, "Spiritual Formation: Following the Movements of the Spirit," by Henri Nouwen.
- Prayer meeting is the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm on Zoom.
- The Diversity and Inclusion Team meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm CT.
- We use a Zoom Waiting Room which is usually open 10 minutes before the start of the meeting.
Link to Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 746 479 663
Password: 000591
One tap mobile
+19292056099,,746479663#,,#,000591# US (New York)
+13126266799,,746479663#,,#,000591# US (Chicago)
Dial by your location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US
Meeting ID: 746 479 663
Password: 000591
Kirkwood
Facebook Live
- When: Sundays at 10:30 AM
- Where: Kirkwood Facebook Group
- Instructions: Search Community of Christ-Kirkwood and request to join
Zoom Option for Midweek Prayer Service
Participants should use their name, so that the Pastor knows to admit them. Participants can invite others that are not church members and she will admit them if she receives information about who they are prior to the meeting. (Just an email notice that "I invited my co-worker named ______").
- When: Wednesdays at 7:00 PM for Prayer Service
- Where: Zoom Instructions:
- Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 475 547 124
Password: community
One tap mobile: +13126266799,,475547124# US (Chicago)
Dial by your location: +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Meeting ID: 475 547 124
Password: 446314
Twin Rivers Congregation
Services begin at 10:30 a.m.
If you would like to be able to share in the service using Zoom, then click on the link below. We just request that you mute during the service.
Meeting ID: 626 511 7123
Password: 2790
If you do not have access to either Facebook or prefer to call in and listen to the service, The following is what you need to know.
Phone number: 1-253-215-8782
Meeting ID: 626 511 7123 followed by #
Passcode: 2790 followed by #
Wood River
Rick McKane is putting out 2 email devotionals each week.
- Sunday morning – based on lectionary and thoughts/discernments from during the week
- Wednesday – announcements/additional thoughts/encouragement
If you would like to be added to this email list just send a note to Rick at [email protected]
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March 21, 2022 - Registration closes for the GMC Family Retreat
March 21, 2022 - Mission Center Bible Study for Lent
March 26, 2022 - Coffee and Conversation - Zoom at 9:30 am
March 31, 2022 - USA Field Conversation on Nonviolence (info above)
April 1-3, 2022 - GMC Family Retreat at Twin Rivers (Registration info above)
The full calendar can be found at the link below.
**Updated March 13, 2022
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Template for Reporting the Loss of a Loved One
In an attempt to make it easier to share information regarding the loss of a loved one, a template has been created. Download the template, fill it out (the template can be typed on), and send it to [email protected]. The information will then be sent to the Gateway Mission Center members.
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