Quick updates to start the New Year!

Greater Kansas City Disciples On the Move in 2023!

CYF MID-WINTER RETREAT meets at Tall Oaks this weekend!

Please keep our youth and their adult sponsors in your prayers!

A YEAR OF DISCERNMENT, DECISIONS, AND REDEDICATION TO OUR COVENANT WITH GOD AND ONE ANOTHER

As our Regional Board prepares for its planning retreat on February 4th, we are reading Brian McLaren's Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned.

During 2023 Greater Kansas City Disciples will be led in a series of prayerful conversations about what needs to change in our mission and vision, our function and goals, and our structure and staffing going forward. We have to do this if we are to effectively serve and support congregations, lay leaders, and clergy more effectively.

LET'S GET BETTER EQUIPPED!

Applications for one of the 24 tuition-free Your Leadership Edge workshops with the Kansas Leadership Center are now available for Regional Board members and a member of their congregation.

Challenges facing every congregation require different approaches to leadership. This first-in-a-series of award-winning learning experiences will connect participants with a wide network of leaders in various disciplines who are working across dividing lines for stronger communities.

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Meet Paula Diehl!

With an extensive background in financial bookkeeping and business administration, Ms. Diehl is an independent contractor who will serve as our Region's Financial Secretary for up to eight hours a week effective immediately.

In addition to her professional experience, Paula raises Arabian horses and enjoys driving her race car! An active deacon in the Longview Chapel Christian Church, she has earned a reputation as an actress starring in Sunday morning worship skits.

She can be reached by email at [email protected].

ELDERS HELPING ELDERS - for such a time as this!

Louisburg, KS First Christian Church will host up to 50 Disciples elders for a time of learning, building mutually supportive partnerships, and enjoying a meal together on Saturday, February 25th.

More details to follow. Save the date!

Good News for Disciples Preachers!

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help support and equip Disciples for the task of preaching the good news.

The program, preliminarily called The Proclamation Project, will kick off in January with a virtual preaching

workshop and a sermon series resource for preachers to use in preparation for next summer’s General Assembly.

As the program takes shape, it will grow to include a resource library with new and curated preaching materials,

support for preachers in bi-vocational settings, cohort groups, and learning opportunities for Disciples preachers.

General Assembly 2023:

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Blue Springs First Christian Church is excited to announce that our upcoming event has been moved to a new location due to the expected attendance on Sunday, January 15 2023 at 3:00 PM.

The service will now be held at 1405 W Main St, Blue Springs, MO 64015.

(The old First Baptist Church building at 15th & Main, for those familiar with Blue Springs).

We encourage attendees to wear masks to protect themselves and others.

In addition, we welcome anyone to participate in our community choir for this event. Rehearsals will be held at the event location on the following days:

Thursday, January 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Friday, January 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Saturday, January 14 from 11:00 am to 12:00 PM

Please feel free to share this information and join the Facebook event at

https://www.facebook.com/events/1591193974660362?active_tab=about