
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Blessings to all as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ! How are you celebrating Christmas this season? What events and worship experiences will take place in your congregation?

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Need some Advent inspiration? Check out the Disciples Center Chapel Holiday podcast at: http://www.disciples.org/DisciplesCenter ChapelPodcast/tabid/696/Default.aspx. The podcast features sermons from Disciples Center staff and will be available through the month of January. If you have a podcast you want to share with ...ou...r online community, post a link in the comments section below.
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A podcast of sermons presented during the Disciples Center Chapel Worship Services.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Help your regional ministry by giving to the 2009 Christmas Special Offering this Sunday, December 20, 2009. The offering will help your region in their efforts to enlist Disciples as members of a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world.
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The Christmas Offering supports Regional Ministries. In 33 regions across the U.S. and Canada, ministers are nurtured and congregations are provided opportunities for work and worship.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) The United Nations Climate Change Conference is now underway in Copenhagen through Dec. 18. What role can faith-based leaders have on this issue? What changes, if any, have you made in your lifestyle that you’d like to share about living green? http://unfccc.int/
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Chair’s Proposed Draft Text on the Outcome of the Work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) (45 kB)

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Watch a video of General Minister and President Sharon E. Watkins congratulating the TCU Horned Frogs football team as they prepare to face off against Boise State University on Jan. 4 in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. TCU is one of 17 Disciples colleges and universities in covenant with the Christian Church (Disciples of Chris...t). The school’s football team recently completed its first perfect 12-0 regular season. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnUWlM6H6 14
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Sharon Watkins, General Minister and President, congratulates TCU on their selection to play in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Are you interested in an update on the progress of the Mission Alignment Coordinating Council? Six webinars are scheduled for Dec. and Jan. Visit http://disciples.org/macc to view the webinar schedule and learn how to pre-register.
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The website of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Resources for Advent and Christmas are now available at http://www.disciples.org/. Some resources include the "No-Rehearsal, Every-Child-Gets-A-Part Christmas Pageant" and a holiday podcast series featuring sermons delivered during worship in the Disciples Center Chapel. If your congregation or ministry has online reso...urces to share, leave a comment about other links that should be included.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) As you prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, is your church involved in any special outreach or church-wide community activities this year? If so, we’d like to hear from you.

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Let’s
ramp up support for the undefeated Texas Christian University Horned
Frogs, one of our 14 Disciples-related colleges and universities. TCU will take on the University of Wyoming Cowboys today (Sat.,
Nov. 22.) at a 1 p.m. CST in an attempt to extend its undefeated streak and enter Bowl Championship Series post-season... play. Have you been following TCU's historic season? http://gofrogs.cstv.com/
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Texas Christian University Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site, partner of CSTV Networks, Inc. The most comprehensive coverage of Texas Christian University Athletics on the web.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Want to learn more about how the Disciples Mission Fund supports ministry and mission? Check out the redesigned web site for DMF at http://www.disciplesmissionfund.org/. You can give to DMF online, download stewardship and offering resources, and read how the common fund of the Church supports ministries of wholeness a...s close as your local congregation and reaching around the globe.
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More than 75 ministries receive support through Disciples Mission Fund and Disciples Mission Fund Special Day Offerings. More than 2,500 congregations allow these ministries to touch the smallest of communities in the U.S. and Canada and reach to every corner of the globe.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Looking for ways to keep your congregation healthy during this flu season? We just posted information on Disciples.org on how you can help prevent the spread of the H1N1 and seasonal flu viruses in your church. If you have helpful ideas, post them as a comment and share how your faith community is helping to keep your congregation healthy!
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Best practices and resources on how to keep your congregation healthy during this flu season.

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Disciples of the 2009 General Assembly gathered in three-hour-long, face-to-face
conversations to consider our distinctive identity and ministry in the 21st
Century. Read what was harvested from these discussions and continue the conversation at: http://wholenesscafe.disciples.org/
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The harvest of ideas and discussions from the Wholeness Café at the 2009 General Assembly.

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Online registration for the 2010 General Minister and President Pastors' Conference is now open! Read more about the conference and register online at http://www.disciples.org/tabid/657/Defau lt.aspx
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The 2010 Pastors' Conference will be held from September 21-23, 2010 at the Doubletree Mission Valley in San Diego, California. Online registration begins October 15, 2009.
















