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Updates

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January 2021​
  • DISCIPLES CONNECT NEWSLETTER 2021 
  •  Chaplain-Job Description & Opportunity - Please call 913-432-1414 if you would like further information in regards to this position. 
  • CYF GKC MIDWINTER- Searching for the bright side with God

​December 2020 
  • Save the Date DWM Announcement 
  • Hymnals Donation 
  • Link to Alex Conversation for Congregations 
  • First Christian Church-Independence Advent Music Event
  • ​Association of Disciple Musicians- Newsletter 
  • Upcoming Events 
  • DWM Virtual Meeting on December 12th  
  • Disciples Connect News 
  • Giving Tuesday- The Tall Oaks Gala Team Announcement 


November 2020
  • ​Disciples Church Extension Fund shares- 
          ~COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Considerations- Click Here 
          ~Flyer - Click Here 
  • Thanksgiving Special Music- Merriam Christian Church Organist Emily Yeh played "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come," composed by George J. Elvey, arranged by Mark Hayes​- ​Click Here
  • Swope Parkway United Christian Church Announcement- Click Here 
  • PT Ministry Assistant Position - Click Here 
  • Clergy Online Renewal Form, Clergy Online Boundaries and Clergy Resource Links- Click Here ​
  • Micah Ministry Donation Needs- Click Here 
  • Disciples Connect -Click Here
  • Retirement Open House for Rob and Kathy Carr- Click Here 
  • Election Night Worship Material - Click Here 
  • Voter Support - Click Here 
  • DISCIPLES WOMEN'S VIRTUAL EVENT-Saturday, November 14th at 5:00 - 7:00 pm CST
           Click Here for more details!
  • Disciples Connect Important news and updates - Click here
  • Don't forget to vote!
  • Save The Date November 8th: Tall Oaks Gala- It's Virtual- Click here for more information
  • Save The Date November 21st at 10:00 am-Online Disciples Women's Gathering. You can view our Regional Website Calendar for Zoom webinar details. 
  • ​Latest COVID19 KC Emergency Services Update
  • Information which provides tips for protecting facilities against the elements and information about building evaluations.
           ~Additional resources brought to you by Disciples Extension Fund 
  • Installation Services: Rev. Mindy Fugarino- Nov. 1st Click Here for details 
October 2020 updates - 
  • Phillips Seminary Center for Religion in Public Life Public Announcement - Click Here 
  • Disciples Women's Gathering- Click Here
  • DWM October Regional Evening Reminder- Click Here 
  • Country Club Christian Church- Technical Production Director Position- Click Here  
  • ​Tall Oaks West of Kansas City is looking to fill positions! Click Here 
  • Ministerial Standing Renewal Forms are due October 15th. Please call 913-431-1414 if you need assistance.
  • October Regional DWM Evening Announcement- Click here 
  • Beloved Becoming Community Letter- Click here 
  • Zoom Meeting-October 25th at 5 pm- Elders Helping Elders -Click here
  • Renew 2020 recorded links are in the works! Stay tuned for our Renew 2020 page on our website!
 
September 28 through October 3 updates below- which include Zoom Links 
  • ​​Renewed October 2nd & 3d - Zoom Webinar Details and More - Click Here 
  • Clergy-Renewal Standing-Due Date October 15, 2020 Reminder- Click Here
  • Ministry Matters RESUMING CARE-FILLED WORSHIP AND SACRAMENTAL LIFE DURING A PANDEMIC
  • How can DCEF help your congregation? Video Click Here
  • Regional Assembly Business - Click here to read the biz buzz!
  • Click to access details and online registration for our GKC Virtual Regional Assembly 2020!!
  • Buy a "Renew" t-shirt and support the Greater Kansas City region of the Disciples of Christ! A portion of all proceeds will go to a Kansas City community organization. This is the second order form for these shirts; order by Monday, October 5, to receive your shirt on or around October 22 as a token from our time together for the GKC Regional Assembly on October!
          If you ordered a form with the previous order, please email tylerh@cccckc.org 
          ***Click on the link below to place an order today!!***
           https://www.customink.com/fundraising/gkc-renew-second 
  • RENEWED- Virtual Regional Assembly 2020-FLYER- Click Here & Share Link! ​
  • Regional Website Calendar​
  • Appreciation to Rev. Laura Phillips for her research and in providing these helpful links: 
         ~Covenant for Returning to Worship Click here
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  • October Newsletter is available now! Click Here 

September 15-25
  • How can DCEF help your congregation? Video Click Here
  • Renewed Through Equipping All Workshops- September 26th Zoom Link
​           We have made it easy for you by using the same Zoom Link for all workshops.
         Just click on the link above and join!
  • Regional Assembly Business - Click here to read the biz buzz!
  •  Renewed Through Equipping Announcement which includes Zoom link​!! 
  • Click to access details and online registration for our GKC Virtual Regional Assembly 2020!!
  • Buy a "Renew" t-shirt and support the Greater Kansas City region of the Disciples of Christ! A portion of all proceeds will go to a Kansas City community organization. This is the second order form for these shirts; order by Monday, October 5, to receive your shirt on or around October 22 as a token from our time together for the GKC Regional Assembly on October!
          If you ordered a form with the previous order, please email tylerh@cccckc.org 
           ***Click on the link below to place an order today!!***
           https://www.customink.com/fundraising/gkc-renew-second 
  • RENEWED- Virtual Regional Assembly 2020-FLYER- Click Here & Share Link! ​
  • Regional Website Calendar 
  • ​​17 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND COMMITMENT THEME: A Pastor WHO IMPARTS spiritual knowledge, WISDOM, And understanding! Sunday SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 11:00am GUEST SPEAKER: Rev. Mary Lou Kegler Associate Minister, Swope Parkway United Christian Church Kansas City, Missouri Click Here                                        
September 8-11
  • Clergy-Renewal Standing-Due Date October 15, 2020 Reminder- Click Here
  • September 2020 Newsletter - Click Here 
  • Click to access details and online registration for our GKC Virtual Regional Assembly 2020!!
  • RENEWED- Virtual Regional Assembly 2020-FLYER- Click Here & Share Link! 
  • Disciples Men Announcement- Click Here 
  • Leadership Academy 2020 Registration Closing Soon!​  Click on the following link to sign up! : https://leadershipacademy.regfox.com/2020-doc-leadership-academy
  • Two training sessions conducted by Peter Wernett from Mission Insite regarding the use of People Plot within the Mission Insite system.  Here is a link to a better explanation of what People Plot is: Click Here 
    If you would be interested in attending the training sessions, please let Laura Ginn know, and she will send you the information. 
    You must be able to attend both sessions.
    The dates will be 10/5/20 3:30pm-4:30pm ET and 10/13/20 3:30pm-4:30pm ET.
    Laura Ginn/Services Support Assistant/New Church Ministry and Disciples Church Extension Fund
    Office:  (317) 635-6500 – Ext. 2529
  • A Virtual Evening To Empower your Self-Worth - Save the date and join us on Saturday, 09/12/2020.
           Click here for more details. 
  • Disciples Home Mission is offering a CW&W Virtual Training via Zoom Friday September 18 from 5-8 and Saturday 19 from 9-12.  Link for registrations: 
    https://discipleshomemissions.regfox.com/cww2020-virtual
    Link for Facebook Event link: 
    https://www.facebook.com/events/743204499800337/​ 

Monday, September 7
  • Regional Office Closed- Labor Day 

September 1-4
  • Are you in need of inspiration or a little pick me up? Click Here 
  • Click to access details and online registration for our GKC Virtual Regional Assembly 2020!!
  • Regional Evening Disciples Women Ministry- President Report Click Here
  • A Virtual Evening To Empower your Self-Worth - Save the date and join us on Saturday, 09/12/2020.
  •            Click here for more details. 
  • Disciples Home Mission is offering a CW&W Virtual Training via Zoom Friday September 18 from 5-8 and Saturday 19 from 9-12.  Link for registrations: 
    https://discipleshomemissions.regfox.com/cww2020-virtual
    Link for Facebook Event link: 
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Saturday, May 2
  • All COVID 19 Resources Page - added new items (including a page for Ministries with Families and Children) 
  • Added a link to help congregations develop plans for continuing operations in times of disaster, pandemic, and community-wide emergencies 

Friday, May 1
  • New additions to the All COVID 19 Resources Page

Thursday, April 30
  • ​Quick Reminder:  Zoom chats at 4 and 7 pm regarding Congregations Reopening.  Access info here.
  • New: Reopening Resource Page

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
  • Update about the continuing Micah Ministry is on the CV Opportunities to Serve page
  • See this Pastoral Letter from Rev. Dr. Brandon Gilvin to the First Christian Church in Chattenooga, TN (shared with permission)

Monday, April 27, 2020
  • Micah Ministry will be open at 5:30 pm to offer sack meals at curbside and parking lot.
    • The The Kansas City, Missouri Health Department is going to be setting up four pop-up testing sites for use on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Independence Boulevard is one of those sites but people must call in advance to register for one of the 500 tests available starting today.
    • Micah is also offering  help with hygiene, hospitality truck and shower house and free medical services
  • The 8 pm Zoom gathering for clergy and lay leaders is an opportunity for us to connect, to grieve, and to offer prayers.  It will include a 7 minute video by Suzanne Stabile on learning to Grieve - something that many of us may think we are too busy to do.  To prevent disruptions of gatherings by Zoom, access information for Tuesday and Thursday conferences was included in the newsletter sent Friday, April 24.  Contact Jessica for the link to that page.
  • Starting this week, we would like to collect photos of 650 kb or less of where you see God at work to put in a gallery on our kcdisciples home page and Facebook page.  Send them to Bill.  We will post in batches of three and change as often as we receive them.  God is still in the blessing business!
  
Friday, April 24, 2020
  • Regional Newsletter with important event information
  • Thanks to Rev. Dr. Bob Hill for sharing this important information:

Testing for COVID-19 is now available in central Kansas City, Missouri!  Please call 816-404-2273 before you go. 
  • Tuesdays @ Morning Star Baptist Church (27th & Prospect) [PLEASE NOTE: Beginning on May 2]
  • Wednesdays, 12 noon-4:00 pm @ St. James United Methodist Church (54th & Paseo) 
  • Fridays, 10:00 am-2:00 pm @ Second Baptist Church, (39th & Monroe) 
Many thanks to these churches and to Truman Medical Center!!!

Wednesday April 22, 2020
  • Our Regional Board voted to enter into a Management Agreement with United Camps, Conferences and Retreats effective August 1, 2020.  This is the result of discernment, research, and negotiation that began in August, 2019 and involved the participation of the Tall Oaks, Inc. Board all the way.  The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Greater Kansas City retains ownership of the campus and responsibility for major maintenance, programming and capital improvements.  UCCR will assume responsibility for hiring and paying staff, compliance with regulations, regular maintenance, accounting, and all other day-to-day operations.  The UCCR Board will meet in early May to ratify the agreement. 
  • Given the many requests for information regarding when and how congregations will reopen, we will schedule two Zoom conferences (2 pm and 7 pm April 30th). With the latest information from regular the College of Regional Ministers, General units of the Church and the ecumenical community, we will share resources and engage in conversation about ways to assure the safety of our most vulnerable   We will record these sessions and make them available.  All who wish to participate (up to 100 people per conference) will be welcome.  Details will be sent by email to all who receive our E-Connect newsletters.  Not a subscriber?  Click here.  
  • In the meantime, this video link was shared with us by Bishop Valerie Melvin of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of North Carolina.  It is a hopeful 4 minutes packed with great ideas for thinking about our future together.
  • Grief, as was pointed out by Rev. Dr. Kennebrew during our KC Disciples Leader Tuesday evening Zoom conversation, is differently experienced this month than it might have been when we first took the pandemic seriously.  On Tuesday, April 28, we will feature a 7-minute video by Suzanne Stabile on Learning to Grieve to kick off the conversation.  Details in the E-Connect newsletter.

Sunday, April 19, 2020
  • Find an online worship service
  • Calendar of Regional Events
  • Check the rest of the home page buttons for the latest information related to being the Church during the pandemic
  • Next KC Disciples Leaders online meeting is Tuesday and will premier our use of videos from The Work of the People
    • ​April 21:  Prayer for the Pandemic/Click for details to connect via Zoom
    • April 28:  Grief with Suzanne Stabile
    • May 5: Begin 7 week series by Walter Bruggeman - see the trailer
  • We are reaching out to the Director of Health for KCMO to see about offering some of our church parking lots for drive-through or walk-up COVID-19 testing.  Please keep this in your prayers
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 8 LANGUAGESOnline Renewal Form, Online Boundaries and Clergy Resource LinksGiving Tuesday- The Tall Oaks Gala Team AnnouncementCYF GKC MIDWINTER- Searching for the bright side with God

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