'ChristiaNet'

Monthly Global News and Information for members and friends of
the Christian - Churches of Christ - Disciples of Christ family of churches
 around the world from 'World Convention’

Number 50 – June 2007

Clinton J. Holloway, Editor

To contact us write to worldconv@aol.com

50^th Issue of ChristiaNet
April of 2003 saw the inaugural issue of ChristiaNet. Since that time fifty issues of our email newsletter have been delivered to thousands of homes worldwide. Do you know someone who would be interested in ChristiaNet or the ministry of World Convention? If so, put us in touch with one another.

North American Christian Convention
Kansas City (Missouri) Convention Center will be the site for the NACC July 3-6. Alan Ahlgrim of the Rocky Mountain Christian Church, Longmont, Colorado is President of the 2007 Convention. It’s Time is the Convention theme. Workshops will include topics such as: catalytic leadership, multi-site church planting, local and global impact, technology tool box, spiritual formation, women’s ministry and more. It is not too late to register! Call (513) 772-9970 or visit http://www.nacctheconnectingplace.org/          

World Convention Accommodation Special:
Are you coming to World Convention in Nashville in 2008? We have arranged a special hotel deal with the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel, venue for the Global Women Connecting meeting, Global Leaders Forum and our Youth program. The Millennium are offering their rooms with full American breakfast buffet, complimentary airport pick-up and drop-off, and shuttle service to and from the convention center for $99 single, $106 double, $113 triple and $120 quad per night. You will also have full access to the health and fitness center and free car parking. This will be the best hotel accommodation deal in Nashville over the convention period. You can book on telephone: (800) 457-4460 Monday through Friday 8am – 5pm. Fax: (615) 313-1310 or On-Line: http://reservations.synxis.com/LBE/rez.aspx?Hotel=11542&Chain=5303&lang=1&group=WCCCC or Website: http://www.millenniumhotels.com/nashville and enter the group code WCCCC where prompted. These rooms will not last long so book early to ensure your room. Be sure to include “all four C’s” when making your booking!

Interested in Travel to Biblical Sites in Greece?

Educational, recreational and religious tours to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Italy can be arranged through Aristotle Travel, LTD. Dino Roussos, the son of Antoni Roussos who worked to plant one of the first Churches of the Stone-Campbell Movement in Greece (See national profile of Greece on our homepage) , can help you arrange tours to many biblical sites of the ancient world. Contact Dino at aristotle@aristotle.gr or visit the following websites: http://www.aristotletravel.com/ or http://www.christiantourstogreece.com/ 

New Stone-Campbell Resources Available

Leafwood Publishers announces the ninth title in their “Meditative Commentary” series, Hebrews and James: Brother Jesus by Lipscomb University Professor Gary Holloway.  The series is based upon strategies for “holy reading” practices aimed at a deeper and more fulfilling way of Bible study, according to editors. The 111 page volume is available for $10.99 at http://www.leafwoodpublishesrs.com. Gary Holloway is a member of the 2008 World Convention Local Arrangements Committee       

Wanted: Missionary-in-Residence

Sunrise Christian College, Butuan City, Philippines is in need of a missionaries-in-residence as soon as possible to teach Bible courses, Youth, Music and other ministry classes, provide general counseling and student outreach, and could serve as administrative, construction or academic advisors. Short and long term opportunities are available. Modest housing is possible for single teachers. For more information please contact the President, Dr. Samuel Cariaga at samcariaga@yahoo.com and visit http://www.philippinechurchofchrist.org/sunrise/facilities.htm

Prayer Focus

The first issue of ChristiaNet contained this thought from 1 Corinthians 10:16, “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the very sharing in the blood of Christ? When we break the bread do we not actually share in the body of Christ? The very fact that we share in one bread, makes us one body.” Give thanks for the unity we share as heirs of the Stone-Campbell Movement, as the children of God, through the body and blood of Jesus Christ.   

News Briefs

Communion meditations based upon the theme “The Unity We Share at the Table” are still sought. Contact Clinton J. Holloway at milligan95@yahoo.com for information or to submit a pre-communion talk for possible publication.

The May 13, 2007 issue of the Christian Standard carried an article by Dr. Patricia Magness about the Great Communion Celebration which will begin as a part of the 17^th World Convention in Nashville, Tennessee on August 3, 2008. To read the full text of the article go to: http://www.christianstandard.com/articledisplay?id=599

Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, Oklahoma, kicked off its Centennial Year at commencement exercises May 11-12, 2007. Special events for the year will include a preaching workshop in September with Fred Craddock and Barbara Brown Taylor and Ministers Week in January 2008. 

Disciples Home Missions announced May 21 the resignation of President Arnold C. Nelson, Jr., effective late summer. Arnold, who has served Home Missions for the last five years, was previously regional minister in South Carolina and spent more than two decades in the local church. World Convention wishes Rev. Nelson all the best in future ministries.

International Disaster Emergency Services (I.D.E.S) of Kempton, Indiana reports that in 2006 they aided in 40 development projects in 18 countries, 83 disaster projects in 21 countries, 35 evangelism projects in 16 countries, 54 hunger projects in 20 countries and 51 medical projects in 16 countries for a total of 267 projects in 36 different countries working through 110 mission organizations. For more on these statistics see http://www.ides.org/

World Convention LinkedIn Group For those of you who are LinkedIn.com users, Ed Dodds has created a LinkedIn group which will allow you to identify yourself as a World Convention booster by placing the World Convention logo on your profile page. If you are interested, the invitation link is: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/3419/03F9866A9A02

World Convention Blog A weblog has been launched at http://www.worldconvention.org/wordpress/ as an additional communication tool and a way to add additional timely information to the web site. Point your RSS readers to http://www.worldconvention.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2

World Convention on the Road

Executive Director Jeff Weston will spend several days on the road in coming weeks. June 10 and following he will be an observer at the Stone-Campbell Dialogue convening this year in Austin, Texas.  July 3-6 Jeff will be in Kansas City for the North American Christian Convention and July 21-25 he will be in Fort Worth, Texas for the Disciples General Assembly. If you are attending either of these two assemblies please stop by the World Convention booths.

For those attending the Disciples General Assembly we will host a breakfast at 7am on Tuesday 24th in the Fort Worth Convention Center. Tickets are $15 and available direct from our office or at the ticket booth at the assembly.

We will also have a display at the Oregon Christian Convention. 

2007 Calendar of Events
June 26-July 1, 155th Oregon Christian Convention, “Tied Together in Christ,” at http://www.oregonchristianconvention.org/

 July 4-7,  “Messiah! The Astonishing Stories and Timeless Teachings of Jesus from Matthew,” Summer Celebration, Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee, contact: http://summercelebration.lipscomb.edu

July 17-19, National Hispanic Convention, Valley View Christian Church, Dallas, Texas, contact: iglecristopvida@aol.com

July 21-25, Disciples General Assembly, “Share The Feast,” Fort Worth, Texas, http://www.disciples.org/

August 3-6, Alberta Bible College, 75^th Anniversary Homecoming, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, contact: http://www.abc-ca.org/

August 5, World Convention Sunday, all over the world. The first Sunday of August each year is set aside as a day to lift up the mission and focus of the World Convention in the life of the global community of Stone-Campbell Movement Churches. This year is particularly important as we count down the year to the 2008 Convention in Nashville!  

August 6-8, 75^th Anniversary Celebration, Korean Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, Seoul, Korea, contact: yoonkwonchae@hotmail.com

World Convention seeks to build up fellowship, understanding and common purpose within the Christian - Churches of Christ - Disciples of Christ family of churches, now serving and witnessing as part of Christ's church in no less than 178 countries.

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July 30 – August 3, 2008