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Please pray for a new spirit of Christian
Unity to come upon all the world wide heirs of
the Stone-Campbell Movement as we celebrate Great Communion
together on October 4th.
Pray for the new Westchester
Indian Christian Church, 15 miles north of
Manhattan, that began on August 15, India's independence
day. Planted by Orchard Group the lead minister is C.T.
Abraham. WICC hopes to reach the half million Indians in metro
New York. Services will be in English and Malayalam. Pray
doors and hearts will be opened to the
message.
www.indianchristianchurch.org
Pray for Global Missions Partners Food Aid
Program distribution in Viet Nam. This is a
joint program between Australia's COCOA and International
Disaster Relief in the US. World Convention is pleased to be a
small part of this international connection.
June 2009 saw the first anniversary of Light On The
Hill, the Sacusuy Christian Church,
Sacsuy, Guatemala. Pray for this
congregation as they sek to raise funds to build a church
building.
We join Carlton and Patsy
Mullings in praise to God for 44 years (and
counting!) of ministry in Jamaica! Email
to
Gandep Bible College, Papua New Guinea
expects 16 students to graduate this year. They
need encouragement and support as they return home to take up
ministry opportunities with their own people.
For those prayerfully seeking a place to serve
in ministry, connect with Disciples Home
Missions The Blue Jesus Project. Visit online
at
The World Convention global family is asked to remember
President BJ Mpofu on the recent passing of
his mother in Zimbabwe. "Her children arise
and call her blessed..." Proverbs 31:28
We praise the Lord for the more than
thirty Friends
of World Convention that have become members of
The Order of 2012 in preparation for
Goiania, Brazil. To read more about this group go to www.worldconvention.org and scroll down to
Order of
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ChristiaNet
Volume75, September
2009
A Monthly Email
Newsletter from World Convention
Connecting everywhere,
every day.
World Convention | 1279 Brentwood
Highlands Dr | Nashville | TN |
37211 Clinton J. Hollway,
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Celebrating the
200th Anniversary of Thomas Campbell's great document of
Christian Unity, the Declaration and
Address, by calling all heirs of the Stone-Campbell
Movement to Great Communion throughout
2009.
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Great
Communion News
Boise
Bible College, Idaho invites all our
brothers and sisters in Christ to our campus for a
Great Communion service Sunday, October 4, 2009 at
6:00 PM in the chapel. A light meal will be
served in our cafeteria starting at 5:00 with the
service to follow. While our intention is to bring
area churches from all three streams of the
Stone-Campbell movement together, this Great
Communion service is open to any Christian who
wishes to participate. Worship in song will be
provided by singing groups from both
Northwest Christian University and Boise
Bible College. Our meditation and message
speakers will be Kevin Skidmore from Boise Church
of Christ and Jim Kirby from University Christian
Church. Please join us for this celebration. For
more information please email David Davolt
ddavolt@boisebible.edu
Great Communion in
Minnesota :
There will be a state-wide unity celebration on
"Great Communion Sunday," October 4, 2009 at 4 PM.
Our theme: "So That They May Know!"
Many Christians from churches all over Minnesota
will meet at Valley Christian Church; 17297
Glacier Way, Rosemount, MN
55068 (southern Twin Cities
area). We have a rich legacy to
reaffirm on this 200th anniversary of the birth of
the Restoration Movement. We will gather for
joyful singing, inspiration, communion and
fellowship. We plan to alternate
respectfully and joyfully between a cappella and
instrumental singing. There will also be brief
inspirational messages to refresh our memories,
light up our hearts, and brighten our
future.
Believers in the
Washington, PA area have formed a new Christian
association of Washington,
Pennsylvania and are planning a special
celebration of Great Communion in Washington from
1-5:30 on October 4th. The event will take place
under a large tent in a parking lot across the
street from the newspaper office where the
original press on which the Declaration and
Address was printed is housed. Many unique
activities are planned. Contact David Mansfield at
7242297398 for
details.
Pepperdine
University, Malibu, California will
host a service of worship and communion with
fellowship to follow in Elkins Auditorium on the
Malibu campus at 3 pm on October 4. Twitter at:
gr8communionpep
All members of the
Stone-Campbell Movement in
Kenya are invited
to the Great Communion Celebation at Nairobi
west Church -Birongo square, near Nyayo Stadium on
October 4 from 1-6 pm. For more information
contact Martin Phiri at Tel. 0725349269 or email
at martinph2005@yahoo.com
A Celebration in
the New Orleans area will be held
at 6 pm on October 4th at Tammany Oaks Church of
Christ, 3700 Highway 59 in Mandeville, Louisiana.
Contact Stanley Helton at snhelton@gmail.com
Search
Facebook and join one of the
Great Communion groups to post
your own comments and to see postings of other
news and events. Go to www.greatcommunion.org to add your event to the interactive map
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The Unity We Share at the
Table
A Communion Meditation titled The Unity
We Share at the Table is available on the World
Convention homepage (scroll to the bottom of the page) or
follow this link:
This meditation, written for use in your Great Communion
Celebration, is taken from Lest We Forget
Meditations at the Meal of Remembrance, 2008,
Clinton J. Holloway. Available at www.amazon.com or from the author at milligan95@yahoo.com
New Stone-Campbell Movement Resource
Room at the Table: Struggle for Unity and
Equality in Disciples History, Sandhya R. Jha,
Chalice Press, 2009. Order from www.chalicepress.com In this volume Sandhya
looks at 200 years of multicultural Disciples history and
she affirms our historic plea that there is Room at the
Table for all people.
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| World Convention on the Road: September
18-19 Clinton Holloway will be speaking at the
Declaration and Address Academic Conference at Johnson Bible
College, Knoxville, Tennessee. September
20-24, Bill McDonald will attend the ACU Summit in
Abilene, Texas, where he will have a World Convention booth.
Board Member Doug Foster will also be
speaking on Great Communion. September 19-20
Julia Keith will attend the Tennessee Disciples
Women's Ministry Retreat at Bethany Hills Camp and will have a
display of Klong Toey Handicrafts. October
1-3 Bill McDonald will be in Nashville, Tennessee for
the Zoe Conference at Woodmont Hills Church of
Christ. October 4 Clinton Holloway and
Julia Keith will assist in hosting the Great Communion
Celebration at West End Church of Christ, Nashville,
Tennessee. Bill McDonald will also be in attendance.
Everyone within driving distance is invited to
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