Hello, Disciples, this is Terri Hord Owens, your general minister and president. I’m here to mark the beginning of the Advent season as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want to remind us all that we are part of God’s covenantal relationship. God’s covenant is marked through […]
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GMP offers Advent message
This message is also available via video. Transcript of video distributed November 2018. PDF Hello Disciples, I’m Terri Hord-Owens, your General Minister and President. For the past 16 months I have been traveling across the church in all of the US and Canada visiting with your congregations, your regional assemblies, our racial ethnic assemblies, the […]
General Minister and President offers message of ‘confidence’
General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens offers an Advent greeting reflection on her first 16 months of visiting groups across the life of the Church. Shorter version
Advent Hope: Sandhya Rani Jha on being human
Submitted by Chalice Press In this Advent season, looking for hope in the darkness can seem a daunting task. Hearing from those whose work involves building and sustaining hope for others can offer light to the weary. Sandhya Rani Jha, a Disciples pastor and veteran community activist knows a thing or two about hope. “I’m […]
Boy, do I need Advent!
Boy, do I need Advent this year! I need a respite from the commercial “Christmas season” where the sacred and the secular collide and stay awkwardly entangled for weeks – where good will and generosity struggle with crass consumerism – where the birth of love into the world is reduced to “Jingle Bells”… My soul […]
Online community offers Advent app
By Rev. Melissa Fain, Fig Tree Christian Church Most congregations have some kind of online presence. It might be a website, a Facebook page, or a Twitter handle. Some might post their sermons on YouTube, while others might have a minister who blogs. For Fig Tree Christian, it’s all online. Everything is made for an […]
