The 2008 Mid-America Regional Assembly

The 156th Biennial Mid-America Regional Assembly gathering was a wondeful time of worshipping, singing, shaing, giving and working together! Look in the November Mid-America Messenger for more details. Photos of the Assembly
will be posted soon.

Greetings Fellow Disciples:

What an awesome time of sharing, giving and mission work! At the Regional Assembly workers at the "Kids Against Hunger" mission site packed 13,800 meals which had a gift of $900.00 from Central church of Springfield. The Festival of Sharing received 117 boxes which contained approximately 1,000 kits, with an approximate value of $13,000.

The Week of Compassion offering received $1,596, plus a $500 gift given by the Sedalia Church in honor of Vance Moore and the Moderator-elect. The Areas received an offering of $1,490.88 and Global Missions will receive $1,068.25. At the Women's Breakfast, $1,249.00 was collected for the nursing program in Haiti with a $150.00 honorarium to the same program, in Rev. Karen Yount's name. The Disciples Mens' Breakfast included wonderful, joyous singing and a message from Brother Vance, encouraging missional work. "Holy Hands, Faithful Feet" "Living out the Gospel." You were a wonderful part of "Living out the Gospel."

Yours in Christ,

Patti Howard, First Vice-Moderator

• Click here for Xiaoling Zhu's Address
• Danny Stewart's State of the Region Address

2008 Regional Assembly Guest Speakers

Todd Adams Associate General Minister and Vice-President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	Dr. Frank Thomas Mississippi Boulevard Disciples Church, Memphis, Tennessee
Vance Moore Director, Westside Mission, New Orleans, Louisiana	Dr. Teresa Hornsby Assistant Professor of Religion and Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program, Drury University, Springfield, Missouri