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Regional Assembly

The Mid-America Region holds a Regional Assembly every two years, hosted by a selected congregation from one of the four Areas within the Mid-America Region.

The Regional Assembly is provides a way for the whole Region to gather together to worship and praise God through music and song, to learn together by attending workshops and by working together through various activities. The adminstrative work of the Region is conducted in daily business sessions, where ministry group reports are given. The host Area creates a Planning Committee of Disciples throughout the Area to create a theme, plan the worship and find the guest speakers and generally oversee the Assembly. This group meets regularly the year prior to the Assembly.

The 2008 Fall Regional Assembly on October 10-12, was hosted by the Ozark Lakes Area at the Clarion Hotel in Springfield, Missouri. Associate General Minister and Vice-President Todd Adams was one of the Featured Speakers, along with Dr. Xiaoling Zhu, Brother Vance Moore, Dr. Frank Thomas, Dr. David Hockensmith, Rev. Karen Yount, Dr. Teresa Hornsby and Dr. Danny Stewart.

2006 Regional Assembly
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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

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