Winter’s chill can make us cold, sometimes with a chill of heart as well as body. Chase the cold by spending an hour each week immersed in positive images, warm thoughts and meaningful conversation. You will feel wrapped in a blessing the rest of the week!

Join us on four Wednesdays for the Older Adults DO Meditate. A Guide to Contemplation With Older Adults webinar series, presented by Older Adult Ministries and featuring Revs. Kimberly Weir and Paul Koch. 

Paul and Kimberly share from their experiences leading online and in-person contemplative prayer/meditation groups. They will lead a meditation and prayer to expand and deepen spiritual connections.

The series is free, but registration is required. Learn more and register>

This joyous event was originally scheduled for January 25, but had to be postponed due to the winter storm at that time.

Pastor Tim Whitmore has completed the requirements of our Commission on the Order of Ministry and will be ordained to the Church’s Ministry for Jesus Christ.

Winter’s chill can make us cold, sometimes with a chill of heart as well as body. Chase the cold by spending an hour each week immersed in positive images, warm thoughts and meaningful conversation. You will feel wrapped in a blessing the rest of the week!

Join us on four Wednesdays for the Older Adults DO Meditate. A Guide to Contemplation With Older Adults webinar series, presented by Older Adult Ministries and featuring Revs. Kimberly Weir and Paul Koch. 

Paul and Kimberly share from their experiences leading online and in-person contemplative prayer/meditation groups. They will lead a meditation and prayer to expand and deepen spiritual connections.

The series is free, but registration is required. Learn more and register>

Join us if you are seeking connection in challenging times. This seven-week experience is a good complement to Lenten practices and is designed by therapists, pastors and chaplains. Offered for teachers, parents, young and older people, community leaders, pastors and creation care advocates. This is for people of all faiths and for those with no faith affiliation. Together, we will explore emotional and spiritual responses and share stories in the face of current ecological and social challenges. 
Responses like grief and sorrow, anxiety and fear, guilt and shame, anger, and despair are normal responses in unprecedented times. This course is designed to offer mutual support, healing, insight, and compassion, not a therapy experience. $20. Scholarships available.

Learn more and register by February 6>

As the relief, refugee, and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),
Week of Compassion works with partners to alleviate suffering throughout the world. ​

Learn more and donate here>

This month’s topic is Community Partnerships: Expanding Congregational Capacity & Relevancy.

Conversation Café is a bi-monthly virtual event designed to bring together Disciple pastors, lay leaders, and church staff from across the country to discuss, reflect on, and engage with relevant resources for congregational life and innovation. We will explore topics like creating or reflecting on guiding statements (Mission, Vision, Values) for a congregation, community partnerships, ethnographic evaluations for local communities, and more. This one-hour lunchtime session offers participants a chance to be Church together and share resources that help our congregations thrive in their local contexts. People can grab a meal, settle at their computer or tablet, and join the conversation.

Brought to us by Disciples Home Missions’ Congregational Vitality and Innovation.

This event is free but registration is required. Learn more & register here>

As the relief, refugee, and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),
Week of Compassion works with partners to alleviate suffering throughout the world. ​

Learn more and donate here>

All are welcome to this very special Sunday morning worship service which will include the installation of West Lake Christian Church’s new pastor, Rev. Tim Schomp. A fellowship dinner will follow.

This training is based in an understanding that loving God with heart, soul, and mind and loving neighbor as self are the core principles that undergird all clergy ethics. It recognizes that God desires that each individual flourish and experience abundant living. Therefore, ethical living seeks to answer questions in a changing and complex world about how we can love God, love neighbor as self, and create space and opportunities for all individuals to flourish in all areas of life. Furthermore, it asserts that commissioned and ordained ministers are called by the community from within the community to serve and nurture it through leadership roles. Ministry is a vocation and professional ethical norms of other caring professions are the floor upon which clergy ethics are constructed. Undergirded by these believes, Choices for Abundant Living seeks to provide time and space for commissioned and ordained clergy to consider and discuss what it means for individuals:

1. To flourish as they establish healthy relationships built on empathy, kindness, mutual respect, and trust;

2. To engage in open communications that provides for problem solving, conflict resolution, opportunities to give and receive forgiveness;

3. To develop an understanding and respect of values, believes, and attitudes of others, even if they differ;

4. To acknowledge the independence and connectedness of each person.

Small group activities and discussion of case studies will allow commissioned and ordained clergy to reflect upon their values, their call to live within the standards set by My Code of Ethics of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the importance of boundaries as they seek to make ethical decisions and act in ways guided by the principles of non-maleficence, veracity, and confidentiality.

Registration due by February 20. $45 includes materials and lunch. Register online now>

Originally scheduled for February, this online book study opportunity will take place on each of the five Monday evenings in March.

All are welcome to join in the discussion of The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power by Brian Kaylor. Buy the book here>

Please take a minute to let us know you plan to join us>
But still join us even if you didn’t get a chance to register!

Mid-America clergy who read the book, register, and participate in all sessions will earn ARPRJM training renewal credit.

Join us via Zoom>

Have you wondered where to start to advance your intergenerational and older adult ministry programs? Have you found the resources you were seeking? The National Benevolent Association’s collaborative partner Older Adult Ministries offers a large collection of resources that can assist you! Join us for this one-hour webinar to gain an inside view of these resources and learn and share what ministry support and guides you need and wish for. You will find several simple entry points to start or advance your ministry!

There is no cost to attend but registration is required. Learn more and register here>

Originally scheduled for February, this online book study opportunity will take place on each of the five Monday evenings in March.

All are welcome to join in the discussion of The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power by Brian Kaylor. Buy the book here>

Please take a minute to let us know you plan to join us>
But still join us even if you didn’t get a chance to register!

Mid-America clergy who read the book, register, and participate in all sessions will earn ARPRJM training renewal credit.

Join us via Zoom>

Scholarships are made possible by gifts from individuals, families, congregations, and other expressions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. Scholarship funds are generated from interest earned on permanent funds and cash gifts, and are used as investments in persons preparing for ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada.

Learn more and apply>

Second Christian Church in Jefferson City invites all to join them in welcoming their new Senior Pastor, Melvin McCaleb and First Lady JaQuisha McCaleb.

Originally scheduled for February, this online book study opportunity will take place on each of the five Monday evenings in March.

All are welcome to join in the discussion of The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power by Brian Kaylor. Buy the book here>

Please take a minute to let us know you plan to join us>
But still join us even if you didn’t get a chance to register!

Mid-America clergy who read the book, register, and participate in all sessions will earn ARPRJM training renewal credit.

Join us via Zoom>

Originally scheduled for February, this online book study opportunity will take place on each of the five Monday evenings in March.

All are welcome to join in the discussion of The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power by Brian Kaylor. Buy the book here>

Please take a minute to let us know you plan to join us>
But still join us even if you didn’t get a chance to register!

Mid-America clergy who read the book, register, and participate in all sessions will earn ARPRJM training renewal credit.

Join us via Zoom>

Originally scheduled for February, this online book study opportunity will take place on each of the five Monday evenings in March.

All are welcome to join in the discussion of The Bible According to Christian Nationalists: Exploiting Scripture for Political Power by Brian Kaylor. Buy the book here>

Please take a minute to let us know you plan to join us>
But still join us even if you didn’t get a chance to register!

Mid-America clergy who read the book, register, and participate in all sessions will earn ARPRJM training renewal credit.

Join us via Zoom>

This training is based in an understanding that loving God with heart, soul, and mind and loving neighbor as self are the core principles that undergird all clergy ethics. It recognizes that God desires that each individual flourish and experience abundant living. Therefore, ethical living seeks to answer questions in a changing and complex world about how we can love God, love neighbor as self, and create space and opportunities for all individuals to flourish in all areas of life. Furthermore, it asserts that commissioned and ordained ministers are called by the community from within the community to serve and nurture it through leadership roles. Ministry is a vocation and professional ethical norms of other caring professions are the floor upon which clergy ethics are constructed. Undergirded by these believes, Choices for Abundant Living seeks to provide time and space for commissioned and ordained clergy to consider and discuss what it means for individuals:

1. To flourish as they establish healthy relationships built on empathy, kindness, mutual respect, and trust;

2. To engage in open communications that provides for problem solving, conflict resolution, opportunities to give and receive forgiveness;

3. To develop an understanding and respect of values, believes, and attitudes of others, even if they differ;

4. To acknowledge the independence and connectedness of each person.

Small group activities and discussion of case studies will allow commissioned and ordained clergy to reflect upon their values, their call to live within the standards set by My Code of Ethics of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the importance of boundaries as they seek to make ethical decisions and act in ways guided by the principles of non-maleficence, veracity, and confidentiality.

Registration due by April 3. $45 includes materials and lunch. Register online now>

Download flyer here> Better version for printing/posting here>
Register online now>
Make your hotel reservation by March 20 to get group rate. Link to hotel here>
Link to church here>

This training is based in an understanding that loving God with heart, soul, and mind and loving neighbor as self are the core principles that undergird all clergy ethics. It recognizes that God desires that each individual flourish and experience abundant living. Therefore, ethical living seeks to answer questions in a changing and complex world about how we can love God, love neighbor as self, and create space and opportunities for all individuals to flourish in all areas of life. Furthermore, it asserts that commissioned and ordained ministers are called by the community from within the community to serve and nurture it through leadership roles. Ministry is a vocation and professional ethical norms of other caring professions are the floor upon which clergy ethics are constructed. Undergirded by these believes, Choices for Abundant Living seeks to provide time and space for commissioned and ordained clergy to consider and discuss what it means for individuals:

1. To flourish as they establish healthy relationships built on empathy, kindness, mutual respect, and trust;

2. To engage in open communications that provides for problem solving, conflict resolution, opportunities to give and receive forgiveness;

3. To develop an understanding and respect of values, believes, and attitudes of others, even if they differ;

4. To acknowledge the independence and connectedness of each person.

Small group activities and discussion of case studies will allow commissioned and ordained clergy to reflect upon their values, their call to live within the standards set by My Code of Ethics of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the importance of boundaries as they seek to make ethical decisions and act in ways guided by the principles of non-maleficence, veracity, and confidentiality.

Registration due by July 24. $45 includes materials and lunch. Register online now>

This training is based in an understanding that loving God with heart, soul, and mind and loving neighbor as self are the core principles that undergird all clergy ethics. It recognizes that God desires that each individual flourish and experience abundant living. Therefore, ethical living seeks to answer questions in a changing and complex world about how we can love God, love neighbor as self, and create space and opportunities for all individuals to flourish in all areas of life. Furthermore, it asserts that commissioned and ordained ministers are called by the community from within the community to serve and nurture it through leadership roles. Ministry is a vocation and professional ethical norms of other caring professions are the floor upon which clergy ethics are constructed. Undergirded by these believes, Choices for Abundant Living seeks to provide time and space for commissioned and ordained clergy to consider and discuss what it means for individuals:

1. To flourish as they establish healthy relationships built on empathy, kindness, mutual respect, and trust;

2. To engage in open communications that provides for problem solving, conflict resolution, opportunities to give and receive forgiveness;

3. To develop an understanding and respect of values, believes, and attitudes of others, even if they differ;

4. To acknowledge the independence and connectedness of each person.

Small group activities and discussion of case studies will allow commissioned and ordained clergy to reflect upon their values, their call to live within the standards set by My Code of Ethics of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and the importance of boundaries as they seek to make ethical decisions and act in ways guided by the principles of non-maleficence, veracity, and confidentiality.

Registration due by September 25. $45 includes materials and lunch. Register online now>