Join us from the comfort of your home, your car, your church, wherever you are comfortable, check in with one another, share our church lives, our personal lives, and spend time getting acquainted, reacquainted and share in a Just Women Bible study! Come enjoy your favorite brew and start a Saturday morning with Disciple Women friends from around the region.

Disciple Women, we will begin the Just Women, Living the Abundant Life, 2026 Bible Study on Saturday morning July 25th at 9:00 a.m. I hope we see more beautiful faces on the screen that morning as we begin our new adventure with Just Women. 

Our first author is Rev. LaDonna Harris her scripture reference comes from numbers 27 verses 1 through 11. 

Her questions for discussion: 

1. The Israelite unjust inheritance laws left Zelophehad's daughters without the necessary resources for abundant life. What laws in your community may be perceived to be depriving you or others of an abundant life? 

2. Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkan and Tirzah exercised faith and boldness to confront injustice. They stood together in solidarity, unity and support. 
   What are you willing to stand up for?
   What resources do you have to stand up for a more just society? (i.e., This can include things like courage and community networks).

3. The sisters persevered and seeking justice, they advocated for changes that would impact the lives of others as well as their own. How do you believe we are being called to be advocates today? 

Please remember even if you don’t have a Just Women, read the scripture and the questions to join in.

Join in Zoom Meeting
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The Richland Christian Church is excited to celebrate a remarkable milestone—its 210th Anniversary—on July 26th! The day will begin with a celebration church service at 8:30 a.m. The day will culminate in a special evening of fellowship featuring a delicious dinner and an auction. We warmly invite everyone to join us as we celebrate our rich history, enduring faith, and the many people who have been part of this church family through the generations.

Founded in 1816 by Thomas McBride, who also helped establish several other congregations, Richland Christian Church has deep roots in the Restoration Movement. Elder McBride was a disciple of Barton W. Stone, one of the movement's early pioneers. Today, Richland Christian Church is recognized as the second-oldest church west of the Mississippi River, a testament to its long-standing presence and faithful witness in the community.

The church's original home was a humble log structure located in what is now the church cemetery. Although that building was eventually lost to fire, the congregation's spirit and commitment remained strong. A new church building was constructed, and this year marks another special milestone as the current sanctuary celebrates its 100th anniversary.

We hope you will join us on July 26th as we honor the past, celebrate the present, and look forward with hope and gratitude to the future God has in store for Richland Christian Church.

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>

Our Disciples Historical Society is pleased to announce the schedule for the 225th Anniversary of the Cane Ridge Revival. The event, which will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at the historic Cane Ridge Meeting House in Paris, KY, will be a day to celebrate and reflect on the earliest history of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Featuring guest lectures, panel discussions, and worship, spend the day connecting with other Stone-Campbellites as we explore our shared history at one of the birthplaces of the movement. This day-long event is free with registration. 

To plan appropriately for food and programming, please REGISTER for this FREE event. Please register each member of your group who plans to attend individually. 

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Our Women Empowering Women is just what it says, this group of women has been formed to help, nurture, empower, and give voice to women in ministry and find ways to not only keep women in their many roles of ministry but to also encourage others. 

We want to provide a safe place where we can find others that we bond spiritually with from across the miles, women we might not otherwise have had the opportunity to connect with.

We want to keep women in all aspects of ministry throughout our region, and beyond! Women are vital and we need opportunities to be together and share, find spiritual partners, and sift through the challenges that we face, and learn ways to cope and share with others, finding new insights from those who have walked in our steps before and those who have witnessed those walking in these steps.

Bring a desire to make connections with women in all aspects of ministry, making spiritual relationships, sharing wisdom to empower women across our region, now and in the future.

August 10, 2026, 10:30 – 2:30. Please arrive early to check in.  Lunch is provided.

Please RSVP (everyone coming so we have a correct count, and I have your correct and current information) to:  jennifer.ccma@sbcglobal.net or text 417-838-0936.

Please email with subject line Women Empowering Women August 10 2026. See event flyer>

Having difficulty making it to your clergy cluster meeting? Wanting to connect with ministers around the region? Join us on Zoom for time of affirmation, prayer, and fellowship.

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It is the mission of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to work for healing in a fragmented world. We recognize that the world is never more fragmented than when violence and abuse occur against those most vulnerable in our society. It becomes even more fragmented when said violence and abuse is perpetrated against or by a member of the church. 

As a community of faith, we must be committed to creating and maintaining programs, facilities; and a community in which members, friends, staff and volunteers can worship, learn, and work together in an atmosphere free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, exploitation or intimidation. This is not only good policy, most insurance carriers mandate congregations have a Safe Sanctuary Policy and require regular training.

The cost is $20 per congregation that participates - NOT PER PERSON. Cost includes all materials and lunch. Registrations are due by Wednesday, August 19 at midnight. Register online now>

Rural Ministry Network invites you, members, leaders and pastors to a free presentation of connecting rural and small churches. As Disciples of Christ, we are all at the same table, and together we strive to encourage, equip and connect Disciples of Christ Churches in the Heartland Region as we grow in Christ.

This is a free event and lunch will be provided.

For more information contact Rev. Randy Robb at 660-888-1122 or Rev. Jennifer Long at 417-838-0936.

Please register using this online form>

It is the mission of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to work for healing in a fragmented world. We recognize that the world is never more fragmented than when violence and abuse occur against those most vulnerable in our society. It becomes even more fragmented when said violence and abuse is perpetrated against or by a member of the church. 

As a community of faith, we must be committed to creating and maintaining programs, facilities; and a community in which members, friends, staff and volunteers can worship, learn, and work together in an atmosphere free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, exploitation or intimidation. This is not only good policy, most insurance carriers mandate congregations have a Safe Sanctuary Policy and require regular training.

The cost is $20 per congregation that participates - NOT PER PERSON. Cost includes all materials and lunch. Registrations are due by Wednesday, September 9 at midnight. 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>

All are invited to join us in this celebration! We are going to honor past Montgomery City Christian Church Disciple pastors and congregants and see what God has for our future! Service will start at 10:15 AM. Light refreshments will be served following service! 

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