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Typhoon relief still needed
 Week of Compassion is ready, willing and able to get your church's donations for the victims of the typhoon in the Philippines straight to our trusted partners already on the ground in the area. Your congregation might consider a special offering during your Thanksgiving gatherings Nov. 27-29 or if you'd like to put a donation link on your website or in your bulletin, send folks to www.weekofcompassion.org
Disciples Church Extension Fund offering free assessment tool
The Quick Building Inquiry Tool (QBIT) is a new no-cost  online tool, created by Disciples Church Extension Fund, to help you start evaluating those church building challenges that may be jeopardizing the future of your congregation's ministry. By completing the inquiry in 10 minutes or less, you will receive a baseline evaluation of your facilities that will help you develop a building plan that makes sense for your congregation.
Homegrown Faith and Justice: Conversations on faith formation at home
Date: Friday, November 22, 2013
3:30 - 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time
Sponsored by Family and Children's Ministries of Disciples Home Missions and the United Church of Christ
Join a conversation with a panel of colleagues on the intersections of faith formation, justice advocacy, and the unique role of parents as the primary faith teachers of children in day-to-day life. Learn about Homegrown Faith and Justice, a use-at-home resource for families that will be published and released in late 2013, thanks to sponsorship from the United Church of Christ Minnesota Ashley Endowment Fund.
The live stream conversation will take place online. The conversation will also be archived so that it can be watched later on this link.
For other upcoming efforts of the new Family and Children's Ministries partnership, read more.
Advent videos in production
As you plan your worship experiences for Advent, you might be interested in knowing a couple of video resources are in production and should be ready the last week of November.
One will be a video from General Minister and President Sharon Watkins and the new team of moderators - Revs. Glen Miles and Joan Bell-Haynes and Tony Rodriguez - .that will reflect briefly on movement, welcome, table and wholeness in connection with the Advent season. A notice and link will be put out in Disciples News Service weekly e-letter and on the CC DOC Facebook page when it is available.
A second video - Magnificat - is a provocative new worship short by the fine folks over at SALT Project. Based on the song that Mary sings after she greets Elizabeth in the first chapter of Luke's gospel, this short film explores what it looks like when God lifts up the lowly and fills the hungry with good things. Intended to be used in multi-media worship settings for prayer, reflection, or meditation, this short film promises to evoke the power and promise of Advent: God is with us! Hope Partnership for Missional Transformation is sharing some of the production costs with SALT so it can be offered to Disciples churches free of charge.
The video will also be available for sale on the SALT website. A notice and link will be put out in Disciples News Service and on the CC DOC Facebook page when Magnificat is available.
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