Regional Voices
April 2, 2015
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 The Clock is Ticking!
Register TODAY for Annual Gathering!. The Clock is Ticking! Register TODAY for Annual Gathering! There are currently fewer than 100 people registered for Annual Gathering 2015! Annual Gathering is more fun when YOU are there! So please don't miss out on amazing opportunities to learn from Michael Hamm, Bentley Stewart, Tino Cordova and Toni Bynum! You'll want to be there to spend time with Betty and Ken Frank too! If you're a school aged Youth, we have a GREAT program planned for you too! There is still time to register to be together! Go to https://ccncn.webconnex.com/AG2015 at the Regional website to register online. Registration deadline is April 10! We can't wait to see you there! Learn More
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Nominations for the Annual Gathering Elections. The by-laws of the region require that a nominating committee bring to the regional gathering a slate of new members to be elected at the annual gathering to serve on the Executive Committee. This year there are six such slots to fill, all of which are for 2 year terms. Those names are as follows and we will be formally voting on them at the annual gathering on April 24-25 in Sacramento. 1. Vice Moderator for the Ministry Council: Gloria Baxter, Sunnyvale 2. Vice moderator for the Administry Council: Charlotte Jackson, Palo Alto 3. Member at large for the ministry council: Kate Landberg, Concord 4. Member at large for the ministry council: Jon Smith, Palo Alto 5. Regional rep: Bob Moore, Redding 6. Regional rep: Charlotte Thompson, Stockton 161st Annual Gathering Info |
Women's Ministries Event
Fall Retreat at Mission Springs
September 25-27, 2015
Make sure that you have the dates for Fall Retreat on your calendar!
Our speaker for Fall Retreat at Mission Springs is Lori Tapia!
Lori Tapia is the founding Pastor of Iglesia Alas de Salvacion, a bilingual church in Gilbert, Arizona where she presently co-pastor's alongside her husband, Martin, with a passion for relevantly sharing Jesus and discipleship. Presently Lori serves as the Hispanic Representative to the IDWM Executive Committee for 2014-18 and as the Vice Moderator for the National Hispanic Ministries (Obra Hispana) of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, along with being on the women's table in the Arizona region.
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Mission Trip to the Republic of Congo CCNC-N Trip to Republic of the CongoGood news! We finally have a date for sending a small group to visit with our brothers and sisters in the Republic of the Congo. For several years CCNC-N has had a partnership with the DOC churches in the ROC. Many of you may remember about 3 years ago we invited Rev. Ngoka, pastor of the DOC church in ROC, and his wife Gertrude, to spend 3 weeks with us visiting our churches, and attending Annual Gathering. Many of you visited with them, shared worship with them in your churches, hosted them in your homes, and became friends with them. Now, we have been invited to visit them. The dates for our trip are June 18 - June 27, 2015. The information on requirements for those wanting to go and an application form are located here. We do know the approximate cost per person will be between $4,500 and $5,000. We are planning on raising sufficient funds to have some scholarships available to help defray the cost for some who would like to go, but do not have the necessary resources. We are hoping all of you will become involved in this venture. Here are ways all churches and members can become involved: - Donate money for gifts for the churches and groups we will be visiting and for scholarships to help defray the cost of the trip.
- Make or purchase a cloth for a communion table. These we can take with us in our suitcases.
- Purchase a couple of chalices with the DOC logo which we can take with us to give to at least a couple of the churches we visit.
- Read up on ROC and study about the country. We'll put some sources online.OC
- Pray for ROC and for those on the trip.
We on your planning team are excited by the possibilities of this trip and the ways it will strengthen our ties with our brothers and sisters in the ROC. Please join in this venture by becoming involved in some of the ways listed above. For more information, contact Charlotte Jackson by phone at (650) 494-6973, or by email at jacksoncharlotte@comcast.net Your ROC Team, Charlotte Jackson, Kyung-Min Daniel Lee, Gerry Braque, Gale Tompkins-Bischel |
 First Christian Church Redding
Installs New Pastor (Redding, CA) The congregation of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Redding is pleased to announce that on Sunday, April 19, 2015, at 3 p.m., it will host the installation of its new Pastor Reverend Janet Chapman. The Northern California-Nevada Regional Minister Rev. Dr. LaTaunya Bynum will speak. The event will be held at the church, 3590 Placer Street, and all are welcome to attend. Prior to coming to Redding, Rev. Chapman served the First Christian Church of Selma as pastor for 10 years. She has been in full-time ministry for more than 25 years in Texas and Kansas City. Janet completed her Master of Divinity in 1988 at Texas Christian University's Brite Divinity School directly following completion of undergraduate studies in Christian Ministries and Psychology at Northwest Christian College in Eugene, OR. She was ordained in 1988 at First Christian Church of Eugene, Oregon, her home state. In addition to working with her own denomination's service groups, Chapman has partnered with ecumenical organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and Church World Service. While serving in Selma, she helped start an ecumenical service organization dedicated to providing after-school tutoring, skills training, resource referrals, emergency food and spiritual guidance. She has two college-age daughters.
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 Gala Dedication at Niles Discovery Church. Join the members, friends, and community of Niles Discovery Church in Fremont as we celebrate our new worship and mission space with a Gala Dedication, Reception and Open House at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17. We'll begin with a celebratory worship service in the sanctuary, immediately followed with a festive reception and tours of the new space. Niles Discovery Church is located at 36600 Niles Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94536. Learn More
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CGC - Volunteer Work Days Community of the Great Commission Volunteer Workdays Coming Soon. Lend your hands at our beautiful sacred camp grounds. This is a wonderful weekend of fellowship and enjoyment of our property. Together we will prepare the water tanks for painting and attend to some basic maintenance projects. Fri, April 10-Sat, April 11, 2015. No special skills required! Overnight lodging provided at no cost. We pass the donation basket for meals. Please email Tina Heck for information or to sign-up. Please indicate arrival and departure times. tinasueheck@yahoo.com. |
 Dr. Sharon Watkins visits CCH Low-Income Senior Communities. OAKLAND, CA: MARCH 24, 2015
On Friday, March 20, General Minister and President Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, visited Christian Church Homes (CCH) Communities, Westlake Christian Terrace, located in Oakland and Margaret McDowell Manor in Sacramento, California. She toured the independent living communities with CCH CEO and President Don Stump and Vice President of Philanthropy and Mission Implementation John Rodenberg. Learn More
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Elders' Retreat Coming Soon.
CALLING ALL DISCIPLES CHURCH ELDERS!!!! SAVE THE DATE!!!! FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23 AND SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24!!!!
An elders' retreat at The Christian Church of Pacific Grove brought to you by your regional church and the Disciples Seminary Foundation.
Workshops led by Claremont and PSR professors, Graduate Students and Regional Church Staff. Look for more details soon! SAVE THE DATE!!!
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CHURCHES TO HOLD IN PRAYER
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Please consider incorporating these congregations into your congregational prayers each week during worship or in your newsletter, so we can grow together in prayer.
Congregation to pray for this week:
Congregation to pray for next week:
Merced, First Christian Church;
We feature two congregations in each edition of Regional Voices. Please pray for their vitality, spiritual and numerical growth, their commitment to serving their neighborhood and their openness to the Spirit of God calling them into ministry in the 21st century.
PLEASE PRAY FOR CHURCHES CURRENTLY IN TRANSITION:
First Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Reno
United Christian Church, Livermore
First Christian Church, San Lorenzo
First Christian Church, Watsonville
Lafayette Christian Church, Lafayette First Christian Church, Redding United Congregational Christian Church, Lodi United Christian Church, Fresno Vacaville Christian Church
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JOYS & CONCERNS & PRAYERS
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We seek to update these prayers appropriately, knowing that the region lifts them up to God with great reverence. Please email enews@ccncn.org with any prayers you would like to make sure are included or continued next week and beyond. Particularly, please e-mail the names and addresses of new members so we can celebrate them here and also send them a letter of welcome from the region!
With a Prayerful Heart:
Elaine Sulloway of Fruitridge Christian Church who passed away on March 25th. Cards may be sent to Fruitridge Christian Church, PO Box 246808, Sacramento, CA 95824-6808.
Alexa Love, who goes into surgery on April 14th at Kaiser Oakland. She will be in overnight. Her parents are Larry and Nancy Love.
NEW MEMBERS:
REMINDER: Pastors and church secretaries, the region wishes to acknowledge and congratulate those children, youth and adults who make the decision to join a church by transfer or baptism, as well as the names of any child and the parents' names of a dedicated child. Please send names, addresses, type of membership, child, youth or adult and church name to Cliff Cole (23mcc24x@comcast.net) whenever this occurs.
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Per requests around the region, here is a listing of regional meetings and events over the next 30 days or so.
We do not put the dates of local church events here as we never could get them all and we would always miss some!
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