Traditionally, Disciple of Christ churches receive their Week of Compassion offerings the last two weeks of February. Week of Compassion is the relief, refugee and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. Week of Compassion serves to equip and empower disciples to ease suffering of peoples… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
The newly formed group, “Wichita Clergy for Equality” met last Thursday at Pine Valley Christian Church. Our guest was Kerry Wilks from the organization – Equality Kansas: The mission of Equality Kansas is “to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and to fight for full equality and civil rights for all LGBT… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
A Prayer for 2015 Here we go again, God. Another year begins with its new resolutions replacing last year’s broken, unfulfilled ones. Give me strength and resolve to set realistic goals and follow through on them. More importantly, please do something about this broken, suffering world, where politicians work for corporate sponsors rather than… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
The following devotion was found in “Still Speaking.” It is an appropriate reflection as we celebrate New Year’s Eve today. It is written by Maren Tirabassi. Blessings for a happy 2015. New Year’s Eve “May God send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion.” – Psalm 20 Where are you on New… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
The Special Christmas Offering is designated for the Regions of the Christian Church. When we watched the video on Sunday it lifted up ways that the offering is used. Church camp – of course. Tiffany is now famous because she was included in the video. We fully appreciate how the offering helps with church… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
Each year in December we hear “Keep Christ in Christmas.” With statues of Santa kneeling at the manger or holding a baby wrapped in a blanket, “Keep Christ in Christmas” has become a big retail market! There’s a better way to imagine what it really means to “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Speaker, author, consultant, and… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
The second Sunday of Advent we light the candle of peace to express our yearning and prayer for peace – true shalom. The reading for this Sunday is Isaiah 11:1-10, which gives us a most beautiful description of peace: The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
There is a deep spiritual hunger within all of us. It is a hunger of having known once, long before, a very precious truth that has somehow slipped from our grasp. It is our human condition and so we spend a lot of time groping on our hands and knees in the dark, hoping to… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
The Apostle Paul tells us, “Be thankful in all things.” When I count my blessings I am thankful for the Thanksgiving Special Day Offering of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Thanksgiving Offering provides direct support to Disciples colleges, universities and theological institutions. Disciples have a long history of post-secondary and theological education. This… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER
This is an exciting week with the Supreme Court ruling that has made Marriage Equality legal in the state of Kansas! A group of clergy in support of Marriage Equality met Wednesday morning at Pine Valley. I was excited by the participation. There were 8 altogether who met. Other clergy dropped by later in the… Read more CAROLYN’S CORNER