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DRAMA! MONEY! MUSIC! SPIRIT!
TEENAGERS! RECONCILIATION!
These are a few of the topics of the workshops this year
at the Annual Meeting in Kansas City. Hear Dr Bob
Christian and the Worship Team of Waseca, Minnesota tell
how they successfully blended traditional and
contemporary worship styles in one service. Don’t miss
Colleen Murphy of Ohio or Don Bliss of Massachusetts on
how to start a drama ministry, or Helen Gierke of
Florida on “What do you do with Three Sopranos and a
Bass?” Hear what Leo Christian of Massachusetts and Jeff
Robie of New Hampshire have to say about mission funding
and trips, or go to both. Is it time to review your
church by-laws? Listen to Giovan Venable King of
California; or for the big picture, hear Thom Christian
of Iowa on how to realistically evaluate your church. If
it’s your youth program needing renewing, Israel Young
of Indiana has some ideas for you. More ideas for
worship come from Deborah Nuss of Iowa, in her
presentation on Spirit-Led Worship. Cindy Bacon of
Wisconsin will talk about the New Congregational Hymnal,
Alan Seltzer of New York will discuss the running of a
church board, Arthur Rouner of Minnesota will explore
reconciliation in the local church, Stu Merkel of
Illinois will give us some new ideas on Christian
education, Carol and Ralph DiBiasio-Snyder of Wisconsin
will teach us about spiritual gifts and Robert Weiter of
Missouri will help us make our churches’ accessible to
members and visitors with disabilities. Every workshop
is a wonderful opportunity to find new and exciting
ideas to make your home church even more welcoming and
nurturing than it already is—join us in Kansas City!
WE THANK GOD…
We celebrate with New Faith Fellowship, which has a new
beautiful worship center just in time for Easter! Their
1st service was March 12th @ 4pm at ORANGE HILLS
ASSEMBLY, 2910 N. Santiago Blvd., Orange, just off the
55 Freeway.
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FOUNDATION NEWS
The Congregational Foundation is emerging from its
infancy into toddler-hood. We are approaching the second
anniversary in June of its founding by our member
churches. As it begins to take its first steps, it has
an exciting goal before it.
An anonymous donor has issued a challenge for the
Foundation. For every dollar donation we receive, our
donor will give us one dollar up to $25,000. It would be
a wonderful plus for the Foundation to raise this money
and begin to stand on its own. No donation to this
matching grant challenge is too small. Please make your
checks payable to The Congregational Foundation and
designate them for “matching grant fund” in the memo
space and send them to the National Association office.
Stand by for the results.
Alice Murphy
(Rev. Alice Murphy has recently been appointed interim
Director of Development, while serving as Senior
Minister of Colebrook Cong’l Church.)
“It takes a noble person to plant a seed for a tree that
will one day provide shade to those whom he may never
meet.”
Author Unknown
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