Disciples News Service April 10, 2024 ~ DR. VITUS BLOG

April 10, 2024

Reverend Doctor Janet A. Long, of Elyria, Ohio, died unexpectedly in her sleep at her home on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

A beloved 3rd Generation lifelong Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister, she retired as Senior Pastor of Washington Avenue Christian Church, Elyria, in 2018. Long was elected Moderator of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for a two-year term from 1995 - 1997.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Washington Avenue Christian Church.

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Join the vibrant NAPAD community and fellow Disciples from across the United States and Canada at the 2024 NAPAD Convocation at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, July 17-20.

The theme for this Convocation, inspired by 2 Corinthians 5:17 - “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” - is “Revive and Renew.” This theme invites Disciples to a transformative and transcendent faith experience in individual and

communal ways through an expansive in-person gathering in Salt Lake City.”

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Bethany Congregations, a ministry of the Bethany Fellows, is offering opportunities for six to ten congregations to accompany one another in the Bethany Way. Applications for Bethany Congregations Cohort 2 are now open. The two-year process will move congregations through Sabbath, Awareness of God, Discernment, and Action. Cohort 2 begins Fall 2024 and the application deadline is April 29th.

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The 28th Biennial Session of the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will be in Greensboro, NC - July 11-14, 2024. It will be a time of Worship, Education, Fellowship, and Fun!

Click the link below to review a tentative schedule, sign up to be an exhibitor or sponsor, and to register.

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General & Regional Ministry Opportunities

The Center for Faith and Giving is seeking the next Minister for Faith and Giving to serve as Executive Director. Learn more here.

Chapman University, Orange, CA, is seeking a full-time Director of Church Relations and University Chaplain. Learn more and apply here.

The National Benevolent Association seeks a Senior Marketing Associate. Learn more about the position here. The application period closes on April 17th.

Global Ministries has two positions open - Program Associate for Resource Development and Global Relations Minister, Latin America and the Caribbean. Learn more here.

Disciples Church Extension Fund is seeking a Director of Financial Services as well as New Beginnings Assessors and Facilitators/Coaches. Learn more here.

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What does contemplative action look like day to day? Join Rev. Brian Frederick-Gray, Director of Justice and Advocacy Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and host Rev. Dr. Jose Martinez, Minister of New Church Strategies, for a New Church Ministry webinar that explores this core competency of DisciplesNEXT, its connections to spiritual formation, and what it has to do with New Church!

Lexington Theological Seminary will host a workshop, "Unpacking Whiteness in the Church. Moving from Awareness to Action" on April 20, April 27, and May 4th at 12 pm CDT. Thriving Together is a workshop series for congregations. Rooted in questions the church is asking, Thriving Together seeks to engage clergy and laity in conversation in real time. This free workshop series is offered to congregations of any denomination attending as a group of 3-8 persons, with at least one clergy person and at least one lay leader.

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