Disciples News Service November 12, 2025 ~ DR. VITUS BLOG

November 12, 2025

The Thanksgiving Offering benefits the Colleges, Universities, Seminaries, and Divinity Houses affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Supporting our students is more important than ever. Scholarship requests are increasing yearly. We ask for your generous financial support during this year’s Thanksgiving Offering. This Special Offering will be received in many congregations on November 16 and November 23, 2025.

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Introducing the Center for Faith & Giving's 2026 Stewardship Sessions! For 1 hour on the 2nd Thursday of the month, we’ll explore a new dimension of cultivating faithful generosity—from care for self and creation, missional storytelling, gratitude, and generational differences. Together, we'll begin to see year-round stewardship as a life-giving practice that sustains ministry and deepens discipleship.

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The Disciples of Christ Historical Society is pleased to announce the online publication of a finding aid for the AllianceQ Records, 1972-2019. This rich collection documents the origins and development of the Disciples ministry that has supported the LGBTQ+ community since its founding as GLAD Alliance in 1987.

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As the temperatures drop and the days get shorter, you’re gearing yourself up for the end of autumn, but are you preparing your community of faith’s facilities as well? With Disciples Church Extension Fund's assistance, your place of worship will be prepared for the change in seasons and the colder weather to come. From installing programmable thermostats to pruning plantings close to your faith community's buildings, here are our ministry’s 7 winter maintenance tips.

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General & Regional Ministry Opportunities

Disciples Women’s Ministries is accepting applications for a Ministry Associate and Program Director – Merger Position. Learn more.
Week of Compassion is hiring for a Disaster Response Manager. Learn More.
Lexington Theological Seminary is seeking a Vice President for Advancement to serve as both a strategic leader and hands-on fundraiser. Learn More.
The Greater Kansas City Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is pleased to announce the opening of the search for their next Regional Minister. Learn more.
Disciples Church Extension Fund is accepting applications for two Building and Capital Services Advisors. Learn more.

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"Our Visible Homage," this year's DHM Advent Reflections, Worship Litany, Prayers, and Meditations are here! Join Tyler Araki, Melissa Frantz, David Giron, Scott Hardin-Nieri, Julie Richardson, Erma Sinclair, and Monique Crain Spells in set apart time with Jesus and the Magi. We hope this concise resource is of help to Disciples in the stillness and hope of Advent. Please download and share!

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NBA’s Older Adult Ministries is hosting the “Navigating the Holiday Season With More Hope, Peace, Love, and JOY!” webinar on December 3rd at 12:00pm ET/11:00am CT. Sadness and grief can sometimes overtake the joy of the holiday season, and we may find ourselves going through the motions and forgetting the real reason we are busily preparing. This webinar will share ways to honor the sadness and loneliness, and find ways to rekindle feelings of Love, Peace, Hope and JOY!

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Looking for a sermon series for visioning and identity? Check out the Imagine a World with More customizable videos and preaching resources.
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