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Thank You Rev. Jay Deskins
The Christian Church in Arizona is sending a great big virtual thank you hug to Rev. Jay Deskins. For the last two years, Jay has served as the full-time Regional Youth and Children’s Minister. This position was created as a 2-year contract funded by the Creative...
What is Your Vision?
Greetings to all of you in the Love of Jesus Christ: What is your vision? What wonderful future do you envision for yourself, your family, your nation, your world? What do you imagine is God’s vision for the human family, for all of Creation?
Immigration Dialogue – A Sermon and Regional Conversation
Rev. Jay R. Hartley and the Arizona Region invite you and your congregation to participate in an upcoming region-wide dialogue on Immigration. Below you will find details and newsletter blurbs we hope you would include in your upcoming church communications. As part...
Still Called to be the Church in a Broken and Fragmented World
May 27, 2020 Greetings to all in the Love of Jesus Christ: The Coronavirus continues to dominate the national news, and we grieve as it has now struck some of our Arizona congregations. We ask for your prayers for the Arizona Disciples leaders and members who have...
Disciples Women’s Ministry (DWM) Retreat Reimagined
My Dear Sisters in Christ, 2020 has turned out to be a year of challenges and changes to the way we have lived life in the past. In March we postponed our Spring Event until a later date, not knowing that almost 3 months later we are still under quarantine. Our...
A Message from Regional Minister and President on Returning to In-Person Church Gatherings
Greetings, Arizona Disciples! The short version: We are encouraging churches to continue on-line worship and not to rush back to in-person gatherings. The longer version: We are obviously all getting mixed message from the federal government, state governments, health...
DUCC @ Home and Camp Cancelation
This year’s Disciples/UCC Church Camp (DUCC) will not be held June 15-20, 2020 due to the continuing health threats posed by COVID-19. This was a very difficult decision for us in both the Southwest Conference UCC and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in...
Holy Week is Here
Greetings to all in the Love of Jesus Christ: Holy Week is here – and it couldn’t come at a more appropriate time. For people with just a passing familiarity with Christianity, I suppose, that could be confusing. For some people Holy Week is a Palm Sunday parade at...
We Will Still be Church
Arizona Disciples, May God’s peace and love surround you and your families during these days of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty. As we have been asked to no longer gather in person, I was inspired by the words of Saguaro Christian Church pastor Rev. Owen Chandler in...
Regarding COVID-19
First of all, let me express my deep love for all of you and my wish that the peace and blessings of God’s infinite love comfort our spirits during this time of global anxiety.