A Hymn of Praise & Confession for Palm Sunday
Worship Resource
Creation Seems to Groan
A Hymn of Praise & Confession for Palm Sunday
Creation Seems to Groan
Faith in Action: Creation Care & Climate Change
Food Security and Faith
The Blessing Box Song
Lyrics to "The Blessing Box Song" written by LaVerne Thorpe and Frankie Williams
The Blessing Box Song
Lyrics to “The Blessing Box Song” written by LaVerne Thorpe and Frankie Williams
Blessing Box Dedication #2
A prayer guide with a Scripture, a Hymn, and a Litany of Thanksgiving, adapted by Marie F. Fleming
Blessing Box Dedication #2
A prayer guide with a Scripture, a Hymn, and a Litany of Thanksgiving, adapted by Marie F. Fleming
Blessing Box Dedication #1
A one page prayer guide for dedicating Blessing Boxes, created by N. Sue Alexander
Blessing Box Dedication #1
A one page prayer guide for dedicating Blessing Boxes, created by N. Sue Alexander
Week of the Laity 2024: Care in Plain Sight
Take some time to share the 2024 Week of Laity Resource “Care in Plain Sight” with your church, friends, and family. Rev. Dr. Milton Keys has given us beautiful reflections on how to be more intentional in our caring as Jesus cared, a call to action with partners is included, and an affirming litany is ready for your laity service!
Week of the Laity 2024: Care in Plain Sight
Celebrate Week of the Laity
This year’s Week of Laity will be celebrated January 14 – 20, 2024. Laity Sunday is a special time when the church pauses to consider lay leaders’ varied gifts for ministry to church and community.
Take some time to share the 2024 Week of Laity Resource “Care in Plain Sight” with your church, friends, and family. Rev. Dr. Milton Keys has given us beautiful reflections on how to be more intentional in our caring as Jesus cared, a call to action with partners is included, and an affirming litany is ready for your laity service!
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
In 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but it means more than a day off work. As Disciples, we are learners. Take advantage of Juneteenth resources for your congregation. Wisdom makes us stronger and more loving like our God.
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
In 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but it means more than a day off work.
As Disciples, we are learners. Take advantage of Juneteenth resources for your congregation. Wisdom makes us stronger and more loving like our God.
Week of Laity 2023: The Call to Serve
We will celebrate with you the love and strength of laity across the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) January 15-21, 2023. Laity Sunday is a special time when the church pauses to consider lay leaders’ varied gifts for ministry to church and community.
Week of Laity 2023: The Call to Serve
We will celebrate with you the love and strength of laity across the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) January 15-21, 2023. Laity Sunday is a special time when the church pauses to consider lay leaders’ varied gifts for ministry to church and community.
As you start the new year, we hope you find this Week of Laity Resource inspiring and helpful. May you carry the gospel like Mary and rejoice in its holy manifestations, in this and all seasons!
Climate and Faith: A Call to Stewardship, Creating Refuge, and Bearing Witness
The most important thing to do to implement faith-based climate solutions is to get started, and then get others involved. We need everyone, every day.
1. Offer gratitude. 2. Pray for guidance. 3. Join with others to build momentum and scale impact. 4. Start with visible, easy changes in your congregation and home. 5. Talk about climate. 6. Use your voice and vote. 7. Become a Blessed Tomorrow Climate Ambassador.
Climate and Faith: A Call to Stewardship, Creating Refuge, and Bearing Witness
The most important thing to do to implement faith-based climate solutions is to get started, and then get others involved. We need everyone, every day.
- Offer gratitude.
- Pray for guidance.
- Join with others to build momentum and scale impact.
- Start with visible, easy changes in your congregation and home.
- Talk about climate.
- Use your voice and vote.
- Become a Blessed Tomorrow Climate Ambassador.
Prayer of a New Citizen
A prayer from Sophia Hlen Rahlan, a Montagnard refugee from the Central Highlands of Vietnam, on the occassion of her becoming a US Citizen.
Prayer of a New Citizen
A prayer from Sophia Hlen Rahlan, a Montagnard refugee from the Central Highlands of Vietnam, on the occassion of her becoming a US Citizen.
Advent 2020: Green Chalice
Each year we observe the season of Advent as an opportunity to prepare for the coming of our Lord in a fresh and meaningful way. It seems that, while we’ve been mired in the realities of the coronavirus and the mass destruction here in Southwest Louisiana, the year has slipped past and now we’re standing at the door of Advent. More than ever, we need to be very intentional in our preparations.
Advent 2020: Green Chalice
Advent 2020: Preparation Amid the Devastation
Friends in Christ,
None of you need to be reminded that 2020 has been a most unusual year. In our “neck of the woods” we’ve dealt with the global COVID 19 pandemic, direct hits by two major hurricanes, and all the other curveballs that “normal” life has thrown our way. And now, suddenly, it’s Advent!
Each year we observe the season of Advent as an opportunity to prepare for the coming of our Lord in a fresh and meaningful way. It seems that, while we’ve been mired in the realities of the coronavirus and the mass destruction here in Southwest Louisiana, the year has slipped past and now we’re standing at the door of Advent. More than ever, we need to be very intentional in our preparations. There are so many things that distract us. It is my prayer that these Advent devotions may be one part of your personal preparation for the coming of the baby Jesus into the world and the coming of our Lord Jesus into our lives anew this year.
In Christ,
Rev. Dr. Bobbie Yellott, Pastor
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
