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In this issue:
- Eight Disciples deliver sermons at gathering of young preachers
- Jarvis Christian College reaches centennial
- Disciples to open fair trade shop with gift from closed church
- Minneapolis Disciples, UCC, Lutherans launch shared ministry
- Freedom Sunday brings attention to human trafficking
- Conversation broadens at last month’s Christian Unity Summit
- Express yourself in survey
- Cummins to headline Bethany College Founder’s Day
- Fund for Theological Education names Adams as VP
EIGHT DISCIPLES DELIVER SERMONS AT GATHERING OF YOUNG PREACHERS
 Eight Disciples participated in the third annual National Festival of Young Preachers in Louisville, Kentucky in January. Karen Powell and Jake Sims of DuPont Manual High School, Louisville; Matt Eversole of Trinity High School, Louisville; Carlene Demiany of Yale Divinity School; Christian Smith of Northern Kentucky University; Catherine Cummings, a Harvard Divinity School graduate; Demond Royce of DeVry University, Lexington, Ky.; and Trayce Stewart of Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis joined 108 other young people from around the country to deliver sermons inspired by the Sermon on the Mount.
The festival was hosted by the Academy of Preachers, an ecumenical organization for young people aspiring to a vocation of preaching and ministry. Chalice Press has compiled and published sermons from the past two festivals and will publish an installment from the 2012 gathering.
For more on the National Festival of Young Preachers, see: www.academyofpreachers.net/festivals
JARVIS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE REACHES CENTENNIAL
 Jarvis Christian College is celebrating its centennial year with a series of four symposia beginning with Frank Jackson, mayor of Prairie View, Texas, and on staff at Prairie View A & M University. His talk will honor Black History Month with a retelling of black history of the area in the century that Jarvis has been in operation.
For more on Jarvis, see: www.jarvis.edu
DISCIPLES TO OPEN FAIR TRADE SHOP WITH GIFT FROM CLOSED CHURCH
Seeking to serve the Amarillo, Texas community, the Hi-Plains Area of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest established the Chalice Abbey Project, a non-profit organization that will open and operate the Chalice Abbey Fair Trade Emporium and Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts. The project is funded by a gift to the Hi-Plains Area from the former members of Arden Road Christian Church, which donated its assets when it closed.
The Amarillo Globe-News recently mentioned the Chalice Abbey Project in its business briefs, online at amarillo.com/news/2012-02-04/creative-movement-makes-fit-tots#.Ty_oMFyqAsI.
MINNEAPOLIS DISCIPLES, UCC, LUTHERANS LAUNCH SHARED MINISTRY
 Three Minneapolis congregations — First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Salem English Lutheran (ELCA) and Lyndale United Church of Christ — are sharing one building. The SpringHouse Ministry Center, formerly home to the Lutheran congregation, hosted an open house February 4 and is holding a worship service on March 25 to dedicate the shared facility. Each congregation will worship in its own way and will share common ministries such as education and mission.
“We think SpringHouse can be a new way of being church in the 21st century,” said Bob Brite, First Christian’s transitional pastor. For more about SpringHouse and the three congregations, go to:springhousemn.org.
FREEDOM SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26
Human trafficking is rampant throughout the world, including the United States. Disciples Women are encouraging action and awareness particularly on Freedom Sunday on February 26. For resources including a statement from General Minister and President Sharon Watkins, go towww.discipleshomemissions.org/Women
CONVERSATION BROADENS AT LAST MONTH’S CHRISTIAN UNITY SUMMIT
The Christian Unity Summit, held January 10-11 in Baltimore, brought together 27 church leaders from African American, Catholic, Evangelical, historic Protestant, Orthodox and Pentecostal perspectives. Many of the church communions participate in at least one of four ecumenical organizations: Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT), Churches Uniting in Christ (CUiC), the National Council of Churches (NCC), and the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). Two Disciples ecumenical leaders, the Rev. Michael Kinnamon and the Rev. Richard L. Hamm, envisioned the gathering as a way of broadening the conversation about Christian unity. The ad hoc summit was convened by the invitation of Cardinal William Keeler, archbishop emeritus of Baltimore.
For more information, contact Hamm at: dhamm@ddi.org.
EXPRESS YOURSELF IN SURVEY
 As the General Board prepares for the work during their April 21-24, 2012 meeting, they are asking for your help. Please click on one of the links below to take a five-minute survey regarding “Why the Church Gathers.” Please only take the survey once. Thank you!
English: http://conta.cc/zWT3Bs
Spanish: http://conta.cc/ybcCLi
CUMMINS TO HEADLINE BETHANY COLLEGE FOUNDER’S DAY
The Rev. D. Duane Cummins, noted Disciples church historian and author, will be the featured speaker at the Founder’s Day Convocation at Bethany College on March 1. Cummins was Bethany’s president from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. This year’s Founder’s Day celebration marks 172 years since the college was established by Alexander Campbell, one of the founders of the Stone-Campbell movement, which birthed the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
To read more about Bethany College and Founder’s Day, visit:
www.bethanywv.edu/about-bethany/news/bethany-college-founders-day-to-feature-historia/
FUND FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION NAMES ADAMS AS VP
 The Rev. Lori Adams has joined The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) as its vice president of program. She serves as a member of FTE’s senior leadership team, with responsibility for leading program strategies and managing the FTE teams serving fellowships, congregational outreach, faith-based volunteer programs and alumni relations and development.
Adams, a Disciples minister, formerly served as Church Extension’s transitional president after the retirement of the Rev. James Powell. Visit www.fteleaders.orgfor more information on Adams and The Fund for Theological Education.
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