The Christian Church Capital Area is a regional manifestation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), serving over 40 congregations in Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and West Virginia. The region offers resources and services to help our congregations live out their witness and ministry in their communities.
Disciples Men - Orioles Games
The Disciples Men are heading to an Orioles game, and you are invited!
Join us on July 2 for the Balitmore Orioles game versus the Kansas City Royales. The game kicks off at 7:05 PM on Wednesday, July 2. Tickets are only $6 apiece. For more information, check out the attached flyers, or contact Bob Hindsley (240-672-7268).
Capital Area Christian - March Newsletter Available!
The Christian Church Capital Area is pleased to announce that you can now download the latest Capital Area Christian Newsletter, March 2008, from this page. (You'll see the handy link at the bottom.) This issue brings you up to date with all the wonderful events coming up for our region, including a word from our Acting Regional Minister.
If you would like to receive a regular email when the Capital Area Christian is published, feel free to email the office (mail@cccadisciples.org) with your name and email address.
CCCA Regional Board Encourages Heartbeats of Faith Campaign
The Heartbeats of Faith is all about health — health of the Churchwide Health Care program, health of our clergy and church workers, health of our congregations, and the health of the whole church.
It is not news that health care insurance is in crisis, and for many clergy/congregations, seems prohibitive. The General Assembly meeting in Portland, OR in 2005 accepted the recommendation that a $5,000,000 Trust Fund could go far to smooth out the restructured health insurance to control costs and make health care insurance more affordable for our younger clergy and smaller congregations, as well as older clergy.
To find out more about the needs and for opportunities to participate, please contact the Heartbeats of Faith campaign at www.heartbeatsoffaith.org.
You may also contact Laird Thomason at lairdat@mac.com for assistance as you plan a campaign in your congregation with an offering April 13-20.
Forty for Forty Campaign
"Joash was seven years old when he began to reign and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem....And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.” “All the money.... which a man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord,...let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered." (2 Chr. 24.1-2, 2Kings 12.4-5) RSV
Unless one is an Old Testament scholar, I could probably get good odds that you do not remember who Joash was! And even if you do remember a Joash, you probably cannot account for the seven people in the Bible who are named Joash! The Joash to whom I refer is one of the five kings of Israel who were judged to have been good kings.
Joash was king in the last half of the 9th century BCE. Two hundred years earlier, David and Solomon had built Israel into a great community. But the faith had dwindled by the time of Joash. Some sought the new Baal worship. Yet the call of Joash for a special offering during his 40 years led Israel to a great restoration.