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2008 Reconciliation Ministry Special Offering

Come To The Table

“We are the Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world.  As part of the one body of Christ, we welcome all to the Lord’s table as God has welcomed us.”

~Dr. Sharon Watkins, General Minister and President

 

  This Sunday, September 28th and on the following Sunday, October 5th, we Disciples celebrate the 2008 Special Offering for Reconciliation Ministry.

 

 

    On these two Sundays we offer our monetary gifts to further the mission of our Church and to live into our self-understanding to be a Pro-Reconciliating and Anti-racist Church.

  The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has a history from the 1960s of sharing our resources to address the racism of our society and the racism within our own church.  We have called this process the Reconciliation Mission.

  Because we are the Church together, we find ourselves advocating for justice and unity in the body of Christ celebrating our many gifts.  It is for that reason that on Sunday, October 5th we celebrate God’s call to us to be reconciled one to another and all to Christ in conjunction with World Communion Sunday.  At the 2007 General Assembly in Ft. Worth, Texas, Disciples voted to bring together these two related emphases of World Communion Sunday and Reconciliation Ministry offering to exemplify mutuality in our core commitment of Christian unity and its expression in seeking justice in the church and the world, giving particular regard to the sin of racism.  On that Sunday, as we celebrate the Lord’s Supper in our churches throughout the United States and Canada, we stand in solidarity with Christ’s beloved community throughout the world.  As we drink the cup of salvation and eat the bread of life, we embrace God’s welcome to all as many members, with many gifts at one table.

  The form of this ministry may be changing, but the need for addressing and speaking out about racism has never been more obvious.  As our church grows and becomes more diverse, our mission of reaching people with the saving good news of Jesus will be compromised if we do not continue our stand against racism in churches and communities.