by DCEF | May 19, 2021 | Featured, Stories
When a retired school administrator went from serving as financial officer at her church to chair of the board, the “fit” was obvious. The church’s biggest mission: a preschool teeming with children. Relatively new to Disciples of Christ, Sharon inherited her post on...
by Nadine Compton | Oct 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Stories
First Christian Church (FCC) in Portland, Oregon moves seven tons of food through its building every week. Yes, you read that right… seven tons, every week. In an effort to address the city’s food insecurity issues, which have only become compounded with the COVID-19...
by Nadine Compton | Jun 25, 2020 | Stories
Parkway Christian Church prides itself as a multigenerational family of faith. “We have little babies to 95-year-olds,” explains Arnold Ramos, Parkway Christian’s treasurer, financial director, and one of its elders. But it’s the children served by Parkway CC that...
by Nadine Compton | Jun 25, 2020 | Stories
Superheroes: They are the flashy, caped crusaders who show up in the nick of time to save the day… Right? Not in the real world. Take Jim Michel for example. A soft-spoken professional with 35 years of experience in civil engineering and land surveying, Jim...
by Joe Whitman | Apr 14, 2020 | News, Stories
On April 3, 2020, Rev. Kega Nasios, Program Director for the Glendale Mission & Ministry Center (GMMC) of Glendale, Arizona, received word that the center had been selected to receive a $2,000 grant from OneAZ Credit Union. In announcing the award Jason Kerrick,...
by Nadine Compton | Feb 10, 2020 | Featured, Stories
When you think of being eco-friendly, what images come to mind? Do you see solar panels and electric cars? What about an HVAC system? Well, that’s exactly what Hillside Christian Church (HCC) thought of when it decided to replace its 20-year-old, bandage-covered...
