wfn.org | Disciples News Brief Date: January 15, 2004

[George Conklin <gconklin@igc.org>]

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Amy Shockley
Phone: 317-713-2495
E-mail: ashockley@cm.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

RUETER NAMED TRANSITIONAL REGIONAL MINISTER IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION
FT. WORTH, TX, January 7, 2004 - R. W. "Bob" Rueter has been named 
Transitional Regional Minister for the Christian Church (Disciples of 
Christ) in the Southwest. He will begin his new position on January 9, 
2004. For the full story, go to: 
http://www.disciples.org/dns/Releases2004/0402.htm

DISCIPLES JOIN ECUMENICAL EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN THE WORLD
Fifty church leaders from all major Christian families 
(Evangelical/Pentecostal, Catholic, Orthodox, historic Racial/Ethnic, 
historic Protestant) came together with representatives from a number of 
national Christian organizations January 7-9, to work toward launching a 
new inter-confessional entity called, Christian Churches Together in the 
U.S.A.

The purpose of CCT is "to enable churches and national Christian 
organizations to grow closer together in Christ in order to strengthen our 
Christian witness in the world."  Disciples, through the Council on 
Christian Unity, have already voted to participate in this ecumenical 
effort. For the complete story, go to: 
http://www.disciples.org/ccu/news/011604.htm

VETERAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER TO TAKE PART IN CELEBRATION
LEXINGTON, KY - On Sunday, January 18 a group of local churches under the 
leadership of the Disciples for the Dream Committee will host its 
fourteenth annual worship service as part of the commemoration of Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Guest preacher for the service will be the Rev. Fred L. Shuttleworth, 
pastor of the Greater New Light Baptist Church, Cincinnati, and a veteran 
of the Birmingham, Alabama, Civil Rights Movement of the sixties. For the 
full details of the celebration, go to: 
http://www.disciples.org/dns/Releases2004/0403.htm

DENTAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD EXTENDED
If you are interested in the Church Wide Dental Plan offered by Delta 
Dental but missed the first deadline, you may still enroll. For more 
information on how to enroll, go to: 
http://www.pensionfund.org/dental_enrollment_period_extende.htm

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