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["Wilma Shufitt" <wshuffit@cm.disciples.org>]

Date: Oct. 30, 2002
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Melinda Mains
Phone: 317-713-2496
E-mail: mmains@cm.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

Children and youth focus of church-wide Christmas Offering 

Ministries with children and youth are the focus for Disciples
Christmas Offering. One of these children is Carla. For the first ten
years of her life, she didn't know what love was.  All she knew was
getting slapped across the face, punched in the chest or screamed at
because she was "worthless." 

Seldom cared for by her mother, Carla began hanging out with a group
of
older kids and bragged about being in a gang. Then she came to a
special
Disciples National Benevolent Association facility for children.
During
her healing process at NBA, Carla learned to understand and appreciate
her inherent value. Today, she continues to stay on the right path.

Carla is one of the good-news stories of the church. Children and
youth
ministries to help kids like her are highlighted during the 2002
Christmas Special Day Offering of the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ). The offering is scheduled to be received in Disciples
congregations on Sundays, Dec. 15 and 22. For the complete story go to
the web at: http://www.disciples.org/dns/Releases2002/0292.htm 

HUD Awards NBA Funds for Three New Facilities 

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it has
awarded the National Benevolent Association $10,088,200 in capital
advances to construct and manage three new apartment buildings for
low-income older adults and persons with disabilities.	Go to the web
at
http://www.nbacares.org/News2002/HUD2002Awards.htm for the full story.

Instructors at Three Disciples Institutions Receive Grants from
Phillips University Legacy Foundation

The Phillips University Legacy Foundation Board of Directors has
announced the award of three Faculty Development Scholarships totaling
$5,500 for academic projects that have taken place between July and
December 2002. For more of the story go to the web at:
http://www.dhedisciples.org/dhe/02/PULF-faculty-10-29-02.html