 Commission your members for the 2011 General Assembly
Special worship materials have been prepared to help you celebrate/send your people to Assembly.
Meet the General Minister and President along with the current and new Disciples Moderators
 9 p.m., Monday, July 11; Grand Ballroom; Renaissance Hotel
Reception Sponsor: Disciples Mission Fund
Join Assembly Disciples for a meet-and-greet reception with the General Minister and President and the incoming and outgoing Moderator teams in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel following Monday night worship.
The reception will include live entertainment, a full fare of reception foods, carving stations, and other hors d'oeuvres. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online. Children under 12 do not need a ticket. They are welcome to attend with their parents or guardians.
The evening, sponsored by Disciples Mission Fund, will feature visual images from around the globe, helping to "Tell the Story" of how your Disciples Mission Fund gifts transform lives and create opportunities for wholeness.
For information on this and other ticketed meals and events, visit the General Assembly website.
Pre-Assembly events make your trip count for more
 Find learning opportunities in the hours leading to Assembly
Whether it's the Stewardship Academy, Elders Conference, Hands-on Mission, Evangelism Conference or the GLAD Pre-Assembly Gathering, Disciples need not wait for Opening Worship on July 9 to get this party started!
General Assembly could have tax savings for lay people!*
*Check with your tax accountant and read tax materials carefully: This is not intended to be used (and cannot be used) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the US Internal Revenue Code.
 Save Gas Money. Bike to Assembly.
Join the launch of the Reconciliation Ministry Annual Fund by biking, or sponsoring a biker, including your General Minister and President Sharon E. Watkins and her dad. (Bet you can't keep up with him, either!)
Learn More about the Bike to the Assembly.
Get your Justice and Peace on
Calling all Assembly Disciples!
Sunday night after-worship session - Disciples Justice Action Network/Disciples Peace Fellowship, will sponsor a presentation by Rita Nakashima Brock on "Conscience and War: Supporting the Moral Agency of Our Soldiers." The evening offers a deeper look at a 2011 Assembly business item offered earlier in the day.
Choose from among Resource Groups that lift up issues of justice and peace.
BYO Lunch on Tuesday, July 12 - Bring your own lunch and drink, and join in a special DJAN gathering in Nashville Convention Center Room 103, at Noon on Tuesday. The event will include both a brief business session for elections, and an opportunity to remember and celebrate the lives of long-time justice advocates James L. Demus, III, and May Sweet Lord. Learn more at the DJAN website.
Join in an Immigration prayer vigil beginning in the Hall of Wholeness – Tuesday night, July 12, following worship – as we continue to discern how to most faithfully respond in the face of a complex issue.
And check out the Hall of Wholeness, where KK Wiseman and Mary Jacobs are preparing a place for prayer and reflection on those whose life situations need our attention, beginning with prayer.
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