http://www.disciples.org/The featured headlines on Disciples.org from the Disciples News Serviceen-us15Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:15:57 GMTFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:15:57 GMTnews@cm.disciples.orgScores of students will benefit from your generous support of the 2009 Thanksgiving Offering. The Thanksgiving Offering, which will be received on Nov. 8 and Nov. 15, supports Disciples institutions of higher education. The offering will directly benefit 14 colleges and universities and seven seminaries, divinity houses and theological foundations.http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/441/Future-Church-Leaders-Helped-By-Thanksgiving-Speci.aspx668-20091106151230Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:30 GMTThe Administrative Committee has voted unanimously to stand in solidarity with other Disciples leaders in support of the decision of the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to remove its next biennial meeting from Charleston, S.C. The Convocation took the action in July as a witness against South Carolina’s continued flying of the Confederate flag on statehouse grounds.http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/463/Administrative-Committee-Supports-National-Convoca.aspx668-20091106151207Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:07 GMTGeneral Minister and President Sharon Watkins is beginning a three-month sabbatical, during which she will pursue rest, discernment of her call to serve a second term as GMP, along with study and reflection on wholeness.http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/456/General-Minister-and-President-Begins-ThreeMonth.aspx668-20091106151146Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:11:46 GMTAt the July 2009 General Assembly Resolution 0922, “Theological Foundations and Policies and Criteria for the Ordering of Ministry,” was passed. Brought to the Assembly from the General Commission on Ministry (GCOM) with recommendation by the General Board, the two year implementation process of this document is now being led by GCOM. The resolution called for a number of changes to the processes by which people move through the steps to becoming recognized ministers in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/452/General-Assembly-Resolution-Regarding-Ministry-Mov.aspx668-20091106151257Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:57 GMTJoanne L. VerBurg has a ready answer for anybody venturing to ask her why she was so eager to sign up for the 2010 Pastors Conference. That’s an easy one for the senior minister at Covenant Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Cary, N.C.http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/451/Ministers-Being-Called-to-West-Coast-for-Refreshme.aspx668-20091106151331Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:13:31 GMTDisciples Chaplain Danny Thompson will help host a Veterans Day celebration in Arizona to honor armed service veterans. http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/462/Disciples-Benevolent-Services-Chaplain-Organizes-V.aspx668-20091106151405Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:14:05 GMTPhillips Theological Seminary will inaugurate its third president on Nov. 10.http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/461/Phillips-Theological-Seminary-Set-To-Inaugurate-Pe.aspx668-20091106151438Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:14:38 GMTDisciples Home Missions President Ronald Degges has been named to the Council of Governors of the Disciples Center for Public Witness.http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/458/DHM-President-Ronald-Degges-Named-To-DCPW-Council.aspx668-20091106151511Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:15:11 GMTEureka College is accepting applications for two full-tuition ministry fellowships for students pursuing vocational ministry in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).http://www.disciples.org/tabid/58/itemid/459/Eureka-College-Offering-Two-FullTuition-Ministry.aspx668-20091106151557Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:15:57 GMT