"Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise." -- Psalm 79:13 As our Uber driver dropped us off at … Read More...
Service Team Reports
February 2016 Elders Service Team Report
February 25, 2016 -- As usual for disciples, 2015 was a year of testing and blessing for the Elders Service Team. Two of our couples in particular faced health challenges that forced Gloria Baird to endure a new round of chemo therapy and Wyndham Shaw to take a three-month … Read More...
January 2016 Campus Service Team Report
The campus service committee recently met near Los Angeles for our annual gathering that has become our vehicle to set the stage for campus work during the rest of the year. Upon the agenda was the review of campus plantings last year as well as those to be planted in 2016. … Read More...
Women’s Service Team Report, January 2016
2016 brought several new sisters into the women’s service team as others transitioned out. This team consists of the Elders Service Team wives and the wives of those on the Evangelist Service Team. The women on the Teachers’ Service Team have also been a part of the group. … Read More...
Fall 2015 ICOC Teachers Service Team Report
A report of the Teachers Service Team meeting in Kingston, Jamaica from October 12-13, 2015. Day One. October 12. A. Devotional. Steve Kinnard opened the meeting with a devotional based on 1 Corinthians. He explained that part of what we do as a service team is field … Read More...
ICOC Singles Service Team Winter 2015 Report
The Singles Ministry in our fellowship continues to be a source of inspiration, hope and joy. Those of us who serve the amazing singles disciples feels humbled and deeply honored to be serving the singles ministry worldwide at such an exciting time as this. The Singles … Read More...
Good Shepherd Retreat
On November 6-7, almost 100 elders and wives (and prospective ones) from around New England, New Jersey and New York gathered in Hartford, CT, for the annual Northeast Elders and Wives Retreat. John and Nancy Mannel from St. Louis were this year's keynote speakers. As … Read More...