The North Texas Area
The North Texas Area is part of the Southwest Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), which has as its vision "to be a faithful, growing church that demonstrates true community, deep Christian spirituality and a passion for justice" (Micah 6:8). The North Texas Area exists to serve the Disciples of Christ congregations in the Texas counties of Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, and Rockwall. Click here for more information.
Compassion and Aid Received in Haiti
If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve inevitably heard about the difficulties of getting aid, supplies, and medical care to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
While it is true that the delivery of aid has been hampered by many factors, including infrastructure-related challenges, Week of Compassion can assure you that aid is reaching many of those who need it.
Martin Coria, Church World Service Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, now based in the Dominican Republic and working closely with Servicio Social de Igelesias Dominicana (SSID), noted that with pre-positioned CWS kits and blankets, SSID was able to provide relief to the victims of Haiti's massive earthquake in the first twenty-four hours of the disaster. On Wednesday, January 13, SSID sent a flight with supplies to Port-au-Prince, and their staff was able to see the needs firsthand and quickly provide the most crucial supplies and assistance.
Click here for details and a live news feeds.
Click here to make an on-line donation.
Click here to go to the WOC Haiti website.
Camp TRUTH
Camp TRUTH (Tearing Racism Up by Transforming Hearts) is an anti-racism pro-reconciliation honors camp for high school youth. The camp is jointly sponsored by The Reconciliation Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and three Areas in the Southwest Region of the Christian Church (Northeast, North Texas, and Trinity-Brazos). Applications should be mailed to and received by Rev. Irie Session, Associate Area Minister in North Texas no later than April 23, 2010. Applicants will be contacted by May 5, 2010 of their acceptance in Camp TRUTH.
Click here for details.
Youth Ministry Council
Each church may recommend as many youth as they sincerely believe are qualified and capable of serving on the YMC. Up to fourteen (14) youth will be selected in total. No more than two (2) youth selected to serve may be from any one church. The youth that are recommended must currently be in grades 10 or 11. All applications forms must be recieved by February 20, 2010.
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The Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation
The Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation offers a daily rhythm designed for rest and renewal. The rhythm includes times for worship, study, silence and solitude, prayer, spiritual friends — all within the context of Christian community. After you register additional information will be sent regarding daily schedule and reading recommendations.
The Five Day Academy for Spiritual Formation will be March 7-12, 2010 at the Prothro Center at Lake Texoma.
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2010 NTA Leader Event Successful! Followup Material Available!
2010 NTA Leader Event Saturday, January 16 at First Christian Church, McKinney saw some 170 church leaders from across the Region enjoy Eddie Hammett and Randy Pierce, authors of “Reaching People Under 40 While Keeping People Over 60.” There were also a dozen other high quality workshops on building community through groups, prayer and ministries. The links shown below will take you to followup materials and opportunities from Hammett and Pierce. We also hope to post workshop outlines in the Connected Community forum at http://www.ccsw.org/.
Click here for follow-up details.
New Church Leader Video Added
A new church leader training video have been added to our training library. This brings to a total of eight episodes available online with over nine and one-half hours of multimedia training available to you.
The two new videos were recorded at the September 2009 Licensed Ministers Training session.
Click here for the library of available media.
Dates Set for Mid-Winters
This year, CYF Mid-Winter is January 22 – 24, 2010, Chi Rho Mid-Winter is February 12 – 14, 2010 and Young Adult Mid-Winter is January 8 – 10, 2010.
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Looking for a Church to Visit?
The 80 churches of the North Texas Area cordially invite you to join us this Sunday. We can help you find a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), where doubting and believing can live together without judging, a kind of church where we respect God's Word and your mind.
Click here to go to the "Find God, Find Yourself" page.
Click here to search for churches in your area.
Click here to browse for churches by city.
Audio Interview with Pastor Irie Session
The weekly Bible-study podcast of Central Christian Church features an in-depth interview with Pastor Irie Session titled "Sex in the City and Your Soul." Pastor Irie speaks from years of experience of helping women as a social worker, local church pastor, mother, and conference speaker. Her interview extends compassion and restoration to the one whose life may have been fragmented by sexual exploitation. Her discussion is frank and personal, Biblical and grounded in real hope.
Click here for the Mini-Site Home Page of the Westside Cafe of Central Christian Church of Dallas.
The Engaging Church Seminar
Is On-Line at the NTA Website!
The North Texas Area of the Christian Church in the Southwest has launched an on-line video seminar for churches in the NTA. The NTA has licensed the "Engaging Church" seminar produced by Church Growth, Inc. The arrangement allows the NTA to present the complete video seminiar in its secure Member Portal for the clergy and laity of the North Texas Area.
The seminar discusses how to attract outsiders, connect visitors and integrate new members. The seminar is presented in high-quality Flash video in six sessions. In addition to all six full-length videos, the seminar workbook is provided, session summaries and an area-wide on-line discussion forum for talking about each session of the seminar. Also, Larry Ross, Area Minister and President of the North Texas Area is available to visit NTA churches in a follow-up capacity to help interpret and apply the principles of this seminar in a holistic way
Click here for more information.
NTA/TBA Licensed Minister Training for 2009-2010
This year's Licensed Minister Training will be held at Creekwood Christian Christian Church in Flower Mound on three Saturdays from 8:45 am to 4:30 pm. The scheduled dates are:
- September 26, 2009
- January 9, 2010
- April 10, 2010
The Licensed Minister Training is a four-year program provided for Licensed Ministers and Licensed Ministry candidates. The training is offered by the North Texas Area and the Trinity Brazos Area in cooperation with the NTA and TBA Committees on the Ministry. Full day participation at all three retreats and completion of all assignments is expected. Three Saturday events will provide the eighteen contact hours required by the Region for Licensed Ministers.
Click here to download the brochure.
News From Around Disciples
From the Southwest Region
From Disciples.org
“Community ON Purpose, Community WITH Purpose”
by Rev. Dani Loving Cartwright, Regional Minister and President, Christian Church in the Southwest
Continuing the emphasis on the release of the Southwest Regional Guiding Vision for ongoing transformation, Southwest Regional Minister and President Rev. Dani Loving Cartwright delivered a heartfelt message to several hundred Disciples at the North Texas Area Assembly, Sunday May 3, 2009 at Northway Christian Church in Dallas.
Click here for the high-resolution video version (348 kbps).
Click here for the low-resolution video version (200 kbps).
Click here for the audio-only version (128 kbps).
Click here for the instructions for using this video in your website.
Recent Area News
11/05/2008 - Online Education Now Available!
11/02/2008 - Administrative Committee Hears Report On New Approach for General Assembly Action
11/01/2008 - New Disciples Video Posted Here
10/25/2008 - '09 General Assembly Preachers Include NTA Pastor
