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The Tres Rios Area is one of eight areas in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest.  It currently is made up of 29 churches throughout New Mexico and West Texas who strive to serve God in an ever changing multi-cultural setting.

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.

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The Connected Community

Connected Community is a new communication tool under development exclusively for ministers, members and guests of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest. Connected Community allows members to communicate with one another over a private computer network, using the latest tools the Internet offers. Connected Community is easy to learn and simple to use—literally taking only a few minutes' time to master.

The Connected Community is available to any member (clergy or laity) of a church in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest. All in the Tres Rios Area are nvited to join.

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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.

A smaller version of the video and an audio-only version are available at the North Texas Area website at www.ntaccsw.org.

Her message beckoned for building communities centered in the sustaining and abiding power of the true vine, Jesus Christ.  She gave several personal community building experiences requiring faith, sacrifice, new relationships and courage from her early pastoral ministry in East Texas. Referring to John 15:1-8 and the new Regional Vision, Dani passionately encouraged our pastors, leaders and churches, to prioritize and practice deep prayer, Bible study and Biblical literacy in the church. She maintained the church needs to be compelled in its motivation by inviting conversation around the scriptures.

Through the courtesy of the North Texas Area, this video is freely available for your use in your church's website in two video resoltions. Click here to go to the North Texas Area website for the instructions for embedding this video in your website.