Past Events for 2009

This page will show all of the past events of the Tres Rios Area that were once featured on our home page but are no longer active.

2009 TRA Women’s Retreat 

The 2009 TRA Women’s Retreat was a great way to spend a weekend.  There was much laughter, singing, praying, and time for spiritual renewal.

It was a very meaningful event.  Ask someone who was there to share their thoughts and feelings about it.

Click here for details.

Clergy Sexual Abuse Prevention Workshop - Oct 31st

A clergy sexual abuse prevention workshop for licensed and ordained clergy titled "A Sacred Trust: Boundary Issues for Clergy and Spiritual Teachers" will be conducted Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Bethany Christian Church, Odessa, TX and will be led by Rev. Charlotte J Hoppe, Tres Rios Area Minister.

This worshop satisfies the requirements for standing in the CCSW.

Date and time:
Saturday, October 31, 2009
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Location:
Bethany Christian Church
4522 Everglade
Odessa, TX  79762

There is a $15 registration fee which includes lunch and is payable at event to Tres Rios Area.

Please e-mail Charlotte with questions, or if you would like to attend: choppe@ccsw.org

High-Schoolers: Are you ready to FIESTA?

Tres Rios Area of the Christian Church in the Southwest will hold its 2009 Fall Fiesta October 9-11th at Monte Vista Christian Church in Albuquerque New Mexico. Bring your friends too! Registration fee without the t-shirt is $35.00 per person. Registration fee with the t-shirt is $45.00 per person. For more information call Chris Henry, TRA Area Youth Council Sponsor at (575) 318-6828.

Click here for details and to register on-line.

Tres Rios Area Womens' Retreat Will Be September 25-27

The Tres Rios Area Womens' Retreat will be September 25-27, 2009 at the Black River Center for Learning in Carlsbad, NM. This year's theme will be "Cruise into Living - Set Sail ... to Serve and be Served." The keynote speaker will be Rev. Marilyn Fiddmont. Also, as a service project, we will adopt a platoon.

Click here for details.

Annual Men's Retreat Will Be September 18-20, 2009

This year’s retreat is set for September 18-20, 2009 and will be held at the Lake Brownwood Christian Retreat Center. With a Theme of “Remembering Our Past, Shaping Our Future”, two of our CCSW region’s preachers will be keynote speakers. Rev. Dr. Jimmy Cobb. Dr. Cobb is the current moderator for the Christian Church in the Southwest Region. Rev. Olin Fregia is the Campus Pastor of Jarvis Christian College

The event will also feature uplifting singing led by Rev. John Malget, educational workshops, heart-warming sharing, fellowship and spiritual renewal. Additionally, on Saturday afternoon, there will be a Dialogue with Rev. Dani Cartwright, our Regional Minister.
 
Don't forget to register by August 31st or Late fees will apply.

Click here for details.

Great Communion - Oct. 4th

2009 is the 200th anniversary of our call for Christian unity. In his "Declaration and Address" (written in 1809), Thomas Campbell said that the Church in the whole world is united...it is One. 100 years ago, our ancestors celebrated Campbell's call for unity with a Great Communion service. Our dream is that on Sunday, October 4, 2009, congregations all across the United States...and all around the world...will meet together and celebrate Communion and remember our common heritage.

Several years ago the Board of Trustees of Disciples of Christ Historical Society looked toward 2009 and realized that we did not want to miss the opportunity to mark the bicentennial of Thomas Campbell’s “Declaration and Address.” While there are other events and documents that we have also remembered, everyone agreed that this 1809 document truly formed the constitution for our movement. Its thesis is “the church of Christ upon earth is essentially, intentionally, and constitutionally one.” It is the clarion call for unity that has been the hallmark of the Stone-Campbell movement.

Click here to go to the Great Communion website

General Assembly Video Also Carried on the Regional Website!

The regional website is also carrying the video from General Assembly. All of the live webcasts are over but you can still the the on-demand replays if you missed any of the sessions.

Click here to see the video at the regional website.

Click here to see the video from disciples.org.

CCSW GA Reception a Success

Last night folks who have traveled all the way from the Southwest gathered for a big party in Indianapolis!  With cake, fruit and veggies and cheese in one hand, lemonade in the other - we saw friends and colleagues from our own areas and from across the region.  With such a big region - its always fun for us to be in the same room together - face to face!  Other GA attenders who wanted to catch up with their SW friends knew where to find us and dropped in.  There were also pastors networking, exploring possibilities for pastoring churches in the Southwest.

Dani welcomed us and told the group our Wii dancing of the morning.  She and all of us area ministers were weargin our bowling shirts for the occasion.  We may have to make those shirts part of every gathering!???  There are pictures on www.disciplesworld.com of our Wii dancing escpades.  Maybe Bill Anderton will figure out how to connect to them from our ccsw and area websites?  (I did; see below ;-)

Time at the computer is only very early morning or late at night - maybe I'll report some more serious  news next time.... but I am finding Twitter - don't make fun! - a useful tool communicating brief updates to my TRA folks back at home - anyone can listen in though.  I hope everyone is also making use of reports and even live streaming video of GA.... this is definitely a new way of doing assembly!

From Rev. Charlotte J. Hoppe
Area Minister/President - Tres Rios Area

2009 General Assembly Explored Wholeness for All

Disciples from all walks of life gathered in Indianapolis starting Wednesday, July 29 and continuing to Sunday, August 2, 2009 for the church’s biennial Assembly. Attendees came from across the United States and Canada – and in many cases from around the world – to worship, learn, fellowship and discuss the future of our Church. The 2009 General Assembly centered its work around Revelation 22:2 …“And the leaves of the trees shall be for the healing of the nations.” In choosing this verse as the centerpiece and guiding scriptural reference, organizers seek to complement the Disciples’ new identity statement (We are Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world) with a theme of relevance, energy, conviction – and healing.

General Assembly CCSW Gathering

2009 General Assembly Will Explore Wholeness for All

Disciples from all walks of life will gather in Indianapolis from Wednesday, July 29 to Sunday, August 2, 2009 for the church’s biennial Assembly. Attendees will come from across the United States and Canada – and in many cases from around the world – to worship, learn, fellowship and discuss the future of our Church.

The 2009 General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will center its work around Revelation 22:2 …“And the leaves of the trees shall be for the healing of the nations.” In choosing this verse as the centerpiece and guiding scriptural reference, organizers seek to complement the Disciples’ new identity statement (We are Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world) with a theme of relevance, energy, conviction – and healing.

Click here for details.  

Click on the "start" arrow below to play the promotional video.

Video of the Scripted PowerPoint Presentation About  General Assembly

The video presentation below is based on the scripted PowerPoint presentation provided by the General Ministry and includes audio of the script and background music.