by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
On June 9th, several FCC members traveled as part of a pilot program group in the Caminantes Border Immersion Program, a ministry of Comunidad Limen, a progressive Latinx Disciples church and partner with us in space, community, and the ministry of Arizona Disciples...
by admin | Jun 5, 2023 | community
“So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation” – Genesis 2:3 “We used to sing the hymn ‘Take Time to Be Holy.’ But perhaps we should be singing, ‘Take time to be human.’ Or...
by admin | May 18, 2023 | anti-racism, social justice
Caminantes Border Immersion Comunidad Limen and First Christian Church, Tucson, are joining efforts to offer learning experiences on the US-Mexico border. We are inviting participants from Disciples and other churches from across the US and Canada to an immersion...
by admin | May 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
A Dance By Colin Wicker A good relationship is something like a dance – built on the same rules. Partners in a dance do not need to hold on tightly, because they move in the same patterns, confident in each other. To touch heavily would be to arrest the...
by admin | May 4, 2023 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), social justice, worship
Comunidad Límen invited First Christian Church to partner in the Caminantes Border Immersion. In this edition of Beloved Community, we learn more about Comunidad Límen and the significance of this Disciples movement in Tucson and across our denomination through an...
by admin | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
What does the history of colonialism have to do with the current climate crisis? Almost everything! In a 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made up of leading climate scientists, released a report acknowledging that colonialism is a...
by admin | Apr 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
As we seek to live into being the beloved community, we recognize that this church has long been to be a leader in social justice issues. But where does our church lead when it comes to climate justice? And what is climate justice? First, a definition: Climate...
by admin | Mar 25, 2023 | anti-racism, community, social justice
This is Women’s History Month, and I am lifting up Sandhya Rani Jha, a Disciples of Christ Minister in Oakland, California. I heard her say that she remembers in 2012 when Brandy Martell was shot not far from First Christian Church Oakland, and as no stranger to...
by admin | Mar 24, 2023 | community, mission, social justice
Protect Oak Flat Post-Hearing Press Conference: Watch on Facebook Who sinned? This was our seeking question this past Sunday. It is an important question in our world but not for the reason the disciples in the scripture thought. I kept thinking about this passage and...
by admin | Mar 2, 2023 | faith, mental wellness
Forgiveness By Mary McCue How does it creep into arteries, level blood pressure and wipe clean the slate of anger held close to the chest? Look long into the mirror, be tender with the face you see, then to the blistered past, the entire landscape, the smallest...
