HELM focuses its mission into three areas: Leadership Programs, Colleges & Universities, and Theological Education. The Thanksgiving Offering benefits the Colleges, Universities, Seminaries, and Divinity Houses affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Higher education has been an important focus for Disciples since the very beginning of the movement. Throughout our history, Disciples have founded institutions of higher learning [...]
Join us at the Holiday Celebration this Saturday, December 3. Details below! Final Event of the Year: Celebrate the Holidays! Celebrate the holidays with friends and neighbors on the Arts Plaza as a choir sings holiday tunes. Warm up with hot beverages, fire pits, s’mores, and tasty treats for kids and grown-ups, while wrapping toys for local kids. Just like [...]
Received in many congregations on Dec. 11 & 18, 2022 Our gifts support the work of regional ministries. Your regional ministry works to: Connect congregations to each other Foster faith development Gather Disciples in camps, conferences, and assemblies Nurture the development of a new generation of pastors Assist churches in calling new ministers Interpret the global mission of the Church [...]
Sunday Service
Lent is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry. It begins on Ash Wednesday. It is a period of grief that necessarily ends with a great celebration of [...]
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Palm Sunday is a Christian holiday that falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday, the day we celebrate his Resurrection. It commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four Gospels , which takes place in the days before the Last Supper, his arrest on Maundy Thursday (or, Holy Thursday) and his crucifixion on Good [...]
Maundy Thursday is an alternate name for Holy Thursday, the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. It is the first of the three days of solemn remembrance of the events leading up to and immediately following the crucifixion of Jesus. The English word "Maundy" comes from the Latin mandatum, which means "commandment." As recorded in John's gospel, [...]
