Climate Webinar: Through Crises Toward Transformation: Engaging the Faith Community

When: Sunday, February 14 in the following time zones:
2pm PT, 3pm MT, 4pm CT, 5pm ET
Where: Online Ministry through Zoom  

Follow-up Conversations:

• Thursday, February 18 (6pm PT, 7pm MT, 8pm CT, 9pm ET) 
• Sunday, February 21 (2pm PT, 3pm MT, 4pm CT, 5pm ET) 

Please note that you only need to register once for the entire series. To register please click on the button above.

Join us in a panel discussion by a family of church leaders active in multiple disciplines:  Apostle Ron Harmon (the mission of Jesus Christ), Zac Harmon-McLaughlin (Community of Christ Seminary), Katie-Harmon McLaughlin (Spiritual Formation Ministries), and Emily Rose (Advocacy and action).  

Invite your friends to join as well.  All sessions are free and participation in previous webinars and conversations is not necessary to join in this opportunity.
 
NOTE:  The panel will use the Pastoral Spiral as a method of social discernment that allows engagement with climate issues from a faith-based perspective.  However, this pragmatic tool is applicable in other advocacy settings (racial justice, economic equality, and other humanitarian issues). The Pastoral Spiral provides a way to authentically live into our identity as a community.  You won’t want to miss this valuable exploration.

​​For more information about the series please visit the Climate Change Colloquy website.

The Facility Team is excited to report that work is underway at the congregation’s new site located at 422 11 Ave SE #112. Walls are going up and the current schedule provided to us by our professional groups shows a tentative target date for inspections and hand-over in mid-May 2021.
 
Parker Johnson will drop in at the work site (complying with all COVID-19 guidelines) from time-to-time to photography progress and share them with the congregation. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and worksite safety requirements, we encourage you to follow along virtually with the progress of our new location. If you would like to physically visit the worksite to see the construction progress for yourself, please contact Doug Hayden so that arrangements can be made with the work crew.
 
This is an exciting time for our congregation, and we look forward to reporting on the status of our new home as frequently as we can!
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Information Technology and a group of consultants are working tirelessly to bring Shelby and other systems back online following a security incident involving malware that was identified on 20 January.
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As a reminder, eTithing, AIP tracking, CofChrist.org email, and the current payroll systems were not involved. Also, a forensic firm has been hired to investigate the malware.
Before the incident Community of Christ was in the process of moving systems to cloud-based servers. This project has been accelerated and the affected systems are being rebuilt in the cloud. This will allow us to implement the latest security measures. However, moving to the cloud requires more time than data restoration.
We apologize about the lengthy delay in reconnecting to Shelby, the AIP reporting system, and other applications. We will continue to provide weekly updates. 

Several key users are working in Shelby. Plans are in place to phase in additional users through the remainder of February. Mission center officers and support teams will be the first group to gain access. This group will be followed by congregational officers. All users are hoped to be back in Shelby by early March with new, more secure logins.

We appreciate the church’s continued patience through this process and the tireless efforts of our staff and support contractors to provide updated systems to support the mission of the church.