Information from the Wider Church

Here are two unrelated things that have across my desk in the past few days, one from the general church and one from the regional church.

Sharon Watkins, the General Minister and President, has issued a letter about the on-going war in Iraq, based on the suggestion of the 2007 General Assembly. You can read her pastoral letter here. As with such things with the Disciples church, it is likely to make some people happy and others angry. I put it here for your information only, not for any other purpose.

Here also is the latest issue of the regional newsletter, which has begun being posted as a .pdf file on the Internet (a good thing). It is a pretty large file (2.3 MB), which means that a dial-up download will take quite a while. But if you're willing and able to receive this via email, you will get the newsletter quicker, and you will save the church some money.