Pastor, Stan
Peerless of Parkview Christian Church (located in Chesapeake) reports that there
was no substantial or significant damage near the church in the wake of the
tornado that hit Suffolk yesterday, Apr 28th, 2008. Of the 3 twisters occuring
in Virginia, (Colonial Heights, Brunswick Co. and Suffolk) the Suffolk storm was
the most damaging. The Parkview Christian Church family reports that to their
knowledge no Disciple members were directly impacted by the destruction.
However, Stan did report that one member from Parkview did experience the storm
firsthand as while at work the storm hit, ripping the roof off the individual's
place of employment while they huddled for safety in a bathroom with co-workers.
That building is reportedly the one shown many times in the national news
coverage showing a car that was thrown through the air into the side of a brick
structure. There are downed trees in the area where Stan resides and there were
some power outages as was to be expected. The Parkview and West Side Christian
Churches are the closest Disciples congregations to the major damage area,
Parkview about 5 miles from the area. Both congregations decided there was no
need to have either of the churches act as shelters as other more spacious and
closer located buildings have been made available. The word has gone out to the
other District 8 churches of the Tidewater area for all the D8 churches to be
aware of any Disciples that may have been adversely effected. Our thoughts and
prayers go out to all who may have suffered injury or property damage due to the
tornadoes yesterday. Disciples Men of Virginia is here ready and willing to
assist with any way that might be needed. For those men who attended the
retreat...how important the the words of our guest, Carl Zerweck, Director of
the Office of Disciples Volunteering now are to us right here in our backyard.
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more pictures and information
Greetings Men!
I want to personally thank each of you for participating in
this past weekends Disciples Men regional retreat in Wakefield.
What a great time we all had! We learned a lot and
experienced a lot too! A great time for fellowship, fun and spiritual renewal.
We will again see Carl Zerweck at the Disciples Men BBQ
Luncheon on June 7th at Regional Assembly at Lynchburg College. Please make
sure to register for this event! I look forward to seeing you there.
Let me know your thoughts on the retreat!
Remember next years retreat will April 24-26, 2009.
Stay in touch concerning your mens activities and contact me
with that info so we can tell others what your group is doing. Also I want to
come and visit you in your district and I talked with several of you concerning
my idea of having mens rallies to hopefully generate interest in mens ministry
from churches and districts not participating. Talk with the Disciples Men/CMF
leaders in your area about this idea and get in touch in order for us to make
plans for these gatherings over the next year.
Peace be with you all!
Stay in touch!
Thanks,
Ray Gryder, II
Interim Director
Disciples Men Ministries
Christian Church of Virginia
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‘God’s
Fair Share’
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 17-20, 2008
http://www.sessions2008.org
(for best results,
watch on the small screen).
Virginia Disciples Men in Kentucky at
Sessions
2004
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Picture of Quilt dedicated to Craig
Springs
Background of Quilt.
Designed and completed by Christine Shultz.
Christine is a member of First Christian Church of
Hopewell, Va.
She has a large collection of memorabilia of Craig
Springs and elected to
give this Quilt to District 7 men to raise money
for Craig Springs projects they will
support.
The quilt will be present at the Men's retreat at
Wakefield on April 12th. and then will be taken
to Colonial Christian Church, Col. Hts. Va. on
Sunday April 13, to be displayed at their 20th
Anniversary Celebration. The quilt will be
returned to Bruce Lanning until it goes to the Reginal
Assembly.
As of Sat.,
April 5th, the Quilt is placed in a silent auction (minimum starting bid is
$500) and all bids
at Lynchburg College on the weekend of June 6th.
thru the 8th.
Rich Jones
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June 6 - 8
- Regional Assembly at Lynchburg College
download
information and registration package
http://www.ccinva.org/exp_dated/2008_reg_assembly.pdf
Carl Zerweck
Carl Zerweck III will be the
speaker at the Men’s Barbecue Lunch on Saturday June 7th. He received a B.A.
from Texas Christian University and a Masters of Divinity from Brite Divinity
School. Carl has served as Associate Pastor of Community Christian Church,
Richardson, Texas, and as Pastor of Disciples Christian Church, Plano, Texas. He
currently serves as Director of the DHM Offi ce of Disciples Volunteering, and
Vision Builders Ministry. Volunteer Mission work has been central to his life
and ministry for 20 years. Carl’s been involved in starting three different
Habitat For Humanity organizations, and leading or participating in 50+ mission
trips and projects. He’s also worked as a long distance truck driver for Allied
Van Lines, is an Eagle Scout, and loves the outdoors,
