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Vola Ranaivoson

God Enters the Weariness

by Vola Ranaivoson on December 3, 2022

Welcome to #ccdaAdvent. In the midst of darkness, oppression, and marginalization, Christ entered the scene of the first Advent and paved the way for our communal wellbeing. This Advent season, we invite you to consider what wellbeing meant for the community of first Advent. What lessons may we [...]
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Cohort 8 Reflections: “Serve your generation…”

by Vola Ranaivoson on September 19, 2022

Cohort 8 Reflections with Dr. Vatreisha Nyemba & Vola Ranaivoson I (Vola) had the opportunity to be a part of the CCDA Leadership Cohort 8 (Cohort Gr8) for the past 3 years, where I was able to strengthen my personal leadership, gain a national peer relationship network, learn a theological [...]
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Jesus had different plans…

by Vola Ranaivoson on February 21, 2022

by Vola Ranaivoson In January of this year, I had the opportunity to visit with Jared and Mary Onserio. They currently live and minister with CCDAfrica in the Kibera Slums of Kenya. It was a bright and sunny day as my Boda Boda (motorcycle taxi) zoomed through the streets of Kibera as I [...]
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Advent Begins in the Dark

by Vola Ranaivoson on November 24, 2021

Welcome to #ccdaAdvent.CCDA invites you to consider what the hope of Advent meant for the women who were a pivotal part of Jesus's birth. Join us in a communal reflection on the very real ways Jesus's birth and incarnation required an unexplainable hope during a season of waiting and [...]
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Kansas City, Here We Come!

by Vola Ranaivoson on October 25, 2021

By Vola Ranaivoson “We need imagination, not memory, to move forward" ~ Pastah Jonathan Brooks Covid has upended everything that we considered normal and pushed us to reimagine what life and ministry look like. Going back to a memory of what used to be considered normal is no longer an [...]
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CCDA 2023 Conference Theme: Embrace

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Love and Truth meet in the street,Right Living and Whole Living embrace… Psalm 85:10(a) [...]
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My name is Joshua Brockway, and I serve as the director for spiritual formation for the Church of [...]
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