Christian Community Development Association

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The Paradox of Advent

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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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Our Cup is Full

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Reflections from the staff at Mission AdelanteOur cup is full.Our team spent last weekend at the 2021 Christian Community Development Association conference. The theme this year was "Reimagine" based off of Ephesians 3:20-21 "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, [...]
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New Book Alert: “Count It All Joy” by Dr. John Perkins

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by Jemar TisbyA living civil rights legend imparts a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom in what may be his final book.John’s Perkins had every reason to turn his back on God and on white people.Born into poverty in rural Mississippi, his mother died when he was just a baby, partially due to malnutrition [...]
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Spotlight: Voter Engagement & Support Networking Session

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By Dr. Mary NelsonNow more than ever - voting, voter turnout, and good candidates - are crucial to the well-being of our communities.  Local struggles on school boards, stances on redistricting, state budgets, as well as national issues on community safety and police shape the future of our [...]
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Kansas City, Here We Come!

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By Vola Ranaivoson“We need imagination, not memory, to move forward" ~ Pastah Jonathan BrooksCovid 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 option. But, [...]
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