Navigate to:
- CCD Introduction Material
- Tools for your Network
- How Networks are Impacting Communities
- Resources for your Network
Below you will find some helpful resources & tools for launching your network.
CCD Introduction Material
Learn about CCDA’s history, vision, mission, & philosophy.
Learn about the 8 Components of the CCD Philosophy from seasoned practitioners.
Join seasoned CCD facilitators to cultivate your understanding of CCD Philosophy and community. These are short self-paced courses through each component of the CCD philosophy.
Created with local leaders in mind, Immerse will take you and your small group or team through a process of reimagining and applying key components of the CCD philosophy.
Tools
Starting Out:
- Best Practices for Networks
- Sample Launch Agenda
- Request a Logo for Your Network
- Sample Email for Year’s Expectations of Network
- Sample Email to Network
- What Gifts are in Your Network? Template
- Local Network Logos
- Adding Your Check In Link to Calendar
- Network Leaders Directory
- CCDA Intro Assets
- Network Leader Orientation
Ongoing Support:
- Handbook
- Meeting Ideas
- Feedback Forms
- Check In / Event Follow Up Form
- Submitting an Event/Communications Request to CCDA National
- Submit an Idea for Content/Programming
How Networks are Impacting Communities
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A Day on Immigration & Community Care
CCDA’s Pacific Northwest Network held their annual gathering on April 21, 2026, at Seattle Pacific University, focused on immigration & community care.
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Why Should We Care for Creation?
Stephanie Ann Vander Lugt is joined by Amy Kuhl to discuss how creation care integrates with Christian Community Development, and practical ways for people to engage in caring for their environments.
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The Borderlands, Restored!
After a few minutes of singing, the rain stopped and we saw a rainbow that seemed to start in the US and end in México. That day we felt that it would be best if the wall crumbled away like the sky did, with magnificent…
Resources
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Economic Empowerment Network May 2026 Check In -
Profits & Prisons with Bianca Tylek & Jesse Crosson -
Positive Prison Profits: Remote Work Inside -
Why & How Community is Helpful in Supporting Socio-political Engagement -
Economic Empower: Exploring Redistribution with Scott Borger of Breadcoin Foundation -
Economic Empowerment: EMPath’s Economic Mobility Bridge with Jennifer Lowe, PhD -
Various Expressions of Intentional Community -
Ecological Discipleship Network – Indigenous Worldview with JR Lilly -
Economic Empowerment: Transportation with Blake Jennings -
2025 Immigration – Good Friday Vigil for Immigrants -
2025 Immigration – Talking About Immigration with School Aged Children – Family ToolKit -
Affordable Housing in the Face of Displacement
We are so grateful for your leadership of our networks! If you need anything else, don’t hesitate to email christina@ccda.org or schedule a meeting with me here.
