This liturgy was written collectively by the 2025 CCDA National Conference Attendees. Father, thank you for the openness to press into lament, while still having joy because of your Holy Spirit. May our movement for shalom come from the cries of our ancestors, who also carried the same …
2024 Conference Workshops to Look Out For
CCDA National Conference workshops are an amazing space for individuals and teams to learn and grow personally and professionally. This year may be our best workshop year yet! We are hosting the most workshops we’ve ever had and we are adding a new workshop track: Rural Christian Community …
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CCDA 2024 Conference Theme: Home
Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce. Jeremiah 29:5 NLT What comes to mind when you think of home? What does home really mean? Every day we consider what home means for us and our neighbors. For many in our communities, home is quite literal. People …
3 Ways to Learn from Locals at #ccdaCincinnati
This year, we are thrilled to host the CCDA National Conference in Cincinnati. In a world where divisions seem to grow wider every day, the Cincinnati community stands as a shining example of how bridges can bring people together, fostering a sense of place, belonging, and neighborliness. This year, …
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CCDA 2023 Conference Theme: Embrace
Love and Truth meet in the street,Right Living and Whole Living embrace… Psalm 85:10(a) MSG In Cincinnati, bridges connect the historic north and south. In this place, where the underground railroad once served as a bridge to freedom across the Ohio River, bridges now connect people …
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“Teach me Lord, to wait…”
When I saw that Isaiah 40:29-31 would be the theme Scripture for the CCDA Conference this year, something within me resonated. The Scripture took me back to the days of my childhood, when, during our nightly prayer times with my parents, my dad would sing this Scripture over us. I distinctly …
Kansas City, Here We Come!
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 …
