When you take two wonderful words and join them, the pleasure of saying them is doubled. To celebrate is to lift up joyously an event, or person, offering thanks and kudos for what has been accomplished. While celebrating can happen within the privacy of an individual heart, we most often gather for the celebration. And that is where we encounter the second wonderful word, together.
Connecting With Other Churches
In order to make Great Communion Sunday a reality, congregations in every community will have to take the lead. It is our sincere hope that congregations from all three streams of the movement will gather together on that special day. This is not an anniversary to celebrate in isolation. Please join with your neighbors to give a visual witness of the unity we share in Christ. The Getting Started Guide will help you connect with other churches.
Adventures in Discovery
As a Presbyterian in the early 19th century, Alexander Campbell was accustomed to being issued a little silver token by the church to exchange at the Lord’s Table for communion. But there was something about that practice that bothered him. Wasn’t this the Table of Christ, after all? And not of the church? The invitation of Christ to all persons rang clearly in Campbell’s ears and he could no longer be a part of barring people from the Table. READ MORECelebrating Together
Have you considered the connection between “to gather” and “together?” When we come into one place, at one time, for a meeting of minds and hearts, we have gathered. We have come together. When we think about the history of the Stone-Campbell movement, and in particular the publication of Thomas Campbell’s “Declaration and Address,” we return to our ideal of unity. The ideal of togetherness. READ MORE
Eyes Towards Unity
Where is the horizon? It depends on where you’re standing. As we all look toward unity, let us remember that gaining a new perspective is often the key to finding the horizon. And as we move toward that horizon, we will, little by little, be moving closer to one another. READ MORE