Listed below are areas of Regional interests. Our Regional Office Staff was resourced to work from home until further notice. We deemed two of our staff as essential to our operations and those will care for our Disciples Ministry Center / specific operational needs. Here are some of our efforts inside our Region and Regional Office.
Pastoral outreach
Regional Minister Richie Sanchez will be coordinating ministries and administrative responsibilities as usual.
Regional Ministry Team members (all work from home) will be reaching out via email, phone call and Zoom videoconference calls on a regular basis to individual pastors serving congregations.
Accounting
Recurring monthly and quarterly checks (Senior Assistance grants, New Church grants and Acts 2 grants) will go out as scheduled.
Check requests (e.g. Vision Fund grants) and invoices will continue to be processed on a weekly basis by our Finance staff. Please be early in submitting your requests as the timing of gathering staff together for these functions is "new territory." We appreciate your patience.
Office status
Visits to the Regional Church office are postponed for the foreseeable future.
Due to reduced staffing onsite, we ask that you please direct all contact to staff members by email rather than by phone.
In the event of emergencies, incoming phone calls to our office are being worked on to forward to an on-call staff. Voice messages can still be accessed, on a limited basis - please use email instead.
When a staff member is / has been permitted to return to our office, they have been instructed to practice social distancing. Our office has sufficient space for them to honor this requirement.
Local facilities
Local facilities managed by our Region will continue to be overseen by Bruce Indermill directly. The facility users and vendors will continue to have direct contact with Bruce via his cell phone.
Disciples Ministry Center in Fullerton
The Disciples Ministry Center will follow the applicable governmental recommendations for groups and social distancing. First Christian Church, Fullerton and its ministry partners, have suspended the Hot Meals Ministry until further notice. Casa de Oracion, Fullerton has suspended all in person services and events. Both congregations are meeting online. The large AA group that meets onsite on Thursday evenings have suspended meetings until further notice as well.
Loch Leven
The Outdoor Ministry Committee and Camp Ministry Committee in consultation with Camp Manager, Nick Selway and I will be providing additional information relating to the Summer Camp season in the coming weeks. At the present time, the camp is closed for groups and visitors. Our Loch Leven staff is working on infrastructure and beautification projects during this period. Virtual camp activities will be offered for the remainder of the social distancing season. Read more
Acts 2
We’re working to convene our Regional Leadership in the creation of a new Acts 2 effort to help our congregations and pastors for a recovery. Our Zoom Calls with District, Convencion and NAPAD Clergy will help us to hear about the needs in our region. These will help us to make and announce future plans, accordingly. Read more