“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” - Matthew 22:39 (NRSV)
Jesus said, here on earth, you will have many trials and sorrows. Still, you are charged to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” We know love to be revolutionary, revelatory, compelling, confounding, transforming, and unifying. Also, “Love is a common sharing of a sense of mutual worth and value. This cannot be discovered in a vacuum or in series of artificial or hypothetical relationships. It has to be in a real situation, natural, free.”[1] As a region, we are more than neighbors gathered around one table. How might we give and receive this kind of love?
At the 2024 Regional Assembly, we gather to celebrate our regional life in covenantal love and action. Together, we will share a time of worship, reflection, education, business, and renewal. Prayerfully, we can embrace and embody love for one another as ourselves.
[1] Thurman, Howard, Jesus and the Disinherited, pg. 87.
The 2024 Regional Assembly will be held on Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19, 2024 at the Disciples Ministry Center located at 115 E. Wilshire Avenue, Fullerton, CA 92832
PARKING: There are several parking lots and structures located near the Disciples Ministry Center that can be found on this map.
WATER REFILL STATIONS will be located throughout the venue. We encourage you to bring a refillable water bottle with you to the Regional Assembly.
LIVE-STREAMED WORSHIP: For those who are unable to join us in person, worship services at the Regional Assembly will be live-streamed on the Disciples PSWR YouTube channel.
TRANSLATIONS IN SPANISH, KOREAN AND CHINESE/MANDARIN will be available the day of the event through printed/digital programs and audio interpretation.
SERVICE PROJECT DONATIONS: Our service project for the Kid’s Assembly this year is collecting non-perishable food and craft materials for our Eastmont Community Center neighbors. We will have a collection box at the Regional Assembly. Even if you don’t have kids participating in the program, you can donate to the project. Visit our Kid’s Assembly page for details and a list of items being collected.
PRE-ASSEMBLY STUDY SESSION: We thank Rev. Dr. Aizaiah G. Yong, Ph.D. and Dr. Sharon Jacob, Ph.D. for providing our region with a study session for our Region. We hope you and your congregation find the study session to be a source of nourishment, encouragement and spiritual connection. Download the study session here.
