The Women's ministry of the Christian Church (DOC) is known as Disciples Women. Eventually you will be able to find here information about our own Disciples Women activities; for now, much information is available at the Disciples Women website.

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Likewise, here you will be able to find information about Disciples Men's ministries. For now, please visit the Disciples Men website.

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Check here for information about Disciples' outreach work, nation- and world-wide.

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Check here for information about our many local projects.

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Center City Christian Outreach, Inc. is a collaboration of seven downtown churches in an effort to meet the needs of the downtown area. Its focus is on those who live within the boundaries between Chestnut Expressway and Grand Street, and between Kansas Expressway and National Avenue, or who are members of the participating churches. In addition to South Street, those churches include Christ Episcopal Church, First and Calvary Presbyterian Church, Grace United Methodist Church, St. Agnes Cathedral, First Baptist, and St. Paul United Methodist Church.
     The Well of Life Resource Center opened in April 2004, and provides food, nutritional information, and some limited assistance with rent and utilities. Located in the back parking lot of St. Agnes Cathedral, 533 S. Jefferson, it is open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help in the center during operating hours, or for food purchasing and administrative help at other times.

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South Street is a member of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks, a multi-denominational coalition of churches in Springfield and the surrounding area. Please visit their website for more information.

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Each year a mission trip is taken by high school and college youth to assist ongoing projects to help people and expand the participant's understanding of issues in social justice. Our group has taken trips in the last years to:
1998 Patton, PA: Helped construct a house with Commission on Religion in Appalachia
1999 New York, NY: Worked in soup kitchens and foodbanks through Youth Services Opportunities Project
2000 Los Fresnos, TX: Construction at a new refugee center, Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries
2001 Denver, CO: Recreational activities with children at Colorado Christian Home
2002 Shreveport, LA: Painted a home with Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal
2003 Oklahoma City, OK: Assisted with neighborhood summer learning project at Wildewood Christian Church
2004 Los Fresnos, TX: Painting of a church and work at an orphanage through Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries
2005 In Town Mission Trip - worked with the Council of Churches Handyman Program and Family Violence Center to build a wheelchair ramp and to paint, carpet, install shelves and organize donated items. A great opportunity to work in our own community!
2006 Chicago, IL: Work with inner city youth and help with several painting and construction projects.
2007 Los Fresnos, TX: Build first Week of Compassion Casita home in Matamoros, Mexico and worked with the Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries work projects at the Bayview, TX center for ministry.
2008 Pueblo, CO: Work with the Milagro CC congregation to develop a Godly Play program. Construction was done to create a Godly Play room, materials were built, painted and assembled and hours of training. A stop was also made in Greensburg, KS to tour the recovery response after the town was destroyed by a tornado.

Pictures from the recent trip:

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