The DC Weekly FocusEach week, DC focuses on a specific passage of scripture. This passage forms the foundation of the Sunday teaching, Home Team discussions, and CO2 check-ins. Go to the Disciples Church Facebook page for the current Weekly Focus.

Weekly Focus Archive12/4/11 - 12/10/11: Grown Ups (part 3)Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:1-21Context Passage: Ephesians 5Reinforcements: Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 9:10, John 10:27, Galatians 5:1, Deuteronomy 6:4-911/27/11 - 12/3/11: Grown Ups (part 2)Focal Passage: Ephesians 4:26-32Context Passage: Ephesians 4Reinforcements: John 2:13-22, 1 Peter 5:8, Acts 2:44-45, James 1:26, Proverbs 6:16-19, Luke 15, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 6:9-15, 1 Corinthians 13:1111/20/11 - 11/26/11: Grown Ups (part 1)Focal Passage: Ephesians 4:14-24Context Passage: Ephesians 411/13/11-11/19/11: UnityFocal Passage: Ephesians 4:1-13Context Passage: Ephesians 4Reinforcements: Matthew 4:18-19, 1 Corinthians 15:54-58, Luke 18:18-2211/06/11-11/12/11: The MysteryFocal Passage: Ephesians 3:1-19Context Passage: Ephesians 3Reinforcements: Ephesians 2:13-19, Galatians 4:4-7, 2 Corinthians 5:17-2110/31/11-11/05/11: DC ValuesSee the "About" tab on the homepage. Specifically the "DC is..." section.10/24/11-10/30/11: Mission Of RestorationFocal Passage: Isaiah 61:1-4Context Passage: Isaiah 61Reinforcements: James1:27, Psalm 147:1-3, Matthew 20:26-2810/17/11-10/23/11: Who Am I?Focal Passage: Ephesians 2:4-10 & 19-22Contaxt Passage: Ephesians 2Reinforcements: 1 Peter 2:4-610/10/11-10/16/11: Who Am I?Focal Passage: Ephesians 1:9-23Context Passage: Ephesians 1Reinforcements: Ephesians 2:12-1610/3/11-10/9/11: Who Am I?Focal Passage: Ephesians 1:4-7Context Passage: Ephesians 109/26/11-10/2/11: Who Am I?Focal Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14Context Passage: Ephesians 1Reinforcement Passages: Acts 18:18-28, Acts 19:1-7, Acts 19:23-41, Acts 20:17-3809/18/11-09/25/11: CommunityFocal Passage: Galatians 6:1-2Context Passage: Galatians 6Reinforcement Passages: Acts 15:10-11, Matthew 23:1-12, John 8:3-11, Mark 2:13-17

UnityWeekly Focus: 11.13.11 - 11.19.11Starting in Large Group and continuing in Home Teams and CO3s this week, DC will be exploring Ephesians Chapter 4: 1-13. As we read this passage, four themes emerge: 1. Living up to our calling (vs. 1).2. Our unity in Christ (vs. 2-6).3. The Gift (Holy Spirit) that makes our unity a physical reality (vs. 7-10).4. Our spiritual gifts and their purpose (vs. 11-13).With that in mind, pray that God will open your heart and calm your mind as you interact in community this week. Spend time reading, praying, and meditating over the the Weekly Focus. Review by listening to the podcast. Share what God is teaching you in your CO3s and Home Teams. Most of all, live in Christ! That's the only way we can make a real difference in our lives and in the lives of the people around us.Weekly Focus: Ephesians 4:1-13Context Passage: Ephesians 4Reinforcements: Matthew 4:18-191 Corinthians 15:54-58Luke 18:18-22

Wish Upon A Birthday CakeDC's Wish Upon A Birthday Cake team provides free biirthday cakes to under-privileged children in the Killeen -Temple- Belton area. Whether you're an "Ace of Cakes" or just like to see a smile on a kids face when you walk in with an awesome cake that you helped make, we have a place for you with WUABC! Contact us for more information on how you can connect!

Cedar CrestDC's Cedar Crest Team goes into Cedar Crest RTC and Hospital in Belton to lead the staff and residents in worship and to build relationships where the love of Christ is displayed. Worship normally happens the 2nd Saturday of each month and volunteers must be at least 18 years of age. Contact us for more information of how you can join the Cedar Crest Team.

Search & RescueTo join DC's Search & Rescue Team, you don't need to be a paramedic or expert in wilderness survival. You only need a heart that is broken for the marginalized and hurting. We search for individuals in need of relationships and hope. We show them the love of Christ and surround them with his love. Contact us for more information on how you can join the team!"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." - Matthew 11:28-29 ESV

With DC, tithes and offering can be given by putting them in the offering basket during Large Group or by mailing them to:Disciples ChurchP.O. Box 2029Harker Heights, TX 76548"And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. "- Acts 2:44-45 ESV"Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. And he said, 'Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on'." - Luke 21:1-4 ESV

Aimee is a gradute of UMHB and a former elementary school teacher. She has a passion for helping parents disciple their children. Aimee is married to Jeff who works at Harvest Technologies in Belton. They have three children: Chloe, Isaac, and Tessa.Favorite stuff: Running, oatmeal cream pies, Indiana Jones movies.Favorite books: The Tangible Kingdom, Radical, The Grapes of Wrath, Born To Run, the Skippy Jon Jones books.Favorite verse: Proverbs 3:5-6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Jake is a graduate of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. He grew up on a local ranch and has lived in the Bell county area for his entire life. Along with leading worship and ministering to college students, Jake works for his family's business in Killeen.Favorite stuff: Baseball, Texas Rangers, Basketball, San Antonio Spurs, Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Music, Tex-MexFavorite books: Simple Church, The Tangible Kingdom, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, Boy Meets Girl, Bible.Favorite verse: Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Tim is a graduate of Howard Payne University and had a career as a coach and teacher before accepting the call to lead others on mission. In addition to pastoring DC, Tim also serves as a church planter coach for the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the church starts leader for the Bell Baptist Association. Tim’s wife Staci is graduate of The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and works as an RN at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. They have two children, Garrett and Reese.Favorite stuff: NFL football, hunting, fishing, coffee shops, BBQFavorite books: Bible (sorry), The Tangible Kingdom, The Forgotten Ways, Radical, Total Church, Searching For God Knows What, The Indwelling Life of Christ, The Shack, anything by Watchman Nee, anything by C.S. LewisFavorite verse: Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Large GroupDC meets on Sunday mornings at 9:30 in the Cinemark Theater in Harker Heights.Come as you areHave a cup of coffeeMeet some friends who really careHear good music and relevant teachingFind out why you're here and who God made you to beThe Cinemark Theater - Harker Heightsis located in the Marker Heights shopping center201 East Central Texas Expressway #100Harker Heights, TX

Home TeamsOur Home Teams are groups of regular people from all walks of life that come together each week to eat together, share their stories, serve their community, and learn who they are in Christ. All our HTs are always open. Come find out what we’re all about.Killeen/Harker HeightsWednesdays @ 6:30p3818 Sawtooth Drive, Killeen (click for map)**childcare available**Hosts: Drew & Lyndsey HurtadoContact: andrewacr@gmail.com / 254.716.5136NolanvilleThursdays @ 6:30p317 Timber Ridge Drive, Nolanville (click for map)**childcare available**Hosts: Roger & Melinda Russell / Jesse & Sarena TaitContact: rogerlrussell@gmail.com / 254.931.1858Belton/TempleSundays @ 5:00p1411 Ridgeway Drive, Temple (click for map)**childcare available**Hosts: Jeff & Aimee RodockerContact: jrodocker@harvest-tech.com / 254.913.6203Morgan's PointTuesdays @ 6:30p 34 Canyon Circle, Morgan's Point Resort (click for map)Host: Stephen BishopContact: sbbishop@yahoo.com / 254.721.3563CollegeThursdays @ 7:00pUMHB - Farris 4th floor media roomHost: Jake McGinnisContact: jake@makedisciplesnow.org / 254.394.1018

CO2sCO2 is an abbreviation for "Church of 2". They are the smallest units of the church and are the heart of DC. Without this level of daily 1 on 1 Christ-focused community, DC is a hollow shell. Here’s the plan:1. Read the DC Weekly Focus passages beginning on Monday and continuing throughout the week. Don’t just read them once. Read the passages daily, asking God to show you something new each day. The Weekly Focus will be posted on the website and the DC Facebook page each week.2. Ask someone (same gender) from your community to be your CO2 partners. If you have two partners, one should be an encorager and mentor to you, the other partner should be someone that you can encourage and mentor.3. “Check in” with your partners daily at a pre-determined time and in a pre-determined way. The check-in must be conversational. Phone calls work well. So does Skype. Texting only works if it’s a text conversation where the partners respond back immediately. If your partners don't text you back in a timely manner, this doesn’t work. Choose the method that works for you and your partners. Just make sure it’s conversational.4. When you check-in, ask two simple questions:Q1. What is God teaching you in your circumstances today?Q2. What did God teach you in his Word today?5. Get together face-to-face once a week for lunch or coffee. Or maybe participate in a mutual activity or hobby. While you're together, take the time to "debrief" and share what God's been showing you over the past week. Share concerns and pray together.In CO2s, we ask these questions of one another because the Christian life was never intended to be “home study”. It’s a journey together. God wants to talk to me through you. And he has things to say to you through me. That’s the way the body of Christ works. When we isolate ourselves from one another and from God, life doesn’t work. Spiritual growth cannot happen. Do you want to understand God, yourself, and others better? Do you want real, meaningful, Christ-centered friendships?Get involved in a CO2. Without them, DC is just place we go on Sundays."Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." - Matthew 18:19-20 ESV

DC KidsOur DC Kids ministry is for infants through 5th grade and meets on Sunday mornings during Large Group. We believe it's important for parents and kids to worship together, so our 1st - 5th grade DC Kids join the adults for Large Group worship, 1st - 5th have their own actiivity packs that reinforce the Weekly Focus (and that Sunday's teaching). They can complete these packs in Large Group and take them home where parents and kids can discuss what was learned. Infant - preschool kids can be checked into their classes at the beginning of Large Group. They will find teachers happy to teach them about the basic truths of our faith in ways that they can embrace.With DC, our primary goal is to equip parents to be the primary disciplers of their kids.

Authority of ScriptureWe believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired of God and without error in the original writings. The exact meaning of the Scriptures is essentially unchanged in any important respect in the widely accepted English translations. The Scriptures are authoritative and without error in any category of knowledge, including science and history, and are of supreme and final authority in all matters about which they speak. We believe the Scriptures are to be interpreted in a normal and literal way and that they are understood as the believer is guided by the Spirit of God. Reference: John 10:35; Matt. 5:18; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:21; 1 Cor. 2:13; 1 Tim. 5:18; 1 Cor. 2:14-16; John 16:12-15The TrinityWe believe in one God eternally existing in three equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Reference: John 6:27; Heb.1:8; Acts 5:3,4; Deut. 6:4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Matt 28:19; Is. 48:16Pre-eminence of Jesus ChristWe believe that God the Son became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ, who was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, and who is true God and true man. Reference: John 1:14; Matt. 1:18-25; Matt. 26:38; John 11:33; John 8:40; Heb. 1:8; Heb. 2:14AtonementWe believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins as a substitutionary sacrifice and that all who believe in Him are declared righteous on the basis of His shed blood. Reference: 2 Cor. 5:14; Mark 10:45; Rom. 3:24-26; 1 Pet. 3:18; Rom. 5:8-9ResurrectionWe believe in the bodily resurrection of Christ, in His ascension into heaven, and in His present life there for us. Jesus now serves as high priest, intercessor, and advocate on our behalf with the Father. Reference: Rom. 1:4; John 20:25-27; I John 2:1; Heb. 7:25; Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9-11The Holy SpiritWe believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, possessing all the distinctively divine attributes. He is God. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. He regenerates, seals, and sets apart the believer to a holy life. At regeneration, He baptizes the believer into the body of Christ and comes to indwell him permanently. Reference: 2 Cor. 2:10, 11; 12:11; Is. 40:13, 14; Ps. 139:7; Titus 3:5; John 3:5-7; 14:16-17; 16:8; Eph. 1:13; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:9SinWe believe that man was created in the image of God and that he sinned and consequently experienced not only physical death but also spiritual death (which is separation from God). The consequences of this sin affect the entire human race. All human beings are born with a sinful nature, and in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word, and deed. Reference: Gen. 1:26,27; 2:17, 3:6; Rom. 5:12-19; Eph. 2:1-3, 4:18; Mark 7:20-23; John 2:24,25SalvationWe believe that whoever by faith receives Jesus Christ as his Savior becomes a child of God. This salvation is not the result of any human effort or merit. Reference: John 1:12; Eph. 2:8,9; Rom. 3:28Eternal SecurityWe believe that all true believers are kept eternally secure by the power of God through the new birth, the indwelling and sealing of the Holy Spirit, and the intercession of Christ. Reference: John 10:28-30; 14:16,17; 1 Pet. 2:23; Eph. 4:30; 1 John 2:1; Rom. 8:38-39HealingWe believe that God heals, with or without means in answer to prayer offered in faith and in accord with His sovereign will. Reference: James 5:14,15; 1 John 5:14,15The ChurchWe believe that church is not a place; it is a people called by God. As such, the church includes all believers in every corner of the world. We believe that the purpose of the local church, in addition to building up every member of the body, is to make Christ known to the whole world. Every member of the body shares in this purpose. In relation to the world, believers are sent by Christ to communicate to pre-disciples that God is reconciling the world to Himself in Christ. This mission of reconciliation begins by living missonally, revealing Christ to the people he puts in our own social networks and spheres of influence. From here we are sent to the rest of the world, in order to fulfill the Great Commission. Reference 2: Matt. 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; 2 Cor. 5:18-20; John 17:18-20; Acts 1:8; Rom. 10:12-15; Is. 45:22, 49:6OrdinancesWe believe that Christ ordained the observance of water baptism and the Lord’s Supper (Communion) until He returns. Reference 1: Col. 1:18; Eph. 4:4-6; Acts 1:5, 11:15,16; 1 Cor. 12:13, 11:24-26; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; Matt. 16:18, 28:19Bodily ResurrectionWe believe in the bodily resurrection of all men. Believers are resurrected to enjoy life with God. Unbelievers are resurrected to experience judgment and then eternal suffering apart from God. Reference: 1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thess. 4:16; Rev. 20:4-6; John 5:28-29; Dan. 12:2; Rev. 21:1-8SatanWe believe in the reality and personality of Satan, and that when given the opportunity, he attempts to defeat Christians. However, we believe Christians can overcome Satan’s schemes by applying Scriptural truth. Reference: Eph. 6:10-19; Luke 10:18; Job 1:6-12; John 8:44The Return of ChristWe believe in the imminent, personal return of Christ for the church. All members of the body of Christ, living and dead, will at that time be caught up to be with the Lord forever. Reference: 1 Thess. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:51-53; Titus 2:13EschatologyWe believe in the personal, bodily, visible, return of Jesus Christ in the glory of His Father to set up on the earth a kingdom in which He shall reign in righteousness and peace. Reference: Acts 1:11; Matt. 24:30; Rev. 20:4-6; Is. 9:6-7; Is. 11:2-5TonguesWe believe that all believers are to give attention to becoming spiritually mature in order to function in the body of Christ. The emphasis of Scripture for individuals is on the qualities of Christian maturity. For the corporate body of Christ, Scripture underscores the development of faith, hope, and love. Realizing that differences of opinion exist on the issue of tongues, for the sake of unity, We ask all who worship here to refrain from exercising tongues at any of our gatherings. Reference: 1 Cor. 14

DC Is...Simple...Our lives can be overwhelmingly complicated. The life of Christ is not. 2 Corinthians 2:1-5Reproducing...We believe a true disciple is a reproducing disciple and a healthy church is a reproducing church. Acts 1:8Discipling...Our momentum is fueled by intentional apprenticeship – all disciples investing their lives in the lives of others. Matthew 28:19-20Missional...Simply put, we are sent. God has intentionally sent us into our social networks and spheres of influence. Wherever we go, we are on mission. Isaiah 61:1Incarnational...The life of a true disciple is the life of Christ. By the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we are bearers of Christ and his mission is our mission. Galatians 2:20Relational...We continually seek to build new relationships with pre-disciples so we can bring them into our lives and communities where Christ is glorified. John 4:7Communal...We live in community because we were created in the image of a communal God. We cannot effectively know God, function as the church, or reproduce disciples outside of Christ-led community. 1 Corinthians 12:12

Have questions about DC? Drop us a line. We'll get back in touch with you as soon as possible.Or you could just call or send a note:Disciples ChurchP.O. Box 2029Harker Heights, TX 76548254.213.4091

Our MissionDC exists to share the love of Christ with our community through genuine relationships and acts of service.

DISCIPLES CHURCH meets on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. at the Cinemark Theater in Harker Heights.You don't have to dress up.You don't have to be any particular age.You don't have to act like someone else.DISCIPLES CHURCH is a community where God meets people who are far from perfect.That means everyone is welcome, no matter where they are on their spiritual journey.

DC exists to bring the love of Christ to our community through genuine relationships and acts of service.