The Ridglea Giving Garden is a robust community garden whose mission is to grow healthy food to be donated to local food pantries, care for God’s creation through regenerative gardening practices and educate others to do the same. Come learn about the exciting things happening in the garden and how you could participate in this ministry or start your own.

Be The Neighbor is a Disciples based ministry that equips youth, young adults and congregations to be the neighbors our faith calls us to be through love, service and justice in relational, sustainable and dignity-affirming ways! This is primarily done through service & justice learning trips and through consulting with your congregation on how to be leaders for justice and love of neighbor in your community! We would love for your congregation to join us!

Blocks on the Table: Building Ministry With What We Already Have What if ministry innovation begins not with creating something new, but with seeing differently what God has already placed on the table? Through Blocks on the Table, Rev. Dr. Erin Edwards explores a playful, practical approach to ministry innovation that helps communities restore imagination, deepen relationships, and revive their capacity to build together.

“Disciples on Campus” (on-campus college ministry for TCU students) is defined by four pillars: Community, Inclusion, Justice and Joy. Come and learn more about what the church looks like on a college campus from our current Disciples on Campus student leadership team, and how we are doing our part at TCU to make sure everyone has a seat at the table.

Open Table Faith is a ministry project of FCC Tyler that creates safe and brave spaces for honest conversation about faith and life — encouraging spiritual exploration, theological imagination, and compassionate action. We do this through book groups, storytelling nights, conferences, lectures, interfaith gatherings, community collaborations, and lots of conversations over coffee.

Invest In Relationships, Not Buildings. Most churches spend at least a quarter of their budget maintaining their physical structure, but is that the best use of our limited resources? Pastor Larry Gipson of Springs of Life, a new church in San Marcos, shares how his congregation has chosen to invest in the body of Christ through relationship building rather than a physical building.

QueerQuest is a Dungeons & Dragons community hosted by Galileo Church to combat loneliness, resist oppression, and create joy for LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse players.

The benefit to the church is not “butts in pews” but a repair of reputation among people who have good reason to resist our institutional welcome.

From Campus to Congregation: Rethinking How Congregations Flourish What happens when we bring a campus ministry mindset to congregational life? Shifting our focus from numerical growth to cultivating a community of belonging and purpose.