Events

Beach Day at Huntington State Beach

📍 Where: Huntington State Beach Between Guard tower 13 and 14
🆓 Cost: FREE!
🗓️ When: May 24th, Park opens at 6:00 a.m. (Clayton will be there by 8:00 a.m. and stay throughout the day but leave before sunset.)
🏖️ What: Beach day! We’ll have burgers and hot dogs with chips and fruit for lunch as well as water. Anything else food wise is on your own. We’d be happy to get a veggie, vegan, or GF option on request. 
🧳 What Clayton will bring: Frisbees, volleyball net and ball, ez ups for shade, a kite, grill, etc.
🚗 What you need to bring: yourself, your family, whatever you would normally bring for a day at the beach, chairs
ℹ️ Special information: if you need/want help with transportation/parking costs, let Clayton know. If you want to help with set up or arrive early and claim our spot, let me know. If you are able/willing to bring shade or games or do some beach cooking, let me know. It will be comeand go as you please. 

Questions? Contact Clayton Troxell at ctroxell@cofchrist-psi.org.

October 6-15 Historic Sites Bus Tour Information

The Community of Christ Historic Sites Foundation is hitting the road once again on a church history tour this 6-15 October! Join Barb Walden and Peter Smith as they experience Community of Christ history through eight states and Canada. The “Drawn from the Nations of the World” tour will trace our faith community's roots as a global family exploring the history of early church members who were instrumental in Community of Christ's story and identity. The 10-day journey will take place 6-15 October starting in Independence, Missouri, USA, and finishing in Kirtland, Ohio, USA. To learn more about this tour and to reserve your seat on the bus, follow the link below.

Registration Open: PSI Reunion (July 26 - 31, 2025)

I’m pleased to announce that Denise Leichter will be our director for Reunion 2025, and that Bishop Carla Long will be our guest minister. Our theme is “Choose Hope” and our relationships with each other in our cherished place to gather will allow us to work on hope with new listening and with practices of deep integrity. Our formative space living together will shape our lives to be God’s people of hope in worship, recreation, food fellowship, singing, learning and loving our time to be together.

Please meet Audrey coming from Graceland University.  She will partner with Clayton for the Jr./Sr. High class. She will also be part of our music ministry and have a campfire night. Our Young Adult numbers are growing, and that will add to Audrey’s community.

Welcome Audrey to a great week at Buckhorn for Reunion!

Hello, my name is Audrey Cole, and I am your Graceland Rep at Buckhorn this summer! I’m from San Antonio, Texas and am going to be starting my senior year in the fall. I’m a third generation Graceland student! My majors are Business Management, Finance, and Transformational Leadership. On campus, I am involved in many clubs and organizations including the Honors program, Enactus, community development club, orchestra, afterglow, choir, and the recently added crochet club. I am a member of the house Shalom and love spending time with them! I have been a house council member all three years and have served as the chaplain, COSA, and senate rep. Next year, I will be a part of the Graceland Student Government (GSG) and will be serving as the speaker of the senate. I can't wait to meet everyone!

Thank you,

Audrey Cole
Graceland University student
Business Management and Finance Major

Please join us at camp! Denise will be reaching out to many people to serve on the planning committee and utilized in implementing our program of deep hope.  Don’t wait for her call if you want to serve; you can contact her at Denise@cofchrist-psi.org. 

See you at camp!

Online Series: Peace Perspectives

A new, free online lecture series, Peace Perspectives is now available.

The Zoom sessions will open at 12:45 p.m. for a preliminary discussion with introductions and prayer from the host. Lectures in this series:

15 February: Nonviolence, with members of the Community of Christ Peace and Justice committee: Andrew Bolton of the United Kingdom, Rick Sarre of Australia, and David Anderson of the US. 

1 March: World Hunger will be addressed by plant scientist Dr. Earl Watt and the Outreach International team. The event also will serve as fundraiser. 

5 April: Max Pitt and Dennis Labayan (tentatively scheduled) will discuss State of World Population.

18 May: History of Lamoni will be presented by Eric Elliott, a history professor at Graceland University. This lecture will provide background for the Untold Lamoni Stories to begin in March 2026.

21 June: World Refugee Day will feature Rich Higdon and his Afghan interpreter, Akhtar.

5 July: For Day of Freedom, Gabriel Chrisman will talk about his big-wheel bicycle.

16 August: A lecture linked to World Humanitarian Day is anticipated but not confirmed.

27 September: Stassi Cramm, president-designate of the Community of Christ, will present The Role of Nonviolence in Living Christ’s Mission for International Day of Peace. 

11 October: For International Day of Women for Peace, a lecture by Sherri Kirkpatrick is anticipated but not confirmed.

1 November: For All Souls Day, A Celebration of Founders, Jim Doty will discuss Glaud Rogers, Ruma Swartzentruber will talk about her father, Ririfatu Maritanagi, and others are anticipated. 

7 December: Events planned for Human Rights Day include a Christmas Tea, with a special speaker.

Registration Open: 2025 World Conference

The 2025 World Conference, themed “Hope Is Here,” will take place from 30 May to 6 June in Independence, Missouri, USA, focusing on community, worship, and church business. This event will celebrate President Steve Veazey’s twenty years of courageous, visionary leadership and consider the call of Stassi D. Cramm to serve as the next prophet-president. Join us for this inspiring and historic event!

Registration and additional information can be found at the link below.

2023 PSI Event Dates Announced

Mark your calendars!

The official dates for Reunion 2023 are June 17 - 21, with staff arriving on the 16th. We will be hosting WBT again for the summer at Buckhorn.

Senior High Camp dates are June 10 - 16 at Whispering Pines in Arizona. There may be some school district conflicts, but we are putting on the calendar at this time.

SPEC 2023 will be July 14 - 22 with Crystal Moreno serving as the PSI leader for CALIZONIA.

MC Conference will be one day, on November 19th, in-person at Upland. Apostle Harmon will be our guest minister. There will be a SPEC FUNDRAISER that day.