Pine Valley Christian Church — Disciples of Christ

About the Chalice

Pine Valley Christian Church is proud to use the official logo of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) as our point of identification.

The logo is comprised of a red chalice, with the white cross of St. Andrew superimposed.

This emblem was adopted officially to represent some of the history and goals of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and is trademarked through the U.S. Patent Office.

The chalice points to the centrality of the Lord’s Supper in the life and worship of the Disciples. The Cross of St. Andrew, national cross of Scotland, focuses attention on the Presbyterian roots of the Disciples. St. Andrew has been identified with the laity and with evangelism, both of which have been prominent Disciples’ emphases.

The color red signifies vitality, spirit and sacrifice.

from www.disciples.org/CM/chalice.htm 24Feb2007

You can download various versions of the official denomination Chalice from the denomination website at http://www.disciples.org/CM/graphics/allchalice.htm

Trivia

The cross of St. Andrew is X-shaped, based on a tradition that relates how Andrew did not feel worthy to be crucified on the same form of cross as Jesus was.

Andrew, with a zeal for evangelism, became the patron saint of Scotland. This symbolism focuses on the Scot/Irish roots of Thomas and Alexander Campbell, the early leaders of the Christian/Disciple movement in 18th century America.

History of Disciples

• Brief Chronology of the history of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, on the national denomination website.
• About the Founding Leaders of the Movement in America, gives a short biography on the father-and-son team of Thomas (father) and Alexander (son) Campbell and W. Barton Stone.
• Disciples of Christ Historical Society with a subtitle of "The Future of History" offers ideas and projects and a sharing of documentation of the history of the Stone-Campbell Movement in America. This link is to the current topics page, but you might want to dig around. Below is part of the society's mission statement:

  As a general ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and as a servant to all expressions of the Stone-Campbell movement, Disciples of Christ Historical Society is the primary archives, library, museum, and collective memory for congregations throughout the world. We serve professional historians in need of research materials, as well as those who for reasons, both personal and spiritual, wish to learn more about Christian history.