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Community of Christ Heritage Day Resources

Every year Community of Christ designates a day for congregations around the world to celebrate their shared heritage. Below you will find a hymn festival celebrating our hymnal history, an outline for a traditional Heritage Day worship service, and a collection of materials to use in organizing a Heritage Day event. 

Click on the links below for the annual Heritage Day worship service outlines, hymn festival, readings, historic images, youth activity sheets, and hymns:
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Heritage Day in Wichita, Kansas

Mission Initiative Themed Heritage Day Services

Invite People to Christ
Abolish Poverty, End Suffering
Pursue Peace
Supplemental Materials:
Community of Christ Peace Seal Coloring Sheet
Developing Disciples to Serve
Experience Congregations in Mission
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Heritage Day in Ribstone, Alberta, Canada

Heritage Day Services: Various Theme Options

Take Up Your Cross
Forgive Each Other: Lessons from the Past
We Write the Story: Community of Christ Heritage Day
Like a Child: Community of Christ Heritage Day
Supplemental Materials:
Kirtland Temple Paper Model
Kirtland Temple Coloring Sheet
Kirtland Temple "Search and Find"
Sing the Sacred Story: A Celebration of Community of Christ Hymnals
Supplemental Materials:
Hymn Insert: "God, Whose Grace Redeems Our Story," by Barbara Howard
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Heritage Day in Orange, California

Images of Historic Sites

  • Kirtland Temple, Kirtland, Ohio
  • Plano Stone Church, Plano, Illinois
  • Joseph Smith III's Liberty Hall, Lamoni, Iowa
  • Joseph Smith Historic Site, Nauvoo, Illinois
  • Heritage Plaza, Independence, Missouri
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Heritage Day in Farwell, Michigan

Images of Historic Leaders

  • Alexander Hale Smith and Joseph Smith III
  • Mark Forscutt
  • Marietta Walker
  • J. J. Cornish
  • Catherine "Cassie" Kelley
  • Charles Neff
  • Emma Smith
  • Georg Sofke
  • Elkana and Alicia Odupa

All photos courtesy of Community of Christ Archives.

Additional photos and bios of Community of Christ leaders are available on the Sesquicentennial Giants page of the Foundation's website.
Thank you for helping share and preserve church heritage with your generosity!
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    • Joseph Smith Historic Site
    • Liberty Hall
    • Plano Stone Church
    • Heritage Plaza
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