January_13,_2016 - First Christian Church

Memorials and Special Gifts
First Christian Church, 402 E. Noble Ave, Guthrie, OK 73044
We would like to thank the following individuals and families for their generous donations.
Capital Campaign Fund
In Memory of Clayton Hembree
By Jimmy & Alma Hopkins
Sammy & JoAnn LeGrande
Bill & Kathy Warner
Mike & Janie Carey
Sherry Canning
Gleaners Sunday School Class
Capital Campaign Fund
In Memory of Bill Bessinger
By Boyd & Linda Rice
Capital Campaign Fund
In Memory of Don Bross
By Paul & Barbara Ketch
Jimmy & Alma Hopkins
Sammy & Joann LeGrande
Bill & Kathy Warner
Len & Linda Tontz
Mike & Janie Carey
Ken & Becky Wilkerson
Memorial Fund
In Memory of Betty Foster
By Eddie Lou Halsey
Bereavement Fund
In Memory of Bill Bessinger
By The Bessinger Family
Sunday Worship
322
Sunday School
83
Children-27 Youth-4 Adult-52
Communion to Shut-Ins7
Budget Receipts 1/10/16
$6,670
Amount Budgeted per week
$8,840
Amount Budgeted to date
$17,680
Budget Receipts to date
$15,317
Budget Expenses to date
$21,716
January Giving
$50,000
$45,000
$40,000
$35,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
Don Bross
1932 – 2016
Clayton Hembree
1940 – 2016
$10,000
$5,000
$0
Actual
Giving
$15,000
Monthly Budgeted Giving
Budgeted Giving
Capital Campaign Fund
In Memory of Betty Foster
By Jimmy & Alma Hopkins
Sammy & Joann LeGrande
Bill & Kathy Warner
Mike & Janie Carey
Sherry Canning
Stan & Terryl Wieczorek
Rick & Susan Martin
Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Ray Foster
Len & Linda Tontz
Ken & Becky Wilkerson
Clara Ketch
Boyd & Linda Rice
Trey & AJ Griffin
Ron & Linda Wrede
Gleaners Sunday School Class
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REV. AMY ROGERS, Senior Pastor
KAREN ALLEN, Associate Minister
We are a family of faith
sharing God’s love by
reaching out, touching lives
and building relationships.
January 13, 2016
Volume 52, No. 2
Week 20: The Flight to Egypt
Luke 2:41-52
“The Boy Jesus in the Temple”
This week we make a quick jump from Jesus’ infancy to his pre-teen years. We don’t really know
why the Gospels don’t include more information about Jesus’ childhood. There are stories that were
not included in the “final” Bible that give us clues into what experiences he might have had. For the
most part, though, we are left to fill in the blanks.
In this week’s story, Jesus is a 12 year old. He travels with his parents to a “festival,” and when he disappears on them,
they become frantic. Luke says that Jesus was missing for three days before his parents found him. When they finally found
him (hanging out in church, of all things), they scolded him…”Child, why have you treated us like this?” Can you imagine--putting Jesus in “Time Out?”
This scripture reveals a very human side of Jesus. Like us, he was once a pre-teen with anxious parents. We can imagine
that they worried about his future just like every parent does. But Jesus had an agenda of his own. He had questions of his
own, and at age 12, God was already calling him to greater things.
This Sunday, we will invite our OWN 12 year olds to share with us in worship. Let’s listen to their ideas, their dreams,
their concerns. Let’s see what we can learn from our “Tweens” about how God is speaking in their lives. Jan. 24 will be
Laity Sunday, and on that day we will hear other testimonies about how God is working in people’s lives.
Join us as we continue to make connections between these Sacred stories and our own stories.
Amy
Sunday, January 24 is Laity Sunday
We will remember Jesus’ baptism and hear “baptism stories” from some of our own members.
We hope you will be present as we celebrate what our founders called “The Priesthood of All Believers.”
We had 16 entries for this year’s Chili Cook-off! Thanks so much to
everyone who brought chili or side items. It was a huge success!
Winners of this year’s event were: John Kingery (1st place), Jerry and
LaHonda Ball (2nd place), Tommy Johnston (3rd place), Debbie Hubbard
(FCC Chili Champion of All Time) and Kelly Hirzel (People’s Choice
Award).
Debbie Hubbard received the first-ever “FCC Chili Champion of All
Time Award” after once again placing in the Top 3. She has placed
every year in the Chili CookOff
since it’s beginning in 2008.
Thank you to our judges:
Jeff Ball, John Carpenter,
Robert Irby and Jack
O’Donnell.
Thanks to the sponsors of
this year’s event: The
Connections Team and
Disciples Women.
Ministry Opportunities for the week
TUESDAY, January 12
8:30 a.m. – Mother’s Day Out
WEDNESDAY, January 13
9:30 a.m. – Disciples Women
3:45 p.m. – Kidventure “Survivor Camp!”
6:15 p.m. – Elders Meeting
6:30 p.m. – Handbell Rehearsal
7 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal
7 p.m. – Cabinet Meeting
THURSDAY, January 14
8:30 a.m. – Mother’s Day Out
SUNDAY, January 17
8:30 a.m. – Service Celebration Service
9:30 a.m. – Sunday School for all ages
10:30 a.m. –Worship Service
Noon –Youth Parents & Volunteers Meeting
6 p.m. – Youth Sunday Practice
Our love and sympathy go to: the
family of Don Bross and the family of
Clayton Hembree. Also to Dale Frey
and family in the death of his uncle,
Earl Smith. Hospitalized at this time:
Cabryn Kyle and Gaylee McCoy. We
pray for our church family: Mac &
Helen McNeil, Francie Krittenbrink,
Mickey Eckley, Janie Andrews, Mike
Carey, Ada Dilley, Mickey Weathers,
Kim Crick, Kathy Warner, Betty Abell,
Carol Allen, Bob Stanbrough, Myrna
Laughlin, Wayne Bennett, Karen
Yancey, Joan Jones and Joyce
Carter-Eitson. We pray for our
friends and family members: Scotty
Barker, Greg Cummings, Bruce
Branson, Carmen Bond, Ann Govek,
Christopher Krittenbrink, Carol Duke,
Julie
Widener,
Bill
Uselton,
Miarianne Conley, Ashley Downing
Fordyce, Diane Weaver, Lori Fortney,
Ashlee Townsend, Hudson Haws,
Ryan Taylor, Treva Seals, John
Thompson, Mike Nealis, Jackie Lang,
Lindsay Szwed, Jackson Szwed,
Leah Willun, Gloria Hayes, Jacob
Biggs, Mike Davis family, Marissa
Rhodes, Ruth Raymond, Toni
Blatizar, Brian Vincent and Glenda
McKeever. Our Military all over the
world including: Camden Helm
Tuesday all the kids enjoyed corndogs, fruit and dessert for
lunch! Thursday is MDO shirt day! It’s great to be back, we are
already starting to think about summer session. It’s going to be a
fun 2016!
Mrs. Michelle & Staff
Youth Group Scoop
WINTER JAM money is due February 14. If you haven't ordered a
ticket it may be too late. Let Jeff or Staci know ASAP!!
GIRL'S ONLY lunch resumes Jan. 24 at noon.
YOUTH SUNDAY practice has begun. See you Sunday night at 6
p.m.
Mission Guthrie Parent's meeting – Jan. 17 following the 10:30
service for parent's of 6th – 12th grade students or anyone
interested in learning more about this amazing event! Contact Jeff
Ball or Staci Carey for more information.
We had a great time last Wednesday at our
Kidventure Survivor kickoff party with just over 60
kids!!! We hope you will join us at Kidventure this
Wednesday for week 2 of Survivor-Finding Water (Jesus, the
Living Water). Kidventure meets from 3:45-5:15 downstairs in the
Fellowship Hall and is for those ages 5 thru 6th grade. On Jan. 27
we are taking the Kidventure group to volunteer at Guthrie's Animal
Shelter. It is very important that I get the permission forms back
this week because we have to turn them in a week before our
scheduled trip! If you have multiple children, each child will need
to have one filled out instead of putting all your children's names on
one form. If your children would like to bring items to donate to
the shelter, Suzy said they could always use puppy food, cat food,
and clay cat litter. We can collect items next week at Kidventure if
you want to drop them off when you pick up your child, or you can
bring them anytime within the next 2 weeks to the church office
and we'll be sure to take the items with us on the 27!
Next week in Kid's Worship we will be learning the story from Luke
2:41-52 about boy Jesus in the temple.
Save the Date and Buy
Your Tickets Now!
Mon. March 14
$15 tickets
$6 shirts
Call the church office to reserve
your tickets! 282-4080
It’s that time of year! Super Bowl Sunday is just
around the corner! Be sure and order your Super Bowl
Sub Sandwich from our youth group before the big day!
Subs will be on sale beginning Sunday, Jan. 17 and
will be available for pick-up after both services on
Sunday, Feb. 7. Pre-order and pay for your order for the
best deal: only $5 for your delicious sub sandwich. (After
Jan. 28 Subs will cost $6)
Keeping Up
With Karen
I mentioned on Sunday an upcoming statewide event that I hope
you are marking your calendars for in February. The annual
Leadership Training Event in Oklahoma City is coming soon. Before
you stop reading, please take a moment to hear me out on this! I am
the co-director of the event, along with Donna Gilcrease, pastor of
Northwest Christian Church. Our Regional Committee has been
meeting for the past year to plan this awesome event and I think it’s
something you will want to consider attending if you have any interest
in learning more about local/state/world mission projects, various
ways to serve in the church or just spend some time fellowshipping
with people from other Disciples of Christ churches in Oklahoma.
LTS will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6
at Restoration Church (formerly First Christian Church) of Oklahoma
City. There will be an opportunity to take three 45-minute classes
during the morning. A wide variety of classes will be offered in three
tracks: Mission, Spiritual Growth, and Practical Ministry. Anyone in the
congregation is welcome to attend; you can take all your classes in
one track, or you can pick and choose the classes you would like to
attend. (a full list of classes is listed in today’s newsletter).
Our keynote speaker is Vy Nguyen, Executive Director of Week of
Compassion. Vy holds a Master of Divinity from the Divinity School at
the University of Chicago, and earned his B.A. in religious studies with
a minor in environmental sciences from Texas Christian University. He
joined Week of Compassion after serving more than 5 years with
Church World Service for the Southwest Regional Office where he
worked with congregations and donors to increase their fundraising
portfolio.
Nursery and childcare will be provided at the event for infants
through grade 5. Youth, grades 6-12 are invited to attend regular
classes. Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. and there is an opening
worship service at 8:45. The first class begins at 9:30 a.m.
You can go to www.okdisciples.org/lts-2016 for more information
about LTS and to register for classes. You can see class descriptions
and find out more about the speakers for each class. On the website
you will be able to see a full list of exhibitors that will be at the event
as well. The church will pay the registration fee for anyone who would
like to attend.
If you are interested in going and would like more information,
please give me a call/text (615-2240) or e-mail. You can also go
ahead and register on the website and meet us at the event. If you are
interested in riding in the bus, we will plan to meet at the church at 8
a.m. and ride together if enough want to go. We need to know in
advance, so please call the church office (282-4080) or e-mail me at
[email protected] and register for the bus and the event.
We have also set up a link on our church website
(www.fccguthrie.org) to guide you to the LTS site.
I look forward to seeing this event come to fruition!
Karen
Sunday, January 17
CANDLELIGHTERS
Taryn Ward and Rae Ann Walters
CHILDREN’S MOMENT
Jeff Ball
KID’S WORSHIP
Tyler and Amanda Shipley
KID’S WORSHIP HELPER
Charity McPeek
SCRIPTURE READER
Abbie Ball
JR. DIACONATE
Abbie Ball and Adyson Bradley
ELDERS
8:30 a.m. – Jerry Ball
10:30 – David Ball and Philip Moseley
COMMUNION TO SHUT-INS
Linda Holtz and Ken Wilkerson
WORSHIP LEADER
Jeff Ball
COMMUNION PREPARATION
AND CLEAN-UP
Dennis Lynch and Linda Griffin
DIACONATE
(Please wear nametags when serving)
Nick Abbott, Laura Benham,
Kelly Considine, Matt Duehning
Linda Griffin, Trey Griffin,
Gregg* and Debbie Gumerson,
Dennis Lynch, Sadie Porter,
Michael and Courtney Turner
* Denotes team captain
USHERS
Dale Frey, Shawn Mason,
and Sammy LeGrande
GREETERS
Anna Frey, Penny Gooch,
Carol Husmann, Clara Ketch
and Phyllis Willbanks
BREAD MINISTRY
Cindy Reynolds and Kathy Warner
NURSERY HELPERS
Katie Young, Brandon Parker
and Ethan Frey
SOUND
John Allen
VIDEO
Darl Doles
VIDEO MINISTRY DELIVERY
Nancy Gaylor
Thank you for supporting the Christmas
Stocking drive again. Thanks to so many of you,
FCC delivered stockings to 140 students who
ranged from Pre-K to 12th grade. Many thanks
to Karen Allen, Shana Bench and all the
Disciples Women for sorting items and checking
bags to ensure everything was school approved,
and to Janna Pierson, Lori Payne and Allison
Lee for helping deliver the bags. If you visit
Braums in Guthrie please tell them thank you for
donating bags for us to fill this year as well.
We cannot thank you enough for supporting
all the outreach ministries at FCC. Thanks for
sharing the love of Christ.
Much love, The Outreach Team
Our most sincere thank you to Pastor Amy Rogers, members and staff of
First Christian Church for the kindness shown to us during the loss of our loved
one. We so appreciate the help during the planning of the service and the
church providing refreshments for the reception. We especially want to thank
Karen and Shana for their kindness and taking the time to help us with the
details.
You all made us feel so welcome and our appreciation is beyond measure.
Please accept this donation to the church with our sincere thanks.
The family of Bill Bessinger
Feb. 6, 2016 • Restoration Church (formerly FCC OKC)
Class Schedule
Mission Possible is the theme for the Regional
Church’s 2016 Annual Leadership Training School
which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 6 at
Restoration Church (formerly First Christian
Church) of Oklahoma City.
Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. with worship
beginning at 8:45 a.m., and Leadership Training
School ending at 12:30 p.m. (see Karen’s article
for more details.)
Event Schedule
8:15 – 8:45 am
Registration • Displays Open
•Childcare Open • Snacks
8:45 – 9:30 am Worship and Keynote
Speaker in Sanctuary
9:30 – 9:45 am Travel to Class
9:45 – 10:30 am First Class Session
10:30 – 10:45 am Travel to Class
10:45 – 11:30 am Second Class Session
11:30 – 11:45 am Travel to Class
11:45 am – 12:30 pm Third Class Session
12:30 pm Leadership Training School Ends
12:45 pm Child Care Ends
At Leadership Training School
*2016 Offering Envelopes are available in the Narthex!
Sign the list for the envelope # you take.
We are thrilled to announce the addition of Telena Hawkins as our new chair of
the Bereavement Team. Telena brings a wealth of experience in cooking and
coordinating meals to the ministry. She has worked with our Kidventure programs
and was the leader of our Mission Sunday kitchen crew. She has three children, Pazl
(age 1), Rhye (4), and Nova (7). She is married to Houston, who owns an automotive
repair business in Stillwater.
In just her first week as our new chairperson, Telena has already gotten experience
with three dinners and looks forward to coordinating the team. She has set up a
database for the volunteers and those who bring dishes and has been thrilled by the
response of those she has called and e-mailed.
The Bereavement Team ministers to families who have lost loved ones and
prepares a full meal for the family prior to or after the memorial service. If you are
interested in serving on the Bereavement Team as someone who comes to help
prepare and serve the dinners, please contact the church office (282-4080) or Telena
at (919-3245). Another way to help is to prepare a side dish for the dinners. The
church provides the main dish and potatoes for dinners, and we rely on others to
bring salads and desserts. If you can help provide side dishes and aren’t already
participating, please let us know you’d like to help! We can get you in the database
and Telena can call, text or e-mail you when the next dinner is needed.
We are excited to have Telena serving in this role and we are so thankful for all our
volunteers that make this ministry so special for families who are grieving.
Hands-on Mission Project
We are also asking that everyone bring items to
support the hands-on mission project of creating
“First Night Bags” to be donated to T.E.E.M.
Bereavement Team
Chairwoman
Telena Hawkins
MISSION TRACK
Dear First Christian Church, I thank you so much for the “Good Luck on Finals!” and the Wal-Mart gift
card. I will begin my very last semester at UCO this spring! Your encouragement and prayers have
helped get me this far! Thank you again!
Love, Angela Hardin
“Mission Possible” — Leadership Training School
SPIRITUALITY TRACK
Meeting: Wednesday, Jan, 6, 2016 @ 6 pm
Attendance: Charity McPeek, Carissa Redman, Carol Husmann, Janie Carey, Peggy Momsen, Telena Hawkins, Clara Price, Robert
Irby, Karen Allen, & Amy Rogers
Items Discussed at Meeting:
•Pack the Pews-assist w/setup for Chili Cook-Off (tablecloths, blue trays, put sides out, chili-catchers-label/number, drinks)
•Bowling night: Jan. 29 for all families; goal is to use Guthrie Bowling Alley, but may have to use Edmond depending on signups
•Thunder Game: March 14 $15/ea + $6 for shirts
•Movie Night: February ?
•Spotlight families: Charity will type questions and hand out to families requesting picture as well as information; input in Tie,
PowerPoint before church, & on board in the Narthex
•Connecting Point (aka Welcome Center): slow change of Narthex to welcome & have table (NEED) of activities or sign-ups going
on, need to start creating Connection Cards & put on wall
•Next Meeting: Feb. 17, 2016 @ 6 p.m.
9:45 SESSION
10:45 SESSION
Getting Dirty for Jesus
How to Bring A Mission
Camp to Your
Community
New Church Starts: How
Your Church Can Help
Them Grow
Disaster Preparedness:
How to Prepare Your
Church’s Response
Homeless Alliance:
Rallying to End
Homelessness
Interpreting This Present
Age
211 Helpline: Crisis
Response Phone
Services
Reaching Out to Vets:
Understanding PSTD
Kid’s Café: Learn How to
Partner with the
Regional Food Bank
Hands-On Mission:
Care Packets for T.E.E.M.
No Boundaries – Human
Trafficking
Cycles of Incarceration
and Poverty
Hearts for Care:
Supporting Senior
Independent Living
Caminante: Mission in
the Dominican Republic
Understanding
Homosexuality: The
Clobber Scriptures
Understanding
Homosexuality: The
Clobber Scriptures
Understanding
Homosexuality: The
Clobber Scriptures
All Lives Matter
All Lives Matter
All Lives Matter
Loving Your Neighbor:
A Jewish Perspective
Loving Your Neighbor:
A Muslim Perspective
Loving Your Neighbor:
A Christian Perspective
Who We Are As Disciples
Surviving the Election
Years
Healthy Congregations
Confronting Serious
Issues Through
Nonviolence
Feeding Your Spirituality
Local Missions: Reaction
& Disciples4Water
11:45 SESSION
T.E.E.M. – Breaking
Family as Sabbath
The Mango Tree
The goal of the “First Night Out” care package is
Worship and Wonder
HELM – Preparing for
two-fold: first, to celebrate the individual’s release
College
from incarceration, and second, to make him/her
Food Bank: How Your
feel comfortable, cared for and loved. The care
Church Can Address
Music in Worship: The
Food Insecurity
Creative Worship
Music Wars
package shows the individual that members of the
community care about his or her successful
reentry, and aids in making the transition from
Media and Technology
Drama Ministry
Life is Too Short for Long
in the Church
incarceration smooth. The “First Night Out” care
Meetings
package contains the essential items to make an
individual’s first night after release comfortable
Remembering Your
The Joy of Puppet
How to Set Up a Trust or
Church In Your Will
Ministries
Endowment
and safe. The items the care package should
contain are: restaurant/fast food gift cards,
Supporting Pastors in
Table Talk: Tips for
The Table: Creatively
healthy snacks, canned goods/basic food items,
Church Administration
Elders and Deacons
Decorating for the Lord’s
towel, blanket, hygiene products (shampoo,
Supper
conditioner, body wash, toothbrush, toothpaste,
hair brush, deodorant, etc.), sleepwear/underRegister to attend a class in each timeframe. You can attend classes in the
garments (TEEM provides work attire)
same track or different ministry tracks throughout the morning. The church is
book/reading materials, pillow, backpack/gym paying the registration fee.
bag/small suitcase/other reusable bag, transwww.okdisciples.org/lts-2016
portation, accommodation (bus pass, gas card,
Visa card, etc.)
PRACTICAL MINISTRY
Ministry Team Updates – Connections Team