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First Christian Church of Stow (Disciples Of Christ) |
| Mid Week Reminder |
Mid-Week
Reminder –July 9, 2008
Worship
Service - 8:30 & 10:45 A.M.
Sunday
School - 9:30 A.M.
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The Pastor’s Pen
Your welcome to First Christian Church of Stow is ringing in
my ears! Yes, it started with Al Naylor
and the elders! Yes, it was underlined
by your board chair, Dave Brandon! Yes,
it was your excellent church staff and a lovely breakfast event! And then all of you from Sunday morning
worship, to committee meetings, the Ice Cream Social, and indeed the Pancake
Breakfast on July 4th . . .
Mary and I feel very welcome to be with you in this interim period.
In the past two weeks we have said “Good Bye” to Mantua
Center Christian Church, put a “bow” on the sell of our house in Cleveland
Heights (would you believe it took two years and two months for our home to
sell?), cleared the basement and completed a final cleaning! Our plan is simple – “be” at home with you
and “be” at home in Hiram!
God Bless!
Houston Bowers,
Interim Pastor
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FACTS & FIGURES
8:30 A.M. – CHAPEL 31
10:45 A.M. – SANCTUARY 148
Nursery Care 7
TOTAL ATTENDANCE 186
(Sunday School) (60)
Visitors 7
8:30 A.M. – CHAPEL 60
10:45 A.M. – SANCTUARY 143
Nursery Care 9
TOTAL ATTENDANCE 212
(Sunday School) (82)
Visitors 8
We have
added (Sunday School) attendance to our weekly accounting. It is not added into the Total Attendance as
most Sunday School attendees will be counted in a Worship Service.
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Welcome,
Erin
We are pleased to welcome Erin McCreight as
our Intern in Ministry this summer. She
will be working with our congregation while earning credit hours at
school. One of the responsibilities she
will be fulfilling is to be ‘on call’ each Friday until August 10. You may reach Erin on her cell phone
(330-205-8665), by leaving a message in her cubby in the office or by email (erin.mccreight@gmail.com) or by
calling the church office.
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Prayer Board
We are told in Revelation that God is standing
at your heart’s door waiting to be part of our life. He is knocking so you will talk with him. One way that I answer God’s call is to go to
the prayer board to see what is on you heart’s so that I can pray for that
need.
“Behold, I stand at the door, an knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with
him and he with me.” Revelation 3:20
submiited
by Dorothy Robinson
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Prayer Chain Update
Barbara Faulkner is updating the Telephone
Prayer Chain list. Please contact her
at 330-688-7146 for any changes. (You
may request to be added at this time.)
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from the Directors of
Music:
Clean Robes, Thankful Singers!
You know how there are tasks you always think you’ll
get to, and then you either put them off or forget about them… and they don’t
get done?
Well, we’d like to thank Faye Haws for
noticing a job that needed doing, and then doing it! During the Chancel Choir’s “off-season,” Faye has been taking the
choir robes home, a few at a time, and washing them. If you look in the robe closet, it’s clear which ones look fresh
and clean.
Choir members, please tell Faye how much
you appreciate her thoughtfulness the next time you see her!
On Music
There
is an old Jewish legend about the origin of praise:
After
God created humankind, says the legend,
God
asked the angels what they thought of the world.
“Only
one thing is lacking,” they said,
“the
sound of praise to the Creator.”
So,
the story continues, God created music: the voice of birds,
the
whispering wind, the murmuring ocean,
and
melody in people’s hearts.
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If you would like to give to
the Cleveland Christian Home for Children, but don’t know how, we are going to
make it easier. Just place your
donation in an envelope, mark the envelope “Cleveland Christian Home” and place
it in the weekly offering tray. Once a
month, we will see that a check is sent to them for all the amount
donated. If you note your name on your
donation, it can be added to your giving total (for tax purposes) for the
year. Please note: this is in addition to the amount pledge to
FCC.
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Attention: All Vacation Bible School Workers.
We will be having a meeting for V.B.S. workers on Tues. July 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the church library. If you have talked to Cheryl Delaney about helping with V.B.S. or if you are interested in helping but haven’t talked to Cheryl, please try to attend the meeting. We will be doing last minute checks to make sure we have everything we need and know what we are doing. Hope you all can make it.
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We have 9 youth attending Chi Rho Camp at Camp Christian this
summer. We are blessed with the
opportunity to send these youth to camp.
Let us keep them in our prayers and ask that God bless and enrich their
relationship with God. We also ask that
you keep the Counselors in your prayers.
They also need your support.
Chi Rho Campers:
Katie Gross Molly
Halpin Rebecca Hoffman
Heather Kostensky Rachael
Moretti Matt Roseman
Holly Stewart Katie
Taylor Annalies White
Counselors:
Chelsea Dowey Jarrett
Dowey
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thank you
“Thank you for your
thoughtfulness.
It was so nice of you, and appreciated more than words can
say!”
Our family appreciated the
prayers and cards sent to our daughter, Karyn during her hospital stay and her
recuperation time. Sorry to say it is
not over yet, but she is improving daily. We are certainly blessed, just wish Tulsa,
Oklahoma wasn’t so far away.
Love and Hugs,
Lee & Juanita Younkin
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The Trustees would like to thank
all those who were involved with the refurbishing and reroofing of the
garage. They were Tom Delaney, Fred
Delaney, Ed Landis, Bill Dowey, Joe Ruolo, Jack Veatch, Gabe Lorenz, and Gary
Kimes. This work was made possible by
funds donate from the Dutch Plamer Memorial.
The garage looks Great!
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MEMORY VERSE OF THE MONTH
For July we have chosen a memory verse that will be featured
during Vacation Bible School. We hope
that you will join the VBS children and memorize this verse.
But this command I gave them, 'Obey my voice,
and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way
that I command you, that it may be well with you. Jeremiah 7:23a
The bolded verse is for the children. We hope the more mature children and adults
will take on the challenge to memorize the full verse.
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Challenges
of an Uncertain Economy
Recent
discussions among my friends and co-workers have centered around the rising
cost of gas and food and what items to cut from my budget in order to meet the
rising costs of essentials. Stories in
the news already indicate people who have turned off electricity in their homes
due to inability to pay bills. Other stories talk about people having to get a
second job to pay for the gas to get to their first job. Most of us have limited financial resources
which are being strained and tested in the current ecomony. I was thinking
about the families we serve through Interfaith Hospitality Network. These families are already homeless, with
few possessions, in need of reasonably housing. How can they possibly adjust to the economic changes when they
have so little to begin with? After
some thought, I was trying to figure out a way to continue to support this and
other community needs for food with the increasing restrictions in my
budget. The solution that I came up
with was to grow vegetables and/or fruit – some for my consumption and some to
share. Do any of you grow vegetables that you would be willing to share? I am planting in pots and containers across
my back patio. Instead of planting
flowers in my window boxes, I am planting green beans in them. Do you have a
spot you could plant a tomato or pepper plant in a pot? Good Neighbors will gladly accept fresh
produce donations. If you bring your
produce donations to the church kitchen on any Sunday, they will be dropped off
at Good Neighbors on the following Tuesday.
Of course, anyone in need in the congregation is also welcome to pick
from the available produce.
Consideration is also being given to planting a vegetable garden on
church property. Contact Ann Halpin for
ideas or questions.
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Prayer helps me analyze the problem I face. Unfortunately, sometimes I go a long way
down the road in a quandary, suffering inside, before I finally ask myself,
“Why don’t I talk to God about it?”
Jimmy
Carter
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RAFFLE
World
Outreach kicked off a Raffle this past Sunday to benefit The Inner Faith
Hospitality Network (IHN). The prizes
are wonderful, to say the least.
First Place
(4) “Field Box 148” Indians
Tickets for August 19, 2008
Indians vs
Kansas City Royals
One week Free Pass at Life
Center Plus
Bottle of Wine
Second Place
One week at Life Center
Plus, Ice Chest with wheels,
Bath Set, Youth Foot Ball,
Wiggling Sprinkler Fun, 4
Plates & a table cloth, 25’ Tape Measure,
Utility Tool Set, Mini Mag
Lite
Third Place
18 Holes of Golf, 3 Pack of
Golf balls, Golf Duffle Bag, Golf glove,
Umbrella, Pen knife
There is a
Display Board on the World Outreach Display rack showing all the prizes
Tickets
are $1.00 each or (6) for $5.00
Drawing
to be Held July 25, 2008
Tickets may be
purchased from World Outreach Members or during Coffee Hour:
Ann
Halpin Rae Howard Sue Naylor
Al
Naylor Mary Ellen
Neitz Duke Ralston
Laurie
Scott Richard Sellers Ruth Wade
Thank You for
caring and sharing with others