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First Christian Church of Stow (Disciples Of Christ) |
| Mid Week Reminder |
Mid-Week
Reminder –May 7, 2008
Worship
Service - 8:30 & 10:45 A.M.
Sunday
School - 9:30 A.M.
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(Mark left this thank you for the MidWeek after visiting with his family last week. After Sunday he felt that he needed to add to his expression of gratitude and sent in the message included as P.P.S.)
To
the Members of First Christian Church of Stow:
Jane and I want to “thank” you for
all your kindness over the ten years we had the opportunity to serve with
you. It has been an honor and I thank
you for it. I certainly was shocked and
surprised when my family arrived to share in my retirement. I was completely fooled. We had such a terrific time together and did
lots of neat and wonderful things. It
included rodeo golf (ask Bill Dowey if this is unknown to you), fires in our
fire-pit (thanks, Ed), eating out together, silly string fights, toys all over
the house, running and playing in the yard, reading books to grandchildren at
bedtime, retelling family stories about people, places and events in the past
and laughing a lot, playing games and in general having a blast. We thank the Elders for making this
thoughtful gift possible. I will always
remember you and this congregation and hold it up in my prayers. May God’s blessings be upon you!
Mark
P.S.
I may slip in the back some service.
P.P.S.
Wow-
What a nice send-off on my birthday, May 4th! Jane and I "THANK"
everyone involved in the wonderful service and reception! We enjoyed all of it
and will remember your kindness and expressions of Love given to us. Words are
inadequate to say how we feel. You will remain in our hearts, prayers, and
thoughts!
Mark & Jane
FACTS & FIGURES
8:30 A.M. – CHAPEL 33
10:45 A.M. – SANCTUARY 147
Nursery Care 6
TOTAL ATTENDANCE 186
Visitors 15
10:45 A.M. – SANCTUARY 218
Nursery Care 8
TOTAL ATTENDANCE 226
Visitors available
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6th Annual Perennial Flower Sale
Orders for available perennial flowers will be taken by Ann
Halpin at the Mother/Daughter celebration and during coffee hour for the next 2
Sundays. Don't miss your chance to reserve the flowers you wish to
purchase. Cost of plants is $1.50 each. Benefit for Mary Martha
Circle.
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Attention: Graduating Seniors
Graduation Sunday will be June 1 at
the 10:45 worship service. We will be
honoring our High School and our College Graduates. If you haven’t already let the office know you are graduating
please let us know so that we don’t miss any one.
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Visit Our Prayer Board
It feels so
good when I give to God what is on my heart, and when I share with someone what
my own struggles are. And when someone
prays with me, I know that I am dong what God has called me to do.
The prayer board works in the same way. I have seen what God has done already, and I
am so excited to see God’s hand keep on working in all of our lives. Come join me in this ministry. Our prayer board is located at the east end
of the lower hallway, outside of Disciples Hall.
Dorothy
Robinson
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Did
you know . . . ?
Our Chapel has had a varied and
interesting history!
On June 12th, the
Munroe Falls Historical Society will feature Willard Thomas who will tell “The
Story of the Children’s Chapel.” This
event is free and open to the public and will take place at the Munroe Falls
City Hall at 7 p.m.
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The elders
have announced the guest ministers and speakers for the next few weeks while
they are looking for our Interim Minister.
We are looking forward to hearing from each as they bring their special
message to us.
May 11, 2008 Rev.
Dr. William Edwards
May 18,
2008 Rev. Kim
Barnett
May 25,
2008 Erin
McCreight, (our to-be Timothy)
June 1,
2008 Rev. Kim
Barnett
We hope you
will make a special effort to worship with us as each of these speakers share
their unique messages.
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Rev. Dr. William Edwards became the Regional Pastor and
President of the Christian Church in Ohio (Disciples of Christ) on September
1, 2004. Bill has served churches in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, and served
as Associate General Minister and Vice President of the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. |
Bill's
responsibilities include (not limited to) :
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Congratulations to Rev. Kim
Barnett
Rev. Kim Barnett, pastor at
Stow-Glen Retirement Village was recently named recipient of the Personal
Excellence Award from the Ohio Health Care Association and the Ohio Centers for
Assisted Living. Pastor Kim will be our
guest speaker on May 18 and on June 1.
We look forward to hearing her messages and worshipping with her.
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from the Directors of
Music:
Seeing Music Work in
Ministry
We give
Thee but Thine own, whate’er the gift may be;
All that
we have is Thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from Thee.
William W. How, c. 1858
In all the thanks that we want to express for the Music in
Ministry concert on April 27, we first must thank God, our Father and Creator,
for the magnificent gift of music. It
is a blessing
we sometimes take for
granted—but what an amazing thing music is!
We are so grateful for each and every person in our music
groups. Each one brings a special
talent and spirit to share. What’s
unique about ensemble music is the combination of individual talent and group
effort—the working of all those separate and different personalities for a
common goal. Thanks to each one who
commits to attending rehearsals and being here on Sunday mornings.
Our performing groups at the concert were:
Joyful Noise ~ intergenerational handbell ensemble
Celebration Ringers ~ teen advanced handbell ensemble
Joy Bells ~ adult advanced handbell ensemble
Grace Notes and Bass Notes ~ 7th-12th
grade youth choirs
Acorn Choir and Crusader Choir ~ children’s choirs
The Way ~ worship band
Silent Praise ~ signing choir
Spiritus ~ select chamber choir
Chancel Choir ~ adult choir
We also thank our directors—Cheryl Delaney (Crusader Choir),
Cora Dowey (Acorn Choir), and Andrea Drews (Joyful Noise). You do wonderful work with your groups!
Thanks to Ron Neaffer for playing percussion—and for being
there for those extra rehearsal times.
Thank you to Cindy Hagat, with your beautiful flute.
The audience was terrific!
We thank you for your enthusiastic applause and smiling faces. The offering given was $465, which will go
toward improving our sanctuary sound system.
Thank you so much for your generosity!
Many thanks to Sue Naylor and her crew, for coordinating the
kitchen work, and to all who brought the delicious food.
In closing, we’d like to repeat the dedication from the
program:
We
lovingly dedicate this concert to the memory of
Walter
Howard and Betty Fletcher,
dedicated
and gifted saints who have blessed us all with their talents, and who have now
gone Home to live forever with their Lord.
We
thank God for their lives and pray that we honor their memory!
Walt was a faithful member of choir and a
regular contributor of vocal and guitar solos.
In fact, if we were ever in a bind to find special music for worship, we
knew that Walt would jump right in.
Walt brought that ex-football coach mentality to rehearsals—always early
to practice, and always ready to give 100%.
We miss that smile after an anthem well done.
Betty was a longtime member of Joy Bells
who also gave generously of her time showing the ropes to less experienced
ringers in Joyful Noise and Celebration Ringers.
Between her children and grandchildren
(and eventually great-grandchildren), she probably produced more excellent
handbell ringers than anyone else in the world! There aren’t many other handbell groups that could claim three
generations from the same family. We
will miss her wise and loving counsel.
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Thank you to the congregation for their generous gifts to the send –a-kid-to-camp this year. We are sending 22 young people to Camp Christian this year. With all the donations, fundraised money and money that is our budget we are making it very affordable for our youth and their families. Thank you; thank you for your contributions and your support of our fundraising. We are truly blessed to have a wonderful church family who care about our youth.
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Workday
The
Trustees are sponsoring a All Church Workday on May 17th from 8 am –
noon. Please plan to attend! Many hands truly do make light work.
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C.Y.F. and Chi Rho youth who are going to camp please write a check to the church for $60.00 to pay for camp. $200.00 is being paid by fundraised money, donations, and the church. Please give a check to your youth leader or Cheryl Delaney asap.
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The C.Y.F. and Chi Rho youth family picnic is on June 1, 2008 from 5:00-7:00 at Silver Springs Oak Tree Shelter. All of our youth and their families are invited to come.
Chi
Rho’ers are to bring a dessert to share and C.Y.F.’ers are to bring a side dish
to share. Bring your own table
service. Drinks and Hot Dogs will be
provided. Looking forward to seeing you
there.
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Attention:
Bible Review Class
Starting on Sunday, May 11 this
class will start meeting in the Galilee Room # 205 (the old music director’s
office), that is next to the Chapel. We
will have someone on in the hall on the 2nd floor to direct you in
the right direction. If you are
interested in joining the class you can come any time. All are welcome.
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Our last NOOMA video until September
will be on Sunday, May 18 from 6:30-8:30 in the Church Library. If you haven’t attended come check it
out. We have some wonderful discussions
and we learn more about each other.
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Thank you
Dear
Friends,
Thank you so much for he gift
card. It was so thoughtful. We really appreciate your
thoughtfulness. It will be used wisely.
In
Christian love,
An
Ingathering recipient
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Rev.
Richardson, Members and friends,
I just wanted you to know how much I
appreciated you! Throughout the year
many of you have telephoned, sent notes and dropped in to see me at
Briarwood. Your thoughtfulness was
greatly appreciated. There is no end to
how grateful I am. Pastor, you and the
congregation have made a difference in my life.
Keep me in your prayers, as I will
be praying for you.
Ms.
Birdie Hunter & family
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MidWeek
Schedule Changes
Due to the Memorial Day weekend and
scheduling conflicts in the church office, the MidWeek Reminder will be
published on the first and third Wednesdays of May (instead of
the second and fourth Wednesdays).
There will not be a MidWeek published after the Memorial Day weekend and
the normal schedule will resume in June.
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All Daughters
Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Aunts, Cousins
Grandmothers, Daughters-in-law,
Sisters-in-law, Beloved female friends….
One and All, you are invited to
Picnic in the Park