February 28, 2010

Prayer List - To see prayer concerns, please visit our prayer board here.

Upper Midwest Regional Prayer Calendar - may be viewed here

Pastor's Pen - Click here to read Pastor Shane's latest letter

Important Dates
Feb 24 – Mar 31 ~Love’s Got Everything to Do with It 6 pm
Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 ~Choir 7 pm
March 12 ~Scrapbooking 7 pm
March 16 ~Board Meeting 7 pm
March 20 ~Pancake Breakfast 8 am
Ardis L’s house
March 22 ~Servant Leader Meeting 7 pm
March 28 ~Palm Sunday
Week of Compassion Offering
Youth 4th ~Sunday Community Service
April 1 ~Maundy Thursday Service 6:30 pm
April 2 ~Good Friday
April 4 ~ Easter Sunrise Service 7 am
Sunday School 9 am
Worship Service 10 am
Week of Compassion Offering

Go to All Peoples:
Transforming Community with Disciples

For 2010, the plan is to spend all year excavating, exploring, and being formed by the many ideas this theme can ignite. Three things will form the core of what we will hopefully achieve this year together:

1. 2010 will not be all about us! Our theme verses are Matthew 28:19-20, known by many as “The Great Commandment.” The theme begins like the verses do, though “Go to All Peoples” is my translation, rather than the typical, “Go, therefore, and make…”
2. That begins by reigniting our innate love for community!
3. Our community is unique: We are Disciples of Christ!

February Mission - Souper Bowl of Caring


Love’s Got Everything to Do with It

This Lent, I want to invite y’all to join me Wednesday evenings at 6 PM for a class I’ll be ‘teaching.’ The working title is “Love’s Got Everything To Do with It,” and the subject matter will be our denomination- The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). For about an hour weekly, we’ll meet in the sanctuary to explore our faith tradition; its roots, its history, its famous phrases, but most especially why, in my (and many others’) eyes, it offers a uniquely compelling way of practicing faith for contemporary Americans like you and me…and our neighbors.

Pastor Shane

Fourth Sunday Youth Events

January 24 - Pizza & Movie at Becky and Lorn’s House
February 28 - Tubing at Buck Hill
March 28 - Community Service Day
April 25 - Church-wide Scavenger Hunt.

VBS 2010 June 25 -27

Grounded in Jesus' Parable of the Sower, ReNew: The Green VBS brings together the Bible and environmental stewardship. From tiny towns to huge cities, kids grow in faith as they play, learn, sing, and work toward renewing their congregations and communities. By serving in the community and inviting the community into church, kids demonstrate that being green can be easy, faithful, and fun. Although current threats to our environment can seem scary, ReNew is about hope, opportunity, and service. Kids and congregations lead the way as stewards of the earth.

What happens when heads, hearts, and hands are in harmony? Kids grow in faith, have fun, and change the world.

Look for volunteer and registration materials in March and April.





NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH'S GIFT: DAILY LENTEN DEVOTIONAL, THE 50TH EDITION
For the last 50 years, National City Christian Church, your Disciples witness in Washington, D.C., has provided for members and friends a Lenten Devotional. The devotional is written by members of the congregation and members of the Board of Trustees of the National City Christian Church Foundation.

To receive daily devotions by e-mail, sign-up by sending an
e-mail to cwalsh@nationalcitycc.org or access the full guide at www.nationalcitycc.org and click under "Resources."

REGISTRATION STILL OPEN FOR STUDY ON STEWARDSHIP IN SMALL CHURCHES
Disciples are invited to participate in several discussions covering various ways to enhance the stewardship strategies of small/rural congregations. Registration is winding up for the course, which will take place March 1-29, and be held in an online, weekend workshop format. The instructor will be Ed Taylor, pastor of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Gibson City, Ill. For more information contact the church office.