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June 8, 2006
Parson’s Page
Dear FCC Family,
This week we have three distinct mission experiences
where we are finding FCC with some BOLD MOVES!
1. Relay for Life: FCC Members are gathering to walk, to
share stories, to fellowship and to raise money for the
fight against cancer. It is a wonderful exhibit of the
kingdom of God on earth. Vocations become platforms for
ministry as banks, hospitals, businesses, schools and
churches gather their teams for one cause. This focused
mission event reminds the world that people do care, that
life is worth living, and there is a place for everyone to
get into the action. A hearty thank you again to Steve,
Jeff and Billy for leading us this year and to Charlie and
Sharon Busler for the tshirts and of course "Katrina's
Magnolia!" Enjoy the event at Ray Stadium Friday night!
2. Belize Mission Trip: Ten. FCC members are in San
Ignacio Belize beneath Mexico where we are offering support
of Billy White Village. The school has three teachers and
65 students in a very poor area of western Belize. We are
providing new construction projects including plastering of
classroom floors, building a teachers' restroom, and
helping with home repairs. In the afternoons after school,
we provide a VBS for the community! Thanks for your support
and prayers.
3. Habitat for Humanity: 2512 26th Street is the location
of our local mission project and THE DISCIPLES HOUSE! It is
provided by funds from Week of Compassion and will be built
by FCC members, Disciples of Christ congregations arriving
in late June and through July! Contact Sarai Ann Webb for
details! Work is underway now and a group unloaded the
trusses, the slab has been poured and we are waiting for
you! Needed: construction helpers, lunches and snacks for
incoming groups. Contact Jane Swanson (CWF) to help with
meals.
Mission on!
Pastor Tom
Serving Sunday, June 11th
At the Table: Elder Leslie Covington and Elder Scott Morgan
Serving communion and collecting the offering: Ed Abdella,
Steve Anderson, Rick Justice, Terri McKelvaine, Greg
Swanson, Tommy Eldridge, Bill Autry, Olivia Wurner
Lector: Diana Covington
Acolyte: Sarah Page Sikes
No Youth Groups
FCC Relay for Life Team Update
The date for Relay for Life is June 9th. We can raise money
up until 11 P.M. that night.
Please come out and support our team. We will have a
dunking booth for your entertainment. We will also be
selling pizza slices and of course t-shirts and tickets for
a chance to win the Charlie Busler original painting
entitled “Katrina’s Magnolia.”
The fun begins at 7 P.M. and goes on all night. Come join
us and be a part in our fight against cancer.
Attention Disciple Women
HEALTH KIT SUPPLIES NEEDED
There will be a box in the Fellowship Hall to collect items
for health kits. These will be taken to the Mix in ’06 on
June 21st by Robin Johnson and Carol Lee.
Items needed are:
HAND TOWELS WASH CLOTHS
COMBS BAND-AIDS
METAL NAIL FILES OR CLIPPERS
BATH-SIZE SOAP TOOTH BRUSHES
4-7 0Z TOOTHPASTE
Refuge Recovery
Sunday afternoon from 3 P.M.-4 P.M.
In the Merritt House
Beth Moore Bible Study
Tuesdays at 10 A.M.in the
Fellowship Hall
HATS, HATS, HATS
Hello Ladies,
I enjoyed the hats so much the last time I preached, LETS
DO IT AGAIN this Sunday!
Thanks,
Lucian
Calling all volunteers for habitat
Time: Monday june 12th 8:00 a.m.
(Work till you drop)
We need volunteers for the week of June 12-16 and June
19-23.
Please call the church or sarai Ann if you can work. We
will be raising the walls and roof the first week.
place: 2512 26th street
Tools: tape measure, hammer, gloves and any other tools
you may have that you feel comfortable using.
other items: Bring water to drink on the job or other
beverages; lunch will be provided by the wonderful ladies
of our church at the church
if you have any questions, call sarai Ann at 601-917-6224
Have a great day and see you Monday.
Sarai Ann
IN THE MAIL
Dear Pastor Tom, Church staff and FCC family,
You have been so dear to us with all of your kind and
thoughtful deeds. The “to cheer you” flowers, the sweet
notes and especially your prayers, have been so greatly
appreciated.
Tom we will forever be grateful to you for being there with
us when we needed a “loved one” to lean on. We both thank
you from the bottom of our hearts.
We are doing well. Cliff feels good, looks good and has a
happy outlook. We have a positive attitude and we are
taking one day at a time. With God in heaven and friend and
family on earth everything will be alright.
In Christ Love,
Martha and Cliff Walker
Meals for Habitat Workers
The women of the church will be providing special lunch
meals each weekday during the three weeks (possibly four)
beginning June 25th for groups that will be coming in from
out of state to work on our habitat house. I will contact
the group circles to be in charge of a week. Please
contact me to volunteer during those weeks, but I will be
out of town until Friday, June 16th.
Also, supplies for sandwiches, snacks, and drinks will be
bought and placed in the kitchen of the church for use by
our local church members who work through the lunch hour
during these next two weeks beginning June 12th. These
supplies will be replenished as needed, and will serve to
help those who need a break during the hot hours of the day
while working on the house. This will be a "help-yourself"
relief spot. Anyone who wishes to bring extra treats for
the workers should bring them to the church kitchen. Church
members who are working on the habitat house are asked to
enter through the back kitchen door, and see the office
staff in the Merritt house if the church is locked.
This is a major and long term undertaking by the women of
the church, and help will be needed from all of us.
Thanks, Jane Swanson
The Flowers at the baptistry are to the glory of God and in
honor of the FCC staff by the Marjorie Griffin Circle.
Offerings Report
June 5th Weekly Offerings $9,617
In Our Prayers
Prayer concerns: Kenneth Winter, nephew of Madge
Glenn/cousin of Rose Justice; Rev. Henry Hudson; Mike &
Renee Cumberland; Becky McDade; Bobby Merritt, son of
Lillian Merritt, brother of Myra Mabry and Sally Brown;
Cliff Walker; Robert Van Morrison, friend of Preston
Davison; Father Elvin Sunds, friend of Sandra Newell;
Charlie Harper, friend of Billy Moore; Rhonda Hawkins,
friend of the McDonald family; Lynn Bowers, friend of
Maxine Sinclair; Abby McCardle; Dylan, 6 year old grandson
of Clint Fletcher; Ira Jack Covert, friend of Olivia
Wurner; Brendon Penny, great grandson of Mike and Wanda
Sullivan; Larry Williams; Louise Mabry, mother of Joe
Mabry; Gloria Hughes and family, friends of the Buslers and
the Bosarges; Jennifer Parsons, friend of the Thomas Webb
family; Heather Bean, friend of Buddy & Cindy Bennett;
Jessie Feazell, friend of Cathy Feinstein;; Esma Canfield ,
mother of Sarai Ann Webb; Ford Walker, son of Cliff &
Martha Walker; Cole Bacot, nephew of Kerby & Jennifer
McDonald; Marie Harrington; Buddy Stephens, friend of Jeff
Holloway; Ruby Easter, friend of Ruth Fletcher; Lynn
Bowers, friend of Penny Purnell; Leon Nason, friend of the
Bennett family; Alan Pankiewicz, brother of David
Pankiewicz; Gilbert Shank, son of Jack Shank; Pat Barber;
Lisa Grantham, friend of Barbara Royal; Patti Bresler,
cousin-in-law to Michael Longmeier; Bill Doughty, father of
Jennifer McDonald; Oscar Burt Sr., father of Von Burt; Sal
Macaluso, nephew of Barbara Bosarge; W.M. Gray, father of
Eleanor Umphlett; Martha Miller, mother of Scott Morgan;
Glenn Ball; Harold Harrington; Midge Meeker, aunt of Patti
Pankiewicz; Mary Perkins, grandmother of Jason Briggs;
Karen Strader, friend of Barbara Bosarge; Pansy Light;
Ellen Little, friend of Pastor Tom; Bebe Freeman, friend of
the McDonald family
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