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August 24, 2006
Parson’s Page
Dear FCC Family and Friends,
+ Nehemiah's Leadership Lessons continues this weekend with
a message from chapter 4. We have looked at the key points
of great leaders:
1. Charisma
2. Character
3. Courage
4. Collegiality
This Sunday we will see two more characteristics. See if
you can guess what they are after you read chapter 4. The
villains, Tobiah and Sanballat emerge in the drama (hint).
+ A special THANK YOU to Susie Morgan and Sharon Busler for
their scrapbook ministry for Bruce and Eileen Bebensee.
+ This Sunday is the last one for Max and Susie Sulkowski
who are moving to Huntsville to take care of their aging
parents. They improved our worship through the sound system
they donated and we are deeply grateful for them. Susie
worked at EMBDC and did so much for our community. We send
you off with the Spirit of love, joy, peace, patience and
more!
+ Thank you to the Nehemiah builders of the Habitat
Disciples House! What a thrill to be with you as we built a
home for Barbara and her two children! Thank you to Johnny
Wray with Week of Compassion who paid for the house, to
Scott Morgan who provided the flooring, and many of you who
worked on site or prepared meals. Thank you to Jane Swanson
and the CWF for your behind the scenes and consistent
ministry!
+ September 10: Rally Day (New SS Classes and Board Mtg
for Ushers and Deacons!
Love and Joy!
Tom Sikes
'Parson'
WOMEN’S RETREAT
for Mississippi Disciple Women
How about a great girl’s night out in early September? We
are traveling to the Duncan Gray Center, outside of Canton,
MS, on September 9-10. Departure time is early Saturday
morning, and we will be home by 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
The retreat speaker will be Rev. Lois Artis. Planned
activities include interest workshops, and a special art
presentation by our own resident master, Charlie Busler!
We already have four signed up to attend, and want to bring
as many as possible from Meridian. We can even have our own
cabin with as few as six in our group. Please contact Jane
Swanson for all details as soon as possible, as the
registration deadline is September 1st.
Who from their labors rest…
Ike Clifton Walker, Jr.
January 1, 1918 – August 21, 2006
New Addresses
Bruce and Eileen Bebensee
1301 Belle Point Drive
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Max and Suzie Sulkowski
P.O. Box 5458
Huntsville, AL 35834
In Our Prayers
Christian sympathy is extended to the family of Cliff
Walker.
Prayer concerns: Renee Ivey, daughter of Bo and Barbara
Bosarge; Joey and Taylor Mabry, son and grandson of Myra
and Joe Mabry; Conner Harwell, father-in-law of Steve
Dennis; Joe Boswell; Sara Meyer, mother of Lee Meyer; The
Kahlmus family; Laura Dement, friend of Jennifer McDonald;
Mary John Dickson, sister-in-law of Ruth Fletcher; Ryan
Nance, son of Randy and Nancy Nance; Joe Skinner; Randolph
Smith; Rick, Claire and Katie Hassell, friends of Susie
Morgan; Robin Davis; Kenneth Winter, nephew of Madge
Glenn/cousin of Rose Justice; Rev. Henry Hudson; Bobby
Merritt, son of Lillian Merritt, brother of Myra Mabry and
Sally Brown; 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; Heather Bean, friend of Buddy & Cindy
Bennett; Ford Walker, son of Cliff & Martha Walker; Cole
Bacot, nephew of Kerby & Jennifer McDonald; Marie
Harrington; 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
Flowers for the Santuary
Once again we find ourselves without fresh flowers for the
Sunday morning worship services. None are on the schedule
for the month of September and the rest of the year is
sparse as well.
If you would like to make this a part of your ministry,
please call the church office and choose a date. Your
dedication will be listed in the newsletter and the
bulletin.
There will be a sign up sheet in the Fellowship Hall for
the Property and Grounds ministry team. If you are
interested in serving on this team, please write your name
on the list.
Grady Hinson is chair of Property and Grounds.
Refuge Recovery
Sunday afternoon from 3 P.M.-4 P.M.
In the Merritt House
Pastor’s Cabinet Meeting
Wednesday
August 30, 2006
5:30 P.M.
Fellowship Hall
Serving Sunday, August 27th
At the Table: Elder Scott Morgan and Elder David Gilmore
Serving communion and collecting the offering: Andrew
Covington, Mike McKelvaine, Jason Briggs, Lisa Moore, Don
wurner, Cathy Feinstein, Leigh Ann Ballou, Buddy Bennett
Lector: Robin Johnson
Acolyte: Tyler Hinson
No Youth Groups
Offerings Report
August 20th Weekly Offerings $5,936
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