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October 6, 2006
Parson’s Page
Dear FCC Family,
MUSIC FOR MISSIONS: November 11 to support missions
with PavingYourWay! Join others at the newly restored Grand
Opera House for an evening with Tommy Sikes and Theresa
Andersson (New Orleans best acoustic singer award). A
donation to PavingYourWay of $30 gets you a ticket for a
great night! We have 200 seats left.
REGIONAL ASSEMBLY: I have been asked to lead a workshop
at the November Great River Regional Assembly in Shreveport
on BECOMING A MISSIONAL CHURCH using our model. It will be
an honor to share what our church is doing, being and
saying! I would love to have a few members to go with me to
share their story of missional experiences at home and
abroad.
THIS SUNDAY: This Sunday we will be a message on
"Children of Divorce" that I hope will be beneficial to
people of all ages. If you know of someone who is divorced,
invite them to church this Sunday. Below is the text from
Mark 10: Then in the house the disciples asked him again
about this matter. 11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his
wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
12and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she
commits adultery.” 13People were bringing little children
to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples
spoke sternly to them. 14But when Jesus saw this, he was
indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come
to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that
the kingdom of God belongs. 15Truly I tell you, whoever
does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will
never enter it.” 16And he took them up in his arms, laid
his hands on them, and blessed them.
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Selah.
Parson
ATTENTION!!
Choir news
The choir will be starting rehearsal for the Christmas
cantata, which will be performed on December 17th. If you
would like to sing in this production please come to choir
practice at 9 A.M. on Sunday mornings.
The cantata will include chimes this year. If anyone is
interested in playing them, please contact Wynne a.s.a.p.
For those of you with young children, the church is going
to begin providing a babysitter during choir practice.
Hattie Altman, one of the regular helpers, will be coming
in at 9 A.M on Sunday mornings for this purpose.
The Mission Team will meet on October 11th at 5:30 P.M. in
the Merritt House.
Serving Sunday, October 8th
At the Table: Elder Robin Johnson and Elder Pete Willis
Serving communion and collecting the offering: Sally
Archer, Will Ballou, Jason Briggs, Christy Brown, Tommy
Eldridge, David Haggard, Rick Justice, John Mayfield
Lector: Greg Swanson
Acolyte: Elizabeth Tomlinson
CYF and Chi-Rho meet at the home of David & Deborah
Haggard.
In Our Prayers
Christian Sympathy is extended to the family of Louise
Mabry, mother of Joe Mabry
Prayer concerns: Frances Porter, friend of Ruth Fletcher;
Ray McDade; William M. Gray, father of Eleanor Umphlett;
Denise Armstrong; William Kalinowski, friend of Jack Shank;
Dr. David W. Griffin, brother of Gail Gilmore; Kenneth
Davis, friend of Dr. W.M. (Sonny) Gilmore; Renee Ivey,
daughter of Bo and Barbara Bosarge; Conner Harwell,
father-in-law of Steve Dennis; Joe Boswell; Sara Meyer,
mother of Lee Meyer; Laura Dement, friend of Jennifer
McDonald; 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; 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; 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
Address Change
Thomas & Allison Thompson have moved. Their new address is:
5460 Richard Johnson Road
Toomsuba, MS 39364
Please update your directory accordingly
Ponderings
An old dollar bill and an even older $20 arrive at a
Federal Reserve Bank to be retired. “I’ve had a pretty good
life,” the $20 says. “I’ve been to Vegas, the finest
restaurants in New York and even on a Caribbean cruise.”
“You did have an exciting life!” the dollar says.
“Where have you been?” the $20 asks.
“Oh, I’ve been to the Methodist church, the Baptist church,
spent some time with the Lutherans—“
“Wait,” the $20 interrupts. “What’s a church?”
Submitted by Myra Mabry
The Flowers at the baptistry are given to the glory of God
and in memory of Hanner Barnes on this the Sunday closest
to her birthday by her granddaughters, Karen Huelsman and
Kimberly Koch.
The annual retreat and picnic at Pine Lake Fellowship camp
will be October 21-22. Lots of outdoor fun and activities
are on the agenda. Sunday morning we will have a lakeside
communion service.
Watch for more information next week.
2006 REGIONAL ASSEMBLY
GREAT RIVER REGION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
NOVEMBER 3-5
KINGS HIGHWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
806 KINGS HIGHWAY
SHREVEPORT. LA 71104
318-222-3684
Registration forms are at the church. Hotel deadline is
October 13, 2006
More information available at www.grrcc.org
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