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Your Church Newsletter
October 26, 2006
Parson’s Page
Dear FCC Family,
A GIANT THANK YOU to Marcus Willis and CMF for hosting
the annual Pinelake Church Retreat this past weekend! What
a blessing to get away, to spend quality time with church
members and to be sore from football games and the paddle
boating! The meal again was sumptuous thanks to everyone
who brought a dish. Jerrell's venison roast was out of this
world as were the bass filets. Thank you Roy and Jean also
for helping to fry the fish!
A reminder that the November 11th Music for Missions
at the Grand Opera House Theatre is around the corner.
Tickets are available at the Merritt House ($30 donation to
PavingYourWay) and Theresa Andersson and her band will lift
your spirits with great tunes! We have limited space
available and I don't want you to miss this big event!
Money goes toward helping to build Christie's Castle in
Clarkdale and Westside Mission in New Orleans!
Doors open at 7:30pm - Casual Dress - Family Friendly
Event!
On November 3-5, we will be meeting in Shreveport for
the Great River Regional Assembly with church members from
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. I will be leading a
workshop on becoming a Missional Church using FCC as a
model. Ed Owen will be helping me and sharing his story of
his vocational mission following Katrina in Meridian, Long
Beach and New Orleans. Robin and Joe Johnson and Ed Owen
will be our Delegates for voting and representation. We
need others to go with us! Information is at the Merritt
House!
On November 19th, the downtown churches are hosting
the Thanksgiving Worship service at 6pm at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church! We have planned a super service including
testimonies, children's music and more! Put it on your
calendar and join the ONE CHURCH!
See you Sunday!
Love,
Parson
Halloween Carnival
October 29th
5-7 P.M.
Needed: donations of prizes and candy,
cakes and cookies for the cake walk
Silent auction items will be on display the night of the
carnival. This year Charlie Busler is donating a 23” x 58”
Walter Anderson block print, entitled “Life in the Ditch
I.” The print is water colored by Charlie. Pete Willis is
donating a carving of an Ivory Bill Woodpecker; Bill Autry
is donating 2 one hour tennis lessons; Billy Goodman is
donating 2 rooms of carpet cleaning by Jani King, Jeri
Cathey is donating a 1 hour massage Cheryl Hessler is
donating an item from Mr. Discount.
Items to be raffled off are a turkey donated by Sonny and
Gail Gilmore and a special cake donated by Jean Willis.
Raffle tickets will sell for $1 each.
Menu
Hamburger plate Frito Chili Pie
Hotdog plate Cheese fries
Proceeds from the carnival benefit the Youth Mission Fund.
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Please bring your cakes, cookies, brownies, or anything
that can be used for a dessert, to the church kitchen
before 5 P.M. on the 29th.
The Flowers at the baptistry are given to the glory of God
by Jerrell and Mary Polk.
In Our Prayers
Christian sympathy is extended to the family of Martha
Burges, aunt of Mary Gilmore.
Prayer concerns: Kimberly Williams, granddaughter of Lucian
and Carol Lee; Gary Metz, brother-in-law of David
Pankiewicz; Charles Wesley Mosley, 3 year old; David
Johnson, cousin of Carmen Renfrow; The Holloway Family; The
Feltenstein Family; Frances Porter, friend of Ruth
Fletcher; Ray McDade; William M. Gray, father of Eleanor
Umphlett; Denise Armstrong; 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;
Joe Boswell; 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; 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
Outreach Team News
The Outreach Mission team is teaming up with Randy Nance
and his office staff to feed 350 shut-ins the day before
Thanksgiving. The food will be provided by Squealers and
Rush Hospital. We would also like to include anyone in our
church family who may need a meal.
We need people to help serve up and deliver food to the
homebound. This will all take place Wednesday, November
22nd from 10:30 A.M. until 1:30 P.M. from our kitchen. Sign
up sheets will be located in the Narthex, 23rd Ave.
entrance and the Fellowship Hall for those who need a meal
delivered and for those who would like to help serve and
deliver food.
Thank you for your help and support,
From the Mission Team
Walk for Laurie’s Kids
The 4th Annual Walk for Laurie’s Kids will be held on
Saturday November 4th from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M. at the
Northeast Softball Complex. A $25 donation is requested.
You may register prior to the walk by calling First
Christian Church or filling out an entry form and mailing
it to 1301 23rd Ave., Meridian, MS 39301. For more
information, please call the church office at 601-693-1425.
Disciple Women
Thursday
November 2nd
12 noon,
Pot-luck luncheon
(salad or vegetable please)
We will be discussing final plans for the church wide
Thanksgiving meal that is scheduled for November 15th in
the Fellowship Hall.
We need everyone who can to be present for this meeting. We
especially ask that each circle be represented so someone
will be able to relay the plans to other circle members who
may be unable to attend.
This is a big undertaking—We need everyone’s participation!
Serving Sunday, October 29th
At the Table: Elder Joe Johnson and Elder Jacque Longmeier
Serving communion and collecting the offering: Jr.
Diaconate
Lector: Lee Meyer
Acolyte: Alyssa Goodman
Youth meetings will resume Sunday, November 5th.
Fall Back!! Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour
when you go to bed Saturday night.
October 23rd Weekly Offerings $4,612
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