Newsletter 9/27/11
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Facts & Figures for September 25, 2011 Attendance (152 and 111)...........................263 Sunday School.....136 General Fund Receipts..............$3,275.00 Capital Fund Receipts......................$2, 505.00 Loose Offering/Sunday School......$240.00 Non-Budget Funds Receipts...$9,063.47 2011 Facts & Figures as of August 31, 2011 YTD Budget Receipts.........$323,223.47 YTD Budget Expenses.......$332,334.81 Net Receipts over Expenses.......($9,111.34) Presented by Kay Smith, Treasurer, [email protected]
The Stillwater Christian
Volume 2011 Welcome Pat McNally Pat McNally came forward and joined with First Announcements 1 Christian Church on Sunday, September 19th in Snapshots from 2 the 9:00 service. We are pleased to welcome her. Sondra Pat is the wife of Jim Rutledge. They have been Children and Youth 3 married two years. Pat comes to us from Wamego, Birthdays & 3 Kansas where she retired as State Director of the Kansas 4-H program after 37 years of service to Anniversaries the 4-H programs in Oklahoma, Virginia, Iowa and Facts & Figures 4 Kansas. Please, take a moment and introduce yourself to Pat and welcome her to First Christian Church. In This Issue Harvest Festival, This Sunday 5:30 - 7:30 Join us for a chili cook-off, games, cotton candy, pumpkin painting, quilt show, antique tractor show, and more! Were going to celebrate the offerings brought forth during the stewardship campaign in a fun, new way.
Have a famous chili recipe that your family loves? Could it be the best at church? Lets find out! Sign up to bring a pot of chili (or 2) by letting Aaron Sapp know. We also need desserts and a few more volunteers to help with games.
September 27
WNF Menu for Sept. 28
Adults: Spaghetti & Italian Sausages, Green salad, French bread Kids: Spaghetti & Meatballs, Green beans, French bread Dessert: Parfait
Sunday is our monthly
First Sunday Food Drive!
All proceeds benefit COCAA. Please bring any non-perishable food items.
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Of Stillwater, OK, Inc. 411 W. Mathews Ave. Stillwater, OK 74075-7517
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Did you donate a quilt? We have some without identification. Please call the church and let us know which ones are yours!
The Stillwater Christian is a weekly publication of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The deadline for articles each week is 1pm Monday. Tracy Freeman, Editor [email protected] Church Office Phone: 405.372.7722 Fax: 405.372.7726 Find The Stillwater Christian and more information at www.fcc-stillwater.org
2011 Reconciliation Offering to be taken Oct 2nd and 9th The 2011 Reconciliation Offering Sundays are October 2nd & 9th, Planting Seeds of Hope, which goes along with our Harvest theme. Reconciliation Ministry Offering is used to fund our Churchs mission priority to become a pro-reconciling/anti-racist church through experiential education, inclusive worship and intentional dialogue. Funds from this offering provide Youth and Young Adult camps, training programs for leadership development, and resources to promote small group study and community-building. Celebration Stillwater Celebration Stillwater this year is planned for this Saturday, from noon to 6:00pm. We still need volunteers to help! Please contact Kim Hall or sign up at church. Questions? Ask Kim Hall.
We also need cookies for Celebration Stillwater. Please place 2 cookies in a Ziplock and place them all in a shoe box to minimize crumbling. Bring them by Fenton Office Mart (111 W. McElroy) by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 29th or Friday the 30th. Or bring them to the Celebration Stillwater "Check In" (Couch Park) by 11:30 am on Saturday, October 1st. It would be great to have a cookie count so contact Chuck Willoughby to give a count or if you have any questions (624-1052 or [email protected]). Thank you!
CWF Plans Annual Fall Rummage Sale! Prep days: Oct 3 - 5th. Sale is Oct 6-7th. Workers needed each day! Contact Jodelle Stout
Join us this Sunday for World Communion Sunday and LeAnn Sapps Message, Celebrating the Harvest based on Deuteronomy 16:9-15 and Matthew 21:33-46 Traditional 9:00am Sunday School 10:10 Contemporary 11:10
Send prayer requests and general email to [email protected]
Snapshots from Sondra
Children/Youth Ministry Director [email protected]
20 youth participated in our Connect Campout Sept. 24-25th. The purpose was to help us form closer bonds in our group. I was also hopeful that as we grow to know each other better, we would grow in our knowledge and understanding of our Creator. Camping always provides an opportunity for bonding. How many times have we heard the expression that there is no better way to feel closer to God than to sleep under the stars? We left Saturday morning, intending to take the scenic route, and stop wherever we wanted along the way to take pictures. One stop was in Hominy at a thrift sale, where several youth made unique purchases. We needed to be in Dewey, Oklahoma by 3:00pm for the Wild West Days parade. Fortunately, we made it in time for the youth to explore some of the antique shops. Natalie Fieldsend and Audrey Memmott spent time trying on vintage clothing. Gage Baker, Sydney Goad and Matt Arrington found all kinds of cool stuff, including a police light that plugged into a car, which they thought would be the perfect way to signal Rick when it was time for a stop. After the parade, the entire group stopped into an old fashioned soda shop for ice cream and sodas. A couple of youth even purchased cherry phosphates and were kind enough to share. We camped out on my brothers ranch in Chatauqua, Kansas. After setting up our tent city, we cooked out, and explored. We also visited a haunted house for a ghost story after dark. Sunday morning started off with breakfast cooked over the campfire. We then traveled to Prairie Song, a replication of a prairie town built by one man. (You honestly have to see it to believe it, and everyone should go and check it out). There, we visited an old-time school house, school marms home, prairie home, blacksmith shop, saloon, jail, barn/tool shed, witnessed a bank robbery and more! Several of the youth were put into jail by Roster Cogburn. Then we headed to Jonesburg for church, which meets at 2:30pm on Sunday afternoon, with some very special people. We more than quadrupled the average attendance, and they were thrilled to worship with young people! They made us feel so welcomed and appreciated. Hopefully they know how much life and vitality we see in their tiny but powerful worship services. They were thrilled when, during special music, Caroline Harrist and Aaron Sharp volunteered to sing a duet. I regret, once again, having to leave out a lot of the really cool stuff, because there is not enough room here to share. This congregation is extremely blessed to have an amazing group of young people as a part of our body of Christ. I have worked with them now for nearly ten years and on every trip, I am amazed by EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. Sometimes I look up at the stars at night and think of the scripture that says God knows them each by name, and I think how is that possible? This weekend, spending time with some of His most amazing creations, I got a glimpse. If God is revealed in His creation, He must be beyond description. I know for a fact that He, who designed and knit together the bunch of youth involved at FCC, did one incredible job.
CHILDREN & YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS
Sondra Ladd, Children/Youth Ministry Director [email protected]
This Sundays helpers: Diana Watkins, Teacher and Amy Goad, Assistant Teacher. Youth assistants are Jenna Baker and Ryan Parker. The Story: The Good Shepherd
Harvest Celebration to be held Sunday Night
Children, Youth and Families are encouraged to attend the Harvest Celebration, Sunday evening. There will be food, fun and activities for all ages. This will be held during both morning worship services Oct. 9th. Children, youth and adults will be sharing stories and photos from Dry Gulch and Mission Camp. Please join us in worship and share with us in praising and worshiping God. Frightfest at Frontier City will be held Sunday, Oct. 16th. Tickets are $17, which includes admission to Nightmare Haunted House. We will attend worship in the traditional service and leave immediately following that. Well do a fast food stop in Guthrie and spend the day at Frontier City. We will return to Stillwater early Sunday evening. TICKETS MUST BE ORDERED IN ADVANCE. If you want to attend Frightfest, turn in your money to Sondra or Rick no later than Sunday, Oct. 9th. Plans are currently underway for our 2nd annual Trunk or Treat. We are hoping to make this years event even BIGGER AND BETTER. Monday, Oct. 31st we hope to have both parking lots full of stops for trick or treaters. This event will be open to the entire community. You can help in numerous ways. 1) Call Sondra to reserve a spot for your trunk or treat booth, dress up, decorate your trunk and be here Monday, Oct. 31st to hand out candy to trick or treaters 2) donate candy or small prizes to be distributed. Candy donations may be brought to the church office. Make sure and designate that they are to be used for the Trunk or Treat event.
FCC Celebration of Summer Activities
FRIGHTFEST to be held Oct 16th
Trunk or Treat October 31st
I want to thank all of my church friends for the prayers, cards, and telephone calls at the death of my sister. Idamae Mattheyer.
Happy Birthday to: 9/28 Marty McElwain; 9/30 Dillon Smith; 10/1 William Andrews, Lauren Bailey, Sarah Bailey, Janet Biven; 10/3 Leila Beeby; 10/4 Angie Mendez Happy Anniversary to: 9/28 Ryan and Grethen Cathey; 10/4 Sonny and Linda Apman
