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Facts & Figures for January 1, 2012 Attendance (86 and 62)...............................148 Sunday School.......71 General Fund Receipts..............$6,830.00 Capital Fund Receipts.......................$1,192.00 Loose Offering/Sunday School........$63.06 Non-Budget Funds Receipts......$129.00 2011 Facts & Figures as of Nov. 30, 2011 YTD Budget Receipts.........$437,014.63 YTD Budget Expenses.......$442,700.50 Net Receipts over Expenses.......($5,685.87) Presented by Kay Smith, Treasurer, [email protected]
The Stillwater Christian
Volume 2012 In This Issue
Announcements Care and Feeding of a Candle Children and Youth Birthdays & Anniversaries Facts & Figures 1 2 3 3 4
January 3
Taking Down Decorations, Jan. 8th Immediately following the Contemporary Service, a light pizza lunch will be provided, and then at 1pm we will begin to pack away the seasonal items to the attic. If you can, please donate some extra cardboard rolls from paper towels, wax paper, etc. We will wrap the lights around the cardboard rolls after we take the tree down.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 1.11 WNF Returns! 1.21 All Board Leadership Training 1.29 New Board Installation February Directory Pictures Taken 2.17 Watoto Childrens Choir Concert 2.19-2.26 All Church Mission Event
WNF Session 3 1/11-2/15: FAITH Speaks For our next session of Wednesday Night Fellowship, we have invited guest speakers from Phillips Theological Seminary to speak about todays faith issues. Beginnings at 6:00pm, a meal will be served. Marta has put together a fantastic menu for this session! Then at 6:30pm, children will go to play practice for the Spring Musical. Adults may go to Choir practice, play Mah Jongg, or stay for the speaker. We will dismiss at 7:30pm. Kitchen help is needed! We need: Cooks Helpers (2:30pm-4:30pm); Food/Beverage Servers (5:50pm-6:15pm); Kitchen Crew (6:30pm7:00pm); Dining Room Clean-up (6:45pm-7:05pm). Please let Judith Elliott know if you can help with any of these. BLESSED ARE THE SAINTS OF PAST
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Of Stillwater, OK, Inc. 411 W. Mathews Ave. Stillwater, OK 74075-7517
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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
First Christian Church has been blessed by those who came before us providing financial support, spiritual leadership, our building, and our history. Once a month in this newsletter, we will highlight an endowment fund that provides regular income to benefit many of our ministries. Today we honor the Cliff & Bess Elder Endowment, a restricted endowment fund. Reflecting their love for the church and Cliffs dedication to beautifying our grounds, the Elders gift is designated for landscaping our church property. Over the past two years, this endowment has generated nearly $242 in landscaping funds. Please keep the FCC managed endowment trust in mind as you make plans for your future financial gifts and asset allocations.
Join us this Sunday for Owen Caytons Message, Re-fresh based on Mark 1:4-11 and Genesis 1:1-5 Traditional 9:00am Sunday School 10:10 Contemporary 11:10
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The Care and Feeding of A Candle
Owen Cayton, Senior Minister [email protected] One evening, after gymnastics, as Mattai was getting back into the car he said, I really need to work on my arm strength. What an odd thing for a seven year old to say! I am sure it was a repetition of something one of his coaches saidstill, it was odd. In early December there was an in-house gymnastics meet where we got to go see what he had been working on over the past several months. It was while he was doing the rings that it became clear what he had been talking about. Every time he tried to pull himself up, he would have to strain and would go crooked. One arm was stronger than the other and it was the only thing that caused him struggle. To develop his needed strength he has to exercise his arms. What has been interesting to watch is the way that his exercise has become quite natural to him. He is constantly pushing up with his arms wherever we goon counters, in queues at fast food restaurants, basically where ever he is he finds some place to exercise his arms quite out of habit (often to the sound of his parents saying, get down!). The exercise has become a part of him, a part of his life and his play. Strengthening something takes work, it takes effort. The thing is that doing that work can also become a part of us in such a way that we do it quite naturally, so that it becomes part of us and perhaps even less like work and more like play. The New Year provides a new opportunity for us to do things differently, to strengthen something that needs to be exercised. Sometimes we make resolutions to do such things. I want to invite you to grow in your exercises that strengthen your relationships: relationships both with others and with God. Often these are called spiritual disciplines or practices. Sometimes I think we get scared away by that language. We start thinking of monks living in the desert or even just worry about one more thing that Ive got to do in my already crunched schedule. While there are some specific disciplines that have traditionally been used by people in the church, I think that anything that brings us into connection with each other and with God can become a spiritual discipline. For example, in our world of over busy schedules it is often difficult for families to sit down at a meal together; even one per week. Yet the benefits of connection and relationship of such a practice are touted over and over again. Eating dinner as a family is not what we would typically think of as a spiritual discipline. However, it can naturally encompass many of the things that spiritual disciplines do: promotes connection, prayer, provides an opportunity to learn from and teach each other. I hope that in the coming year you will find opportunities to strengthen your faith in such a way that they become naturally a part of who you are. May you and your faith grow in 2012. Shalom, Pastor Owen
CHILDREN & YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS
Sondra Ladd, Children/Youth Ministry Director [email protected]
This Sunday Lori Krase-Cayton will be the storyteller and the helper is Amy Goad. Youth workers are Caroline Harrist and Erika Schaecher. SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! SUMMER! There are many summer opportunities for children and youth. Deadlines for deposits and registration forms are approaching. Please take time to carefully review. Dry Gulch, June 4-9th (ages 7-12). $75 deposit were due Jan 1st, $50 due March 1st and final $50 balance due May 1st (this fee is for those who have volunteered parking hours). *Note that Dry Gulch has added an additional day, so we will leave on Monday and return on Saturday. For more information, check out www.drygulchusa.com. Heifer Ranch Global Challenge: Bigger Than Me Tour, June 20-24, (6-8th Grade) $75 deposit due Feb. 1st. $150 per person for those who have worked volunteer parking/pie sale. We will also spend a day enjoying fun activities in the Little Rock, AR area. 2012 Mission Camp El Reno, July 22-27th (8th-12th grade), $150 per person, (for those who have worked volunteers hours), $75 deposit due Jan. 15th. It Only Takes a Spark Costa Rica Mission Trip, June 30-July 7, (for youth currently in 9th-12th grade). Cost $500.00 per person, $250 deposit due Feb. 1st. Must meet all mission trip policy requirements. *Passports must also be obtained by Feb. 1st. If you plan to attend this trip you need to fill out your passport application NOW. Happily Forever After Spring Musical Rehearsals Begin Jan. 11th! I AM SO EXCITED that rehearsals will begin soon, during WNF. The musical is open to all children 3-12 years of age and it is going to be SO MUCH FUN! And we will celebrate with our annual overnight trip to the OKC Zoo! DONT MISS THIS ONE! Sondra Ladd will be directing along with co-directors Ashley Ladd, Diana Watkins, and Michelle Schaecher. Plan to attend the first rehearsal Jan. 11th following the WNF meal for more details. The performance will be Sunday, April 15th during the worship service. ALL CHURCH MISSION TRIP MEETING SUNDAY, JAN. 29TH! Immediately after the Contemporary Service, we will meet in the Small Fellowship Hall. Everyone who is interested in the FCC Family Mission to Jamaica during Summer 2013. No Youth Meetings this Sunday night Happy Birthday to: 1/4 Michelle Irwin; 1/6 Norman Filtz, Jessica Zweiacker, Janet Fultz, Sharon Irwin, Aaron Sharp; 1/7 Kaylin Cranton; 1/8 Troy Levings, Sharon Wright; 1/9 Cody White; 1/10 Charles Russell Happy Anniversary to: 1/6 Scott and Wendy Stookey, Leo Blakley and Betty Jo BoggsBlakley
