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The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
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June 8, 2006
- Vol 1, Issue 20
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In This Issue
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Updated Prayer Requests
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A Week Before the NBA Finals - The DCC Finals
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DCC got a head start on all of the basketball
excitement in the Dallas area last weekend with the
third annual Bob Knoll All-Star Basketball
Camp.
About 60 youth from second grade to high school
spent two days learning fundamentals. More
importantly, they learned to strive to be the best at
whatever they do.
At the end of the camp, awards were given for most
enthusiasm and most spirit. All campers received a
free basketball and t-shirt.
Special Olympics coaches based in Lewisville brought
over about 15 youth. Awards and prizes were
donated by Nike and TCU Basketball.
"Basketball Camp 2006 was a huge success!" Bob
Knoll, pictured above, said. "The contributions and
assistance from the Disciples Christian Church
Community made the experiences for the campers
exciting and memorable. Words cannot express the
appreciation Sharon and I have for ALL of you that
contributed your passion,
enthusiasm, time, energy and finances to help make
camp fun for the youngsters. We would like to
thank
everyone for your part in Basketball Camp
2006."
For a slideshow featuring camp photos by Nancy Hall,
click here.
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Kick off the summer with a unique special
event:
Ice Cream Social and Concert featuring
the “9:45 Band" | THIS Friday June 9 at 7
pm
This is an excellent laid-back event to invite your
friends and neighbors to ... The 9:45 Band leads the
Contemporary service at Fellowship United Methodist
Church in Trophy Club. They play adult contemporary
and folk music.
We'll begin in the fellowship hall at 7 pm and move
into the sanctuary for the concert around 8 pm.
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The beautiful baby grand piano in the choir
loft is on loan from John Dysart. Until he is able to
move it to Minnesota, he has offered to share it with
us so that it may be cared for and enjoyed. We had
to wait and let it acclimate before tuning, which
was accomplished this week. Now that it has
been tuned, you can expect to hear, and, I hope,
enjoy, the baby grand a lot more in the coming weeks!
Remember that you can come say "hello" to
John
Dysart and the Nabors at the Cast of Bronze concert. John will be
flying back to participate in their tour, which ends in
Richardson at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 15th at St
Barnabas Presbyterian Church at 1221 W. Belt Line
Road. For more information on this professional
handbell ensemble, you can go to
www.castofbronze.com.
Choir schedule:
The chancel choir will sing until Sunday, June 18th,
and then begin a summer break. We will resume
rehearsals on Wednesday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Summer specials:
If you are interested in performing special music
during the summer, please contact Laura Young at
972-744-9941.
Keyboardist search:
Our search is underway. If you know of someone who
is talented and interested, they may apply by giving
a resume to Jan in the office, or submitting a resume
on-line through our DCC website.
The Richardson Community Band presents free family-
friendly concerts every two weeks during summer.
The next one takes place on Sunday, June 11th at 7
p.m. at the lawn of the Richardson Civic Center (on
Arapaho, just West of 75). Concert-goers are
encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Picnic
dinners are welcome too. For more information,
please see www.richardsoncommunityband.org.
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Even if you can't be at DCC July 17-21 from 9:30 am-
12:30 pm, there are still three ways you can
directly help make Fiesta! a smashing success!
- Donate or lend supplies - Check out the
new bulletin board in the Atrium ... VBS
leaders are using that as a collection point for
supplies.
- Decorating ... Join us on Sunday, July 16
as we transform DCC into a Fiesta!
- Prayer ... Be in church on Sunday, July
16 as we commission and pray for all VBS volunteers.
Then, return the following Sunday, July 23, for a slide-
show and special music celebrating Fiesta!
Also, to register a young person for VBS,
simply print out and return a
registration form to the DCC office! It could not be
more simple!
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At an all-church meeting last Sunday, the following
individuals were called to serve as
leaders:
Board Officers: John Prewitt (Chair); Rick
Boyer (Vice
Chair); Gary Boyd & Donna Clancy (Co-Treasurers);
Gena Hurst (Secretary); S.W. Christie & Dave Bell
(Trustees)
Elders: Mike Bell, Patty Boyer, Fred Hall &
Martha
Pusko
Deacons: Rick Boyer, Bob Knoll, Sharon Knoll,
Lois
Teed-Gillen, Joan Twenty, Bobby Overstreet,
Rebecca Nilsen, Mark Mueller, Jan Mueller, Susan
Shaw, Sam Christie and Stacy Bell.
The Nominating Team consisted of Mike Bell,
Patti
Boyer and Martha Pusko, along with Rev. Brian Coats,
ex-officio.
Please lift these new leaders up in your prayers, as
they seek to follow God and lead DCC.
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Our Mission: Serving Our Neighbors
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Now that the Interfaith Partners Habitat home is
complete, DCC is turning its attention to the next
hands-on service project.
With the coming of summer, Hurricane Season 2006
has officially started. As we've learned the last two
years, unfortunately it's not "if" a hurricane will strike,
but "when." This year, DCC is going to get a head-
start on the aid.
During June and July, we will be collecting
Emergency Clean-up Buckets. The supplies in
these buckets enable people to begin the
overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood,
hurricane, tornado or other disaster.
You and your family are encouraged to prepare an
entire bucket. The contents can be found on the Church World Service website; lists
are also available in the coffee fellowship area of the
DCC Atrium. Bring your bucket with you to
worship on Sunday, July 30. Before sending them
off to Church
World Service, we will dedicate these buckets.
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Dear Madam or Sir,
First let me apologize for the time it took to write and
thank you for the generous gift of chairs which you
all gave our church. It is times like these when
churches are in financial difficulties and membership is
low that a gift such as yours is very much
appreciated. I must say that the chairs are very
comfortable. Our members and others have
commented on their beauty, at length.
Sincerely, Lloyd B. Facen
Warren Avenue Christian Church
Dear Disciples Christian Church,
I sincerely wanted to thank you for your $100
donation to the A.H. Wilbur Walk-A-Thon. Your
donation will be used to build a scholaship fund which
will be distributed among several talented and college-
bound students at our school. Thank you so much for
making Adam Hurst's dream for studying theater a
reality.
Sincerely,
Alex Branton
Plano High School
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On Tuesday, July 4, DCC will have a float in
the Plano
Independence Day Parade, and we need your
help!
We’ll be preparing over 1500 water bottles
THIS
Sunday, June 11 and Sunday, June 25 after
worship.
If you can stay after for a little while to help us, it
will make the work easier on everyone. This is an
excellent opportunity to offer our friends and
neighbors a “cup of living water.” Join us as we reach
out to as many Plano neighbors as possible!
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Telling the Good News: Online
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If you have not stopped by the DCC website
recently, click
on over. The most notable new feature is an online
calendar. It enables you to send yourself
reminders of upcoming events, send invitations to
friends and colleagues and download the church
schedule to your personal computer.
You can find all of the church activities for June on
that calendar.Also, there is a place to
submit prayer requests and a new feature
called "DCC TV," which is a video of our Sunday worship.
For website suggestions, please e-mail the
church office.
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Feel free to forward this e-mail on. If you are the
recipient of a forwarded e-mail, and you have more
questions about anything you see here or about
Disciples Christian Church, send an e-mail to
brian@dccplano.com.
The Mission of Disciples Christian Church In order to follow Jesus and worship God, we will serve our neighbors. We will minister to our fellow Christians. We will live and tell the good news of Jesus Christ in all we do.
Disciples Christian Church Staff
Brian Coats, Senior Pastor Laura Young, Music Director Linda Gulick, Preschool Director Jan Carter, Administrative Assistant Heather Elliot, Nursery Attendant
phone:
972-398-2240
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