The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- Sunday School
- Flower Calendar
- Music Notes
- Chinese New Year Invitation
- Souper Bowl of Caring
- Telling the Good News: Online!
Updated Prayer Requests
- Niki Bynum, 22-year old niece of Donna & Jay Atkinson, was
diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.
She will need lots of blood transfusions throughout her
treatment. The family will also be
accepting monetary donations.
Contact Donna at 972-533-6789 or Jan in the DCC office to get more
specifics about this.
- Shiela Kolb, friend of Pat Brown and Rosie Lewallan
has completed chemotherapy and is now declared cancer-free!
- Joan Caughron, daughter-in-law of Rev. Diane
Clark and former DCC member is recovering from gall bladder surgery on
January 23.
- Joane Pieper, daughter-in-law of Agnes Pieper, is at the
- Gary Snyder has returned to work but continues to receive physical
therapy since his knee replacement surgery in December.
- Dakota, the Young’s 24-month-old foster daughter/relative,
will return to her family February 1.
Please pray for them during this transition.
The prayer
requests in The Link each week are recent updates. A list of ongoing prayer
requests appears in our worship bulletin each Sunday.
Having never heard me preach, an elder told Diane that if I was half as good a
preacher as she, then I would be OK. We
both laughed, for we know
that we preach differently. And you all hear us differently too. From Sunday to Sunday your
life changes. The news is
different; personal issues vary;
things at your workplace shift; the
weather changes. What you needed last
week is not what you need this week.
So you hear the good news in a very
different way than you heard it last week.
And what misses you may be the very thing the person beside you in the
pew needs to hear. Or
vice versa. Even the things going
on in and around the congregation affect you.
But we all come to worship; I mean
all of us. The preachers, the choir, the
accompanists, the readers, the pray-ers, the servers, the greeters: all of us come to worship. The sermon, hymns, scripture, anthem,
prayers, communion, offering are part of a whole. We are the performers, along with all the
other worshipers everywhere in the world, laying our lives before God for a
brief time.
So, see you every Sunday, whether
I’m in the pulpit or Diane is. Let’s let
God into our lives together and be prepared by our worship for whatever God has
in store for all of us.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR DCC is proud to announce the following
times for Sunday School Classes:
Please stay tuned for the new and
exciting February Education Seminar planned for the benefit of DCC.
2008 Flower Calendar
The flower
calendar for this year is back in the Narthex rather than in Jan’s office. At this point, there are plenty Sundays to
choose from
for
those of you wishing to contribute flowers during worship in honor of a special
person or occasion. The cost is
$40. Please remember to drop your
payment in the offering plate on the Sunday you’re giving the flowers.
Music Notes
By Laura Young
Music
Director
Rehearsal Schedule
- January 30 we are joining with the choir of FCC
at
- February 6 Ash Wednesday worship at FCC. Choir begins at
Upcoming
local performances:
TONIGHT !! “Let Freedom Ring” is a program honoring the life of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., being performed by several hundred Plano ISD
students and various community leaders.
The annual tribute begins at 7:00
p.m. on Thursday, January 24, in Collinwood Hall at the
The Richardson Community Band will present a concert at 2 p.m. on February 10 at the
Chinese New Year Invitation
from Rev. Lian Jiang,
First Chinese Christian Church
Chinese
New Year is coming on February 7. As is
our tradition, we, the Chinese congregation, would like to invite all our
American
brother
and sisters to a celebration lunch on Sunday, February 10. Please just come and eat – you are our
honored guests. This
is
also a token of our appreciation for all your support. The lunch starts after worship around 11:45
am. Peace!
Souper Bowl
of Caring
The Souper Bowl of Caring
Sunday is February 3. You can help support
this canned-good drive to help refill the shelves of the Plano Food
Pantry. Bring your canned goods (ex.
canned soup, chili, stew, spaghetti sauce, any non-perishable food item) and we
will dedicate them February 3 as we join churches around the nation in our
efforts to help end hunger in our community.
Telling the Good News: Online!
If you have not stopped
by the DCC website recently, click
on over. A significant update was made on Monday, November 12. There
are photos of Trunk or Treat. You can access them from snapfish.com. You will
need a username and a password, but it only takes a few seconds to get
registered.
Remember, church leaders can find important documents on the download
page.
Also, don't forget to visit the
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,
birthdays and anniversaries on that calendar, as well as the scheduled
Elders, Deacons and Connectors for each Sunday.
Also, there is a place to submit
prayer requests.
For website suggestions,
please e-mail the church office.
The
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
Diane & Galen Clark, Co-Transitional
Pastors
Laura Young, Music Director
Linda Gulick, Preschool Director
Julie Chen, Pianist
Jan Carter, Administrative Assistant
Carly Geibler, Nursery Attendant
email: theoffice@dccplano.com
phone: 972-398-2240