The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
March 20, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- Where’s My Copy of The Link?
- DCC Education Department News
- Men’s Bible Study
- Music Notes
- Spiritual Life Retreat
- Telling the Good News: Online!
Updated Prayer Requests
- Joyce
Leraas has
fluid in her lungs. Doctors are
unable to determine the cause at this time.
- Curtis
Gulick will be undergoing
testing on his thyroid next week.
- Miranda
Carbone, Diane & Galen Clark’s
granddaughter, has three
lesions in her brain. Doctors are
trying to determine cause.
- Patti
Boyer’s brother has been
discharged form the hospital. He still
requires treatment for his infection but is anxious to get back to his
normal routine.
- Ruby
White, Patti Boyer’s aunt, fell
and broke her hip. She has a number
of other health issues making her recovery difficult.
- Mike
Ferris, Pat Brown’s neighbor, has
had numerous heart attacks. Pray
for healing of his heart and blood vessels.
- Rayburn
Peters, Sandy Snyder’s uncle was
recently moved to a nursing home.
The prayer requests in The
Link each week are recent updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in
our worship bulletin each Sunday.
It
is an awesome thing to be set aside for full-time Christian service. Plans you have for life are set aside;
priorities are rearranged; a whole new set of expectations emerge. And you know that not just the people who
know you see you in a different light; you know God has seen you in a whole
different light all your life. Giving
your life to Jesus suddenly has new meaning, broader meaning, and weightier
meaning. Sacrifice is going to be a way of life.
Assessing
its impact after a century of existence, a congregation discovered that in its
first fifty years it ordained one man and two of its women married
ministers. In its second fifty years it
ordained one man and two of its women married ministers! They were justly proud that they had sent people
to the harvest.
Every
congregation should have as one of its goals to send out ministers. Teach so that when the call of God comes no
one is reluctant to answer and say, “Here am I; send me!”
[Fifty
years ago next Wednesday, the Rev. Galen G. Clark was ordained at the Wyatt
Park Christian Church in St. Joseph, MO, with the recommendation of six
congregations and (what is now) the Mid-America Region of the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ).]
Where’s My Copy of The Link?
by Dave
Gillen
So you’ve been getting your
copy of The Link regularly for
weeks. Then…silence. They stop coming. What happened?
We email The Link to you. Unfortunately, email delivery isn’t
guaranteed. It’s much like the US Postal
Service – you put your letter in the box and then magic happens. We try our best to make sure things work, but
problems can arise at both ends of the process.
If you haven’t been
receiving The Link reliably, here are
a few things you can check.
·
Anti-spam filtering: Make sure
the anti-spam filtering on your computer (or with your email provider) allows theoffice@dccplano.com to pass
through. You never know when these
programs try to “help” you.
·
Clean out your Inbox. If you’re
like me, my Inbox grows and grows with all the email I get. Some email programs (like Outlook Express)
start misbehaving if your Inbox gets full.
When the programs misbehave, they “selectively” receive or reject new
email. Do a little housecleaning of your
Inbox, deleting the old stuff or moving it to another folder for future
reference.
·
Email Provider Limits. Some email
providers impose limits on how many pieces of email you can receive, or how
much email you can store on their servers (called “disk quota”).
If
you are a very gregarious e-mailer, The
Link may be that one piece that pushes you over the edge. It may be time for a different email
provider!
If
you leave your email on their server, you may be reaching this limit. Any new email (like The Link) is rejected. So,
it’s time to clean out your email on the server.
·
Black Lists. Some email providers keep a list of email
senders who send spam. The computer
names of these spammers are added to a “black list” and email coming from them
is automatically rejected. You need to
check with your email provider to learn if they do this and if dccplano.com has been mistakenly added.
If you’re still not
receiving The Link, and you checked
out these tips, please let us know. Send
email to theoffice@dccplano.com with
a quick note telling us which issue didn’t arrive, and the email address where
you expected to receive it.
And don’t panic. The current and back issues of The Link are on our Web site (www.dccplano.com).
Dave Gillen
DCC Education Department News
By
Youth News
Be sure to mark your calendar for
these upcoming events:
n
Saturday, April 12: Movie
Saturday, details to follow
n
Saturday, April 26: Youth car wash
fundraiser at DCC parking lot
n
Sunday, May 18: Youth Sunday with breakfast served before
worship.
A
Tutoring Committee comprised of PAT BROWN, ROSIE LEWALLEN, and SUSAN
SHAW was recently formed to assist youngsters from DCC, FCCC and Holy
Grounds needing assistance with a difficult class. Please contact
Also,
the Tri-Area Summer 2008 Camps and Conferences schedule is posted in the Youth
room downstairs as well as being mailed out to all DCC children and youth. Early Bird reservations need to be made
before April 15 in order to get the reduced price.
Adult News
n
A Christian Men’s Fellowship group is
being organized and plans a spring debut.
Contact Mark Mueller for more information.
n
n April
6, 13, 20, & 27: A Pastoral
Bible study series will be held on these Sunday evenings at 5:30 pm led by Revs. Diane and Galen Clark. They will begin with a light supper and end
with a time for recreation. All friends
and members of the church are invited, including the youth! The theme is “Through the Wilderness: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.”
n Newcomers
Café … If you are a newcomer, a new member or an established
member who just wants to find out more about DCC, then these four Sunday
evenings in May are for you:
— May 4: “Getting to know each other”
— May 11: “Who we are as Christians”
— May 18: “Who we are as the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)”
— May 25: “Who we are as Disciples Christian Church”
Each session will be from 5:30 pm—7:30
pm and will include light refreshments.
Contact Fred Hall or the church office for more details.
A Good Friday Performance
DCC’s Sandy
Snyder will be presenting the “Mary at the Cross” monologue during
the Good Friday worship service, March 21, at First Presbyterian Church in
Men’s Bible Study
Calling all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Music Notes
By Laura Young
Music Director
Music
Department schedule through Lent
March 20 (Maundy Thursday) DCC hosts (special music by John Prewitt and Ty
Young)
(Please
note that the Good Friday service originally scheduled to take place at FCC
Plano has been cancelled.)
March 23 (Sun.) Easter Rehearsal at
8:30 am before the early service
March 26 (Wed.) (handbells
TBA)
Upcoming
concerts:
The Richardson Community Band will present The Musical Zoo on
Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the
If you would like to share
information about upcoming concerts in the area, please submit them to Laura
Young for inclusion in "Music Notes."
A Note of Thanks
“A big thank you to Mike Bell and his team for the four boxes of delicious
apples. The preschoolers and Foster
Grandparents enjoyed them very much!
Linda Gulick
NTA-DWM Spiritual Life Retreat - 2008
Come join women from the various Disciples
of Christ churches in the North Texas Area for Spiritual Renewal, Bible Study,
Music, Worship, Relaxation, Nature Walks, Fellowship and Fun! Meet the Biblical women who touch our lives
through the study of the Word. Limited
“first-timer” scholarships are available.
Rev. Jennie Churchman will be the keynote speaker at
the retreat which takes place on April 18, 19, & 20 at Disciples
Crossing in
The DCC Education Department is happy to announce that Lois
Teed-Gillen will give a presentation on
Telling the Good News: Online!
If you have not stopped by the DCC website recently,
click on
over. 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.
For website suggestions, please email the
church office (theoffice@dccplano.com)
or our Webmaster,
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