The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
April 10, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- Telling the Good News – Through the Internet
- DCC Education Department News
- Computer Question & Answer Forum
- Men’s Bible Study
- Music Notes
- Guest Speaker
- Young At Heart
- Andra Moran is coming!!
- Relief Nursery of
- Invitation from Casa View C.C.
Updated Prayer Requests
- Family,
friends and co-workers of Robert Alexander, who died suddenly on April 4. Robert was a co-worker of Luci Kitchell’s.
- Marianna
Armstrong, friend of Sandy Snyder, whose health is deteriorating from Lou Gehrig’s disease, is in
hospice care.
- Curtis
Gulick, Linda Gulick’s son, will
have surgery to remove his thyroid gland on May 12.
- Naomi
Smith, grandmother of JoJwan McLeod, recently passed away.
The prayer requests in The
Link each week are recent updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in
our worship bulletin each Sunday.
We had a great time at the
Bible Study Sunday evening, but some of you were missing – and you were
missed! We had some delicious pizza,
provided by
After the Bible study, we
tossed the bean bags! I think Fred is
still the overall champion, but everyone did well! It was a great evening. Please try to attend next week. Just tell
Telling the Good News – Through the Internet
by Dave
Gillen
Missed a copy of The Link? One of the recent changes to our Web site (www.dccplano.com) is that the current and
all of the back issues of The Link
are available for your perusal. Click
the Message button to access those issues.
Did you (or a friend) sign
up for your copy of The Link between December
1st and April 2nd using our Web site? Sadly, that feature was broken and your
request disappeared. We’ve fixed
it. Please give us a second chance! Go to our Web site and click:
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Fill in the form and click
Submit. This will get you back on the
distribution list for The Link.
Now let’s say you were
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
Many
email providers perform anti-spam filtering of your email before it is
passed on to you. If your provider
allows you to read email through the Web (sometimes dubbed “Webmail”), use it
and look around. You should look for
special Options that can disable or manage filtering. You should also look for a Bulk or Junk
folder to see if email messages (like The
Link) are accumulating.
(A tip of the
hat to Ty Young for this suggestion.)
·
Protective Email Program. The Link comes to you as an
HTML-formatted email message. That’s
mumbo for “it’s a Web page.” Some email
programs (like Outlook Express) now “protect” you by hiding the content of the
message or asking you “are you sure you want to see this?” If you’re missing (or can’t read) email from
others, this may be the culprit.
·
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
DCC Education Department News
By
Youth News
The DCC and FCCC Youth are
asking members of the church to donate to them items they no longer want or
need for the upcoming BBPS Rummage Sale to
take place at the DCC parking lot on
Saturday, April 19. We need all
items to the church by Sunday, April 13.
Contact
Be sure to mark your calendar for
these upcoming events:
n
Saturday, April 12: Movie
Saturday, details to follow
n
Saturday, April 19:
Rummage Sale at DCC parking lot
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 Mary
Carroll is forming and coordinating
an exciting group for the women of Disciples Christian Church. The re-immergence of our own Christian Women’s Fellowship group is
happening NOW! To become involved with
CWF, please contact Mary Carroll at 214-673-6151. She can also be reached via email at
m48carroll@hotmail.com.
n April
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. For
the May 18th session, we will have a guest speaker. The Dr. Newell Williams,
President of Brite Divinity School at TCU, will talk from his vast knowledge of
the history and practices of the Christian Church. Contact Fred Hall or the church office
for more details.
Computer
Question and Answer Forum
by Dave
Gillen
See if you can answer these
questions:
- If a RAM megabytes
you, will you get a virus?
- Can a phish get
caught in an Internet?
- If you throw Spam
against a firewall, will it stick?
- Does this all sound
like a bunch of gibberish to you?
Well, if it does, let’s see
if we can make sense of this technobabble.
Dave Gillen is offering a
Computer Question and Answer Forum in June.
There will be no set presentation.
Bring your computer questions, Web puzzles, and Email conundrums to the
forum. Dave will help untangle the mess
for you.
We have no set date or
time. That’s where you come in. We need to know a few good dates and times
for you. The forum will last about an
hour…or until the well of questions runs dry.
Let
And the answers to the
questions are: no, yes, no, and
yes. You’ll have to come to the forum to
find out why!
Men’s Bible Study
Calling all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Music Notes
By Laura Young
Music Director
Youth Choir and Handbells for May 18th:
Youth Sunday is coming up in only four weeks, and I was glad to see so
many of you last week! See you again on Sunday after church!
Chancel Choir:
Sun. April 13 special music TBA
Wed. April 16 Chancel Choir 6:30-7:30 p.m. (preparing for April 20 and 27)
Sun. April 20 Chancel Choir warm-up 9 a.m.
Wed. April 23 Handbell Choir (preparing for Pentecost)
Sun. April 27 Chancel Choir warm-up 9 a.m.
Wed. April 30 Chancel Choir (preparing for May 4 and 11 Mother's Day /
Pentecost)
Upcoming Local Concerts:
The Orpheus Chamber Singers will present "The Soul's Repose" on
Sunday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Cathedral Guadalupe (
St. Barnabas Presbyterian church invites you to an organ dedication
recital by Delbert Disselhorst at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 13th (
Please let me know of upcoming school and local concerts
that you would like included in the Link.
Laura Young, Music Director, 972-744-9941
Guest Speaker
A special treat is going to
be available on Sunday evening, May 18
at 5:30 at the Newcomers Café. On that
evening, Dr. Newell Williams,
President of Brite Divinity School at TCU will tell us about the history,
beliefs and practices of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Newcomers will benefit very much from this
presentation, but even if you are a long time member of the church, you will
want to come hear Dr. Williams!
Newell has written and
edited several books and articles about the history of the Christian Church and
about Christianity and culture in
Dr. Williams is a
fascinating speaker. Everyone will benefit from Newell’s visit. Plan to be here!
Young At Heart
The active senior fellowship group
will meet Thursday, April 17 at
B.J.’s Brewhouse & Restaurant, 1101 North Central Expressway,
Andra Moran is coming!!
Andra Moran is a well-known
Disciples musician living in
Relief Nursery of
by Laura Young
Dear DCC members,
For the first several months of 2007, at the request
of Linda Gulick (BBPS) and Laura Young, Disciples Christian Church provided the
fledgling Relief Nursery Advisory Board with meeting space and a mailing
address. This help was tremendously valuable to us as we began the process of
starting our non-profit child abuse prevention program, and we are very
grateful. We are planning to serve
families by September of this year.
Please join us next week to learn more about our progress!
Invitation from Casa View C.C.
Everyone
is invited to come and hear a dramatic portrayal of Corrie ten Boom by actress Evelyn Hinds. Corrie survived the holocaust and traveled around the world with a message of hope and
love. The event takes place at Casa View
C.C. in the sanctuary on Saturday, April
19 at 10 am. The church is located
at
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
Dave
Gillen, Webmaster
Carly
Geibler, Nursery Attendant
email: theoffice@dccplano.com
phone: 972-398-2240