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The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
May 29, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- DCC Board Meeting
- HELP!
- Bob Knoll “All Star” Basketball Camp
- DCC Education Department News
- Coming Soon:
VBS Power Lab!
- Computer Question & Answer Forum (aka Troubleshooting 911)
- Men’s Bible Study
- Music Notes
- Attention Ladies!
- BBPS Spring Sing
- Sessions 2008
Updated Prayer Requests
- Oran
Nabors will have back surgery
on the morning of June 10 at
- Gary
Carroll will have bypass
surgery early next week.
- For
Lake Hariett Christian Church in
- For
the tornado victims in Windsor, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota this last week.
- The
people of Myanmar after the
devastating cyclone. Week of Compassion has sent an
emergency gift of $35,000 to the Myanmar Council of Churches and will send
more when requested.
- For
the citizens of China suffering
after the severe earthquake. Week
of Compassion has sent $17,000 so far.
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
hardly seems possible but it’s time for summer activities. And this summer there will be at least one
activity that is not a usual activity for Disciples Christian Church. The
Search Committee will be looking at the profiles/resumes of prospective new
pastors. Yes, they have names now. If you are keeping an eye on the progress
poster you know that we are now on the right-hand column. That’s where you want to be (unlike Deal
or No Deal where the contestants want to be in the left-hand column!). The Search Committee is by no means in the
home stretch; they have a lot of work to be done.
So
keep the Committee in your prayers. Make
note of who is on the Committee, and pray for them by name. Check with them periodically (often!) and
encourage them. Tell them you are
praying for them. And let them do their
tasks.
Keep
the congregation in your prayers as well.
When you pray for each other you strengthen our commitment, our witness,
and our mission. If you are away this summer,
remember to worship; then come back home and share the experience with the rest
of us. Always go expecting God, and God
will be there.
GGC
DCC Board Meeting
All
board members should please try to attend Sunday
night’s board meeting at 7 pm. Some
of the items to be discussed
include:
-- property security
-- replacement of the sanctuary
carpet
-- Pastor search update
-- July 4 parade
-- deacons
-- regular ministry reports
HELP!
We
need volunteers on Sunday, June 1 and 8
after worship to replace labels on the water bottles to be handed out at the
Bob Knoll “All Star” Basketball Camp
June 6 & 7, dates of the camp, are fast
approaching! If you can volunteer some
time during the camp, please contact Bob & Sharon Knoll at
972-618-8202. If you know of a young
person in grades 2 - 8 that might like to participate in this FREE camp, direct
them to www.dccplano.com where they can access a camp flier.
DCC Education Department News
By
Youth News
- June
22 – DCC & FCCC youth will
announce how they will be spending the money earned and collected for Missionary projects.
- July
4 – Youth will be
participating in the July 4th
parade along with DCC members by handing out water bottles as they
walk the parade route.
- July
20 – DCC & FCCC youth will
be attending the Six Flags Over
Texas Amusement Park in
Adult News
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A Christian Men’s Fellowship group is
being organized and plans a spring debut.
Contact Mark Mueller for more information.
Coming Soon:
VBS Power Lab!
2008
August 11-15
Register
your children now.
Forms are
available on the Welcome table in the Atrium
or
register on-line through VBS logo on dccplano.com.
Volunteers needed!
Fill out
a form on available on the table in the Atrium
or sign
up on-line at dccplano.com
Computer
Question and Answer Forum (aka Troubleshooting
911)
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.
The forum will be held Sunday, June 8th at 5:30 PM. It will last about an hour…or until the well
of questions runs dry.
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
Chancel Choir:
Sun. June 1 Chancel Choir 9 a.m. Last choir anthem before summer!
Wed. June 4 No rehearsals - Summer break begins for Chancel Choir and
Handbell Choir!
Upcoming Local Concerts:
The
Cast of Bronze Handbell Choir will present a concert Friday, June
13, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Northway Christian Church located at
The
June 2nd - Musical
Salute!
June 16th – Kids’ Night
Out
July 3rd (Thursday) - A Star
Spangled Salute
July 14th - Musical
Collage
July 28th - Big Band
Blowout
Each free public
performance starts at 7:00 p.m. and lasts about an hour.
Visit www.planoband.com for more details!
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
Attention Ladies!
Most of you
have heard that we are restarting the Christian Women's Fellowship this fall. Well,
it's time to get the ball rolling. Letters are going out this week with a
survey. We want everyone's input. Please fill out the
survey and place it in the CWF basket
in the narthex or send it to the office at the church. All the results
will be compiled and discussed at a meeting
this Sunday, June 1, at 4:00 pm. We are so excited about
getting this important ministry started again. If
for some reason you fail to receive a survey, please contact Mary Carroll at
214-673-6151 or m48carroll@hotmail.com.
BBPS Spring Sing
Bright Beginnings Preschool has their Spring Sing and Graduation Program
on Tuesday, June 3rd in
the sanctuary at 10 a.m. This has been an exciting year for the whole staff and
all the children. Thank you to Disciples Christian Church and all its members
and staff for supporting us in the Christian education of the children.
Linda Gulick, Director
Sessions 2008
Following is information
about Session 2008 that will be held in
Sessions 2008 promises to be a powerful event for those
attending. The keynote speakers, Rev. William Lee, Rev. Mark Briley and
Rev. Dr. Rick Lowery will inspire us with words of challenge and comfort as we
renew, prioritize and transform ourselves. Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins
will be preaching at all three worship services on Sunday
morning. In addition, there will be workshops that will be of
interest to many men as well as numerous fellowship opportunities.
To register online and to
get more details go to: www.Sessions2008.org.
If you wish to mail in your registration please go to the same web site and
download the form. Please send your registration form and payment to:
Office of Disciples Men
Attn: Sessions 2008
If you have any questions,
contact Tod Iseminger, Director of the Office of Disciples Men, at (888)
346-2631 or tiseming@dhm.disciples.org.
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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 frenchygrey@gmail.com
Carly
Geibler, Nursery Attendant
email: theoffice@dccplano.com
phone: 972-398-2240