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The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
June 5, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- DCC Board Meeting
- HELP!
- Bob Knoll “All Star” Basketball Camp
- Holy Grounds
- DCC Education Department News
- Coming Soon:
VBS Power Lab!
- Computer Question & Answer Forum (aka Troubleshooting 911)
- Men’s Bible Study
- Music Notes
- Children’s Sunday school
- Sessions 2008
Updated Prayer Requests
- Oran
Nabors will have back surgery
on the morning of June 10 at
- Gary
Carroll had successful triple bypass
surgery on June 3 and is in
- Jan
Carter, DCC administrative
assistant, will have a lumpectomy for breast cancer next week. Her prognosis is excellent.
- 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.
Well Memorial Day is
over. I hope it was a restful
experience; all of us need some time without responsibilities. It was for us: one was recuperating at home
in Springtown; the other was “holding down the fort” in
In our hectic lives we need
to slow down. That was, and is, the
whole point of the Sabbath. It is a day
of rest from routine and work. Everybody
needs it; but many of us get caught up in routine and can’t seem to stop. We can’t seem to get off the
merry-go-round. What troubled people in
Jesus’ day, and for many in our own day, is that we load the Sabbath with other
baggage. Thus the Sabbath becomes
another master (May 25th sermon!).
It bothered me early on in
ministry that people kept their stores open to make ends meet. It bothered me that Sunday was the day to
shop. It bothered me that Sunday was the
day to play. It bothered me that Sunday
was the day to mow the lawn, or get chores done, etc. It bothered me that people found so many
reasons to be away from church! That was
my definition of Sabbath: go to church on Sunday.
Then one day it hit me: God
wants us to rest! Take it easy one day a
week. That peculiar practice set the
ancient Hebrews apart from all their neighbors.
That’s what we ought to strive for; just one day set aside to rest. Does that question all your priorities? And resting doesn’t negate the need for
worship and time with God either.
I beg you this summer think
about it. Use this summer to ‘practice
up’ on a new habit: rest. God will bless
you for it.
GGC
HELP!
We
need volunteers this Sunday, June 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.
Holy Grounds
Twenty-eight Holy Grounders received certificates at the impressive Recognition Ceremony May 23, 2008 at Haggard Middle School
DCC Education Department News
By
The youth want to thank
everyone who came to the Youth Sunday breakfast and worship service on May
18. A Special Thanks goes to “anonymous, anonymous, and FCCC for the
combined $600 donation made to the Youth Fund.”
Youth News
- Sunday,
June 22 – DCC & FCCC youth
will announce how they will be spending the money earned and collected for
Missionary projects.
- Friday,
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.
- Sunday,
July 20 – DCC & FCCC youth
will be attending the Six Flags
Over Texas Amusement Park in
Adult News
n
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 volunteer form available on the table in the Atrium or
in your bulletin
Sunday and hand it to Rev. Diane
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:
The Chancel and Handbell Choirs are now on
summer break. We will return to rehearsals in August.
Thank you for a wonderful year! Thank you also to the youth members at DCC
who sang and rang several times this year!
Upcoming Local Concerts:
The Richardson Community Band will present a free
concert, "The Musical Zoo," on Sunday, June 8 at 7 p.m. on the East
lawn at the
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 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
Children’s Sunday School
ALL
PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AND KIDS!!
A
NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS IS
BEGINNING
THIS SUNDAY FOR
PRE-K
THROUGH 5TH GRADERS,
AT
9:30 A.M. JUNE 8, 2008
ALL
KIDS
BIBLE
STORIES, ACTIVITIES, FUN, MAKING NEW FRIENDS
= LOTS OF LEARNING AND GROWING!
For more information contact pharbaugh@verizon.net
Regional Women’s Assembly
The regional women’s assembly, “Shapers
and Shakers,” will take place June 20-22 at the University Christian Church on
the TCU campus in
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.
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 frenchygrey@gmail.com
Carly
Geibler, Nursery Attendant
email: theoffice@dccplano.com
phone: 972-398-2240