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The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
June 19, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- HELP!
- DCC Education Department News
- From The TechnoManor
- Greetings from Scott Winners
- Men’s Bible Study
- Young at Heart – Tonight!
- Music Notes
- Children’s Sunday school
- Sessions 2008
Updated Prayer Requests
- Oran
Nabors had a second back
surgery on June 16 at
- Gary
Carroll, after successful
triple bypass surgery on June 3, is HOME!
He still has a ways to go to get his strength back, but he’s well
on his way. Both he and Mary thank
everyone for all their prayers, calls, visits and cards.
- Congratulations
to Dixie & Bob Deen on the
birth of their granddaughter, Logan
Brianna Dempsey, born on May 21.
- Jan
Carter, DCC administrative
assistant, had a lumpectomy for breast cancer last week and is back in the
office at work. She thanks everyone
for their prayers!
- The
people of Myanmar after the
devastating cyclone, for the citizens
of
The prayer requests in The
Link each week are recent updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in
our worship bulletin each Sunday.
Things in the world just
seem to be going from bad to worse.
Floods and tornadoes and ruined crops and war and hungry people and
thievery and crime and sickness and…. If
I didn’t have prayer and God’s guidance and comfort, I do not know where I
would be or how I would carry on. I know
many of you feel the same way. Sometimes
all you can do is close your eyes, shut out the world for a moment and
pray. And then how much stronger and
better you feel!
Prayer is our strongest
tool against the world and all our worries.
Prayer is the strongest help in our quest for guidance and our decision
making. It is our link to God and a relationship
of love and caring. Prayer was very
important to Jesus. Sometimes, he would
even draw apart for hours of prayer. And
he encouraged his disciples to pray.
When they could not work a miracle, he said some things could only be
accomplished through prayer.
Prayer does not cost any
money. It is easily accessible to
all. It is one of life’s greatest
bargains. I encourage all people to take
advantage of it. They will be glad they
did! And so will you.
Blessings, Diane
HELP!
We
need volunteers this Sunday, June 22
after worship to replace labels on the remaining 9 cases of water bottles to be
handed out at the
DCC Education Department News
By
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
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A Christian Men’s Fellowship group is
being organized. Contact Mark Mueller
for more information.
From The TechnoManor
by Dave Gillen
Our Troubleshooting 911 class was a hit. A few people asked if they could send me
technical questions that I would answer in The
Link. Seemed like a good idea.
So, send your computer,
email, Web, or related questions to: frenchygrey@gmail.com and I’ll attempt
to answer one each week.
Since we’re kicking off this
idea, let me offer a question to answer.
What’s a megabyte?
When you deal with
computers these days, you see a mind-boggling array of terms. Here is a short glossary of the more common
ones.
Bit – A
simple piece of information. Its value
is either 0 or 1.
Byte – A
collection of 8 bits, representing a uniquely-identifiable unit. A byte may contain a character, like the
letter ‘A”, may represent a number
from 0 – 255, or may be an instruction (or part of an instruction) to the CPU.
Chip –
The informal name for an integrated circuit.
It is a piece of plastic with wire “legs” sticking out of it. The plastic contains circuitry that does
something specific for the computer. A
chip may range in size from an eraser on a pencil to a large postage stamp.
CPU –
Literally, the Central Processing Unit. This is a chip within
a computer that is the heart of the computer.
It performs the instructions in RAM that make up a program. The speed of a CPU is sometimes measured in
Gigahertz.
Disk drive
(aka hard drive) – A device about the
size of a small paperback book that contains files. A disk drive is meant to contain files for a
long period of time: like months or
years. Disk drives are measured by the
number of gigabytes they can hold. A
hard drive in a typical desktop computer may hold 250 Gigabytes.
File – A
collection of bytes with a purpose.
Gigabyte
– A count of bytes. The count is roughly
1 billion bytes (1,000,000,000) and is represented as 1 GB. Some calculate it as
1024 x 1024 x 1024.
Gigahertz
– A count of the master clock cycles that drives the CPU. This value is represented as GHz.
Traditionally, this count represented the “speed” of a CPU. The higher the number, the faster the CPU,
and the faster the overall computer.
This is not necessarily true today.
You may see CPU “speeds” of 2 GHz to 4 GHz (i.e., 2 Gigahertz to 4
Gigahertz).
Kilobyte
– A count of bytes. The count is 1,024
bytes and is represented as 1 KB.
Megabyte
– A count of bytes. The count is roughly
1 million bytes (1,000,000) and is represented as 1 MB. Some calculate it as
1024 x 1024.
Operating System – A special collection of programs that manage the CPU, disk drive,
RAM, and all other pieces of a computer.
The Operating System loads other programs from the disk drive into RAM
and then guides their functioning in the CPU.
Examples of operating systems in consumer computers are: Apple’s OS X, Linux, Microsoft’s Windows XP,
and Microsoft’s Windows Vista.
Program
– A file that instructs the CPU to perform a specific task. That task may be to read or send email. Another task may be to write a letter. Many programs are stored on a disk drive
until they are needed. They must be
copied into RAM to actually perform their task.
RAM –
Literally, Random Access Memory. These are a series
of chips within a computer that contain the immediate memory of the
computer. This memory contains the
programs that are executed and the data for those programs. When you turn off a computer’s power, the RAM
is erased. On current computers, you
should have between 1 and 4 Gigabytes of RAM installed. Older computers often held 256 to 512
Megabytes of RAM.
I hope this gives you a
starting point. Now, think of those
questions and send them to me!
Hey Y'all,
Greetings from
Only one hour per week on the internet has given me plenty of time to work
out. It is 5.3 miles one way to the grocery store by bicycle, so I am
currently winning the battle of the bulge, what with bringing home all my food
in a back pack.
I am up to about 25 miles daily on the bike, with whatever hikes I can get to
thrown in.
Memorial weekend I was hiking and heard a juvenile bull moose off in the
distance. I came around to cross wind on him and started closing in with
my Nikon at the ready. A few minutes later another juvenile bull started
up singing behind me, the two moose started closing on each other. At
this point they were about 100 meters apart, in heavy woods, with me smack in
the middle. I was carrying a pocket knife and a cell phone. I
motated on out of there.
My nurse manager instructed me to not cross outside the city limits
unless I was carrying a firearm. Thankfully
I have some good pictures, but limited CPU time and unfamiliar imaging software
at this end. Expect pictures in next email, please send
"unsubscribe" to swmn01@hotmail.com if you are
low on space.
Happy Solstice!
Scott
Men’s Bible Study
Calling all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Young at Heart – Tonight!
Don’t
forget that the monthly dinner get-together for active seniors (and older baby
boomers) takes place tonight
at Romano’s Macaroni Grill at 6:30 pm.
The restaurant is located at the northwest corner of Park and
Music Notes
By Laura Young
Music Director
Chancel Choir:
Piano Update:
We have all enjoyed John Dysart's beautiful baby grand piano for these
past two years. He has generously
trusted us to care for it in his absence. He now has a place for it, and will be
retrieving it at the beginning of July. On
Sunday, July 29th, one of Julie's star students, Alex Bromball, will come as a
guest musician. All of the music and
special music will be on the baby grand that Sunday so that you may really
enjoy it one final time.
The Chancel and Handbell Choirs are now on
summer break. We will return to
rehearsals in August.
Upcoming Local Concerts:
The Richardson Community Band will be
playing a concert on July 4th at the
The
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
Sessions 2008 for Disciples Men
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