The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
July 3, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- 4th of July Parade
– TOMORROW!
- DCC Education Department News
- From The TechnoManor
- Men’s Bible Study
- Music Notes
- Children’s Sunday school
- Sessions 2008
Updated Prayer Requests
- Mike Bell sprained his ankle and will be off work for two weeks.
- Rev. Galen had surgery on his prostate on Tuesday, July 2 and is
home recovering comfortably. He and
Rev. Diane will be out of the DCC office for about a week.
- Oran Nabors is in a rehab center after his back surgeries. His nerve pain is gone, but he still has
muscular and surgical pain.
- Prayers for the family of Morris Ragsdale, former
organist/pianist of DCC, who passed away recently.
- Gary Snyder had knee replacement surgery on June 30 and is doing
well.
- Jeffrey Davis, friend of the Mike Bell family, collapsed on a soccer field
and is hospitalized in Dallas Presbyterian. He should be released by July 4.
- Jack Hatchell,
The prayer
requests in The Link each week are recent updates. A list of ongoing prayer
requests appears in our worship bulletin each Sunday.
Hear
ye! Hear ye! Come one, come all, to the Fourth of July
Parade to help with the church’s float and water program. Alleviate thirst, cool people off and spread
some cheer! Along the way you can
celebrate the holiday.
Independence
Day is a day to remind us that we have freedom in our land – and it came and
continues to come with a price. Let us
give thanks for the brave men and women who have faced and continue to face the
hardships and challenges of war and peace actions to keep our freedom and help
others get and keep the freedom they need.
The truth
is that God created us for companionship – with God and with each other. God created us to love and be helpful. We see the example in Jesus himself. So let us celebrate on Friday all the deeds of
bravery and kindness that enable us to live in this great land of ours – in
harmony with God and world.
4th
of July Parade – TOMORROW!
by Mike Bell
All parade
participants should be to the church by 8 am.
Please park in the church parking lot and walk over to the east side of
the Plano Senior High parking lot. We will decorate the trailer/float (thanks
to Chuck and Nancy) and finish preparations for the parade.
I have
received the row assignment and instructions for the 2008 parade. If you have any questions, please contact
me. Below are instructions for the 2008
PARADE:
Information
for Line-Up from the City of
• Line-Up
will begin at 7:00 am (NOT BEFORE) at Plano Senior High (northeast
corner of Park and
• Please
do not arrive any earlier than 7:00 am as we will not be prepared and
staffed with our volunteers yet. However, please do arrive before 8:30 am
so that each row can be organized and the final parade line-up recorded and
provided to the parade commentators and broadcasting station(s) before the
parade begins.
DCC Education Department News
by
Youth News
- TOMORROW, Friday, July 4 – All youth need to be at the
church no later than 8 a.m. Be sure
to wear your t-shirts from Youth Sunday.
- 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. Contact Mark Mueller for more information.
From The TechnoManor
by Dave Gillen
Well, it’s
Wednesday morning. I’ve cleaned the
cobwebs from my Inbox. Hmmm, no
questions. You do know that you can send your computer, email, Web, or related
questions to me at
I’ll
attempt to answer one each week in
Ever have
a strange computer message, or maybe a unique image from the Web, that you
wanted to save? Maybe print it to give
to someone. Maybe send it to some
customer support person?
How can I capture what’s on my
screen for someone to see?
There’s a
fairly painless way to do this.
|
All Windows computers have a Print Screen button on the
keyboard. They look like this: |
|
Sometimes the button is called PrtScn, Print Scrn, or
something similar. You may also have
to press the Shift button with Print Screen. |
When you
see something on the screen that you want to save, press your Print Screen button. (In the above picture, you would have to
press Shift and Print Screen.)
Print
Screen takes a snapshot of the screen and puts it in the Windows Clipboard.
Now, open
your favorite graphics program. Don’t
have one? Use the Windows Paint
program. Every Windows computer has one.
To open
Paint, do this:
Click Start.
Select Programs. Select Accessories. Click Paint.
To see
your screen capture, paste it from the Clipboard (in Paint: Select Edit
then Click Paste). You now have a copy of the screen.
You can
save this screen capture to a file to email to others, print it, or fiddle with
it any way you want. Kinda like this:
Give it a
try!
Men’s Bible Study
There will
be no men’s Bible study tomorrow due to the 4th of July holiday and
parade. See you at IHOP next week!
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.
Upcoming
Local Concerts:
The Richardson Community Band will be
playing a concert TOMORROW, 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