The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
July 10, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- E-mail from Scott Wimmers
- DCC Education Department News
- Young at Heart
- 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 one more
week.
- Rev. Galen is recovering nicely after his surgery and was back
in the DCC office this 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.
- Gary Snyder had knee replacement surgery and is doing well.
The prayer
requests in The Link each week are recent updates. A list of ongoing prayer
requests appears in our worship bulletin each Sunday.
Apprehension
– that’s what I felt. After all it had
been nearly seventy years since I had surgery; and that was a
tonsillectomy. I remember it vaguely,
but my mother and sister remembered it vividly!
My blood does not clot easily; so I got an extended stay in the hospital
and had everyone in the family pretty upset.
I suppose
the memory of their fears was working on me.
And I didn’t know anyone who had microwave thermotherapy. Plus, I got really sick following the initial
tests: would that happen following the surgery?
Finally, I was concerned for Diane, as she was uptight over the
situation. You know what I did? I put it in the hands of the Lord.
So far,
everything seems fine.
Fellows,
you’ve read about Sessions 08 being held up the road a piece in
The
Regional Men’s Retreat will be held September 19-21 at Lake Brownwood Christian
Retreat near
If you’re
the least bit interested, see me for more information and details. You don’t need to be apprehensive; it doesn’t
hurt a bit and you will have a great time.
GGC
Sorry for the delay sending out more pictures. We
have a large contingent of youths in town working the resorts, they seem to
have hacked the PC reservation system at the library.
Today is one of the days old age and treachery overcomes youth and skill ;-)
In any event, still hiking regularly. The last trail was 15 miles around
a watershed. The place where the rock got blasted out at the foot of the
valley is the parking area. At the top of the ridge line is a formation
of granite tors.
Once upon a time loooooong ago the molten granite smooshed up through the dirt,
stopped, solidified, the dirt eroded away. Neat stuff.
I qualify as an especially eligible bachelor in
Scott
DCC Education Department News
by
Youth News
- Sunday, July 27 – Two DCC youth will be
attending the “Eighters Church Camp” in
- Youth computer campaign begins on August 1.
- DCC VBS –
n
Be
sure to mark your calendars for the youth
lock-in including a crew meeting and VBS decorating on Friday, August 8.
n
There
will be one last crew meeting before
the start of VBS taking place on Sunday,
August 10.
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VBS takes place August 11 – 15 from 9:30
am – 12:30 pm.
- B-T-S Pool & Dinner Party – All youth are invited to the Knoll’s home on Friday, August 22 at 5 pm for a
back-to-school pool party.
- Monday, August 25 – First day of classes at
P.I.S.D.!
- Saturday, August 30 – Six Flags
Over Texas Experience starting at 11 am.
Adult News
n A Christian Men’s Fellowship group is being organized. Contact Mark Mueller for more information.
The
monthly dinner get-together for active seniors will be at Cheddar’s on
Thursday, July 17. The restaurant is
located on the east side of I-75 near
From The TechnoManor
by Dave Gillen
Ahhh, this
week someone has responded to my plea and sent me a question:
I purchased a new computer. How can
I recycle my old one and make sure that all my personal information won't go
with it? I know nothing about hard
drives, etc.
I’m going
to answer the question from the point of view of a Microsoft Windows-based
PC. If you use an Apple Mac or a
Linux-based computer, the basic answer applies but the finer details will be a
little different.
First note
that deleting the files and emptying the Recycle Bin is not enough. Windows computers squirrel away important
bits of personal information in internal repositories (one called the
“Registry”). While you may have gotten
rid of the visible personal data, these repositories still contain bits of
information that you do not want to hand out.
That said,
here are three ways to make sure your personal data doesn’t go with that
computer. Unfortunately all are “techie”
and may require a few hours to perform.
You may want to enlist the aid of a relative or friend who is
comfortable with technology (or has a vendetta against computers).
Lest I
forget, make absolutely sure you have copied (and tested) all your personal
information to that new computer before you begin. Once the data is erased from the old
computer, it’s gone forever.
Choice
one
Physically
remove the hard drive and damage it in such a way to render it useless. A technique I’ve used is to take a hammer and
screwdriver and punch holes in it. It’s
very therapeutic! You always wanted to
beat up a computer haven’t you?
While you
haven’t actually removed your personal information, there is no way to read it
from the damaged hard drive. You can
then discard the hard drive. Do not send
it along with the remainder of the computer to recycle.
Choice
two
If you
still have the Windows Installation CDs that originally came with the computer,
you can reinstall Windows and reformat the hard drive as part of the
reinstallation. All information is
totally removed during the reformat process and a clean version of Windows
installed. This will allow the computer
to be used again by someone else.
You can
recognize installation CDs from the label on the CD. Here are a few samples:
·
Operating System CD
·
Reinstallation CD
·
For Distribution Only with a New
PC, Microsoft Windows 98
·
Upgrade, Windows XP Home Edition.
Note that
you must use the installation CDs specific to that computer. Beginning with Windows XP, Microsoft became
very restrictive about installing copies of Windows multiple times and from
other computers.
Choice
three
If you
don’t have the original installation CDs for the computer, you can use
publicly-available programs that allow you to totally erase the hard
drive. These programs wipe the hard
drive clean of all information.
One
program that I’ve used for this task is called DBAN, (it stands for Darik's
Boot and Nuke). This program can be
found on the Web at: http://dban.sourceforge.net/. It must be downloaded and burned to a
CD. Look for a link to the README.TXT
file for details. Once you have erased
the hard drive, you can safely donate the computer.
And where
can you recycle that computer (sans personal information)?
Searching
Google with the phrase recycle computer
The City of
City Offers Computer Recycling
http://www.plano.gov/News/Press%20Releases/2006/pr011206.htm
There were
many other matches. Some appear to be
for-profit recycling services.
I also
searched Google with the phrase or recycle
computer
Now go
reclaim your personal data and recycle that computer with confidence!
Just a
reminder -- send your computer, email, Web, or related questions to me at
I’ll
attempt to answer one each week in
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.
Upcoming
Local Concerts:
The
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
NEXT WEEK! -- 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