The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
October 9, 2008
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- Ten Thousand Villages
- Adam’s Animals
- Trunk or Treat
- DCC Education Department News
- Cake Walk at Trunk or Treat
- Letter from Dani Loving
Cartwright
- From The TechnoManor
- Men’s Bible Study
- Music Notes
- Children’s Sunday School
Updated Prayer Requests
- Bill Knowlton will have surgery on a disc in his neck on October 16.
- Miranda Carbone, Rev. Diane’s granddaughter, has been hospitalized in the
- Bessie Willyerd, mother of Pat Brown’s
daughter-in-law,
had a heart attack this week.
- Cindy Prewitt is struggling with asthma.
The prayer requests in The Link each week are recent
updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in our worship bulletin each
Sunday.
Last
Monday’s gloomy, drizzly day had me thinking.
I look out the Pastor’s Study window with an un-obscured view because
the storm earlier in the year ‘removed’ the
pear trees. We saw Nights in
Rodanthe last week, in which the caretaker and a guest ride out a hurricane
one night in a bed and breakfast on the beach.
Over the weekend there were newscasts of the devastation remaining from
Hurricane Ike. They are still finding
victims in the debris; material from destroyed buildings litters the
ground. Church World Service reports
that rebuilding efforts (following the hurricanes of this past summer) will
continue from The Dominican Republic to
So the
needs that we face are not just here at Disciples Christian Church. We are organizing the budget for 2009. But we will give to other causes as
well. The command in Deuteronomy 16:17
is just as valid today: all shall give as they are able, according to the blessing
of the Lord your God that he has given you.
May our blessings bring the sunshine to lives clouded with misery.
GGC
Ten Thousand Villages
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As one of
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of artisans in 37 countries by establishing a sustainable market for handmade
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We are part of a network of more than
156 retail outlets throughout the
As Sobita and her colleagues
create star garlands they sing, “We are women working to build our lives. Together we have overcome many problems. We will send our children to school with our earnings. By working together, we become united in one mind.”
Please visit our seasonal store (weekends: October 18 - December 27) to
find great holiday gifts, learn about our plans to open a permanent store, and
hear more stories of how Ten Thousand Villages is creating hope and change in
the lives of the poor in developing countries.
We look forward to seeing you!
Midway Hills Christian Church (child care building)
Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
For more information visit us online at www.tenthousandvillages.com
or
e-mail us at
tenthousandvillagesdallas@gmail.com
“It is not
where you are, but what you do there that matters.” ~East African
Proverb
Everyone
is invited to come and help tie Adam's Animals tags on stuffed animals as we
get them ready to go to area hospitals. Come for good fellowship and
to "test hug" a few Teddy Bears!
Tuesday,
October 14th at 6:30 pm at the
Call Gena with questions at 972-964-0527
Trunk or Treat
CALLING
ALL CARS!
CAR
TRUNKS, THAT IS!
HELP MAKE OUR 3RD ANNUAL DCC "TRUNK OR TREAT" A BIG
SUCCESS
LIKE LAST YEAR BY USING YOUR DECORATED CAR TRUNK TO SHARE
CANDY AND CHRISTIAN LOVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
THE DATE IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 3 – 6 PM.
CALL DUDLEY NESMITH AT 972-758-9743, OR EMAIL BOB AT RNESMITH2@EARTHLINK.NET
DCC Education Department News
by
Youth News
- THIS Sunday, October 12 – Bowling at Plano Super Bowl immediately following worship.
- Saturday, October 18 – Habitat for Humanity
starting at 9 am. More details to
follow.
- Saturday, October 25 – Trunk or Treat event at DCC
at 2 pm (to work the youth station).
- Saturday, November 1 – BBPS Rummage Sale in DCC
parking lot. 7 am – 1 pm. Rain date
is November 8.
Adult News
n A Christian Men’s Fellowship group is being organized. Contact Mark Mueller for more information.
n Saturday, October 18 everyone is encouraged to participate at the Habitat for Humanity worksite. More details will follow.
n Saturday, October 25 DCC’s annual Trunk
or Treat event will take place on the front lawn.
Cake Walk at Trunk or Treat
Please
help the cake walk be a success! Store
bought items such as cakes, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, etc. are needed for
the Trunk or Treat Cake Walk. Bring your
donated goodies to the church kitchen at noon on October 25th. For further information contact Rebecca
Nilsen.
Letter
from Dani Loving Cartwright
Friends:
I hope that you have registered for the Regional Assembly of the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest.
Registration
forms and schedule and complete information can be found at www.ccsw.org!
Everything is there!
Your
congregation is entitled to at least two delegates to attend this Assembly
-- and we hope even more will be with us!
Rev.
Andrea Foster, a new church planter from
Also, tons
of helpful workshops, gathering time with friends, serious conversations on
Saturday morning that will help map out the future of this Region, plus fun
stuff like a Golf Tournament, a Disciples History class, and discount tickets
for Thursday evening’s football battle between TCU & BYU for your
enjoyment!!
Pastors
are encouraged to attend the Pre-Assembly Pastors Gathering on Thursday from
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Check-in begins at 10 a.m.). Pastors can register
for this FREE event at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gFs7_2bgZqK00ojalKdQbhaw_3d_3d
or click on the link at www.ccsw.org
I hope you
will be able to be a part of our big Disciples family gathered in
Blessings,
Dani
The 2008 Regional
Assembly for the Christian Church in the Southwest takes place October 17-19 at
University Christian Church and TCU in
From The TechnoManor
From the Technomanor
This week
I’d like to talk about email attachments.
My Inbox was empty when I started this column, but something has shown
up for next week’s column.
So, what
are email attachments?
An attachment is the way an email program
takes a separate file, converts it to text, and makes it part of the whole
stream of text sent as your email message.
When you receive email, your email program takes that stream of text and
pulls out pictures, sounds, and special files then reconstitutes each into
copies of the original separate files.
How do you
read attachments? There are a few ways,
depending on your email program.
Following are some examples.
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Open
your email message. In the header
portion of the email, you see an indication of the attachment (it can be a
paperclip next to a filename, an explicit word Attachments next to a filename, or something similar). Double click the indicator or the
filename. The attachment will open.
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Open
your email message. In the menu area,
select File, then Save attachments. Save the attachment somewhere (such as the
Desktop). Locate the file. Double-click it to open and view it.
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Open
your email message. In the header
portion of the email, you see an indication of the attachment (it can be a
paperclip next to a filename, an explicit word Attachments next to a filename, or something similar). Single left click on the filename and
hold down the left mouse button. Drag
the filename off the email header and onto a empty area on your desktop (keep
holding down that left mouse button).
Release the left mouse button. A
new file icon will appear on your Desktop.
The attachment has been copied.
Now, double-click on the file icon to open and view it.
How do you
send attachments? This requires the
cooperation of your email program. As
usual, it varies. Following are a couple
of examples. In each case, I assume you
have opened your email program and started a new email message.
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Click
on the paperclip or the Attach menu
item. Each will open a dialog box that
allows you to select the file to send as an attachment.
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Select
Insert then File or File as attachment. Each will open a dialog box that allows you
to select the file to attach.
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Ok, here
are some things you should know about email attachments.
You
double click on the attachment filename and nothing happens…or you get an error message.
When you
get errors like this, your computer doesn’t know how to handle the email
attachment someone sent you. It often
means your computer doesn’t have the program needed to open this attachment, or
that program has become corrupted on your computer.
In my
example, the file attachment, bogus.duh,
can’t be opened. The email program knows
nothing about .duh files. I either have to find a program to read .duh files, or ask the sender to try
something else.
If I was
able to read .duh files in the past,
then my program to read those files has become corrupted and must be
reinstalled.
Some
email programs can block attachments. You might see a
message like the following when you open an email message with an attachment:
This means
your email program is trying to protect you.
Some attachments can contain viruses that infect your computer. How do you get around this?
Each email
program protects you differently. In
this example, clicking Get Help
displays a page that gives directions on how to disable the protection feature,
allowing me to read the attachment. You
may need to use the Help system of your email program and search for things
like unblock attachments or attachment security. Follow the directions given to enable you to
read the attachment.
Don’t
open executable attachments! These attachments
have filenames ending in .reg, .exe, .com, or .bat. They are programs that will run
immediately. This is a major way viruses
can be transmitted between computers.
Your anti-virus software may not be able to stop them in time if they
are infections!
Most email
programs will prohibit you from opening them, too. You may get a warning like the following:
Even if
you know the person sending this attachment, delete it immediately. There are better ways to exchange executable
files.
Only
open attachments from people you know. Although newer
email programs try to protect you from opening unsafe attachments, they’re not
perfect. There are ways to disguise
attachments so that infections will sneak into your computer when the
attachment is opened.
Your best
defense is to only open an email attachment if you know the sender. And to be even more paranoid: only open the attachment if you were
expecting one!
Be
mindful of email attachments you send. I have a friend in
On my DSL
connection, this isn’t a problem. I also
check email constantly, so email doesn’t accumulate on the email server.
However,
if I had a dial-up connection, or I only checked email weekly, this could be a
problem.
So, before
you send that latest YouTube video to all your friends, think about how big the
attachment will be and what they use to read it. They may not be your friends after your
latest multi-media blast stops them from reading their work email!
I have
a Windows computer. I want to send my
email attachment to a Mac computer. Yes you can do
this. Be mindful of what you’re sending,
though. If your attachment was created
by a particular program, such as Microsoft Word, make sure your recipient has a
Mac version of Microsoft Word.
Otherwise, try to find a “neutral” file format both computers
understand.
Some
neutral file formats are: text
(extension .txt), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and Adobe PDF (.pdf).
If you
have a Mac OS computer and are sending an attachment to a recipient with a
Windows computer, here are a few things to know.
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Make
sure the file you are attaching has a filename with an extension (e.g., .txt).
This is how Windows figures out what to do with the attachment.
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There
is an option called Send Windows
Friendly Attachments you can set when sending the attachment. This setting is on a per-email basis. If you have many Windows-based email
recipients, you may want to set the Always
Send Windows Friendly Attachments option in the Edit > Attachments
menu.
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There
is another option called Always Insert
Attachments at End of Message in the Edit
> Attachments menu. This
automatically inserts attachments at the end of the email text stream. This helps some Windows recipients who might
not see all of your message because it was truncated after the first
attachment.
Be
mindful, too, if your email recipient is using a mobile widget (i.e.,
Blackberry, “smartphone”, Apple iPhone, or a PDA). They may not be able to read your attachment
on the mobile widget. Confirm with them
that they can read attachments and that they’re willing to do so. They will probably have to pay for the air
time to read the attachment.
While I’ve
been working on this piece, a couple of questions appeared in my Inbox
(yea!). So, I have something to write
about next week. And I promise it will
be shorter!
Please
keep sending your technical questions to:
They keep
me company when my doggies desert me.
Dave
Gillen
Men’s Bible Study
Calling
all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Music Notes
by Laura Young
Acolyte
News!
The
Chancel Choir has purchased a wardrobe so that we can store robes in the
narthex, saving us a lot of time in the mornings. In order to make things more organized in the
narthex, we have made room in the wardrobe for the acolyte robes and stoles. There is even a mirror inside the door so you
can check to see that your stole is even. Please look for your robes in the wardrobe on
Sunday mornings and be sure to hang them neatly when you are finished. Thank you!
Chancel Choir
We have started rehearsing for our December 14th Christmas
Cantata. For others who want to join us, we have a newly-expanded choir loft
and we meet from 6:30-7:30 pm in the sanctuary on Wednesday nights and warm-up
at 9 a.m. Sunday mornings in the sanctuary before Sunday School. We have members as young as middle school up
through senior adults. Come and make a
joyful noise with us! If you would like
to sing in the Christmas Cantata with us, now is the time to join us.
This week, Oct. 12th, choir will not meet on Sunday
morning. Alex Brombal will be our guest pianist and
will perform one of his own compositions for the special music.
Upcoming
local concerts:
The
Richardson Community Band will present a concert at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October
26th, at the
As always,
if you know of local concerts or school arts events which you would like to
have publicized in the "Music Notes" column in "The Link,"
please let me know. Thank you!
Laura
Young, Music Director, 972-744-9941
Children’s Sunday School
ALL PARENTS,
GRANDPARENTS, AND KIDS!! A SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS FOR
PRE-K
THROUGH 5TH GRADERS MEET, AT 9:30 A.M. SUNDAY MORNINGS
ALL KIDS WELCOME
BIBLE STORIES,
ACTIVITIES, FUN, MAKING NEW FRIENDS
=
LOTS OF LEARNING AND GROWING!
For more information contact pharbaugh@verizon.net
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
Miranda Prince, Nursery Attendant
email: theoffice@dccplano.com
phone: 972-398-2240