The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
February 5, 2009
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- Calling all Deacons!
- Men’s Bible Study
- Valentine’s Pancake Breakfast
- Deacon Training
- Thank you
- Ministry Opportunities for
Volunteers
- Relief Nursery of
- Disciples Crossing Workday
- From The TechnoManor
- Music Notes
Updated Prayer Requests
- Gena Hurst’s brother, Brian Humphrey, had surgery on January 29 for
prostate cancer. Doctors feel they
got all of the cancer. He thanks
everyone for their prayers.
- Jennifer Caughron, Rev. Diane’s granddaughter, will have a liver transplant
soon.
- Oran Nabors requires surgery for a ruptured disc in his lower
back. His surgery has been
scheduled for March 3.
- Please keep S.W. Christie in your prayers as
he leaves for
- Prayers are asked for Breanna who is dying of brain
cancer and has three young daughters.
She is a friend of Brian, Dakota’s father. (Dakota is Christian Young’s
half-sister.)
The prayer requests in The Link each week are recent
updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in our worship bulletin each
Sunday.
Men’s Bible Study
Calling
all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Valentine’s Pancake Breakfast
The Men's Bible Group will
be cooking pancakes on Sunday, February 15, in honor of
Valentine's Day. Serving time will be
8:30 to 9:20 am.
Deacon Training
There will be a short training
for deacons immediately following worship on Sunday, February 15. All deacons should plan on attending this
important meeting. Thank you.
Thank you
“Dear Disciples Christian Church,
Thank
you for your donation, received on January 27, 2009 in the amount of $1731.04.
Because
of your compassion and generosity the Samaritan Inn is able to support people
in
In
2008, 683 people were housed and fed in our facility and 483 of them graduated
– meaning they left our program with a full-time job and a place of their own
to live. We offer an intensive and
therapeutic program and we insist on personal responsibility.
We
believe that with appropriate support people can and will become productive
members of the community again, but our services are not possible without you.
Gratefully – Lynne Sipiora,
Executive Director”
Ministry Opportunities for Volunteers
The Department of Pastoral Care at Children's Medical
Center Dallas would like to extend an invitation to become part of its
Volunteer Ministry program. Children's offers its Pastoral Care
volunteers an opportunity to visit with patients and their families in
non-critical areas of the emergency room, the urgent-care clinic, and day surgery.
These three areas represent the greatest need for chaplain volunteers to
supplement the daily work of our full-time chaplains. Children’s has one
of the busiest pediatric emergency centers in the entire nation.
You need not be an ordained minister to participate, but
all volunteers must complete a 15-hour training course before they begin
serving as part of the Volunteer Ministry team. In addition, a continuing
education seminar led by senior staff chaplains is held monthly for all
chaplain volunteers.
The next training session is scheduled to begin on April 21
and will continue for four consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6-9 pm, ending May
19. Application packets (including participation requirements for all
hospital volunteers) may be obtained through Volunteer Services at
214-456-6388.
Application deadline for the spring training session is
Friday, March 6. For additional information about Volunteer Ministry, please contact
Children's Pastoral Care Department at (214) 456-2822.
Relief Nursery of
The Relief
Nursery is now open! We are able to provide a part-time therapeutic classroom
for toddlers (expanding to 0-5 years when we reach full implementation),
scheduled daytime respite care for children 0-5, a clothes closet, parenting education
and more. These services are available free of charge to families who have
multiple stress factors. We are currently accepting
applications for families, as well as accepting applications from
prospective volunteers.
WISH
LIST:
new or
gently used child and adult clothing
new or
gently used children's books and toys
diapers
wipes
baby
formula
Monetary
donations are always helpful, and are tax deductible because we are an approved
501(c)3 organization.
For more
information, please call the Relief Nursery office at 972-665-0298, or check
out reliefnurserycc.org on the web, or talk to Laura Young after church. Thank
you!
Disciples Crossing Workday
Calling all
Disciples! The upcoming
Disciples Crossing Workday will take place on February 28, 2009 from 8 am to 5
pm. You can participate in a number of
ways: pray for the success of the
project, help fund the project, and/or participate in construction, repairs and
clean-up on campus. Remember that love is a verb.
Registration forms are on the Welcome table.
From
The TechnoManor
I feel
like drawing this week.
In articles about technology (including mine), you probably
see words like megabytes, megapixels, gigabits, and so
on. Usually after the 2nd
word, your eyes glaze over (or you skip the article altogether).
I'd like to wave a wand and make that technobabble go away,
but ya need to know about it. So let's
see if some pictures help. Let me
introduce “Dave's Anti-TechnoBabble Table”.
Most technobabble words are actually broken into 2 parts:
the size the thingy
Like
kilobyte
Here, kilo is the size (as in, how big is this
thingy), and byte is the thingy.
So, my Anti-TechnoBabble Table will show you the sizes and
the thingys.
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Dave’s Anti-TechnoBabble Table |
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Sizes |
Looks like |
What it Means |
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Nothing at all |
|
No need to multiply the thingy. |
|
Kilo |
|
1024
x the thingy |
|
Mega |
|
1024
x 1024 x the thingy |
|
Giga |
|
1024
x 1024 x 1024 x the thingy |
|
Tera |
|
1024
x 1024 x 1024 x 1024 x the thingy |
|
|
|
|
|
Thingys |
Looks like |
What it Means |
|
bit |
|
Basic piece of information. Can only be a zero or one. |
|
byte |
|
Basic unit of storage. Composed of 8 bits. One byte can represent a number, letter,
computer instruction, or anything a designer intends. |
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hertz |
|
A count of the master clock pulses driving the CPU. With each pulse, the CPU does
something. Traditionally, this count
represented the “speed” of a CPU. The
higher the number, the faster the CPU, and the faster the overall computer.
|
|
|
Smallest
identifiable picture element. Photos,
computer screens, and other visual devices aggregate pixels to present you
with an image. |
|
Here are some examples.
Let’s say your computer only has
512 megabytes of memory, but you really need 1 gigabyte. Here’s a way to visualize this:
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|
How Many |
The Size |
The Thingy |
|
512
megabytes (MB) = |
512 X |
|
|
|
1
gigabyte (GB) = |
1 X |
|
|
You’re trying to decide between
an 80 GB hard drive and a 200 GB hard drive:
|
|
How Many |
The Size |
The Thingy |
|
80
gigabyte (GB) = |
80 X |
|
|
|
200
gigabyte (GB) = |
200 X |
|
|
Your digital camera shoots
pictures with a resolution of 4 megapixels:
|
|
How Many |
The Size |
The Thingy |
|
4
megapixels = |
4 X |
|
|
You get a flier from Verizon,
offering you their 10 Mbit/s FIOS Internet service. This means 10 megabits per second. You currently have Verizon’s DSL service
giving you 3 Mbit/s. (These are download
speeds into your computer.) This would
look like:
|
|
How Many |
The Size |
The Thingy |
|
10
megabit (Mbit) = |
10 X |
|
|
|
3
megabit (Mbit) = |
3 X |
|
|
So, the next time you see
technobabble, take a deep breath, pull out this table, and look up the
words. Then you’ll have a mental picture
of the technobabble. Hopefully, that
picture will help you make a better choice in dealing with the babble.
I gotta hurry up and finish this
article. My greyhounds are starting to
stir. You can help ease my creative
agony by dropping me a technical question at:
I’ll answer one question each
week in The Link.
Dave
Gillen
Music
Notes
by Laura Young
MUSIC NOTES:
The Chancel
Choir is currently meeting in the sanctuary from 6:30-7:30 on Wednesday
evenings and 9-9:25 a.m. on
Sunday mornings to warm up before worship. If your New Year's resolution was to
be more involved in the life of the church, while having a lot of fun, come and
try us out! If you enjoy singing, we can use you! We have set a goal of needing
to use all three rows of the choir loft by the end of 2009!
The Handbell
Choir has an opening for at least one new
member. If you can count to four, distinguish between your right and
left hands, and like to learn and have fun with other people, you possess the
basic qualifications to ring handbells and you are welcome to come try us out!
Please call or email (youngzoo@sbcglobal.net)
Laura Young if you are interested in ringing.
UPCOMING CONCERTS:
The Richardson
Community Band will present "A Lincoln Tribute" on Sunday, Feb.
8th at 2 p.m. at the Hill Hall of the
If you are
interested in knowing more about joining one of the musical groups at
Disciples, or know of upcoming music and arts events you wish to have included
in the Link, please contact Laura Young, DCC Music Director. Thank you!
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
Dr. Charlotte Nabors, Transitional Pastor
Laura Young, Music Director
Linda Gulick, Preschool Director
Julie Chen, Pianist
Jan Carter, Administrative Assistant
Dave Gillen, Webmaster frenchygrey@gmail.com
Stacie Doss, Nursery Attendant
email: theoffice@dccplano.com
phone: 972-398-2240