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The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
March 19, 2009
In This Issue
- Disciples Christian Calls New
Pastor
- Updated Prayer Requests
- Right Naborly
- Men’s Bible Study
- Young at Heart -- TONIGHT
- Nehemiah’s Friends 3rd
Annual Golf Tournament
- DCC Workday
- DCC Board Meeting
- Holy Week
- Spiritual Life Retreat 2009
- BBPS Spring Rummage Sale
- Summer 2009 Camps &
Conferences
- Hospital Bed
- From The TechnoManor
- Music Notes
Disciples Christian Calls New Pastor
On March
8, 2009, Disciples Christian Church voted to call Rev. David Nordyke to be
Senior Pastor. David will begin his
ministry with us on Easter Sunday.
David, his
wife Kristina and daughter Kyleigh will be moving to
In the
planning stage is a congregational lunch or dinner so we will be able to
welcome the Nordykes prior to Easter Sunday.
Updated
Prayer Requests
- Rev. Diane Clark was hospitalized this week after becoming ill,
they believe due to a change in her medications. Before being released from the hospital
Wednesday morning, another CAT scan of the abdomen revealed a growth/mass
on the right kidney -- probably cancerous. It seems to be
contained. Her physician is referring her to a specialist to check
it out
The prayer requests in The Link each week are recent
updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in our worship bulletin each
Sunday.
Right Naborly
It’s
spring. The weather is beautiful, and
the earth is being renewed. Yeah! Now it is time for spring cleaning. Yuk!
Traditionally Lent was a time for spring cleaning, the time to clean
house from top to bottom, cleaning out winter’s dirt along with the soul’s dirt
and beginning afresh.
So it is
time for us all to do some spring cleaning, for body and soul, as well as for
the house and God’s house. The folk
responsible for the church property have scheduled spring cleaning for God’s
house. Work day is scheduled for
Saturday, March 28, -April 4 if the 28th is rainy. The church looks pretty good. Still there are always things to be
done. There are windows to be washed,
corners to be dusted, shrubbery to be trimmed, grass to be mowed, paint to be
touched up and things to be freshened.
Every once
in a while we need to do a little extra cleaning; besides, company is
coming. The new minister, David, along
with his wife Kristina and daughter Kyleigh, will be here soon. And we expect there’ll be guests who come to
check out the new minister. (You are
thinking of some people to invite, I hope.)
There will be other guests who come for especially to celebrate
Easter. (You are thinking of some people
to invite, I hope.)
Plan ahead
so that you are here with your cleaning rags on Workday and with your friends and
guests on Easter. Be ready for fresh beginnings.
Men’s Bible Study
Calling
all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Young at Heart – TONIGHT!
This month’s dinner get together for active seniors will take place TONIGHT
at 6:30 pm at Macaroni Grill located at Park and Preston in
Nehemiah’s Friends 3rd Annual Golf
Tournament
Saturday March,
21 2009
Tee Off at
1 PM
Join East
Dallas Christian Church’s young adults, members, and friends as we support the
English Language Ministry. The English Language
Ministry, Inc. is currently in its fifteenth year of programming. Teaching
adults, mostly women, to read, write and communicate in English so they can
achieve their full potential as parents, workers, citizens and community
members. Utilizing trained volunteer tutors, ELM provides English as a Second
Language classes throughout the
We will
have an awards reception on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM at East Dallas
Christian Church (
Download
signup and sponsor sheets here:
http://www.edcc.org/pages/news-item?r=863JH17NWW
Rev.
Nathan J. Hill
Minister
of Church Life
(214)
824-8185
DCC
Workday
by
On Saturday, March 28, there will be a church
workday beginning at 8:30 a.m. Come
and help us as we spend a little bit of time sprucing up the church and grounds
to be ready for Easter and our new pastor, Rev. Nordyke! Please bring your own work tools. Saturday, April 4, will be the rain date.
DCC Board Meeting
All board members are encouraged
to attend the next board meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 29 at 7 pm in
the Atrium.
Holy Week
First
Christian Church of
Disciples
Christian Church will have a Good Friday
worship at 7:30 p.m. on April 10th,
and we are inviting our friends from FCC to join us for this service. Nursery will be available.
Spiritual Life Retreat 2009
The NTA-DWM 20096 Spiritual
Life Retreat will take place at Disciples Crossing in
BBPS Spring Rummage Sale
This spring BBPS will be renting “parking spaces” at BBPS
where you can hold your own “garage sale”. This is a fundraiser benefiting
Bright Beginnings Preschool. Everyone is welcome with priority given to
returning participants. We will close registration at 38 spaces, with a
maximum of 4 spaces per seller. Please register and mail your rental
fees ASAP as our sale fills up quickly!
PARKING SPACE
RENTAL FEES
1 space $12 each
2 spaces $11 each
3 spaces $10 each 4 spaces
$9 each
*Rectangular tables available for
rental at $7.00 each*
For your
parking space fee you get:
Exposure
to
marquee
and web advertising
Use
of our City of
Use
of our parking lot, not your own garage
Free
haul-off of all your unsold items
All your proceeds from your items sold
You must
be responsible for:
Providing
your own volunteers
Seed
money or change
Handling
and security of funds collected
Display
and merchandising
Delivery,
unloading and set-up
Tear
down and clean-up
Parking
across the street at Plano Senior High
Your
children as there will be No childcare available.
BBPS will arrange for pick-up of
all remaining items—donated to charity.
WHEN: Saturday,
April 25, 2009 (Rain date: May 2nd)
WHERE:
Disciples Christian Church Parking Lot
TIME: 6:00am-7:00am
Arrive and Set-up
7:00am-1:00pm Rummage Sale
1:00pm-2:00pm Tear-Down
Deadline for RSVPs and payments:
Wednesday, April 1st
Please make your checks payable to Bright Beginnings Preschool
Mail to: Laura White,
For more information, please
contact:
Laura at 972-964-1141 home or whitehousefullofboys@verizon.net
Summer 2009 Camps & Conferences
Information about the Tri-Area
summer camps and conferences is now available.
Copies of the flier are available on the Welcome Table in the Atrium
which includes camp dates and pricing.
Hospital Bed
A member of FCC in Van
Alstyne is donating a 13-month old hospital bed in good condition. If anyone is interested in it, please contact
Chowning Hayes at 972-495-3676 or chowning.hayes.ix80@statefarm.com.
From The TechnoManor
Some friends asked me a question after worship last
Sunday. They sent a friend a Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet via email. Their
friend was unable to open the spreadsheet.
They are using Excel 2007, but their friend was not. What could they do?
Microsoft did some fiddling with the formats of files
created by their
If you are using
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Excel |
Old extension:
.xls |
Old Type:
Microsoft Excel Worksheet |
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New extension:
.xlsx |
New Type:
Microsoft |
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PowerPoint |
Old extension:
.ppt |
Old Type:
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation |
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New extension: .pptx |
New Type:
Microsoft |
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Word |
Old extension:
doc |
Old Type:
Microsoft Word Document |
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New extension:
.docx |
New Type:
Microsoft |
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So, what can you do to remedy this? Well, you have a couple of options.
Option 1: Save files
in the older format.
If you have
Click the down arrow at the right
of the field. This will present you with
a list of choices. Scroll up or down to
find the format for the older version of
If you’re saving a file for older
versions of Excel or PowerPoint, look for something similar.
Option 2: Install a
converter program
Microsoft provides a converter program that can be installed
on your computer if you have older versions of
As usual, Microsoft does not give this program an easy name
to remember! You are going to download
and install the Microsoft
You
download this from:
Or start
at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074
This Web page gives you the background you need for
updating your existing versions of
The “Microsoft mumble” may seem daunting, but the process
for downloading and installing the Compatibility Pack is fairly quick and
painless. And you don’t have to restart
Windows, either!
After you install the
Compatibility Pack, when you double-click on a file created by
Useful References
Following are some useful references
if you want to learn more about Microsoft’s Open XML Format and why they made
this change.
ECMA
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101723691033.aspx?pid=CL100796341033
How to open and save Word 2007,
Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007 files in earlier versions of
Introducing the
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338205.aspx
Introduction to new file-name extensions:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100069351033.aspx
I hope this helps you, and my
friends at church who asked me about this issue. Knowing about the change in Microsoft
Got a technical question? Drop me a line at:
I’ll answer one each week in The Link. Yes, you can corner me after worship service
with your question, but you’re taking a big risk that I’ll remember!
Dave
Gillen
Music
Notes
by Laura Young
MUSIC NOTES:
Chancel Choir
The choir continues to meet on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30
and Sunday mornings at 9 a.m. to warm up. On Sunday, March
22nd, we will not meet, however, because there will be a solo instead of an
anthem. Thank you!
Handbell Choir
Has resumed and is currently meeting immediately after
church on Sundays as we prepare for Easter. Thank you to new members, Rebecca,
Enno and Julie for joining us!
UPCOMING
CONCERTS:
The
Richardson Community Band will present a children's concert on Sunday, March
29th, at 2 p.m. at 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