The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
April 16, 2009
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- A Message from Rev. David
- Young at Heart – TONIGHT!
- Men’s Bible Study
- Relief Nursery of
- Ride for Relief Nursery
- BBPS Spring Rummage Sale
- Congratulations BBPS!
- Cyber Safety & Drug
Awareness Seminar
- Summer 2009 Camps &
Conferences
- From The Techno Manor
- Music Notes
Updated
Prayer Requests
- Walt Nilsen is home recovering after having a mild stroke early
Easter morning. The doctors feel he
can be treated with medication for this.
- Rev. Diane Clark will be seeing a surgeon about having the tumor
on her kidney removed. She is walking
everyday and receives therapy three times/week. She recently helped seal the deck and
ramp at their home. She does carry
a cane.
- Ron Cohen, Jan & Jerry Carter’s friend with pancreatic cancer is
scheduled to have surgery on April 30 to remove the malignant tumor on his
pancreas and aorta.
The prayer requests in The Link each week are recent
updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in our worship bulletin each
Sunday.
A Note
from Rev. Dave
Last week
I shared that the resurrection of Christ is central to Easter and more
importantly our lives giving us hope now and perhaps more importantly a promise
in the life to come. Jan Sullivan also
mentioned the significance of giving or receiving gifts at Easter which is
symbolic of Jesus’ greatest gift for us, His resurrection. But where does that leave us? The answer is pretty straightforward we’re
given the responsibility to share this awesome gift with others. How can we do this? One way is to share the message of Christ in
the way we live our lives. This is
important because most of us have contact with other people everyday. Maybe it’s our neighbors, co-workers,
classmates, friends, family, even the person at the checkout stand at the
grocery store. The point is that one of
the ways we share the hope of Christ, the message of the resurrected Christ, is
through our words and actions. Think of
it as living out the great commission in all we do, to be and share the good
news of Jesus Christ in word and deed, “from our doorsteps to the ends of the
earth.” Or as the Apostle Paul might
say, to “make the most of every opportunity….”
It sounds
easy enough and yet things get in the way.
Things like our own disbelief or sin or not having a place to be
encouraged and strengthened as a relationship with Christ is built and
maintained. The reality is that not
everyone is entirely certain that they believe what they say they do. Not to mention many people don’t feel worthy
to share a message of hope and forgiveness.
And sadly there are few places where people are welcomed as they are and
encouraged to become who God wants them to be.
Again,
where does this leave us? I think the
idea is to continue to cultivate a community of Christ whose members recognize
their own periods of disbelief and imperfection and allow others to do the
same. At the same time we have to
maintain a community in which people are encouraged and expected to grow in
their knowledge, understanding and belief in God and His son Jesus. While the “church” and its members must
always provide for the more obvious needs of people like food and water,
shelter and clothing we mustn’t ever forget the importance of establishing and
preserving a relationship with God the father through Jesus the son.
In Christ
David
Young at Heart – TONIGHT!
The April Young at Heart dinner
will take place TONIGHT at II Brothers Grill & Bar located at
Men’s Bible Study
Calling
all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Relief Nursery of
Dear Friends,
The Relief Nursery
of Collin County is ready to open our second classroom! We need two volunteers daily (with two
teachers) to ensure that our classroom adult-to-child ratio allows maximum
therapeutic benefit to the children. Volunteers
are highly valued and respected members of our classroom teams. Background check/interview required. Men and women ages 16 through retirement are invited to apply. Experience with young children is a plus. One 3.5 to 4-hour commitment per week for
10-12 weeks allows us to staff a room for a season. Class times are Mon./Wed.
and Tues./ Thurs. 9:30-a.m.-12:30 p.m. Benefits
include making a difference in children's lives, helping provide parents with a
needed break and enjoying the laughter, play, and logic of young children. Experience at RNCC can help you update your
resumes or future job applications in teaching or social services fields and can
count as service hours for students and scouts. Interested
in joining us? Please call the Relief
Nursery of Collin County at 972-665-0298, or visit us on the web at
reliefnurserycc.org. Thank you!
Laura Young,
Early Childhood Specialist,
Relief Nursery of
Ride for Relief Nursery
Join us
for the Ride for RELIEF Nursery on April 25, 2009.
We'll be
riding 45 miles through rural
The ride
ends at Bullwinkle's
The ride
will raise funds mainly through participation fees; $10 for single riders, $15
for two-up. On-line registration has begun so check http://www.freewebs.com/ride-for-relief-nursery/
for more details!
Early
Registration Party - Join us for Bullwinkle's Bike Night on Thursday April
23rd, 2009. We'll have raffles and door prizes, so come and enjoy.
The first
250 that pre-register and pre-pay receive a free ride pin or patch.
April is
Child Abuse Prevention month. If you don't ride, you can still donate. Go to
the Relief Nursery website (www.reliefnurserycc.org)
and click the donate button on the top right corner of the homepage.
BBPS Spring Rummage Sale
Don’t forget that on Saturday,
April 25, BBPS will have its semi-annual rummage sale in the DCC parking
lot. Hours are 7 am—1 pm. Come on out and get some great deals!
Congratulations BBPS!
Bright Beginnings
Preschool passed the Childcare Licensing inspection on April 2! Congratulations Linda and your entire staff!
Cyber Safety & Drug Awareness Seminar
A Cyber
Safety (internet) and Drug Awareness Seminar for parents is
scheduled for Saturday, April 25. It will be at the Area
Office in
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.
From
The TechnoManor
So, did
you read the recent news about GhostNet? Maybe not. GhostNet is a network of compromised
computers (i.e., computers infected with spyware) mostly in
You can
read more about GhostNet at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostnet.
How did
these computers get infected? Someone
opened a Microsoft Word attachment to a piece of email. The Word attachment was crafted in such a way
to take advantage of bugs in Word. These
bugs allowed spyware to be deposited on the computer. That spyware later “called home” to a master
computer. And away they went.
My points
are
l
Be
mindful about opening email attachments.
Only open attachments from people you know, and only open those
attachments you’re expecting.
l
Keep
your copies of Microsoft Office (that is, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and
Powerpoint) updated. That means install
program fixes that Microsoft issues from time to time.
How do you
keep your copies of Microsoft Office “fixed”?
The easiest way is to direct Automatic Updates to use the Microsoft Update web site. Ok, I can see your eyes crossing.
Let me
backtrack a little. In my 2/19/2009
article, I explained how Microsoft keeps Windows fixed automatically using
something called Automatic Updates. Automatic Updates contacts a special
Microsoft website called Windows Update. Automatic Updates downloads and installs
fixes for Windows, all behind the scenes.
Well, the
other groups at Microsoft got the message:
use Automatic Updates to automatically fix all of Microsoft’s
products. So now Automatic Updates can
install fixes for other products like Microsoft Office or Silverlight, in
addition to Windows. But there’s a
catch.
The
catch: in Windows XP, you have to turn
this on. It’s automatically turned on in
Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Windows 7 is the forthcoming successor to
So, how do
you do this? Do the following on your
Windows XP computer:
·
Click
Start.
·
Click
Windows Update near the top of the
Start menu. Internet Explorer opens and
goes to the Windows Update page.
(Note: If Windows Update isn’t visible in the
Start menu, click All Programs. Windows Update should be at the top of the
Programs menu. Click Windows Update from the top of the
Programs menu. Internet Explorer will
then open to the Windows Update page.)
·
On
the Welcome to Windows Update page, click Go
next to Get Microsoft Update Today.
·
Click
Start Now to initiate the download
process.
·
In
the security warning dialog box, click Install.
·
Close
Internet Explorer after Microsoft Update finishes installing.
Now,
whenever Automatic Updates runs and updates Windows on “Patch Tuesday,” it will
also install critical patches for Microsoft Office (and other Microsoft
products). There is nothing else for you
to do.
Side Note: if you use
Microsoft Office for Mac, Microsoft Update will not work for you. However, based on the Web site http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx,
there is an Office AutoUpdate for Mac built into Office for Mac. So, it looks like your copy of Office will be
automatically fixed as updates become available.
Now you
can open Word attachments to email with some feeling of safety. And you won’t become another node in the
GhostNet.
Got a
technical question that has been bugging you?
Heard about something computer-related in the news and wondered about
it? Drop me a line at:
frenchygrey@gmail.com
I'll
answer one question each week in The Link. If my Inbox is empty, I'll have to turn to my
greyhound, Woody, and ask him what I should write about. Typically he responds by licking my nose.
Dave
Gillen
Music
Notes
By Laura Young
Thank
you to Ty Young
for providing the cello music on Good Friday and to Enno Kamlah for
the trumpet accompaniment on Easter Sunday! You both added wonderfully to the
music of Holy Week! Thank you also to Julie Chen and our choir members for all of your extra
efforts during Holy Week. You sounded beautiful and added meaning to our
worship services.
Chancel Choir
April
19 (Sun.) Special
music, no Chancel Choir today
April
22 (Wed.) Chancel
Choir rehearses 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary
April
26(Sun.) Chancel
Choir warms up 9-9:25 a.m. in the sanctuary
April
29 (Wed.) Chancel
Choir rehearses 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary
May 3 (Sun.) Chancel Choir warms up
9-9:25 a.m. in the sanctuary
May 6 (Wed.) Chancel Choir rehearses
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary
May 10 (Sun.) No Chancel Choir warm
up today. Handbells will ring for special music.
Handbell
Choir
April
19 (Sun.) Handbell
rehearsal immediately following worship.
April
26(Sun.) Handbell
rehearsal immediately following worship.
May 3 (Sun.) Handbell rehearsal immediately following worship.
May 10 (Sun.) Handbell rehearsal 9 a.m.
to ring in worship today!
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
Rev. David Nordyke, Senior 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