The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
May 28, 2009
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- We’re Having
a Party!
- A Message from Rev. Nordyke
- Pentecost Offering
- DCC Board Meeting
- Ebby Halliday to speak at
Juliette Fowler Homes
- Thank you from the Relief
Nursery of Collin County
- Men’s Bible Study
- Summer Reading Group
- From the TechnoManor
- Music Notes
Updated
Prayer Requests
- Rev. Diane Clark had surgery earlier in the week on a
kidney. We are still waiting to
hear from Galen on her prognosis.
- For the family of Ron Smith who passed away last week.
- Prayers for David, Kristina and family as they
prepare for the arrival of their baby boy Garrison.
- Diane Richardson, friend of John & Cindy Prewitt had surgery for a detached
retina. She is now in recovery,
however there is concern that she may not be able to continue in her
current career choice.
The prayer requests in The Link each week are recent
updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests appears in our worship bulletin each
Sunday.
We’re Having a Party!
You’re Invited to a Birthday Party!
Who: All DCC & FCCC members and friends
For: Pentecost, often
thought to be the birth of the Christian Church
Where: Disciples Christian Church
When: Sunday, May 31 following worship
What: Cake, punch and fellowship will be served as
we celebrate Pentecost. Everyone is
asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the
“Embracing Birthdays”
by Rev. David
For many
people, especially those 18 and under, birthdays are something we look forward
to. In some cases we wait all year just
to have our favorite cake or meal, okay maybe we don’t wait all year but you
get the idea. Birthdays are often times
filled with a sense of excitement or anticipation of special cards and tokens
of appreciation usually given by family and friends. For some people birthdays are a time of
letting loose. And some birthdays are a
rite of passage. In my case I reflect
back on several birthdays like when I turned one and was suddenly able to do so
many things like eating a homemade baseball mitt cake. Or there was my 13th birthday
celebrated with my closest friends. Or
there was my 16th which meant getting my driver’s license and first
car, a 1967 Mercury Cougar. Or my 18th
which meant I could vote and fill out a selective service card and be
wonderfully surprised by my family. Or
more recently my 30th which was filled with wonderful surprises
including beautiful cards, homemade lasagna and of course my wife and
kid(s). Admittedly I missed celebrating
this milestone birthday with family and friends from
Like it or
not birthdays are just part of the journey, part of
life. We can choose to celebrate them or
ignore them but either way they still come, year after year. Truthfully, not all birthdays are easy. Sometimes we spend them alone. Sometimes people forget. Sometime they fall on an awkward day. And sometime they conjure up memories,
emotions and feelings that we’d rather not have. Still we can’t just pretend they don’t happen
or sometimes we celebrate our birthday with others and sometimes we do it
alone, either way it a day unique unto us.
It’s the day that God set apart to bring us into the world. Hence it’s a day to be celebrated. Yet many people especially those over 30 act as if they no longer celebrate one of the most precious
possessions they have.
Pentecost Offering - May 31
Expanding
the Table is this year’s theme for the Pentecost Offering. As the Christian
Church (Disciples of the Christ), we welcome and embrace with the love of
Christ, all who will come to the table. And our Christian table is constantly
expanding and reaching beyond social and economic boundaries to extend our
witness. New Church Ministry seeks to continue to expand the table to reach new
mission fields, journey to new frontiers and touch more lives. Support for this
special day offering is more crucial than ever.
New
Direction, La Roca, Trees of Righteousness, and Coolwater Christian Church are
a few of the churches that were started as a result of the New Church Movement.
Today, New Church Ministry can proudly claim that 598 new churches have been
formed since 2001. This is good news worth celebrating! Through these churches,
this movement is reaching more than 40,000 Disciples and the list continues to
grow. What is our goal? Disciples hope to start 1,000 new churches by 2020. By
supporting the Pentecost Offering you are expanding the efforts of the New
Church Movement.
Each year,
the New Church Movement is supported primarily by funds raised by the annual
Pentecost Offering. This special-day offering provides support for new church
planter training, coaching, grants, meetings and additional services to support
the New Church Movement of the Christian Church.
Importantly,
half of the money collected through the Pentecost Offering remains in YOUR
REGION. The other half represents New Church Ministry to benefit the wider
church for recruitment, training and coaching of new church planters. Please help New Church Ministry to continue
expanding the table to reach more people by bringing God’s message to new
places and new communities. By Expanding the Table, we share the witness of Christ. This year,
Pentecost Offering will be on Sunday, May 24 and Sunday, May 31.
DCC
Board Meeting
All DCC Board members and
committee chairpersons should please plan on attending a board meeting which
will be held on Sunday, June 7 at 7 pm.
Please come prepared with your
committee
reports. If you have any questions,
please contact Rick Boyer, board chair.
There will be an organizational
meeting on Sunday, June 7 to discuss this year’s VBS. Please RSVP to the
church office (theoffice@dccplano.com)
if you will be attending. We can use
everybody’s talents and prayers as we prepare for this!
Ebby
Halliday to speak at Juliette Fowler Homes
An exciting
event will be taking place at Juliette Fowler Homes on June 7. Ebby
Halliday will be on the campus sharing a bit about her life, along with Mike
and Mary Poss. Ebby is a member of Central Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) in
We will
have books available for purchase, and Mike and Mary will also be available to
autograph the copies. They hope to have
a nice crowd on hand to support these fellow Disciples and to show respect to
Ebby Halliday for all that she has accomplished in her 96 years.
The event
takes place in the
Thank you from the Relief Nursery of
Thank you
for your prayers, encouragement and financial help over this past week! I am pleased to tell you that our teacher’s
salaries and health insurance are paid. Although
we have some big challenges ahead, we are committed to continuing to serve our
families in
Laura Young, Early Childhood Specialist, RNCC
Men’s
Bible Study
Calling
all men! Come join us at IHOP (
Summer
Reading Group
The Disciple Women are sponsoring a Summer Reading Group
open to all members of the church. The first gathering will be on Tuesday, June 16, 7:00 pm at the church.
Our first reading selection will be The Shack by William P. Young.
From
the Techno Manor
Over the
last year, Rev. Galen Clark mentioned to me a couple of times that I really
should publish a book of my “From the TechnoManor” articles. I would typically shuffle my feet, then hem
and haw a bit for my response.
It’s not
that I was ashamed of my articles. My
reluctance stemmed from knowing how hard it is to publish a book. You see, I used to do that for a living.
From 1994
through 2001, I was a senior technical writer with Tandem Telecom that later
became Compaq Telecom. No, you won’t
find my work on amazon.com. It was
proprietary, written for specialized equipment, and dry as dust. It was the best non-prescription sleep aid
you could find!
As a
compromise, and a tip of the hat to Galen, I have set-up a page on the DCC Web
site. Here you can find my past articles
by date or by topic.
Ok, so how
do you find them? Do the following:
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Click Resources in the
menu on the upper left (you can do this from any page within the DCC Web
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Click “From the TechnoManor”
Archives. |
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Click on a date when the article appeared, or scroll down and click
on a topic. (The topics are in
alphabetic order.). A PDF file of the
article will open. ·
You can view, save, or print the PDF file as you see fit. |
by topic |
Now you no
longer have to print out each week’s “From the TechnoManor” and store it in a
binder (I’ve heard some people do this).
They’re all at your fingertips.
This gives you another aid to deal with today’s rapidly-changing
technologies.
The clock
is ticking as I wind down my “From the TechnoManor” articles. Got a technical question for me? Drop me some email at:
I’ll
answer one each week in The Link.
Dave
Gillen
Music
Notes
By Laura Young
Summer specials:
Summer is
fast approaching! Our Handbell Choir is already on hiatus, and the Chancel
Choir will start their break very soon.
If you have a yearning to sing, play or sign for a summer special,
please let me know and I would be delighted to schedule you!
Laura
Young 972-744-9941
Chancel
Choir
May 31 (Pentecost
Sun.) Chancel
Choir warms up 9-9:25 a.m. in the sanctuary ("Every Time I Feel the
Spirit")
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
Email: theoffice@dccplano.com
Phone: 972-398-2240