The Link
The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
November 25, 2009
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- A Message from Rev. David
- DCC Board Meeting
- Congregational Meeting
- Youth News
- Children’s News
- Seeker’s Sunday School
- Adam’s Animals
- Salvation Army Angel Tree
- Music Notes
- Disciples Women’s Ministry
- Mike’s Kids
- DWM Special Projects
Updated
Prayer Requests
- Gena H. will be going to be with her mom who’ll be having
surgery on December 1 to remove the tumor from her pancreas. She will be in a rehab facility 4-6
weeks.
- Prayers for a quick recovery
for Laura Y.’s brother-in-law and
nephew who both have the flu.
The nephew and his little brother both have other health issues. Laura’s father’s cousin, Stewart, who had a stroke earlier this fall is undergoing rehab.
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
Message from Rev. David
Thanksgiving
is a great time to celebrate the blessings that God has put before us.
But more than just feasting on turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy,
pumpkin pie and whipped topping, Thanksgiving is about feasting on the goodness
of God. Sometimes it’s hard to see that goodness in light of sickness and
disease and the despair that seems to plague our world and more personally our
lives. However it’s important that we remember that in the midst of the chaos
in and around our lives is a God and a Son, Jesus Christ, who desires to become
intimately involved in our lives and who promises to share not just our sorrow
but also our joy and for that we can be ever thankful.
This
Thanksgiving we’re thankful for the many blessings that God has done in our
lives through the love, kindness, support and generosity of the members and
friends of DCC.
In
Christ’s Love
David and
Kristina and Family
DCC
Board Meeting
All DCC Board members should plan
on attending this important quarterly meeting scheduled for Sunday, December
6 at 7 pm. The meeting will take
place in the Atrium. Also, please remember
to bring your committee reports with you.
REMINDER: Please be
sure to check emails for important nominating committee information!
Congregational
Meeting
A congregational meeting is
scheduled to take place following worship on Sunday, December 13. This is an important meeting as the new DCC
board and annual budget for 2010 will be voted upon, so it is important that
everyone attend.
REMINDER: Please be
sure to check emails for important nominating committee information!
Youth News
Hello Jr.
and Sr. Higher’s, hope you’re all doing great! Just a couple more weeks
and classes will be over well at least for this semester).
Kristina and I have been talking about some things we’d like to do with the
youth program. We also want to know what you think, what you want to
do. So here’s what I’m asking of you: think about what you want to get out of the
youth program and how you can help make it happen? I know that everyone’s
busy, but if this is something you’re interested in then take a
few minutes to think about this and write your ideas down because we really
want to hear from you!
Here are
some dates to remember:
Youth Meeting Sunday December 6 @ 9:30 AM in the
Youth Room (we’ll talk about some of your ideas and some of ours and talk about
getting some new furniture for the youth room.)
Youth Christmas Party (Jr. and Sr.
High)
When: Sunday December 20 from 4-7
Where: DCC
What: FOOD, FELLOWSHIP, MOVIE, AND GIFT
EXCHANGE
Who: DCC youth and friends, the more
the merrier! (Think about inviting a couple of your friends.)
If you can,
bring a unisex gift to give, $5.00 max, (we’ll have more on hand if we need
them) AND bring a canned food item to give to our local food pantry!
Thanks in Christ
David and
Kristina
Children’s
News
Hello DCC Children 5Th grade and younger and
family! Hope you’re doing great! As Christmas comes closer we remember the
love that Jesus has for each of us.
Christmas is a wonderful time to celebrate this love as we remember the
birth of Jesus. To do this we want to
invite you to a special Birthday Party for Jesus. We’ll have party hats, fun and games. And just like any birthday party bring a gift
(a canned food item) to share with someone.
By doing this we’re showing love for others like Jesus loves us.
When: Sunday December 13 @ 9:30-10:15AM
Where: DCC
What: Fun, games and surprises!
Who: DCC children 5th grade
and younger!
(Remember to bring a canned food “gift” to share with our
local food pantry.)
Seeker’s Sunday School
The Seeker’s Sunday school class
will be studying the book of Mark beginning Sunday, December 6. Contact Pat Brown if you have any questions.
Salvation
Army Angel Tree
This
year’s Salvation Army Angel Tree is up and “ready for business.” There are still a handful of angels left on
the tree, so if you haven’t gotten yours yet, you’re in luck! Please
bring your bags of presents to the Atrium by Sunday, December 6, as
Music
Notes
Laura Young
Merry Christmas!
Well, not quite yet, but in order to have a Merry Christmas, the Chancel
and Handbell Choirs have already begun rehearsing for a special musical
presentation in Advent.
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for “Joyful,
Joyful!” during worship on Sunday, December 13th!
Chancel Choir is rehearsing from
6:30 – 7:30 pm on Wednesday nights and 9 – 9:25 am on Sunday mornings.
Handbell Choir is rehearsing
immediately after worship on Sunday afternoons.
Members of the musical groups AND
members of the congregation are invited to let Laura Young know if you would
like to present a solo or volunteer for a narrator part on December 13th. Thank you!
Disciples
Women’s Ministry
Disciples Women’s Ministry will be reading A Redbird Christmas
by Fannie Flagg for the December reading group. Phyllis Harbaugh will be hosting the group
discussion at her home at 7 pm on
Tuesday, December 8. Please bring a
Christmas ornament that has special meaning to you and be prepared to tell
something about it.
Disciples Women’s Ministry is open to all women in the church. Having read the book is not a requirement.
Mike’s Kids
Mike’s Kids is an annual program
that is supported by the North Texas Area of Disciples Christian Churches, the
Christian Men’s Fellowship, and the Southwest Good Samaritans Ministries. This program supports children who have been
abandoned or forced out of their homeland to a new country. As Christmas season fast approaches, it is
time to begin filling banana boxes with clothing (appropriate for South Texas)
and child-sized underwear (new), toys (new or gently used), food, etc. for
Mike’s Kids in the
The boxes have been delivered and are in the Atrium ready
to be filled up! DCC is a
collection point for this program. The
boxes will be picked up on Monday, December 14.
DWM
Special Projects
DCC’s
Disciple Women’s Ministry group will be collecting a special offering during
the month of December. The money
collected will be donated to the Heifer International non-profit
organization. The mission of Heifer is
to provide gifts of livestock and training to help families improve their
nutrition and generate income in sustainable ways. When making a donation, indicate in the memo
section of the check that it is for “DWM Heifer” and place it in the offering
plate.
Secondly,
Phyllis Harbaugh wants to remind all DCC women that you can pick up your
blessing boxes on the Welcome Table in the Atrium. The boxes will not be collected until
sometime next year. If you have any
questions about either of these special projects please contact Phyllis.
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
Email: theoffice@dccplano.com
Phone: 972-398-2240