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The Weekly E-Newsletter of Disciples Christian Church
December 3, 2009
In This Issue
- Updated Prayer Requests
- DCC Board Meeting
- Congregational Meeting
- Youth News
- Children’s News
- Seeker’s Sunday School
- Salvation Army Angel Tree
- Young at Heart
- Music Notes
- Disciples Women’s Ministry
- Mike’s Kids
- DWM Special Projects
Updated
Prayer Requests
- Gena H. was with her mom, Mary Lynn, who had successful surgery
on December 1 to remove the tumor from her pancreas. They are awaiting the pathology report.
The prayer requests in The
Link each week are recent updates. A list of ongoing prayer requests
appears in our worship bulletin each Sunday.
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. In addition to services/projects
since the last meeting, please bring description of what your Team (committee)
does throughout a typical year. This should include job
description/duties (as best you know them to be) and any additional pertinent
information. This information will be compiled as we work on our process
document.
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. Highers, 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! 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 THIS Sunday, December 6, as
Young at Heart
The Young
at Heart Christmas party will be held at Donna and
Music
Notes
Music Notes:
Upcoming
Concerts:
Santa's
Village in
The Westwood Junior High choirs
will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 7th at
Plano
Civic Chorus will present Handel's "Messiah" on Saturday, December
19th at 8 p.m. at St. Andrew United Methodist Church (
Cast of
Bronze Handbell Ensemble will be performing on December 19th at St. Barnabas
Presbyterian Church in
The annual
DCC Christmas Eve Concert will be at 6 p.m. on December 24th, followed by 6:30
p.m. worship.
Chancel
Choir Schedule:
Due to the
Handbell Choir schedule, Chancel Choir will not meet this Sunday, December
6th.
Our dress
rehearsal for December 13th is planned for Wednesday from 6 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
Handbell
Choir Schedule:
Handbells
will rehearse at 9 a.m. on Sunday the 6th (set-up 8:45) to prepare for ringing
in worship this week.
Disciples
Womens 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.
Additionally,
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.
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 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