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The Chalice

A publication of First Christian Church of Edmond, OK

CONNECTIONVol. 5 No. 13 April 11, 2013

I am proud to

be a minister

at the First

Christian

Church ofEdmond. This

is a wonderful

community of faith that practices what

it preaches. Let me give you a Top Ten

List:

--This church reaches out. From

Breakfast on Boulevard to Renewing

Hand to all of the wonderful work that

went on in our 40 Days of Compassion,

FCC has a heart for reaching out.

--This church reaches in. Several

wonderful acts of kindness have been

done for so many in need in our church

family. From helping with yard work at

the Berrys home to helping others get

through a rough month, FCC helps out

its members.

--This church teaches kids about

our faith. Our Pastors Class has just

been completed and 10 kids have

explored their faith and have a closer

relationship with Jesus Christ.

--This church teaches adults aboutour faith. Our upcoming FaithLife

Connections event, hosted with

Phillips Theological Seminary, helps

us to explore other areas of our faith in

depth, so that we can hear Gods word

more clearly.

--This church is full of great people

we just have some wonderful people

in our church family. Looking over the

list of published authors who will be

meeting and greeting this Sunday, I am

intrigued by all of the interesting stories

that can be told.

--This church has a dynamic youth

program. What a great group of youth

we have here at the church. We willmiss Greg Bunton and his family and

all of the great programs he started here

at our church, but we have a wonderful

program with great leadershipthank

you, Mark!that will continue to lead

this vital part of our church family.

--This church has great plans for

the future. Our visioning process, our

ReNew program and our future story

confirm that we are listening carefully

for Gods direction for our church in the

future. We are prayerfully looking to

what we are called to be and do.

--This church believes in prayer.

From our Elders Prayer Breakfast to

our prayer triads to our Good Friday

prayer chain, we are constantly turning

to God in prayer. We believe God

hears each of our prayers!

--This church is a place of joy.

As we greet one another on Sunday

morning, as we see each other out in

the community, as we work togetheron meaningful projects, even in long

committee meetings, there is a spirit of

joy here that comes from God.

--This church has fun together.

And after experiencing our Holy Humor

Sunday last Sunday, where we can

come together and laugh as a people of

God, we reflect that joy to our world.

Thank you for the privilege of

serving this wonderful church.

A Top Ten ListBy Rev. Chris Shorow, Senior Minister

First Christian AuthorMeet and Greet

From 9 - 11 AMChurch LibraryJoin us in the library this Sunday,April 14, 9 to 11 AM, as we welcomeour own First Christian publishedauthors for a Meet and Greet.

Books, both fiction andnonfiction, will be available forpurchase and to be autographed.There will be books for everyone!

Authors that will be available areDeia Crull, Elaine Warner, Marjorie

Anderson, Judy Berry, DeneenGambrell, Paul Gaines, Mark Nash,Cherrie Steele, Marcia Tunison (forDick Tunison), Judy Howard andillustrator, Melissa Hendricks.

Regional ListeningSession

From 4 - 5 PMRoom 116

There is a lot of change happening

within the pastoral leadership of theRegion - and - before any decisionsabout the FUTURE are made, theRegional Board and The ListeningTeam want to hear from YOU!

FCC Edmond is hosting aRegional Listening Session thisSunday, April 14, at 4 PM in Room116. Join us in a listening sessionto discover what we think makes ourregion great!

For information on this process,go to www.okdisciples.org/listen

Events for

Sunday, April 14

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Circle of Compassion Dinner and AuctionSunday, April 28, at 12 PM in the Family Life CenterAs First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we continually seek ways to serve others both within oown community and beyond. One of the ministries we support is Week of Compassion (WOC). (WOis the relief, refugee and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). WO

seeks to equip and empower disciples to alleviate the suffering of others through disaster response,humanitarian aid, sustainable development and promotions of mission opportunities.) Week of Compassion has challenged Disciples Churches to become a part of the Circle of

Compassion - 100 Disciples Churches to raise $10,000 for the endowment fund for Week of Compassion. First Christian Edmohas accepted this challenge! We are hosting a dinner and an auction event on Sunday, April 28, in the Family Life Center to support theCircle of Compassion endeavor. Tickets are on sale now: $5 for each person (children under 5 are free.)

Please join us on Sunday, April 28, at noon for a delicious lunch. After lunch, we will be auctioning off some great items!Come check it out! You can reserve your spot at the table in the rotunda or contact Iris Muno Jordan at 341-3544, ext. 110.

COME CONNECTAt FaithLife Connections!With Guest Panelists Jari Askins, Former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma & FCC Edmonds Own, Larry Ba

Saturday, April 20, 9 AM - 3 PM Room 116A FaithLife Connections (FLC) event will be held at First Christian Edmond on Saturday, April

20, from 9 AM to 3 PM. FaithLife Connections is an ongoing lecture/conversation series offering a

forum for participants to explore faith values in daily life. Guest panelists include Jari Askins,

former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, and FCC Edmonds own, Larry Ball.This presentation called Exploring the Intersections of Religion and Politics by Dr.

Joe Bessler (theRobert Travis Peake Associate Professor of Theology at Phillips Theological

Seminary), will explore the intersection of religion and politics by noticing how major political

speeches are structured in ways that overlap with the structure and topics of Christian faith and

theology. Well consider several reasons why that overlap exists. By exploring these connections

and tensions between the religious and the political, lay leaders will see better the importance of

distinguishing our religious convictions from our political commitments.

Those who seek to make connections between faith matters and daily life are welcome to

attend. Registration forms are available at the Welcome Desk. Cost is $30/person and

includes lunch. Please indicate if childcare is needed including an additional $5 with the Registration Fee.For more information, visit www.ptstulsa.edu/faithlifeconnections or call (918) 610-8303.

Summer Camp - Earlybird Registration Ends April 15!This year, campers are registered ONLINE for camps based on GRADE COMPLETED by June 2013. Again, FCC

offers partial scholarships to campers that are members. How do you register your child? Here are the steps:1) Register online at: www.fccedmond.org/camp2) You will receive a confirmation email which will include the health forms that need to be completed and returned to FCC.3) You will return the completed forms to FCC, attn: Jennifer Humphrey, along with the payment - as soon as possible!

Earlybird Rates: Now - April 15; Regular Rates: April 16 - May 12. For anyone who registers online by April 15,

you will receive an additional $35 off of your rate (thanks to the Regions Mens Ministry Leave No Child Behind.)CAMP LOCATION RATES (Earlybird/Regular) DATESChi Rho, grades 6-8 (Oakrige Camp, Anadarko) $300/$350 June 3-7Kid-N-Kin*, grades 1-2 (Camp Christian, Chouteau) $170/$200 June 6-9 (*Kid-N-Kin is grade 1 & 2 plus an adult family member attending camp.)Discovery, grades 2-3 (Central Camp, Guthrie) $180/$200 June 7-9

Junior, grades 4-5 (Central Camp, Guthrie) $295/$335 June 17-21

CYF, grades 9-12 (Central Camp, Guthrie) $295/$335 June 24-28

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Grow Your Gardenwith TLC Gift Cards!The Youth are selling $20 TLC Greenhouse gift cards April 7through May 12, Mothers Day! The TLC cards are good forall plants, trees, fertilizer and soil to help you get your gardengrowing this spring! (excludes landscaping services) Yourpurchase will help support our youth mission trips. The cards areeasy to purchase on Sundays, in the rotunda, and on Wednesdayevenings - pick up yours today! Contact Missy Blevins at (405)833-1115 with questions.

Spring Cleaning?Youth Garage Sale Coming Up!Save unwanted, unused and unneeded items and donathem to the Youth Garage Sale fundraiser! It is coming up on Saturday, May 11... so start saving those donatable items now! If yquestions about the garage sale, please contact Mark Taylor at: mtaylor@fccedmond.org.

Prayers of the PeopleOUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN THE HOSPITAL

Virginia ONiel in Bellevue Rehab Center; Doris Dowell,Epworth Skilled Nursing; Joan Grant in St. Anthonys

THOSE IN NEED OF PRAYER Betsy Jones, John Werhun, Nancy Gallop, GabeWiechmann (Don & Jenny Wiechmanns son), Loree Rice, Judy Joy, Phyllis Jarrett,Gayle Jones (Jennifer Cains mom), Lori Snider (Loretta Parks daughter), CynthiaDavid (Winnie Halls daughter), Bill & Mary Lou Womble

OUR SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS TO Bill & Connie LaRue in the death of Conniesbrother, Dale Wehr, on April 4. Services pending AND to Steve & Charla Allison inthe death of Charlas nephew, David Corbett, on March 27. Services were held April2 in OKC.

A Huge Thank You: As I said at Eds memorial service, I would never, if I spent days anddays, be able to adequately thank you, First Christian Church, for your outpouring oflove and compassion for both Ed and me, during this very long 3-year journey of illness.We dont have a lot of family who live close by, and you took their place over and over.Our Challengers Sunday School class, the Elders, Renewing Hands, in addition to staffmade our lives bearable, and took our minds, if only momentarily, away from thedisease Ed faced. If you came to see him, you know that his attitude was wonderful tothe end. And so, in this very simple and heartfelt way, I thank you all for your visits,food, owers, telephone calls, gifts, cards, emails, and most of all for your daily prayers.We felt you lifting us up as you prayed for both of us. We absolutely could not havemade it without you! Fondly, Judy Berry

GIVE LIFEGIVE BLOOD

Sunday, April 289 AM to 1 PM

Fellowship Hall NorthGive blood at FCCs Blood Drive!

Happy Birthday!4/14 Jana Huff, Ben Hall, Robert

Hendricks, Penelope Simms,

Meredith Farley4/15 Carol Sterling, Darrell White4/16 Jennifer OHagan, Anne Stone4/17 Missy Blevins, Linda Fieth, Roge

Stilwell, Linda Stinson, JeanieClough

4/18 Sage OHagan, Austin Keel,Donna Daniel

4/19 Emerson Hagy, Madison GengleSophie Percival, Lorenzo Rivera

4/20 JoAnn Adams, Doug Lagasse,Chrisha McGann

4/21 Adam Jewell, Elizabeth Zamora

Financial Reportfrom the Finance CommitteeRemember to note on your checks to which churchaccounts you want your contribution credited.

GENERAL FUND YTD Budget YTD Actual Difference Revenue $295,489.53 $296,045.29 $ 555.76

Expenses $295,489.74 $292,311.33 ($3,178.41)

BUILDING FUND YTD Revenue YTD Expenses Difference$60,820.91 $66,817.84 ($5,996.93)

Mortgage Balance: $395,574.55

Childrens SundayApril 21

The children of First Christan will beleading the worship services for

the 9 and 11 AM services

Unified WorshipService

April 28 at 10:45 AMJoin us for Sunday School at 9:30 AM

and a Unified Worship at 10:45 AM

followed by the Circle of CompassioDinner and Auction at noon.

Youth SundayMay 5

The youth of First Christian will beleading the worship services for

the 9 and 11 AM services

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Worshipat First Christian8:15, 9 & 11am

April 14, 2013Message: Rev. Dr. Jerry Black

Rev. Chris ShorowScripture: Acts 9:1-9

April 21, 2013Childrens SundayMessage: Rev. Chris ShorowScripture: Luke 18:15-17

Disciples Retirement Community of OKPrepares to Launch Care Partners Ministry Program

In the 1950s a group of individuals formed a ministry to raise funds and build the OklahoChristian Retirement Community (OCRC) or the Oklahoma Christian Home as it was commo

known. This ministry provided care to retired individuals who had faithfully served the churchEdmond First Christian Church continues to support this ministry as a number of our memberare long-time residents. Today there are over 30 individuals residing in Bradford Village,

Edmonds former OCRC, who may need future financial assistance. The Disciples Retirement

Community of Oklahoma (DRCO), formed in 2005, is working to provide future benevolentneeds.

The DRCO board envisions a healthcare ministry that would embrace caring for Disciples

Christ senior adults across Oklahoma. In January 2013, the Care Partners Ministry was formeDonations and grants are needed to fund this ministry as plans develop to model it after two bpractices programs: Caregiver-to-Caregiver Network by Southern Caregiver Resource Cente

San Diego, CA, and Caregiving Team by Interfaith CarePartners in Houston, TX.The Care Partners Ministry is a collaborative ministry serving Oklahomas elderly, extrem

ill, physically/mentally challenged and their caregivers. This ministry helps seniors maintaintheir independence and helps caregivers focus on the importance of self-care. Teams of traine

volunteers help the individual or caregiver access community resources, provide services, assiself-care, and are a listening ear. Volunteers respond uniquely to the Care Partners needs, whrelying on the power and support of the overall team. Volunteers are being sought from DOC

congregations across OK.This is an exciting time for the DRCO and the Christian Church in Oklahoma.Please

prayerfully consider financially supporting this new ministry. For those already contributing, thDRCO expresses gratitude. For more information and updates, contact Rev. Devon McAnallyAssociate Regional Pastor for Health Care Advocacy, at dmcanally@okdisciples.orgor visthe website www.okdiscipleshealth.org

Contributions may also be mailed to: DRCO 301 NW 36th Street, OKC, OK 73118.