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“The Great Bend Christian”

August 2017

Vol. 50 No. 8

On August 13th, we are starting a new sermon series called "Half Truths". In this series we

are going to be looking at some statements that many Christians live by which are not the

whole truth, and that in turn can be very dangerous. Statements like "Everything happens for

a reason”, "God helps those who help themselves”, "God won't give you more than you can

handle”, and "The Bible said it. I believe it. That settles it”. So please, put it on your busy

calendars now because you will not want to miss any of this!

Sunday

August 13th

10:20 am

“The Great Bend Christian” August 2017

SPECIAL PRAYERS: Cancer: Cynthia Barnes; Sylvan Bleeker; Dade Cannon; Jane

Carney; Tiffany Dick; Lila Drees; Teri Ev-erett; Nick Foltmer; Karla Garcia; Shelly Harris; Tammy Hays; Judy Manning; Con-nie Metheny Holliday; LiAnna Keith; Jan McCaulley; Evelyn Mead; Sharla Meisen-heimer; Leilani Schenkel; Mike Snyder; Tom-Harders' Friend; Joan Townley; Alice Urban

Other Needs: Mattie Begg; Doug Bender; Bob Bixby; Bob Brown; Myrna Campbell; Bailey Cox; Annette Crosby; Lori Culver;

Kate Edmonds; Joyce Elliott; Mel Enabnit; Jan Engle; Stephanie Fields; Jerry Ford; Becky Hill; Tammy Hinson’s Father; Jake Hittle; Rick Hughes; William Jones; Shelby Jones; Cliff Jordan; Carol Langen; Richard Messerlie; Lilly Morrison; Rich Roberts; Wanda Russell; Crosby Schrad-er; Sapphire Shewbart; Chris Soehner; Betty Underwood; Mary Woodworth; New Service

CONTINUED PRAYERS: Cancer: Laura Brown, Ashley Gorney, Shelly McFarren, Leona McIntosh, Steve Rusco, Sammy, Doug Schenkel, LeAnna Soehner; Donna Stejskal, Kerry Wat-kins, Kadin White; Susan Wilson

Other Needs: Stacy Baker, Mabel Bender, Vivian Bray, Derek Christendon, Kimmie Christen-don, Cody Clark, Larry Dannebohm, Melissa Demel, Lola Donecker, Diana Enabnit, Nicki Harders, Brian Hutchinson, Lois Johnson, Don Jones, Martha Knight, Jaxon Kretchmar, Amber Lloyd, Roger Marshall, Steve Martin, Baby Remi Mauler, Carolee Nolte, Brad Patzner, Ashlee Seastrom, Marvin Sittner, Kenzie Unruh, Doris White, Mike Zager

MILITARY SERVANTS: Derrick Deason, Steven DeWhitt, Blake Frager, Dan Fritz, Ted

Jackson, TJ Lewis (is back home, needs prayer adjusting to civilian life again), Steven McGee, Adam Schwartz

Coming Soon!

Wednesday Night Dinners and

Activities will begin on

September 6th.

More details to come!

Friendship Class Celebration

60+ Years

September 24th

More Information to Come!


Lunch Bunch

11:30 am

August 16, 2017

New Day Group

Lesson: Jenny Colglazier

Hostess: Jenny Colglazier

August 28, 2017

7:00 pm

August 6th

Flip Flop Sunday

“Wear your flip flops and bring a spare

for those whose feet might be bare!”

Outreach is collecting flip flops of all sizes

for the Dream Center.

Choir practice will resume on

Wednesday, August 30th. We will

begin our season of singing with a

choir family meal at 6:15 pm and

have rehearsal from 7-7:45 pm.

Please come and join the choir.

All singers are welcome!

Contact Rachel McCaulley if you

have questions and to R.S.V.P. for

the meal.

Breeley Elise Butler was born

to Caden and Sara Butler on

7/17/17 in

Salina, weighing

7 lbs. 1 oz.

Mother and baby are

doing well!

Grandparents are

Roger and Leesa Butler and

Dan and Kathy Desemo,

all of Great Bend. Begins

Begins September 6th


Dear Church Family-

Thank you so much for the care pack-

age during finals week. It is always so

nice to hear encouraging words from you

all during a stressful week! I appreciate

you all more than you know!

All my love and appreciation—

Kenzie Unruh

Dearest Ladies, Thank you so much for hosting a lovely shower for Madison. It was a joy to meet each of you. You have a beautiful church and wonderful faith community. Blessings, Jill Blackmon

Rev. Josh and the First Christian Church,

I am so very grateful for your kind donation. I

truly believe the team building and the trauma

management will be a wonderful tool for them.

There are just not enough words to thank you.

Thank you!

Regina Rose, Coordinator

Church Family-

Thank you so much for the care package sent to me for

finals week. I always appreci-ate receiving something from

the church family.

Thank you so much again! Love Always,

Maddi Unruh

Thank you for your continued support of the min-

istry of the Central District. In the second quarter of

2017, we received $300 in the Great Bend Office

from the New Day Group. We have also credited

your congregation $1,050 giving this quarter for our

office use. May God richly bless you as you seek to

know God’s will and do God’s work.

Ken Marston

An FCC Special Thanks to….. Dolores Westfall—filling in when Kathy, our secretary, is gone. Katie Sperry—volunteering as a camp counselor. Mary Hunter—volunteering to do music for 2 camps this summer. Church Staff—Kathy Rose, Pat De-mel, Mary Hunter, Rachel McCaulley, Jeri Harder, Tammy Garrison, Carli Jording, Skylar Burkes, and Terry Wiens—for going above and beyond to make this church so special!

A note of thanks for your faithfulness-

You and your congregation are an integral part of

God’s work of wholeness in the world. As Disciples

of Christ we are called to be and share the Good

News and your gifts to Disciples Mission Fund ena-

ble the whole of Disciples to reach beyond the walls

of our worship spaces.

Your gifts to Disciples Mission Fund make it possi-

ble for Global Ministries to partner across the globe

and enable camping program to thrive in many re-

gions, building up the future of God’s family. Your

gifts are foundational to the very work of Disciples

Home Missions, whether in organizing volunteers or

resourcing chaplaincy. And your gifts are very ap-

preciated by the partners of National Benevolent As-

sociation as they explore new ways of bringing

God’s love into places of darkness. The list of minis-

tries supported by DMF goes on to include more than

70 touchpoints of God’s loving care for God’s chil-

dren.

In Christ’s Service,

John J. Goebel, CPA

Vice President for Finance, OGMP

We wish to thank you for the thoughts

and prayers for Larry and I during these

last few months. It has been some of the

most difficult times for us. Without

prayer and kindness the time would have

been more difficult.

Thank you from both of us.

Larry & Earlene Arnold


The One Question that Changes Everything!

I like it when someone “cuts to the chase” giving me the bottom line of what they want to say without including

all the details. I am often guilty of helping people finish their sentences so they can more quickly get to the point.

I assume some of you might be like that, too. So, allow me to boil the quite massive subject of stewardship down

to one simple, yet incredibly profound and life-changing question. The question may be simple to ask, yet it is

anything but simple to answer.

Before I give you the question, let me first highlight one irrefutable truth that we need to acknowledge. This one

truth is that God owns everything that exists, including you and me.

Just one of the many passages that confirm God’s ownership of everything is found in Job 41:11 where God is

forcefully questioning Job, “Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is

Mine.” God actually owns us believers in a second way as Paul points out in Titus 2:13-14, “Christ Jesus; who

gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself a people for His

own possession....” Paul is emphasizing that God is the owner and we are the owned. So, when we sit down to

prepare a balance sheet of all we own, the list should be very short. In fact, the page should be blank. We own

nothing, period. It is all His.

Accepting this foundational truth properly prepares us to ask the one question that changes everything. Unfortu-

nately, it is not a question we can ask once, answer once and then move on. It is a question we must ask routinely,

daily, sometimes even hourly. Have I adequately piqued your interest as to what this profound and life-changing

stewardship question is?

Here it is - simple to ask, but difficult to answer. “God, what do You want me to do with all that You have

entrusted to me?” We all seem to be more than willing to acknowledge that God owns everything, but we still

seem to continue making all the decisions regarding what we do with what we have. The ultimate objective of our

stewardship (management) of God’s property is to do with it what He (the Owner) wants us (the managers) to do

with it. What we want to do with our stuff is frankly irrelevant. Jay Link

2nd & 4th Saturdays

8:00—9:00 am

Contact James McReynolds

with any questions.


SUNDAY MORNINGs 9:00-10:00 am

CHILDREN’S CLASSES (West Wing)

PRESCHOOL (3 & 4yr & PreK)-meets in Preschool Rm

YOUTH (6th-12th Grades)-meets in the Youth Rm

DISCOVERERS ( K-1st Gr.) EXPLORERS (2nd-3rd Grade)

NAVIGATORS (4th-5th Grades)

“PETER IN PRISON”

AUG. 6 ALL— Celebration Sunday

“PAUL”

AUG. 13 ALL— Movie Workshop

AUG. 20 DISCOVERERS— Science Workshop

EXPLORERS—Science Workshop

NAVIGATORS—Bible Time Workshop

AUG. 27 DISCOVERERS— Bible Time Workshop

EXPLORERS—Bible Time Workshop

NAVIGATORS—Science Workshop

ADULT CLASSES (East Wing)

FELLOWSHIP CLASS FRIENDSHIP CLASS

YOUTH MINISTRY

-NEW 6TH GRADERS ARE INVITED TO JOIN IN- AUGUST 6—CHI RHO– Games

C Y F– Games AUGUST 13—CHI RHO—”What Do You Want?”

C Y F—”What Do You Need?” AUGUST 20—YOUTH/PARENT SWIM PARTY & BAR-B-QUE 5:00 PM at Kim Guesnier’s 5501 Navajo

[Parents will also learn important dates for the coming year and will have the opportunity to talk about the Youth Program] Watch for more details on the FB page in August.

AUGUST 27—CHI RHO & CYF meetings at regular times

Where We Bring Kids into the Stories And Mysteries

of God And Immerse

Them in God’s Love In All that We Do

The Children’s Ministries of Great Bend First Christian Church

Join Us At

THE DOCK

CHI RHO [6th-8th Grades]

Sundays 5:00-7:00 pm

C Y F [9th-12th Grades]

Sundays 6:00-8:00 pm

PROMOTION SUNDAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13th

Children & Youth Preschool—High School will officially be promoted to the next grade level, and,

if applicable to the next class group. Those going into Kindergarten, 4th Grade, and

8th Grade will be receiving a Bible. This is also BACKPACK BLESSING SUNDAY, so

remember to bring in your backpacks as well.

August 1-4 5 CHI RHO members and 3 Adults will be on their Summer Mission Trip to the Heartland Farm. Please keep them in prayer as they do the daily chores and some special projects and as they study about what it means to care for God’s Creation.

As of this writing Vacation Bible School is ready to happen. A BIG THANK YOU goes

out to all of you who have helped in any way to make this year another successful VBS. Because of all of YOU, I can easily declare

this WILL be a GREAT YEAR!!


Leadership Retreat August 19, 2017

8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Park Place Christian Church

2600 N. Adams Hutchinson, KS

Registration Cost: Early Bird Registration (Before Aug. 1,2017) $25_____

Regular Registration (After Aug. 1, 2017) $30_____ (Churches with 4 or more attendees—$20 each) ______ Cost includes light breakfast, lunch, and registration fee.

Registration begins @ 8:30 a.m.

Please make out checks to the Central District. Registration can be mailed to:

Central District, 5230 Broadway, Great Bend, KS 67530

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

Workshop # 1 – 4 questions church leaders should be asking (Led by Rev. Rick Morse)

Most church leaders spend enormous time asking "How do we get more people to come to our

church?" or "How do we get more money?" Rick Morse considers these to be the two worst

questions that leaders can be asking since they almost always lead to nowhere. Come and

discover 4 questions that can transform the way you do ministry and prepare your church

for ministry in this new era of mission.

Workshop # 2 – Disciples – Existentially Speaking (Led by Rev. Ken Marston)

“Who are we? Where did we come from? Why are we the way we are? What is our purpose?

Where are we going? In this revised workshop from last year, will explore these questions

beginning with “why are we the way we are?” in relation to the history and structure of the

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

For more Information, please see the flyer on the Bulletin Board in the Narthex.

Guest Speaker

Rev. Dr. Rick Morse – Hope Partnership


Past 5 Weeks Attendance and Gifts

*Special Offerings include donations to: Sound System Fund, DMF Pentecost Offering, Wedding Fees, Camp Registration

Fees, Outreach, Leadercast Sponsorship, VBS

18 25 2 9 16

Sunday School 34 43 46 44 43

Early Service 30 32 34 41 36

Late Service 125 130 181 144 129

Children’s Church 3 12 N/A 4 5

TOTAL 158 174 215 189 170

General Offering 1,907.25 6,824.01 7,630.00 7,273.35 3,875.00

Roof Fund 110.00 35.00 110.00 7,050.00 25.00

Special Offerings 275.00 604.90 12,122.62 0.00 170.00

TOTAL 2,292.25 7,463.91 19,862.62 14,323.35 4,070.00

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Great Bend, KS 67530

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Sunday Services

8:15 am Early Worship

9:00 am Sunday School

10:20 am Morning Worship

5:00 pm Chi-Rho

6:00 pm CYF (6th-12th)

If you need to contact our staff:

Rev. Josh Leu, Minister

[email protected]

Rev. Sue Bishop, Associate Minister of Children

and Youth

[email protected]

Kathy Rose, Church Secretary

[email protected]

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