The Gospel According to Greg

Greg Taylor [email protected]

What a great day Sunday at FCC! Thanks to everyone who made Easter Sunday services so very special –

thanks to Jim Coonce for the planning, and thanks to everyone involved! This year, we offered two unique services on Easter and both brought glory and honor to God the Father – which is exactly what Easter services,

and all of our services for that matter, should accomplish. I want to say a special word of thanks to the adult choir

and their longtime director Ruth Davidson. This wonderful group of Christ followers shared two specials during first service on Sunday, and also shared two

specials during our Maundy Thursday service. They love to serve the Lord with their voices, and I know I don’t take enough time to thank them and recognize them. Will you join me this week in seeking them out

and thanking them for their excellent service to the Lord? And on May 8, they will be singing for the final time this year until the fall – make sure you make worship a priority on the 8th to support the choir!

Thanks also to the following who made Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday morning

services so special this year: Mary Holland, Marcia Wise, Dixie Montgomery, Jim Coonce, Mark and Vicki Whitted, the sound and light crew – Adam Brucker, Mark Kane, Dana Korneman, Chris

McDonald, Larry Roberts, and Tad Wolfe, all of the ushers, greeters and servers, and the ministry and support staff at FCC. Thanks so much!

The Gospel According to Greg (cont’d)

This Sunday, we start a brand new 5 week sermon series on the Holy Spirit entitled: “Life . . . Blown Away.”

I’ll be working on these sermons each week with five different preachers from central Illinois and look so forward to sharing these messages with you. This week the message is in entitled The Presence – hope to see

you Sunday at either 8:15 or 11:00. Several other special events are happening during the month of May, including:

May 8 – Mother’s Day – adult choir end of the

year presentation

May 15 – Graduate Sunday and our 4th annual “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Sunday

May 22 – CLASS Act kids presentation during both morning worship services

May 29 – Remembrance Sunday at FCC – just one service at 9:30 a.m.

Finally, I teach a Bible School class each week in the Fellowship Hall – the Faith Builders Class. I love this group of Christ followers very much and would love to invite YOU to join us if you are not plugged in to a class.

This week we begin a new six week series entitled The JESUS I Never Knew, based on the book by Philip Yancey. We will study various accounts of Jesus in the

Gospels, and also view video clips each week of movies portraying Jesus and his ministry. I would love to see you in the Fellowship Hall on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am from May 1st through June 12th.

See you Sunday!

GT

April 24, 2011 - Facts & Figures

Sunday, May 1, 2011

8:15 am 11:00 am

Distributing Bulletins Ty Osterbur Angie Wolfe Carolyn Clark Fern White Debbie Followell Norma Short

Information Center Attendant Mary Jordan Cindy Taylor Linda Robinson

Greeters Danny Bundy Becky Hickman JD & Norma Harrold Russell Hickman Roger Larson

Door Assistant Wes Anderson Joe Alexander Danny Bundy

Serving Outside Communion Shut-Ins: Tim Hoyt Hospital: Roger Dial

Hawthorne Inn: Jim Taylor

Cookie Callers for the Week of May 1st Linda Schumacher

Brenda Martin

Our Witness Through Giving

General Fund Giving this Week $17,558.96 2011 M.A.P. Weekly Need $19,150.67 Shortage $ 1,591.71 Our Witness Through Attendance

Worship: 625+589=1214 (‘11 Ave. 684)

Bible School: 267 (‘11 Ave. 290)

Decisions for Christ & His Church

This Week Yearly Totals

Baptisms: 0 3 Transfers: 0 5 Rededications: 0 2 Christian Service: 0 0 Total 10

Information About the Church

Greg Taylor Minister of Preaching & Teaching [email protected] J. Kent Hickerson Minister of Pastoral Care Ernie Harvey, Jr. Minister of Children & Jr. High [email protected] Adam Brucker Minister of High School, College Age & Technology [email protected] Jim Coonce Minister of Worship [email protected] Peggy Jones Ministerial Admin. Assistant [email protected] Karen Rice Office Admin. Assistant [email protected] Lisa Wrone Financial Admin. Assistant [email protected] Office Phone (217) 935-3139 Office Fax (217) 935-3130 Office E-mail [email protected] or [email protected] Office Hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Thank you notes have

been received from

Randy & Sue

Rittenhouse, Jenny

Rittenhouse, and the

DCRA Fundraising

Committee. They are

posted on the bulletin

board by the church

office.

mailto:[email protected]

Young at Heart

David Buck, Coordinator

God has said that He is with us at all times. This is a powerful truth that can absolutely demolish fear in our lives. We don’t have to see or feel Him in order to believe that. Faith is a matter of the heart, not the natural senses, God is with you! Believe it and begin living courageously. Renew your mind to the truth that God is always with you by thinking about it and confessing it. The more aware you are of His Presence the more confident you will be. “The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Psalm 118:6 On the 4th of May we’ll have Norma Nichols giving us a program that will lead us through the Holy Lands with her program and pictures. This will be a great day to remember. Then on the 18th we’ll have our friend Carl McFeeters Thompson giving us a fine program of what is going on at the Old School House. June will bring us to a very special performance from Marcia Wise on the 1st. We’ve been waiting on this for several years. Then on the 15th we’ll enjoy Kathy Brake playing the piano like Rick Roy and singing some of his old songs. “My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made.” Robert Browning Starved Rock was a fine trip for all and a delightful entertainment. The next trip will be a refreshing day on the River Boat Cruise on the 19th of May, big bands will play and toes will tap. We’ll travel to the Little Theater in Sullivan to see the famous play “Cats” on the 11th of June. The Miller and Hopkins Show of Broadway tunes, at the Beef House, will be on July 11th. On the 13th of August we’ll travel to Hillsboro, IN, for a fun day at Myer’s Dinner Theater to enjoy “Show Boat.” September the 9th we’ll go to the St. Louis Arch for a good day at Kimmswick, MO, enjoying time on a river boat ride. October we’ll have a mystery trip on the 1st. Then off to Branson in November on the 7, 8, 9 &10th. In December we’ll go to Christmas in the Chapel. “The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.” Abraham Lincoln As we just went through the Easter week, how much do we recall what Jesus has done for us all our life? First, all our sins were taken away and just knowing Jesus is with us always keeps our faith strong and loving. Remember a special song we once sang, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.”

Kathie Wickenhauser Charlene Walden

...Jacob Robert & Jackson Ray Krit-Durbin, Clinton, IL - infant sons of Kelsey Krit & Dwayne Durbin, Jr., grandsons of Melissa (Richard) Mullott, and great-grandsons of Susan Krit ...Jim Bell, Clinton, IL - father of Tammy (Kurt) Schnake, Shelley (Marvin, Jr.) Finfrock, Beth (Terry) Followell ...Maxine Robinson, Clinton, IL - mother of Terry (Linda) Robinson & Ed (Fern) Robinson ...Bob Peterson, Mt. Vernon IL - brother of Jim (Marge) Peterson ...Mildred Maddox, Clinton, IL - mother of Ellen (Don) Licocci

Rick Alwood Bettie Anderson

Gary Angel Lisa Babbit

Yvonne Blount Virgil Brady

Brad Campbell Maxine Cardinale

Edna Carter Hillary Cherry Landon Clark

Mike Connelly Allen Cooper Bill Coughlin

Merle Cox Brett Creager

Jim Defebaugh Lois DeJaynes Patty Douglas

Carolyn Drummond Carol Duncan

Candi Evans Nathan Florey

Debra Focht Betty Fortune

Sandy Gambrel Rhonda Hammer

Barb Haning

Judy Hedrick Ed Martin

Dick McConnell Doug Messmore Olive Moberly*

Jimmy Moore Tammy Moore

Robert Peters Jesse Reising

Randy Roy Pat Ryan*

Sara Ryan* Mason Schmidgall

(infant)* Breanna Shofner

Gary Simmons James L. Smith

Sharon Stephenson Lori Stone

Doris Sugg Kris Sulzberger

John Thorp Bob Trummel Wayne Tyler Sherry Volk

Ron „Yogi‟ Weiscope Gene Wickenhauser

Vernadine Witt

Hospital Prayer List Special Prayer Requests * New Names

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6

Carle Josetta Gammage

St. Joseph‟s

John Stapleton

Decatur Memorial Maxine Cardinale

John Warner

Nadean Gambrel

Out of Area Colleen Stephens (AZ) Jesse Reising (Mayo‟s)

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Address for John Thorp:

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This ‘N That

The Clinton Rotary is sponsoring a drive-through chicken dinner. Pick up your dinner at the Clinton Junior High on Wed. May 11th from 4:30-6:30pm. Cost is $8.00 for 1/2 chicken dinner which includes mashed potatoes, gravy, corn & dessert. Tickets must be purchased in advance. All proceeds will help support the Community Action Food Pantry. See Greg Taylor or Karen Rice for tickets or more information. See Greg Taylor or Karen Rice for tickets or more information.

Our church will help provide cereal for Little Galilee again this year. You can start bringing your boxes of cereal on Sunday, May 1st. Here’s a list of what the camp will need (and these are all BIG boxes): 30 - Captain Crunch 30 - Lucky Charms 30 - Cinnamon Crunch 30 - Fruit Loops 30 - Golden Grahams 50 - Rice Krispies We will need all these by Wednesday, May 18th. Thank you for your help!

May Shut-in Birthdays 5th Bonnie Breeze Aspen Ridge Care Center 2530 North Monroe Decatur, IL 62526 20th Marie Gill 91 years 1622 E. Washington Clinton, Il 61727 25th Clara Lou Stephens Lincoln Christian Village, Supportive Living 1500 7th Street Lincoln, IL 62656 26th Eileen Short 101 years Westminster Village 2025 East Lincoln St. Bloomington, IL 61701

TOTS to TEENS . . . Ernie Harvey Jr. & Adam Brucker

VBS CORNER

Shake It Up Café will be June 13-17. The

lessons this year all center around the

festivals the Israelites celebrated - and

therefore the theme of the café and food.

On Monday they will learn how the

Israelites remembered the Passover with

a feast. They were to be ready just as

we are to be ready for God. On Tuesday

they will learn about three celebrations;

the Festival of First Fruits, the Festival of

the Weeks and the Festival of Booths as

they learn about giving happily to God.

Then the New Testament stories include

Jesus celebrating the Festival of the

Booths and the Passover, and the

disciples celebrating the Festival of

Weeks and Pentecost. We can celebrate

God forever.

Please remember to keep bringing in the

items we need for crafts. Even if you

have just one quart jar, one potato chip

can, or one of the other items, bring

them in. Next week I will try to let you

know how many more of each of the

items we need. Again, thank you.

CAMPING AT LITTLE GALILEE

Church camp changes lives!!! Many plans

and activities have been set in motion.

Camping at Little Galilee is a

concentrated time of Christian teaching

and activities. Lives will be influenced to

follow Jesus. Churches are stronger

because of Christian camps like Little

Galilee. It is a fantastic investment in

the future of God’s kingdom and an

enjoyable time for your child. We want a

week at Little Galilee to be an exciting

place for kids to will learn about Jesus.

SENIOR HIGH GRADUATE SUNDAY

On May 15th we will have Graduate

Recognition Sunday for those graduating from

high school. We will bring the students on

stage at the end of each service, and at 9:30

we will have a brunch for the families. If

you would like to be recognized and are

planning on attending the brunch on this

Sunday, please call the church office to let

them know that you will be attending.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR MAY 1

God’s Little Treasures: Family picnic at

Little Galilee from 12:30 to 3:00. Meet

at Little Galilee Activity Center. Class Act Kids: 12:00 to 3:00. Lunch

will be provided at the church. Jr. & Sr. High Reveal: 5:30-7:00

Christ In Youth Conference

July 25-30, 2011

Incoming 9th Grade - Graduating Senior

Registration has begun for CIY. The

cost is $275. Put your non-refundable

$50 deposit in a brown youth payment

envelope and turn it in to the office or

Adam’s office.

MISSION TRIP MEETING

Sunday, May 1st following second service.

Breakfast Club continues each Friday

morning at 7:15 a.m. in the Cable Building

for Jr. and Sr. High.

Manor Court/Liberty Village 1 Park Lane, Clinton, IL 61727

Louise Adams Fleta Buggar

Mildred Burns Connie Echigo

Lyle Gill Gene Jones

Elaine Leisner Wilma Lindsey

Bill Martin Alice Moit

Margaret Murphy Charlene Paterson

June Provin Carol Radley

Stella Romanowski John Stapleton Virginia Stein Kathy Strange

Donald Yedtman

Hawthorne Inn/Liberty Village (Supportive Living)

1 Park Lane, Clinton, IL 61727 Hazel Benz Marge Hoke Wilma Kelly Norma Reilly Louise Smith

Shirley Utterback Dorothy Yedtman

Heritage Manor

509 N. Adelaide St., Normal, IL 61761 Louise Whitehead

Christian Village 1507 7th St., Lincoln, IL 62656

Norma Rich

(Supportive Living) Lorine Cole

Clara Lou Stephens

Westminster Village 2025 E. Lincoln St.

Bloomington, IL 61701 Eileen Short

Evenglow Inn

1200 Evenglow Lane Pontiac, IL 61764 Cathelena Daily

Evergreen Place 801 Gregory St.

Normal, IL 61761 Cleta (Darlene) Griffith,

Apt. 111* *Apt. & # must be on her address

Aspen Ridge Care Center

2530 N. Monroe, Decatur, IL 62526 Shirley Thompson

Bonnie Breeze

McKinley Court

500 W. McKinley Ave., Decatur IL 62526

Seig Norrington

Members & relatives of those at First Christian

Church, Clinton

Updated April 25, 2011 Please call the church office

with additions or corrections.

Who To Contact Baptism and/or Membership Greg Taylor……………………………………………935-3139 Bell Choir Ruth Davidson………………………..….……..……...935-2824 Benevolence Ministry Barb Baker..……………………………………...309-928-2996 Bible School Greg Taylor.…………………………………………...935-3139 Building & Grounds Ministry Dana Korneman…..…………………………………..935-3634 Chairman of the Elders Russ Utterback..………………………………………935-8182 Children & Junior High Ministry Ernie Harvey…………………………………………..935-3139 Church Library Shirley Fields…………………………………………..935-6593 Finance Ministry Tim Wenthe……………………………………....217-836-1162 Financial Administrative Assistant Lisa Wrone…..………………………………………...935-3139 First Service Worship Choir Ruth Davidson………………………………………...935-2824 High School and College Age Adam Brucker………………………………………...935-3139 Hospital Ministry Kent Hickerson………………………………………..935-3139 “Karusograph” (Church Newsletter) Karen Rice……………………………………………..935-3139 Little Galilee Christian Camp Ken Rutledge…………………………………………..935-3809 Little Galilee Camp Registration Bev Angel .. ……………………….…………………...935-3809 Membership Ministry Greg Taylor……………………………………………935-3139

Here is a list of contact information for our church. It includes the various ministry team leaders, plus information regarding Little Galilee. If you are interested in volunteering in any of the areas listed below, you could call the church office or the team leader for that particular ministry. There are also other areas where we need volunteers. Please call the church office, 935-3139, if you are interested in getting plugged in at First Christian Church!

Who To Contact, cont‟d. Men‟s Ministry Mark Witzke……………………………………..217-212-7332 Ministry Administrative Assistant Peggy Jones……………………………………………935-3139 Missions Ministry J. D. Harrold…………………………………………...935-5573 Office Administrative Assistant Karen Rice……………………………………………..935-3139 Organists Dixie Montgomery……………………………………935-3217 Patty Sunderland……………………………………...935-6050 Personnel Ministry Russ Utterback…………………………….…………..935-8182 Praise Company (Audio/Visual Library) Jim Defebaugh………………………………………...935-2260 Second Service Worship Praise Team Jim Coonce …………………………………………...935-3139 Shut-In/Hospital Communion Tim Hoyt………………………………………………935-3027 Transportation Ministry Adam Brucker ……………………………………….935-3139 Women‟s Ministry Merla Hickerson………………………………………935-5152 Marla Taylor……………………………………..217-796-3332 Young At Heart (Senior Adult Ministry) David Buck……………………………………………937-0100

May Happenings at FCC May 1st - 5 week Holy Spirit sermon series begins & start bringing your cereal for Little Galilee May 8th - Mother’s Day-featuring the adult choir May 15th - Graduation Recognition Sunday as well as our 4th annual “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” May 22nd - Class Act Kids musical during both services May 29th - Remembrance Sunday - one service at 9:30 am

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