MARCH 27, 2018

THE CHURCH VIS ITOR

Easter Special Offering

The Table, The Cross, The Tomb

AsweheadtowardEaster,wehavealotgoingonatRichlandhillsChristianChurchthisweek.WehavetheLord’sSupperonThursdayintheSanctuary,andaGoodFridayservicethatprofoundlyimpactedmanylastyear.WewillalsobeginthePrayerVigilonFridayevening.Ofcourse,onSunday,wehaveourEasterService.WhatagreatweektoinvitepeopletojoinusforseveraldaysofmemorableservicesthatcanbringdeepmeaningtoHolyWeek.WhatawaytoendourLentenobservances.

ThismorningIwasintheSanctuaryemptyingtheBaptistryafteratestofthenewheaterandpump,whichmeansweareallsetforanyupcomingBaptismsthatmayoccur.IalsotookdownthepiecesofpaperfromtheCrossintheSanctuary,whichIwillbeburyingsometimethisFriday.SomeofthemwerelocatedonthebackoftheCross,otherswerequitelow.AsIsaid,Idon’topenorreadthem,butyouwonder…doeseventhelocationmeansomethingaboutwhathasbeenwritten?Werethepiecesonthebackhiddenfrom

otherstosee?WeretheonesthatwerelowerbecausepeoplewerefallingtotheirkneesinfrontoftheCross?Somewerefoldedmultipletimes.Oftentimeswesharemeaningwithoutsayinganything,andthesimplestactionscanspeakvolumes.

So,whatareyoudoingthisweek?Anythingdifferentfrompreviousyears?HaveyoumadeplanstocomearoundtheTableandshareamealofremembrancewithyourbrothersandsistersinChrist?WillyoucomeonFridaytotheCrossandrecognizewhatChristhasdoneforyou?OnSundaymorning,willyougoandlookinthetombandbeawitnesstoChrist’svictoryoversinanddeath?

It’shardtobelieveLentisnearlyover,buttimestillremainstomakeitmeaningful.Thequestioniswillyou?ComeandseetheGoodthathasbeendoneandGiveGlorytoGod!

3908 Ruth RoadRichland Hills, TX 76118(817)284-8679Senior Pastor: Paul KlausWebsite: www.rhccdoc.comE-mail: info.rhcc@gmail.com

CHURCH CALENDAR

MARCH03.28 NO CHOIR REHEARSAL!03.29 MAUNDY THURSDAY Maundy Thursday Service (6:30 pm) (In the sanctuary)

03.30 GOOD FRIDAY Good Friday Service (7:00 pm)

APRIL

04.01 EASTER SUNDAY Prayer Ministry (8:45 am)

Seekers, Pioneers, Discipleship, Coffee House, Youth SS Classes (9:15 am - 10:10 am) Preschool/Kindergarten Music Class (9:15 am) Preschool SS Classes (9:45 am) Easter Sunday Service (10:30 am)04.04 Adult Choir Rehearsal (6:30 pm) - Nursery available!04.05 “Blessed Threaders” meet in Fellowship Hall (10:00 am)

SERVING SCHEDULE 04.01.18

Deacons (Month of April) Logan Dinkel, Jo Ellen Howard,

Joan Burgett, Jamie HughesOffering Meditation

Pastor PaulThe Table

Mike Morrison & Shelly ChattinChildren’s Moment

Charles MasonGreeters

Mike & Patrice MorrisonCoffee Fellowship

No Coffee Fellowship (Easter Sunday)Communion Preparation

Carol Jean NewCommunion Clean-Up Mike & Patrice Morrison

04.01 - EASTER SUNDAY (No Coffee Fellowship)

04.08 - Wayne & Carol Louderback04.15 - Jamie & Leah Hughes 04.22 - Sal & Natalie Caruso04.29 - ALL CHURCH PICNIC

(No Coffee Fellowship)

FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE

& GIVING03.25.18

Sunday School - 43 Worship Service - 118 Faithful Giving (03.25.18) - $ 2,916

Please pray for the following:

Bill Walther Ragen Rutherford ReedBeverly Obregon Brenda MoranPreble Lehew Arlene KendallMaxine Gandy Mildred SampsonGrace Bennett Don Dodson Sarah Wellman Brenda LedbetterKim Nelson, friend of Sarah FrazierCarol Neill, mother of Carrie Visage Alyssa Danley, granddaughter of Connie PhillipsNathan McGee, great grandson of Polly Slama

Crib Nursery Guardian Angel

Grandmas

04.01 - Carol Jean New 04.08 - Ann Runnels 04.15 - Melinda Carden

Play Room Parent Helper

Schedule:

04.01 - Brandon Hall 04.08 - Sal Caruso 04.15 - Ryon McCann

Tuesday, April 10CWF Day Group Meeting (10:30 am)

Sunday, April 17CWF Service Day (9:30 am)

CWF Night Group Meeting (6:30 pm)

Sunday, April 22CWF Executive Board Meeting after worship

Tuesday, April 24CWF Visitation Day (9:30 am)

APRIL CALENDAR

Quote from: “Follow Me” —by David Platt

“There’s nothing more exciting than experiencing the power of God firsthand. We would all love to stand with Elijah as he called down fire from heaven or to walk with Daniel through a den of lions or to see Peter and John tell a crippled man to stand up and walk. But these miracles happened when God’s servants were being his witnesses in dangerous situations. We miss out on seeing the Spirit’s power when we refuse to live by faith. We miss out on experiencing Christ when we don’t speak up for him.”

Quote from: “Deep & Wide” —by Andy Stanley

“At its core, Christianity is an invitation to reenter a relationship of trust with the Father. At the cross, sin was forgiven and we were invited to trust. It makes perfect sense that salvation comes by faith, not obedience. Intimate relationships are not built on obedience. They are built on trust. Walking by faith, again, is simply living as if God is who he says he is and that he will do everything he has promised to do. As a person’s confidence in God grows, he or she matures.”

APRIL

ANNIVERSARIES:04.28 - Barney & Linda Barnette04.30 - Doug & Kim Fulk

APRIL BIRTHDAYS:04.03 - Jonna Beth Howard04.05 - Dawn Phillippi

Sharon Cummings04.06 - Patrice Morrison04.07 - Carol Rodeheffer

Carol Sherer04.08 - Susan Olday04.11 - Jack Lawson04.15 - Linda Baker04.16 - Jeff Stricklin

Loyce Greer04.17 - Wayne Louderback04.18 - Tommie Plummer

Lucas Hughes04.20 - Jake Ryon McCann04.22 - Donna Walker04.27 - Linda Clinton

JUST A

REMINDER…

I Am a Church Member —by Thom S. Rainer

1. I Will Be a Functioning Church Member

2. I Will Be a Unifying Church Member

3. I Will Not Let My Church Be about My Preferences and Desires

4. I Will Pray for My Church Leaders

5. I Will Lead My Family to Be Healthy Church Members

6. I Will Treasure Church Membership as a Gift

Pictorial Directory

Brandon Hall, Mike Morrison, and Carol Jean New will be taking pictures starting Easter Sunday (THIS Sunday, April 1) and the following 2 Sundays (April 8 & 15) for the purpose of putting together a pictorial directory. Please let us take a few minutes of your time one of these Sunday for a picture!

Creating a new Pictorial Directory will be so helpful to all members (old & new). It’s always nice to be able to “put a face to the name.”

I sincerely appreciate the love this church has bestowed upon me. From the cards, phone calls, visits and food provided to myself and Judy, one cannot help but see the face of Christ in all these offerings and blessings.

Thanks so much,Bill Walther

Holy Week Schedule of Events:

Thursday, March 29, 2018 6:30 pm Maundy Thursday Service (In the Sanctuary)

Friday, March 30, 2018 7:00 pm Good Friday Service

Friday, March 30 – Saturday, March 31 8:00 pm – 8:00 pm 24 hour prayer vigil Sign up-sheet will be posted

Sunday, April 1, 2018 - Easter Sunday Flowering of the Cross – Everyone is asked to bring flowers!

A Little “BRITE”ness from Linda

In Gordon MacDonald’s Ordering Your Private World, a metaphor for our spiritual self is described as: “For me, the helpful metaphor for the inner spiritual center has been a garden, a place of potent peace and tranquility. This garden is a place where the Spirit of God comes to make self-disclosure, to share wisdom, to give affirmation or rebuke, to provide encouragement, and to give direction and guidance. When this garden is in proper order, it is a quiet place, and there is an absence of busyness, of defiling noise, of confusion. The inner

garden is a delicate place, and if not properly maintained it will quickly be overrun by intrusive undergrowth. God does not often walk in disordered gardens. And that is why inner gardens that are ignored are said to be empty. Bringing order to the spiritual dimension of our private worlds is spiritual gardening. It is the careful cultivation of spiritual ground. The gardener turns up soil, pulls out unwanted growth, plans the use of the ground, plants seeds, waters and nourishes, and enjoys the harvest of that result. All of this is what many have called a spiritual discipline. We can make a chapel of our heart, to which we can from time to time withdraw to have gentle, humble, loving communion with Him. Let us begin soon.” (122-123)

Blessings, Rev. Linda

Flowering of the Cross As our yearly tradition, we will be flowering the cross on Easter morning. Don’t forget to bring flowers this Sunday, April 1, to flower the cross during our opening worship.

Loose Change Offering to be collected on April 29! We will be collecting your loose change on Sunday, April 29. Start saving your change and make sure you bring it with you to church that day. Monies collected will go to a local family in need.

CCSW DWM WOMEN’S ASSEMBLY JUNE 22 – 24, 2018

RADISSON HOTEL FORT WORTH NORTH-FOSSIL CREEK

2540 MEACHAM BLVD, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76106

Keynote Speaker: Rev. Virzola Law Rev. Virzola Law is a fourth-generation member of the

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) where she was baptized in her home church, University Christian Church, Houston, Texas. She currently serves as Senior Pastor of the historic Lindenwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Memphis, Tennessee, being the first female and African American elected to serve in this capacity in Lindenwood. She is a proud mother and grandmother who enjoys a good book, traveling, lakes, oceans, and spending time with her

friends and families.

Woman-to-Woman Worldwide Presentation: Mary T. Colley In October 2017, Mary had the privilege of visiting India with several of her Disciples sisters from across the U.S. Their eyes and hearts were cracked wide open to the love, abject poverty, generosity, kindness, suffering and resilience of the people of India, especially the women. Through slides and stories, she will share her personal experiences of this transformational journey. OTHER PRESENTERS INCLUDE: Rev. Alice Hupp, Monique Durham, Patsy Williams Nancy Goodman-Gill, Rev. Linda Barnette, Mary Chris Gibbons, Cathrine Hatcher

For room reservations call the Hotel 817-625-9911 – Deadline June 1, 2018 (See Registration Information & Form for more details on room reservation which includes Breakfast.)

Early Bird Registration $115 postmarked by May 1, 2018

Additional $10 by Deadline Date ($125) postmarked June 1, 2018 Registration includes all programming cost, Friday night Supper and Lunch on Saturday

For Online Registration or Form, or More Information, go to ccsw.org/disciples-women

or Contact Tasha York: 940-232-0403 or tashayork@yahoo.com

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