Caller, August 23 Final

August 23, 2015 Issue 34

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CALLER the

In This Issue

Remember in Prayer 2 Prayer Requests, 8/16 2 Spiritual Disciplines Wk 2 Serving in the Military 2 Attn: Choir 3 JYF Lemonade Stand 3 Work Day 3 2016 Calendars 3 Sr. Adults 3 Sr. Book Club 4 Blanket Month 4 Statistics 4 Harvest Festival 4 Important Events 4 Hands On Ministry 5 Parlor Class 5 Regional Events 6 Serving Sunday 7

Events – August 23 - August 30, 2015 August 23: 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Sunday School for all ages 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service 11:30 A.M. - JYF Lemonade Stand, Chapman Lounge & JYF Meeting 12:00 P.M. - Loving Hearts Group meet at Coco’s for lunch 1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oración Service, Sanctuary & FH August 24: 6:30 P.M. - Old Testament Class @ Donna’s 7:00 P.M. - Worship Ministry Team, Chapman Lounge August 25: 7:00 P.M. - Casa uses Sanctuary & Chapman Lounge August 26: 7:00 P.M. - Council of Elders Meeting, Chapman Lounge August 27: Tri-Tip, Casa de Oración 5:00 A.M. - Casa Prayer Time, Chapman Lounge August 29: 7:00 A.M. - All Church Work Day 8:30 A.M. - Greek Class at the Woodbridges’ 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. “Take a Stand for Hunger” Lemonade event at The Woodbridges’ to benefit Pathways of Hope August 30: 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Sunday School for all ages 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service 1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oración Service, Sanctuary & FH 12:00 P.M. - Loving Hearts Group meet at Coco’s for lunch 12:00 P.M. - Youth Group End of Summer Beach Party August 31: 6:30 P.M. - Old Testament Class @ Donna’s September 1: 11:00 A.M. - PSWR Golf Committee, Chapman Lounge 7:00 P.M. - Casa uses Sanctuary & Chapman Lounge September 2: 5:30 P.M. - Hot Meal Ministry, Team A AA Groups: Sun. 8 P.M., Room 107; Thursday 8 P.M., Friday, 7:30 P.M.,

Sat. 8:30 P.M., OCYPAA, Sat. 3:30 P.M., FH AL-Anon: Fri. Noon, Room 101A NA Group: Tues. 7:30 P.M., FH OA: Tues. 7 P.M., Sun. 10 A.M., Room 107

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Remember in Prayer Continue to pray for: Jim & Helen Bailey, Sue Bacon, Dottie Bense, Sandra Brown, Jack Doughty, Lorna & Skip Farnum, Carolyn Kenrick, Colleen Langston, Flora Miller, Janet Parker, Kristine Perry, Jeanne Randall, Norma Rill, Betty Rollo, Gayle Schoeff, Claudia Tammen, and Bob & Donna Vannoy. Please pray for the following PSWR Church: New International House of Jesus 8333 Aviation Westchester, CA 90045 Crissina Johnson. Pastor

Readings and Prayer Concerns for Week of August 24 – August 30, 2015 Monday, August 24: Reading: Song of

Solomon 2:8-13; Pray for the Worship Committee meeting tonight. Tuesday, August 25: Reading: Psalm 45: 1-2; Pray for Casa and their leaders who meet tonight. Wednesday, August 26: Reading: Psalm 45:6-9; Pray for the Council of Elders meeting tonight. Thursday August 27: Reading: Mark 7:1-8 & 14-15; Pray for Casa and their Team serving Tri-Tip at the Downtown Market tonight. Friday, August 28: Reading Mark 7: 21-23; Pray for Global Ministries Missionaries in Guatemala, Gloria Vincente and Santos Par Vasquez Saturday, August 29: Reading: James 1:17-27; Pray for Lin Garcia and the “Pathways of Hope - Take a Stand for Hunger” Lemonade stand event at the Woodbridges’ tonight. Sunday, August 30: Reading: Luke 15: 11-24; Pray for Pastor Dale and the Worship team serving today. Loving Hearts Luncheon The Loving Hearts Widow group meets every Sunday after church at Coco’s on Harbor. You are welcome to join them. Just show up as soon as possible after church.

Prayer Requests, August 16, 2015 Alice & Craig Wallace

Dwain Van Diest who is having tests this morning.

Terry Knott Friend, Larry, who had a massive stroke and will have a long recovery.

Kathy Wright Thank you for the prayers for Lisa, Diana, Yvonne, & Sara.

Donna Woodbridge

Flora Miller who has been admitted to St. Jude again.

Lorraine Albrecht

Father, Ronald Clark, is recovering well from broken hip.

Judi Smedley Alena, Mother-in-law of my best friend, Shirley, diagnosed with colon cancer and waiting for surgery.

Ringo Bossmeyer

Prayers for his mother and family on the 2nd anniversary of his sister, Peggy’s passing.

Peter Warner Mother now recovering at home.

Serving in the Military Adam Hawley, Deb Taylor’s nephew, is back at Ft. Bliss. Lt. Cmdr. Patrick O’Conner, Betty Rollo’s grandson-in-law who is home and will be stationed at Hanford, CA. Lt. Patrick Rollo, Betty Rollo’s grandson, is at sea for several months. PFC Brandon Vannoy, grandson of Bob & Donna Vannoy, has been deployed to Afghanistan for a tour of duty. Michael J. Borden, Chief, Nancy Geiger’s grandson, in Norfolk, VA. Brandon Johnson, Army Chaplain, Mariette Linberg’s cousin is stationed at Fort Hood, TX as a Chaplain. Lt. Austen Packer, Laura Lee Wiggins’ friend, is back at Oceana, NAS, in Virginia Lt J.G. Kip Packer, friend of Laura Lee Wiggins, has been deployed to Moron, Spain. Pvt. Kash Cross, Ted & Sammie’s grandson, will be leaving for Korea soon. Mjr. Christopher Evans, cousin of Annie Frater’s who is serving in Seoul, Korea.

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JYF Lemonade Stand TODAY! Join us after church

TODAY in Chapman Lounge for our “Take a Stand Against Hunger” Lemonade Stand and Boutique to benefit Pathways of Hope. Thanks and see you there! Attn: Choir Members If you haven’t taken your choir robe home and washed it, please do so now. We will be starting choir in a couple of weeks and want everything clean. Shar has taken the stoles and had them cleaned. If she has to take your robe home and wash it, you will be charged for the cleaning of your stole.

All Church Work Day Tom and Dirk have lots of projects lined up for workday on

August 29. They will be here at 7 A.M. but you are welcome to come whenever you would like. However the earlier you come, the better the choice of donuts! God’s Creation Calendar If you are looking for a great wall calendar either for yourself or as a gift, here is the perfect opportunity and a really great deal. The 2015 calendar is on the wall in my office. The pictures for 2016 will be equally as beautiful. I have ordered a case of 25 wall calendars and 25 pocket calendars and have them here in the office. The calendars are $4.00 each which is my cost (what a deal!) So do your Christmas shopping early. Donna

Senior Adults Met Tuesday, August 18, 2015 The Senior Adult Ministry met

this past Tuesday, August 18, 2015, for their monthly luncheon. There were 25 of us who gathered to fellowship together, share lunch and hear from our speaker Michael Shepherd. Michael and his wife, Dayann, and son Josiah joined our congregation in May. Michael has spent the past 6 years involved in addressing homelessness in our community – serving with Pathways of Hope as the Housing and Community Engagement Manger and is currently Director of Operations for Grandma’s House of Hope, another local organization that provide housing for women facing significant crisis. Besides sharing the work that he has been involved in both of these areas, Michael talked about the new approach that is being used to work with homeless and those in crisis. One of the things he pointed out was that not only mental illness and substance abuse, but people who have lost work and homes due to other circumstances other than just bad choices make up our homeless community. He also spoke eloquently about how we as Christians need to look at the homeless community as people just like us who have needs of community and interaction with others to be able to seek help and work towards changing their lives with the resources available. He also praised our congregation for the love and help we offer. In fact, that is partly what helped Michael decide to join our congregation. It was an informative and affirming afternoon and we want to thank Michael for sharing with us. Our next meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 in Chapman Lounge. Our speaker will be Rev. Nancy E. Brink, The Donna (Ford) and Fahmy Attallah Endowed Director of Church Relations Chapman University. Rev. Brink works with the DOC (Disciples on Campus) and will speak to us about our DOC ministry and Chapman University. Our group meets every third Tuesday of the month at 12:00 noon. Put Sept 15 on your calendar and join us. All seniors are invited and we are VERY flexible with the age that designates someone a senior.

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Senior Book Club News The Senior Book Club is

currently reading Girl With a Pearl Earring which is a 1999 historical novel written by Tracy Chevalier. Set in 17th Century Delft, Holland, the novel was inspired by Delft School painter Johannes Vermeer’s painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” Chevalier presents a fictional account of Vermeer, the model and the painting. We will meet on Thursday, September 3, 2015, in Chapman Lounge to discuss this novel. The Linbergs will be our hosts. Blankets in July As of August 16, you have generously donated $590 or enough for 118 blankets for Church World Service Outreach Blanket program. We need $205 more in the next two Sundays to meet our goal. If you would like to be a part of this vital project, please place your check in the amount of $5 for each blanket in the offering plate and write “blankets” in the memo line. Have you checked out the array of Linus and his blanket tags on the blankets in the Narthex? For each $5 you donate, your name will be written on one of the tags that will then be placed on the blanket in the Narthex, and you will be entered in the September drawing. To say “thank you” and to help you cool off a bit in this scorching weather, there will be three gift cards to Yogurtland for 3 lucky donors Thank you for caring for someone who might otherwise not be warm when the temperatures drop to near freezing. The Outreach Ministry Team Sunday Statist ics August 16, 2015 96 (Remember Service) 5 (Reawaken Service) 108 (Casa 1 P.M. service) Weekly Giving: $3,000.64 Missions: $333.40 Budget Goal: $3,777 CWS Blankets: $55 Bibles & Hygiene Kits:$100 Pastor’s Discretionery Fund $100

Downtown Market $766.01 Harvest Festival Thanks to those who

have already let me know that they would be willing to donate candy and/or work on this “hands-on” ministry. Your help is still needed! Casa de Oración is planning a Gigantic Harvest Festival for Saturday, October 31 from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. for the community. It will be a carnival atmosphere with games, bounce house, cotton candy, popcorn, and prizes. Each child will go home with a bag of goodies. This is where we come in. The Hospitality/Welcome Ministry Team is partnering with Casa to help with this event. Here are a few ways that you can share in this ministry and get to know our Hispanic sisters and brothers better:

1. You can provide candy for the goody bags. Just bring any amount that you would like to provide to the office and Donna will see that it gets to the right place. You can bring it anytime. That way we will have an idea of what we will need to purchase.

2. Casa de Oración will be setting up on Friday and Saturday and would appreciate any help we can provide.

3. Help to staff the event from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. (or any part of the time) on the 31st

Please let me know as soon as possible what you would like to be a part of so I can let the Casa people know for their scheduling and budgeting. Donna W. Important Dates to Remember September 13 – Rally Day September 26 – Rock the Loch, All day music

concerts at Loch Leven. Watch Caller for more details later. October 4 – 6 - Disciples Women Spiritual Growth

Retreat at Loch Leven. October 17 – PSWR Gathering, Riverside First Christian Church

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List Being Compiled For many months, following a decision made earlier this year by the Council of Elders and our Interim Pastor, Dale Suggs, these words have graced the last page of “The Caller.” First Christian Church . . .

Celebrating the diversity of all of God’s children, we are Disciples of Christ practicing

spirit-filled worship, faith-building community, and passion-powered service

to our neighborhood and to the world.

Where encounters with God are not only ordinary,

they’re extraordinary!

Where invitations not only happen on occasion,

they happen on every occasion.

Where hands not only give to the needy, they serve the least of these.

To increase the instances of the third of these three “where statements” happening, the Outreach Ministry, at the request of Dale Suggs, is compiling a list of organizations which need volunteers to help them do the work they do to serve people in our community. When we met this past Wednesday night, we received reports from individuals on our team about the contacts they’ve made with community-based organizations to get information about the volunteers they need to do their work. That list will be compiled and made available as soon as possible, most likely no later than next week's issue of “The Caller.” However, we who make up the Outreach Ministry are convinced that we cannot possibly have contacted all of the organizations in our area that need volunteers. So, if you know of an organization, or multiple organizations, that needs volunteers, please submit that information to the Church Office so it can be added to the information members of the Outreach Ministry have gathered about opportunities for us to engage

in “hands-on” ministry. Here’s what we need you to tell us: 1) The name of the organization; 2) a brief description of the

work for which volunteers are needed; 3) the organization's address; and, 4) the name and phone number of the person that potential volunteers need to contact. In addition, we hope that all of you who are currently involved in doing “hands-on” ministry with organizations in our community will let us know what you are doing and the name of the organization through which you are serving the community. If you prefer to be anonymous about what you’re doing, that’s fine. We just want to increase the awareness of all of our members about what we are doing in serving others and, most important, what opportunities are out there for all of us to consider doing. Thanks, in advance, for your in-put! The Outreach Ministry

Parlor Class Plans The Parlor Class will be

considering options for its next course of study when it meets on Sunday in Chapman Lounge at 9 A.M. The intention of the group is to make a decision about its next study topic either this Sunday, or the following one, so that the new course will begin no later than Sunday, September 13—Rally Day! If you’ve been thinking about getting involved in the Parlor Class, let us know of your interest by speaking to any one of these members of the class: Sybil Dittberner, Bev Reinke, Judi Smedly, Nancy Knott, Kathy Wright, Edee Stahnke, Ada Rodman, Virginia King, Leslie Beck, Lori Albrecht, Scott Richmond, Jackie Brown, Jan McCuen or Mariette Linberg. Ed Linberg is the Leader for this class. He’d love to have some additional members of the male gender become part of the Parlor Class! To give time for the materials to arrive for the new course of study to be chosen by the group, on August 30 and September 6, we will read and discuss the Lectionary texts assigned for those two Sundays. These “interim sessions” that focus on readings from the Old

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and New Testaments, always generate a lot of discussion and, sometimes, new insights about the meaning of said texts, including ones with which we are very familiar. You’re welcome to join us on 8/30 and 9/6 as we wait for the new study resources to arrive for our use beginning on 9/13. When we’ve decided on the new course, we’ll be sure to inform you through “The Caller."

Opportunity Tickets on Sale Now! The tickets for the 2015

Opportunity Drawing (1 for $1; 6 for $5, 12 for $10, and 25 for $20) and the Shelton Family Scholarship Fund Drawing (1 for $10, 3 for $20) are available for you to purchase on Sundays from Donna in the Narthex now through Sept. 20. The proceeds from these two drawings benefit the upcoming Don Shelton Memorial Golf Classic set for Monday, September 21 at San Dimas Canyon Golf Course. The proceeds from the Opportunity Drawing will be part of the profit from the golf tournament to be distributed to All Peoples Community Center, Chapman University’s DOC Students Program, Disciples Seminary Foundation Scholarship Fund, Eastmont Community Center, Project Impact and the Summer Camp and Conference Scholarship Program of the Regional Church. The proceeds from the Shelton Family Scholarship Fund Drawing will be given to Disciples Seminary Foundation, Don Shelton Scholarship. The prizes for the Opportunity Drawing are as follows: 1st Prize( 2 Tickets to the 2015-2016 Season of Broadway Plays at the Pantages Theatre;) 2nd Prize (2 Tickets to the January 1st Rose Bowl game; 3rd Prize (an iPad mini.) The prize for the Shelton Family Scholarship Drawing is a 5-day/4 night cruise from either Long Beach or Miami. The winner will have his/her choice of cruises. Transportation to the port from which then cruise will disembark is not included in the prize. Thanks! Ed

Rock the Loch

Regional Women’s Spiritual Growth Retreat October 2 -4, 2015 Loch Leven Friday evening dinner through 11:30 a.m. Sunday Theme: “BELIEVE” gives us an opportunity to ponder, identify and share our beliefs with one another. We will explore some scriptures, some of our Disciples Heritage and some of the songs we use to proclaim what we Believe. Keynote speaker is Pastor Pam Moore and music will be provided by her husband, Kent Moore. Registration fee: $150 before September 1, 2015 and $175 after September 1. Registration forms are available from Donna in the office.

Regional Gathering 2015 Saturday, Oct. 17,

Riverside First Christian Church, 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. (Registration begins at 8) Registration forms can be obtained either from Donna in the office or email Janelle Vannoy at assist@disciplespswr.org and she will email you the link. Cost is $10 per person before 9/18, youth and children free if registered before October 1: $15 after 9/18 for adults. Registration at the event: $20. Lunch is provided.

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First Christian Church 109 E. Wilshire Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832

Reawaken (Early Worship Service) Sunday, 8:00 A.M. Church School for all ages: Sunday, 9:00 A.M. Remember (Traditional Worship Service) Sunday, 10:15 A.M. Youth Group: Sunday, 1:00 P.M.

First Christian Church . . .

Celebrating the diversity of all of God’s children, we are Disciples of Christ practicing spirit-filled worship, faith-building community, and passion-powered service

to our neighborhood and to the world.

Where encounters with God are not only ordinary, they’re extraordinary!

Where invitations not only happen on occasion,

they happen on every occasion.

Where hands not only give to the needy, they serve the least of these

Serving August 23, 2015 Greeters: Nancy Geiger Guest Book: Phil Forbes Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry Acolyte Parent: Beal Sound & Video: PJ Vannoy Lay Leader: Sammie Adams Children’s Moment: Nancy Malotte Elders: Joshua Dorrough, Kathy Robidoux, Nancy Geiger Diaconate: Randy’s Team Prepare: Randy Baxter, Annie Frater Ushers: Sibyl Dittberner, Barbara Fenters Serve: Randy Baxter, Barbara Fenters, Annie

Frater, Bill Henke, Terry Vannoy Clean Up: Dena Heathman, Nancy Knott Alternate: Kyle Fought

Serving August 30, 2015 Greeters: Annie Frater Guest Book: Sammie Adams Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry Acolyte Parent: Angulo Sound & Video: Clare Keech Lay Leader: Pam Findley-Flor Children’s Moment: Elders: Lin Garcia, Bill Martin, Annie Frater Diaconate: Randy’s Team Prepare: Bill Henke, Kyle Fought Ushers: Bill Henke, Terry Vannoy Serve: Kyle Fought, Annie Frater, Dena

Heathman, Bill Henke, Terry Vannoy Clean Up: Barbara Fenters, Terry Vannoy Alternate: Nancy Knott