Branches May 2020 Junction City First Christian Church

161 Years of Service

First Christian Church 1250 Nyssa Junction City, OR 97448

Return Service Requested

Staff

David Bondurant - Minister Donna Snyder Pianist/Organist Judi Lesan Secretary Karlyne Agoff Children’s Corner Teacher

Sunday Services Worship Service 10:00 AM Education classes - 9:00 & 11:30 AM

Email: junctioncityfcc@gmail.com Phone: 541-998-2364

Our website: www.FCC-JC.COM

Pastoral Ponderings….

A new command I give you: Love one another!

John 13:34

A new word—that not really a new word. The word of the Month is CHRISTIAN—and the new command (which is really an old word) describes the one thing we are all to do. Love one another!

As we live life sheltering at home, hiding from the forces of the ongoing

pandemic I am reminded every day how much every one of us needs to know and feel the love of others and how much everyone of us can do to love others. For example—one group I know of created a “cookie chain.” Everyone in the group made two dozen of their favorite cookies. Delivered 1 dozen to either the police department or fire department—and delivered the other dozen to a

randomly drawn member of the group! They were sharing their love—both with the world and with one another! I have been hearing and have made “well” checks on others. Why is this important? It’s important because how we love one another tells the world that we are followers of Jesus!

How does the world see you? Are you loving or complaining? Are giving or hoarding? Are you hopeful or preaching doom and gloom? Our lives as

followers of Jesus should be pointing to the good, the hopeful, the encouraging, the generous. That is the way of love.

Steve Jobs said: “the juice goes out of Christianity when it becomes too based on faith rather than living like Jesus or seeing the world as Jesus saw it.” Why? Because when it becomes more than living and loving like Jesus—we have lost the point! Let’s live like Jesus—let’s love like Jesus.

See you Sunday—Pastor David

WORSHIP SERVICE EVERY SUNDAY MORNING 10:00 AM

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BIBLE STUDY EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING 6:30 PM

Christian: It's Not What You Think Join us online on Zoom at:

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April’s Prayers & Praises from Our Children’s Ministry

Elizabeth - prayers for friends and family Rose - prayers to be able to see family again James - prayers for mom, dad, brother, grandma, and grandpa Victoria - prayers for sick people to recover Tommy - Prayers for church playground Paige - Answer to Prayer - Joy - Home with Mom and Dad Paige - prayers for the virus, She has family members (outside area) who are sick with virus that she wants prayers for Victoria, Elizabeth, Abigail: prayers for those exposed to virus like nurses, doctors, and other essential workers. James - prayers for his papa to get home safely Daniel and Marsaili: Prayers for playground ‘ Mackenzie, Nic, Paisley - Prayers for people to stay safe and to keep virus contained Carolyn - prayers for brother Dawson who is a high school senior. Rose: People to get well Marsaili - Prayers for a new computer Mackenzie - prayers for everyone helping us get through the virus Paisley - Prayers everyone stays safe Nic - Prayers after virus everyone stays healthy Daniel - prayers for church playground James - prayers the robot vacuum is charged.

April’s Joys Bob Nelson - Thank You to all for your prayers and support during my surgery and recovery. I truly appreciate it. I am doing as well as can be right now. Helms family - toe completely healed, no more treatments, thank you for your prayers Cherri Washburne - Remember To Pray for each other and the church; as well as the world. God Bless you all. Easter Worship Service Celebration, Thank you to Kathleen Carnali and Outlaw Shine for their beautiful music Kathleen Carnali - So grateful to be able to celebrate with you all. Sandy Giles - friend Marcia, happy to be back home after a month in Alaska doing radiation for cancer Summer Rae - Christians used to gather in homes, we are doing that now by way of technology. We are blessed to be able to meet this way. Crystal Rutherford - So glad that Bob is doing well!! Crystal Rutherford - my friend is getting married today, March 22, 2020 Judi Lesan - Joy of being in fellowship with our church family online March 22nd

April’s PRAYER PAGE

Health Concerns

David Vaughan - my sister-in-law, Candice, is suffering from a blocked intestine. Vermilyea Family - Clint Beeler is still in the hospital responding better to some medication as of last night but still uncertain what the treatment is going to entail Barbara Bower - Loretta Miltonberger, heart surgery recovery Rebecca Burpee - son Jack, foot injury Ryan Vermilyea - Darlene, stroke recovery McNabb Family - Eddie in the last stages of prostate cancer and Allison, cancer surgery on the 28th. Glenda Evenson & Judi Lesan - niece Traci, fell, broken collar bone. Ladonna Avakian, as she continues to recover from pneumonia Candice Voss - Cherri Washburne, with all this virus, her system would not be able to handle it if she got it. Zabel Family - Larry’s brother scheduled for heart procedure delayed till August & all the first responders Crystal Arrowood - Muriel’s health issues Brink Family - cousin Richard, kidney cancer surgery, nephew Scott, kidney’s working @ 11%, entire family needs prayers Kathy Helms—kidney ongoing Ardene Wear, Alzheimer & Jerry Support Sheila Frampton - Clayton, for healing Glenda Zimmerman - mother with auto-immune diseases Cancer Concerns Britt Leigh, Glenda Zimmerman - Tammy Brink Family - nephew Scott, cousins Jim & Richard, Scholten & Frampton family - Cindy, Sandy Giles - Marcia, McNabb family - Eddie & Allison, Judi Lesan - Tracy, Laura Finney, sister , Clayton Frampton, Cherri Washburne, David Bondurant Sr., Christina Corelli - Cindy

Sympathy and Comfort

Brink Family - my cousin's family in southern California, My cousin passed away after a long struggle with a respiratory disease. Family of Judy Johnson on her passing Helms family - One of the preschoolers I work with lost her father to cardiac arrest at home . His name is David. Life Direction and Leading

Lori Hash Scott - people would make good choices and not travel Crystal Rutherford - figuring out how to balance home and work and parenting Ladonna Avakian - goes about single parenting while Corky continues to run essential business. Tricia Welch - my two brothers and sister in laws who are involved in health care in Sacramento area, their parents are caring for their children while they work. Michelle Sheets - friend Cheryl, has just been volun-told that she will be burning telemetry in the covid 19 Staging area at Riverbend. Prayers for her wellness and safety & other medical workers that are caring for those afflicted with this virus. Tricia Welch - Catie to navigate next college term successfully David Dickson - God’s protection for the World God to heal our world and give wisdom & guidance to our leaders nationally & locally Brandon Bower - guidance to an internship/future job Bower Family - mom Julie to seek God as she adjusts to life without my dad Warren Giles - the deployed soldiers of 2-162 to be safe and effective Jeff Robin - finding a job Lolita Callahan - safety for family in the Philippians Bill Washburne - son Travis to get custody of daughters,

School Aged Children’s Ministry Update

Happy May Day Everyone!!

I hope your April went well. They say April showers bring May flowers. Well, they also bring rainbows. The last week of April saw all of the Montessori at Home students explore different ways to make rainbows and they were awesome! So bright and beautiful!

That month also saw us learning about different ways to communicate. We wrote letters, learned sign language, Morse code and Braille. At the end we took all the different ways to make our name and turned it into a one of a kind collage. They are all so creative and lovely!

This month is our Transportation month and we are all a little sad. All those toilet paper and paper towel rolls you have so generously been saving for us to make airplanes with are sitting at school having to wait till next year to be turned into a plane. But when God closes a door, he opens a window and in this case 20 windows. Usually the children only get to pick five friends to be on their plane but because we had to come up with something different, we made a fleet of planes with enough windows so everyone in class can be on their planes!

Our last day of school will be May 21st. The children will still get to make their personal graduation hat necklace and receive a diploma for all their hard work. We just won't be able to have the very talented and heartwarming graduation ceremony that we usually do. We are hoping that when things settle down that we can still do Play Date at Mrs. Agoff’s house and our annual meet and greet this summer for new and returning students.

Now, on a serious note. I want to share with you what I told all my parents. When we are able to go and visit as we used to, we need to remember that it will be like the first month of school. We will be exposed to a lot of other people’s germs and they are not bad germs, they are just not our germs. As we find in that first month of school, we all seem to catch some cold or bug. It is important to keep washing our hands, not putting our fingers in our mouth or nose and then touching people or items that they might pick up. You know who you are! Stop! Keep your vitamins and herbs going so that your immune system is strong and can fight those new visiting germs quickly. Germs are a part of life. It is up to us to do what we can so that they do not rule our life.

I want to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all you amazing women out there! I have watched you with your children and grandchildren and I just want to say I love You! Thank you for loving us!

Have a fun May and try to find time to get out and smell those flowers. As long as they don't make you sneeze! :) Thank you, Mrs. Agoff

As many of you know, the Children’s ministry has been meeting weekly on Zoom - Sundays at 11am. This has been a big success. Each week we have had between 9 -14 kid participants as well as many faithful members that join each week. Moving our Children’s ministry online has not been without challenges. It is hard enough to engage a group of kids of varying ages in person and this challenge is magnified when we are meeting virtually.

To run this program, a group of faithful leaders are spending significantly more time and resources than previous. Many hours go into each lesson and we have also been mailing supplemental material to the kids each week. A Huge Thank you to Kathy Helms who is a tremendous help with finding and mailing the supplemental material. A Huge Thank you to Catie Welch who has repeatedly taken time from her own school and work to be my technical advisor as I keep learning technology and adapting the program trying to increase its reach and effectiveness.

I think it is notable that we are seeing great attendance. More than half of the regular participants are not current members of our church. Some are local and do not have a church and some have a church that is not doing any type of Children’s ministry program. It is fun for me to see the kids each week and I think it is fun for them to see each other.

Ways you can help:

1. Pray for this ministry. Pray for its reach and success. Pray for ways for us to keep the kids engaged.

2. Jump on Zoom on a Sunday. Keep your camera on so kids can see you! 3. I send prayer requests lifted by our kids each week. Please incorporate these into your

personal prayer time. 4. Keep giving to the extent you can the Church. Our expenses have not decreased but

have actually increased as we have needed to invest in new technology to move to a remote delivery system.

Each week the kids are invited to send back their completed artwork. Our photo this month is from an especially talented artist Nic. He is 11 years old and lives in Spokane Washington.

Tricia Welch

• God, please intervene and heal our land and all the lands where this virus is passing.

• God, please help researchers develop a vaccine.

• God, please help doctors develop treatments.

• God, please empower the idea of social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease and slow the rate of infection so that our medical systems won’t be overwhelmed

• God, please give our governments and healthcare Industries the power to provide the tests we need.

• God, please protect our healthcare workers worldwide!

• God, please inspire believers to set the example of selfless courage during this pandemic.

• God please repair the economic damage and help workers and business owners overcome their loss of income.

• God please help churches overcome spiritual and economic impacts that befall them because they are not able to meet.

• God, please remove the infection from vulnerable countries that lack adequate medical care.

• God, Please remove this virus from the whole earth.

PAUSE TO PRAY @ 6 PM EVERY EVENING WITH PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE US AND THE WORLD

• God, please intervene and heal our land and all the lands where this virus is passing.

• God, please help researchers develop a vaccine.

• God, please help doctors develop treatments.

• God, please empower the idea of social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease and slow the rate of infection so that our medical systems won’t be overwhelmed

• God, please give our governments and healthcare Industries the power to provide the tests we need.

• God, please protect our healthcare workers worldwide!

• God, please inspire believers to set the example of selfless courage during this pandemic.

• God please repair the economic damage and help workers and business owners overcome their loss of income.

• God please help churches overcome spiritual and economic impacts that befall them because they are not able to meet.

• God, please remove the infection from vulnerable countries that lack adequate medical care.

• God, Please remove this virus from the whole earth.

PAUSE TO PRAY @ 6 PM EVERY EVENING WITH PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE US AND THE WORLD

NEXT ELDER MEETING

No meeting in May unless otherwise notified via

email

General Fund: March 2020

Giving: $6,059.86

Other Income: Bunches of Lunches $115.00 Compassion Intl $ 38.00 Children’s Corner Rent $500.00 Week of Compassion $1,000.00 Non cash donation $ 40.40

Total Income: $ 7,753.26 Expenses: $11,301.47 Net loss for the month $ (3,548.21)

Inflow All Funds……………$ 8,821.25 Outflow All Funds………….$11,301.47 Net Outflow…………………$ (2,480.22)

FUND BALANCES: Classroom Roof Fund $28,842.78 Property Maintenance Fund $ 5,947.25 Mission Fund $ 8,442.87 Savings (General) $ 48.91

BUNCHES OF LUNCHES

Bunches of lunches happens May 13 and 27 with a

skeleton crew to keep everyone safe. Nancy and Christina have two others helping them, but we may need to call someone to fill in. Let us know if we

can call you if needed. Thank you!

Contact: Nancy Brink @ 541-998-1135

Christina Corelli @ 541-688-0711 or 541-521-6400

For more information

SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY

Will resume after we are able to meet again in the church.

Leaders Tricia Welch @ 541-554-3183

Barbara Bower @ 541-998-1614

BIBLE STUDY New Visions Adult Bible Study

Will resume after we are able to meet again in the church.

“The Gospel of Luke” Meets in the Fellowship Hall

Wednesday night Bible Study

Every Wednesday Online 6:30 pm Bible Study

Link to join Bible Study

https://zoom.us/j/878367987?pwd=VUdiRG1DcTFTd3BMN20xcFh1NDZCdz09

Meeting ID: 878 367 987 Password: 591175

or on facebook @: https://www.facebook.com/YourPastorDude

TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ALL THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY……….. THE INTERNET

- ZOOM , ETC

WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU!

You are in our prayers daily. We believe this quarantine will end soon and we will all be

back in the church building together!

In the meantime, God’s Holy Spirit is within each of us as we share this very special time.

Stay Home, Stay Well! We Love you and miss seeing you weekly!

May God Bless each of You, Pastor David, Ken Welch, Board Chair,

Clayton Frampton, Elder Chair

SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY Held at 11:30 am each Sunday morning, when we are able to return

to the church building.

A Study in Daniel: Faithful in All Circumstances. Holy people are powerful tools in

the hands of God. As they stand strong in the face of trials, they bear witness to the reality of our Lord and Savior.

Leaders Tricia Welch @ 541-554-3183 Barbara Bower @ 541-998-1614

We recommend to start reading the book of Daniel now!

UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONALS

If you regularly take one of the Upper Room Devotionals or would like one, Pastor David will see that you receive one at your home.

To get your copy we need to

know if you need a large print or a regular print. Either e-mail or call Judi or the church office and

leave a message

junctioncityfcc@gmail.com Judi Lesan 541-952-1266

Church office 541-998-2364

A WORD ABOUT GIVING

Friends, during times like this everyone it seems suffers financially and in other ways. The church is no different. Churches often times suffer when attendance is kept away or lower than normal. There are many who give when they are in church but when they are not physically in the building they don’t give. Right now very few are actually in the building now. We want to remind you to mail your check in with the included envelope or make your donation via the web page giving portal: https://fcc-jc.com/donate Thank you ever so much for your faithfulness!

If you cannot serve on your scheduled day, please make your own switch with someone.

SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT

April 26 10:00 Worship Service online

April 27

April 28

7:00 pm AA mtg

April 29

6:30 pm Bible study - online

April 30

May 1

May 2

May 3

10:00 am Worship online

May 4

May 5 6:30 pm Program Cabinet meeting 7:00 pm AA mtg

6 online 6:30 pm Bible study

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Happy Mother’s Day 10:00 am Worship online

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12

7:00 pm AA mtg

13 6:30 pm Bible study - online

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10:00 am Worship online

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19 7:00 pm AA mtg

20 6:30 pm Bible study - online

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24 10:00 Worship Service online

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26 6:30 pm Board Mtg 7:00 pm AA mtg

27 6:30 pm Bible study - online

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May 29

May 30

May 31 9 am New Visions 10:00 Worship Svc 11:15 Fellowship 11:30 Bible Study

June 1 6:30 Cub Scouts 7:00 Boy Scouts

June 2 6:30 pm Program Cabinet meeting 7:00 pm AA mtg

June 3

online 6:30 Bible study

June 4

June 5

June 6

Date Greeter Sound Coffee Hour Communion prep Open Church Close Church

5/3 David Dickson Laura Finney

Ryan Vermilyea Lloyd Callahan Lolita Callahan

Bill Washburne Judi Lesan

5/10 Christian Blicher Hannah Blicher

Brad Bower Anita Nelson

Hannah Blicher Judi Lesan Lloyd Callahan

5/17 Cyndi Vermilyea Donetta Wood

Warren Giles Brad Helms

John Nail Sally Moffett

Bill Washburne

5/24 Barbara Bower

Sheila Frampton Ryan Vermilyea

Sally Moffett Christian Blicher

Brad Helms Judi Lesan

5/31 David Dickson

Bill Washburne Brad Bower

Michelle Sheets Cyndi Vermilyea

Bill Washburne

Lloyd Callahan

Date Sermon Scripture Nursery Leaders

5/3 Insiders/Outsiders, What to Do? 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 Barbara Bower

5/10 You Gotta Show Up! Matthew 5:13-16 Barbara Bower

5/17 When Grace Meets Truth John 1:14-18 Barbara Bower

5/24 Who Are You In the Stories? Luke 15 Barbara Bower

5/31 "But what about..." Romans 13:8-14 Barbara Bower

Date Child Time Worship Leader Elders Third Elder Deacons

5/3 Pastor David Clayton

Frampton

O-Brad Bower C-Pastor David Warren Giles

Lloyd Callahan Lolita Callahan

5/10 Christina

Corelli Anita Nelson

O-Christina Corelli C-Warren Giles

Anita Nelson Hannah Blicher

5/17 Pastor David Brandon Bower O-Clayton Frampton

C-Bill Washburne Brad Helms

John Nail

5/24 Kathy Helms Sally Moffett O-Crystal Rutherford

O-Brad Bower Sally Moffett

Christian Blicher

5/31 Pastor David Bill Washburne O-Pastor David

C-Christina Corelli Bill Washburne

Michelle Sheets Cyndi Vermilyea