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“The Great Bend Christian”
January 2018
Vol. 51 No. 1
Sunday, January 21st, we
are starting a new sermon se-
ries which puts into perspective
what it takes, and what is ex-
pected of us when we say “yes”
to following Jesus.
This is a series that all
Christians need to hear so we
can find and keep our priorities
straight.
Our new service "The Refuge" is beginning January 21st at 11 am. We are so excited about this new service because we believe it is going to add to what we already do well, and help us continue to reach out to the over 8,000 people in our area who don't know Christ or have a church home. If you are related to or know someone who needs a service like this, please tell them all about it, and invite them to come. We also ask that everyone will continue to pray that God will use this service to help us live out our mission of "Inspiring ordinary people to live extraordinary lives for Christ."
Thanks to everyone who gave
for Giving Tuesday.
Because of your
generosity, $12,425 was
raised with a match of
$2,296.87
making a total of $14,721.87.
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SPECIAL PRAYERS: Cancer: Sylvan
Bleeker; Dade Cannon; Jane Carney;
Nadine Council; Mark Gant; Tammy
Hays; Sandy Hiss; Connie Metheny Hol-
liday; Don Jones; LiAnna Keith; Sue
Klein; Kris Long; Judy Manning; Jan
McCaulley; Evelyn Mead; Marvin
Sittner; Mike Snyder; Joan Townley; Al-
ice Urban
Other Needs: Myrna Campbell; Bailey
Cox; Annette Crosby; Terry Donecker;
Jan Engle; Arnold Essmiller; Stephanie
Fields; Carol Langen; Richard Messerlie;
Andrea Nelson; Kenneth Reed; Rich
Roberts; Wanda Russell; Dolores Shaheen; Mary Woodworth; Josie Worcester
CONTINUED PRAYERS: Cancer: Cynthia Barnes, Laura Brown, Tiffany Dick, Lila Drees, Karla
Garcia, Ashley Gorney, Shelly McFarren, Leona McIntosh, Steve Rusco, Sammy, Doug Schenkel, Leilani
Schenkel, LeAnna Soehner; Donna Stejskal, Tom-Harders’ Friend, Kadin White; Susan Wilson
Other Needs: Jenny Allford, Larry Arnold, Carol Barnard, Doug Bender, Mabel Bender, Cody Clark,
Melissa Demel, Lola Donecker, Don Halbower, Brian Hutchinson, William Jones, Martha Knight, Jaxon
Kretchmar, Amber Lloyd, Roger Marshall, Steve Martin, Lilly Morrison Brad Patzner, Arylyn Scheuer-
man, Crosby Schrader, Ashlee Seastrom, Sapphire Shewbart, Cal Winter, Mike Zager
MILITARY SERVANTS: Derrick Deason, Steven DeWhitt, Blake Frager, Dan Fritz, Ted Jackson, Ad-
am Schwartz
PLEASE PRAY for our New Service that will begin in January. Pray for God's guidance and direction, and
for even more people to join us at the First Christian Church of Great Bend.
...to the Family and
Friends of Mayette Keith
And
...to the Family and
Friends of Dorothy
Behrens
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Lunch Bunch
11:30 am
January 17, 2018
New Day Group
Dinner at Classic Inn
Lesson about Tennyson Center:
Janis Fairchild
Restaurant Arrangements:
Lois Johnson
January 22, 2018
6:30 pm
The Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University Class
will begin Monday, January 15, 2018, at 7:00 pm
in the church parlor. The class will run on Mondays for
9 weeks. If you have any questions, please see or call
Randy Goering (620-786-5881), Clayton Noffsinger
(620-617-3364), or Debbie Noffsinger (620-793-0604).
January 13th
8 am-2 pm Start bringing your items on
Sunday, December 31st!
Please see Jennifer Cauley With any questions.
MOPS
(Mothers of Preschoolers & Younger)
is now at First Christian Church. What is MOPS?
It is a tribe of women from all walks of life that meet
to encourage, support, and walk alongside each other
through this incredible life of motherhood. You can
expect coffee, food, creative crafts, childcare,
videos, discussion, guest speakers, play dates
and mom’s morning out!
Meeting times are the 1st & 3rd Fridays from 9 am– 11 am.
Please contact Dena Hiss with any questions.
2nd & 4th Saturdays,
8:00—9:00 am
Contact
James McReynolds
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We want to thank everyone in the church
who prayed and has been praying for Don’s
surgery and recovery and William’s health
issues. They are both doing better.
Also, thank you to Rev. Josh for coming to
Wichita and sitting with us during Don’s sur-
gery and all the phone calls to check up on
Don and William.
We appreciate all the prayers and concerns.
Don, Brenda, Julie, Sarah and
William Jones
Thank you, First Christian Church, for the
Christmas basket filled with goodies! Thanks,
also, to the ladies that brought it to me.
Thanks for thinking of me!
Ione Strohm
We want to thank all the people
for the large sack of things that was
brought to us. It had things in it we
would not of thought of.
Thank you, also, for the sack of
fruit that was with it.
We also want to thank the 2 ladies
who brought the sack to us.
Sam & Anneliese Ward Dear Church Family, Words cannot express our sincere “Thank You” to you. The love and concern was overwhelming. Merlin loved his church and enjoyed being involved. Your kindness will never be forgotten! The Grimes Family
We are thankful for you and your business, therefore a gift has been made in your honor to Water for South Sudan
because 17% of South Sudan’s population does not have access to
clean water (that’s over 2 million people). Happy Thanksgiving
from everyone at McClelland Sound, Inc.
Dear Friends, Jennifer brought your generous gifts for Operation Christmas Child by today. What joy these boxed treasures will bring to the child who gratefully receives each one! Your thoughtfulness and caring for others in this joyous way shows you are the hands and feet of Christ. Thank you for partnering in this mission! Grace Community Church
Dear Friends,
I want to express my gratitude for
your gift to Samaritan’s Purse. We truly
appreciate your generous investment in
what God is doing through this ministry.
We would be grateful for your prayers
as we help hurting people around the
worlds in Jesus’ Name and share the
Gospel. “This is how God showed his
love among us: He sent his one and
only Son into the world that we might
live through him” (I John 4:9).
May God bless you!
Sincerely,
Franklin Graham
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Morning Women’s Bible Study
Begins January 9th, 9 am
12 Week Study
Child care is available.
Contact Stacy McReynolds with questions (620-282-9803)
Save the
date! The Bell Choir and Choir will be hosting what promises to be a very fun evening for Valen-tine’s Day in February! We plan to have both dinner and a show for you! On Sunday evening, February 11th, we will be serving a dinner and having a talent show. You are an important part of this. Not only will you be able to go out for a lovely Valentine’s dinner, you are invited to participate in the talent show. Everyone start practicing now - polish up your tap shoes, work on learning lines to your skit, warm up those rusty vocal chords, pull out that talent that you have hidden deep inside your-self… No prizes will be given, as this is not a competition, but we promise to love and appreci-ate your talent offerings! Plan now to join us for an evening of big fun with your friends! More details and sign up op-portunities will be coming later. If you have questions, please contact Mary Hunter.
Sunday, January 7th
2-4 pm
Church Parlor
Everyone is invited!
No gifts please.
Vi Black’s
Tuesday, January 16th
6:30 pm
7 Week Study
Questions? See Marta Edmonds or Becky Hill
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YOUTH MINISTRY
CHI RHO meets from 5:00-6:00pm alone….then are joined by CYF 6:00-7:00pm for snacks and games….then CYF meets from 7:00-8:00pm.
JAN. 7—5:00-6:00pm—CHI RHO YOUTH & PARENT Meeting
6:00-7:00—GAMES– both Groups and Parents 7:00-8:00pm—CYF YOUTH & PARENT Meeting
Jan. 14th , 21st , 28th —Regular Youth Groups
If you are going on the Mission Trips, it is VERY important for youth and parents to be at the meetings on Jan. 7th. We will also be discussing the first half of 2018 groups and special dates, INCLUDING OUR NEXT FUNDRAISER.
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
“KID KONNECTION” for Pre-
school-5th grade begins at 6:00pm
with 4 Stations: MUSIC, STORYTELLING, ART, GAMES
WE WILL RESUME ON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 7TH.
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
“THE GIFT OF JESUS”
JAN. 7 ALL—Games Workshop
JAN. 14 D/E— Cooking Workshop
NAV—Storytelling Workshop
JAN. 21 D/E—Art Workshop
NAV— Cooking Workshop
JAN. 28 D/E—Storytelling Workshop
NAV—Science Workshop
ADULT CLASSES (East Wing)
FELLOWSHIP CLASS FRIENDSHIP CLASS
YOUTH/PARENT MEETINGS JANUARY 7
CHI RHO 5-7PM C Y F 6-8PM
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Please Note
that the Church Office
will be CLOSED
these dates:
Friday, December 29,
At Noon
And
Monday, January 1, 2018,
All Day
From All the Staff at FCC
Pastor Josh will be gone from January 2nd - January 14th while
he continues to work on his Doctorate of Ministry.
During these 2 weeks, he will be in class from
8 am - 5 pm at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Pastor Sue will be in charge and on call for anything that you need
during that time.
While Pastor Josh is gone, please remember to pray for him as he
continues to work at being a better preacher and minister.
Did you know that there is an easier way to give to
the church than writing a check every week? You can
set up online giving though your own bank. Or you
can use the link below to set up automatic payments
though our secure server. Setting up giving online is a
great way to make your life a bit easer, and to make
sure you are always caught up with your giving. Go to
our website at fccgbk.com and click on the Give Here
under the Online Giving picture.
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Past 5 Weeks Attendance and Gifts
*Special Offerings include donations to: Giving Tuesday, Sound System Fund, DMF Thanksgiving & Christmas Offerings,
Wednesday Night Dinner, Memorials for Merlin Grimes, Mayette Keith, & Dorothy Behrens, Thanksgiving Dinner Dona-
tions,
19 26 3 10 17
Sunday School 60 39 56 52 52
Early Service 24 28 36 24 32
Late Service 206 130 150 164 155
Refuge Service — — — — 85
Children’s Church 14 6 14 — 10
TOTAL 244 164 200 188 282
General Offering 5,586.00 4,795.00 7,231.00 6,542.00 9,495.00
Roof Fund 25.00 25.00 25.00 100.00 0.00
Special Offerings 1,146.72 1,025.00 1,073.05 25.00 315.00
TOTAL 6,757.72 5,845.00 8,329.05 6,667.00 9,810.00
The Great Bend Christian
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By First Christian Church 5230 Broadway
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
11:00 am Refuge Service
5:00 pm Chi-Rho
6:00 pm CYF (6th-12th)
If you need to contact our staff:
Rev. Josh Leu, Minister
Rev. Sue Bishop, Associate Minister of Children and Youth
Kathy Rose, Administrative Assistant
Wednesday Night Activities
6:15 pm Bell Choir Practice
7:00 pm Choir Practice
