Join us for Sunday Worship June 22 at 10:00 am • 9:00am-Adultdiscussioninroom36• 10:00am-Service• 5:30pm-StoneSoupSupper(prepat3)

Called to ServeElders:KelleyMarchbanks,AliceKellingHome Communion: PamellaDoerksenPreparing Deacons:PatMalone,MyronMcMahan

Serving Deacons:*KathleenEide,ChrisClausen,AmyBerry,NamiChoe

Flowers:RuthChadwickCoffee Cart and Snack:/Greeter:LindaShurtliff

Stone Soup Meal Count Tuesday,6/10-91Saturday,6/14-103Sunday,6/15-115

StaffRev.MattGordon... SeniorMinisterMeggieWright....... Youth&YoungAdult

CoordinatorMatthewClark....... ChoirDirectorJenniferDai........... PianistCharleneLincoln.... ChurchSecretaryJillShinkawa.......... CommunicationsMgr.KevinWeaver......... Paladin

ChurchstaffmeetseveryMonday,10:00-11:00am.Wearenotavailableinpersonnoronthephoneduringthistime.

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Car Show and Chili Cook-Off Festivities

Top left: Chili chefs - Lauri, Doris, Jerry (hiding behind Doris), Aaron and Teresa. Some try to sway the vote. Although all of them were excellent, Lauri dethroned Teresa for the top chili prizeTop right: … Then salads, muffins and chips and desserts, oh my!Left: Charlene’s dream car

more photos on pg.3

Wow! What a fun day! Thanks to all of those who helped make the Father’s Day Car Show a resounding success. Good food, good friends and fine cars. What else could you want?- Linda

Special thanks go out to Linda and Jim Stinson - the ‘driving’ forces behind this fantastic event!

Summer Picnic in the Park Just a reminder that this Wednesday is our first summer picnic in the park. We’ll meetup at Wilamette Park at 6 pm. Bring your own dinner and be prepared to have fun. This week we will be playing lawn games on the grass, including Kubb, a Swed-ish, Viking, outdoor chess game. See you there!

Relying on the spirit and story of the gospels, First Christian Church is supported primarily by donations. There is no charge for any event. We rely on freely given offerings to support our various minis-tries and opportunities.

Your contributions and gifts allow us to continue to be a radically inclusive, justice-driven community of faith every day of the week. Thank you in advance for your gifts.

Rev. Matt Gordon Senior MinisterChurchphone:541-753.2671Email:matt.gordon@fcc-corvallis.org

Open Office Hours: Mondays:9:00am-1:00pmTuesdays:1:00pm--4:00pm

Solar UpdatesI wanted to make sure everyone knew where we are with our solar panel proj-ect. We had a board/finance meeting last Sunday after church and many of you attended to ask questions, get clarifications and hear where we are at on the project. The full details of those notes will be available in the office for anyone interested.To summarize, we discussed the scope, timeline, and financing of the solar project. The board agreed to authorize an expedinture to pay for the plans to be drawn up for a 10,000 kilowatt solar array on the sloped portion of our roof. This is one more step towards the solar project, but not a commitment to spend the full amount to purchase the system. The finance cabinet agreed to explore pos-sible finance options. At that meeting, it was reiterated that should we move forward with this projec-twe would be participating in an incentive program through Pacific Power. What this means is that for a 15-year contract period, we would be receiving income from Pacific Power per kilowatt of energy we produce. This would allow us to recover our cost and make a small amount on our investment. I hope the graphs and figure below will help make this concept clearer. Please contact me with further questions or comments. These graphs and figures are provided to us by Abundant Solar, a local solar energy company in Corvallis.

OSIP Solar Calculator

All Church PicnicCome on down for the All Church Weenie Roast and Picnic on Sunday, July 6, 5:00 pm at the Stinson’s home. The Stinsons will furnish the hot dogs for grilling. (Special diets - bring own selection for grilling. Potluck contribu-tions are assigned by last name. A-H - bring a main dishesI-Q - SaladsR-Z - DessertsBut do not stress if you forget what you were supposed to bring; just bring whatever and join in some great fel-lowship !!! Also bring lawn chairs if you have a few. See you there.

In Our PrayersJohn and Lynnie’s nephew, Isaac Jackson, is having a liver transplant Families in Troutdale College Students CJ’s sister, Donna Doris’ friend Barb in St. George The Cotton family Aaron’s grandmother had a strokeDonna Keim and family-her father Virgil Basham passed away Gen ErwayBud’s neighbor, had a car accident Vicki’s great nephew Bud’s sister with kidney problemsKathy Schaub

Ecuador travelersFor those battling cancer:Jim Hodges-Vicki Young’s nephewLynnie Evans

JoysAll the Graduates

Car Show and Chili Cook-Off (cont’d.)

Summer Music Sign UpShare your special musical talents during Sunday service. Play music, sing a solo, or do a group song. If you or you know someone that plays an instrument, sings, or both sign up to take part in our Sunday music worship.An online sign up form can be found at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4BAFAE2B0-summer3

Because you have shared in their lives by your friendship and love

we invite you to join in the celebration of the

50th Wedding Anniversary of our parents

Pamella and Allan DoerksenReception

Saturday July 12, 2014 from three to five o’clock

First Christian Church Basement Hall602 SW Madison Street

Corvallis, Oregon Teri Doerksen and Jackie Chester

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You Are Invited…

Summer Newsletter Schedule This is the last weekly installment of the Disciples Dispatch. The sum-mer newsletters will be released monthly until September when it will resume to be a weekly edition. Have a fun and safe summer!

What’s Happening…Due Knots MeetingDue Knots will meet on Wednesday, June 25 at 9 a.m. in Room 35. Making com-forters for needy kids in our community. If you can make a knot, run an iron, tell a joke, you are welcome! Come work and have tea and goodies with us.

Annual All Church Weenie Roast and PicnicAll church weenie roast and potluck picnic at the Stinson’s home on Sunday, July 6 at 5 pm. All are invited, bring a friend.

Batik Bash Sunday School will be hosting a “Batik Bash” on July 6 and August 17. We will focus on putting designs on the bags for the dying process. Kids, parents, and interested members are invited to participate after the service.

Announcements Community Service Day Date ChangeAfter some discussion at program cabinet, we decided to change the date of our “Service Sunday.” More information will be forthcoming in the Dispatch.

Sunday Coffee House and Flower Sign-upsSign up to do snacks, coffee, or flowers for Sunday services. Sign up sheets can be found in the Narthex on Sunday or contact the church office. If you would like to volunteer but have never done so, email Pamella at apdoerksen@comcast.net or Bill at bandjmaier@comcast.net

Save Old Newspapers for the GrantsDavid and Helene Grant are anticipating moving away from the area. They would like your old newspapers for packing/stuffing. You can leave them at the church office. Thank you so much!

Around Town… Support the Corvallis Homeless Shelter CoalitionBuy plants at Hope Spring Gardens from May thru June and 20% of plant sale profits go to the Corvallis Homeless Shelter Coalition. Hope Spring Gardens is located at 2960 SW Morris Ave., Hours: 11-5 pm, Thursday-Sunday. Directions: west on Western Blvd. 1 block past Reser Stadium, left on Grove, right on Morris.

Breakfast and Answers On Us! You’re invited: Breakfast and answers on us! Wednesday, July 16, 2014 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (PDT)Albany Golf & Event Center • 155 NW Country Club Lane • Albany, OR 97321Please join us for a free breakfast workshop to find out about wattsmart pro-grams and incentives to help you save energy – and money. The savings you real-ize can go right to your bottom line, now and for years to come. The agenda for this fast paced, information paced morning is below.Pacific Power has teamed up with Energy Trust of Oregon and local trade ally contractors for this event to provide programs that give you cash incentives for your next energy efficiency or renewable energy project. Find out how these programs can work for you at this breakfast exclusively for Pacific Power busi-ness customers. This seminar is your chance to hear all the options, how they fit together and how you can choose the right ones to improve your bottom line.

Looking AheadJune 18-thru August• 6:00pm-WednesdaySummerPicnicsatWillamettePark

June 19• 7:00pm-LongRangePlanningCom-mitteeMeeting

June 21• 5:00pm-CommunityPicnicontheDisciplesHouselawn

June 26-29• FamilyCampatSunnysideCampgroundJuly 6• AfterSundayService-BatikBash• 5:00pm-AllChurchweenieroastandpicnicattheStinson’shome

July 12• 3:00pm-AnniversarypartyfortheDoerksens

July 20• TourdeCorvallisbikerideandpicnicJuly 27-Aug 1• HighSchoolandMiddleSchoolCampatSuttleLake

August 11-15• GradeSchoolCampatSuttleLake

Birthdays6/20-MyronMcMahan6/21-PatriciaEide6/22-GeorgeChadwick6/23-DarleneMcCabe,SusanMohr,

AshleyMason

Anniversaries6/17-KarenandFrankGriswold6/19-MarianandMikeVanderford6/21-BethandWilliamBaird6/23-TiffanyandTimothyRice6/24-DawnandJerryLasater

1510 am-Folk service and Intergenera-tional Worship

10:30-Father’sDayCarShow5:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

167 pm-ProgramCabinet

175:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

186:00 pm-SummerPicnicatWillamettePark

197 pm-LongRangePlanningCommit-teeMeeting

20 2110 am-StoneSoupBreakfast5:00 pm-Commu-nityPicniconthelawnofDisciplesHouse

2210 am-Worship5:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

23 245:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

259 am-DueKnotsMeetinrm.356 pm-SummerPicnicatWillamettePark

26Family Camp

27Family Camp

28Family Camp10 am-StoneSoupBreakfast

29Family Camp10 am-WorshipServiceSunday5:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

30 July 15:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

26 pm-SummerPicnicatWillamettePark

3 4 510 am-StoneSoupBreakfast

610 am-Worship5 pm-AnnualAllChurchWeenieRoastattheStinson’s5:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

7 85:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper11 am-CraftFairMeeting

96 pm-SummerPicnicatWillamettePark

10 11 1210 am-StoneSoupBreakfast3:00-5:00 pm-Doerksen’sAnniversaryReception

1310 am-Worship5:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

147 pm-FinancialCabinet

155:30 pm-StoneSoupSupper

166 pm-SummerPicnicatWillamettePark

17 18 1910 am-StoneSoupBreakfast

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Our VisionThe First Christian Church of Corvallis is a diverse inclusive community providing a living witness to the compassionate Christ. From our central location in the heart of Corvallis, we seek out, develop, and support ministries to meet the human needs for physical and spiritual wholeness. On the basis of our Disciple heritage, we embrace the ecumenical movement, develop lay leadership, and promote intellectual freedom in the pursuit of truth. All are welcome to participate. Inclusivity is one of our most important values.