September 16, 2016 The

OPEN

DOOR

LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH

(Disciples of Christ)

“An Open Door to a Vital Faith”

6509 Bosque Blvd. Waco, TX 76710

Phone: (254)772-3416 Fax: (254)772-9354 Email: office@lccwaco.org

Rev. Richard Roland Interim Minister

Carrie Forehand Choir Director

Brad Forehand Handbell Director

Cristina Wolfe Organist/Pianist

Pam Huffstatler Director, CDC

Brandi Goddard Administrative Assistant

OFFICE HOURS: Monday—Friday 7:30am—4:00pm

MINISTER’S HOURS Monday, Tuesday, and

Thursday 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-3:30pm

September 4 Sunday School– 29 Morning Worship–82 Offering—$3,377.47 September 11 Sunday School– 32 Morning Worship–121 Offering—$4,350.15

Lakewood Christian Church 59th Anniversary Celebration

Charter Members Recognized

Presentation of Baptismal Certificates and Bibles

Rev. Roland Preaching “We Are Disciples!”

Pot Luck Luncheon Following Worship

Fried Chicken Provided Members Bring Salads, Vegetable and Desserts

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

Operation Christmas Child The Missions Program Group will be collecting items for the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes from Sunday, Octo-ber 16th to Sunday, November 13th in the Narthex. We will be packing shoe boxes with small toys, hygiene items and school supplies for both boys and girls aged 2-4 years, 5-9 years or 10-14 years to help share the love of Jesus Christ with them through our gifts. Don’t include: war-related items: such as toy guns, knives, military figures, seeds, Chocolate or food, liquids or lotions, meds, vitamins, break-able items or aerosol items. For more information see Operation Christmas Child or con-tact Angela Carothers at angcar66@att.net or 254-845-3029. You can also follow Operation Christmas Child on Fa-cebook https://www.facebook.com/OCCshoeboxes/ for sto-ries about children who have received shoe boxes and gift suggestions.

CWF/DW CORNER

Silent Tea Update: We concluded our donations with a total of $1,760.00. Thank you ladies for all of your donations to help us finan-cially through the summer months! Prayer Group: This group will start up again on Tuesday, Sept 20, 10 a.m. in the church parlor. This group meets the third Tuesday of each month and all women are welcome to attend. We share joys and

concerns, and all information is kept in confidence. Priscilla Group: Priscilla will meet on Tuesday, Sept 27, 6:00 p.m., in the church Fellowship Hall. All women of the church are invited to this get-together. Please bring a salad to share. CWF BAKE SALE: Mark your calendars for our CWF Annual Bake Sale and Quilt Raffle, November 12, 8:00am to 1:00pm in the Fellow-ship Hall. REMEMBER , our success stems from your donation of triple (or more) recipes of cakes, pies, cookies, candy, etc. More info later. CWF Christmas Party will be December 6th, so mark your calendars. More info later

Our CWF is having a raffle for a beautiful, hand-crocheted, 60"x80" yellow diamond pattern af-ghan! It even has fringe! Raffle tickets will be available on Sunday morn-ing, Sept 18th before the Pot Luck and the winning ticket will be drawn at

DID YOU KNOW?

Thanks to Everett Alexander, Joe Ed Harrell and Charles Holley for all your hard work in keeping our church grounds so well groomed. As usual, Janice Kriegel has been caring for our beautiful garden. We are entering the fall season and I am looking forward to new and exciting projects. Don’t for-get that next Sunday, September 18, we will be having a Pot Luck Anniversary Lunch after church to kick off our Fall season. Fried Chicken will be provided and everyone else is asked to bring side dishes and deserts. Also, the Steering Board meeting has been moved to Tuesday, September 20 at 6:00pm in Fellow-ship Hall. All church members are invited and encouraged to attend this meeting. —Linda Ferguson CDC HAPPENINGS We will officially start our Food Program on 9/19/2016. Brenda and I received our training on Tues-day with the Food Program Representative. I also met with our staff, as they will be required to do some daily reporting for this program. Our current menu meets all the requirements of the Food Program, so our children will continue to have nutritious foods as well as experience a variety of other foods. The CDC will be reim-bursed for our food cost and this will financially benefit the CDC. These funds can be used to pur-chase food as well as updated materials & equipment for the CDC. —Pam Huffstatler

September 18,

2016

OPEN/CLOSE BLDG:

ELDERS: OFFERING/

LOAF:

Jim Young CUP:

Charlie Piscacek

COUNTING TEAM:

Linda Ferguson,

Al Thurston

GODLY PLAY:

Mary Timmons

September 25,

2016

OPEN/CLOSE BLDG:

ELDERS: OFFERING/

LOAF:

Sue Lowry CUP:

Terry Ermoian

COUNTING TEAM:

Gene Hall, Phil Roach

GODLY PLAY:

Mary Timmons

* Jennifer Roach visits

for Hazel Martin

* Jennifer Olson visits

Dallas Atchley, Jarod Baugh, Lawrence & Melba Bowers, Carolyn Brown, Sunny Brous, Bill Collins, Elias Cordero, Earl Delaney, Louise Dyess, Joy Flowers, Fraser Family, Brandi Goodard, Nell Harbour, Bill Jensen, Ellen Julsen, Dorothy Kendrick, Nathan Lackey, Lois Landis, Ashley Lowry, Earl Martin, Sr., Tinka Nelson, Corrin, Joey and Peii Pardaen, Pat Rash, Hazel Martin’s Brother in law Dale Harris, Dale Mautz, C.C. Sirkel, Nell Sharp, Cindy Shehorn, Corrine Thomas, Matt Tiller, Karen Waddell, Emily Wetland, Sheri Wetland, Please contact the office with your birthdays, anniver-saries, joys, or prayer requests!

Jack Harbour, Karen Ermoian, Roger Bailey, Russell Snider, Beth-any Grisham, Melba Bowers, Mon-ica Brown, Chris Garey, Ila Jean Carothers, Leslie Leaman, Reid Cromie, Michael Julsen, Brooke Collins, Kevin Collins, Jen-nifer Ol-son, Pat McFerrin, Aletha George, Ethel Biddle

Jerry & Dorothy Stephens

NEWS UPATES

LOAF Luncheon Host/Hostesses : We need someone to Host the October and De-cember luncheons. The Hostesses signed up for Nov—Hazel Martin/ Jan 2017— Daisy Moses/ Feb 2017— Alice & Jim Young. Faith WITH Works is ALIVE The Southwest Regional Assembly is Saturday and Sunday, October 29-30 at the Northway Christian Church in Dallas. The Assembly begins Saturday at 1 pm with a Mission First Con-versation and Closes with a Sunday afternoon Business Meeting and Final Words beginning at 3 pm. There will be an All Assembly Worship at North-way Christian Church on Sunday morning or attendees may worship at a church of their choice. Sympathy Kimberly Ann (Kelso) Fairbanks, a former member of our Lakewood family, died on Saturday, September 10 in Cedar Park, TX. There will be a Memorial Service for Kim-berly on Saturday, September 17 at the Hill Country Bible Church Leander, 11880 Old 2243 West, Suite 600, Leander, TX 78641. Let’s remember Andrew, her husband; her three children; her sisters Karen Ermoian and Mary; and others in her family in our thoughts and prayers. Ralph H. Post, a former member of our Lakewood family, died on Sunday, Septem-ber 11 and was preceded in death by his wife, Bess. A private family service is planned for October 21, on what would have been their 71st wedding anniversary. Please keep the family and friends in our prayers and thoughts.

Minister’s Insights and Inspiration

A huge “Thank You” to Sue Lowry and others who helped make our baptismal service on Sunday such an inspirational experience. Our special thanks to Thelma Matthews who helped get robes ready and to Central Christian Church for loaning us robes, along with the white robe and boots I wore. This coming Sunday we will present Bap-tismal Certificates and Bibles to each of these children and young people. This coming Sunday, September 18, we will also be reflecting on our history as mem-bers of the Lake-wood Christian Church and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). This will be another great Sunday to be in worship. Our church Bylaws call for at least one congregational meeting a year on the second Sunday of November to approve the budget and to elect the Steering Board Officers, Elders, Deacons, Trustees and Group Coordinators. This would be November 13 this year. The Nominating Team of five to seven members to present a slate of candidates is made up of the Moderator Elect, an Elder, a Deacon, and two to four at large mem-bers of the congregation. Phil and I are in the process of getting this Team together. Our Administrative Group is responsible for budget planning and our stewardship drive. These processes are also in the planning stage. Our budget projections are par-ticularly important for 2017 as we anticipate the search for a new Senior Minister. We need to begin now to pray for God’s guidance as the figures are put together and we consider our individual and family response to the challenge. At the appropriate time, a Ministerial Search and Call Team of four to eight persons will be chosen among whom are to be the Moderator Elect, an Elder, a Deacon and at least one member-at-large from the congregation. We need to be in prayer about this process also. Brandi is near the close of her maternity leave. She and her family will be going to South Carolina next week for the graduation of a nephew from boot camp. She will return to our office near the end of the week of September 26. There will be more lat-er about the volunteer ladies who have helped us in the office during her leave. Thank you for your commitment to God and your support of the various groups and ministries of Lake-wood. Your involvement and gifts matter and make a difference. See you Sunday in worship. Richard

FSun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 10:00 am LOAF w/music by Ralph Sparks . 5:00 pm CDC Parent’s Assoc.

2 10:00am Meals & Wheels

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4 9:30 am Sun-day School 9:30 am 1st Sun. Hospitali-ty 10:30am Sun-day Worship

5 9:00 CMF Fel-lowship 10:00am Meals & Wheels

6 7 10:00am Meals & Wheels 5:45pm Hand-bell Rehearsal 7:oo pm Choir Rehearsal

8 9:00am Quilt-ers WACO B 7:00pm Boy Scouts of America

9 10:00am Meals & Wheels 1:00pm—10 pm Quilters

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11 9:30 am Sun-day School 10:30am Sun-day Worship Bap-tismal Service

12 9:00 CMF Fel-lowship 10:00am Meals & Wheels 1:30pm No Sew

13 10:00am CWF Exec. Board

14 10:00am Meals & Wheels 5:45pm Hand-bell Rehearsal 7:oo pm Choir Rehearsal

15 6:00pm Steer-ing Board Mtg.

16 10:00am Meals & Wheels

17 8:00am Foster Parents

18 9:30 am Sun-day School 10:30am Sun-day Worship

19 9:00 CMF Fel-lowship 10:00am Meals & Wheels 5:00pm Homespun

20 10:00am Quilters 10:00am Women’s Pray-er Grp

21 10:00am Meals & Wheels 5:45pm Hand-bell Rehearsal 7:oo pm Choir Rehearsal

22 9:00am Waco B Quilters

23 10:00am Meals & Wheels

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25 9:30 am Sun-day School 9:30 am El-ders Meeting 10:30am Sun-day Worship

26 9:00 CMF Fel-lowship 10:00am Meals & Wheels

27 6:30pm Priscilla Mtg

28 10:00am Meals & Wheels 5:45pm Hand-bell Rehearsal 7:oo pm Choir Rehearsal

29 30 10:00am Meals & Wheels

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