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March 2016 Tyro Christian Church

Ways to get involved at

Tyro Christian Church

JOY Group – for everyone 55 and older

Serve as Greeters, Hosts/Hostesses, Parking Attendants, Ushers, Information Booth

Serve in the Nursery/Preschool Area

Children's Ministry – 1st-6th Grade – teachers, check-in workers

Teen Ministry – sponsors, furnish food

Bread Ministry – bring a fresh baked loaf of bread and put in the New Kitchen freezer

Help fold the Newsletter every month

Furnish food for funeral dinners

Decorating Committee

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)

ROCKS (Vacation Bible School)

Blanket Blessings

Video Camera Operators

CD Ministry

Choir

If you would like more information or have questions about a few of the ways to get

involved at TCC please call us at 620-289-4433 or e-mail us at gems@tyrochristian.org

Tyro Christian Church

P.O. Box 307, Tyro, KS 67364 Phone: 620-289-4433, 4415

Fax: 620-289-4459, e-mail: GEMS@tyrochristian.org

Website: www.tyrochristian.org

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March 2016 Calendar

1 *Ladies Bible Study in New Kitchen – 9:30 am

2 1st-6th Grade – Hide Them in Your Heart Special Event – Gym – 6:00 pm

*XLR8 – 7th-12th Grade – Teen Building – 6:45 pm *Home Groups Meeting – 7:00 pm

3 *Men's Bible Study – Caney Bank Hospitality Room – 6:30 am

MOPS – Teen Building – 9:00 am

5 JOY Group to Yoder – Leave TCC – 8:00 am

6 College Age Meal – Teen Building – 12:30 pm

Master’s Men – Lon’s Room – 5:00 pm

7 Spiritual Board – New Kitchen – 7:00 pm

*Celebrate Recovery Group Meeting – Teen Building – 7:00 pm

9 JOY Group – Noon Luncheon

*1st-6th Grade – M&M Kids – Faith Factory – 7:00 pm

11 Blanket Blessings – New Kitchen – 9:00 am

12 Time Change 13 Winter Jam – 7th-12th Grade – Leave TCC – 12:30 pm

18 Laser Tag – 7th-12th Grade – Leave TCC – 9:00 am

21 Elders Meeting – New Kitchen - 7:00 pm

26 Easter Service – 6:00 pm

27 Easter Service – 8:30 am & 11:00 am – Sunday School – 10:00 am

31 All Church Calling – New Kitchen 6:15 pm

*Indicates meets weekly unless otherwise notified!

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Angels rejoice! Baptisms: Mason Moody February 1, 2016

Haley Cowan February 3, 2016

Coleston Hinshaw February 3, 2016

Kamdyn Segundo February 7, 2016

Myra Denny February 14, 2016

Allyson Wade February 14, 2016

Membership: Debra Hill February 14, 2016

Our love and prayers to… John Smart and family in the death of

his brother Charles Smart on February

7th, 2016.

JOY Group

Luncheon JOY Group will meet for their

noon luncheon Wednesday, March 9th in Lon’s Room. Bring a covered dish and/or dessert and

come join us. Be sure and bring a friend! JOY

Group is for everyone 55 and older.

JOY Group Trip Joy Group will be going to Yoder, Kansas on

Saturday, March 5th to the Parade of Quilts. They

will leave TCC at 8:00 am and return early that

evening. Lunch will be enjoyed at Carriage House

Restaurant. Call the church office at 620-289-4433 if you would like to go.

Nursery News Courtney and Megan Abbott are

thrilled to announce the birth of their

daughter Millie Rose. Millie was born

on February 13th, 2016. She weighed 7 pounds 10

ounces and was 21 inches long.

Calling March 31st will be our calling night. We’ll meet in

the New Kitchen at 6:15 pm. If you would be

interested in calling or have questions please see

Dave.

Easter Services We will have Easter Services on

Saturday, March 26th at 6:00 pm;

Sunday March 27th at 8:30 am and

Sunday, March 27th at 11:00 am.

Sunday School will be at 10:00 am. Please sign up at the Hostess Table to help with

various jobs for Saturday, March 26th. We will not

be having services on Sunday night, March 27th.

5K Run

The Tyro Christian School is

planning their annual 5K /

1mile run/walk/bike. The run

will be April 30th at Pfister Park

in Coffeyville. The cost of the 5K run is $25 if

registered by April 27th and $30 thereafter.

Everyone is encouraged to register and bike, walk or

run the mile or 5K. The 5K course will be certified and we will use

electronic chip timing. Everyone who registers by

April 11th will receive a t-shirt. After the race there

will be a drawing for a Kindle Fire and several other

prizes. Runners will be divided into seven different

age categories. First-third place finishers will receive

medals in each age/sex category. You can register for the 5K/1mile run/walk/bike on

line at www.tyrochristianschool.org or call the school

office at 620-289-4450 for a registration form. Race day registration begins at 7:30 am and the race will

begin at 8:30 am.

Blanket

Blessings Blanket Blessings will meet

Friday, March 11th at 9:00 am

in the New Kitchen. For more information or

questions see Maureen Wassom or Phyllis Griffith.

Master’s Men For you men who were unable to be at the first

meeting of Master’s Men there is still an opportunity

to join the group. Our next meeting will be March 6th

at 5:00 pm in Lon’s Room. In order to be prepared

for that meeting I need you to get a CD from me that will explain what your responsibilities in the group

will be.

ROCKS 2016 – The Lord’s

Army - June 13th-16th Thank you for your continued faithful donations and

service to ROCKS at TCC. The ROCKS directors

have visited the Sunday school classes to once again

ask for the church's assistance with funding for ROCKS. If you do not attend a Sunday school class

and you wish to contribute, you may contact the

church office, one of the directors, or mark your

contribution to ROCKS in the offering.

The ROCKS directors will be spending March, April

and May with the M&M kids on Wednesday nights

as we get all the preparations made for the week of

ROCKS. We are excited to have the 1st-6th grade

Ministry Minded children assist us with some of the

tasks that are needing to be done prior to the week of ROCKS. But of course, we have some fun activities

planned as well! On March 9th,your child will be

asked their shirt size for a tie dyed project.

Please do all you can to be here on Sunday, April 24th

for our Commitment Sunday! Be praying about

where God can use you on June 13-16 at TCC. Team

leaders and team helpers this is when we need your

shirt size on the Commitment Sunday form so that

our team shirt orders can arrive on time.

*New this year, all Junior and Senior High aged volunteers must attend a ROCKS Worker Orientation

workshop.

Please remember all of the ROCKS plans, directors,

and activities in your prayers!

ROCKS Crafts still needs... 300 (12 oz. -14 oz.) - Soup Cans or Frosting

Containers

300 rolls of patterned Duct Tape (this can be found

at the Dollar Store for $1.00 each)

400 Stickers

48 large containers of Crisco

29 large boxes or bags of Cheerios

Narrow Ribbon

Kids JAM Choir Don’t miss Sunday morning March 20th as our Kids

JAM Choir leads us in the music for both services.

Spiritual Board Spiritual Board will meet Monday, March 7th at 7:00

pm in the New Kitchen. This is for all Elders,

Deacons and staff.

Tyro Community

Christian School Now is the time to start

thinking about Christian

education for your child.

Tyro Community Christian School will be pre-enrolling for the 2016-2017 school year April 18–

May 2. TCCS is a non-denominational Christian school

which serves preschool – 12th grade students. The

school is accredited by the Association of Christian

Schools International (ACSI) and is in its 30th year of

operation. Financial assistance is available upon

application. Transportation is available from area

communities. Students study traditional school subjects as well as

Bible and Christian living. Students also take part in

a weekly student led chapel service. Extra-curricular

activities include: soccer, basketball, track,

volleyball, academic competition, mission trips,

community service projects and other activities. Please call the school office at 620-289-4450 to make

an appointment for Kindergarten screening. For more information: 620-289-4450 or

email tyrochristianschool@gmail.com, or visit this web site www.tyrochristianschool.org

College Addresses If you or someone in your family is away at college

this semester and you have not turned in their address

to the office please do so as soon as possible. Call

the church office at 620-289-4433 or you can e-mail

it to us at: gems@tyrochristian.org If you do not

turn in your family member's address they will not

get a care package card around finals time.

College Care

Cards It is now time to start

preparing to send out our

College Care Cards at the end

of the semester. If you would like to help out, please

bring $5 Walmart gift cards and they can be given to

Adam Green. OR if you would like to give towards

the Care Cards online, feel free to do so at the following link (just be sure to write "cards" or "Care

cards" in the "note to seller"):

https://squareup.com/market/tyro-college-age-

tcc/donation

Children’s Church

sermons for March

Moses: “Ordinary Hero”

March 6th “We’re all in this together”

March 13th “Road Rage”

March 20th Family Sunday – Everyone in the

Auditorium

March 27th “The Resurrection”

Sunday Nights March 6th Children’s Choir

March 13th Children’s Choir

March 20th Children’s Choir Fun Night

March 27th No Service

Kids JAM Choir Don’t miss Sunday morning March 20th as our Kids JAM Choir leads us in the music for both services.

Bible Basketball Camp

July 11th-14th 6-9 year olds 9:00 am – 11:30 am 10-13 year olds 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Registration will be limited to 60 campers

per session, so register early as the camp will fill up

fast! This year cost $20.00 only on April 17th! Must

be turned in on Camp Registration Day to get the

discount. After Camp Registration Day the cost is

$25.00 camp fee plus $10 for camp t-shirt. It will be

opened to everyone on April 18th! If you would like

to help with this camp see Jeff Davis or Emily

Washburn.

M&M’s –

Ministry

Minded

Children M&M’s will be starting on March 9th! We will need

your child’s t-shirt size on that night to order our tie

dyed t-shirts for the Wednesday night 1st-6th graders!

We will be doing projects with the ROCKS directors

to help prepare for our week of ROCKS. We still

need adults to help with M&M’s from March 9th until

the end of May! See Jeff if you are interested in

helping.

Camp Registration Day

April 17th Free Cyokamo t-shirt - Only on April 17

th!

Summer Camps at Camp Cyokamo: 1

st Grade - June 24th – Leave at 8:30 am

return 7:30 pm

2nd

-3rd

Grade – June 29th-July 1st – Leave at 12:30

pm return Friday 11:15-11:30 am

4th

-6th

Grade – June 26th-29th – Leave after second

service – return by 11:15-11:30 am on

Wednesday

This year’s theme at Cyokamo is “Walk.” We will need adults to help with camps at Cyokamo, you will

need to fill out a workers form to be able to go and

work.

Please remember the church missions pays ½ for

members and regular attenders. If your child can’t go

to Camp Cyokamo (1st-6th Grade) because of finances

please talk to Jeff.

Hide Them in Your Heart

Closing Program The Hide Them in Your Heart program will be

closing with a Special Event on March 2nd from 6:00-

8:10 pm here at the church. Thank you to all the

people who have volunteered or given money to

make this a Special Event for all 1st-6th Graders and

their friends.

We want to welcome the 1st-6

th graders, their parents

and friends to come and eat supper in the old gym from 6:00-6:30 pm. Workers are also welcome to

come and eat at 6:00 pm in the gym. Starting at 6:30

pm the events will start in the foyer, main auditorium

and upstairs. Please remember to keep food and

drinks in the gym downstairs on the tile and upstairs

on the tile area by the Faith Factory Kitchen. There

will be a map of the booths, blow ups, funnel cakes,

snow cones, etc the night of March 2nd!

1st-6th Grade Birthday's 6 Andrea Fitzsimmons 15 Tyler Cunningham

7 Nathaniel Lumley 17 Kaitlyn Latta

8 Emma Mecom 22 Gracie Eden

8 Baylor Thornton 23 Ashtyn Walls

9 Trinity Kuehn 24 Jacob Tucker

9 Katelynn Thompson 31 Mahkenzie Mecom

10 Isabella Hudson

Stewardship

Corner As 2016 moves along at a rapid

pace, it is not too late to be

thinking about your financial

health. If you haven't done a

review of your financial

situation from last year, now is

a great time to do that. As you

are getting your income tax documents ready, it is a

perfect time to review. There are some questions you

might want to address as you are reviewing your

finances.

1. How much debt am I taking into the new year? Add up what you have left on your student loans, any

outstanding debt on credit cards, what you have left

on your vehicle loans. Anything that is not a monthly

bill is considered debt. Take a good long look at this

number. Make this number a priority of your action

plan this year.

2. How much did I save last year? Take a look at your savings account to evaluate what is there. If you automate deposits into your savings

account that is great, if not, this would be a great time

to start. Could you have saved more? Did you plan to

have more? What stopped you from meeting your

goal? If you didn't have goals set for saving, now

would be a great time to do that. If you didn't have a

savings account, start one.

3. What do I want to save for this year? How will I

get that accomplished? Now is the time to set some financial goals. How much of my debt do I want to eliminate this year?

How much do I want to save this year, beyond my

emergency fund? If you don't have a plan in place for

these items, now is a great time to make a plan. They

may include making lifestyle changes or automating

this process.

4. Did I stick with my budget? If not, why not? Maybe you blew your budget from last year. Maybe

your goals were unrealistic. Maybe you didn't have a

budget at all. Now is a great time to get started.

5. How will I budget this year? Once you review last year’s plan, look to see where

you need to adjust. Maybe you will want to move

from pen and paper to an app or vice versa. Maybe

you are newly wed and need to combine your

incomes. Set some goals as to what you need to do, to

be a better steward.

Stewardship Corner (continued)

6. What are some poor money habits I need to get

rid of? Look at areas in your daily, weekly and

monthly lives. Is there something you need to

change? Are there places you can save or stretch your

dollar? If you are living beyond your means, where

can you rein it in? Instead of eating your lunch out, make it at home. Instead of buying new clothes, buy

used. Instead of stopping on the way to or from work

to get that coffee, tea or soft drink, bring it from

home.

These are just a few areas to take a look at, moving

on, in this new year. None of these ideas will work

for you, unless you take action. Remember, this is the

first day of the rest of your life. If there is a change to

be made, let it begin with you. I would love to help

you begin your journey. Call Ron Winsor at 620-464-

0118 or email at stewardship @tyrochristian.org for more information on how to begin your journey.

Plant SWAP On April 16th, our church will be

hosting an area plant swap in the

gym for all gardeners.

(Independence, Coffeyville,

Caney, Tyro, Bartlesville area).

Categories will include: perennials, annuals, house

plants, ground covers, bulbs, ornamental grasses,

herbs, vegetables, trees and shrubs. Each person will

be required to bring seven items to swap.

Gardeners, we hope you will mark this date on your calendars.

Contacts – Kathy Bycroft – 620-515-3635

Connie Hazen – 713-805-1109

Dianne Schabel – 620-289-4177 Dee Roper – 620-879-2903

MOPS (Mothers of

Preschoolers) will meet

Thursday, March 3rd at 9:00 am

in the Faith Factory.

Blue and Gold Tyro Christian School PTF is selling Blue and Gold February 29th-March 22nd. Please contact the school

at 620-289-4450 or Annette Chism at 620-331-9605

to order or for more information. Delivery will be

the week of April 4th.

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Parents When you are checking in or picking

up your child in the Building Block

area (nursery/preschool), please have only one person, over the age of 14, go to pick up the child.

This will help with the security and to make sure that

we don’t have a child leave without their parent. We

have had too many adults go back to pick up one

child. We want to keep our area secure and safe for

our children. If you have company and would like to

show them this area, please wait until the area is free

of small children. Thank you for your help and

understanding in this matter.

Mark your calendars - March 13th

- Day Light Savings Time. Don’t

forget to set your clocks ahead one

hour to make it to church on time.

Easter – We will be having a Saturday evening

service (March 26th) starting at 6:00 pm. We will

NOT be having Sunday evening (March 27th) service.

If you are scheduled to work the 4th Sunday evening

in March or would be willing to help Saturday

evening, please let me know so I may plan for that

night.

March 30th

– is a 5th

Wednesday night We will wear our P.J.’s that night. I am

looking forward to seeing everyone wear

their pajama’s that night.

I want to say a special THANK

YOU to all who work in the

nursery and preschool area. Some of you have double, triple,

etc. duties it seems. It does not

go unnoticed. Parents please take the time to say

Thank you to your child’s teacher and workers in

their rooms. They volunteer to be there for your

child while you are getting fed by the message.

If you are unable to work the Sunday that you are

scheduled to work, please try to find someone to

trade Sunday’s with. There is an updated worker and

sub sheet with phone numbers located in each class

room for you to take. If you are unable to find a sub, my numbers are: Cell (620)779-2702, and Church

(620)289-4433.

Preschool

Birthday's 1 Kalen Hill 20 Christopher Winsor

3 Paisley Perkins 24 Clayton Wintjen

8 Gatlan Stewart 25 Aubrey Cosgrove 17 Hunter Owen 25 Kailey Cosgrove

19 Caroline Harp 25 Camden Hand

19 Claire Harp 25 Hayden Littleford

20 Alexis Winsor

Tyro Christian Church –

Thank you Dave and Nathan for your phone

calls and prayers. Church members we want to thank

you for the beautiful peace lily and also your prayers.

God gave us Tina for 50 wonderful years and she’s

with Him now. God Bless. John & Alberta Layton & Family

Pastor David and Ladies of Tyro Church,

Thank you so very much for your kindness

and the family meal for Calvin’s service. You were

truly a blessing for our family in our time of sorrow.

David Keene & Family

To Tyro Christian Family,

Thank you! I praise God for all your

encouragement, kindness and especially for your prayers. WeEtta and I are grateful to be a part of

such a loving group of followers. May the love and

grace of our Lord Jesus be on all of us until He

returns.

Love in Jesus, Wesley Cranor

Hi,

I am writing this letter because you have a man

and woman who are members of your church who at

Christmas time were so very kind and generous to my

family and I want to tell them how much what they

have done for us is appreciated. They have been by a few times since and the food and the gift cards have

helped me when I had nothing. I don’t know their

name but I hope that somehow that by writing this

letter they will know. I pray that our Father in

heaven blesses them. I have never had anyone be so

kind and generous. I pray that I will be able to help

someone else like that someday. From the bottom of

my heart please know that your kindness and

generosity has helped more than you know. I truly

see Jesus in you and what you have done for us. God

bless you and your family! Thank you Tyro Church. Thank you so very, very much, Julie

Winter Jam

Winter Jam in Tulsa, is on

Sunday, March 13th. It’s for all

7th-12th grade. Cost is $10 at the door. Bring money

for two meals and a gas station stop. We will be

leaving on Sunday at 12:30 pm, right after second service. There will be a lot of great bands this year.

Like David Crowder, For King and Country, Side

Walk prophet and many many more. Sign up on the

Green Table in the Teen Building.

XLR8 March 2nd is our Food Night!! We will

be having Spaghetti along with Hipster vs Redneck.

From 6:45-8:15 pm.

Laser Tag! Friday March 18th we are going to play Laser Tag!

We will leave the church at 9:00 am (sharp) and

return about 5:30 pm. It will cost $20. We will stop

for a fast food lunch and a gas station on the way

home! Sign up in the teen building!

Mission Trip Our Senior High mission trip this year will be in New

York City! We will be going to NYC June 21st-30th. It’s going to be an incredible trip with lots of

opportunities to serve others and grow in a

relationship with God. It’s for all present 9th-12th

graders. For more info about the trip please talk to

Myron Klesner.

Weekend in Kansas City Weekend in Kansas City will be on May 13th-14th, for

all 7th-12th Grade. We are going to go to Kansas City

to watch the Kansas City Royals play the Atlanta

Braves. And, also go to Worlds of Fun all day. Cost is $60.

Camp Cyokamo Camp Cyokamo is right around the corner. It’s for

7th-12th graders. Jr. High week is from June 5th-10th.

Jr. High week is for all present 6th-7th grade. Senior

High week is from June 12th through the 17th. Senior

High week is for present 8th-12th grade.

Camp Cyokamo Work Day Camp Work day will be April 9th. We are getting a crew together to do some projects and get the camp

ready for 2016 camp season. Talk to Myron if you

are interested in going!

Youth Quake Youth Quake!!! It is an awesome trip where we go to

Colorado and camp under the stars in the Rocky

Mountains. And go white water rafting and hiking

and really getting to know God more. It’s a great trip

and a lot fun! it’s for all current 8th-12th grade. Dates are July 15th-22nd.

Graduating Seniors If you have a high school or college

graduation coming up in spring 2016.

We would love to acknowledge you.

Call the church office or e-mail us at

gems@tyrochristian.org

Engage Engage will be on Wednesday, April 27th. Engage is

for 8th grade students from Caney Valley, TCCS, and

local homeschoolers are invited to come and spend a

day of school at the church. This event is to help

younger people learn valuable life skills. We are

needing male helpers that afternoon from 1:00-2:30

pm that know the basics around a car (change a tire, how to check oil, etc).

Teen Birthday's 1 Addison Simmons 15 Ruth Penner - sp

4 Rex Washburn 16 Haley Cowan

5 Tyler Cowan 20 Lex Ward

9 Ally Cunningham 20 Lani Wilson

11 Joshua Davis 23 David Hand

12 Jayd Bentley 25 Seth Robinson 12 Tuscany Griffin

Future Dates: March 13th – Winter Jam – 7th – 12th Grade

April 9th - Camp Work Day- Everyone

May 13th-14th – Weekend in Kansas City –

7th-12th Grade

May 22nd - Graduation Sunday

June 5th-10th – Jr. High Camp (for present 6th-7th grade)

June 12th-17th – Sr. High Camp

(for present 8th-12th grade)

June 21st-30th – New York Mission Trip

(for present 9th-12th grade)

July 15th-22nd – Youth Quake

(for present 8th-12

th grade)