Wednesday, July 1st
7:00 am Men’s Bible Study
Wednesday, July 8th
7:00 am Men’s Bible Study
Friday, July 3rd
Office Closed
Sunday, July 12th
9:30 am Sunday School**
10:30 am Worship**
Saturday, July 4th
6:00 pm Annual Church Picnic
Sunday, July 5th
9:30 am Sunday School**
10:30 am Worship**
Tuesday, July 7th
9:45 am Meals on Wheels
6:00 pm Wine in the Word, at
Homemade Wines
July 2015
Tuesday, July 14th
9:45 am Meals on Wheels
6:00 pm Wine in the Word, at
Homemade Wines
Wednesday, July 15th
7:00 am Men’s Bible Study
** Nursery Provided
Extending Jesus’ hospitality to the Odessa area
Fearless Journey Update
At our congregational meeting May 31, the members of First Christian
Church decided to direct the General Board to explore relocating our
church to increase the vitality of our mission and ministry together. Eighty-seven percent approved this next step of research. Further
steps of buying or selling property will be presented to the congregation. Our Board Moderator Amy Hendrick has appointed leaders for
three task forces:
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The Launching team, led by Cal Hendrick, is researching the logistics of selling our current facilities.
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The Landing team, led by Steve Barron, is researching options for
temporary and permanent locations to house our ministry.
The Mission team, led by Penny Boss, will continue to hone our mission and ministry strategy as a community of faith so we are ready
to draw new people into relationship with Christ.
If you are interested in serving on one of these teams, please let Amy
know by emailing her at [email protected] or call her at 6382956. Every person is needed to pray and plan for God's best for FCC!
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601 N. Lee Ave
Odessa, TX 79761
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Next Fearless Steps: Save the Date: August 19 Noon-3pm
You are invited to a "Message Retreat" where the Mission team will lead
us to develop our Vision, Mission, and Values statements to share with
our community. Your insights are needed!
Coming Events
July 4th Annual
Church Picnic with
Fireworks!
“Wine and the
Word” continues on
Tuesday evenings at 6
pm
July 12th
10:30 am Frozen
Sermon Series Begins
July 19th
Board Meeting
Thank You!
First Christian Church,
Meals on Wheels is honored because you chose
us to receive the proceeds from the 60th
Spaghetti Dinner. We
want to thank all that
made this possible. We
will be purchasing food
boxes for each clients
from the Food Bank.
These boxes are $21
each and made very
good emergency food
supplies.
M. Burton
Meals on Wheels
July Birthdays
12-Maxine Cathey,
Teresa Kelly
16-Jeanene Taylor
18-Daurice Lisman
18-Skeet Glover
20-Joyce Houser
22-Oralee Cowan
27- Beth Carrell
29-Lisa Rios
30-Penny Boss
July
Anniversaries
God in Action at VBS!
6-David & Gina
Yarbrough
We served about 50 kids each day and reached over 100
8-Marthana & Keith
kids total at the Wilkerson Boys and Girls Club. Thank you
Sewell
to all of our teachers!
21-Danny & Janice
Science Lab: Mike Schlueter, Sam Weaks; Crafts: Heather
Yarbrough
Valenzuela, Lucinda Hurlbut, Reneé Earls; Games: Dawn
26-Sam & Janice Crane
Weaks, Arwen Weaks; Snacks: Sarah Grove, Earlene Smith, 27-John & Leslie Gillian
Teresa Kelly, Amy Hendrick, Molly Paddack; Storytellers:
29-Stephen & Barbie
Les and Glendya Williams; Music: Cricket Harrison; AssisHirst
tant in Every Way: Susan Barron; Director: Melissa Berg31-Bud & Penny Boss
mann
This Weaks’ Reflection
I once was told that the church is pretty
quiet in the summer. That's a good thing.
We all need time to sit in a hammock and
sip some lemonade!
But this summer our church is buzzing to
keep up with the Holy Spirit who is at work
among us. This summer we have studied
our mission: Love One Another, Make Disciples, Serve Those in Need. This summer we
are following our vision to send people
through our church to impact the community of Odessa with Christ's love, touching
10 times more lives than the number of
people who worship with us.
Can you help me name some of the ways
we are impacting the Odessa community
this summer? We have just served about
100 children, not to mention the staff, of
our neighborhood's Boys and Girls Club by
offering a Vacation Bible School at their
campus. We have served a Sunday night
family meal to all the residents of the Crisis Center. We have served dozens of our
elderly neighbors through our weekly Tuesday Meals on Wheels deliveries. We
will be blessing hundreds of passersby with
free snow cones from our front lawn at the
4th of July celebration in downtown Odessa. We are welcoming community members
at our Bible studies at Homemade Wines
and Cork and Pig Tavern. We are also blessing those beyond this community, as we
sent cards and prayers for the Emanuel
AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
Look out! And look outwardly, for God is
transforming the world through us, and
transforming us through the world who
needs us.
It is a privilege to follow the Spirit's
leading with you!
Pastor Dawn
Starting this July, we are Frozen in Summer. Our sermons and worship theme will
lift up the joy of music as we explore
themes that arise from the Oscar-winning
music of the movie FROZEN. We will reflect on the songs of the Psalms, as we
hear the music of Frozen, and as we hear
God calling us to imagine possibilities,
seek out community, let go of our gifts,
and witness the difference love can make.
July 12
Ps 150:1-6
The song "In Summer” encourages us to
imagine life’s possibilities.
July 19
Ps 92:1-5, 12-15
The song “For the First Time in Forever” demonstrates how we desire community.
July 26
Ps 28:1-6
The song “Let It Go” encourages us to
let go of what holds us back from our
potential.
July 2
Ps 84:1-7
The song "Fixer Upper” proclaims that
love can make a difference.
Elders Serving
Schedule for June 2015
Shepherding Elder Steve Cheaney
July 5th Beth Carrell
Gina Yarbrough
July 12th Gina Yarbrough
Penny Boss
July 19th Penny Boss
Steve Cheaney
July 26th Steve Cheaney
Patti Sprawls