Servants in Worship The Bridge Newsletter • October 26, 2014

The Bridge Newsletter • October 26, 2014
Servants in Worship
Announcer ..............................................................................Tom Street
Greeters............................................................................Koinonia Class
Acolyte(s) .....................................................................Rebekah Haymes
Red Book Pickup ...................................Sally D. Hunt / Dreema Adkins
Deacons Coordinator .....................................................Susan Haymes
Ushers & Servers............................Dreema Adkins, Peggy Brannen,
Debby Demos, Kathie Fulgham
Other Servers..................Bob Gary, Adam Hipp, Gayle Mingledorff,
Kent Smithson, Lisa Wilkes
Elders at the Table
East #1 (Prayer for Bread) .........................................Dan Summerlin
East #2 (Table) ................................................................Lorraine Hipp
West #1 (Prayer for Cup) ....................................................Rona Gary
West #2 (Table) .............................................................Gail Holcombe
Elders On Call ...........................................Dan Summerlin / Rona Gary
Scripture.....................(I Thessalonians 2:9-13) ...............Ardian Totten
Message.....”The Stewardship of the “Working Word”.....Pastor Mark
The Week Ahead
Sunday, October 26
9:45 am
10:35 am
10:45 am
12:00 pm
12:15 pm
Sunday School Classes
Elders’ Prayer Circle; Meditation Chapel
Morning Worship; Sanctuary
Fellowship; Parlor
Cottage Meeting #3 and Lunch, Fellowship Hall
7:30 pm
NA Monday Group; Fellowship Hall
7:00 pm
NA Tuesday Group; Fellowship Hall
6:00 pm
Choir practice
7:00 am
Men’s Study Group; Bluegrass Grill
7:30 pm
NA Friday Group; Fellowship Hall
Monday, October 27
Tuesday, October 28
Wednesday, October 29
Thursday, October 30
Friday, October 31
Saturday, November 1
No activities scheduled
Sunday, November 2
9:45 am
10:35 am
10:45 am
12:00 pm
Sunday School Classes
Elders’ Prayer Circle; Meditation Chapel
Morning Worship; Sanctuary
Fellowship; Parlor
6th annual “Box City Camp Out to Stamp Out
Family Homelessness” on Saturday, Nov. 1, at
6pm through Sunday, Nov. 2 at 7am at the Lookouts' AT&T Field.
Contact Dan Summerlin for details.
Cottage
Meeting
Update
Sunday’s
Cottage
Meeting on
Oct. 19 had
approximately 65 in attendance, an excellent
crowd. The table
groups met in various downstairs
rooms, then reconvened in the fellowship hall to overhear
the results of the
groups and close.
The Kemp Class
provided a classy
chili luncheon…
THANKS! Be sure to
mark your calendar
for next week’s final
session as we seek
to dream into God’s
future for FCC.
Greg & Diane Givens & Family; Sandra
Riddle (friend of Chuck Martin); Jake
Summerlin; Scrappy Moore; Jo
Bevilaqua; Kyle Cutsinger; Doug
Beuoy (Brannens’ son-in-law); Liz
Love; JoJo Wise; Luther Whitaker;
David Blackburn; Doris Aldrich; Ashley
Hawkins (Sally D’s niece); Jim Northcut; Harrison Gill; John Black (Barbara
Voss’s Brother); Melvin Smith; Mary
Barker; Bob Lewis; Bettye Gerow;
Martha Coffey (Debby & Judy’s aunt);
Joel Westbrook; Sharon Narey; Bill
Allen; Tim Suits; Judy Kirby (Larry &
Barbara’s sister-in-law); Erick Griggs;
Bill Hobbs; Leona BonDurant (Carl’s
Grandmother); Don Baldwin; Paul
Shoun; Oscar Hurley; Edwin Bramlett
(Bill Allen’s friend); Lauren Niemeyer
(Barbara Voss’ sister)
Church
church@firstchristian-chat.com
Pastor Mark
mark@firstchristian-chat.com
Jonathan Hyde
[email protected]
Gail Rich
gailrich@epbfi.com
Chuck Martin
chuck@firstchristian-chat.com
Beth Harris
beth@firstchristian-chat.com
BRIDGE Deadline
Monday, NOON
Website
www.firstchristian-chat.com
Facebook
www.facebook.com/FCC.Chattanooga
26 Cheryl Bingham, Joshua
Hamilton
31 Alan Voss, Ray Rowe, Bea Lyons
November:
1 Kristi Turner
2 Missy McKenna
3 Barbara Voss
4 Scrappy Moore
5 Carol Sharpe
6 Debby Demos
7 Billy Jo Mahaffey, Natalie Shipley
10 Sam Edmondson
11 Diane Givens
13 Carl Beattie, Lorraine Hipp,
Hillary Allen
Mark’s Musings
This week’s note comes as a pastoral
concern. Over the past weeks the media
has supersaturated us with news about
the Ebola epidemic of western Africa. It
is, at the very least, a terrible tragedy. It
is worth noting that Nigeria has, as of today, been labelled Ebola-free. The spectacular nature of reporting
this outbreak has pushed some to fearful hysterics and
with it, a kind isolationism that reminds me of the
AIDS/HIV of the 1980s.
As people of a reasoned and compassionate faith, we
need to witness to the kind of love and justice extended
by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are all part of
one human family. When one suffers, regardless of
who it is or where they live, we all suffer. Jesus, to my
knowledge, did not avoid those with leprosy. To the contrary, he touched and healed them.
May we exercise that kind of courage and faith that Jesus
offered his world:
• Let us pray for those afflicted with this terrible disease (and their families).
• Let us pray for those nations who fight Ebola and other
diseases, often the poorest of developing nations.
• Let us support all efforts to send medical supplies,
personnel, and funds to combat Ebola at the source
of outbreaks.
• Let us pray for those who minister to Ebola patients
(and their families).
• Let us speak a reasoned truth about the disease: it
is not about God’s judgment nor is it conspiratorial
in nature.
• Let us live, speak, and act as a people of confidence,
not fear.
• Let us give freely through Week of Compassion to minister to the needs of Ebola patients and their families.
• Finally, we will faithfully witness to our connection
with others. We are in this together!
May it be so, Pastor Mark
Operation Christmas Child NEW date: Nov. 16
We will pack shoe boxes of toys, hygiene
items, and school supplies as a way to
introduce God’s love to children living in
desperate conditions. Please help us to
share God’s love with these Children.
You can participate by shopping for shoe box items. We
need small cars, balls, ivory soap, pencils, sewing kits,
material, thread, colored pencils or other boys toys.
If you don't like to shop, that's fine. We will gladly shop for
you. To pay for a complete box, including shipping is $20
to $25. Or We gladly accept any amount you would like to
give, large or small, cash or checks made out to FCC.
Contact: Kyle Cutsinger at 892-1079 [email protected] OR Bea Lyons [email protected]
JOIN Gail, this Thursday, Oct. 23, at SCWN,
Scenic City Women's
Network, 12-1pm, Mountain City Club on Chestnut for the
monthly luncheon. Cindy Sexton from Channel 3 Eyewitness News, will be speaking on "Intentional Joy." Cost is
$20 or $15 nonprofit. [email protected].
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
Community Kitchen: 727 E. 11th St
1st & 3rd Fridays of every month. 9:00 to
11:45am Rona Gary: [email protected]
Betty Woomer, Lorraine Hipp, Rona Gary, Ardian Totten,
Barry Matlock and Don Baldwin (who was downstairs!)
volunteered at the Community Kitchen recently.
Habitat for Humanity
2nd Saturday of every month. 8:30am.
Larry Kirby: kirbychat@epbfi.com
Room In The Inn Meals
Volunteer to serve a meal on the 5th
Sunday of any applicable month.
Shannon Beattie: 423-883-9083 or
[email protected]
Family Promise of Chattanooga
Help us host families for a week, several
times each year. Julia Martin:
[email protected])
Chattanooga Area Food Bank
1st Wednesday of each month
Gail Rich: gailrich@epbfi.com
A strong harvest...
Seeds of strength are planted in the soils of weakness.
Your most uplifting strength tomorrow may grow from
your most debilitating weakness today. —V. Gilbert Beers