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of First Christian Church - Port Arthur
SEEKING GOD’S WILL ~ SEARCHING GOD’S WORD ~ SHARING GOD’S LOVE
February 24, 2015
Cabinet Meeting
Board Meeting
The Cabinet will meet this
Tuesday, February 24th at
6:00 p.m. in the Bible Basics
Classroom.
The Board will meet this
Tuesday, February 24th at
7:00 p.m. in the Parlor.
All Elders, Diaconate,
and
Trustees
are
encouraged to attend. Congregation members are
encouraged to attend to voice your opinions and
concerns before the Board.
UBM Pantry Needs
Do not forget First Sunday,
March 1st to bring Dry Cereal
and Mac & Cheese for the
Food Pantry at United Board of
Missions.
Help Needed for Dinner Theater
The Act 1 Scene 1 Dinner
Theater will be presented on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Matinee for two weekends,
February 27th, 28th, March 1st
and March 6th, 7th and 8th.
Help will be needed to
prepare and serve the food and with clean-up. The
money raised by this project will be used to fund
the ministries of our church and will be designated
by the Board. Sign-up sheets will be on the
Narthex table. Please give the time you can.
Thank you, Joann
Come join us this Sunday,
March 1st as we continue the
Lenten Journey! There are six
Sundays in Lent; the last being
Palm Sunday!
"Therefore whether you eat or
drink, or whatever you do, do
all to the glory of God." (I Cor.
10:31)
I received the following story
and believe it lends us to
thought.
A customer comes to a grocery and sees a delivery
of fresh fruit. "Give me two pounds of oranges and
wrap every orange up in a separate piece of paper,
please," he asks. "And a pound of cherries, please,
and wrap up every one in a separate piece of
paper, too." Once again, the clerk does what he
asks, although frustrated with the demand. "And
what is that there?," he asks pointing out a bushel
in the corner. "Raisins," says the clerk, "but they
are not for sale!" There's nothing wrong with a
customer in a grocery store who wants to wrap
each piece of fruit. But it reminds me that
sometimes we tend to do the same thing with our
lives. We wrap up a piece of our lives and give it
to our family. We wrap up another piece of our
lives and give it to our employer. We wrap up
another piece of our lives and leave it laying on
the couch in front of the television set. And we
don't forget God! We wrap up an hour of our lives
and give it to Him on Sunday morning. God
doesn't just want the hour of our lives that we have
wrapped up and presented to Him on Sunday
morning. He wants all the pieces! Every piece of
our life is to be lived with the purpose of bringing
God the glory.
Pastor Scott
Disciples Women News
The Charity Group will meet on
Thursday, March 5th at 10:00
a.m. in the Parlor. Please read
for our next meeting Sarah and
Hagar - Genesis 16, 18:1-15,
21:1-21.
Bring your lunch to fellowship
afterwards. All women are invited!
Don't forget to save your ink
cartridges for the youth…
we can send them in as a fundraiser.
Coming Events
February 24th - Cabinet Meeting
February 24th - Board Meeting
February 27th-March 1st - Act 1 Scene 1 Dinner Theatre
March 1st - Children/Youth Groups Resume
March 5th - Disciples Women Charity Group
March 6th - 8th - Act 1 Scene 1 Dinner Theatre
March 8th - Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 10th - Worship Meeting
March 10th - Membership Meeting
March 11th - Evergreens’ Covered Dish Lunch
March 14th - Men’s Fellowship Breakfast
March 15th - Children/Youth Groups
March 15th - Sisters of Faith
March 16th-20th - Spring Break
March 17th - Cabinet Meeting
March 29th - Palm Sunday
March 29th - Easter Luncheon and Egg Hunt
Words cannot express my
appreciation to the
congregation for the support
shown the Law Enforcement
Appreciation Dinner on
Monday February 16 th.
From those who stayed on
Sunday to help cook, to those who were here to the
very end to clean up, you went above and beyond
to help make this a success. To those who gave
money, and those who provided desserts, to make
it possible to feed our guests, thank you so
much. The weather was not the best and I really
appreciate the members who braved the cold rain
to help welcome our officers and make them feel
appreciated. I have heard nothing but positive
appreciation for our efforts. The office has
received some phone calls of appreciation and I
have had some personal contacts with big thank
yous. You are an awesome group of faithful
followers of Christ, each of you is appreciated for
praying for our law enforcement officers each
day. Thank you again from the bottom of my
heart. I am thinking that 2015 was the First
Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner.
In Christ
Anna Christian
camp fIrE
By Rev. Miller
This past Sunday I was at the Chi Rho Mid-Winter Retreat at First Christian Church Texas City.
The group attended worship with FCC-TC on Sunday. Their service is formatted very close to
ours by the elements in the service. But they end with the sermon. Their Choir wears robes.
They are very laid back and very informal. Different announcements are made throughout the
service and there is much interaction within the congregation. It was great to worship with them
this past Sunday. I have their bulletin if you would like to take a look at it.
We are resuming our Children/Youth Groups this Sunday, March 1st. We will meet from 4:00
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. please note the time change from last year. Check out the article below for more
information on the activity for the day. Look forward to seeing you around the Table this Sunday!
In His Service,
Scott
Children and Youth Groups to Meet Sunday
All Children and Youth Groups will meet this Sunday, March 1st
at 4:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will be doing a craft on
Spring has sprung. Planting will be involved with individual pot
plants. This week’s groups will be lead by Alicia and Lance
Barnett. We will also have a snack. We will finish at 5:30 p.m.
Please note the new time 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Meet in the
Fellowship Hall as the Act 1 Scene 1 play will be performing in the Gym. Hope to
see you there!
Fat Tuesday
Report
Last Tuesday we
held
our
Fat
Tuesday
Pancake
Supper; thanks to
everyone who came
out to eat and
support our youth.
Fun was had by all;
plus the food was
great. No one went
home hungry. We
had about 65 people
in attendance the
weather was a little
chilly but the Gym
was warm. Thanks
to all of those that
helped
in
the
kitchen to prepare
and to clean-up, you
made the evening so
much easier. After
expenses
we
brought in $171.65
which
will
go
towards our Youth
Activities.
Patriot Corner
Patriot Corner
Protecting the Foundations
Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) was a pioneer American educator, clergyman, geographer, and father of Samuel
Morse, inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code. Jedidiah studied for the ministry at Yale and, in 1789,
accepted a call to the First Church of Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was highly alarmed by how far away the
clergy had moved from doctrinal orthodoxy and by the influence of European rationalism. In a 1799 sermon “If
the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” he said the following: Our dangers are of two kinds,
those which affect our religion, and those which affect our government. They are, however, so closely allied that
they cannot, with propriety, be separated . . . . To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil
freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. In proportion as the genuine effects of
Christianity are diminished in any nation . . . in the same proportion will the people of that nation recede from the
blessings of genuine freedom, and approximate the miseries of complete despotism . . . . It follows, that
ultimately tend to the subversion also of our political freedom and happiness. Whenever the pillars of
Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all the blessings which flow
from them, must fall with them.
Patriot Prayer
God almighty, forgive my apathy toward spiritual things. Put in my heart a new and lasting passion for You.
Patriot Promise
“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from
him” (Hosea 14:4).
Daily devotional book “In God We Still Trust” by Dr. Richard G. Lee.
Concerning Our Prayer List
We take our privilege of prayer very seriously! If you have a loved one, friend, or acquaintance that needs
prayer, we encourage you to fill out a Prayer Request Card (found in the pew pockets) and place it in the
offering plate. The name will appear on the next week’s Prayer List. These names remain on the list for 60
days and then drop off. If at the end of that time your person still needs to be on the list, we ask you to
place the name on the list again. In an effort to keep our list current, please let us know if the name can be
removed before the 60 days are up. Your prayer need is important to our Prayer Warriors.
Week of Compassion Offering Update
Because of your generosity towards this year’s Week of Compassion Special Offering
we will be sending a check for $1,358.00 to the Week of Compassion office.
Again we thank you for your generosity to this ministry!
Welcome Ethan Sawyer Kutac and Savannah Elise Kutac
Ethan was born on Friday, February 20th at 8:10 a.m. He weighed 4 lbs 3 oz
and was 17” long. Savannah was born on Friday, February 20th at 8:11 a.m.
She weighed 5 lbs 15 oz and was 19” long. Proud parents are Dennis and
Angela (Tate) Kutac. Proud grandparents are Don and Dene Tate. Proud great
-grandmother is Gerry Tate. Congratulations on your new bundles of joy!
First Christian Church
5856 Ninth Avenue
Port Arthur, TX 77642
Phone: 409-548-0305
Fax: 409-548-0333
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.fccpatx.org
9:00 a.m. - Sunday School 10:15 a.m. - Worship
Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Our Church Staff
Rev. Scott Wallace - Senior Minister
Rev. Scott Miller - Associate Minister
Rev. Sonya Barnett - Minister of Fine Arts and Worship
Rev. Joann Richards - Minister of Property and Worship Technology
Gussie Richerson - Secretary/Treasurer
Sue LeBer - Financial Secretary
Allen Green - Building Superintendent
Vicki Linthicum - Choir Director
Patsy Edmonds - MDO Director
PRAYER CONCERNS
Bob Anderson, Courtney Anistasio, Deby Antich, Barker Family, James “Chief” Baumgardner, Laurie & David Bawden,
Kennadi Bellow, Lisa Bellow, Scott Bergeron, John Bernard, Joe Borne, Bob & Angie Bowers, Terry & David Bowers, Bob
Bowling, Patty Bowling, Diane Boyd, Chandler Braquet, Chase Braquet, Daphne Braquet, Jody Cash, Mike Cole, Rick Collida,
Lois Copeland, J.D. Crabbs, Tommie Crawford, Dalton Deslatte, Andrew Dixon, Keith Duncan, Lindsey & Colton Durham
and Family, Kayla and Joel Dutton, Sharla Evans, Jean Ferdinand, Kelli Ferguson, Norma Forey, Ricky Francis, Blanche
Fussell, Keeli Gontarek, Allen Green, Hanks Family, Jesse Hearn, Linda Holbrook, John Holland, Kayla Kay, Hope Kelley,
Robbie Kelley, Mike LeBoeuf, Shareen Lee, Mary Lindley, Mattie Londow, Marcelino Lopez, Capri McCrate, Edie McGuire,
Josh Melancon, Chantelle Moore, Bess Morris, Hugh Reeder, Ron & Beth Routzon, Irene Schamber, Troy Schamber, Seaman
Family, Dick Spencer, Gary Stahlheber, Isabelle Sullivan, Yvonne Sutherlin, Gerry Tate, Gerald Thompson, Mary Thompson,
C. J. Trahan, United States of America, VanDevender Family, Kelly VanDevender, Lolly VanDevender, Michael Venegas,
Steve Verret, Betty Wallace, John Warden, Jim & Jan Weaver, Laura Willey, Rich Wilson, and Boonlert Wongsuwan
Average Monthly Need $22,885.00 ~ February Received-to-Date $19,898.95
Sunday Schedule March 1, 2015
Sermon Title: “Success In Life”
Scripture Reader: Patty Bowling (Mark 8:31-38)
Greeters: Vicki Linthicum and Mike LeBoeuf
Elders: Steve Verret and Debbie Verret
Diaconate: Team 1
Communion Preparers: Nancy Blitch, Rose Merriman,
and Margaret Blitch
Acolytes: Maddie Amburg and Rocky Whitehead
Intercessory Prayer: Sonya Barnett
Attendance Report
February 22, 2015
Sunday School - 53
Worship – 85