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Sign Up for UNITE!This year, all Wednesday UNITEactivities (dinner, worship and smallgroup classes) begin Wednesday,

September 12th! Fall UNITEdates will run from Sept. 12 throughDec. 5. (No UNITE events onOctober 10, Fall break, or November 21, Thanksgiving break.)Cost for Unite:

Individual: $3.50 per person, per nightSemester: $38.50 per person/semesterFamily of 4+: $12.50 per family, per nightSemester: $150 per family/semester

Registration: Pre-registering for UNITE ensures that we havedinner ready for your family! Please register for UNITE online atwww.fccedmond.org/unite starting now - or - at the table inthe rotunda, beginning September 2.

Unite Kitchen Coordinator

Still Needed!UNITE needs one or two people to serve asKitchen Coordinators for Wednesday eveninthis fall. The Coordinator selects weekly menusfrom our wonderful UNITE dinner notebook,visit each week with our fantastic Chef Dennis

Gallop to determine quantities of food to purchase, make weeklshopping lists and email to our grocery shoppers, send out ahomebaker schedule so we have tasty desserts each week, andgive projects to weekly setup, prep, and cleanup crews.

The UNITE kitchen is a fun-filled place to build churchfriendships, and the food cant be beat! Plus youll receive somefriendly training from our outgoing kitchen coordinator, DebbyGresh! So if you, or you and a friend, are organized and lookingfor a fun place to share those skills, give Greg Bunton a call at

341-3544 to learn more.

Extravagant Generosity: One Gift TOUCHES Many HeartsDid you know that generosity is the same thing as joy?

Or that it is in our genetic code from God to be givers?

On September 16, well kick off our annual stewardship campaign Extravagant Generosity One GiftTouches Many Hearts. The day will start with a wonderful opportunity to share in a common SundaySchool led by guest minister Rev. Bruce Barkhauer, Minister for Faith and Giving for Christian Church(Disciples of Christ). He will lead a special class for 4th grade through adults and help us realize that wehave generosity in our very DNA! Then, in a unified worship service at 10:45, well see and hear stories

of lives touched through our generosity through our Annual Ministry Report, and gather afterwards atnoon for our annual Gratitude Lunch in the Fellowship Hall.

Make your reservations for the Gratitude Lunch by signing up at the table in the Rotunda starting Sunday, August 26 - or- online at www.fccedmond.org/gratitude - the lunch is free, and a thank you for all you do! Sign up sheets will also becirculated in your Sunday School classes. Mark your calendars for September 16 and join your church family to celebrate and bethankful. See how your Extravagant Generosity is already touching so many! Next week we will share more details about somespecial classes, a workshop and prayer activities during the campaign season.

John was born in Tennessee and grew up in Indianapolis. He started piano lessons at a young age and moved to the organ inhigh school. It was his interest in the pipe organ that drew him to Indiana University, a school well known for their music programHe graduated from IU in 2004 with a BS in Organ Performance with a minor in organtechnology. While at IU, John met college sweetheart (and fellow music student) Sara andthey were married in 2003. He has served Disciples, UCC and Methodist churches in theMidwest and Oklahoma for 15 years. John is a long-time Disciple and son of a Discipleminister, so he is excited about starting at First Christian Church Edmond soon!

Mr. Riester has a full-time day job at the University of Oklahoma. He has beenPipe Organ Shop Manager for the American Organ Institute since 2007. John overseesthe scheduling of Graduate assistants and independent technicians, coordinates all organactivities in the shop, instructs students on pipe organ building techniques and methods,as well as performing and coordinating maintenance activities of the School of Musicpipe organs.

He lives in Norman, with Sara, children Joshua and Joy, a dog and a cat.Join FCC Edmond in extending a warm Welcome! to John Riester and Family!

Welcome to First Christian Church: John Riester!Our New Organist Begins on September 2!

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PARENTS: Date Change!

ChildrenWorship & Wonder

CHILD AND PARENTORIENTATION

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2Due to unforeseen circumstances,the orientation has been moved

to September 2 during the11:00 a.m. worship service.

Parents - come with your child toexperience what it is all about!

Seeking Interim Directors

of Childrens MinistryDo you LOVE kids? This is for YOU! The Personnel

Committee of First Christian Church Edmond is currently

looking for two gifted individuals to share a flexible, part-time

position (10 hours each, weekly, for a period of 6 to 8 months)

as Interim Co-Directors of Childrens Ministry. Interested

applicants should contact Greg Bunton at 341-3544, ext. 105.

Winter Family Camp:First Come! First Serve!

There areA FEW spots left for FCCsWinter Family Camp - & - the deadlinegrab up these remaining spots is Augus28! So ACT now!

Family Camp is December 30, 2012through January 4, 2013, at SnowMountain Ranch (a Y Camp in GranbyColorado). Call and reserve your familyspot now - Susan Huffer at 623-2185.

Please Join Us for a Wedding Showerhonoring

Kory Van Osdol & Samantha MizeSunday, August 26 at 2pm, Fellowship Hall

Registered at Macys, Target & Kohls

Hosted by: Donna Clark, Donna Combs, Mary Foreman, Susan

Huffer, Linda Quade, Gayle Smith & Connie Westhof

Questions call Linda Quade 341-1618.

Happy Birthday!8/26 Susan Black, Jill Keel, Robbi

Kinnaird, J.D. Metcalf

8/28 Karen Moore, Earl Rice8/29 Alex Peters8/30 Leah Danley, Carol

Hawkins8/31 Dot Hammond, Gayle Smith9/1 Kelly Beall, Kathrynn Cavanaugh

Max Speegle9/2 Olivia Agosta, Marc Pate

Prayers of the PeopleOUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN THE HOSPITAL

Jim Hays, BaptistTHOSE IN NEED OF PRAYER George Hall, Bob

Jennings, Jason Scheer (Larry & Judy Freemans son),Judy Joy, Larry Hays (Dyke Moffatts brother-in-law), Jerri Jones, Rose Marie McKee,Bart Rodr, Virginia ONiel, Cynthia David (Winnie Halls daughter), Ed Berry, Bill &Mary Lou Womble

OUR SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS To Max Stapp in the passing of his wife, DenaStapp, on August 15. Services were held on August 22 in Beaver, OK AND to Coleand Anna Lisa Stanley & Family in the passing of Anna Lisas father, HaynesPhillips, on August 17. Services were held on August 21 in TN.

CELEBRATING THE GIFT OF A NEW LIFE Vivienne Flavia Bare born August 16 to

James & Emily Bare. Grandparents are Richard & Terry Bernard.

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Nursery Worker NeededFCC Edmond seeks a part-time

nursery care worker for an upcominBible Study, every other Thursday from9:30 to 11:30 am for $9.50 per hour.There is a possibility for additional houon weekends and Wednesday eveningAn application can be found at the frondesk. If you have questions, contactJerry Black at 341-3544, ext. 109.

Please note: a background check

will be required.

CHOIR PRACTICE RESUMESThe Chancel Choir starts back up on August 29at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary. If you love to singand have fun, now is the perfect time to try itout. Questions? Contact Diane Ball at dball@

fccedmond.org or 341-3544 ex.115.

Trip to Peppers Ranchwith The Classics!On Tuesday, September 11, the Classics visit Peppers Ranch, dine together for lunchand then travel to Armstrong Auditorium for a tour. If you are interested and wouldlike more information, please call Winnie Hall at 341-4297.

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Fall 2012: Womens Connections

Bible StudyThis fall, the Connections group will studyJames: Merc

Triumphs by Beth Moore. This 8-session study is offer

at two different times:

Monday evenings at 7pm starting August 27; taugh

by Jenny Wiechmann

Thursday mornings at 9:30am starting August 30;taught by Tana Stufebean.

If you would like sign up, please see Iris Muno Jordan in the

churchofce. The books are $18. Make checks payable to

FCC and note Connections Bible Study.

BRIDGES:Chrisans Connecngwith Muslims Study

Wednesdays at 6:30 PM

Starts September 5Learn to see our Muslim

neighbors through the eyes of Jesus. Bridges, a 7-week study, focuses on the similarities

of Christianity & Islam, and to build a bridge between the two. The class will be taught b

Mona Ernst, raised a Muslim and now a Christian. Sign up at the rotunda display table.

Questions? Call Kelly VanOsdol at 341-0922 or 478-5287.

Worshipat First Christian8:15, 9 & 11am

August 26, 2012Message: Rev. Greg Bunton

Rev. Chris ShorowTheme: Prayer - Prayer of JesusScripture: Luke 5:15-16

September 2, 2012Message: Rev. Chris Shorow

Rev. Greg BuntonTheme: Prayer - The Lords PrayerScripture: Matthew 6:9-13