125 E Plane Street, Bethel OH 45106 Phone: 513.734.2232 Fax: 513.734.2233

OUR MISSION caring, connecting and changing people in a

Christ-centered community

Traditional Worship [8:00am] ABF/Sunday School [9:30am]

Contemporary Worship [9:30am & 11:00am]

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm Closed Noon-1pm

January 2018

Saturday, January 13 10am - Noon

If you call Community Christian your church family, or if you have questions

about 3C and have never taken this introduction class, then we want to invite you to be part of this 2 hour

session. This is a great time to discover who we are as a church body and how we hope to care, connect, and change people in a Christ-centered community.

Childcare available. Led by Dan Asche

Weather Policy: Because we are concerned for your safety please do not feel obligated to attend or serve at any ministry activity if you feel uncomfortable driving. Our campus will be closed whenever Bethel Tate Schools and evening

activities are cancelled due to inclement weather or a Level 2/3 snow emergency is declared for Clermont County. Weekend worship services will be held unless a Level 3 snow emergency is in effect for Clermont County.

Dan Asche [Senior Minister] 3cminister@gmail.com Kyle Dickerson [Family Life Minister] 3cfamilylife@gmail.com Mark Owen [Worship Minister] 3cworship@gmail.com Nicole Pelvit [Children’s Director] 3cchildren@gmail.com Connie Cravens [Office Manager/Ministry Coordinator] 3cconnect@gmail.com

2018 Offering Envelopes Available for pick up in the east foyer. If you

would like a set please check the box on your

Connection Card.

ELDER NOMINATION FORMS If you would like to nominate

someone for the office of elder please pick up a form in the east foyer bookrack. After

completing, place in an envelope and drop in the Connection

Counter slot by Jan 14.

As you consider, please read 1 Timothy 3:3-13 & Titus 1:5-9.

The New Year is such an exciting time! It is a time of reflection while also being filled with renewed hopes, opportunities, and goals. This New Year brings big changes for our church community as well as my family. My name is Nicole Pelvit and I am the new Children’s Director here at Community Christian Church. I want to introduce myself to all of our families with little ones in the ministry and make myself available to any questions you may have.

I have been living in Bethel for three and a half years, along with my husband, Chad, and our big blended family of eight children: Olivia (15), Zaden (11), Joshua (11), Isabella (10), Luke (9), Layne (9), Jonah (8) and Gabriella (8). I began serving in ministry in 2004 at Crossroads church in Cincinnati, where I worked in children’s ministry

for nine years, after having grown up in a Catholic home in Anderson Township. We love our church family there but have felt God calling us to worship closer to home the past few months. We were searching for a church in Bethel that would be the right fit for not only my husband and I, but our children as well. We feel we found exactly what we have been longing for with CCC! All ten of us are excited to jump into our new church community, get to know new families, and serve the Lord together.

I am especially excited to meet the volunteers and families in Kids Kove and love on your little ones! I have a desire to help children build a spiritual foundation through which they can come to know Jesus personally, grow in their relationship with Him, and impact the world in which they live for Christ. At the same time, I have a heart for connecting and building into volunteers in the ministry. I believe the first step in a successful children’s ministry is serving those that serve. By building into our amazing Kids Kove volunteers, they will be better equipped to serve and connect our children with the Lord.

I would love to talk with you and share more about my vision for Children’s

Ministries and building a solid, connected team of volunteers. Please do not

hesitate to reach out to me [3cchildren@gmail.com]. I am looking forward to

serving Christ with you this year!

9:30am & 11am: Birth-PreK : Kay Asche 9:30am K-5: Diana Cannon/Minnie Haworth 11am K-5th: Julie Shepherd/Jodi Dickerson

Age 4-5th Grade Resumes Jan 10

6:30-7:45pm Snack Included

February 2nd-3rd

[6th - 8th]

February 17th at US Bank Arena

$15 at the door

High School Small Group begins January 21st

Middle School begins January 10th

January 14th

[6th-12th]

6:30-10:30pm

Student Center

Connie Cravens

Mark Owen

Upcoming Events

We have many ministry opportunities available. Take some time to pray about where God can use you to help

people in changing, connecting and caring at Community. Contact Connie Cravens. She would love to help you

discover your piece in the 3C puzzle.

Register for events on your Connection Card. Pay at the Connection Counter or through your offering envelope. Please have correct change.

Make checks payable to 3C unless otherwise noted.

PrimeTimer's Ministry [age 50+] Contact: Mabel Gelter It is important if you sign up for any event and are unable

to make it please let Mabel know. If you didn’t sign up in time and want to attend, give her a call.

Jan 5: Pizza & A Movie [Hidden Figures] 6pm $5 at time of event.

Feb 16: LaComedia [Smoke on the Mountain] Cost: $40 by Jan 14 - 26 Tickets Available

Smoke on the Mountain tells the story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in NC Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features

two dozen rousing bluegrass songs played and sung by the Sanders Family, a traveling group making its return to

performing after a five-year hiatus. Pastor Oglethorpe, the young and enthusiastic minister of Mount Pleasant Baptist

Church, has enlisted the Sanders Family in his efforts to bring his tiny congregation into “the modern world.”

Between songs, each family member “witnesses” – telling a story about an important event in their life. Though they

try to appear perfect in the eyes of a congregation who wants to be inspired by their songs, one thing after another

goes awry and they reveal their true – and hilariously imperfect – natures. By the evening’s end, the Sanders

Family have endeared themselves to us by revealing their weaknesses and allowing us to share in their triumphs.

Mission’s Ministry

Soup Kitchen 1st & 3rd Wed Contact: Ken Day

Women’s Ministry

1st Mon: Piecemakers [quilting/fh] Resumes Feb 5 Contact: Carol Lawson

Wed: Ladies Bible Study [fh] 10am-Noon Contact: Becky Conover

Jan 2 & 16: No Strings Attached [crocheting/cp] 7pm Contact: Teri Martin/Pam Price

Jan 15: JULIETs [just us ladies eating together intentionally]

Red Lobster, 6:30pm Contact: Kim Torok

Men’s Ministry

Tues Nights: Iron Sharpens Iron [Rm 211] 7pm Come connect with other men, study God's word and put it into practical, everyday life situations.

Contact: John Fultz/Steve Guenther/Scott Wedemeyer

Jan 4: ROMEOs [retired old men eating out]

Country Inn/Mt. Orab, Meet at church 11:30am Contact: Bill Graham

Recreation Ministry

Jan 26: 3C Riders 2018 Planning [cp] 7pm We will also discuss more about our week trip to Wisconsin. Bring your ideas and something

to share to eat. Contact: Steve Miller

Leadership Ministry

Jan 7: Elder/Staff & Spouses Dinner Laszlo’s Iron Skillet, 5:30pm

Jan 19 & 20: Elder/Staff Retreat

June 23-29: Mission Trip to Memphis TN Mark your calendar now and plan to join this group next summer. More details to follow. Contact: Steve Torok

See the bulletin, newsletter and calendar at: communitychristian.cc

Community Christian Church, Bethel OH

Elsewhere in the newsletter you will find Nicole Pelvit’s first article, as well as information about our 101 Class on connecting with us here at Community, and information about our New Year’s Eve Pancake morning.

Nicole & her husband Chad have worshipped with us the past couple of Sundays and Christmas Eve as well. We are happy to announce that Nicole will officially begin as Children’s Director this next week on January 2. For 9 years she worked as a Childcare Leader at Crossroads in Cincinnati. Her references spoke of two things about her ministry; One was her organizational skills and secondly was her love and involvement with her

staff and children. She and Chad have lived in Bethel for 3 1/2 years along with their blended family of 8 children. I know many of our parents, grandparents, children’s volunteers, and others of you who pray for our kids will be anxious to welcome their family to Community.

Transitions are always difficult, however one of the hardest things, especially for Nicole and Chad, will be names. We have 10 names and faces to learn, but she and Chad have a few hundred to get to know. So be helpful to them and for a few weeks introduce yourself when you speak with them.

Children’s ministry (K-5th grade) will be in the auditorium for our 5th Sunday worship time this weekend. Then, on January 7, will be in regular places at 9:30am & 11:00am.

Our Community 101 class will be offered on January 13 in the Connecting Place starting at 10am. We will wrap up at noon. We do ask those who wish to attend the group to let us know so we might provide sufficient child care for those who need that service and have enough food for all who attend. This is a chance to connect with others who are new to the church family and, like you, are wondering how to plug in to meet others, how to serve others, and what the church teaches or believes about salvation. We hope you can join us and meet some new friends. As always, you do not have to be a recent guest to attend this one time group.

For all the Christmas goodies, gifts, cards, and expressions of love you sent to the Asche home this Christmas season, thanks. dan & kay

Dan Asche

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Check out our 3C Ministry Catalog on our website [located

at the bottom of the ministries page]. If you do not have access to a computer, pick up a copy from our bookrack in the east

foyer. Take the next step and discover a place to serve.

Important 3C Dates

Use Givelify to conveniently give and track church giving from your

Smartphone or through our website. Contact: Carol Lawson

1: Office Closed 3 & 17: Soup Kitchen

4: ROMEOs [Country Inn/Mt Orab] Leave 11:30am/east lot 5: PrimeTimers [50+] [Pizza & Movie] 6pm 7: Elder/Staff & Spouse Dinner [Laszlo’s Iron Skillet] 5:30pm 13: Community 101 [Rm 209] 10am-Noon 14: Prayer Warriors [Rm 209] 5pm 15: JULIETs [Red Lobster] 6:30pm 18: Finance Team [Rm 209] 7:05pm 19-20: Elder/Staff Retreat

22: Elders [Rm 209] 7pm 26: 3C Riders 2018 Planning [cp] 7pm

If you were unable to participate in our Victory Sunday

there are Intention Cards in the east foyer book rack.

Just fill out the card and drop it in the Connection

Counter slot. Give through your offering envelope

[check “other” and write DIG - no need to write two separate

checks] or Givelify.

Christmas Giving Tree Thank you to everyone who

participated in this year’s Christmas Giving Tree. You made many children

happy. May you have a blessed new year!