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Senior Minister
Walter McCaslin
Associate Minister– Youth
Todd Sorgea
Associate Minister– Music
Grant Tracey
Children’s Ministry
Coordinator
Michelle Decker
Secretary
Ina Sweetin
Elders
Doug Sweetin &
Rich Harrison
Treasurer
Paula Klekamp
Trustees
Keith Pontow
Shelly Billingsley
Matt Maberry
Laura Gill
Sunday School 9:00a
Sunday Service 10:30a
Office Hours
9:00a-3:00p
Monday-Friday
Contents 1 General Information
2 Elders Corner
3 Monthly Meetings & Events
4 Weekly Meetings
5 Youth Information
6 Ministry Reminders
Vision Statement: ….to be a group of dedicated, growing, Christ-like disciples
influencing our community.
Newsletter July 2018
Married or Single, the biblical
based finance class that will
change your life!
Wednesdays 6:30-7:30,Sign
up at the Connection Corner.
Teaches getting out of debt,
savings, investments & much
more.
Starting
Sept . 19th
Prayer Concerns
Our Troops Josh Jackson
Our Church Church Leadership Church Finances Our College Students Our Missions Benevolence Church Projects
Health Carl & Pauline Bond Pam Tite Barb Tinman Barb Aldrich Bill & Margaret Seaton Carol & Howard Heffner Lupe Covey Mary Beth Minton Ken Owens Laura Barber Katherine Tope
Grief Pfister Family Corrina Jones Family Ferguson & Billups Family Runyan/Pinney Family Cheryl Way & Clark Family
Praises- Baptisms Josiah Silkwood - 1/31/2018 Taylor Honnen- 2/4/2018 Aidan Sweetin- 4/1/2018 Kenny Kirk– 5/27/2018(Chelsea Tracey’s Grandpa)
Debt Reduction Update
Previous Balance 04/20/18 = $276,489.20
Principle Balance 05/30/18 = $274,562.91
***NOTE the loan balance has been renegotiated at a new lower rate of 4.5% through Carrollton Bank with no closing costs, and has a 10 year amortization with a 5 year balloon payment.
Prayer Needs • Our country and it's leaders
• Our Men's Ministry development
• Our Leadership:
- for wisdom and discernment
- for making decisions on needs of the congregation
FCCWR Bylaw Update
The leadership has finalized the revision of the by-laws, copies are available at both entrances, for everyone to review & ask questions. There will be a Congregational Meeting July 29th to vote, following the Sunday morning Worship Service.
Security Measures
The new security doors have been installed downstairs in the Edu-cational Wing. Please note that the men’s restroom that was in the hall-way is now a unisex restroom for the children during Sunday School and Worship service.
We are currently looking into other ways that we can increase the security of the church building (and attendees) whenever there is any kind of event. We will update everyone once plans are finalized.
Mission Trip to Portugal
Dan & Robin Been would like to have a Mission Team from our con-gregation visit them. During the Mission’s meeting in May we found out the majority of people could not go until sometime in 2019. If you are interested in the 2019 trip please contact Rich Harrison at [email protected] or 618-806-3133.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the elders,
Rich Harrison
Important Dates for June:
7/4 - Church office will be closed
7/9 - Jr High CIY Mix 6th-8th grade– Marion IN. July 9th-12th
7/17 - Leadership Meeting 7pm. All are welcome
7/22 - Bond Christian Camp, 6th–8th grades, July 22nd-27th
7/22 - Let’s Do Lunch 12:30pm Eagles Nest, Bethalto
Weekly Meetings & Classes
Wednesday Crafty Ladies- 9 am TOPS- 9 am– will not meet 7/4 Refinery (Jr. & Sr. High Small Groups) 6:30 PM Girl’s @ Sorgea’s (733 Longfellow, WR) Guy’s @ Church (Youth room)
Thursday Worship Practice 6:30 pm
May 11th Beginning Balance
$276,489.92
Minus payments (last 30 days)
$2965.56
Plus interest (last 30 days)
$583.68
June 8th New balance
$274,562.91
Building Fund
Debt Reduction
Every 3rd Saturday of the Month
Next Meeting:
Saturday, *Resumes August 18th*
10am-1pm
Contact: Tracey Sorgea (618) 660-6055
Stacey Spangler (618) 791-1148
Camp registration opened 3/1/18,
Several weeks are FULL already.. . Please register now!
for more info & sign up on line go to -gotobondcamp.com
Weeks where our members will be working:
Jr. High 2 the week of July 22-27, for 6th–8th grade students-
Todd Sorgea and Grant Tracey will be the deans of that week
Let’s Do LunchSunday July 22nd
Eagle’s Nest -Bethalto 12:30 pm
Donation Requests
for the month of July
Community Hope Center - Canned Pasta Meals
Lewis & Clark Elementary - Box Tops for Education
Lois Diamond’s
3113 Wash Ave Apt 523 - Alton
Thursdays 6:30pm
*Will resume in Sept.
The Bratten’s
470 Hamilton Ave -Wood River
Sundays 6:30pm-
*Will resume in Sept.
Women’s Group
Joann Tracey
Tuesdays 6:30pm
*Will resume in September
Class Teachers Room #
1st Samuel Carol McCaslinWill Jenkin
Quilting Room
Our Great Exchange
Todd SorgeaJohn Wonders
Room 205
The Gospels Doug SweetinSteve McDonough
Room 207
2019 Portugal Mission Trip Update– There will another meeting planned for a later date. These are the answers from the Beens regarding the questions that came up at our first meeting. 1) In 2019 we don’t have anything marked in concrete, so you can pick and propose the date. Temperature / weather wise I would suggest not earlier than late March (prior will be cold and rainy which could hinder prayer walking) but that’s up to you guys. April - July is great. As men-tioned even with reference to this year avoid August and even the 1st couple weeks of Septem-ber. The latter half of Sept - early November is fine. Latter part of November and December will be cold and possibly rainy but that’s up to you. 2) No vaccines needed. 3) Yes, only a passport is needed. As Americans you will automatically receive a visitor’s visa for the European union upon arrival - no need to do anything prior to arrival. 4) With relation to “work” projects. . . . . that’s a bit difficult to answer so far out - especially before knowing, more specifically, when a group would be coming. As a general rule, we wouldn’t “advertise” for a mission trip to include work projects. With that said however, hopefully by next year our host church will have found a new space. Depending on when we find that, what we find, there very well could be some projects asso-ciated with that. There could be potential within or around the space in São Marcos. I’m sure we could find a project around our house (and/or possibly a teammate’s house) but again, all that could be better determined closer to time, once we know when you’d be coming. With that being said, please look over your possible 2019 plans and see “when” would be best for you and let me know. I can then pick out the most popular time. Thank you all for your interest in this Mission Trip. In His Service, Rich Harrison 618-806-3133 [email protected]
July 1st July 8th July 15th July 22nd July 29thVan Driver
Building Lock- up
Communion Prep
Captain
Communion Servers
Communion Prayer Matt Honnen Tony Martin Will Jenkin Rich Harrison Doug Sweetin
Prayer Time Prayer Randy Moore Laura Gill Joyce Spangler Carol McCaslin Tony Martin
Counter 1 Bob Madoux Matt Maberry Karen Myers Rich Klekamp Keith Pontow
Counter 2 Doug Sweetin Scott Spangler Linda Wense Steve Spangler Frank Houston
Coffee Kathy Jarman Don & Joyce Spangler Jan Hansen Bob Tracey Ron & Colleen Brown
Kitchen LaDonna Brown Jan Hansen Kathy Jarman Vickie Houston LaDonna Brown
Hospitality
Offering Counters
Brian Caveny, Steve McDonough, Chuck Bratten, Don Kline,
Scott Spangler, Rich Klekamp, Donnie Spangler, Scott Maberry
Jerry Myers
JULY SERVING SCHEDULESunday Service
Ron Brown
Doug Sweetin
Ina Sweetin
First Christian Church
160 E. Lorena Ave.
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