Mar-April 2014

Church Staff

Glenn Van Meter

Senior Minister

[email protected]

Lucas Smith

Student Minister

[email protected]

Peter Cain

Children’s Minister

[email protected]

Denise Calloway

Custodian

Sherry Crews

Secretary

[email protected]

The Outlook

First Christian Church

March/April 2014

DAYLIGHT

SAVING TIME

BEGINS

MARCH 9

Turn Clocks UP

one hour before

going to bed on

Saturday March 8

SERVICE TIMES

SUNDAY

9:30am–Sunday School

10:30am–Morning Worship

6:00pm – Evening Service

WEDNESDAY

7:00pm – Adult Study,

Teen & Children’s Classes

Sunday Morning and

Wednesday Night services

include Nursery.

Stop Hunger Now! March 2nd

12pm & 2pm We will be preparing 20,000 meals

in two shifts on this Sunday after

morning worship. There is a

packing job for everyone!

Sunday, April 6th

8:30am

April 25—27 3 days and 2 nights of the best time of your life.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get away, have fun

and worship God at Park Springs Christian Camp

with your family. Everyone is welcome to come and

be a part of this weekend. Be in prayer for Denise

Calloway and her staff as they plan this awesome

weekend for our church family!!

Speaker: Shon Earhart Pinedale Christian Church

What to Bring: single bed sheets or sleeping

bag, blankets, clothes, fishing rods, toiletries,

towels, clothes to get dirty in, Bible and be

ready for the time of your life!!

Middle School Lock In March 14

Teen Yard Sale April 4 & 5

Yard Sale items needed;

Contact Lucas for pick up

Easter Egg Hunt April 12

Teen Hike to Sauratown Mt. April 19

Easter Services– April 20

7 am Sonrise Service

Breakfast immediately following

10:30am Morning Worship

The Outlook

Glenn’s Corner

I am so excited about what is coming in March and April. We had a great kick off to our Men’s Group on Super Bowl Sunday with close to 50 in attendance. We will have another breakfast on April 6th with more wild game to try. If you missed the last one no big deal. Come on out to this one and start building friendships. March 2nd we are packing 20,000 meals with “Stop Hunger Now”. If you forgot to sign up don’t let that deter you from participating. Come join us at one of two shifts: 12pm or 2pm. We are not providing a meal that day to participants, just packing 20,000 meals. This is just one way to tackle the growing issue of hunger in our world. Let’s not forget the challenge of 100 fami-lies skipping a dinner out and putting $25 to de-fray the cost for that weekend. The cost of pack-ing 20,000 meals is $5,000. Our “Family Retreat” is coming April 25—27. It is always an awesome weekend for our church body. Whether you are single or a family of 6, 4years old or 70 years old, this weekend will relax you, uplift you and give you time to be with your family and God. There is plenty to do: hiking, fishing, indoor games, basketball, four square, and more. Shon Earhart, Children’s Minister at Pinedale Christian Church, will be our speaker. He has been at Pinedale for more than 15 years. Shon is married to Michelle and has two kids; Sheldon and Larkin. Denise Calloway and her team are planning a great weekend you will not want to miss!!! Our Easter Services are always great around here. We start off with a Sonrise Service at 7am that leads right into a full breakfast. There will be no Sunday School as we come together at 10:30am for our Worship and celebration. Easter is our greatest celebration as Christians. The resurrection defines us beyond any other religious movement. We worship a risen Savior that knows, hears and gets our every need. No other religion claims that. All other religions great people are dead. May you be encouraged that our risen Lord knows you, loves you, and sits at God’s right

hand. Glenn

Luke’s Letter to the Flock There went the first two months of the year like a flash

of light. These last two months were awesome! Our student

Ministry was blessed and all I can say is God can give us

strength to accomplish all things!

I also want to thank each and every one of you who

helped and had a part in the Spaghetti Lunch! We had one of the

biggest crowds we have had in years and you folks sure did bless

us! The donation total for the Silent auction was $414. The total

donations for the event were $1500. This money will be used to

send our Student Ministry to life changing events this summer!

THANK YOU

Thank you as well to all the Student Ministry

Parents and Adults who helped to set up, cook, and tear down for

our Super Bowl Party! We had close to 50 people come out and

it was an awesome night! And of course Thank you to all who

helped out at CCYC! What an amazing weekend! The relation-

ships and memories that our students built with each other and

God throughout the weekend will never be forgotten!

March and April will be busy months, and it will only

move faster after that! So hang in there and stay in tune with

what is going on! We will be having a parent meeting to inform

you of upcoming events, fundraisers and trips this year!

The Yard Sale is April 4-5 which is one of our biggest

fundraisers of the year, please be ready to get involved! Easter is

also coming up real fast and that means the Legendary Easter

Hike and Lunch...don’t want to miss out on that one!

Please never stop praying for all of our students, our

church, our ministry, and most of all God’s church!

Together and through him all things are possible!

March:

9th—MS & HS Parent Meeting @ 5:15

9th—MS & HS Accountability Groups 6pm

14-15th—MS Mobile Lock-In

23rd—MS & HS Accountability Groups 6pm

April:

4-5th—MS & HS YARD SALE Fundraiser

13th—MS & HS Accountability Groups 6pm

19th—MS & HS Easter Hike and Lunch

Lucas

Ladies Missionary Group

March 17 @ 7pm

April 21 @ 7pm

Board Meeting

March 3 @ 7pm

April 7 @ 7pm

Upcoming Events:

March 2 Stop Hunger Now

March 8

GROW & SPROUTS Celebration

Turn Clocks up 1 hour

April 4 & 5 Teens Yard Sale

April 19

Teens Mountain Hike

April 12 Kids Easter Egg Hunt

Need Candy Donations

April 13 Dovene Afakule speaking

(Hammer’s son)

April 19 Teens Hike & Lunch

April 25-27

Family Retreat

CHILDREN’S Corner Hey Families,

I want to thank all of you who accepted the Grow/Sprouts challenge this year.

There were roughly 42 kids and their families involved in this year’s challenge. To

celebrate you and your families hard work and effort we will again rent out the

whole skating rink for our annual Grow/Sprouts skating party at the Roll-R-King on

Saturday March 8th from 1-3pm. Mark your calendars and make plans to come out

and be a part of this fun and free event with your families. This is our way of say-

ing thanks for taking the challenge and to celebrate your families growth together

during the challenge. Family leaders I know life is very busy and it is hard to find

time to do all you do to provide love, nurture and above all grow your children in

Christ. I want to thank you for your extra efforts during the Grow/Sprouts chal-

lenge. Thanks and please know you and your children are prayed for. I also want

to encourage you to bring your children to participate in our Sunday School and

both Sunday and Wednesday evening programs. In our world today we need to

help encourage our kids to grow in Christ as well as help them build a community

of friends and their families who are connected to Christ. We want to help you

build your families on the strong foundation of God, His Son and Word. So bring

your child out to be a part of it make it a part of your lifestyle.

We have many up coming events in both March and April so make plans to join us.

Young at Heart

March 13th @ 6:30pm Potluck in the fellowship hall.

April 10th @ 6:30pm

Going to Mayflower Seafood Restaurant in Rural Hall

Thank you

A BIG thank you goes out to

Butch Calloway for scraping

the church parking lot after

the snow storm in February!!

THANK YOU

We would like to say a BIG thank

you to the Friends in Christ

Sunday School class for heading

up the breakfast for the WXII

Newschannel 12 team.

Events March 2, Stop Hunger Now 12-4pm—No evening services

March 8, GROW-SPROUTS Celebration @ Roll-R-King 1-3pm

March 14, Fun Night grades K-2 6-9pm cost $5 (sign-up by March 9th)

March 16 Kids Fusion we will leave here @ 5:30 and return 7:15pm (We will be

going to Westside Church near Clemmons, it’s Jefferson’s Church plant)

April 12, Easter Egg Hunt @ the Allen Farm 10-1pm Egg hunt @ 10:30am Sharp

April 13, Kids Fusion April 25-27 Family Retreat April 27 Family Sunday

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

PO BOX 504

625 MEADOWBROOK DRIVE

KING, NORTH CAROLINA 27021

(336) 983-2206

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

PO Box 504

King, NC 27021

First Christian Church

Phone: 336-983-2206 Fax: 336-985-3559

MISSION OF THE MONTH

TOGO CHRISTIAN MISSION

Jan./Feb. Finances

General Fund $38,393.68 Building Fund $8,692.00 Missions $10,950.71

Jan./Feb. Attendance

Averages

Sunday School— 79

Morning Worship— 237

K O M Remember KOM as you

are out shopping. There is

a box in the foyer for you

to drop your food and

personal hygiene

products in.

_____________________

BETH MOORE BIBLE

STUDY—

Here & Now...There &

Then; A Lecture Series

on Revelation.

An 11 week series that will

run on Tuesday mornings

@ 9am or Thursday nights

@ 7pm from January 21

until April 3. Open to all

who would like to attend.

NONPROFIT ORG.

US POSTAGE

PAID

PERMIT #2

FIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

Handbell Choir

Wednesday Nights at 8pm

New members welcome!

No experience necessary! This is a great time

to join and be a part of this ministry !

THE VOGAN CHURCH: The churches in Togo had a 3 day long convention and the

Vogan Church attended. It was awesome. 509 people attended and 39 people gave their

lives to Christ and were baptized.

SAD VILLAGE: By God’s grace a new church has been started in the Sad village 8 kilo-

meters from Vogan. It is really the domain of Voodu worship, and it is Satan’s territory,

full of evil and darkness. Praise God the Gospel light has been lit in this village! There is

now about 40 people that meet there on the Lord’s day with their children and they

have baptized 7 adults.

AQUAPONICS: Togo’s future project that they are excited about is becoming more

self-sustaining by using aquaphonics, raising of fish alongside the growing of vegeta-

bles. They are thankful God has been opening doors during Dovene’s recent trip there.

PRAYER POINTS: (1) A boy was given to a family to be foster parents over 4 years

ago. The biological parents have had a disagreement with the foster family and they

have had the child removed. The child is a nephew of Hammer’s and he helped original-

ly with the placement of the child when he was severely malnourished. There have been

wrongful attacks on Hammer’s character regarding this situation though the case was

brought to local court and decided there. Please pray that truth would shine and lies

would be exposed.

2. Adeline: Recently had her surgery and is doing well.

3. Dovene’s family’s moving to Togo in September 2014.

March 2014 Calendar Sat. 1

Sun. 2 9:30am Sunday School

10:30am Morning Worship & STOP HUNGER NOW

NO EVENING SERVICES

Mon. 3 7:00pm Board Meeting

Weight Watchers

Tues. 4

Wed. 5 7:00pm Adult Bible Study

Teens Worship & Children’s Programs

Thurs. 6 7:00pm Worship practice in Sanctuary

Fri. 7 GROW Ends

Sat. 8 1pm-3pm GROW Celebration @ Roll-R-King

TURN CLOCKS UP ONE HOUR



5:15pm MS & HS Parent Meeting

6:00pm Evening Worship & MS/HS Accountability Groups

Mon. 10 Weight Watchers

Tues. 11



Thurs. 13 6:30pm Young at Heart potluck

Fri. 14 6-9pm K-2nd

grades Fun Night – Middle School Mobile Lock-in

Sat. 15 Middle School Mobile Lock-in



6pm Evening Worship

5:30-7:15pm KIDS Fusion


7:00pm Ladies Missionary Meeting

Tues. 18



Thur. 20 7:00pm Worship practice in Sanctuary

Fri. 21

Sat. 22 2pm-10pm West Stokes using Gym & Kitchen



6pm Evening Worship & MS/HS Accountability Groups


Tues. 25 6-8pm



Thur. 27

Fri. 28

Sat. 29 Teens Soup Kitchen



12pm-5pm Crews FH & Kitchen

6pm Evening Worship


Communion Servers March 2 Elder: Ronnie Calloway Deacon: Carlton McKinney Bill Abbott, Steve Johnson, Noah Johnson, Max Soetermans, Nick Soetermans, Terry Sorrells, Austin Cooke, Brian Welch

March 9 Elder: Mitch Allen Deacon: Nick Brouwer

Bobby Atkins, Allan Brown, Elijah Cox, Thad Cox, Lawrence Voss, Robbie Voss

March 16 Elder: Tony Mabe Deacon: Dave Fisher Steve Campbell, Trevor Mabe, Brandon Mabe, Brian Winfrey, Michael Winfrey, Joey Kossek

March 23 Elder: Gary Thomas Deacon: Carlton McKinney Derek Joyner, Andrew Newsom, Austin Newsom, Danny Tucker, Earl Voss, Andrew Voss March 30 Elder: Larry Wise Deacon: Nick Brouwer Conner Harris, Mark Hicks, Darron Tate, Mark Thorpe, Phil Holt, Ted Nelson, Joe Wingo, Scott Tedder

Greeters Main Lobby East Lobby 3/2 Erin Lynch Lauren Mosley 3/9 Monnette & Sunni M/M Todd Hill 3/16 M/M Nick Brouwer Marie & Austin Cooke 3/23 M/M Thad Cox M/M Conner Harris 3/30 M/M Mickey Allen M/M Dave Gross

Special Music Baptistry Workers 3/2 Bill Abbott Joe & Sharon Wingo 3/9 Pattie Smith 3/16 Nick Brouwer 3/23 Todd Hill 3/30 Voss Family

Sound System Computer 3/2 Scott Tedder Dana Booze 3/9 Taylor Calloway Amy Cain 3/16 Andrew Voss Pattie Smith/Robin Voss 3/23 Elijah Cox Denise Calloway 3/30 Nick Brouwer Max Soetermans

March Teachers for Children’s Church 1st —5th Teacher—Peter 1st—5th Helper— Amy Cain 1st—5th Song Leader—Peter

2yr.-4yr. old Helpers— Debbie Mabe

March Teachers for Wednesday Evening Teacher - Peter Cain

Preschool – Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore Please see Peter Cain if you have questions or concerns.

Thank you for serving in our children’s department.

Ushers 3/2: Team # 1 3/9: Team # 2 3/16: Team #3

3/23: Team #4 3/31: Team # 5 Communion Preparation Mickey & Jean Allen/Allan & Ann Brown

Nursery 3/2- 9:30am: Tina Brouwer 10:30am: Stephanie Tate, Amy Cain, Sharon Wingo 3/5- Wed: Jan Gross 3/9- 9:30am: Paula Wolff & Sonya Cox 10:30am: Tami Fishel /Tondra Walker/Jan Gross 3/12-Wed: Jan Gross 3/16-9:30am: Andrew & Casey Voss 10:30am: Tracy & Lauren Mosley, Sherry Crews 3/19-Wed: Jan Gross 3/23-9:30am: Karen Van Meter & Kay Atkins 10:30am: Dana & Courtney Booze, Jenny Wilmoth 3/26- Wed: Jan Gross 3/31-9:30am: Robin Voss & Kara Fisher 10:30am: Cathy Moore, Edie & Anna Hill

*If you cannot serve on your assigned date please find a replacement from the substitute list.

March Birthdays 2-Arlene Austin, Nikki Smith 3-Andrew Voss, Andrew Newsom 4-Ava Voss 6-Jason Allen, Tyler Van Meter 7-Richy McHone 8-Ken Farmer 11-Mark Tuttle, Georgeene Smoot 12-Harold Allen, Gary Thomas, Jackie Angel 13-Geri Marley 16-Melody Mosley 17-Nick Soetermans, Tolon Clanton 18-Amy Smith, Tara Sorrels 19-Danyelle Redding 20- Colon Moore 21- Joe R. Smith, Jackie Winfrey, Roy Falconer 24-Alexis Hartle, Josh Hartle 25-Courtney Booze 27-Ted Nelson 28-Stephanie Tate 29-Aimee Baughman, Gary Clanton, Sarah Marion, Melanie Grinnell 30-Marc Holt 31-Bob Moore, Lucas Smith, Jamey McHone

March Anniversaries

2-Larry & Susan Hartle 4-Bob & Lori Schamay 6-Larry & Emily Southern 18-Nick & Tina Brouwer 26-Steve & Deborah Brown 31-Jesse & Wendi Mitchell

April 2014 Calendar Tues. 1



Thur. 3

Fri. 4 Teens Yard Sale

Sat. 5 Teens Yard Sale

1pm-6pm Wilmoth-Kit/FH/Gym/Pavilion

Sun. 6 8:30am Men’s Breakfast

9:30am Sunday School


6:00pm Evening Worship


7:00pm Board Meeting

Tues. 8



Thurs. 10 6:30pm Young at Heart to Mayflower

Fri. 11

Sat. 12 10am-1pm Easter Egg Hunt @ Mitch & Lisa Allen’s

12pm-6pm Crews Kitchen


10:30am Morning Worship – Dovene Afakule (Hammer’s Son) speaking

12pm-5pm Pattie Smith-Kitchen/FH


Kids Fusion in Gym - MS/HS Accountability Groups


Tues. 15



Thurs. 17 12p-10p KOM – Gym, Kitchen, Fellowship Hall

Fri. 18

Sat. 19 Teens Mountain Hike & Lunch

Sun. 20 7:00am Sunrise Service

7:45am Breakfast


NO EVENING SERVICES


7:00pm Ladies Missionary Meeting

Tues. 22



Thurs. 24 2pm-10pm Pam Tillman-Gym/Kitchen/FH

Fri. 25 FAMILY RETREAT

Sat. 26 FAMILY RETREAT



FAMILY RETREAT



Tues. 29



Communion Servers April 6 Elder: Ronnie Calloway Deacon: Dave Fisher Bill Abbott, Steve Johnson, Noah Johnson, Max Soetermans, Nick Soetermans, Terry Sorrells, Austin Cooke, Brian Welch

April 13 Elder: Mitch Allen Deacon: Carlton McKinney

Bobby Atkins, Allan Brown, Elijah Cox, Thad Cox, Lawrence Voss, Robbie Voss

April 20 Elder: Tony Mabe Deacon: Nick Brouwer Steve Campbell, Trevor Mabe, Brandon Mabe, Brian Winfrey, Michael Winfrey, Joey Kossek

April 27 Elder: Gary Thomas Deacon: Dave Fisher Derek Joyner, Andrew Newsom, Austin Newsom, Danny Tucker, Earl Voss, Andrew Voss

Greeters Main Lobby East Lobby 4/6 M/M Steve Johnson Erlene Priddy/Betty Tuttle 4/13 M/M Bobby Atkins M/M Earl Voss 4/20 M/M Dave Green M/M Harold Allen 4/27 M/M Max Soetermans M/M Carlton McKinney

Special Music Baptistry Workers 4/6 Heather Calloway Tony & Debbie Mabe 4/13 Tami Fishel 4/20 Mike Grayson 4/27 Sharon Wingo

Sound System Computer 4/6 Scott Tedder Dana Booze 4/13 Taylor Calloway Amy Cain 4/20 Andrew Voss Pattie Smith/Robin Voss 4/27 Elijah Cox Denise Calloway

April 27th is Family Sunday.

April Teachers for Children’s Church 1st —5th Teacher—Peter

1st—5th Helper— Darron Tate 1st—5th Song Leader—Peter

2yr.-4yr. old Helpers— Stephanie Tate

April Teachers for Wednesday Evening Teacher - Peter Cain

Preschool – Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore Please see Peter Cain if you have questions or concerns.

Thank you for serving in our children’s department.

Ushers

4/6: Team # 1 4/13: Team # 2 4/20: Team 3 4/27: Team # 4

Communion Preparation Brenda Lane & Dana Booze

Nursery 4/2- Wed: 4/6- 9:30am: Tina Brouwer 10:30am: Stephanie Tate, Amy Cain, Sharon Wingo 4/9- Wed: 4/13- 9:30am: Paula Wolff & Sonya Cox 10:30am: Tami Fishel, Tondra Walker, Jan Gross 4/16-Wed: 4/20-9:30am: Andrew & Casey Voss 10:30am: Tracy & Lauren Mosley, Sherry Crews 4/23-Wed: 4/27-9:30am: Karen Van Meter & Kay Atkins 10:30am: Dana & Courtney Booze, Jenny Wilmoth 4/30- Wed:

*If you cannot serve on your assigned date please find a replacement from the substitute list.

April Birthdays 2-Tiffany Brouwer, Jacob Thomas, Derek Vaden 3-Linda Watts 4-Chris Booze, Sunni Shores, Ema Holt 6-Darrell Calloway, Brenda Lane, Zoey Lankford 7-Jean Allen, Augustine Thorpe 9-Max Soetermans, Hayley Cox 10-Nyle Mitchell, Judy Watts 11-Carissa Tillman 13-Ann Thomas, Glenn Van Meter 14-Brittany Clanton, Tami Fishel, Mark Thorpe 15-Jacob Anderson, Mickey Allen 16-Debbie McHone17-Mike Jarrell 19-Amy Marion 21- Lindsey Hill 22-Erlene Priddy, Brittany Palmer 23-Trevor Mabe 24-Angie Thomas, Kay Nance, Jessica Aron 25-Thad Cox 26-Lauren Kimel 27-Susie Burton 28-Marie Cooke, Brock Carico

April Anniversaries

1-Kevin & Tondra Walker 3-Mike & Norma Lawson 4-Paul & Kim Fleming 14-Lawrence & Teri Voss 29-Ken & Carolyn Norman 30-Barney & Sara Newsome

Documents

Mar-April 2014