The Church Scroll

Volume 73 #5 “Reaching Up and Reaching Out” March 5, 2015

The First Christian Church ~ Disciples of Christ ~ Salem, Oregon Church Services ~ 8:30 am, 9:30 am & 11:00 am ~ Sunday School ~ 9:45 & 11:00 am

What’s Inside Pastor’s Message pg. 2 Service Sunday pg. 2 Celebrating Our Church Family pg. 3 New Member pg. 3 Calendar pg. 4 Children’s Message pg. 5 Youth Message pg. 5 Check It Out pg. 6 Abuse Risk Reduction Training pg. 6 Housekeeping pg. 7

“Be the Fragrance of God in a Broken World” Saturday, March 14

9:00 am - 3:00 pm at Oregon Christian Convention Center Bus leaves at 8:00 am from the church parking lot.

Cost: $10 each, includes lunch. Sign up at the Information Center.

All women and young ladies from Freshman in high school to 99 years of age are welcome to attend.

Flower Design Craft– Instructor Monique Ownby, retired florist Dig out those dusty silk flowers and greenery from the back of your closet. Grab a 12” or shorter ceramic, glass, or wood vase. Bring half a baggie of marbles, sand or decorative rock. You will need a pair of wire cutters and one or two yards of your favorite ribbon. We will supply some extra silk flowers for those who do not have a closet.

Bingo Afternoon Fundraiser for Mission 2 Mexico

Sunday, March 8 2:00-4:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall

A fun-filled afternoon for all. We are providing snacks, popcorn, and punch. Just one of the great prizes is two Portland Trailblazer tickets! You do not want to miss out on this event. All of the proceeds benefit Mission 2 Mexico participants.

All-Church Clean Up Day Saturday, March 7 - at 9:00 am

There will be projects indoors and outdoors.

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Bites of Bread from Bob We are now well into the midst of Lent. I am preach-ing a series on "What's all this about...." This coming Sunday will be about baptism, then forgiveness and then simplicity. They all relate to Lent. But how, you may ask, are pretzels related to Lent. Christians, in the latter days of the Roman empire, especially in North Africa and Southern Italy, began the custom of making a special bread dough during Lent. There are numerous different legends about origins of pretzels. One story is of a monk in Italy that made them as treats for children when they had memorized their prayers.

The dough consisted only of flour, salt and water (since fats, eggs and milk were forbidden by Lenten observances). The bakers shaped them into the form of two arms crossed which was a common prayer posture in the early church. They called the little braids "little arms" and church members ate them

New Banner in Chalice Entry A new Lenten banner made by Margaret Cleve-land hangs on a wall in the Chalice entry. The banner beautifies the entry and reminds us of this season of Lent. Thank you Margaret.

We are going to shake things up a little. We would love to see everyone bring an item for the Marion-Polk Food Share bins.

This Service Sunday we will be asking everyone who has not gone through the “Abuse Risk Reduction Training” to go to the Fellowship Hall and attend this necessary training. We live in an ever changing world and we want everyone in our church family to have the tools necessary to reduce the risk of abuse and protect themselves. The training consists of a video and paperwork to complete.

If you have completed the training, we have projects for you: Family Building Blocks Quilt Tying

There will also be activities for all the children as well.

Lunch will be served after the training and projects have been completed. You will not want to miss this important Service Sunday!

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during Lent to keep the fast and to remind them of the Lenten disciplines. At the end of Lent, pretzels dis-appeared until the next Ash Wednesday. In the latter Middle Ages, the Germans coined the term "Brezel" from which comes our English word "pretzel." The

oldest known picture of a liturgi-cal pretzel may be seen in a fifth century manuscript located in the Vatican.

Not until the late 19th century was the pretzel adopted as an all-year snack and, unfortunately, by

the 20th century, its Lenten significance was all but forgotten. I have a bowl of pretzels in my office. Come by and have one. I promise not to make you recite a prayer.

God Bless, Pastor Bob

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鲍勃灵修分享我们现在进入大斋期中期。我布道的系列 成员在大斋期吃，坚持禁食,是大斋期纪是“所有这些是关于...”这个即将到来的礼拜 律的提醒。在大斋期的末期，椒盐饼直天是关于受洗、接着原谅和接着朴素。它 到下个星期三的灰才出现。在中世纪后们都与大斋期相关。那又怎么样，你会问 期，德国人创造出单词“Brezel”（布雷是椒盐卷饼与大斋期相关。基督徒在罗马 结），起源于我们的英语单词”椒盐饼“，帝国后期的日子，特别是在北非和意大利 最古老礼仪的椒盐饼的 图片，可以在 南部，开始在大斋期期间做面包生面团的 梵蒂冈十五世纪的手稿见到。风俗。有无数关于椒盐饼起源的传说。有 一个意大利修士的故事，当他们记忆祈祷 直到 19 世纪末，椒盐饼被接受作为全的时候，做椒盐饼就是给孩子们做的。 年的零食，可不幸的是，20 世纪，它 它大斋期的全部意义全部被忘记了。我 面团是由面、盐和水（因为脂肪、鸡蛋和 有一碗椒盐饼在办公室里，顺便来吃一牛奶被大斋期的惯例禁止）。烘烤者把面 个。我保证不让你背诵祈祷。团塑造成两个胳膊交叉，早期教会普通祈 祷的姿势。他们叫小辫“小胳膊”，并且教 神祝福

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服侍礼拜天 3 月 29 日我们将进行一点震撼的事情。我们想看到每个人带东西为马瑞恩波克食品箱子。这个服侍礼拜天，我们将请每个人，是没有通过“虐待风险减少训练”的，来友谊大厅，参加这个必要的训练。我们生活在一个不断变化的世界，我们想让在我们教堂大家庭的每个人拥有必要的工具去减少虐待的风险并保护他们。训练是由一段录像和文书工作来完成的。如有你已经完成了训练，我们有给你的项目： 家庭建筑块 拼布系结并且有活动为所有的孩子们完成训练和项目之后有午餐服侍。你不想 新横幅在查理斯入口处错过这个服侍的礼拜天！ 一个新的大斋期横幅由玛格丽特· 克莱夫 兰制作挂在查理斯入口处的墙上并提醒 我们这个大斋期季节。谢谢玛格丽特。

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Celebrating Our Church Family Birthdays

March

Joe Dyer 14 Ellen Jull 14 Jesse Manzo 14 Ethan Ownby 15 Blanche Davis 16 Kathy Fleck 16 Amelia Zook 16 Nancy Stebbins 17 Carol Talley 17 Gloria Feiring 18 Sheila Mathieson 19 Linda Olson 20 Keith Olson 21

March

Chuck Shirley 8 Ken Jensen 9 Linda Wilson 9 Brad Beverly 10 Ken Dalke 10 Grover Hofstetter 10 Lela Jackson 10 Adam Kamstra 10 Elia Leisman 10 Noah Leisman 10 Katie Parham 10 Maddy Endler 11 Cheyenne Schnelle 11

Prayers For Joe Birdsong, health concerns Kathy Iken, the daughter of Delores Seeds and daughter-in-law of Marcia Iken, fractured wrist Kim Otis, chemo treatments Renee, Leanne Griffin’s sister, accurate medical diag-nosis and finances Mark Ridings, at home recovering from knee surgery Patricia Robbins, now at Arbor Oaks Terrace in Newberg. She would enjoy visitors.

CORRECTION – New Birth In the February 19, 2015 Church Scroll it was incorrectly reported the parents of the new baby Jack Allen.

The parents are Jayson & Jessica Kinkaid: the grandparents Jeff & Teresa Kinkaid and the great-grandparents Chuck & Lois Kinkaid. Our apologies and congratulations to one and all.

Thank You I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to each of the CWF ladies who have been helping me during my recovery from a broken rotary cuff. What a great church we have! I cannot use my right arm yet, and since I am not left handed, I am learning to eat with my left, slowly.

A big hug to each and every one of you and to Michelle Gorman for her help.

Blessings to all, Eleanor Amo

Condolences Bobbie Havey, daughter of Bob Dickerson, passed away on February 14. She resided in Pacific City. Our prayers and sympathies go out to Bob and his family. Vernice Bye passed away on February 18 at the age of 102. Our sympathies and prayers go out to her son, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. There will be a private, family service as requested by Vernice. Margaret Brutscher passed away on February 26. Our heartfelt prayers and sympathies go out to Elton, husband; Barbara & Jeff Leisman, daughter and son-in-law and Noah and Elia Leisman, grandchildren.

Margaret’s memorial service is Friday, March 6, at 3:00 pm in the Sanctuary.

A Warm Welcome to New Member On March 1, Cassandra Lane-Butler came for-ward at the conclusion of the 9:30 am service to accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior. Cassandra and her husband Allen just started attending Salem First Christian Church and we are excited to get to know them better.

Strengthening Families Potluck Dinner Sunday, March 15 5:30 pm, Fellowship Hall Scroll Submissions All items need to be 100 words or fewer and due no later than Monday at 10:00 am– March 16 Email to- melissah@salemfcc.org or drop off in Melissa’s box. CWF Business Meeting Thursday, March 19 10:00 am, Parlor CWF Program Committee Meeting Thursday, March 19 11:15 am, Parlor Book Club Thursday, March 19 1:00 pm, Library Craft Day Saturday, March 21 10:00 am-5:00 pm Fellowship Hall Plenty of tables for all crafters… including quilters. The fellowship is awesome and there is always laughter. Come and create!

Bread of Life Cafe Sunday, March 29 9:00 am, Fellowship Hall

Palm Sunday and Service Sunday - March 29 10:00 am, Combined Worship A grand celebration of Jesus’ entry into the city of Jerusalem will be observed.

Memorial Service for Margaret Brutscher Friday, March 6 3:00 pm, Sanctuary All-Church Clean Up Saturday, March 7 9:00 am Abuse Risk Reduction Training • Saturday, March 7, 12:15–1:45

pm, Fellowship Hall. A light lunch will be provided.

• Wednesday, March 11, 6:30–7:30 pm, Ambassador Rm

• Sunday, March 29, 11:15–12:15 pm, Fellowship Hall

See page 2 for more details. Daylight Saving Time Begins—March 8 Remember to turn your clocks ahead 1 hour on Saturday as we “spring” forward and we will see you on Sunday morning. Bingo Fundraiser Sunday, March 8 2:00 pm, Fellowship Hall Young Married Couples with Children Gathering Sunday, March 8 5:30 pm, meet in church parking lot. See page 6 for more details. Healthy for Life Every Monday 12:00 pm, Library

Healthy for Life Tip- Eat more vegetables. Fill half your plate with colorful vegeta-bles, “Eat the Rainbow.”

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Mark Your Calendars Health Warriors Exercising Schedule: • Mondays at 5:30 pm, Chapel • Wednesdays at 5:30 pm,

Fellowship Hall • 2nd / 4th Saturdays at 9:00 am,

Fellowship Hall Young Adult Group Monday, March 9 6:00 pm, at the Ike Box Café See page 6 for more details. Morning Men’s Coffee Every Tuesday 9:00 am, Parlor All men are welcome for devotion, fellowship and discipleship. Prayer Gathering Every Tuesday 6:45 pm, Chapel Prayer Shawl Ministry Wednesday, March 11 1:00 pm, Parlor Pinochle Wednesday, March 11 6:30 pm, Chapel Salem FCC Women’s Retreat Saturday, March 14 Board Meeting Sunday, March 15 12:15 pm, Fellowship Hall Marriage Flame Group Sunday, March 15 2:00 pm, Parlor

L king Ahead

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Children and Youth A Little Light from Laurie Lighting up the Calendar

Saturday, March 7 is the ALL-CHURCH Clean Up day, at 9 a.m. Any help in the nursery and children’s classrooms would be greatly appreciated.

Sunday, March 8, the children will be leading the congregation in a happy song and the Lord’s Prayer at the beginning of the 11:00 am service. Please come join us if you can.

Sunday, March 15, is our final session of Strength-ening Families. Even if you have missed some classes, or not attended any, please join us for a pot-luck dinner and some lively interaction as we practice skills to strengthen our families. Potluck dinner is at 5:30 pm; please bring a dish to share.

Saturday, April 18, JYF outing to the Oregon Gar-den in Silverton. Plan now to attend this favorite event in honor of Earth Day. We will meet at the church at 10:30, dine with the Buckmaster family about 11, then off to the Garden from about 12-3 for some fun in the dirt. Please dress appropriately for the weather and plan to get dirty.

July 19-23, is Vacation Bible School. This year’s theme is EVEREST: Conquering Challenges with God’s Mighty Power. So, mark your calendars, spread the word, plan to bring your kids and VOLUNTEER!

There’s a video game I was introduced to where the object is to drive the vehicle of your choice full speed over everything in your path to an unknown destina-tion. Points are awarded for performing stunts, your distance and by running over certain objects. Doesn’t life feel like that sometimes? We plow through as fast as we can to see how far we get while performing for others? During this time of Lent, we are reminded to slow down and breathe; to take a fresh look at and clear away the things that tempt us away from Jesus and to seek approval from Him only. Jesus is our des-tination. Take time to enjoy the journey to the cross.

Enjoying the journey, Laurie

Ramblings from Riane The month of March! • Saturday, March 7 (9:00 am) - ALL-CHURCH

CLEAN UP DAY! • Sunday, March 8 - The youth will be leading a

prayer at the 9:30 am service. If they could be at church at 9:20 am to do a quick run-through, that would be great. Youth Group: We will go to Riverfront park, weather permitting.

• Saturday, March 14 (9:00 am-3:00 pm) - WOMEN'S RETREAT! All women, 9th grade and above, are welcome!

• Sunday, March 15 - Youth group: Art/craft day • There will be no youth group over spring

break (March 22 and March 29). However, we will be voting on our youth activity next week in Sunday School that will take place over spring break -more information to come.

• Sunday, March 29 - Service Sunday! Bread of Life Cafe at 9:00 am and one worship service at 10:00 am. No Sunday School or youth group.

Please let me know of events, activities, sports, musi-cal productions, etc. that your children are involved in. We would like to pray for them and I will attend as many events as I am able to!

The youth are continuing their series on prayer in Sunday School. Every Sunday, in addition to the lesson, they form small prayer groups and sometimes have challenges to work on throughout the week. I encourage members of the congregation to pray for the youth as they continue to grow in their relation-ship with God through prayer. Also, parents and grandparents can talk about prayer with them - ask if they have a prayer challenge, what that is, and how they are doing with it. Invite them to pray at the din-ner table or with you at home. The more support, mentoring and teaching they receive the better!

Have a blessed week, Riane

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Things to Know and Do

Young Adult Group The young adults are meeting on Monday, March 9, at 6:00 pm at the Ike Box Café for a Bible study and discussion.

Young Married Couples with Children Sunday, March 8 5:30 pm, meet in the church parking lot

Join us for a fun night of bowling. Childcare avail-able. Carpool from the church, we leave at 5:40 pm.

Marriage Encounter Weekend There will be a Marriage Encounter weekend in Tigard, Oregon March 20-23, and another in Renton, Washington April 24-26. If you are interested in finding out more about enriching your marriage or participating, please go to ww.godlovesmarriage.org for more information or to register.

DO NOT skip over this announce-ment about Abuse Risk Reduction Training. Do you ever work with Salem Interfaith Hospitality Network, volunteer or teach Sunday School with chil-dren, youth, or vulnerable adults? If so, you need to attend this workshop, along with all staff, board members, Elders, personnel committee members, and Teaching Ministry Team members.

The Church Board adopted a revised Policy for Re-ducing the Risk of Abuse of Children, Youth, Vulner-able Persons and Adults that requires training for many and encourages training for all. If you ever teach adult Sunday School classes, please participate. Parents, guardians, and grandparents will find this valuable as well.

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend one of these workshop options: • Saturday, March 7, 12:15–1:45 pm, Fellowship

Hall where a light lunch will be provided. • Wednesday, March 11, 6:30–7:30 pm

Ambassador Classroom, upstairs • Sunday, March 29, 11:15–12:15 pm, Fellowship

Hall

Baskets of Love Many couples with newborn babies are so busy! Some may not know many people within our church family or would rather not have a baby shower here at the church.

The Caring Ministry, as part of the church family, would like to offer these families a Basket of Love. These baskets would include handmade gifts as well as new baby items.

The Caring Ministry Team would love to gather do-nations for these baskets. If you have items you would like to donate or have questions, please contact Kim Resch or Michelle Gorman.

Check It Out! Thanks to Claire Widener, two books have recently been added to the library. “Dispatches From the Front” by Tim Keesee and “Treasuring Christ When Your Hands are Full” by Gloria Furman.

The Pacific Northwest Association of Libraries offers books to be given to member libraries with the re-quirement being a book review to put in their quar-terly newsletter. Claire has graciously given of her time to read two books and submit book reviews four times a year. In this way several books have been added to our library.

Other books Claire has reviewed are: “Mercy Come Morning” by Lisa Tawn Bergren “When Work and Family Collide” by Andy Stanley “Miracle for Jen” by Linda Barrick “Sarai” by Jill Eileen Smith.

These books plus others Claire has reviewed are set out on the front counter of the library for your read-ing enjoyment. Do Check Them Out and thank Claire for her gift of time next time you see her.

Librarian Betty Ministry of the Books – For God’s Glory

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Housekeeping Serving Sunday, March 8

ELDERS 8:30 & 9:30 am– Wayne Smith 11:00 am– Suzi Simonsen, Scott Towery, Bambi Rux, Carol Talley, Rick Ikeda

MARCH DEACONS

8:30 am Service– Faith Coleman, Kathy DeVore, Evan & Joan Lloyd 9:30 am Service– Deana Costello, Nehemiah Huff-man 11:00 am Service– Richard Adams, Walt & Ione Adolf, Justin Bolen, Karna Bruton, Jason & Becky Feary, Lela Jackson, Dave Rehbehn, Ila Russell, Loyst Streeter Choir: Barbara Holler, Pat Salas

SATURDAY FILL

Barbara Leisman

COMMUNION CLEAN UP Bruce & Judy Gilbertson, Shari Ridings

COFFEE HOUR

Blanche Davis, Gene & Shirley Pilcher

FLOWERS From Kathy Fleck in memory of

her husband, Jake Fleck.

Serving Sunday, March 15

ELDERS 8:30 & 9:30 am– Bambi Rux 11:00 am– Rick Ikeda, Keven Widener, Scott Towery, Orin Bruton, Diane Watson

MARCH DEACONS

8:30 am Service– Faith Coleman, Kathy DeVore, Evan & Joan Lloyd 9:30 am Service– Deana Costello, Nehemiah Huff-man 11:00 am Service– Richard Adams, Walt & Ione Adolf, Justin Bolen, Karna Bruton, Jason & Becky Feary, Lela Jackson, Dave Rehbehn, Ila Russell, Loyst Streeter Choir: Barbara Holler, Pat Salas

SATURDAY FILL Nancy Stebbins

COMMUNION CLEAN UP

Judy Brown, Beth Manzo, Ferol Weyand

COFFEE HOUR Bruce & Judy Gilbertson

FLOWERS

From Gene & Shirley Pilcher in celebration of Blanche Davis’ birthday.

N U M B 3 R S

February 15, 2015

GIVING General– $8102.22

Building– $100 Designated– $2256.50

ATTENDANCE

8:30– 42/ 9:30– 90 11:00– 248

Sunday School– 132

February 22, 2015

GIVING General– $18,360.39

Building– $25 Designated– $5243.22

ATTENDANCE

8:30– 47/ 9:30– 80 11:00– 210

Sunday School– 131

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First Christian Church Phone: 503-363-9273

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Senior Pastor Bob Hanna

Director of Ministry Involvement Michelle Gorman

Children’s Ministries Director Laurie Dyer

Youth Director Riane Towery

Director of Young Adults Lydia Dettwyler

Directors of Young Families Scott & Julie Towery

Business Administrator Leanne Griffin

Secretary Melissa Houston

Keeper of the House Mark Ridings

Music Director Judy Dyer

Praise Team Leader Billy Strehlow

Handbell Choir Director Christine Sinibaldi

Organist Marilyn Reischke

Nursery Coordinator Teri Garland

Security Terrance Jull, John Erickson, Brian Smith

Sound Engineer Loring Hermann Video Engineer

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