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December 2019 First Christian Church, 1079 SE Jefferson St., Dallas, OR 97338

FAMILY

VISITOR

DECEMBER

2019

ELDERS MEETING Tuesday, December 3, 7 pm, in the parlor.

DENTAL VAN – December 5 The van that provides free basic dental care will be here at 8:30 am on Thursday, December 5. We provide a place for people to wait for their appointments. If you would like to help with this ministry even for part of a day, please talk to Darren.

FILL THE CART SUNDAY Sunday, December 8. Bring a donation for the Dallas Food Bank. We collected 196 pounds in November.

CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP Tuesday, December 10, noon in the small dining room. We will have a potluck lunch and gift exchange ($5 max). Study is on the Ten

Commandments called “Relat10ship” by Pastor Robert Morris.

BOARD MEETING Tuesday, December 10, 7 pm, in the parlor.

BELL RINGING Wednesday, December 11 at Walmart. Signup sheet is on table in Narthex.

CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Community Choir, light show, etc. at Valley Life Center. 7 pm Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, December 13-15. Free tickets required. See Gary or Kathy Ivey or Marsha Heeter.

CHURCH WOMEN’S LUNCH Wednesday, December 18, 11:30 am. Place to be announced.

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE Tuesday, December 24, 7 pm

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FIFTH SUNDAY POTLUCK Sunday, December 29, following the 10:30 am service. Bring your favorite main dish and a salad or dessert. We’ll consider this the New Year’s Eve gathering for those who don’t go out at night.

NEW YEAR’S EVE FAMILY GAME NIGHT Tuesday, December 31, 7 pm. Bring your favorite snacks and games. We have cards and have been playing the card game “golf” as well as progressive rummy. We’ll end the evening at midnight with a time of prayer.

Supporting our local food bank is an important ministry. We will continue to have a food bank emphasis the second Sunday of the month. On December 10 please bring your donations of canned goods and other items.

We collected 196 pounds in November.

Items that can always be used: Food items: spices, chocolate, canned meats and jerky, crackers and tortillas,

soup packets, canned fruit, peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, canned foods including tomatoes and canned meat, pasta. Please make sure donated items haven’t passed their expiration date.

Non-food items: Feminine products, toiletries, baby toiletries including diapers, wipes, and socks.

MODERATOR’S MUSINGS

Getting Up There

Recently someone asked and I told them my age. They replied, “You are getting up there.” Yes, I reply, as I prepare the way of the Lord, I am getting up there. Heaven is in my sights everyday as I read my bible, journal, devotions and prayer. I am preparing a way to live with Jesus because He has prepared a place for me. All Christians are ‘getting up there’ to our heavenly home.

Sometimes our lives are a struggle and our hearts are heavy with burden, but knowing what is prepared for us, strengthens and fortifies our faith. Be encouraged when you are told You are ‘getting up there’ and thank the mand say, ‘yes, I am’.

John Dodge, Moderator


NOTES FOR THE JOURNEY

Maybe you are like me, the season of Advent and Christmas has

snuck up on me and here I sit, less than a week before Advent, knowing, not just feeling, like I’m unprepared for the season, let alone Sunday. There is always so much to do and to prepare for as we enter this season. Advent is the four Sundays preceding Christmas, a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus on Christmas morning. While I know that there are things I need to do to prepare for the season and for each Sunday, maybe it seems silly to be fully prepared for a season of preparation.

There are many different ways to focus our attention and preparation during Advent. This year in worship, we will be doing many of the familiar things, Advent devotions, singing, lighting of the Advent Candles, decorating the church, candlelight Christmas Eve service and many of the other events and

celebrations of the season. Each Sunday we will be focusing on a different theme – Hope, Peace, Joy, Love – and how these are brought into the world through the person of Jesus and expressed in our faith. You may not feel hopeful, peaceful, joyful or loving, yet it is through the gift of Jesus, Immanuel – God with us – that these become more than feelings, they become promises and realities. On the Sunday after Christmas, we will celebrate by doing a lot of singing and having the Christmas choir sing for us.

It is my prayer that as we journey through the season of Advent toward the celebration and reality of Jesus’ birth, that we will experience anew, the gift of Jesus and what He gives us and the world each day. May all who are hopeless find Hope, may all who are conflicted find true Peace, may all who are joyless find true Joy and may all who don’t know love find the unconditional Love of God found in Jesus.

Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight!

Peace.

Pastor Darren

(Pastor Darren has a blog at http://pastordarren.wordpress.com)

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CWF TEDDY BEAR DRIVE CWF is collecting teddy bears and other soft cuddly stuffed animals to donate to CASA (Court Appointed

Special Advocates) to give to children they work with. They are having a special toy drive to collect stuffed toys to give to children at Christmas

ONLINE GIVING Do you ever wish you could give without writing a check? Do you ever wish you could give on a weekday? Or at Midnight? We are now set up for online giving! Go to our web page, dallas1stchristianchurch.wordpress.com/, and click on the “Online Giving” page.

We now have an app so you can have this on your smart

phone. The app name is “Dallas First Christian Church”. You can send in prayer requests, read the Bible, listen to Darren’s messages, or connect to our Facebook page. Be sure to check it out.

NEIGHBOR LINKUP COMMUNITY CONNECTION The churches of Dallas and community helping organizations have come together to help people. Called Neighbor Linkup, this website allows needs to be screened and then sent out directly to people who have signed up with an account. If you can help with the need, you contact the helping organization person and go forward from there. It is a simple process and you are encouraged to do this to be involved in the life of the community. The website is www.neighborlinkup.com/dallas. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Darren.

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December Birthdays: 8 Shane Loflin 10 Gary Bird 12 Doc Holbrook 12 Theresa Pence 13 Terri Parsons 16 John Frei 21 James S. Walker 22 Tom Parsons 25 Bob Cameron 26 Faye Frei 26 Daryl Redwine

December Anniversaries: Darren & Rachel Anderson 12/16/89 Ron & June Dodge 12/31/98

If we’ve left out your birthday or anniversary, please call the office (503-623-2569). COMMUNITY EVENTS

POLK COUNTY FREE CLINIC This provides health care on a first-come first-served basis on the first and fourth Saturdays each month from 9 am to noon. People start lining up around 6 am at the Lutheran Church,

320 SE Fir Villa Road. This faith-based free clinic serves the uninsured of Polk County who have either medical or mental health issues. They can use volunteers to help with various aspects of the clinic. For more information, call 503-990-8772.

COMMUNITY CLOTHING CLOSET At Dallas Evangelical Church, 783 SW Church St. It is open the 2nd Saturday and 2nd Monday of the month from 9 am to noon, and the fourth Thursday from 6 pm to 8 pm. Clothing donations can be dropped off at the church or at Willamette Acupuncture and Wellness, Ellendale Plaza suite 601. JAMES 2 COMMUNITY KITCHEN Provides free meals 4:30 – 6 pm twice a week. Tuesday meals are at the Dallas Alliance Church at the corner of Ellendale and LaCreole and Thursday meals are at the United Methodist Church on LaCreole Drive. They welcome volunteer helpers.

RIGHT NOW MEDIA ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM

This program allows users immediate access via the Internet to an online church video library which


includes over 2,000 discipleship videos for children, youth and adults. We can upload our own training or customize theirs.

View the introductory video at www.rightnowmedia.org/biblestudylibrary/

SUNDAY SCHOOL The Adult Sunday School class

meets in the Parlor at 9:30 am. During December, the lessons will be related to Advent and Christmas.

Katie Berberick is teaching a class for kindergarten/elementary aged children during children’s time. Children who arrive earlier can go to the basement nursery for a time of fellowship. Gary Ivey is teaching is a class for Middle School and High School students.

Original artwork by Ranae “Echo Egypt” (Mary & Jesus)

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PRAYER REQUESTS

HEALTH CONCERNS:

Praise: Theresa Pence’s granddaughter Harley was born Nov. 1; Vicki Massey’s grand-daughter Luisa was born Nov. 16.

Back Pain: Gil Knox

Cancer: Rachael Anderson’s co-worker; Coni Bell’s sister-in-law Judy; Shirley Bird’s brother; Larry Blair; Ted Collins; Julie Hasuly (Jim & Nelda’s daughter); Kathy Ivey; Tim Ivey’s co-worker Linda; Jessica Vincent’s sister Nikki; Sherry Washburn; Dee White’s friend Maggie’s son Mike.

Health issues: Diana and Neil Anderson; Rachael Anderson; Ana Barth; Steven Barth; Allen Bell; Shirley Bird; Diana Blair; Neva & Bill Branstetter; Maggie Brown; Linda Bullock; Glendoris & Ross Dyer; Agnes Fredricks; Jim Gardner; Ken Gardner; Shel Hill; Carl Hunsicker; Kathy Ivey’s cousin’s son; Theresa Pence, her new granddaughter, Harley, and her friend Camilla’s daughter Emily; Calvin Penney’s friend Chuck; Sabrina Penney’s aunt Fiona; Edith

Perry; Linda Phipps; Ranae; Diana Ramos’ step dad; Amanda Read’s friend Jamie; Betty Sowers; Gracie Strauss; Vonnie Taylor; Ryan & Jessica Vincent; Lucille Walker; Dee White (surgery); Rollie Wirt (son of regional ministers Doug & Cathy); Tracy Young.

Heart: Brad Smith, Michael Burris, Fran Jones; Linda, friend of Susan’s friend Tina.

MILITARY: Shawna Sloan.

MOURNING: Family & friends of Larry Rosen; Nettie Shuler; Gary & Dee’s step-sister Marilyn’s Mom.

OTHER: Debbie Eisenhut, medical missionary with SIM; peace in Cameroon and comfort for victims of violence in Cameroon. Vicki Massey (Patience, Faith and Peace); Chris Anderson’s brother Bryce; David Graham (facing hard situations). People with relationship issues. Jensen Barras and other people looking for work and/or apartments. Faithful Planning process – pray for the team (Brittney Blair, Dave


and Shel Hill, and Nelda Holman,) the process and for God’s guidance as we determine what He wants us to be doing.

To start the prayer chain, call the office (503-623-2569) or e-mail [email protected]

FAITHFUL PLANNING

UPDATE

I wanted to share an update on the Faithful Planning Process. Several weeks ago, we had the opportunity to share as the Elders, Cabinet, and the congregation, how we saw the community and neighborhood that we live in. There was quite a long list of great observations, many that were from one end of the spectrum to the other. This was shared in summary form the following Sunday and a complete list was and still is available to all.

On October 23rd, we gathered to talk about the complied list and then to pray over it and where God maybe leading us. There will be at least one more opportunity to do this after the first of the year.

As we have talked together as the Faithful Planning team and in the prayer group, there have been a couple of different images that have come out. The first one is the image of a

Bridge. The church acts as a bridge in many different ways – to help people get needs met, to help people make connections, ultimately to help bridge people to a relationship with God. I really like this image of a bridge which connects well to the other image that came out of the prayer time.

That image is opportunities. Many have looked at the observations and seen things like fear, polarization, growing issues and uncertainty. All of these can lead us to see and imagine the opportunities for ministry in our community. While there is a lot of needs around us, they also present many different opportunities for us to present the Good News of God, reach out in word and action, to be agents of peace and love in the brokenness and division that is around us. These can be done as individuals and as the church.

If you do not have a list, they are available at the church and I encourage you to be praying over them for God’s leading and guidance in how we are to be bridges of opportunities to our neighborhood and community. Cathy Myers-Wirt will also be with us in January as we continue our journey.

Darren

mailto:[email protected]


2020 OFFICER LIST - CORRECTED Moderator: Vicki Massey Vice-Moderator: John dodge Clerk: Charlaine Knox Historians: Audrey Cameron, Charlaine Knox Treasurer: Rachael Anderson Financial Secretary: Dee White Secretary: Shel Hill (All positions above are one-year terms.)

(All positions below are three-year terms) Trustees: Diana Blair (2021) Marsha Heeter (2022) Delores LaFountaine (2020) Diaconate: Deaconesses: Deacons: Shirley Hill, Chair (2021) Dave Hill, Chair (2022) Katie Berberick (2021) Larry Blair (2021) Brittney Blair (2022) Dick Dunaway (2021) Shirley Bird (2021) Austin Friend (2021) Shel Hill (2021) Dave Hill (2022) Nelda Holeman (2022) Doc Holbrook (2022) Susan Jones (2020) Jim Holeman (2020) Delores LaFountaine (2022) Ross Penney (2020) Diana Ramos (2022) Christina Taylor (2022) Mary Alice Thorpe (2021)

Elders: John Dodge, Chair (2022) Diana Blair (2022) Vicki Massey, 2021 Larry Blair (2021) Audrey Cameron (2022) Marsha Heeter (2020) Gary Ivey (2020)

The 2020 Budget

passed

unanimously.


THOSE SERVING IN DECEMBER:

December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29

Elder Larry Blair John Dodge Diana Blair Vicki Massey Marsha Heeter

Serving Shut-ins

Larry Blair

Deaconess: Susan Jones Nursery: Mabel Fisher Pianist: Vicki Massey Organist: Edith Perry Hymn Leader: Diana Blair Sound & video Technicians: Susan Jones, Austin Friend, Jody Friend, Diana Ramos, Christina Taylor, Vonnie Taylor Praise Teams: Gary Ivey, Amanda Read. Deacons: There are five stones in a container in the narthex. The first five deacons who take a stone are the ones who will serve that Sunday. Bus Drivers’ Phone numbers; John Dodge 503-623-9603 Katie Berberick 503-551-1326

TO GET THE FAMILY VISITOR:

• Pick up a copy at church

• Email your mailing address to the church or call the office at 503-623-2569.

• Read it on our web site: http//dallas1stchristianchurch.wordpress.com

• Send your email address to: [email protected]


March 2019

S M T W T F S

Worship Schedule: 8:30 am Live Wire Contemporary Svc 9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Traditional Worship Svc

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Worship 7 pm Elders Meeting

8:30 am Dental Van 8:30 am Men’s Bible Study

11 am prayer time

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Worship Fill the Cart

Noon Christian Women’s Fellowship 7 pm Board meeting

Salvation Army Bell ringing at Walmart

8:30 am Men’s Bible Study

11 am prayer time 7 pm Christmas Spectacular

7 pm Christmas Spectacular

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Worship 7 pm Christmas Spectacular

11:30 Church Women’s Lunch


11 am prayer time

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Worship

7 pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Service


11 am prayer time

29 30 31

Worship 12:30 Fifth Sunday Potluck

7 pm New Year’s Eve game night

March 2019

FOUND:

Two pair of women’s/girl’s socks. One pair is yellow with stripes, the other is black and white stripes with pink.

These and some found jewelry items are in the office. A white plastic bag with some clothing items was left on the porch by the office door. There was no note with it, so we are presuming these are for the rummage sale. If you know otherwise, please let the office know.

Church Email: [email protected]

Darren’s Email [email protected]

Church Web site: Dallas1stchristianchurch.wordpress.com

Sunday Schedule

8:30 am Contemporary Service 9:30 am Church School

10:30 am Traditional Worship Childcare available for all services

Church Office Hours:

Tues. – Fri. 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Phone: 503-623-2569

Staff:

Darren Anderson, Senior Pastor Marsha Heeter, Secretary Susan Jones, Custodian

Amanda Read, Office Assistant

Officers: John Dodge, Moderator

Vicki Massey, Vice-Moderator Rachael Anderson, Treasurer

Dee White, Financial Secretary



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