Weekly Bulletin – August 30, 2009

Posted on August 27, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
August 30, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
Come as close as our breath, Lord.  Make us certain that we have felt a touch of heaven even now.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you are visiting us, please fill out a visitor’s card (available in the foyer) and drop it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher, as your contribution today. Thank you.

PRAISING GOD WITH SONG

GIVING TO GOD  Offering  /  SPECIAL MUSIC

HEARING FROM GOD

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

TODAY:  Impact Project Meeting right after Sunday school.

TONIGHT :  No Evening Service

THIS WEEK :

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Promotion Sunday Sept. 6 – Sunday School Classes will move up.  A new class starting for girls in 6, 7 & 8th grade. They will meet with Mrs. Macaulay.

Children’s Church for ages 4 -7 will begin again on Sunday morning September 13th.

Missionary Christmas in July – We’re still trying to reach our goal of $2000 for our Missionaries. We’re just short $235.32.  Of course any donation you want to make at any time for our Missionaries is welcome.  Your donations are always tax deductible.  Be sure to fill out an envelope with your name on it if you would like a receipt.

Visitation Team: Members on call.  (Aug 23 – Sept 5)
If you or someone you know needs a home or hospital visit, please call:
Pastor Bill  775-1415 or 775-2170 or Arthur Finch  775-1167

SERVICE SCHEDULE
The nursery is provided for children up to four years of age.
Sunday Morning Worship          …………………….10:00 AM
Sunday School (for all ages)        …………………….11:20 AM
Wed Bible Study/Prayer Meeting        ……………………. 7:00 PM

ONE-ON-ONE SPIRITUAL MENTORING
We are committed to taking interested people and purposefully guiding them through a systematic study of the basic foundations of the faith. This is a personalized approach to bible study, and is geared to fit your time schedule as well as your learning style.  Please contact Mike Reed for more information – reeddad@aol.com

FCC PRAYER CHAIN
If you or someone in your immediate family are in need of urgent prayer, and you would like your friends here at First Christian to pray for you, please call Betty Valloney at  (607) 775-9201.  Prayer requests for the weekly prayer sheet & Wed. Prayer Meeting may be E-mailed to fcc.kirkwood@yahoo.com  or called in to Pastor Bill or Terry at the church, (607) 775-1415.

Address Note:  Betty’s new e-mail address – grandma04@stny.rr.com

Speaking of e-mail addresses…. If the church office does not have yours and you would like us to have it, so you could receive prayer requests from the prayer chain or other church notices via e-mail, please send your address to fcc.kirkwood@yahoo.com   Also, if you would like your address to be available in the church directory, please include that in your note.  And while you’re at it, if we don’t have your birthday or anniversary, please include those as well.  We just need the month & day. Thank you.

Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!

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LIGHTS Micah 5:2

Posted on August 22, 2009 
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As the community of Christ I have to wonder if we simply prefer to be a city on a hill from afar. When if we are to fully live out and experience the gospel we have to invite the lost into the hospitality of our homes and experience the warmth of our fires. Ironically Jesus may have known this to some extent for there was no room for him in the inn.

Bethlehem has become symbolic of the gospel. It is the birth place of the Messiah. A most unlikely place. Bethlehem you might say, “didn’t even have a post office.” Not the most likely birth place of a king. I expect even for Micah these were dangerous words to echo. For Israel already had a king (albeit a lousy one). Micah’s prophecy indicates they needed a better one. It reminds me of Hebrews which echoes that Jesus is a better priest (after the order of Melkez.). Herod of course got it. Otherwise he would not have slain all those toddlers. The religious leaders of Israel on the other hand apparently did not believe it. The light of faith seems to have gone out in them.

Can you see the lights of the city? For that matter, are the lights on in your own life? Jesus said, “a city on a hill cannot be hidden.” As a follower of Christ that means you. You are  the lights of Bethlehem.

What the church seems to have forgotten is that the light is for the world not ourselves. The text indicates that out of Bethlehem would come he who would be ruler in Israel. For Micah the Messiah is for Israel not Bethlehem. For us the gospel is for the world not ourselves. But our tendency is to keep it to ourselves. At the end of the day we need to realize that the church is not the focal point of God’s plan. Rather, she is the tool in God’s plan. We need to lift the shades and be the light of the world. For a city on a hill cannot be hidden.             WHB

Weekly Bulletin – August 23, 2009

Posted on August 20, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
August 23, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
We know that nothing can separate us from you, Lord.  Fill us with love and enable us to share it freely.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you are visiting us, please fill out a visitor’s card (available in the foyer) and drop it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher, as your contribution today. Thank you.

PRAISING GOD WITH SONG

GIVING TO GOD  Offering  /  SPECIAL MUSIC

HEARING FROM GOD

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

TONIGHT :  No Evening Service

THIS WEEK :

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Children’s Church for ages 4 -7 will begin again on Sunday morning September 13th.

Missionary Christmas in July –  $1729.68.  Won’t you help us reach our goal of $2000 by the end of August?  We would like to give each of our missionaries a nice bonus of $500 for their Christmas gift.

Visitation Team: Members on call.  (Aug 23 – Sept 5)
If you or someone you know needs a home or hospital visit, please call:
Pastor Bill  775-1415 or 775-2170 or Arthur Finch  775-1167

Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!

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Weekly Bulletin – August 16, 2009

Posted on August 13, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
August 16, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
Loving God, you bring overwhelming joy.  May we remember to express our gratitude to you for all your gifts.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you are visiting us, please fill out a visitor’s card (available in the foyer) and drop it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher, as your contribution today. Thank you.

PRAISING GOD WITH SONG

GIVING TO GOD  Offering  /  SPECIAL MUSIC

HEARING FROM GOD

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

TONIGHT :  No Evening Service

THIS WEEK :

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Missionary Christmas in July –  $1678.68 has come in.
Our goal is $2000.  Just $322.00 to go.  Could you put in $10?
If 33 people dropped a $10 bill in, we would exceed our goal.

Ladies Book Club: We have a new book available for $3.00.  If you would like to join our club, just see Terry Johnson. There are no long term commitments, just a book to enjoy, then if you can, meet with us for a time of fellowship & discussion.

ADDRESS UPDATES:

Elizabeth (Betty) Valloney – head of our PrayerChain
7 William Street – Kirkwood, NY 13795
(607) 775-9201

Pastor Justin & Annie Bleuer
115 County Road 2
Greene, NY  13778
(315) 525-1066

FCC PRAYER CHAIN
If you or someone in your immediate family are in need of urgent prayer, and you would like your friends here at First Christian to pray for you, please call Betty Valloney at  (607) 775-9201.  Prayer requests for the weekly prayer sheet & Wed. Prayer Meeting may be E-mailed to fcc.kirkwood@yahoo.com  or called in to Pastor Bill or Terry at the church, (607) 775-1415.

Visitation Team: Members on call.  (Aug 9-22)
If you or someone you know needs a home or hospital visit, please call:
Terry Johnson, (570) 967-2288    Elaine Schafer, (607) 775-3985

Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!

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Weekly Bulletin – August 9, 2009

Posted on August 6, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
August 9, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
We are your children, heavenly Creator.  Come close, as a parent touching a child.  Help us know that we have been with you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you are visiting us, please fill out a visitor’s card (available in the foyer) and drop it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher, as your contribution today. Thank you.

PRAISING GOD WITH SONG

GIVING TO GOD  Offering  /  SPECIAL MUSIC

HEARING FROM GOD

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

TONIGHT :  No Evening Service

THIS WEEK :

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Missionary Christmas in July – over $1600 has come in. Our goal is $2000.  “Nothing is impossible with God”  We will continue to collect funds thru the month of August.

Ladies Book Club: We have a new book available for $3.00.  If you would like to join our club, just see Terry Johnson. There are no long term commitments, just a book to enjoy, then if you can, meet with us for a time of fellowship & discussion.

Visitation Team: Members on call.  (Aug 9-22)
If you or someone you know needs a home or hospital visit, please call:
Terry Johnson, (570) 967-2288    Elaine Schafer, (607) 775-3985

Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!

SERVICE SCHEDULE
The nursery is provided for children up to four years of age.
Sunday Morning Worship          …………………….    10:00 AM
Sunday School (for all ages)        …………………….    11:20 AM
Wed Bible Study/Prayer Meeting        …………………….     7:00 PM

ONE-ON-ONE SPIRITUAL MENTORING
We are committed to taking interested people and purposefully guiding them through a systematic study of the basic foundations of the faith. This is a personalized approach to bible study, and is geared to fit your time schedule as well as your learning style.  Please contact Mike Reed for more information – reeddad@aol.com

FCC PRAYER CHAIN
If you or someone in your immediate family are in need of urgent prayer, and you would like your friends here at First Christian to pray for you, please call Betty Valloney at  (607) 775-0951.  Prayer requests for the weekly prayer sheet & Wed. Prayer Meeting may be E-mailed to fcc.kirkwood@yahoo.com  or called in to Pastor Bill or Terry at the church, (607) 775-1415.

The Ten Commandments in Verse
Thou shalt have no gods but me.
Before no idol bow thy knee
Take not the name of God in vain,
Nor dare his Sabbath to profane.
Give both thy parents honor due,
And see that thou no murder do.
Abstain from thoughts and deeds unclean,
Nor steal, though thou be poor or mean,
Nor make a willful lie and love it.
What is thy neighbor’s, never covet.

Aug 15  Cleaners:     Main/Foyer    Chapel        Nursery
T. Smith    T Johnson    Volunteer needed

Today’s Nursery Wrkrs: AM – S. Berkheiser, D. Wasson  SS – B. Valloney
Aug 16  Nursery Wrkrs:  AM – J. Newhard & A. Roe  SS – G. Macaulay