Weekly Bulletin – September 27, 2009

Posted on September 24, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
Sept. 27, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
Lord, may the fire of your love touch each of us gathered in this sanctuary. May we all be energized to seek and to do your will.

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
Give me a spirit of praise dear Lord,
That I may adore Your name,
Sing praises from a grateful heart
To the One who is always the same.

GIVING TO GOD  Offering  /  SPECIAL MUSIC

(Children ages 4 -7 may be dismissed)

HEARING FROM GOD

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

THIS WEEK :

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

FCC MINISTRIES:

This is a partial list of our ministries. But these particular ministries always need more helpers. Please ask yourself if you could possibly give some of your time to one of these areas. No special training is needed for any of them, just a heart willing to give & participate. If you feel led to join any of these ministries, please let someone know.

Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!

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Weekly Bulletin – September 20, 2009

Posted on September 17, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
Sept. 20, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
Quicken us, Lord, that we may be fully aware of your presence during this time we set aside each week to worship 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

(Children ages 4 -7 may be dismissed)

HEARING FROM GOD

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

TODAY: Bleuer Open House for FCC church family!
Sunday, Sep 20th 6-10pm
Snacks, games, and fun (Bring a snack to pass)
115 County Road 2, Greene NY
Please park at Berean Bible Church and walk to our home next door!

THIS WEEK :

UPCOMING EVENTS:

* Please pick up your dishes from the coat rack.

Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!

BULLETIN INSERT – FCC Prayer Requests

This is an update on Tyler Woods.  A young boy that we have been praying for, for some time now.  He is the nephew of one of our members. Tyler was accepted into an experimental chemo drug study that has worked to stop cell growth in other types of cancer.  It has not been tested on Tyler’s type that we know of, but we are willing to give it a try.  The other chemo treatments have not been successful, so we are hoping this one will be.  He was in the hospital for tests and scans today, in preparation for his new chemo treatments starting 9/21/09.  It is IV once a week at the hospital. Tyler has been in more pain the last few days, his coughing is back, and so is his shortness of breath.  The doctor recommended we start Tyler with oxygen as needed and at bed time.  Laying down is his worst position and time for breathing struggles. Please pray for his pain and endurance! Thank you from the Woods’ family.

This request is from our Missionary, T P Thomaskutty in India.

From: Agape Ministries,Bangalore. <agape@vsnl.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 7:13 am
Subject: Thanks
Dear  Pastor,
Greetings.  Thanks for the continuous support for the ministry.  We are thankful to God  for His faithfulness in meeting our ministry needs during the last financial year.  It is amazing to see how God provided even through God’s people whom we have never met. We are grateful to God’s people.  We do not have anything to give you back than to say “Thank You & we love You”.  Yesterday our staff met together for a day of fasting & prayer.  Every month we meet together once only for intercessory prayer. Especially we have prayed for you and for all friends who try to raise the funds to support various ongoing ministries. We assure you of our prayers. We have many special needs but we dare not to share with you for not knowing the financial position on your side. Our God has promised to meet our needs as we totally depend on Him. It is His ministry and we are assured that the Lord is more concerned about the ministry than what we are. That gives us confidence. The situation in MD’s village is not getting better. The entire village is against 16 of our believers. Some of them are very strong in faith but the pressure & threat is so much that they need God’s help to withstand.  The latest news is that the village’s upper class people want to reconvert our believers back into their fold by force. We have to wait and see how God overrules man’s plan.  Many are praying with fasting for God’s deliverance for his people. We don’t have a worship place of our own in this town and that is a real handicap. At present we worship in a rented facility in the town. The problem village is 5 miles from the town. We are looking for a piece of land where we can make a worship place but the cost of the land in town is more than we can afford. Pray.   We need many prayers for MD and his family-our missionaries there. Kindly convey our love to all friends who know us and pray for us. With love, TP

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MAKIN’ THE GRADE

Posted on September 12, 2009 
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“Anyone who comes to me, hears my words and does them…is like a man who built his house upon a rock” (paraphrase mine from Luke 6:46-48). Did you catch that? Jesus says, the person who “does” his words is like the man who builds his house upon a firm foundation.

I anticipate what we would expect to hear is “believes.” Of course even the demons believe. So, maybe James is right when he says, “faith without works is dead.” For some time western Christianity has had a love affair with knowledge. As if the more you know the more spiritual you are. Some of us remember having to memorize gobs of verses from Awana or WOL. It’s what got rewarded. But in the Sermon on the Mount it seems to be behavior that Jesus promotes and insists the Father rewards. No wonder no matter what tradition of Christianity you come out of this text causes problems. We keep coming away guilty.

In the movie “Batman Begins” Bruce Wayne is confronted by his boyhood friend for his philanthropy while Gotham crumbles around them because of poverty and crime. Out of this scene comes one of the best lines in the movie, ‘Bruce, it’s what you do that defines you.’ Somewhere along the line Christianity became more of a thinking faith than an active faith. Something I don’t think Jesus ever intended.

The Sermon On The Mount brings three quadrants of life to a crossroads; relationships, behavior and space. Space is home, work, school, some aspect of location. It could be the grocery store. Behavior is what you do, how you react. What those who occupy the space with you see and experience in light of your presence. Which brings us to relationships. The quality of our relationships rests largely upon what we are doing in them (not what we think of them). Sure it takes two to tango, but somebody has to ask you to dance. Perhaps that’s what Jesus is saying when he says, “love your enemies, be merciful, don’t judge, and forgive.”

At the end of “Batman Begins” there is another run in with Bruce Wayne’s boyhood friend. But this time he is the Batman. He’s just saved his old friend and a young boy from a pack of maniacs. It’s there he tells his friend that it’s what he does that defines him. This is all deeper than one may think. Part of Batman’s struggle is about who he is going to be. What is he going to do? Be Bruce Wayne the playboy billionaire or be Batman the Dark Knight. We know what he chose because it’s what he does that defines him.

In some way even Jesus had to clarify who he was. To many people he was Jesus, the son of Joseph the carpenter. But he knew he was the Christ, the son of God. Quite a difference if you ask me. Truth is, it’s not the words making us follow Jesus. I kind of doubt that phrases like “love your enemy” and “judge not” are getting you out of bed on Sunday morning. It’s the deed. It’s the cross that makes us followers of Jesus. Without the deed, the words are meaningless. It’s not how much you know, but what you do that defines you.  WHB

Note: links to Batman clip

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Weekly Bulletin – September 13, 2009

Posted on September 10, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
Sept. 13, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
Dear Lord, may this time of worship be an awakening experience for us all. Show us your will and grant us the guidance and pwer to fulfill the role you have for each of us.

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

(Children ages 4 -7 may be dismissed)

HEARING FROM GOD

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

TODAY: BABY SHOWER for Laura Dodd, 2:30 PM in the chapel.

THIS WEEK :

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Missionary Christmas in July    Praise the Lord with us….
Our grand total this year is $2,024.68.  Thank you all for your generous giving!

Visitation Team: Members on call.  (Sept 6 – 19))
If you or someone you know needs a home or hospital visit, please call:
Jim & Judy Willis @ (607) 235-0969

Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!

Dan Zuch

Posted on September 5, 2009 
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It will be great to have Dan and Rachel Zuch on Sunday. They are on furlough from Austria and it has been about 3 years since we last saw them. I look forward to seeing them getting more insight on the work there. For FCC this has been a long term relationship with the Zuch’s. We have been partnering for some time together in an effort to forward the gospel and see the Church thrive in Austria.

Next week we start our new series, “Back to School Special.” When I was a kid I remember watching, “after school specials.” The intent is to focus on life-long learning as a follower of Christ. Of course we will have to figure out how Jesus viewed life-long learning in the first place. Who knows, you might be surprised. Find out what our rabbi (Jesus) has to say.       WHB

Weekly Bulletin – September 6, 2009

Posted on September 3, 2009 
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The Lord’s Day!
Sept. 6, 2009
Welcome to our Church!

PREPARE TO WORSHIP
Lord, help us focus on You. May this time of worship be sincere and fulfilling. May we know without a doubt that we have been in Your presence.

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

SPECIAL GUESTS – Dan & Rachel Zuch, Missionaries to Austria

WORSHIPING GOD IN SONG

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!

TONIGHT :  No Evening Service

THIS WEEK :

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Missionary Christmas in July – Praise the Lord with us…. Our grand total this year is $2,024.68.  Thank you all for your generous giving!

Baptism: If you are interested in being baptized, please see Pastor Bill.

Visitation Team: Members on call.  (Sept 6 – 19))
If you or someone you know needs a home or hospital visit, please call:
Jim & Judy Willis @ (607) 235-0969

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
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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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