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The Chalice

A publication of First Christian Church of Edmond, OK

Vol. 3 No. 31 August 25, 2011

CONNECTION

This past

Monday

night a

small groupof members

from the

Compadres

and Pioneers

Sunday school classes joined me

at Refuge Fellowship in downtown

Oklahoma City.

Refuge Fellowship is a church

in formation, and it is being

sponsored by a number of Disciples

congregations in the metro area.Refuge is a church focused on

reaching out to the homeless of

Oklahoma City by providing them

food for the journey – both physical

and spiritual nourishment.

Over the past few years, Refuge

Fellowship has grown tremendously.

This past week we served over 80

people, some of them 3 or 4 times!

They have been meeting in the

downtown library for dinner and worship, but have now outgrown their

home. Beginning next week they

move to a new location.

This is an amazing ministry; just

ask anyone who has gone to serve.

It’s about more than just feeding

the hungry – it’s about sharing life

together. And when we gather

together for worship after the meal

and hear the stories of those gathered,

listen to their prayers, and join asone around the Lord’s Table, you

understand what true Christian

community is about.

This amazing ministry began

because the pastor, Noel Haley, saw

a need and wanted to do something

about it. She was willing to take a risk

for the kingdom of God and step o

on a limb to bear witness to the livi

Christ among us. She not only hea

the words of Jesus to serve others, believed them! And through that r

lives are being transformed.

We are called to “take a risk” for

Kingdom too! This summer we hav

discovered that one of our core valu

at First Christian Church is “Open

Hands.” This core value embraces

taking mission and service, and like

Pastor Noel, we too must believe th

words of Jesus when he says, “serv

others just as I have served you.” Wmust go into the world and be the

hands of Christ!

This Sunday we gather to celebra

“Open Hands” and recommit

ourselves to being the hands of Chr

in the world. We have no choice b

to go! Come, join us as we step ou

Join us this Sunday, August 28

for the last message in

our series...

OPEN HANDS

Risk-Taking Mission

& Service

Rev. Greg Bunton

We Must GoBy Rev. Greg Bunton, Associate Minister of Student Ministries

on a limb to bear witness to the livi

Christ among us.



• 5:00-6:00 An Exploration of Faithled by Rev. Chris Shorow - Room 116 This will be an interesting experimental class. Many people have approached mewanting to discuss serious matters of faith, what they believe and what the Biblesays about some of these topics. So, I’m offering this course for them. We’ll startwith a broad overview of scripture and how it came about and what it means tous. How does scripture inform our faith? We will look at questions like—What isheaven? What is Hell? Why do bad things happen to good people? The next partof the course will be a dialogue where you will ask your own burning questionand we’ll explore it as a class. With a good look at scripture, our faith, and churchhistory, we will be able to more condently tell the story of our own faith.

• 6:30 - 7:30 Serving from the Heartled by Rev. Jerry BlackGod’s plan for the church calls each member of the body of Christ to play a vitalrole, one in which we nd joy and fulllment. That happens when we serve in arole that matches our unique talents and abilities—gifts that come from the Spiritof God. Dr. Jerry Black’s Fall Unite Course, Serving from the Heart, will examinein some detail the nature and work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and theenhanced capacity to serve. The cost of the participant notebook is $16. Pleaseregister online @ fccedmond.org/unite or by calling Iris Jordan, 341-3544.

• 7:30–8:45 Chancel Choirled by Diane Ball - Sanctuary

(Nursery Available) Our Chancel Choir offers musical gifts throughout the year inworship services and on special occasions.

On Wednesday evenings during the school yearour children, students and adults UNITE fordinner, learning and fellowship. In a culture that

is increasingly individualistic and private, we arecalled as Christians to connect, grow, serve andcare together. UNITE provides a place to experie

lasting connections and a place to grow in our fa

Children 3yrs old through 5th grade wfocus on “Extreme Makeover: RedesigAttitudes”. This program is an excitinprogram based on Philippians 2:5. “Hthe same attitude that Christ Jesus had

5:00 Music/Instruments (K-5th)

5:30 Cherub Choir (Music-PreK)

6:00 Check-In/Dinner6:30 Large Group Gathering (Sanctu

7:00 Small Groups

7:30 Check-Out/Pick up

Come UNITE with us beginning Wednesday, September 7.REGISTER now at www.fccedmond.org/unite

Options for Adults

Children’s Schedule

• $3.50 per person/weekly• $38.50 per semester/per person

• $12.50 weekly (family of 4+)• $137.50 semester price (family of 4+)

Meal Payment Options

This semester we will experience a“Worship Feast” and our study focus be on the many ways in which we arinvited into the presence of the Holy

5:30 Girls Ensemble

5:45 Dinner

6:30 Worship7:15 Small Group Bible Study

8:00 Done!

Dates We Will MeetSeptember 7, 14, 21, 28October 5, 12, 26

November 2, 9, 16, 30December 7 (Youth only)

Student’s Schedule

Update on Christmas Stocking

for our Troops Project!If you are making or buying Christm

Stockings, the completion time for the

stitch is October 17th. These will be sen

our early Christmas Pack October 22n

~ Thank you and God Bless, Bec

Winn & The Edmond Blue Star

Mothers of Edmond

Our phone system is scheduled to be replaced Friday, August 26. Themain number, 405-341-3544, will remain the same, however the ocestaff will have new extention numbers. Please be patient as we learnthis new system! The new extentions are listed below for reference:

Shelley - 102 Jennifer - 103

New Phone System withNEW Extentions!

Greg - 105Anna Lisa - 106

Karla - 107 Jerry - 109

Iris - 110Mark - 111

Chris - 112Diane - 115



Save TheDate!

Classics to

Tour Ft. SillThursday,October 6

A Special Treatwith our own

Rev. Jerry Black!

This will be a personal visitto Ft. Sill with Jerry as our

host and tour guide.With Jerry’s connections,

we plan to visit this militarytraining center for so many

of our U.S. servicemen and women.

Put Thursday, October 6,on your calendar!

Contact Winnie Hall to reserve your spot - 341-4297.

Prayers of the PeopleTHOSE IN NEED OF PRAYER Charlie Young, Bill &

Mary Lou Womble, Rex Swanson (former member),Roy Jackson, Virginia O’Niel, Nita Williams (Jeff

Williams’ mom), John Werhun, Naomi Bell (Karen Walenciak’s mom), RoseMarie McKee, Barbara Hall, Dona Lee Denton (Carrie Akin’s sister), JoeSamuels, Bart Rodr, Ed Berry

OUR SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS To Tim & Donna Clark in the passing of Donna’s father, Zoy Bert Lindsay, on August 12. Services were held on August16 in Del City.

Happy Birthday!8/28 Karen Moore, Matt Quade, Ear

Rice8/29 Alexandria Peters

8/30 JoDahl Creech, Leah Danley,

Carol Hawkins

8/31 Dot Hammond, Gayle Smith

9/1 Kathrynn Cavanaugh, Max

Speegle

9/2 Olivia Agosta, Marc Pate

9/3 Jan Cowling, Laura Kysar, Jim

Turner

9/4 Taylor Grant, Traci Sarani, Rach

WoodFrom the FCC History Committee - if you pre-ordered a copy of:

The History of First Christian Church,The First Decade of the Second Century, 1999-2009

It is available now for pick up. Drop by the rotunda table today!

The First Christian Church

Child Care Center has a few

spots remaining in our PrivateKindergarten class for the 2011-2012

school year. We offer a full day

program with a certied teacher

and a faith based curriculum. If you

are interested, please contact the

Child Care Center oce at 341-2626.

Excuse Our

Mess!Have you noticed our painter’s tape

and plastic tarps? The First Christian

Church Child Care Center/Children’s

Education Wing is getting a face-lift.

Painting should be completed by this

weekend. We are excited about our

refreshed space!



The Chalice CONNECTION

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Worshipat First Christian8:15, 9 & 11am

August 28, 2011Message: Rev. Greg BuntonScripture: John 13:12-17Theme: Risk-Taking Mission &

Service

September 4, 2011 Laity SundayOne UNIFIED Service at 10:45amMessage: RENEW Task Force

& Friends

Sabbatical PlContacts:

Loree RicePastoral RelationCommittee [email protected]

(405) 341-3710

Frank GreshModerator-Elect the Boardfrank@frankgresh.

(405) 417-1977

Senior Minister Rev. Chris Shorow is currently on sabbatical and returns to tchurch on Tuesday, September 6. Join us as we welcome home the Shorow

Family during our morning worship services. We will continue to celebratetheir return during our annual Gratitude Dinner on Sunday, October 2. Watchfor details coming soon.

Welcome Home Soon!

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