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First Christian Church Disciples of Christ 2320 Country Club Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC
27104
January 2020
Senior Pastor: David Harrison
Accountant: Monti Swicegood
Administrator: Jesse Clodfelter
Director of Music Ministry: Regina Pozzi
Director of Youth & Creative Palooza:
Kaitlin Mundy
Responsibilities for the Month Telephone: 336-722-2714
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Page: ww.disciplesofchrist.com
Creative Palooza 336-970-5102
Elders
5th-Jim & Trish Eubanks
12th-Becky Minnix & Brenda Smith
19th-Marilyn Cardwell & Thresa Brinn
26th-Connie Hance & Claudia Colter
Worship Leaders / Acolytes
5th-Claudia Colter / Aleks Malay
12th-Shellie Veschio / Hannah Harrison
19th-Paul Gillespie / Bailey Wishart
26th-Cheryl Askew / Aleks Malay
Check out the Web site for upcoming events—www.disciplesofchrist.com
Follow us on Facebook.com/First-Christian-Church-496555193724355
Table of Contents
Pg. 2 Senior Pastor
Pg. 3 Moderator
Pg. 4 Calendar
Pg. 5 Youth and Prayer Requests
Pg. 6 New Communion
Pg. 7 Community Concert,
DWM / CWF and Historian
Deacons
Prepare Communion
Tom, Tracy & Denise Glenn
My good friends!
Crisis Control Ministry was started in 1973 by a few
churches, our First Christian being one, to provide food
and other survival needs to families in difficult situations.
We as a church have supported this Ministry every year
since with donations of food and other items as well
as it being a ―line-item‖ in our budgets. This month
Crisis Control Ministry is asking that we donate
BEEF STEW to fill their shelves. When we give
food, it allows the Ministry to use their funds to
supply needed prescriptions, supply a heat source,
or keep a family in their home. You have been so
supportive over the years and I thank you on behalf
of all those families served. Purchase your gift this
month and place it in the white container in the
office wing. Your help is needed!
Becky Minnix, Christian Action Ministry
Listen to Sermons Online!
We have moved our sermons to
a different location.
You can listen to sermons
here: www.sermoncloud.com/
firstchristian. A big thanks to
Andy Askew for recording the
sermon audio every Sunday!
If you would like to help out with the church garden this year please contact Pam Bowen!
INSIGHT
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A Note from Senior Pastor David Harrison
Hello Members of FCC!
―Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.
And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one
another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with
gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.‖ -Colossians 3:15-17
I thank God for another year and I thank God for all of you, my FCC family! Thank you all for the
wonderful acts of love over the holidays. From baked goods, Christmas cards, kind notes, gifts and
the Christmas love offering. My heart and my family's hearts are full of gratitude.
With the dawn of a New Year comes a wave of new possibilities. This year, my prayer for our
church is that we continue to seek after God’s heart and follow his leading. In doing this, we must
have a clear vision and operate by this vision. In all that we do, in word or in deed; it will be done in
the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! This year we will operate with intentionality within our church.
That being said, as a reminder, we will meet as a congregation on January 19th immediately after
worship service, to lift up three goals that will guide our efforts as a church moving forward. Please
be sure to turn in your ―homework assignment‖ from December. The assignment was to write down
your heart’s desire and hope for this church. This can be turned in to me via email at
[email protected], or in my mailbox in the office or simply slide it under my office
door. The meeting on January 19th is a kickoff to what will be a year of development, growth and
connection for our church!
Speaking of this year, FCC turns 130 years old! If anyone is interested, I am looking to put together
a team that will help with planning a celebration weekend/homecoming in the fall for this wonderful
occasion! Please contact me.
I look forward to this year and the wonderful ways God will use our church to be a blessing to each
other and to our city!
―I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things,
trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself,
changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before,
and more importantly, you're doing something.‖
-Neil Gaiman
Happy New Year FCC Family!
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A Message from Our Moderator
Dear Church Friends,
Here we are at the threshold of a new year. Who knows what this
year will bring to each of us individually and as a church. I am
excited to find out. This is a time of looking back on the year gone
and building on it in this new year.
First Christian Church had a really good 2019. The energy is ex-
citing! Now our job as a congregation is to build on the energy and
enthusiasm 2019 brought us and make 2020 even better.
To make this year better we need to ALL get involved. Sit down
and think about what you can do to help in the life of the church and
put it into action.
A saying I’ve heard is ―Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it
you will land among the stars.‖ So in 2020, let us as a congregation
shoot for the moon and count our many blessings. Here is to 2020.
God be with you,
Judy Gillespie
Moderator
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Birthdays are listed above in bold PURPLE!
~Choir will rehearse at 10:30 a.m. on the Sundays
for which it will sing.
~AA Groups meet in Taylor Hall each Monday through Saturday
10:30 a.m. to noon & Tuesday night at 8pm.
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1
Charlie Hance
2 Elders’
Meeting 3pm
3
Madeline
Culver
4
Connie Hance
5
Youth
5:30-6:30p
6 7 11am
Lunch Bunch
@ Clemmons
Kitchen
Gina Pruitt
8
Noon Bible
Study
9
Elaine Pruitt
10 11
12
Youth
5:30-6:30p
Community
Concert 4 p.m.
13 LC Meeting
6pm
14 11am Lunch
Bunch
@ Clemmons
Kitchen
15
Noon Bible
Study
16 17 18
David Wall Jr.
19 Youth
5:30-6:30p Congregational
Meeting after
service
20 CWF Meeting
3pm
21 11am
Lunch Bunch
@ Clemmons
Kitchen
22
Noon Bible
Study
23
Lee Anne
West
24
Nola Mann
25
26
Youth
5:30-6:30p
27
Myrna Law
28 11am
Lunch Bunch
@ Clemmons
Kitchen
29
Noon Bible
Study
Judy Gillespie
Jasper Wishart
30
Nada Werner
31
Peace and
continued
abundance
into the New
Year!
~January 2020~
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Church Members
Atkinson, Judy
Carmichael, B.J.
Davis, Colleen
O’Linn, Karen
Stephen, Paula & Walker
Homebound Members
Brown, Leona
Fox, Bob & Barbara
Gillespie, Joan
Matthews, Jean
Morris, Lou
Murphy, Frances
Taylor, Frances
Tucker, Dottie
Ward, Lois
Friends & Family of Members
Askew, Faye—mother of Andy Askew Bodford, Angie–friend of Connie Hance Carter, Kaye—daughter of BJ Carmichael Cejka Jr., Joseph F.—Father of Rev. Lee Higgins Crist, Garry – friend of Anne Hodges Glenn, Andre—son of Tom Glenn Hall, Bobby–friend of Drew Hill Hill, Christine—friend of Kathy Sink Hudspeth, Judi–friend of FCC Hudspeth, Michael—son of Mary Hudspeth Ludwig, Taylor-daughter in law of Regina Pozzi Moore, Sally–daughter of Martha Hutson Morgan, Louise–sister of Mary Hudspeth New, Ron–brother of Sandra Sellers Patrum, Penny—friend of Kathy Sink Tedder, Lisa-grandson Christian Teer, Catherine-mother of Cathryn Teer-Hodge Sheehan, Susan–niece of Bob Parvin Stilley Family- Friends of Kathy Sink Veschios, Ralph–father of Shellie Veschio Weidemann, Peg – mother of Brad Weidemann
~YOUTH HAPPENINGS~
Hello all and Happy New Year!
During the month of January we will discover the ―roots‖ of
four classic hymns. Each week, we will learn about the
fascinating histories of the hymns and their writers, and learn
how we can apply their messages to our contemporary lives.
The hymns we will learn about are:
Jan. 5 - Amazing Grace
Jan. 12 - What a friend we have in Jesus
Jan. 19 - How Great Thou Art
Jan. 26 - Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Remember, starting this month,
we will meet from 5:30 - 6:30 pm on Sundays.
We will fellowship and play a group game from 5:30 - 6,
and then our lesson will be from 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Peace,
Kaitlin
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First Christian Friends,
With thankful hearts, we welcome January! Thank you to everyone at FCC for your
support, donations, and purchases from the angel tree for our fourth annual Christmas
event. Because of you, families were able to have a brighter holiday season! We also
give a word of thanks for everyone who baked sweet treats for our Holiday Meal event
for Easton Elementary School. Parents, children and the school staff, were blessed by
your show of love and practice of shared abundance!
We will resume our regular distribution schedule this month. We are excited for the
New Year and another opportunity to feed our neighbors!
We continue to be grateful for all of your support and prayers! Please continue to bring
your peanut butter and jelly. Share this good news of the gospel with your friends and
coworkers. As we continue to put faith in action, through the practice of shared abun-
dance, with our neighbors in Winston Salem!
Peace and continued shared abundance,
Rev. David Harrison Jr. and Paul Gillespie #sharedabundance #hungersucks
Whom to contact for volunteer opportunities
Youth & Palooza: Kaitlin Mundy [email protected]
New Communion: David Harrison [email protected]
Backpack program: Paul Gillespie [email protected]
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FCC presents the next Community Concert
Sunday, January 12 at 4 p.m.
Performers: Alicia Reid, voice and harp
Niles Loughlin, clarinet
Works by Parker, Vaughn Williams, Satie, Persichetti and others.
A Love Offering will be taken for a local charity.
Everybody is invited to the reception.
DWM/CWF
The women of First Christian Church, Winston-Salem, will be hosting
the DWM/CWF of the district DOC churches on February 29, 2020.
We will enjoy fellowship, warm soup and a lively discussion of Mary
Ann Williamson's book "The Gift of Change". Put it on your calen-
dars now.
More details will be coming in the new year,
Claudia Colter
Historians
First Christian Church has been fortunate over the years to
have Historians among its midst. We have old photographs and some
not so old photographs, legal documents about the church and just
memories. Althea Gray has volunteered to be the church
Historian for 2020 and organize all those things into scrap books.
This will give us an opportunity, at a glance, to remember those who
have come before us and how we got to where we are today.
If you have any such items you would like to share,
please talk to Althea.