5:30-8 PM

Volunteers please arrive @ 4:30 p.m.

August 2, 2017 Volume 12 Issue 30

The LORD is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast

love. The LORD is good to all, and his

compassion is over all that he has made.

Psalm 145: 8-9

God’s patience is an amazing thing to

behold. God watches over all of creation.

God sees all the things we do to each

other. God hears every word we utter.

Yet God still loves us unconditionally.

There are times we do not do much to

earn God’s love and compassion. It truly

is a gift and there when we need it most.

God judges our hearts and not our

actions. God does not care about how

often we are in church or how many times

we sin in a given week. God cares about

our condition. So God simply watches us

and how we live. How did we reconcile

our sin with God? How did we behave in

a tense situation when our faith was

tested? Do our actions in the world show

us to be a child of God and worthy of

belonging to the Lord?

We need to remember that we are an

example to the world. God appointed us

stewards of creation and it is up to us to

care for the world in all its core parts. It

means interacting with people we may

not like but it is incumbent on us to be

like Christ in all we say and do. God is

watching and full of love. Share that love

with a stranger today.

Blessings,

Jason

Sharing What the Lord Provides

The Christian Crier First Christian Church - Disciples of Christ - Thomas, OK

Glorify God by Serving Others

Inside this issue: Statistics 2

Notes from the office 2

Prayer Concerns 3

Thank You Notes 4

Serving at Worship 4

www.thomaschristianchurch.org

SUNDAY August 6

Brunch Reception for

Ron & Ann Ledford 9 a.m.

Sunday School 10 a.m.

Worship 11 a.m.

WEDNESDAY August 9 Thomas Fay Custer Schools

Worship Committee 6 p.m.

Wacky Wed. Review 7 p.m.

SUNDAY August 13 Sunday School 10 a.m.

Worship 11 a.m.

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Happy National Ice Cream Sandwich

Day! Observed each year on August 2,

this food holiday is one that will

refresh each one of us on a warm

summer day with a delicious frozen

ice cream sandwich. The original ice

cream sandwich sold for a penny in

1900 from a pushcart in the Bowery

neighborhood of New York.

Eileen Ames is now home from the

hospital. She returned yesterday. We

send continued prayers of healing as

she continues to recuperate at home.

The Wacky Wednesday review

meeting scheduled for this evening

has been postponed to next week on

Wednesday, August 9 at 7 p.m.

This Sunday, August 6 we will host

a Farewell Come & Go Brunch for

Ron and Ann Ledford. Please bring

donuts, muffins, cinnamon rolls, banana

breads, breakfast casseroles or other

favorite brunch dishes.

Sunday afternoon is our 4th Annual

BACK 2 SCHOOL BASH. B2SB is

from 5:30 to 8 pm. Volunteers please

arrive at 4:30 pm. The B2SB committee

request that we wear our 2017 B2SB

shirts to worship Sunday morning.

Please stay a few minutes after

worship to help us set up some of the

games we have in storage.

Classes resume at TFC Schools

Wednesday, August 9.

The 10th Annual Cowboy Up for

Christ is September 9 at 7:30 p.m. in

the Gene Hawkins Memorial Arena.

There will be a free meal from 6 p.m.

to 7 p.m. that evening.

That’s all I have for now,

Jennifer

www.biblica.com/bible/reading-plans

Old Testament Job 11, Job 12, Job 13, Job 14

New Testament Matthew 20:1-19

Psalms & Proverbs

Psalm 17:6-12

August 6

We Come By God’s Invitation

Isaiah 55: 1-5

Rev. Jason Williams

July 30, 2017

Sunday School 13

Worship 43

Offering $1,910.08

Prayer Cards 123

NOTES

From the office

Attendance

& Offering Theological Term

of the Week A priori:

a philosophical term that refers to knowledge,

judgments, and principles

which are true without verification or

testing. Blue is a color and all triangles have three sides

are examples.

BACK 2 SCHOOL BASH needs donations of bottled

water. Please leave them in the Church kitchen.

THANK YOU!

READ THROUGH THE BIBLE

Come & Go Brunch Reception for Ron and Ann Ledford

Sunday, August 6 9am to 11 am Please bring donuts, muffins, cinnamon rolls,

banana breads, breakfast casseroles, ect...

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Eileen Ames: needs healing prayers.

Zelda Bishop: Susan Priel’s aunt.

She has medical issues and is

waiting on back surgery.

Charlie Clark: recovering from

a recent heart surgery.

John Clark: Former FCC Pastor

under hospice care.

Debbie and Mark Conkling:

Debbie has cancer and they are

having issues treating it.

Michael Driscoll: Works with Darla

Perry. Needs healing prayers.

The Fite Family

Ron & Nancy Gripe: need prayers.

Henrietta Helzer: needs prayers.

Norma Jean Hight: at Corn

Heritage Village in Weatherford.

Angie House: needs prayer.

Joann Jones: Juaneva Megli’s

sister. She has inoperable cancer.

Tina Jones: Juaneva Megli’s niece.

She is having a reoccurrence of

Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Barbara Kirkpatrick: at Corn

Heritage Village in Weatherford

Kent Kirkpatrick: at Corn Heritage

Village in Weatherford.

Joe & Amy Mulhearn: They are

in a nursing home in Geary, OK

Susan Priel: she has medical

issues and requests prayer.

Lisa Ronan: undergoing more

treatments for breast cancer.

Stormy Sauer: undergoing

weekly chemotherapy for cancer.

LeaElma Slagle: Needs prayers

Jim Steele: receiving treatment

for skin cancer & recovering from

a heart attack.

Janie Stevens: LaDonna Taylor’s

aunt. She needs prayers for

health issues.

Mary Whittom: Mother of Roscoe

Lipscomb. She has lung cancer.

Please pray for the homebound and those with unspoken needs.

Wacky Wednesday kids & volunteers enjoying

our Wacky Wednesday Grand Finale for 2017.

“He who believes in Me, as the

Scripture said, 'From his

innermost being will flow

rivers of living water.”

John 7:38

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

217 N. 6th P.O. Box 366 Thomas, OK 73669 Phone: 580-661-2510 E-mail: fcctsec@gmail.com Jason email: jasonwilliams@prodigy.net Jason cell: 1-405-314-5527

Minister: Rev. Jason Williams Sunday School 10 a.m.

Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Glorify God by Serving

Others

@First.Christian.Church.Thomas.OK

Serving THIS Week - August 6, 2017

Elders: Patti Humphreys, Shawn Threadgill

Diaconate: Riley & Lyndee Hamar, Jeanne Lewis, Gail Parker

Greeter: Jim & Eileen Ames, John Caskey

Acolytes: Nora Jayne Lee, Olivia Williams

Communion Preparation: Jeanne Lewis, Gail Parker

Serving NEXT Week - August 13, 2017

Elders: Wallace Crispin, Monica Frans

Diaconate: Trevor & Gen Lisle, Shirley Cagg

Greeter: Lyn Nunn, Bridget Slattery

Acolytes: Lillie Hightower, McCartney Lisle

Communion Preparation: Jeanne Lewis, Gail Parker

www.thomaschristianchurch.org

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Check out the link & our new online

giving option today!

Dear Friends,

It was so wonderful to receive the many prayer

cards, prayers, phone calls, visits and food while I

recuperated from my

fall. You all are very

special people to me.

Thank You very much,

Alveta

Dear First Christian Church,

Thank you just doesn’t seem adequate to let

you all know how very much I appreciate your

continued prayers over the past several months.

The prayer cards are such a joy to receive. I read & reread

them and am constantly reminded I’m not in this alone.

Not only do I have the Lord on my side, but thanks to all

of you I have brothers & sisters in Christ lifting me up in

prayer. For that I will always be grateful.

Debbie Conkling