July 22, 2014 ~ Volume 68 ~ Issue 29

Church phone: 785-448-3452

Website: www.fccgarnett.org

Office Hours:

Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m. ~4:30 p.m.

Office Closed Friday

Senior Pastor: Chris Goetz

~ Phone: 503-474-7965

~ Email: chris@fccgarnett.org

Youth & Children Pastor: Brett Hartman

~ Phone: 620-215-1286

~ Hartman.brett@my.occ.edu

Secretary: Marsha Dulin

~ Phone: 785-448-4367

~ Email: marsha@fccgarnett.org

FCC sure is an exciting place to be right now! I am so pleased to tell you about several new things that God has poured into our church life this month! First, we are transitioning our computer equipment. While none of us are real excited about the change; it is time. We found out this week that our computers will no longer be compatible to Google Chrome, which is where we store our entire church calendar, email, and various items of great importance! Second, we are very near to our ground-breaking for our new building, which is monumental for this congregation! I believe members of this church have been working for many years on plans to build, and now it is really about to happen! Third, I have a larger excitement to share with you as the board voted unanimously yesterday to vote in our new Youth & Children’s Minister, Brett Hartman. Brett grew up in Ft. Scott, where he served in his home church until he was called to attend Ozark Christian College. While attending OCC, he served in various roles and churches including Carterville Christian Church, Norton Christian Church, and he also served as a Behavioral Health Technician for Preferred Family Healthcare, working with troubled teens! Brett has energy and loves to fish, hunt, and share Jesus with people anywhere he is! On that note, he and I have much in common! Brett will graduate in May with his Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry with a Major in Youth and Counseling.

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The Board has accepted him part time until May, and he will be full time June 1st. Brett has a very loyal heart and cares deeply about our students and their spiritual walk with God! He will be a good fit at FCC, and I am pleased to have him as the Youth Minister who will help guide even my own children here at FCC. He also has a real passion for South East Kansas where he was raised and where God gave him his calling into ministry. Brett will be at church Sunday where he will join our church and start to become part of the family! Please take a minute to greet him this Sunday and make sure he has a warm FCC welcome! Continued on page 5 Youth Ministry

Serving us Sunday, February 21, 2016

Communion Preparation for February: Judy Tisor

February Deacons:

Mike Burns, Dan Dulin, Craig Cole, Jason Sjorlund &

Cody Clark

Offertory: Gene Watson Communion: Doug Meyer Usher: Leroy Hamilton

Communion to Shut Ins: Ron Jenkins & Mike Zentner

8:00 a.m.: Pianist: Carmen Powls

Audio/Visual: 8:00 a.m.: Ruth Peine / Cheryl Varvel

10:30 a.m. Pianist: Carmen Powls

Audio/Visual 10:30 a.m.: Virgil Wight / Jenna Wight

10:30 a.m. Song Leader: Mary Hamilton

Greeter(s) (Front West Door): Milt & Shirley Greiner

Greeter(s) (Back East Door): Tim & Tammy Clark

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL SOS Class had 17 present with 14 members with their Bibles and 7 daily readers of the Word. Prayers were requested for the Rusty Coons, Steve Watkins & Charlene Rogers. Praise: (1) The nephew of Ron & Darlene Jenkins is doing much better and back in school. (2) Class sang Happy Birthday to Jeanine & Charlene. Larry Varvel opened the class with prayer. Burke Rogers presented Sunday’s lesson, Session 5: 2 Samuel thru 1 & 2 Kings. Reminders: Read 1st & 2nd Chronicles, Ezra & Nehemiah for next week.

Families of James & Becky Dodd; families of George & Jeanine Zentner; families of Roger & Phyllis Adams; Chris & Julie Corbin, Josiah, Emma, Lily, Riley; Colwyn Cadwallader grandson of Charles & Becky Allen; Robert Smith guest of Mary Cox, Jessica Wyckoff, Ella & Lilyan of Redrock, OK daughter and granddaughters of Jayne Miller; Jacob Coltrane grandson of Max & Deb Worthington, Randy & Angie Sears, Maclaine of Garnett; Branden & Tommy Hutchison and Trey & Taylor Clark grandchildren of Tim & Tammy Clark; Noah Maley & Spencer Guyett of Garnett. Thank you for visiting and worshipping at FCC. . ~ Please Come Again!

February 2016 Attendance Records Sunday 8:00a.m. 10:30 a.m. School Worship Worship 2/07 93 66 135 2/14 79 44 229

Sunday at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Children’s Church at 10:30 a.m.

February 2016 General Fund & and Building Fund Giving

General Fund Offering: February 14 ~ $3628.87

February to Date ~ $8063.53 New Building Fund Offering:

February 14 ~ $1680.00 February to Date ~ $3284.00

Ephesians 5:2 Christ loved us and gave himself up for us a fragrant offering and

sacrifice to God.

John 4:23-24 yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."(NIV)

First Christian Church “Family Life Center” Growth Chart

New Building Addition ~ $900,000 NBF Cash on Hand ~ $673,128

Pledges yet to be received ~ $128,438 Architect Fees paid since May: $37,220

Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray.

Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.

James 5:13

(NIV)

JANUARY 2015 FCC GENERAL FUND Weekly Average Need ~ $4460

January Monthly Need ~ $17840 January 11, 2015 General Tithe~ $5055

My EOffering for December ~ $622 January Monthly Giving to Date ~ $9232

Prayers for Our Church and Church Families Ce Ce Biery, Sara Blow, Rusty Coons, Lois Gebert, Clarence Hermann, Jim Jordan, Jason Kinder, Loretta Lankard, Wilma McIntosh, Whitney Peine (daughter of Earl & Ruth Peine); Betty Penn, Charlene Rogers, Dorothy Schuster, Archie Smith and family; Steve Watkins & Gladys Zwiener.

Prayers for Our Military And our Veterans and Troops

Japan: Shawn Parks, husband of Rochele

Prayers for Our Extended Family & Friends Wesley Conard (grandson of Gayla Corley); Jeannine Glidewell (requested by Becky Allen); Denise Hamilton (daughter of Darwin & Mary Hamilton); C.B. Harris, Keifer Hawkins & family (Doug & Bev Farren); Terry Hermreck, David Hoddy (requested by Darwin & Mary Hamilton); Nancy Lake (cousin of Gayla Corley); Shelby Lowe and family (cousin of Judy Tisor); Wilma McIntosh requests continued prayers for all her family; Steve Richardson (son of Reed & Carol Richardson); Roger Rockers (requested by Mary Graham); Duane & Becky Roush (requested by Carol Hermreck & Carolyn Schuster), Jenny Smith (granddaughter of Alice Chase); Leroy Sobba (brother of Mary Graham); Paula Sulls (friend of Ruth Peine); Juanita Thompson (mother of Robin Williams); Sheryl Urquhart, Doug Walsh (brother in law of Doug Linder); Robert Zinszer (dad of Kim Stapp) & the leaders or our country & our veterans and troops.

Prayers for Our Loved Ones in Care Centers Golden Heights ~ Vi Davin, Jean Brown, Olive Kline, Max Ratliff Residential Living Center ~ Bill Young, Vera Wills (aunt of Phyllis Adams); Jeanne Logan (mom of Steve Spring) Guest Home Estate ~ Vernon & Goldie Hunt, Ruth Gorrell, Robert Young, Seatta Van Donge ORV Village West ~ Ralph Hamilton (father of Leroy Hamilton) Comfort Care Home ~ Birdie Zentner Cimarron Nursing Center ~ Lois Miller Timberlake Care Center ~ Mike Crist

WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF AUDIO / VISUAL VOLUNTEERS If you would be interested in helping with the audio or visual we have a few Sunday’s open. We are in need of an audio person for the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month at 8:00 a.m. Worship Services and we are in need of a visual person for the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month at the 10:30 am Worship Services. If you are interested please check the flap located on the end of your church bulletin on Sunday or contact Jenna Wight (785-433-1319). If you have no experience…no worries…it isn’t hard and they will train you. Thank you so much for volunteering.

Anderson County Caregiver Support Group 4th Monday of every month ~ 1:00 -2:00 p.m.

Park Plaza Place North Club House 105 Park Place Plaza North, Park Road Contact person: Area Agency on Aging

(785-242-7200) Monday, February 22, 2016

Emergency Food Assistance Program 4th Thursday of every month ~ 4:00 p.m.

Anderson County Fairgrounds Quonset Hut Building

Thursday, February 25, 2016

First Christian Church Committees Schedule Finance Committee / Elder/Board ~ 1st Sunday

Pastoring ~ 2nd Sunday of the month Education ~ 3rd Sunday of the month Worship ~ 4th Sunday of the month

First Christian Church Ladies Night Out Last Friday of every month

Fellowship Hall ~ 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Contact person: Becky Allen (785-433-1338)

Friday, February 26, 2016

Monday Ladies Bible Study Annex ~ 7:00 p.m.

Contact person Becky Allen (785-433-1338) Monday Christian Woodworkers

Darwin Hamilton’s work shop ~ 1:30 p.m. Contact person Darwin Hamilton (785-448-6526)

First Christian Church Care Team 3rd Thursday of every month Fellowship Hall ~ 7:00 p.m.

Contact person Doug Meyer (913-909-7680) Thursday, February 18, 2016

Tuesday Prayer Group Annex ~ 6:30 p.m.

Contact person Cody Clark (785-448-8093) ) Wednesday Roots

First Christian Church ~ 6:00 p.m. Contact person Morgan Hurt (785-259-5332)

Wednesday Choir Practice Following Roots in the Sanctuary

Contact person Jenna Wight (785-433-1319)

Thursday Christian Crafters Annex ~ 10:00 a.m.

Contact person Connie Meyer (913-909-7164)

Friday Church Office Closed Saturday Men’s Breakfast & Devotions

Fellowship Hall~ 7:00 a.m. Contact person Burke Rogers (448-5987)

Sunday Legacy Fellowship Hall ~ 5:00 p.m.

Contact person Natasha Goetz (971-241-2520)

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH WEEKLY EVENTS

Thank you to our cleaning angels who have been busy as bees cleaning out the Rainbow, Pantry and Kitchen. You are so very much appreciated!

Congratulations to Gerald Gowing of Lane, KS! Gerald received the Kansas Bankers Association Award Soil Conservation 2015. Gerald is the son of Tom Gowing, Parker KS.

UPDATING CHURCH OFFICE INFORMATION AND DIRECTORY ROSTER FOR 2016 In an effort to better serve you and minister to you, we are in the process of updating our contact information of our FFC families. We would greatly appreciate updated information on you and your family and are asking every family to fill out a yellow information sheet located inside last Sunday’s Bulletin. If you need one please come by the office or pick one up in the overflow room. Our goal is to have current information on all our FCC families and then print out a current roster for our FCC families. Please place it in the offering tray Sunday or return it to the church office by February 28. Please note if you have a current picture of you / family you can email it to Marsha Dulin at marsha@fccgarnett.org, text to 785.448.4367 or bring it in and we will scan it into our files. These pictures will also be incorporated in the new roster. These pictures are so useful to new families to the church for getting to know who everyone is.

Young Christians Weekend 2016 April 1st thru 3rd, 2016 we will be attending Young Christian’s Weekend at Silver Dollar City! If you are interested in this event please contact Chris. This year Silver Dollar City is featuring “The Neverclaim, Skillet, Flame, Kutless and others! Cost: $70 per student unless you have a season pass ($30.00). Each person must turn in a permission slip and $20.00 to hold a spot. Please contact Chris before the March 6th early bird deadline. (After is $80.00) We will leave from FCC at 3:45 p.m. Friday, April 1st and return Sunday, April 3rd between 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. as traffic allows. Please contact Chris if you have any other questions. Thanks, Chris

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Continued from front page… Clearly God is doing great things around this place!! I hope you will all take a few minutes to praise Him for the excitement and blessings he is allowing us to be part of right now! I also ask that, as Satan is not so pleased by this growth, if you are getting beat up by the Devil, you would allow a few elders to pray with you. James 5:14 “Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up.” While this verse is primarily talking about the sick being made well, the Devil has a tendency to use whatever he can to bring down the plans of the Lord as well as try to make our souls feel downtrodden! It is our wish as Family, united by Jesus' blood, to do life with you through your difficult situations as well as the good! I have noticed many of our newer converts getting pushed around by the attacks of the evil one! Please be in deep, thorough prayer regarding these things that God is doing at the moment. Please understand that if you are feeling pushed around, we are only a call away! Blessings, Chris

ROOTS NON-PERISABLE FOOD DRIVE It’s not too late…We will continue to collect any non-perishable goods for our local ECKAN food pantry thru Wednesday, March 9. Our Roots Kids program is diligently working on “growing in their servant hood” this quarter. Donation boxes are located in the sanctuary by the stage or drop them off during the week to the church office.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH ELDERS Roger Adams: 448-8172 Ron Jenkins: 204-1590 *Kevin Lewis: 204-2257 Doug Meyer: 913-909-7680 Burke Rogers: 448-5987 Steve Spring: 448-2491 Larry Varvel: 448-5794 Gene Watson: 408-205-3635

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH DEACONS Ron Anderegg: 448-6366 Mike Burns: 448-4603 Cody Clark: 448-8093 Craig Cole: 448-4504 Dan Dulin: 204-1185 Jeff Finn: 620-431-8486 *Greg Gwin: 229-5105 Leroy Hamilton: 204-2162 Dan Kasprzak: 489-2513 Jason Miller: 448-7110 Earl Peine: 448-6186 Bill Ratliff: 248-3854 Danny Roberts: 448-8499 Jason Sjorlund: 448-7660 Nathan Wiehl: 204-2178 Mike Zentner: 204-1105