November 29, 2015 Issue 47

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In This Issue Advent Info 2 Remember in Prayer 2 Serving in the Military 2 Prayer Requests, 11/22 3 Spiritual Disciplines Wk 3 Loving Hearts/statistics 3 Recipes Wanted 3 Youth – Save the Dates 3 Missing Chimes 3 Hot Meals/Paper DriveGNO 4 Adult Class 4 Thanksgiving Offering 4 MMC Concert 5 Invitation 5 Call for Warm Clothing 5 Distribution of Tri Tip $$ 5&6 Pathways of Hope 6 Letters 7 Outreach Ministry 7 & 8 Advent & Christmass 9 & 10 Christmas Cards for Japan 11 Calendar Insert Serving Sunday 12

Events: November 29 – December 6, 2015

November 29: First Sunday of Advent 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Sunday School for all ages 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service 12:00 P.M. - Loving Hearts Lunch at Coco’s 1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oración Service, Sanctuary, FH, classroom November 30: 6:30 P.M. - OT Class @ Donna’s December 1: 6:30 P.M. - Bible Study @ Barry’s 7:00 P.M. - Casa uses Sanctuary & Chapman Lounge December 2: 5:30 P.M. - Hot Meal Ministry, Team December 3: 5:00 A.M. - CASA, Prayer time, Chapman Lounge 5: 30 P.M.- DW meet with Tonya Lopez 6:30 P.M. – Bell choir; 7:30 P.M. – Chancel Choir December 4: 9:00 A.M. – Pathways of Hope Program Committee, CL

10:00 A.M. - Homeschool Speakers League, Room 107 December 5: 7:00 a.m. – Noon – Casa uses kitchen, and Room 207 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. – Al-Anon Event, Fellowship Hall 9:00 A.M. – Noon – Chapel on Wheels Paper Drive

9:30 a.m. – Chancel choir, Sanctuary

11:30 A.M. – JYF at the Beals December 6: Second Sunday of Advent 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Sunday School for all ages 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service 12:00 P.M. - Loving Hearts Lunch at Coco’s 1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oración Service, Sanctuary, FH, classroom December 7: 6:30 P.M. – Mary Circle Christmas Party @ Donna’s 7:00 P.M. – Worship Ministry Team, Chapman Lounge AA Groups: Sun. 8 P.M., Rm. 107; Thursday, 8 P.M., FH Friday, 7:30 P.M., FH; Sat. 8:30 P.M., FH OCYPAA, Sat. 3:30 P.M., FH Al-Anon: Fri. Noon, Rm. 101A NA: Tues. 7:30 P.M., OA: Sunday, 10:30 A.M., Tues, 7 P.M., Room 10

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ADVENT BRINGS SPECIAL WORSHIP EVENTS The season of Advent begins this Sunday, November 29. Encompassing the four Sundays before Christmas, Advent is a season of preparation to celebrate the birth of Jesus. With the season comes a number of special Worship events. Sunday, November 29, is the Hanging of the Greens. Part of our 10:15 AM Worship Service will be devoted to celebrating and consecrating the many Advent-Christmas symbols that will decorate our sanctuary for the season. This will be a wonderful morning of song and celebration. Sunday, December 13, is our Christmas Cantata. Our choir has been and continues to prepare to present the Christmas story in music and song at our 10:15 AM Worship Service. This is an event not to be missed. Thursday, December 24, at 7 PM is our Christmas Eve Service. We will celebrate the coming of the Christ child with scripture, music, song and proclamation. More details are to come in future issues of the Caller. Come, let us prepare for the coming of the Christ child through the season of Advent.

ADVENT BRINGS TEMPORARY CHANGE TO OUR ORDER OF WORSHIP The Advent season brings a change in our Worship Service. Since we will be lighting an Advent Candle each Sunday morning, the liturgy of Introduction, Scripture Reading and Prayer around the Advent Candle will take the place of our normal Invocation, Lord's Prayer and Gloria Patri. We will return to our usual Order of Worship after the Advent Season.

The Worship Ministry Team

Remember in Prayer Continue to pray for: Helen Bailey and family, Sue Bacon, Dottie Bense, Amanda Borden, Sandra Brown, Jack Doughty, Lorna & Skip Farnum, Carolyn Kenrick, Colleen Langston, Flora Miller, Janet Parker, Kristine Perry, Jeanne Randall, Norma Rill, Betty Rollo, Gayle Schoeff, Claudia Tammen, and Bob & Donna Vannoy. Please pray for the following PSWR Churches, Regional Office and General Church First Christian Church, Oceanside 204 South Freeman Oceanside, CA 92054-0360 Rich Jones, Pastor Pacific Southwest Region Don & Susan Dewey, Co-Regional ministers Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Church ; Sharon Watkins, General Minister & President

For Those Serving in the Military Adam Hawley, Deb Taylor’s nephew, is back at Ft. Bliss. Lt. Cmdr. Patrick O’Conner, Betty Rollo’s grandson-in-law, who is stationed at Hanford, CA. Lt. Patrick Rollo, Betty Rollo’s grandson, is at sea for several months. PFC Brandon Vannoy, grandson of Bob &

Donna Vannoy, has returned from Afghanistan. Michael J. Borden, Chief, Nancy Geiger’s grandson, in Norfolk, VA. Brandon Johnson, Army Chaplain, Mariette Linberg’s cousin, Chaplain, at Fort Hood, TX. Lt. Austen Packer, Laura Lee Wiggins’ friend, at Oceana, NAS, in Virginia Lt J.G. Kip Packer, friend of Laura Lee Wiggins, has been deployed to Moron, Spain. Pvt. Kash Cross, Ted & Sammie’s grandson, deployed to Korea for a year Mjr. Christopher Evans, cousin of Annie Frater’s who is serving in Seoul, Korea. Melody Martinez, who entered basic training in North Carolina on October 26.

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Prayer Requests, November 22, 2015 Nancy Knott Our friend, Paulette, who

has lymphoma

Kathy & Paul Robidoux

Travis as he recovered from a tonsillectomy.

Week of Nov. 30 – Dec. 6, 2015 Monday, November 30: Reading: Malachi 3: 1-4; pray for Global Ministries Missionary in Columbia, Michael Joseph.

Tuesday, December 1: Reading: Luke 1: 67-75; Today is World Aids Day, pray that we may show support and be more aware of those who have HIV. Wednesday, December 2: Reading: Luke 1:76-79; Pray for our Hot Meal Team A serving the hungry tonight. Thursday, December 3: Reading: Luke 3: 1-2; Pray for the group of Disciples Women meeting with Tonya Lopez in Chapman Lounge tonight. Friday, December 4: Reading: Luke 3: 3-6; Pray for the Al-Anon committee setting up for their event on Saturday in our Fellowship Hall. Saturday, December 5: Reading: Philippians 1: 3-8; Pray for Casa women meeting in Room 207 this morning. Sunday, December 6: Reading: Philippians 1:9-11; Pray for those leading us in worship on this Second Sunday of Advent.

Loving Hearts Luncheon The Loving Hearts Widows’ group meets every Sunday after church at Coco’s on Harbor. You are welcome to join them. Just show up as soon as possible after church.

Sunday Statistics November 22, 2015 97 (Remember Service) 8 (Reawaken Service) (Casa 1 P.M. service) Weekly Giving: $3,509.23 Missions: $389.91 Budget Goal: $3,777 Pathways of Hope: Ingathering Donations $30 Thanksgiving Offering: $75

Recipes Wanted! Everyone has a favorite recipe - it's the one your friends

ask you for or the one your grandmother used to make for you when you were a kid. Well, we want to share those recipes! As a fundraiser to support the Hospitality Team, we will put everyone's favorites into a collection of good eats! You can submit your recipe by sending it via email to lschaffell@earthlink.net or put it in the small basket on the Coffee Cart on Sunday. If you have a story to share, add that as well. Knowing the background makes it special and adds even more interest. We will be collecting these for a few weeks, I hope you will take the time to write it down and submit it. Thank you for supporting us! Laura Schaffell & The Hospitality Team

Attn: Youth – Save the Dates Jan Camp Grades 6 – 8) January 15 – 18,2016 - Loch Leven Camp Fees: $180 before Dec. 14, $200 after

Feb Camp (Grades 9 - 12) February 12 – 15, 2016 – Pilgrim Pines Camp Fees: $190 before January 12, $210 after

Case of the Missing Choir Chimes We opened one of the boxes of choir

chimes yesterday and someone has borrowed (I hope versus stolen) 7 of the choir chimes plus the locking bar is missing. I've already checked with Marguerite and she doesn't have them. Do you know of anyone else that might have borrowed them? From the bells that are missing it looks like it was the middle register and they could have been used to play a simple hymn. Unfortunately it's been quite a while since we opened the box so I have no idea of how long they've been missing. I'm pretty sure they were not stolen as they would have taken both boxes.

If you can shed any light on where the missing chimes might be, please let me know. Sharlane Blakeley, Bell Choir Director

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Girls Night Out Christmas Party

Anna Van Diest has once again offered to have our December meeting at her

house. The theme will be Mexican. RSVP to Anna and she’ll tell you what might need to bring. Of course there will be an ornament exchange (under $10). I’ll bring a list of restaurants you can choose from (or if you have an idea of your own add to the list) for next year’s outings (provided we still want to do this) as well as the calendar to sign up on. Her address and phone number are: 1644 Valley Lane, Fullerton; 871-6177. Her email is: annavan2005@aol.com. Remember we’re meeting on Dec. 14th at 6 P.M. See you there. Please RSVP to Anna by December 9.

GNO Coordinator - Shar

Hot Meal Ministry Team A is on tap to help out with our Hot Meals Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Team members should be there at 5:30 p.m. Please find a substitute if you are unable to make it. Team A is comprised of Carrie Coffar, Danielle Duane-Parker, Barbara & Gordon Fenters, Phil Forbes, Joe & Judy Seda-Ruiz (set up), Mike Silva, Gary & Judi Smedley. Alternates include: Rod Farley,Annie Frater and Craig Wallace.

Chapel on Wheels Paper Drive Chapel on Wheels paper drive will be held, Saturday, December 5

from, 9:00 a.m. until noon at the following locations: Behind the liquor store, corner of Chapman and Euclid. Parking lot east of Raymond on Chapman Avenue next to Walgreen’s Pharmacy

There’s Still Room for You! The Advent/Christmas/Epiphany study of the Parlor Class, Meeting

the Messiah, begins this Sunday morning at 9 A.M. in the Chapman Lounge. The cost of the book is $14, which can be paid on Sunday, or later if necessary. We have one new person, Minde Findley planning to join us for this new course of study. There is still room for YOU! This study will involve shared reflections each Sunday using the devotional and Biblical material appointed for that day, plus reflections on the daily readings from the week past. This will not be the case on this first Sunday, November 29, since there are no daily readings for the period between November 22 and November 28. The readings begin with the first day of Advent, which is this coming Sunday. Don’t worry, though, the members of this group are never at a loss for words, including many very insightful words that come to mind as we react to the material in the book we are studying and interact with each other!

Thanksgiving Offering Goes Well Over Goal With the gifts received this past Sunday the 2015 Thanksgiving Offering now totals $1109. This exceeds our goal of $875.00 by $234. We are very grateful to every individual and family who participated in the 2015 Thanksgiving Offering which support students in Disciples’ Colleges, Universities and Seminaries! Thanks for your generosity! The Outreach Ministry

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A Gospel Christmas” Ed Linberg has now sold 21 tickets for “A Gospel

Christmas” to be presented by the Mountainside Master Chorale on Saturday, December 12 and Sunday, December 13 at First Christian Church, Pomona. The Saturday night concert begins at 7:30 P.M while the Sunday afternoon concert begins at 3:30 P.M. The tickets are good for either concert. We have the group rate of $10 per ticket, so if you’re interested speak to Ed by Sunday, December 6th to get your ticket(s) for this concert. Cash is fine. Checks should be made payable to: Mountainside Master Chorale. Lots of favorite Christmas songs are planned for this concert, all of which have a jazz or gospel beat to them. In other words, it will be a concert of good toe-tapping music.

An Invitation Ed Zeliff, a fine pianist and composer, who has entertained our Sr. Adults twice in 2015, invites members of our congregation to attend a special musical program at the La Habra United Methodist Church, 631 N. Euclid Street in La Habra, at 3 P.M. on Sunday, December 6. Entitled “Joyful Noel,” this program will feature a Youth Symphony Orchestra, “Musique Sur La Mer,” directed by Marcy A. Sudock, with Mary Sue Gee, Soprano. A special guest, Santa Claus, will read “The Night Before Christmas.” There’s a photo op with Santa 30 minutes before the performance. Admission is free, though freewill donations will be appreciated. If you’d like a rich musical experience a week from Sunday, you are urged to consider this invitation.

Call for Warm Clothing The Outreach Committee is

renewing the call for usable warm clothing to again distribute once a month at our Hot Meal Ministry. Items most in need, especially during the cold winter months, are coats, sweaters, jackets, sweatshirts, pants, scarfs, hats, socks, gloves, shoes, etc. Also, if you have an extra umbrella or two, they will be put to good use and will be very much appreciated since major El Nino storms are expected to hit our area very soon. All Items may be dropped off in an area that will be designated in the Narthex starting this coming Sunday, November 29 and every Sunday thereafter. Please see me if you have any questions regarding this much needed and very worthy project. If you would be willing to come on one of the first Wednesdays of any month and help with distribution, please contact me, your help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Phil Forbes

Distribution of Tri-Tip Project Funds During its meeting this past Wednesday night, the members of the Outreach Ministry, together with several volunteers from the team that conducted the 2015 Tri-Tip Project who provided written in-put about the distribution of the funds generated by this project and/or were physically present for this portion of the meeting, made this distribution of the funds. A total of $10,235 was generated in total sales this year. It was decided to keep $1,235 of this amount in reserve to cover the start-up costs for the 2016 Tri-Tip Project and to distribute $9,000. This is the list of the ministries supported by the 2015 Tri-Tip Project together with the amount to be distributed to each of them. FCC Scholarship Fund — $1,500 Hot Meal Ministry — $1,500 FCC Kitchen Fund — $1,000

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Habitat for Humanity of Orange County — $1,000 Loch Leven Conference Grounds — $1,000 Week of Compassion — $1,000 Career Wise — $500 CROP Hunger Walk — $500 Heifer International — $500 Whatever it Takes — $500 All of these ministries are familiar to our members with the exception of Career Wise and Whatever it Takes. The former is a relatively new ministry that is focused on providing training and support to help homeless persons find employment. They are based in Brea. The latter is Whatever it Takes, a fund administered by the Fullerton Collaborative to help with the needs of the homeless (bus tickets, partial rent, etc. that is not covered by the traditional non-profits. We thank all of our volunteers who worked on the Tri-Tip Project in 2015. We are especially grateful to our three Coordinators, each of whom led a team of volunteers once a month between April and October. Our Coordinators were Craig Wallace, Barry Woodbridge and Donna Woodbridge. These three people volunteered to meet with representatives of Casa de Oración to represent our congregation on the Task Force that will work out a plan for their sharing in the Tri-Tip Project again in 2016. In 2015, Casa de Oración covered the Tri-Tip Project on seven 4th Thursdays of the month and two of the three 5th Thursdays which fell between April and October. Casa de Oración used the earnings from their involvement with the Tri-Tip Project to put on their October 31 Festival event. The Task Force will develop a proposal about the 2016 Tri-Tip Project for presentation to the Outreach Ministry during its first meeting of 2016, set for January 20th. The Outreach Ministry

An Additional Alternative Way of Giving Four weeks ago on Nov. 1, we held our annual Alternative Gift Faire on the plaza. That event generated almost $9,000 for 20 plus participating ministries, most of which are in our area, such as our Hot Meal Ministry and Pathways of Hope, while several reach out to people around the world, e.g. Church World Service and Heifer International. Pathways of Hope has suggested that we consider “giving the gift of joy.” They suggest several alternative ways of giving. They include: Adopt a Guest, Provide Food for the Hungry and the Community Holiday Program. Check out the flier you’ll find on the bulletin board. It will give you the details for being part of one of these alternative options for giving. The Adopt a Guest giving option needs to be completed by December 15, 2015. Did you see the newsletter of Pathways of Hope on the table in the narthex? It has a story about our own Jerry and Jackie Brown and how they give to support Pathways of Hope. They took a good picture for the newsletter as well! The Outreach Ministry

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We Get Letters . . . In a letter dated

November 12, Saundra Bryant, Executive Director of All Peoples Community Center in Los Angeles thanked us for our quarterly gift of $187.50 which we gave in early Nov. for the fourth quarter of 2015. This excerpt is taken from her letter: “This year All Peoples has implemented two new programs bringing additional services to the community. In July we became a Visitation Center for the Department of Children and Family Services. Parents now have safe, supervised visits with their children while they are working towards reunification of their family. Our second program is a collaborative partnership to provide educational workshops for parents about the cycle of domestic violence.” The full letter from Saundra is posted on the bulletin board. A letter of thanks for our support of Church World Service’s Blanket Project, which we held in August was received along with a letter from the Rev. John McCullough, President and CEO of CWS. Here are some examples of how CWS blankets were used earlier this year according to his report: 210 lightweight blankets were sent to Mexico to partner Emigrant Safety and Service. 90 heavyweight blankets went to Riverdale, Illinois to Reach Out Ministries Inc. for distribution to homeless in the area. 210 heavyweight, 180 lightweight and 40 baby blankets to Sisters of Hope Community in Garrett, Kentucky for distribution to homeless and economically disadvantaged in the area in response to spring flooding. Both the letter, as well as a certificate from CWS, and the full distribution report for January through June, 2015 are posted on the bulletin board. Look for these pieces of correspondence, and know, that our giving makes a difference in the lives people in California and around the world!

Summary of November Outreach Ministry Meeting

At its November meeting, the Outreach Ministry reviewed a number of Outreach projects from recent months as well as ones which are coming up in December and on into 2016. Here’s a summary of our meeting 1. Determined the distribution of the $9,000 generated through the 2015 Tri-Tip Project, as reported in last week’s issue of “The Caller,” and made plans for this project in 2016. 2. Received a report on the November 1 Alternative Gift Faire from Co-Coordinators Mary Anne Richmond and Jill Scott, whose work was greatly assisted by Donna Woodbridge. The event generated almost $9,000, not as much as last year, unfortunately, but we had a higher per capita participation with fewer donors than in 2014. The 2016 AGF has been set for Sunday, November 6th. 3. Received a report from Phil Forbes, Coordinator, that the Hygiene Kits and Bibles he has available to people who come to the Hot Meal Ministry on the first Wednesday of each month when our congregation hosts this activity, continue to be going well. A new supply of Hygiene Kits has been ordered in anticipation of the demand for them in both December and January. We also approved Phil’s proposal that we resume distributing clothing at the monthly Hot Meal Ministry. Look for more information about this project elsewhere in this issue. 4. Learned that a small group from Casa de Oracion and from FCC, Fullerton will visit an orphanage in Tijuana on Saturday, January 23rd to explore how our two congregations might get involved in supporting this ministry. Phil Forbes and Craig Wallace volunteered to represent FCC in this activity. We’d like at least 1 more person, 2 at the most, to be part of this trip representing us. If this is of interest to you, please speak to Ed Linberg right away so you can be added to the group going to Tijuana on 1/23. Anyone going

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to Tijuana needs a passport for crossing the border. In addition, it was reported that the proposal to continue the Global Ministries Task Force with Casa de Oracion through 2016 will be acted upon at the Annual Meeting on November 22. 5. Diane Daughtery and Sue Harless, Coordinators of December’s Mitten Tree Project, reported on the plans they’ve made for this annual activity. Look for more information about this project in this issue of “The Caller” and be sure to bring in donations of socks, scarves, gloves, hats, etc. etc. this coming Sunday for the initial distribution which is set for Wednesday, December 2nd following the Hot Meal Ministry in Fellowship Hall. 6. We were reminded by Donna Woodbridge, Coordinator, about the Christmas Card Project for our sister churches in Japan. Signatures on the cards will be welcomed on November 29th as the cards need to be mailed soon thereafter to arrive before Christmas. 7. Christmas Offering Coordinator, Ed Linberg, announced that the goal for the Christmas Offering, which benefits the Regional Church, is $1,120, an increase of 5% over last year’s Christmas Offering which totaled $1,066.00. This offering will be received on December 13 and 20. 8. Initial plans were discussed for the 2016 Souper Bowl of Caring event, set for February 7th. Once again, the Youth of our congregation will be asked to take the lead in this project under the direction of P.J. Vannoy. 9. Chairman, Ed Linberg, reported that the proposal of the Outreach Ministry to increase the percentage of our income set aside for Outreach Giving to 12%, from the 10% figure it has been for many years now, has been reviewed by the Stewardship Ministry. In light of anticipated income, the percentage to go to Outreach causes in 2016 will remain at 10% unless we receive more estimates of giving than we have at present. This matter will be reviewed in 2016 in light of our income as it materializes in the new year.

10. Members were given the opportunity to indicate their willingness to serve on the Outreach Ministry in 2016. Those present who indicated they would continue to serve included these persons: Phil Forbes, Mary Ann Richmond, Jill Scott, Craig Wallace, Laura Lee Wiggins and Donna Woodbridge. Michael Shepherd a new member of the Outreach Ministry, the nominee to serve as Chairman in 2016, will also serve. First time participant with the Outreach Ministry in November, Lori Allbrecht, also indicated she will serve with this group next year. It is anticipated that most of the other current members of the Outreach Ministry will also choose to continue to serve in 2016. They either had to leave our meeting early or were absent. If you would like to be part of the work of the Outreach Ministry, speak to Michael Shepherd who was elected to Chair this ministry in 2016 at the November 22nd Annual Meeting. Our meeting concluded with expressions of gratitude from Ed Linberg, Outreach Ministry Chair for the past three years—2013, 2014 and 2015--to all of the members of the group for their work, not only in 2015, but over the last several years. The members of the Outreach Ministry for 2015 included these persons: Diane Daugherty, Phil Forbes, Sue Harless, Randy Langston, Mary Ann Richmond, Jill Scott, Ben and Julie Stuart, P. J. Vannoy, Craig Wallace, Laura Lee Wiggins and Donna Woodbridge, who served as our Secretary. The Outreach Ministry will not meet in December. Their first meeting of 2016 is set for Wednesday, January 20th at 7 P.M. in Chapman Lounge. The Outreach Ministry

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Advent & Christmas Events

Advent Devotionals 2016 Advent Devotional booklets are available for pickup on the table in the Narthex next to the Mitten Tree box. Pick yours up today.

November 29 – First Sunday of Advent – Hanging of the Greens Service

Sunday, December 6- Second Sunday of Advent Sunday, December 13 – Third Sunday of Advent – Chancel Choir Cantata

Sunday, December 20, 10:15 – Fourth Sunday of Advent & Christmas Sunday – Children’s Choir during Children’s Moment

Thursday, December 24, 7:00 p.m. – Christmas Eve Service

Friday, December 25, Christmas Day – Office Closed

Holiday Poinsettias It’s time to order poinsettias to decorate our sanctuary during the Advent Season. The cost is $8.50 each. Return the form below with a check made out to First Christian Church, mark

poinsettias in the memo line. Please order me/us _____poinsettia/s, for $8.50 each. From:_____________________________________________________________________________ In Memory of/In Honor of (choose one) __________________________________________

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Mitten Tree

We are still collecting hats, scarves, socks, mittens and gloves for the Mitten Tree

that will be in the Narthex during the month of December. Each Wednesday during December we will give out

approximately 40 tickets at the Hot Meal on Wednesday nights and the recipients in turn will come over to the Sanctuary building and choose an item from the tree. Look for the Christmas box on the table in the Narthex. If you would like to volunteer an hour or so anytime during the month of December, please get in touch with Sue Harless and/or Diane Daugherty who are the coordinators of this project.

Share your card Again this year, you are invited to cut costs and bring a card to hang on the garland in the Narthex during the month of December. You only have to

send one card, save lots of postage and at the same time, let everyone in the congregation know that you are thinking of them. Let’s see if we can fill the Narthex with cards.

Reminder to Save Campbell Soup Labels With the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons upon us, more of us will be entertaining and that means more Campbell’s Soup cans being opened.

The Disciples Women (Betty Rollo is our coordinator) ask that you continue to save your Campbell product bar codes from the label on the cans or just bring the whole label and Betty will cut out the bar code. Bring them to church and deposit in the silver box on the counter in Donna’s office. These labels are sent to Woodhaven Home for the developmentally disabled in Jefferson City, MO

Here are some of the products in addition to Campbell Soup labels that you can save: Pepperidge Farms breads, crouton, rolls and stuffing, frozen puff pastry, turnovers, garlic breads, cakes, BIC pens (all kinds) , highlighters, dry erase markers, Prego, V8, Pace, Goldfish, Dannon Products, Glad, Post cereals (all kinds) Thanks for your assistance with this worthwhile project.

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Christmas Cards for Japan The Outreach Ministry Team will be participating in the Christmas cards for Japan project again this year. Cards are on the table in the Narthex next to the Mitten Tree box. Please sign the cards and then to pray for

the Japanese people during the holidays. These churches come to us from Missionary in Japan, Jeffrey Mensendiek. Sendai Kawadaira Church, (no kindergarten) Pastor: Rev. Keiji Kojima, Membership: 45 Established: 1899; Address: 1-17-10 Kawadaira Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture 981-0954 JAPAN About the church: Located in Sendai City (population 1 million), this church was started by the Disciples of Christ, USA. The church was not damaged during the disaster. The present pastor is a fresh graduate from seminary. He has been ministering since April 2014.

Prayer Concerns: ◆ That we can share in the joy of worship with all the people who come on Sundays. That through the ministry of our Sunday School many children will be led to church. Iizaka Church, (no kindergarten) Pastor: Rev. Toshihisa Suzuki, Membership: 5 Established: 1888; Address: 17-6 Aza-Kaminaka Kawahara, Iizaka-cho, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima Prefecture 960-0201 JAPAN About the church: Iizaka is a town known for its hot springs. In the past many great leaders came out of this church, but now the flame of Christian presence in the community is small. The small church is supported by Rev. Suzuki from the neighboring Kawamata Church. This year they decided to do something new in worship by planning a musical worship. Six out of eight of our members in attendance were able to participate by providing some music for the worship. This was a very blessed time for us.

Prayer Concerns: ◆ All of the church members are elderly. We pray that they will continue in health, and be able to attend worship on Sundays. We pray that young people will come to church, and that we will be able to pass on the faith to the next generation. Aizu Wakamatsu Church, (pronounced I-zoo wah-kah-mah-tsoo), (no kindergarten) Pastor: Rev. Katsuro Yaegashi; Membership: 36; Established: 1891; Address: 9-20 Miyamachi Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture 965-0801 JAPAN About the church: Aizu Wakamatsu is the largest city in Aizu (population 125,000.) Aizu is the part of Fukushima which has many mountains and is far from the coast. It is a rural community, with many rice fields. Though not as high as other areas, the Aizu area also received high levels of radiant after the nuclear disaster. People for other areas with higher radiation have evacuated to Aizu Wakamatsu. The church proudly carries on in the tradition of the congregational church. Rev. Yaegashi used to be a high school teacher for many years. After retirement he entered seminary, and just graduated this year. He came to the church in Wakamatsu April of this year.

Prayer Concerns: ◆We aim to be the kind of church that values each individual, and seeks to love our neighbors.

And that we will be an open and inviting church, serving society and committed to social issues

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First Christian Church 109 E. Wilshire Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832

Reawaken (Early Worship Service) Sunday, 8:00 A.M. Church School for all ages: Sunday, 9:00 A.M. Remember (Traditional Worship Service) Sunday, 10:15 A.M. Youth Group: Sunday, 1:00 P.M.

First Christian Church . . .

Celebrating the diversity of all of God’s children,

we are Disciples of Christ practicing spirit-filled worship,

faith-building community, and passion-powered service

to our neighborhood and to the world.

Where encounters with God are not only ordinary,

they’re extraordinary!

Where invitations not only happen on occasion,

they happen on every occasion.

Where not only minds grow in knowledge, hearts grow in faith.

Where hands not only give to the needy,

they serve the least of these

Serving November 29. 2015 Greeters: Phil Forbes Guest Book: Mary Brill Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry Acolyte Parent: Angulo Sound & Video: Clare Keech Lay Leader: PJ Vannoy Children’s Moment: Pastor Dale Elders: Bill Martin, Lin Garcia, Judi Smedley Diaconate: Randy Baxter’s Team Prepare: Randy Baxter, Dena Heathman Ushers: Dena Heathman, Terry Vannoy Serve: Randy Baxter, Barbara Fenters, Dena

Heathman, Bill Henke, Nancy Knott, Terry Vannoy

Clean Up: Nancy Knott

Serving December 6. 2015 Greeters: Guest Book: Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry Acolyte Parent: Baxter-Herrera Sound & Video: Travis Robidoux Lay Leader: Children’s Moment: Elders: Joshua Dorrough, Nancy Malotte, Phil Forbes Diaconate: McCuen’s Team Prepare: Dirk McCuen, Paul Robidoux Ushers: Dirk& Shawn McCuen Serve: Luanne Bailey, Dirk & Shawn

McCuen, Paul Robidoux, Anna Van Diest, Alice Wallace Clean Up: Dirk & Shawn McCuen, Paul

Robidoux