February 5, 2013 Fellowship News
Transcript of February 5, 2013 Fellowship News
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2013 - ISSUE 3 February 3, 2013
Bixby Knolls Christian Church, (Disciples of Christ) (562) 426-0428
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Prayer Concerns:
Ester Troxel, SumbalSardar, Shirley Dickison,
Laurel Henrickson, Keri
Brindle-Clark, Ed Bremel,
Elizabeth Edwards, May
family, Nargis & family in
Pakistan, Betty Rollos
granddaughter, Kathryn
OConnell
February
Schedule
Feb. 6 dinner as usual,
6:00pm
Feb. 13 special Ash
Wednesday pancake din-
ner, followed by a brief
Ash Wednesday worship.
Dinner starts at 5:30pm
Feb. 20 no dinner at
church; instead, Aura Thai
restaurant at the corner
of Carson & Atlantic will
host a special fundraiser
for BKCCs Week of Com-
passion offering. Look
for flyers at church next
week.
Feb. 27
dinners return totheir normal time,
6:00pm
Change Can Be Hard
Dear Church,
A few weeks ago,
the TV show Bar Rescue
filmed an episode at the
bar around the corner
from my house. This
show features an expert
who spends one week
transforming old, run-
down bars that are losing
money into new, attrac-
tive, and profitable estab-
lishments.
Last year, the show
Kitchen Nightmares,
which has a similar prem-
ise, filmed at Ninos res-taurant on Atlantic, com-
pletely transforming that
restaurant. I think the
Ninos episode is sched-
uled to air on TV next
month; Im not sure when
the Bar Rescue episode
will air.
The hosts of these
shows are rude, arrogant,
and disrespectful. Theyyell and cuss in an at-
tempt to get their point
across (although really I
suspect its an attempt to
get their ratings up).
There are moments
when for me, at least
all the yelling and cussing
is hard to take.
That being said, I
cant help but wonder
what would happen if
there was a TV show like
this for churches. So
many churches are strug-
gling to survive, strug-
gling to carry out their
mission, struggling to
connect with their com-
munity. What if there
was an expert who
would come in and(without the cussing and
yelling) completely trans-
form the church, how its
run, what it looks like?
I suspect that even
if all the changes were
good and necessary,
many of them would be
hard to take. Change is
never easy. How do you
think you would respond
if someone came in and
said that in order to ef-
fectively reach our com-
munity and survive as a
congregation, wed need
to radically change
our style of worship (and
worship time), completely
rewrite our by-laws and
committee structure, andmake drastic changes to
the look and layout of our
building (including the
layout of our sanctuary)?
How would you respond if
all those changes took
place in one week, and
you arrived next Sunday to
a completely transformed
church?
Even if we assume
that the changes would allhelp us more effectively
carry out our mission of
justice, love, and walking
humbly with God, I know
they would be a challenge
to implement. Change is
hard. If you can handle
the yelling and cussing,
watch an episode of one
of these shows (perhaps
next month
s Nino
s epi-sode) and let me know
what you think.
Pastor Danny
Founders Day at Chapman University is a two-day event highlighting the connec-
tion between Chapman and the church. Chapman
University is in covenant with both the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of
Christ.This year, you will have the opportunity to hear a se-
ries of lectures by Brian McLaren, one of the most
influential leaders of the reformation that is currently
underway. In addition, Rev. Geoffrey Black will
preach, and Mildred Butler, pastor of United Christian
Church in Los Angeles, will be honored as the Disciples
Church Leader of the Year. More info can be found at
www.chapman.edu/founders-day.Monday, Feb. 18
Church office is closed.
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Ethan Bradfield (left) with other members of the all-
Assembly youth choir at the 2011 General Assembly.
The General Assembly is the biennial gathering of
Disciples from across North America. For five days this
summer, children, youth and adults will gather in Or-
lando for worship, mission, business, workshops, and
more. This year, opportunities for learning will include
workshops led by the Disney Institute; Musical guests
during worship will include the Grammy award winning
Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Info at www.disciples.org/ga.
Laurel Henrickson is at
home. Treatment for her
tumor is questionable at
this time.
Scout Sunday brought sev-
eral dozen scouts to worship
on Feb. 3. They participated
in worship and hosted our
fellowship time.
February Birthdays
Feb 7 - Lillie Bray
Feb 8 - Janine Swanson
Feb 19 - Leslie Reese
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
March 1-2, 2013
Doubletree Hotel, Orange, CA
One of the most exciting opportu-
nities we have as Disciples in the
Pacific Southwest Region is the
chance to participate in a number
of outstanding regional events
with people from other congrega-
tions. One of those events is the
annual Disciples Women Convoca-
tion. The registration for this eventhas now passed, but if you are in-
terested in going, please contact
the regional office to see if there is
room available. For a registration
form, visit http://pswdw.com/or
ask for one from the church office.
Shirley Dickison is at
Catered Manor while
recovering from
surgery.
AshesOn Ash Wednesday, as Lent begins,
worshipers foreheads are often marked with
ashes in the sign of the cross. The ashes tra-ditionally come from burning palm branchesfrom the previous Palm Sunday. In Old Tes-tament days, ashes were a sign of mourningand repentance. Today, some worshipers
wipe off the ashes before leaving church, to symbolize being
cleansed from sin by Jesus death; others wear the ashes the rest ofthe day, carrying the cross of Christ into the world. The speakingof Genesis 3:19 often accompanies the placement of ashes: You aredust, and to dust you shall return.
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Happy Mardi Grasand
Valentines Day!!
The choir will celebrating everything so Bring your Valentine as they attempt
to raise monies for our music program with the second annual
All-you-can-eat
PANCAKE SUPPER(and other things!)
Wednesday February 13 5:30pm$5.00 suggested donation
Bixby Knolls Christian Church1240 E Carson, Long Beach
It costs approximately $350.00 for the Christmas OR the Easter Cantata.Though we reuse music and rotate music and cantatas, it is still necessary tokeep our wonderful volunteer choir singing. It is about $2.00 per copy of indi-vidual Sunday anthem X 15 copies is $30.00 per week. If we pick 3 new an-thems a year we have spent our entire annual budget with no Cantata music!This also has to include our praise team music, and Improv for God drama andmusic! Our own singers have generously donated over the last few years butit is time we all pull together and help.
So come for fellowship, fun and pancakes! If you are unable to attend feel
free to donate to our music department by passing your donation on to BarbPeebles (me) and we will get it into the music funds!
Anyone notice the new additions to the praise team? Samantha Kobel on Basskeyboard and Grace Shitara on flute! They were great to work with so if youenjoyed them please let them know! We praise the Lord for them and theirtalents.
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CHURCH STAFF:Pastor Daniel Bradfield
-MinisterMonica Lanz
-Church SecretaryBarbara Neal-Peebles
-Music Director/OrganistChristine Perkinson
- Church Child CareSuzie Romero
- Custodian
BOARD OFFICERS:Ken Brown
-Board PresidentLeo Dittemore
-Vice PresidentPat Cohen
-SecretaryAngela Hillig
- TreasurerChrysan Naw
- Financial Secretary
-Church Clerk
BIXBY KNOLLS
CHRISTIAN CHURCH(Disciples of Christ)
SUNDAY SCHEDULE:9:00 a.m. Sunday School for Adults10:15 a.m. Morning Worship and Childrens Church
OFFICE HOURS:Monday - Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.Friday closed
UPCOMING SCRIPTURE
Feb. 10 Romans 12: 9-12, 13: 8-10
Who were the craftsmen appointed by the Lord to design the Tent of Meetingand its furnishings while Israel was still in the wilderness before entering thePromised Land?
A. Moses and Joshua
B. Bezalel and Oholiab
C. Judah and Reuben
D. David and Jonathan
Exodus 31:1-11
The Fellowship News
A publication ofBixby Knolls Christian Church of
Long Beach (a Disciples of ChristChurch)
1240 E. Carson StreetLong Beach, CA 90807
www.bixbyknollschurch.org
Editor:
Monica Lanz562-426-0428
[email protected] 562-426-0429
Pastor:
Daniel Bradfield
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