Mar-April 2013

Church Staff

Glenn Van Meter

Senior Minister

[email protected]

Lucas Smith

Student Minister

[email protected]

Peter Cain

Children’s Minister

[email protected]

Denise Calloway

Custodian

Sherry Crews

Volunteer Financial

Secretary

The Outlook

First Christian Church

March/April 2013

THANK YOU

To our Church Board

for getting our roof

repaired and fixed this

winter. Thanks guys for

your work around the

Church Body.

SERVICE TIMES

SUNDAY

9:30am–Sunday School

10:30am–Morning Worship

6:00pm – Evening Service

WEDNESDAY

7:00pm – Adult Study,

Teen &Children’s Classes

Sunday Morning and

Wednesday Night services

include Nursery.

Sunrise: 7:00am Big Country Breakfast: Immediately following Easter Worship Service: 10:30am

No Sunday School or Evening Service.

April 19 –21 Park Springs Camp

This is a weekend your family will never forget. You

can come to part or all of the activities. Singles,

couples, families; all are welcome. Bring your camper

or tent if the dorm is not your style. Let’s make some

family memories.

Sign Ups will be in the Children’s Wing.

Blood

Drive

Sunday March 10th

12 - 4:30pm

Sign up early at the

Welcome Center

Walk-ins welcome.

Easter Egg

Hunt March 23rd

Allen Farm 10am –1pm

Come join us for our

annual Easter Egg

Hunt. We will visit

farm animals, find

eggs and have plenty

of candy!

Teen Hike March 30th

8:30am Haven Smith’s

House Hot Dog Lunch

Come hike Sauratown Mountain. This is no easy hike so

bring good hiking shoes. No sandals.

March

31st

The Outlook

Glenn’s Corner

As we finish up our series on “Not a Fan”

on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings I

have been praying that God will move in all our

hearts here at First Christian. We are so

much more than what we give ourselves credit

for much of the time.

It was such a privilege to have Hammer

here from our mission in Togo, Africa. The

challenge he laid down to us was tremendous.

If you were not here that Sunday or can’t

remember, the challenge was for each one of

us to reach out with the Gospel to a friend

this year. Each one of us taking the Gospel to

King and inviting someone to Church, praying

for the person you chose if it is hard to talk

to them, or asking a leader or friend to help

you share the Gospel message. We are not

exempt from this mission.. It is our calling in

Christ.

One thing “Not a Fan” taught was we all

have a choice. That choice is either refuse

the Gospel message of Jesus or to follow Him.

Many of us consider “Follow Him” to be

getting dunked in baptism and just show up at

Church and that is living the Christian life.

Jesus only has control over us for a few hours

a week while at Church.

When we really step out on faith is day we

decide Jesus will lead us at work, the gym,

the ball field, the civic club and at home. We

let no closet of our life be left unturned.

Jesus can begin to permeate all of our life.

Our fears, inhibitions, rough edges, money,

family and this community.

May we truly follow Christ in all we do.

Following His Lead,

Glenn

Luke’s Letter to the Flock

I would like to start with a special thank you

to all who said prayers for our trip to Durham for

CCYC. The Lord answered those prayers and we

got there and back with no problems! CCYC was an

amazing conference this year! The students and the

adults alike were challenged on another level in our

faith.

Ajai Lall, is the founder of Central India

Christian Mission and he was an excellent speaker.

He challenged and helped us to understand that we

as Christians have a Choice and a responsibility to

be overjoyed at the fact that we are Citizens of the

Kingdom of God! Encourage your students to keep

that joyous Citizenship intact in the months to fol-

low!

We have a busy few months coming up and I

am so excited to see what God has in store for the

FCC Student Ministry! Flyers are up around the

church explaining the upcoming events this spring

and summer! Please take a chance to stop and look

at them and encourage your students to sign up!

March:

10th —YAC @ Mabe’s

30th —Easter Hike/Cookout

at Haven Smith’s 8:30am

31st—Easter Sunrise, Breakfast, and Worship

April:

14th—YAC @ Crews’

19th-21st—Family Retreat @ Park Springs

26th & 27th—Teen Ministry Yard Sale

28th—YAC @ Mosley’s

Ladies Missionary Meetings March 18 @ 7pm April 15@ 7pm

Board Meeting

March 4 @ 7pm

April 1 @ 7pm

Upcoming Events:

March 10 Blood Drive

March 23

Egg Hunt

March 30

Teen Hike

March 31 Easter Sunday

April 19—21

Family Retreat

April 28

Gospel Evening

May 5 Graduate Banquet

May 11

Mother/Daughter

Banquet

CHILDREN’S Corner March 9th GROW Celebration at Roll-R-King in King. Lunch not provided. You

may purchase food at the rink. Cost of admission and skate rental $5.

March 17th Kids Fusion meet at the church at 5:30pm we will

return at 7:00pm

March 23rd Easter Egg Hunt at the Allen Farm: Please sign up

in the Children’s wing. Hot Dogs, buns and drinks are provide.

Please sign up for side dishes or desserts.

(BYODD) Bring your own Diet Drinks

March 31st Be sure to come to our Easter Services.

Sonrise 7am, Full Breakfast and Worship at 10:30am

April 12th There will be a big Kid’s Fusion Lock-In for the 3rd—

5th Grade. This Lock-in will be a Mobile Lock-in so

be prepared for a great night of fun. Cost TBA

April 19-21 Family Retreat - Our annual Family Retreat is

something your family will not want to miss. Sign up in Children’s

Wing

April 27th Fun Day Ages K—2nd Grade This will be a day of

fun, surprises and fellowship with Jefferson and Poplar Springs. Cost TBA

Young at Heart March 14 6:30pm

Cornet Seaford Restaurant

April 11 6:30pm

Covered Dish Supper

Thank You The Stokes County Chapter of the

4-H Club wants to thank First

Christian Church for allowing them

to use our building for their annual

awards ceremony.

Thank you again,

Matt Barber, Director

Thank You We want to thank you from the bottom

of our hearts. The food and things at

Christmas were such a blessing. The

latest cards at Valentines from the

kids really encouraged Hoover and I.

Thank you for all your prayers and

thoughts. Hoover & Francis Brown

Dear Church Family,

Love can not express the numerous visits, love and kindness shown Shirley during her

struggle with Alzheimer's over the past years. That love was again poured out last

month when she passed. Sharon, Larry D., and I can not express enough appreciation

for the food, love, prayers and warmth shown by this congregation during our loss.

Please know we love each and every one of you and thank you again for all the

flowers, love and support. The Wise Family

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

PO BOX 504

625 MEADOWBROOK DRIVE

KING, NORTH CAROLINA 27021

(336) 983-2206

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

PO Box 504

King, NC 27021

First Christian Church

Phone: 336-983-2206 Fax: 336-985-3559

MISSION OF THE MONTH

Mountain Mission School, Grundy, VA

Jan./Feb. Finances

General Fund $35,486.00 Building Fund $7,301.000 Missions $ 9404.00

Jan./Feb.. Attendance

Averages

Sunday School—87 Morning Worship— 248 Evening Worship – 47

Wednesday Night – 74

K O M

We have a box in

the lobby for collect-

ing food, toiletries,

personal hygiene

items and other items

needed by King

Outreach Ministry.

We do this on an on-

going basis to help

with their monthly

needs. As you are

grocery shopping,

pick up a few needed

items and drop them

in the box!

Thank YOU

NONPROFIT ORG.

US POSTAGE

PAID

PERMIT #2

FIRST CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

Handbell Choir Practice

Wednesday Nights at 8pm

New members welcome!

No experience is necessary! This is a great time

to join and be apart of this ministry!

A ten-year old boy named Sam Hurley, scantily clad, was alone in the woods and was about to “bed down” for the evening. Day after day he had walked from one house to another, searching for work in exchange for food to eat. As he found a place to sleep he heard a cata-mount in the distance. The call of the catamount … coming closer and closer … drove him to call to God for help. He prayed for God’s protection throughout the night. He told God if he would spare him from the catamount, he would build a place for boys and girls like himself. Sam did make it through the night … and through many more. After some very rough be-ginnings, he became a successful businessman. He never attended school. At the age of 22 he married the love of his life, Jane Looney. Jane taught him how to read and write. Sam was successful and, of course, never gave his promise to God a second thought … until a little boy (much like himself) came into his office in the courthouse in Grundy, Virginia, and asked if Mr. Hurley would take him into his house and keep him because he didn’t have anywhere to go. He told the boy he had seven children of his own and had taken in nine others and he did not have room for him. Later that same day when Sam went out of the courthouse to lunch, he noticed the little boy sitting up against the courthouse crying. Then, he remembered his promise. He immediately visited his lawyer who completed the necessary paperwork for starting Grundy Academy, which later became Mountain Industrial Institute … which is now Mountain Mission School. It is estimated that over 20,000 children have received care at MMS since its founding in 1921. Cynthia S. Rodda serves as the school’s fifth president. She succeeded her father, Dr. James M. Swiney, who was president from 1983 – 2003. The campus first consisted of one building and now contains Hurley Hall for Girls (3 sepa-rate residences), Parker Hall for Boys (4 separate residences) and Toddler Hall (for boys and girls under 7 years) plus an educational building, vocational and fine arts building, campus chapel and administration building. Typically, 200-230 resident students (ages 18 months to 20 years) reside on campus.

Communion Servers

March 3

Elder: Gary Thomas Deacon: Dave Fisher Bill Abbott, Steve Johnson, Noah Johnson, Max Soetermans,

Nick Soetermans, Terry Sorrells, Austin Cooke,

March 10

Elder: Larry Wise Deacon: Carlton McKinney

Jonathan Allen, Bobby Atkins, Allan Brown, Elijah Cox,

Thad Cox, T J Daniel, Lawrence Voss, Robbie Voss

March 17

Elder: Ronnie Calloway Deacon: Nick Brouwer Steve Campbell, Cody Crews, Trevor Mabe, Tony Mabe,

Brandon Mabe, Brian Winfrey, Michael Winfrey, Len Tillman

March 24

Elder: Mitch Allen Deacon: Dave Fisher Joe Billings, Dylan Jarrell, Derek Joyner, Andrew Newsom,

Austin Newsom, Danny Tucker, Earl Voss, Andrew Voss

March 31

Elder: Tony Mabe Deacon: Carlton McKinney

Conner Harris, Mark Hicks, Darin Tate, Mark Thorpe,

Phil Holt, Ted Nelson, Joe Wingo

Greeters Main Lobby East Lobby

3/3 M/M Allen Brown M/M Brent Hunter

3/10 M/M Darin Tate M/M Gary Thomas

3/17 Lauren Mosley M/M Todd Hill

3/24 Monette Cook M/M Conner Harris

3/31 M/M Nick Brouwer Marie & Austin Cooke

Special Music Baptistry Workers 3/3 Paula Wolfe Joe & Sharon Wingo

3/10 Frankye Jones

3/17 Pattie Smith

3/24 Nick Brouwer

3/31 Tami Fishel

Sound System Computer 3/3 Scott Tedder Dana Booze

3/10 Len Tillman Carissa Tillman

3/17 Andrew Voss Pattie Smith/Robin Voss

3/24 Jeff Fishel Gary Clanton/Denise Calloway

3/31 Nick Brouwer Max Soetermans

March 10th is Family Sunday.

March Teachers for Children’s Church 1st —5th Teacher—Peter

1st—5th Helper— Everette

1st—5th Song Leader—Peter

2yr.-4yr. old Helpers— Debbie Mabe

March Teachers for Wednesday Evening Teacher - Peter Cain

Helper -

Preschool – Dave & Jan Gross Please see Peter Cain if you have questions or concerns.

Thank you for serving in our children’s department.

Ushers

3/3: Team # 1 3/10: Team # 2

3/17: Team 3 3/24: Team # 4

3/31: Team #5

Communion Preparation Mickey & Jean Allen/Allen & Ann Brown

Nursery 3/3- 9:30am: Tina Brouwer 10:30am: Stephanie Tate & Amy Cain 3/6- Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 3/10- 9:30am: Paula Wolff 10:30am: Tami Fishel /Tondra Walker/Jan Gross 3/13-Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 3/17-9:30am: Andrew & Casey Voss 10:30am: Meredith & Meagan Soetermans 3/20-Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 3/24-9:30am: Karen Van Meter & Kay Atkins 10:30am: Dana & Courtney Booze 3/27- Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 3/31-9:30am: Robin Voss/ Kara Stewart 10:30am: Cathy Moore/Casper’s

*If you cannot serve on your assigned date please find a replacement from the substitute list.

March Birthdays 2-Arlene Austin, Nikki Smith 3-Andrew Voss, Andrew

Newsom 4-Ava Voss 6-Jason Allen, Tyler Van Meter 7-

Rick McHone 8-Ken Farmer 11 Mark Tuttle, Georgeene

Smoot 12-Harold Allen, Gary Thomas, Jackie Fulp 13-Geri

Marley 16-Melody Mosley 17-Nickolas Soetermans, Tolon

Clanton 18-Amy Smith, Tara Sorrels 19-Danyelle

Redding 20- Colon Moore 21- Joe R. Smith, Jackie

Winfrey, Roy Falconer 24-Alexis Hartle, Josh Hartle

25-Courtney Booze 27-Ted Nelson 28-Stephanie Tate 29-

Aimee Baughman, Gary Clanton, Sarah Marion, Melanie

Grinnell 30-Marc Holt 31-Bob Moore, Lucas Smith, Jamey

McHone

March Anniversaries

2-Larry & Susan Hartle 4-Bob & Lori Schamay

6-Larry & Emily Southern 18-Nick & Tina Brouwer

22-C.A. & Mary Kapp 26-Steve & Deborah Brown

31-Jesse & Wendi Mitchell

Communion Servers

April 7

Elder: Gary Thomas Deacon: Nick Brouwer Bill Abbott, Steve Johnson, Noah Johnson, Max Soetermans,

Nick Soetermans, Terry Sorrells, Austin Cooke, Dave Fisher

April 14

Elder: Larry Wise Deacon: Dave Fisher

Jonathan Allen, Bobby Atkins, Allan Brown, Elijah Cox,

Thad Cox, T J Daniel, Lawrence Voss, Robbie Voss

April 21

Elder: Ronnie Calloway Deacon: Carlton McKinney Steve Campbell, Cody Crews, Trevor Mabe, Tony Mabe,

Brandon Mabe, Brian Winfrey, Michael Winfrey, Len Tillman

April 28

Elder: Mitch Allen Deacon: Nick Brouwer Joe Billings, Dylan Jarrell, Derek Joyner, Andrew Newsom,

Austin Newsom, Danny Tucker, Earl Voss, Andrew Voss

Greeters

Main Lobby East Lobby

4/7 M/M Dave Gross M/M Thad Cox

4/14 M/M Mickey Allen M/M Steve Johnson

4/21 Erlene Priddy/Betty Tuttle M/M Bobby Atkins

4/28 M/M Earl Voss M/M Harold Allen

Special Music Baptistry Workers 4/7 Tony & Debbie Mabe

4/14

4/21

4/28

Sound System Computer 4/7 Scott Tedder Dana Booze

4/14 Len Tillman Carissa Tillman

4/21 Andrew Voss Pattie Smith/Robin Voss

4/28 Jeff Fishel Gary Clanton/Denise Calloway

April 14th is Family Sunday.

April Teachers for Children’s Church 1st —5th Teacher—Peter

1st—5th Helper— Amy Cain

1st—5th Song Leader—Peter

2yr.-4yr. old Helpers— Ann Thomas

March Teachers for Wednesday Evening Teacher - Peter Cain

Helper -

Preschool – Dave & Jan Gross Please see Peter Cain if you have questions or concerns.

Thank you for serving in our children’s department.

Ushers

4/7: Team # 1 4/14: Team # 2

4/21: Team 3 4/28: Team # 4

Communion Preparation Brenda Lane/Dana Booze

Nursery 4/3- Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 4/7- 9:30am: Tina Brouwer 10:30am: Stephanie Tate & Amy Cain 4/10- Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 4/14- 9:30am: Paula Wolff 10:30am: Tami Fishel /Tondra Walker/Jan Gross 4/17-Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 4/21-9:30am: Andrew & Casey Voss 10:30am: Meredith & Meagan Soetermans 4/24-Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore 4/28-9:30am: Karen Van Meter & Kay Atkins 10:30am: Dana & Courtney Booze 5/1- Wed: Frankye Jones & Cathy Moore

*If you cannot serve on your assigned date please find a replacement from the substitute list.

April Birthdays 2-Tiffany Brouwer, Jacob Thomas, Derek Vaden 3-

Linda Watts 4-Chris Booze, Sunni Shores, Ema Holt 6-

Darrell Calloway, Brenda Lane, Zoey Lankford 7-Jean

Allen, Augustine Thorpe 9-Max Soetermans, Hayley Cox

10-Nyle Mitchell, Judy Watts 11 Carissa Tillman 13-Ann

Thomas, Glenn Van Meter 14-Brittany Clanton, Tami

Fishel, Mark Thorpe 15-Jacob Anderson, Mickey Allen 16-

Debbie McHone17-Linda Harrison 19-Kelly Holder, Amy

Marion 21- Lindsay Hill 22-Erlene Priddy, Brittany Palmer

23- Trevor Mabe 24-Angie Thomas, Kay Nance, Jessica

Aron 25-Thad Cox26-Lauren Kimel 27-Susie Burton 28-

Marie Cooke, Brock Carico

April Anniversaries

1-Kevin & Tondra Walker

3-Mike & Norma Lawson

4-Paul & Kim Fleming

14-Lawrence & Teri Voss

29-Ken & Carolyn Norman

30-Barney & Sara Newsome

March Calendar Fri. 1

Sat. 2

Sun. 3 9:30am Sunday School

10:30am Morning Worship

6:00pm Evening Worship

Mon. 4 7:00pm Board Meeting

Tues. 5

Wed. 6 7:00pm Adult Bible Study/Teen Worship & Children’s Programs

Thur. 7 7:00pm Ladies Bible Study “Beth Moore”

7:00pm Open Gym Basketball Teens/Adults

Fri. 8

Sat. 9 11:30am-1:30pm GROW Celebration at Roll-R-King



12-4:30pm Blood Drive


TBA Teens YAC Mabes

Mon. 11

Tues. 12


Thur. 14 6:30pm Young at Heart meet at the Cornet in Rural Hall

7:00pm Ladies Bible Study “Beth Moore”


Fri. 15

Sat. 16



5:45pm Kid’s Fusion - Grade School


Mon. 18 7:00pm Ladies Missionary Meeting

Tues. 19


Thur. 21 7:00pm Ladies Bible Study “Beth Moore”


Fri. 22

Sat. 23 10am-1pm Children’s Ministry Egg Hunt at the Allen Farm



YAC Teens


Mon. 25

Tues. 26


Thurs. 28 7:00pm Ladies Bible Study “Beth Moore”


Fri. 29

Sat. 30 8:30am Teen Hike at Haven Smith’s House/Sauratown Mountain

Sun. 31 7:00am Sunrise Service Big Country Breakfast to follow


6:00pm No Evening Worship

April Calendar

Mon. 1 7:00pm Board Meeting

Tues. 2


Thur. 4

Fri. 5

Sat. 6




Mon. 8

Tues. 9


Thur. 11 6:30pm Young at Heart Pot Luck

Fri. 12 TBA 3rd – 5th Grade Kid’s Fusion Mobile Lock-In

Sat. 13



5:45pm Kid’s Fusion - Grade School


TBA YAC Crews

Mon. 15 7:00pm Ladies Missionary Meeting

Tues. 16


Thur. 18

Fri. 19 TBA “Family Retreat” at Park Springs

Sat. 20 “Family Retreat” at Park Springs



3:00pm Return from “Family Retreat” at Park Springs

5:45pm Kid’s Fusion


Mon. 22

Tues. 23


Thur. 25

Fri. 26 7:00am Teen Ministry Yard Sale

Sat. 27 7:00am Teen Ministry Yard Sale

TBA Fun Day with Kid’s Fusion Grades K – 2nd Grade



6:00pm “Annual Gospel Singing Night”

TBA YAC Teens Mosley’s

Mon. 29

Tues. 30

Mar-April 2013

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