The Christian Window Volume 55 Number 19 December 2015

First Christian Church of Kent (Disciples of Christ)

335 West Main St., Kent, OH 44240-2416

Phone: 330-673-6634

Website: www.firstchristiankent.org Email: kentfcc@firstchristiankent.org

Senior Minister: Pastor Julie Cory pastor_julie@firstchristiankent.org

What’s Inside:

Page 2: Pastor’s pen, Elder’s Epiphany, Prayers &

Joys

Page 3: Poinsettia Order, Cookie Sale, Birthdays &

Anniversaries

Page 4: Serving Calendar, Children’s Worship

Page 5: December Calendar

Page 6:Staff, Office Hours & Worship Times,

Deadlines

Christmas Eve Worship

Thursday , December 24

at 7:00pm and 11:00pm

The Door for Christmas

cards is back for everyone

to share their Christmas

wishes with the congregation. You are welcome

to post a card on the door or send your greet-

ings to the office and we’ll put it up for you.

Gift Boxes

We would like to remember the church staff members this Christmas season. In the Narthex of the church are two gift boxes where you may give Holiday monetary gifts for Pastor Julie and for our paid staff, which includes Vicki Lynn Phillips, Donna Oberlin, Sarah Redman, Brendan Redman, Cathy Steele, Jodi Stillisano, and Patty Wiley in appreciation for their ministry and dedication to First Christian Church.

CHURCH "NIGHT" AT LOGOS MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

10 A.M. TO 8 P.M.

December 7, 2015, all day long is our "Church Night" at Logos. Logos will give First Christian Church

Library 20% of all sales completed between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to purchase library items. Every purchase counts - books, cards, gifts, framed artwork, music, stocking stuffers and more. Catalogs with coupons

are available in the library. You can order ahead and ask them to hold your purchase for that day if you want to be sure they have a specific item that day. Can't shop that day? Ask for Library Stamps - you

will receive 1 stamp/$1 spent. Put them on the desk in the library. 100 stamps is like a $5 coupon for library purchases. Logos has contributed to our

library this way for 25 years! The Lord’s Pantry will be on December 6th.

Remember they will be doing Christmas baskets

for those in need in the community. Special Needs

for the Holiday Baskets are: Cranberry Sauce,

Stuffing, Instant Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes,

Gravy Packets, Turkey or Chicken,

Dry Milk, Rice, Pumpkin, Evapo-

rated Milk, Boxed Pie Crust, Muffin

Mix, Jello, and Gift Cards at Acme

in $10 amounts.

Help Decorate the church for Advent and Christmas! Saturday, November 28th at 10am. All hands are greatly appreciated!

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Remember in our Prayers:

Healing: Linda Beal, Lisa Appledorn, Eleanor Weiss, Don Horner, Nancy Atzenhofer, Briana Cheveny,

Vicki Lynn Phillips, Jean Nagy, Ruth Green, Rick Unkefer, Susy Heroux, Jean McNicholas

Special Prayers: Those serving in our armed forces: Ryan Oberlin, Heather and Jose Mendez.

Elders: Mark Your Calendars

The elders Epiphany Dinner will be Saturday, January 9, 2016 @ Longhitano's Gallery Pub & Grille @ 6 PM. It is

located at 1225 W. Main St in Kent and has good food, easy parking and no steps to enter the building. We will be

in the party room. We will order off the regular menu. Bring a gift or white elephant item for the annual gift ex-

change. Join the fun. See Linda Beal for reservations and any other needed information.

2015 CROP WALK RESULTS

The total raised by the KENT Crop Walk on 10/11 was

$6022.17. Of that

$1310.67 was raised by walkers from First Christian Church,

Kent. We thank you ALL for your efforts, support and caring for the least of

Church Women United

Christmas Tea

December 4, 1:00pm

United Methodist Church of Kent

Library News: The movie based on Karen Kingsbury's book, The Bridge, will premier on The Hallmark Channel at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6. Perhaps you've read the book from our library. Karen K. is thrilled that her book has been made into a movie and is hoping that many of us will see this premier performance and let Hallmark know that we appreci-ate movies of this genre and quality. If you haven't read it, check it out.

Happy Advent –

I need a silent night, a holy night. To hear an angel voice through the cha-os and the noise. I need a midnight clear, a little peace right here, to end this crazy day with a silent night. -Amy Grant As we await the birth of the Christ Child we often get caught up of the hustle and bustle of the season – running to and fro, trying to find just

the right present and making sure that everything will be special. But, I want to challenge you this year. Set aside time each day to just be still. Set aside

time to just be quiet and wait. The practice of silence is an ancient spiritual practice that was meant to help us hear where God is speaking and calling us. I love Christmas. I love to decorate and entertain and do all the things that seems to be a

major part of the holiday season, but I also need silence and time set apart to hear the voice of God. Without this quiet time I forget who I am waiting for – the babe who will be a savior of all the nations.

I wish you all a happy and blessed holiday season filled with family and laughter and silence.

In Christ, Pastor Julie

Goodyear Band

Free Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 6, 4:00pm

At the Kent United Methodist Church

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December Birthdays and Anniversaries

5– Carol White, Mike R. Nagy

12– Janis Osborne

13– Terry Neubert

14– Karen Smith

19– Russ Buckbee

21– Eric Holloway

23– Mike & Jean Sossa (1989)

25– Denny Eberhart

26– Mitchell Curtis

27– Michelle Boring, Keegan Wright

28–Dave & Sue Hurst (1968)

Poinsettias are a wonderful way

to remember or honor a loved

one or a friend during Advent and

Christmas. Please complete this

form. Cost of poinsettias is $5.00

for a 6 inch pot or $9.00 for an

8 inch pot with 2 plants.

NAME_______________________________________

Phone No. _________________________________

Number & Color of Plants:

6 inch Red _______White ______Pink________

8 inch Red _______White_______ Pink________

Please Print the dedication below exactly as you want it

to appear in the worship bulletin:

In honor of _____________________________________________

In honor of _____________________________________________

In memory of ____________________________________________

In memory of ____________________________________________

~ Submit form no later than Sunday, December 6th,

2015

~ Make checks payable to: First Christian Church

of Kent & note on envelope “Poinsettia”.

~ Place your form & payment in the offering plate

or mail to the church office (335 W. Main St., Kent,

OH 44240).

Thank you for helping to beautify the church for this Advent

and Christmas season with special memories and poinsettias.

You are welcome to leave them until after the Christmas Day

worship.

Christmas Cookies Sale

Cookie Bakers needed! We will be

selling cookies at the Dec. 4 Spaghetti

Dinner again this year. All proceeds will go to the

Cleveland Christian Home for Children. Cookie

donations will need to be at the church by Thursday

morning, Dec. 3--Volunteers are needed at 9am to

package the cookies in tins. Cookie Pre-order forms

are available in the Narthex. Please fill out and

return to the office or to Iris Palmer. Tins and

Trays will be 1lb, 2lbs, and 3lbs, and will be $8.00

per pound. For more information, contact Iris

Palmer at 330-296-9869.

Hiram Farms has undertaken a

major project to build a bathroom

facility which will be attached to the

existing barn at Hiram Farm. Since

the inception of Hiram Farm, ASD

participants have only had port-o-

potties available for use, and no potable hot water.

Hiram Farm has established a fundraising site through

CrowdRise in order to raise funds for this much needed

project. Please take time to visit www.hiramfarm.org

and consider making a donation to this very worthwhile

project. To date they have raised over $14,000 through

CrowdRise for this project. If you know someone who

might be able to offer labor or materials in lieu of a

financial gift, we’d love to talk to them about our needs.

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December 2015 Serving Schedule

Worship

Leader

Elders Deacons Prep/

Serve/Clean

Deacons-Serve Acolytes Narthex

Greeters

Attendance

Dec. 6

8:30 am

10:45am

Iris Palmer Vicki Eberhart

Art Putt, Linda Beal

Tim Vicars

Nancy Berlan

Nancy Berlan, Janet Farlow, Lynne Grether, Erica Bordonaro

Dylan Redman,

Tyler Drown

Carolyn and

Jim Brothers

Janet Farlow

Dec. 13

Children’s

Christmas

Program

10:45am

Vicki Eberhart, Art Putt

Max Stillisano Max Stillisano, Nancy Berlan, Janet Farlow, Lynne Grether

Mitchell and

Reilly Curtis

Nancy Berlan

Dec. 20

8:30am

10:45am

Dick Bennett

Chuck Lanning

Russ Buckbee, Vicki Eberhart

Tim Vicars

Lynne Grether

Lynne Grether, Susan Buckbee, Nancy Berlan, Janet Farlow

Will Stillisano

Maya Gregory

Sue and

Tom

Geopfert

Susan Buckbee

Dec. 27

8:30am

10:45am

Diana Secaur

Dennis Wendling

Chuck Lanning, Russ Buckbee

Tim Vicars

Janet Farlow

Janet Farlow, Lynne Grether, Susan Buckbee, Nancy Berlan

Josh and Ben

Bordonaro

Susan

Buckbee

Lynne Grether

Children’s Worship and Wiggle Worship Dec. 6: Dave Adolphson and Laura Adolphson

Dec. 13: Christmas Program Dec. 20: Erica Bordonaro and Zach Stillisano

Dec. 27: Jodi Stillisano

HOLIDAY ELVES NEEDED: WE are participating in the "Adopt-A-Family" program with Miller Commu-nity House beginning on December 1, a giving tree will be set up in the Narthex at church. The tree will contain red 'mitten ornaments' with different gifts listed for our needy family. We also will be adopting a few veterans from Freedom House through gifts of $5, 10 or 15 gift certificates. Green mittens will con-tain a request for a gift card for a veteran. We are asking that you choose a mitten and then return your gift to the boxes provided by Dec. 16. If you are giving a gift to our family, Miller house requests that you wrap the gift and be sure to affix the 'red mitten ornament' to the package so that they know which gift to give to which family. If you are giving a gift card, please place the gift card in an envelope and affix the 'green mitten ornament' to the front of the envelope. We will take all gifts to Miller house and Freedom House the week before Christmas. AND THAT'S NOT ALL: We also have volunteered to wrap other gifts for Miller House. Please bring your excess wrapping paper, bows, tape and ribbon and join us after church on December 20 to wrap more gifts. Refreshments will be served. If you have any questions, please contact Lynne at 330-607-5256. Merry Christmas one and all!

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Mary Kay 6:00-8:30 pm Sarah Circle 7:00 AA 7:00 pm

Aesenath Circle 7:00 pm

Packaging Cook-ies 9:00 am AA 7:00 pm Quilters 10-2:00

Spaghetti Dinner 4:30-6:30 pm

Exercise 10:30-12

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Lord's Pantry Worship Meeting 12:00 pm Piano Recital 1:00 -6:00 pm

Logos Church Night 10:00 am-8:00 pm

Mary Kay 6:00 –8:30 pm AA 7:00 pm

Newsletter Deadline AA 7:00 pm Quilters 10-2:00 Exercise 10:30-12

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Safer Futures 9:00 - 5:00 pm Kent Interfaith Alliance 12:00- 1:00pm Mary Kay 6:00 -8:30 pm Phoebe Circle 7:00 pm AA7:00 pm

Safer Futures 9:00 - 5:00 pm Church Board 7:00 pm

Safer Futures 9:00 - 5:00 pm AA 7:00 pm Quilters 10-2:00

Exercise 10:30-12

Children's Christ-mas Program-One Worship Service 10:45 am

Safer Futures 9:00 -5:00 pm

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Disciples Coffee Christmas Out-reach Wrapping 12pm

League of Women Voters 7:00 pm

Mary Kay 6:00-8:30 pm AA 7:00

Church Office Closed AA 7:00 pm Christmas Eve Services 7pm & 11pm

Merry Christmas

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Church Office Closed

Church Office Closed Mary Kay 6:00-8:30 pm AA 7:00 pm

Church Office Closed

Church Office Closed Quilters 10:00 - 2:00 pm AA 7:00 pm

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email: kentfcc@firstchristiankent.org Pastor: pastor_julie@firstchristiankent.org

Website: www.firstchristiankent.org

Office Hours 9am to 1pm Monday through Thursday. The office is closed on Fridays.

CHURCH STAFF: Ministers All members of First Christian Church Minister Rev. Julie Cory Minister of Christian Education Jodi Stillisano Church Secretary Vicki Lynn Phillips Organist Cathy Steele Chancel Choir Director Patricia Wiley Early Accompanist Donna Oberlin Nursery Attendant Sarah Redman Custodian Brendan Redman

Worship Times/Office Hours Worship Times at 8:30am & 10:45am

with Sunday School at 9:30am Children Worship during the 10:45am worship

downstairs.

Deadline for Newsletter articles:

December 10 for January Newsletter