The

Karusograph First Christian Church - Clinton, Illinois

www.clintonfcc.com Volume 53 January 18, 2011 Issue 3

Family Life Center

First Christian Church, Clinton

Thursday, January 27, 6:30 pm

Speakers: Jody Antrim

& Cheryl Pacilio

“Navigating Friendships”

(Making, Developing & Repairing)

Music: Cherie Harris

Salad Bar - bring a salad & a

friend to share it!

5:30 pm - Light meal served 6:15 pm - Children & Youth programs (infants thru high school) 6:30 pm - Bible Study for adults

Walk Thru the Bible with Doug Maris on Wed. nights in Feb. at 6:30 pm in the FLC.

Please join us!

The Gospel According to Greg Greg Taylor

greg@clintonfcc.com

On Sunday, toward the end of my message from Deuteronomy 8 on why “Remembering is

Essential,” I shared with you a pledge to the families of our church from our ministry staff. Time was short on Sunday, and I didn’t have the time to expand upon this pledge that I would

have liked, so here is a recap and further explanation:

Both Adam and Ernie, along with the Children’s and Youth Ministries of First Christian Church, are promising to help your grade school, junior high and senior

high students better understand the doctrines of FCC and the very most important aspects of the Christian Faith.

Ernie took a Sunday last November and went through a basic version of the “Six

Staples of FCC” – a study we do during all of our “Discover FCC” classes for new members and/or visitors. While this may seem too much information for a 1st

grader, we are committed to helping our grade school students better grasp who we are as a church.

This winter/spring, Ernie will also be putting together a Baptism class for grade

school students interested in becoming a Christian. Many of the students currently attending our church may not have grown up in our church – and thus may not

understand what we believe the Bible teaches about baptism by immersion. This class will serve as an excellent opportunity to learn what the Bible teaches about

baptism. If you have a grade school student who would be interested in attending such a class, let Ernie or Peggy know.

On Sunday evenings, our junior high and senior high students experience a 90

minute REVEAL service, consisting of worship, a message (usually from Adam), small groups and fellowship. We are regularly averaging between 50-70 students, and this

winter/spring, the theme is “Back to the Basics.” Adam and others will be teaching each week on the very most important aspects of the Christian faith. If you have

junior high and/or senior high students, I would strongly encourage you to get them to REVEAL each week – they will be blessed.

I am excited about this pledge and I would love to hear your feedback as well, either now, or as

the winter/spring unfolds. I also need to remind you to put this pledge into perspective. While this is very important, it is only part of the perfect situation for the families of our

church. If you are a parent or grandparent, or person of influence in the life of a grade school, junior high or senior high students, you are called to “pass on” the faith. You are called to

“impress upon” (Deuteronomy 6 language) your children and grandchildren the most important aspects of the faith and why being a Christian makes all the difference in the world.

You don’t have to hold a Master of Arts in Theology degree to tell others what an impact Jesus Christ has had on your life.

Blessings to you, and if you are participating in B90X, keep reading God’s word! We are in

week 3 – you can do it! See you Sunday as we study a judge named Jephthah and learn why “Good Theology Isn’t Optional.”

Greg

January 16, 2011 - Facts & Figures

Sunday, January 23, 2011

8:15 am 11:00 am

Distributing Bulletins Vickie Moore Joe Alexander Jean Perring Nancy Kuntz Connie Hantla Tanya Donelson Edna May Sprague

Information Center Attendant Audrey Sessions Ginny Carter Jenny Rittenhouse Candi Heap

Greeters Dan & Mary Holland Steve & Nancy Bridges Bob & Dolores Primmer Allen & Barbara Trago

Door Assistant Wes Anderson Ty Osterbur Danny Bundy

Serving Outside Communion Shut-Ins: Ken Klein

Hospital: Mark Griffin Hawthorne Inn: Abner Griffin

Cookie Callers for the Week of January 23rd

Phyllis Green Becki Tuggle

Our Witness Through Giving

General Fund Giving this Week $42,524.05 2011 M.A.P. Weekly Need $19,150.67 Surplus $23,373.38 Our Witness Through Attendance

Worship: 282+391=673 (‘11 Ave. 666)

Bible School: 323 (‘11 Ave. 312)

Decisions for Christ & His Church

This Week Yearly Totals

Baptisms: 0 0 Transfers: 0 0 Rededications: 0 0 Christian Service: 0 0 Total 0

Young at Heart

David Buck, Coordinator

Our program for February 2nd will be a

fine piano player who is self-taught and

successful in his life. He has been here before

playing for us and was delightful. His name is

J. Morrow, from rural Clinton, and he has been

a fine example for many at his young age.

Then on the 16th of February we‟ll have our

friend Carol McFeeters Thompson who always

brings us something very interesting and

informative. Who knows what she will have

for us this time. “We pardon to the extent that

we love.” Frances De La Rochefoucauld

Our first trip of 2011 will be on

February 10, to Goodfield Barn #2 to enjoy

“Barefoot in the Park.” It‟s full of laughter,

and the food will be delicious, as usual. Then

on March 30th we‟ll travel to White Pines

State Park to see a show depicting Dolly

Parton‟s songs. The food will be excellent

also. Starved Rock is on the agenda for April

to a show and meal. In May we‟ll travel to the

Illinois River at Moline to enjoy the big bands

on the Celebration Riverboat. “Prayer is the

mortar that holds our house together.” Mother

Theresa

What a difference it makes in our

relationships when we magnify and bring out

the positive in people. It not only helps the

other people improve, but it helps us enjoy

them more, just as they are. This is my

command: Love each other - Jesus

If you ordered a Young at Heart calendar, you

can pick it up in the church foyer or the church

office. You may also purchase one for $6.00 if

you did not pre-order. The calendars will be

available in the foyer or the church office.

“Lest We Forget Those We Love”

Memorials were given in memory of:

Donna Garvin

...Avy Washburn, Clinton, IL - mother of Trudy (Greg) Hougham & Marvin (Sheila) Long ...Vivian Sievers, Clinton, IL - mother of Marilyn (Galen) Strain & Gerald Sievers ...Ray Isaac, Decatur, IL - husband of Carol Isaac, father of Lisa Benton, brother of Joyce (Dan) Shofner, uncle of Jared Shofner, Tammy Robinson & Joshua Shofner

Rick Alwood Gary Angel Kate Arnold Helen Azbill Lisa Babbit Yvonne Blount Brad Campbell Maxine Cardinale Edna Carter Landon Clark Ainsley Cohenour (infant) Michelle Cohenour Mike Connelly Allen Cooper Bill Coughlin Brett Creager Lois DeJaynes Patty Douglas Carolyn Drummond Carol Duncan Candi Evans Nathan Florey Betty Fortune Sandy Gambrel Vicky Gates Barb Haning Yvonne Hicks Ray Houchin Tresa Kissack

Ed Martin Doug Messmore* Mariah Monkman Tammy Moore Robert Peters Jesse Reising Randy Roy Shane Senters Breanna Shofner Gary Simmons James L. Smith Nathaniel Strange (infant) Cinda Stocks Lori Stone Doris Sugg* Kris Sulzberger Rosalie Summers Wayne Tyler Gary Waggoner Vernadine Witt Lester Woolridge

Hospital Prayer List

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Special Prayer Requests * New Names

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6

Decatur Memorial Brad Campbell

St. John’s

Shirley Fields

St. Francis Sherry Volk

Springfield Memorial

Rusty Hicks

Information About the Church

Minister of Preaching & Teaching.…..….Greg Taylor Minister of Pastoral Care . …..J. Kent Hickerson Minister of Children & Jr. High….....Ernie Harvey, Jr. Minister of High School, College Age & Technology……....….…………..Adam Brucker Minister of Worship…………….….Jim Coonce Office Phone ......................... (217) 935-3139 Office Fax ............................. (217) 935-3130 Office E-mail ............. karen@clintonfcc.com Office Hours ........... ....8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This Lord’s Day – January 23, 2011 8:15 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Greg continues the B90X sermon series in conjunction with our 90 day Biblical adventure. Greg will preach a message entitled “Good Theology Isn’t Optional” from Judges 11. See you Sunday! 9:30 a.m. Bible School classes for all ages – why not join a class to start the new year? 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Fellowship time for all adults in the Family Life Center! 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Grade School and Preschool Youth Groups 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Reveal worship service and small groups for Junior & Senior High in the Cable Building

Our Christian Sympathy to the Family and Loved Ones of...

Released from the hospital...

Marjorie Hanson Sherman Taulbee Howard Campbell

This „N That

2011 offering envelopes will be available in the church foyer through January and then we will move them to the church office. If you don’t have, but would like to have, an offering envelope assigned to you, please call the church office.

Wild Game Potluck Feast

Join us for a great evening of

fellowship and

feasting at the First

Christian Church, Family Life

Center, Clinton, IL, on Monday, February

14th at 6:30 pm. Bring your favorite

wild game dish to share. If you

can’t bring a wild game dish,

please bring a vegetable or

dessert. Please call the church,

935-3139, if you have any questions.

We rejoice with Landon and

Megan Callahan on the birth of

their daughter, Brynlee Lorraine,

who was born January 11, 2011.

Proud grandparents are Dave &

Alisa Donnelly.

Running on Empty? Make Every Step Count!

East White Oak Bible Church, 4925

E. 1250 North Road, Gridley, IL 61744

February 5, 2011, 8 am - 3:30 pm

Discover how God can refresh, renew

and rejuvenate your steps, your days

and your life at this year's Community Women's

Retreat. Our own Becky Glenn will be the keynote

speaker. Registration fee is $20, includes all

sessions & workshops plus a continental breakfast

brunch & more! For more information:

www.salemfec.org or www.ewo.org

Or call Linda Betts, 309-527-2521, or

Salem Church, 815-796-2805.

Thank you notes have been re-

ceived from Verna Norrington, the family of Donna Garvin, & Patty

Reinhart. They are posted on the bulletin board across from the church office.

Relay for Life DeWitt 2011 Kickoff -with event to showcase DeWitt County 5th graders

Friday, January 21st United Methodist Church, Clinton

6 PM - Hot dog meal for $3.00 7 pm - 5th Grade Smart with Sean Streaty and

Autumn Kenney Dessert auction following - cooks include Joyce

Bryan, Kathi Ferguson, Sharon Ijams, Ruth Lowers, Nikki McDonald, Helen Miller, Martha Nixon, Diane Peck, Michelle Stevens, Marilyn

Thayer, Jane Ann Thomas, & Jan Webb

Sign up for your RELAY

FOR LIFE DEWITT 2011

TEAM!

Questions: Call Clarene

Arnold, 935-8517 or Sherry

Young, 935-6175

DEWITT COUNTY FRIENDSHIP CENTER Breakfast Fundraiser 7 am - 9:30 am

All You Can Eat! Saturday, January 22, 2011 Advance tickets $4.50, at the door $5.00

Kids 8 & Under - $3.00 Menu: Biscuits & gravy, sausage, drinks

Call 935-9411 for more information.

New Life Pregnancy Center

The Change for Life Campaign will begin this

Sunday, January 23rd. Baby bottles will be

available in the foyer. Return bottle by

March 13th to the church.

Proverbs 31 - rescheduled to next

Tuesday, January 25th

TOTS to TEENS . . . Ernie Harvey Jr. & Adam Brucker

This Sunday - January 23

We will have a Mission Trip

Meeting in the Family Life Center

right after second service for both

junior high and senior high

students interested in going on a

summer mission trip.

Parents are also encouraged to

come to this meeting.

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

God’s Little Treasures (3 year-olds -

kindergarten): We will have a Bible

lesson, sing songs, and make a craft.

Why don’t you join us on Sunday

night from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Class Act Kids (kindergarten - fifth

grade) will meet in the Fellowship

Hall for their play practice.

Like last year we are giving the

kindergarteners a choice of going to

God’s Little Treasures group or Class

Act Kids group.

Sunday nights from 5:30 to 7:00 in the

Cable Building.

Following Reveal we play volleyball in the Family Life Center from 7:00 - 8:00.

Please join us for these activities.

Parents: Check out the Reveal Newsletter on the church’s web-site:

www.clintonfcc.com

Jr. High Believe Conference February 25 - 26, 2011

Cost is $60.00.

SuperStart Grades: 3, 4 & 5

March 4 - 5, 2011 Cost is $60.00.

Summer Mission Trips

Junior High is going to Shiloh Christian Children’s Ranch

in Missouri.

Senior High is going to Tampa, Florida.

The time it takes to read 12 pages daily gives the Word the priority and position it

deserves in our lives.

The greater impact, power and benefit of reading this much of God‟s Word at a

time.

Some have not read through the whole Bible and this provides a plan, motivation

and the opportunity to do so.

The overview it gives to read the entire Bible in a short time (90 days) helps us see

it as a whole: God‟s redemption plan from start to finish.

Some have read their Bible regularly in the past, but aren‟t currently doing so and it

will encourage them to renew a daily time in God‟s Word.

Some have never read much, if at all, on their own in the Bible and it will

encourage them to begin a daily time in God‟s Word.

Reading God‟s Word changes us - the more we read, the more we change.

Most books of the Bible will be completely read in 1 or 2 days versus 1 or 2

chapters or a few verses at a time. This gives us a complete picture of each

individual book.

The whole church reading the same thing at the same time has many benefits: we

can more easily share with each other about what God is teaching us, be

accountable to each other, encourage one another…

Read the testimonies of others who have already completed the reading plan at

www.theBiblein90days.com.

Each individual should ask God if this is how they are to read God‟s Word

currently or if He has another plan for them at this time. The 90 day plan may not

be for everyone. Just make sure you have a plan and are in God‟s Word regularly!

A short term commitment is easier to keep than a long term one (we often fade in

April or May in reading through the Bible in a year).

To challenge those who read the Bible regularly already to a higher level of daily

commitment.

“There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation

through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way

or another – showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training

us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks

God has for us.”

2 Timothy 3:16,17: The Message Bible

Why take the challenge to read the Bible in 90 days?

by Becky Glenn

The Bible in 90 Days Reading Plan

Readers will read through the entire Bible cover to cover in 88 days,

with 2 “grace” days allowed using this plan.

Day Start Verse End Verse

1 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 16:16

2 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 28:19

3 Genesis 28:20 Genesis 40:11

4 Genesis 40:12 Genesis 50:26

5 Exodus 1:1 Exodus 15:18

6 Exodus 15:19 Exodus 28:43

7 Exodus 29:1 Exodus 40:39

8 Leviticus 1:1 Leviticus 14:32

9 Leviticus 14:33 Leviticus 26:26

10 Leviticus 26:27 Numbers 8:14

11 Numbers 8:15 Numbers 21:7

12 Numbers 21:8 Numbers 32:19

13 Numbers 32:20 Deuteronomy 7:26

14 Deuteronomy 8:1 Deuteronomy 23:11

15 Deuteronomy 23:12 Deuteronomy 34:12

16 Joshua 1:1 Joshua 14:15

17 Joshua 15:1 Judges 3:27

18 Judges 3:28 Judges 15:12

19 Judges 15:13 1 Samuel 2:29

20 1 Samuel 2:30 1 Samuel 15:35

21 1 Samuel 16:1 1 Samuel 28:19

22 1 Samuel 28:20 2 Samuel 12:10

23 2 Samuel 12:11 2 Samuel 22:18

24 2 Samuel 22:19 1 Kings 7:37

25 1 Kings 7:38 1 Kings 16:20

26 1 Kings 16:21 2 Kings 4:37

27 2 Kings 4:38 2 Kings 15:26

28 2 Kings 15:27 2 Kings 25:30

29 1 Chronicles 1:1 1 Chronicles 9:44

30 1 Chronicles 10:1 1 Chronicles 23:32

31 1 Chronicles 24:1 2 Chronicles 7:10

32 2 Chronicles 7:11 2 Chronicles 23:15

33 2 Chronicles 23:16 2 Chronicles 35:15

34 2 Chronicles 35:16 Ezra 10:44

35 Nehemiah 1:1 Nehemiah 13:14

36 Nehemiah 13:15 Job 7:21

37 Job 8:1 Job 24:25

38 Job 25:1 Job 41:34

39 Job 42:1 Psalms 24:10

40 Psalms 25:1 Psalms 45:14

41 Psalms 45:15 Psalms 69:21

42 Psalms 69:22 Psalms 89:13

43 Psalms 89:14 Psalms 108:13

44 Psalms109:1 Psalms 134:3

Day Start Verse End Verse

45 Psalms 135:1 Proverbs 6:35

46 Proverbs 7:1 Proverbs 20:21

47 Proverbs 20:22 Ecclesiastes 2:26

48 Ecclesiastes 3:1 Song of Songs 8:14

49 Isaiah 1:1 Isaiah 13:22

50 Isaiah 14:1 Isaiah 28:29

51 Isaiah 29:1 Isaiah 41:18

52 Isaiah 41:19 Isaiah 52:12

53 Isaiah 52:13 Isaiah 66:18

54 Isaiah 66:19 Jeremiah 10:13

55 Jeremiah 10:14 Jeremiah 23:8

56 Jeremiah 23:9 Jeremiah 33:22

57 Jeremiah 33:23 Jeremiah 47:7

58 Jeremiah 48:1 Lamentations 1:22

59 Lamentations 2:1 Ezekiel 12:20

60 Ezekiel 12:21 Ezekiel 23:39

61 Ezekiel 23:20 Ezekiel 35:15

62 Ezekiel 36:1 Ezekiel 47:12

63 Ezekiel 47:13 Daniel 8:27

64 Daniel 9:1 Hosea 13:6

65 Hosea 13:7 Amos 9:10

66 Amos 9:11 Nahum 3:19

67 Habakkuk 1:1 Zechariah 10:12

68 Zechariah 11:1 Matthew 4:25

69 Matthew 5:1 Matthew 15:39

70 Matthew 16:1 Matthew 26:56

71 Matthew 26:57 Mark 9:13

72 Mark 9:14 Luke 1:80

73 Luke 2:1 Luke 9:62

74 Luke 10:1 Luke 20:19

75 Luke 20:20 John 5:47

76 John 6:1 John 15:17

77 John 15:18 Acts 6:7

78 Acts 6:8 Acts 16:37

79 Acts 16:38 Acts 28:16

80 Acts 28:17 Romans 14:23

81 Romans 15:1 1 Corinthians 14:40

82 1 Corinthians 15:1 Galatians 3:25

83 Galatians 3:26 Colossians 4:18

84 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Philemon 25

85 Hebrews 1:1 James 3:12

86 James 3:13 3 John 14

87 Jude 1 Revelation 17:18

88 Revelation 18:1 Revelation 22:21

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6 pm Proverbs 31

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6:30 pm Choir

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6 pm Finance m

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Manor Court/Liberty Village 1 Park Lane, Clinton, IL 61727

Hawthorne Inn/Liberty Village (Supportive Living)

1 Park Lane, Clinton, IL 61727 Hazel Benz Marge Hoke

Vivian Sievers Louise Smith

Dorothy Yedtman

Farmer City Rehab 404 N. Brookview Dr. Farmer City, IL 61842

Jim Bell

Leroy Manor 509 S. Buck Road Leroy, IL 61752

Lyle Nelson

Heartland Health Care Center 510 Broadway, Normal, IL 61761

Ann Kohler

Christian Village 1507 7th St., Lincoln, IL 62656

Norma Rich Clara Lou Stephens

(Supportive Living)

Westminister Village 2025 E. Lincoln St.

Bloomington, IL 61701 Aileen Short

Evenglow Inn

1200 Evenglow Lane Pontiac, IL 61764

Cathelena Daily

Evergreen Place 801 Gregory St.

Normal, IL 61761 Cleta (Darlene) Griffith, Apt. 111* *Apt. & # must be on her address

Aspen Ridge Care Center 2530 N. Monroe, Decatur, IL 62526

Shirley Thompson Bonnie Breeze

Heritage Manor 509 N. Adelaide St., Normal, IL 61761

Louise Whitehead

Members & relatives of those at First Christian Church, Clinton

Please call the church office with additions or corrections.

Louise Adams Fleta Buggar Mildred Burns Joan Cobb Connie Echigo Lyle Gill Gene Jones Fred May Alice Moit Margaret Murphy

Charlene Paterson June Provin Carol Radley Maxine Robinson Stella Romanowski Kathy Strange Shirley Utterback Donald Yedtman