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First Christian Church

3000 Dresden Road, Zanesville, OH 43701-6477 (740) 453-3437 _______________________________________________________________________________

Rev. Dawn Remster, Sr. Minister Kim Paul, Director of Christian Education

Rev. Philip Hunt, Pastoral Associate

Church Email: zvillefcc@gmail.com Website: www.zvillefcc.com

2020 Marks 150 Years of Sharing God’s Love in Zanesville

As we crossed the threshold to a new year this week, it is too soon to know exactly what 2020 will

hold, or whether those resolutions we have just made stand a chance. Yet we enter into the new

year confident that God will bless our lives in big and small ways in the days ahead if we but pay

attention. Ministry here at First Christian Church will no doubt look familiar in many ways in the

new year. In other areas, God may be leading us into new opportunities for growth and mission.

2020 marks the 150th anniversary of our witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Zanesville, Ohio.

Since its charter in 1870, the ministry of First Christian Church has changed lives and helped shape

our community. Built on a firm foundation, we will continue to proclaim God’s love into the New

Year and beyond.

The Anniversary Committee has been hard at work for several months planning for us to celebrate

our sesquicentennial throughout the year with various events and activities. We also want to

celebrate by continuing our witness to our community in need of the Good News we have to share.

We will have special opportunities for service, study and mission throughout the year. Even as we

celebrate our history, we look ahead and listen for God’s call in the life of our church. To help us

do that, our 2020 Visioning Team will begin its work this month.

A list of Anniversary events and dates will be finalized and made available in a few weeks but mark

your calendars and plan to be with us on Sunday, January 26th as we lift up our 50-year members

and hear from some special guests. 2020 is a year full of promise and possibility for us as a

congregation. My prayers are with you all for a new year filled with God’s blessing. A new year

that finds us sharing the love of Jesus with all God’s children.

Shalom,

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We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the families

who have recently lost loved ones.

The Fox family on the death of Kay on

November 27th.

Dave Devoll on the death of his brother Howard.

The Richardson Family on the death of Alexis Jane

Dzintars.

Sandy McFarland’s family. Sandy died on

December 17th.

Larry Paul’s nephew, Kyle Spence, died on

December 29th.

Congratulations!

Ellis Parker Huizenga was born November 28th to

Alana and Charlie Huizenga. Milo and Harper are

his proud big brothers.

From the Fox Family

We are so grateful to everyone for the prayers,

cards, Pastor Dawn’s support, and the lovely meal

provided by the church. You provided so much

comfort during our loss. Thank you.

Thank You!

Thank you to the Worship Committee, Live Wire

Class and Caribeth Legats for their help in

decorating and then taking down the Advent

decorations in the sanctuary. Your time and efforts

are a blessing to us all during the Advent and

Christmas Season.

Thank you to all who had any part in making our

Advent and Christmas worship experiences extra

special. Whether it was lighting candles, taking

part in a drama or serving communion, you each

helped us celebrate the birth of our Lord. Thank

you!

Thanks from the Remsters

We would like to thank the congregation for the

generous Christmas gifts. We appreciate your

thoughtfulness and the blessing of sharing ministry

together. May you all enjoy a New Year filled with

God’s surprises. Blessings, Dawn & Tim

From Rev. Hunt

Rolanda and I would like to thank the congregation

for our Christmas gifts.

Your thoughtfulness and generosity are greatly

appreciated.

Rev. Philip H. Hunt, Pastoral Associate

A Message from the Staff

To the members and Board of First Christian

Church, your generous gifts and cards received

during the holiday season were very much

appreciated. We enjoy sharing ministry with you.

Thank you!

From Kaye Bednarczuk

Thank you for the Christmas gift certificate. I used

it to purchase a collection of piano arrangements by

Carol Tornquist. It includes “Breath of Heaven”. I

am blessed to serve our church on Wednesdays.

From Bill Cooper

I want to thank you all for the prayers, the prayer

shawl, and delicious Advent cookie tray. Also, to

Rev. Dawn for her home visit providing me with

communion and prayers.

From Lila Kinney

Thank you for the beautiful cookie tray. It was good

and I appreciated it very much.

Pastor’s Class for youth interested in exploring

church membership and baptism will begin next

month. Sign up on the bulletin board if you are

interested and we will determine a meeting time that

will work best for those participating.

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Winter Bible Study will begin Sunday, January

12th a6 6p.m. and continue for eight weeks. We will

be exploring The New Testament You Never Knew

by N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Study books

will be needed for this study and cost $10. (If cost

keeps you from joining please let Dawn know.)

Sign up on the bulletin board if you plan to attend

so we can order the books. See Dawn if you have

questions. All are welcome.

Advent Outreach Projects Summary

Thank you for blessing others during the season of

Advent by being part of our many special Advent

projects. Through your donations, efforts and

support we were able to: deliver 31 cookie trays to

our homebound members, sponsor 40 children in

Muskingum Co. through Prison Fellowship Angel

Tree, provide 50 gift bags to the residents of

Altercare Care Center, assemble 50 blessing bags

for the homeless to be distributed through Homeless

Hands of Zanesville. In addition, we collected 66

hats, gloves, mittens, and socks for our mitten

garland to be shared with local agencies and filled

the grocery cart for Eastside. Thank you all for

your generous hearts and hands.

Attention 50 Year Members! If you have been a

part of the life and ministry of First Christian

Church for 50 years or more, we would like to

honor you. Plan to be present in worship with us on

Sunday, January 26th as we begin our 150th

Anniversary celebrations. Please let us know if

you, or someone you know, has been a member for

over 50 years by signing the sheet on the bulletin

board, calling the church office or marking it on the

Sunday friendship registers in the bulletin

Calling all Knitters and Crocheters

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is requesting more

prayer shawls. Anyone interest in donating one can

see Karen Huy. Any pattern, size, or color will be

fine. Thank you!.

Online Directory

Have you downloaded the app for the Instant

Church Directory? Members who have are excited

about having up to date information about fellow

church members. If you have questions regarding

the app, please contact Janice in the church office.

A few print copies of the directory are available.

Check the bookshelf in the hallway or place a

request in the office.

Online and Text Giving

For your convenience, First Christian Church is

now accepting online and text giving.

Text Giving

Text GEN to (740) 202-9500

You will receive a link to instructions on setting up

your text giving account.

Several members have recently begun participating

in the text giving program and we thank you.

If you are still considering that option, please keep

the following items in mind:

• When possible, utilize a bank account ACH

payment source as the fee is simply 30

cents.

• Consider larger credit card transactions, for

example if someone were to give $20

weekly, the fee would be less if they gave

$80 monthly. Unfortunate as it is, the

smaller the donation amount, the larger the

fees are. Also, for this and several other

reasons, there is a minimum $5 donation

when using a credit card.

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What’s Happening in Youth Groups?

In December the JC and Kingdom Kids went

Christmas caroling and delivered Christmas cheer

and a gift to our members living at the Oaks at

Bethesda, the Oaks at Northpointe, Primrose and

Altercare. It was a joyful way to spend an afternoon!

We concluded the evening by snuggling up in the

youth room together and watching the movie, “The

Star”.

The JC and Kingdom Kids will gather again on

Sunday, January 26 from 11:45 - 1:00 pm. The

children will share a pizza lunch after church. After

learning about the many ways our servicemen and

women serve our country, we will pack a care

package for Jared Robison, who is currently

deployed in the Middle East, as well as sign cards for

the career service men and women of our church

family. Please RSVP by January 22nd

(kimdpaul@gmail.com).

In December the Chi Rho and CYF youth provided

leadership at the Advent Workshop where families

gathered to share a meal, make Christmas crafts and

sing carols. They also enjoyed a Christmas party at

the Lind Arena. The youth will have a couple of

weeks off for the holidays. Regular meetings will

resume on January 5th from 6-7:30 in the youth

room.

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LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!

BUNCO

NIGHT! FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH

6 PM- Social Hour and

Game Instructions

7 PM- Let the games

begin!

FCC, Fellowship Hall Purchase Tickets Ahead- $8/single, $12/partners At the Door- $10/single, $15/partners Snacks and Prizes

All Ages Welcome

Childcare Provided- Sign Up on Bulletin Board Proceeds benefit FCC Youth Summer Mission Trip

Hands on CPR/AED practice will be

available for all children and youth ministry

volunteers on Monday, January 13th and

Thursday, January 23rd at 6 pm. Two options

are being offered to try and meet the varied

scheduling needs of the group- it is not

necessary to attend both evenings. Please

email Kim Paul by January 10th and let

her know which session you plan to attend.

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As we leave 2019 behind, may we approach 2020 with renewed energy and resolve to be kinder to one another,

offer a helping hand to the less fortunate, and perhaps step out of our comfort zone to help someone in need.

No one person can end hunger in Zanesville or feed the people at Christ’s Table but together as part of the body

of Christ, the little things that we do together will make a difference!

THANK YOU!

Thanks to all who supported our 2019 Christmas Offering. We will be using the Christmas Offering to support

Eastside Community Ministry. We will also be helping Stepping Stone, a transitional home for the homeless

opened on Woodlawn Avenue earlier in 2019. And lastly, we will be helping the Muskingum County Suicide

Prevention Coalition, Mental Health & Recovery Services.

Thanks to all for the donations of mittens, gloves, scarves and winter hats that were added to or placed beneath

the mitten garland located in the main hallway. These items will be distributed to Zanesville City pre-school,

Salvation Army and Eastside Community Ministry.

And lastly, thanks to all who adopted angels from the Christmas tree in the chapel. We helped provide gifts to

37 children who live in Muskingum County and who have a mother or father incarcerated in a state correctional

facility. The gifts we provided let those children know that they were not forgotten by their mom or dad.

Food Collection

As you do your weekly grocery shopping consider buying an extra can or two of soup to place in our grocery

cart located next to the elevator. Food donations are given to the Eastside Community Ministry Pantry. We are

thankful for your generosity and continued support of this important ministry, feeding God’s people.

Christ’s Table

Start the New Year out by helping feed God’s people. We will be serving at Christ’s Table, Saturday, January

25th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The sign-up sheet is located on the bulletin board in the main hallway.

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Weekly Worship:

Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 am

Sunday School 9:30 am

Wednesday 1:00 pm

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Happy New Year

2 3 4

5

6 7 8 1 pm Worship

1:30 pm Quilters

5:45 pm Hand Chimes

7 pm Choir

9

7 pm Board Meeting

10

7 pm Bunco Night

11

12

13 14 15 1 pm Worship

1:30 pm Quilters

5:45 pm Hand Chimes

7 pm Choir

16 17 18

19

20 21 22 1 pm Worship

1:30 pm Quilters

5:45 pm Hand Chimes

7 pm Choir

23 24 25

10 am Christ’s Table

26

27 28 29 1 pm Worship

1:30 pm Quilters

5:45 pm Hand Chimes

7 pm Choir

30 31

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Acolytes January 5

8:30 Lydia Huy

10:30 Leila & Tillman Hawk

January 12

8:30 Lydia Huy

10:30 Sidney Allen

Carly Geis

January 19

8:30 Lydia Huy

10:30 Reece Neal

James McCandlish

January 26

8:30 Lydia Huy

10:30 Sadee McCuen

Isabelle Near

February 2

8:30 Lydia Huy

10:30 Autumn Kight

Brooke Beight

Jr. Deacons Sydney Allen Jacob Devoll

Matthew

Baldwin

Tillman Hawk

Gaige Brailer Jacob Hittle

Jayson Brazell Rylee McCuen

Callie Buchanan Anna Paul

Chloe Buchanan Trey Wilson

Greeters

January 5

8:30 Margaret Hayes

Melanie Mast

10:30 Melissa Lichtner

Christi McCandlish

January 12

8:30 Celia Miller

Martha Pettry

10:30 Maxine Rice

Kris Geis

January 19

8:30 The Robinson Family

10:30 Carol Hunt

Terri Carpenter

January 26

8:30 Anne Blood

Cheryl Smith

10:30 Ana & Jason Kehrberg

Communion Preparers Jim & Judy Robinson

Deacons

David Allen Deborah Granberg

Diane Caton Mel Granberg

Trish Church Kris Hawk

Connie Coleman Todd Hawk

Brian Delbert Jim Robinson

Kelsey Delbert Judy Robinson

Mark Delbert Jared Robison

Rebecca Gaylord

Elders

January 5

8:30 Marcia Coleman

Cato Coleman

10:30 Jerry Sturtz

Molly Roberts

January 12

8:30 Ellen Dagneau

Bill Anderson

10:30 Beth Fineran

John Moon

January 19

8:30 Susan Grubbs

John Grubbs

10:30 Michelle Near

Brady Neal

January 26

8:30 Becky Cooper

Susan Frye

10:30 Lori Buchanan

Dick Church

Welcoming Team 8:30 Mark & Shonda Delbert

Mary Lou & Kelsey Delbert

10:30 Georgia & Arielle Robison

Velma Huntsman

Ramona Blackwood

Worship Leaders

January 5

8:30 Susan Frye

10:30 Scott Barr

January 12

8:30 Sandy Jones

10:30 Kevin Gaskill

January 19

8:30 Dave Higgins

10:30 Kari Ward

January 26

8:30 Lee McPherson

10:30 Brady Neal

Lectors

January 5

10:30 Matthew Baldwin

January 12

10:30 Callie Buchanan

January 19

10:30 Tillman Hawk

January 26

10:30 Alaina Paul

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Happy Birthday to: Belated Birthdays:

Joshua Baker December 7

Jennifer Ward December 18

Shane Centers January 2

Dolores Davison January 2

Lora Lanning January 2

Andrew Body January 3

Greg Gaumer January 7

Lori Hittle January 8

Russell Devoll January 9

Alexia Desender January 10

Milo Huizenga January 10

Connor Milner January 10

Heather Untied January 10

Beth Iden January 14

Troy Balderson January 16

Donna Graves January 17

Shirley Hicks January 19

Bryan Near January 22

Sam Grubbs January 24

Rod Richardson January 25

Earl Smith January 25

Jacob Devoll January 28

Georgia Robison January 28

Duke Jones January 30

Happy Anniversary to:

Gene & Dolores Davison January 14

Phil & Barbara Phillips January 24

Keith & Carol Sarbaugh January 31

Special Events this month:

Donna Graves celebrates her 85th birthday. Her

address is Willow Haven, #408, 1020 Taylor St.,

Zanesville, OH 43701

Your Special Day

We typically list special birthdays as 80, 85, 90, and

each year thereafter. We list anniversaries at 50, 60,

70, etc. However, we are happy to share your

special day whenever it is; just let us know.

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PHOTO GALLERY

Advent Workshop

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Joy to the World: Your Compassion at Work

Dear Friends, It’s that time of year again: in church, you hear words of hope and peace, comfort and joy. But

outside of the sanctuary, life feels anything BUT peaceful. The traffic, the crowds, and the very long to-do list

make for added stress in a time that is supposed to be about family and celebration.

One of the things that can make the season feel hectic is the expectation of gift-giving. Many are feeling the final

push to do last minute shopping, getting every item crossed off the list.

Here’s the good news-- whatever holiday stress might be pulling you in a hundred directions, and whatever gifts

you may still need to find--you have already given the most important gift. Through your support of Week of

Compassion this year, our wider Church has responded to needs around the world. Through your gifts to Week of

Compassion, families find new opportunities; communities grow stronger; and there is much to celebrate.

Look at the map below, and you’ll get a glimpse of the places where our Church has responded through Week of

Compassion in 2019. You will see that the sheer number of responses is overwhelming; and you will see that they

cover a wide geographical range, spanning many cultures, climates and types of terrain.

What you may not be able to see on the map is the number of lives that have been transformed by this ministry--

which is your ministry. What you may not quite be able to hear are the powerful stories of life, love and hope that

people tell after having received support from Week of Compassion.

In the past year, our Church has responded to flooding in the Midwest and drought in India; to families separated at

the Southwest border and to families in refugee camps in the Middle East. Disciples presence has been known in

agriculture projects from Central America to Africa. Women have been empowered through vocational

opportunities from Haiti to Iraq, and children have received education from South America to Eastern Europe.

You’ve also given the gift of clean water to families in Indonesia as they recover from a devastating tsunami and to

families in Mozambique following a terrible cyclone. Your gifts have gone to support mental health for survivors

of wildfires in Northern California and for children traumatized by storms and displacement in South Texas. And

you helped churches rebuild following a hurricane in Puerto Rico, and a tornado in Missouri.

Through your compassion, you have given life and light in so many places and transformed so many lives.

In this season of joy, there is much to celebrate in work that we have already done, together. As many of us gather

around tables this season with our loved ones, I am grateful for you and your partnership. I am grateful for the ways

in which we create tables of peace and reconciliation all over the world, each and every day. There is much to

celebrate, and there is much work ahead to do together. This season, and all through the year, know that together,

our Church is bringing joy to the world.

With Gratitude,

Rev. Vy Nguyen

Executive Director