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| Weekly Announcements from First Christian Church, Minneapolis | May 9, 2010 |
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Greetings!
Greetings. we wanted to test a new method of sharing the news of First Christian Church, Minneapolis. Please share your views by sending an email to communications@fccminneapolis.org.
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Pentecost Offering  The annual Pentecost Offering supports Disciples new church developments across North America. The offering goes to help people like Steve and Rebecca Haney, who are planting a new church in Rochester, MN. We will receive this offering May 16 and May 23. You can also give online by going to www.disciplesmissionfund.org.
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Give to Week of Compassion  As Nashville recovers from devastating floods, please consider donating to Week of Compassion, the relief and development agency of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). You can give during worship or online at
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News from the Wider Church
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| Transition Team Survey
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The Transition Team of First Christian church invites all members and visitors to take part in a congregational survey over the first three weeks in May. The Team wants your opinions on the future of First Christian - in what ways we need to transform our worship service and community life, in what direction and form we should vacate our current premises, and the like.
A survey is available as bulletin insert and also online by clicking here. If you are filling out the form in your bulletins, please drop them off in the appropriate locations in the church building.
While this is not a circumstance where you should "vote early and often" (as they say in Chicago), it is something where the full participation of the congregation is VERY important.
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| InVocation fills FCC With Music
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 InVocation, a Twin Cities-based a capella group played their final concert of their Spring season at First Christian on Saturday, May 8. The group raises money for local charities the group raised $700 at the May 8 event for House of Charity, a Minneapolis non-profit that works with the homeless. The Outreach Team of FCC also decided to give an additional $1500 to the kitty raising the evening's totals to $2200! InVocation loved singing in our sanctuary and plan to come back again soon.. |
New Summer Worship Schedule
Beginning on Sunday, May 30 we will move to our Summer worship schedule. This year, summer worship will start at 10AM instead of 9:30AM as it has in past years. Please make a note of this on your calendars.
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Art of the Covenant: Summer Edition
Art of the Covenant, our children's Sunday School class will continue to meet during the summer with an abbreviated class at 9:15AM. This is wonderful opportunity for kids to learn about God through art. If you want to find out more, please contact Deb Murphy at christianformation@fccminneapolis.org. .
Coming Soon: Vacation Bible School  First Christian will join Plymouth Creek Christian Church in Plymouth and Lake Harriet Christian Church in Minneapolis, in holding a joint Vacation Bible School June 26-27. Grounded in Jesus' Parable of the Sower, ReNew: The Green VBS brings together the Bible and environmental stewardship. From tiny towns to huge cities, kids grow in faith as they play, learn, sing, and work toward renewing their congregations and communities. By serving in the community and inviting the community into church, kids demonstrate that being green can be easy, faithful, and fun. Although current threats to our environment can seem scary, ReNew is about hope, opportunity, and service. Kids and congregations lead the way as stewards of the earth.
What happens when heads, hearts, and hands are in harmony? Kids grow in faith, have fun, and change the world.
If your kids are interested in taking part, please contact Deb Murphy. You register or volunteer by going to the Plymouth Creek website at http://www.plymouthcreek.org/.
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Summer Faith Formation Class
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Who is Jesus? That's a question people have been asking for centuries. Join us this summer beginning on May 30 at 9:15AM as we attempt to seek for ourselves who this son of carpenter is to us. We will be using the book, "The Meaning of Jesus" by N.T. Wright and Marcus Borg as our guide. We are meeting in the church library. If you would like to purchase a book, please see Pastor Dennis.
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 Food Sunday
Don't forget, next Sunday, May 16 is Food Sunday. Please bring your non-perishable food items and drop them in the Big Barrel in the Narthex or donate your spare change to help support Groveland Foodshelf. In this time of increased demand, your contributions are greatly needed.
March Minnesota Foodshare Results
Thanks to all who contributed food and money during our annual Minnesota Foodshare Drive last March. We raised $1426.91! That will go a long way to help those in our area who are "food insecure." We still have to tally our food totals which will be announced shortly.
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Handcrafter Sale on May 23
The Handcrafters Group will host a sale on Sunday, May 23, in the Hearthstone Room following worship. Many handmade items will be for sale.
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In Our Prayers
Prayers for Pastoral Relations Committee at First Christian; for Tristian Whitaker; for Deb Murphy's mother, recovering from hip replacement surgery; for Kirsten Cacowski; for Tara, daughter of Tom and Nancy Curry recovering from surgery; for Richard Schwersinske; for Jenn Caughron, member of Lake Harriet CC recovering from a liver transplant; for Karen Kandik's father; for Dorothy Wilkinson and Fern Reisinger as they recover; for Dorothy Becker; Mark Carlson and others dealing with unemployment.
We remember the people of East Timor. You can find out about the many ministries and missionaries to lift up in prayer by going to www.globalministries.org. We pray for the following churches in our Region: - First Christian Church, Albia, Iowa;
- Bethel Christian Church, Eddyville, Iowa;
- Oakland Christian Church, Oakland, Iowa .
We also pray for the Christian Church in Michigan.
If you have a prayer request or would like to join our online prayer team, please contact either Pastor Bob Brite at pastor@fccminneapolis.org or Associate Pastor Dennis Sanders at associatepastor@fccminneapolis.org. You can also leave a message by phone by calling the church office at 612-870-1868.
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Contact
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
2201 First Avenue, South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-870-1868
office@fccminneapolis.org
www.fccminneapolis.org
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