Our mission is to glorify God through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit by showing love to one another, exemplifying Christian values to the local and extended community there by making disciples for Christ.
We are a Disciples of Christ church. Our Traditional Worship Service every Sunday 9:00 am. Our Sunday School is at 10:15 am, with classes for Nursery through Adults, and a New Contemporary Worship Service at 11:15 am with Praise Songs and Multi-Media . We have Bible Studies through the week. Our outreach to the community including Operation Blessing (distributing clothes to the needy), Food Gathering Sunday (gathering food for the Food Bank), a Boy Scout Troop.
Office Hours: 8:00 am to Noon and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Monday thru Friday.
Ronald Dow will be in the office Monday - Thursday
Interim Minister - Ronald Dow
Youth Minister – Martin Peck
Every Wednesday at First Christian- Operation Blessing at 9:00 am at the Blessing House.
Work Day – Labor Sunday, August 31st.Special Communion Service only at followed by a morning of thanksgiving and praising God for our beautiful building by cleaning and repairing.There will be something for everyone to do.You may wish to bring your own rubber or work gloves and cleaning rags---- lunch provided.Work Continues on Saturday, September 6th.Men Needed to complete some inside work and to begin some outside work on the playground and the trimming of trees.These projects will help get our church property in good repair and ready to welcome our new minister, Don Bryant.Your help is needed and appreciated.
Our Core Values
-Baptism into the body of Christ
-Commitment to the Body of Christ in service and witness
-Covenant with God and each other as active members
-Community of believers who are guided by the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit
-Encourage each other to focus our lives on God
-Compassion for others
-God-centered worship
-Freedom of worship and celebration of the Lord’s Supper
-Acceptance and inclusion of others
-Respect each other in our diversity if beliefs and worship
-Cooperation with other Christians
Call For A New Senior Minister Answered
It is with joy and thanksgiving that we are now able to announce that Don Bryant has accepted our Call.His ministry with us will begin October 1, 2008.
Pastor Bryant attended Southwest Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and has over 29 years of experience in ministry.He and his wife, Kathy have been at the First Christian Church in Kearney, Nebraska for the past twelve years.They have one adult son who lives in Arizona.
As we “get ready” for a new minister and anticipate the future, may we each be in prayer concerning our part in supporting and working along side our new minister, Don Bryant.
30 Day Prayer Journey
As A Church Family, and in preparation for our new minister, September 1st we will begin a 30 Day Prayer Journey for Don & Kathy Bryant, our church and our future ministry together.
Scripture Readings for August 24, 2008
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Romans 5: 1-5 (CEV)
1By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, because of our Lord Jesus Christ, we live at peacewith God. 2Christ has also introduced us to God's undeserved kindness on which we take our stand. So we are happy, as we look forward to sharing in the glory of God. 3But that's not all! We gladly suffer,because we know that suffering helps us to endure. 4And endurance builds character, which gives us a hope 5that will never disappoint us. All of this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love
Join The Choir – If you enjoy singing the church choir would love to have you join them for rehearsals each Wednesday evening at beginning August 27th.
Hospitality Room in Fellowship Hall each week following every service and before Contemporary Service.
60th Wedding Anniversary reception for D L and Carole Carter will be from to , Saturday, August 30th in Fellowship Hall.
Bible Study at each Tuesday in the Kingdom Builders Classroom.Everyone is welcome.
Volunteers Are Needed to create a 2009 Calendar in celebration of this congregation’s 125th Anniversary.Those wishing to help may meet at on Wednesdays in Fellowship Hall beginning May 21st.We will be going through old scrape books, checking with the Historical Society, searching old newspapers at the library, selecting scriptures for each month, etcCome join the search!!!
Third Annual Disciples Center Gala & Auction, Saturday, November 8, 2008, 11 am-4 pm, Disciples Center at Camp Tawakoni, Augusta, Kansas.Tickets available through Topeka Regional Office. Contact Barb Runge at 785-478-4480 for more information
Family Night – Supper & Movie – Everyone is welcome to come enjoy a potato bar, Sunday, August 24th at 6:00 pm and a family movie at 7:00 pm in Fellowship Hall.Eat, relax, enjoy a good movie with your Christian friends and families.Everything provided.
Food Gathering Sunday – August 31st.Items most needed are: dried beans; rice; canned meat, fruits, soups; canned milk; fruit juices; snack crackers.Monetary donations helps the bank purchase items at a much lower cost.Checks should be made out to the Wellington Food Bank.
Yard Work:With spring comes growing grass and the need to keep our church grounds as neat as possible.Volunteers to help with all or part of the lawn care are appreciated. Contact the church office or Paul Shore of your desire to help.
Regional Assembly – Manhattan, October 17-18, 2008, Clarion Hotel – “ Blessed Be the Labyrinth that Binds”.Contact the church office for more details.
Let Us Hear From You – Do you have a question about a Bible passage?Is there something you would like a sermon to deal with?Is there something you would like to know about the church?Is there something you would like to see on the website?Please let us know by emailing fccwgtnks@yahoo.com.
Tape Ministry – Once again we will be taking tapes of the traditional worship service to shut-ins who wish to receive them.
PRAYER CONCER1NS
HEALTH: Pat & Neva Ferguson, Larry Martin, Mary & Harold McKee, Richard & Roberta Newell, JoAnn Bertrand, Shirley Branning, Irma Jones
LOCALCHURCH: Interim Minister: Ronald Dow, Don Bryant – for a blessed transition
AMERICAN: Flood, Fires and Tornado victims, All Military Personal, President Bush
WORLD: World Leaders, Victims of crises, Middle East conflict, People uprooted by war, earthquakes, floods, fire tornadoes, etc
Please notify the church office (620-326-2203) if someone on this list needs to be removed or if there are others needing to be added.
We would rather have several calls on the same prayer concern then to not be aware of the need for prayer.
LOGOS NEWS
Bridget Cody & Conita Burden, Directors
8/24/08
LOGOS meets each Wednesday immediately after school, 3:30 – 7:00 pm
Pre-school through 5th grade
Snacks – Games – Crafts – Music – Bible Studies
Church Family Supper at 6:00 pm
All Kids, Pre-school through 5th grade are invited to the LOGOS Kick Off Sunday, September 7th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, Playground North of Chuch.
LOGOS begins Wednesday, September 10, 2008
It takes a lot of people to conduct a successful after school program.Contact Bridget Cody or Conita Burden of your desire to help.
Join Youth Group
Martin Peck, Youth Minister
8/11/08
Attention Youth –.Chi Rho and CYF will meet each Sunday at 5:00 pm each Sunday in Fellowship Hall for supper, Bible Study and Christian Fellowship.See you there!
Attention Youth –.A trip to White Water Bay in Oklahoma City is planned for Sunday, August 24th.We will leave following worship service about 10:15 am.The cost is $25.Let Martin know if you plan to attend.Remember to take swim suit, sun screen, towels,etc.
Attention Youth –.A new Wednesday night study group starting September 3rd, .Middle and High schoolers are welcome.We will be using Max Lucado’s book “It’s Not About Me, Live Like You Mean It”.See Darla for more details.
Christian Women’s Fellowship Report
By Kathy Easterly, CWF President
8/11/08
What a blessing to have attended retreat in McPherson this past week.Those attending from our local CWF group were Dorene Applegate, AlbertaAtkerson, Virginia Bickel, Dolores Carr, Marcia Waugh and myself.This was my first opportunity to be a part of the retreat, but it will definitely not be the last.I believe all who attended will agree that we were spiritually refreshed.Be prepared to hear us talking about “Dream Walking.”
Our CWF ladies will be privileged to cater a reception on Saturday, August 30th for the 60th wedding anniversary of D L and Carole Carter.Since this is taking place during a time when CWF is in recess for the summer it would be difficult to inform all group members, so I am letting you know at this time in this way.A committee has been appointed to handle the reception.We are looking forward to this celebration of love.
Tuesday, September 9th on our calendars should be highlighted for our fall membership supper (note change of day).It will be great to get back together again to kick off a new CWF year.We will be inviting the ladies from Conway Springs and Clearwater to be our guests.
We will be making a major change in two of our service projects this year.Due to the high cost of postage, it has been determined that the shipping cost for school kits and health kits is becoming cost prohibitive.We will continue this ministry in a similar to our Armchair Bazaar and will accept monetary gifts rather than collecting the items to make up the kits. You willhear more specifics when groups resume in September.(If you have already purchasedschool items, we can donate to our local Food Bank and Blessing House).
