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First Christian Church Disciples of Christ

INSIGHT November 2015

2320 Country Club Rd.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104

Senior Pastor –Reverend Ryan Thrasher

Associate/Youth Minister: Chris Rinker

Administrator/ Financial Secretary: Sharry Davis Director of Music Ministry: Regina Pozzi

Custodian—Ronni Hunter

November 1

Elders: 9:00— Jim Eubanks

Elders: 11:00— Paul & Judy Gillespie

Acolyte— Spencer Nelson

Fellowship Time– Elders

November 8

Elder: 9:00 - Paul Gillespie

Elders: 11:00—Doug Atkinson & Marilyn Cardwell

Acolyte— Bowen Warner

Fellowship Time— Deacons

November 15

Elder: 9:00— Paul West

Elders: 11:00— Jim Trish Eubanks

Acolyte— Paisley DiGiacobbe

Fellowship Time— CWF

November 22

Elder: 9:00— Trish Eubanks

Elders: 11:00—Paul & LeAnne West

Acolyte—Walker Stephens

Fellowship Time– Library Class

November 29

Elder: 9:00— Judy Gillespie

Elders: 11:00— Janice Taylor & Connie Hance

Acolyte— Camille Allison

Fellowship Time– Seekers Class

Deacons for November—Team 2

Brent Murphy, Monica Banks, Beverly & Tim Brown, Ginny

Tussey, Cameron Archer, Jacob West, Makenzie West, Spencer

West, Paisley DiGiacobbe

Statistical Report for 2015

October 4

Pledge receipts $ 4,180.00

No pledge receipt 336.00

Loose offering 5.50

October 11

Pledge receipts $4,053.00

No pledge receipts 200.00

Loose offering 10.00

October 18

Pledge receipts $1,150.00

No pledge receipts 285.00

Loose officering 11.00

October 25

Pledge receipts $9,045.00

No pledge receipt 861.00

Loose offering 9.00

Total of Pledges for 2015 — $213,002.00

Pledged amount to date: October 30 $213,001.99

Pledges received to date October 30 $136,243.89

Please Note ♪ Each of you are invited Rehearsals for the Christmas Cantata will soon begin. Any-

one who is able to join the choir for this performance please

contact Regina Pozzi as soon as possible. Please come by or

call the church office to let us know. ♪

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Telephone: 336-722-2714 Fax 336-722-5868

E-mail: churchonedoc1@gmail.com

Web Page: www.disciplesofchrist.com

Creative Palooza Director: Rev. Sue Halford

PHONE—Creative Palooza 336-970-5102

♪Community Concert—Sunday November 8th—4:00 pm Duo Gran Tango—Music from Argentina and Spain

Performers: Federico Pivetta, piano & Jose Gregorio Midero, violin

Please join us and bring friend for an afternoon of beautiful music. Admission is

free, a love offering will be taken to support the First Christian Church Music

Ministry.

Sunday Nov.1—Fall Back

Daylight Savings Time

PRAYER CONCERNS Church Members Fairfax, Michelle Stephen, Paula Carmichael, Bettie Richey, Kathleen Ward, Bob Carmichael, B.J. Hoskins, Fay Fox, Bob Bowen, Melodie Tom Glenn Mary Reid Homebound Members Angel, Gilbert Herring, Bobby Ledwell, Barbara Brown, Leona Hodge, Millard Leonard, Mary Kirkpatrick, Betty Moser, Peggy Holman, Georgia Family and Friends of Members Banks, Evelyn—grandmother of Monica Banks Birchfield, Bill – friend of FCC Bodford, Angie – friend of Connie Hance Bowen, Ronnie – father of Nada Werner Bradley, Shirley—friend of Kathy & Mike Sink Carter, Helen & Buddy– friends of Madeline Culver Crook, Donna—friend of Connie Hance Crossman, Ginger – friend of Faye Calder Engbloom, Beckie—neighbor of Bob & Barbara Fox Godlewski, Beckie—friend of Connie Hance Hall, Bobby – friend of Drew Hill Hargis, Ginger—Aunt of Christie Martin Hawk, Dominique—niece of Shelly Veschio Hendricks, Joe – regular visitor of FCC Hoskins, Steve—son of Faye Hoskins Johnson, Evelyn – sister of Lou Morris Kowtalo, Pete—brother-in-law of Madeline Culver Kazmiearczak, Kaylee – friend of Shellie Veschio King, Troy – son of Cathryn Teer Hodge Kruczek, Jim – friend of Shellie Veschio Mathews, Ann—friend of Connie Hance McCraw, Monroe – father of Vickie Pressley Mitchell, Ruth—Gina Pruitts grandmother Morgan, Louise – sister of Mary Hudspeth New, Ron - brother of Sandra Sellers Parsons, Jerry – father of Shelia Sellers Patterson, Chip – friend of Anne Hodges Pearce, Linda—mother of Lee Anne West Rees, Angie—Sue Halford’s daughter Scott, Mark—cousin of Drew Hill Shaw, Rebecca and Ed – daughter and son-in-law of Joan Gillespie Teer, Catherine – mother of Cathryn Teer Hodge Veschio, Rick – brother of Shellie Veschio Veschio, Delores—mother of Shellie Veschio Veschio, Brandon—nephew of Shellie Veschio Wade, Mary Jane – aunt of Cheryl Askew Weidemann, Peg– mother of Brad Weidemann

Military Service Brammer, Roger & family – friends of Brenda Smith Hance, Drew – nephew of Charlie & Connie Hance Hudspeth, Jacob – grandson of Mary Hudspeth & Madeline Culver

CRISIS CONTROL

Gift of the Month

Sugar or Whole Wheat Flour –2lb bags

Samaritan Ministries

November Sugar, ground coffee (regular)

Hand lotion & soap (sample size)

High efficiency laundry detergent

packs or pods

CRISIS CONTROL & Samaritan Ministries are two of the

many missions that First Christian Church supports. You can

help by adding to your grocery list each month a wish list item,

then placing it in the wooden bin just outside the library.

NEW IN THE LIBRARY Bob and Lois Ward have donated a large part of

their remarkable library of religious books to our

church. Among them is Frederick Buechner's

(BEEKner) Whistling in the Dark: an ABC The-

ologized. In its 116 pages, this book gives brief but thoughtful and

often humorous definitions of terms you might never have considered

"theological;" usually with a Biblical reference to support the defini-

tion, the terms are alphabetized as in a dictionary.

In contrast we have Christianity: the first Three Thousand

Years by Oxford professor and church historian Diarmid Mac-

Culloch. In its 999 pages he discusses the origins of the Hebrew Bibe,

the spread of Jesus' message, the formation of the New Testament, and

Christianity's essential role in shaping the present, for better or for

worse. ***

Thanks to Althea Gray and Judy Atkinson who have agreed to

serve with me as an ad hoc committee to organize the library holdings

to better serve the church.

Marilyn Cardwell, Librarian

The CWF Day Group

will meet on Monday, November

9th, in the church library at 3:00

p.m. Please join us as we continue

study of the book, “Prayer, Does It

Make A Difference?”, by Phillip

Yancey.

A heartfelt thank you to our First Christian Family for thinking of us

in the loss of Andy's father, Foster Askew. The cards, prayers, and

phone calls meant so much to us. God bless each of you for your kind-

ness and thoughtfulness.

Andy, Cheryl, Amanda, Sarah, and Joe

First Christian Church Annual Fish Fry

Saturday—November 7th 4:00 to 7:00 pm

$9.00 eat in or carry out

Ticket’s may be purchased in advance from men of the church or at the door.

Birthdays are listed below in italics November Sunday Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 All Saints Day Daylight Savings Time 9:00 Early Worship 10:00 Sunday School 10:45 Fellowship Time 11:00 Worship

2 Andy Askew

3 11:00 Men’s brunch Clemmons Kitchen 3:00 Tutoring Autistic Children Fellowship Wing 6:00 Cabinet Mtg.

Javier Shutt

4 6:00 Youth Group 7:00 Choir Re-hearsal

5 3:30 Tutoring Autistic Children 7:30 Praise Band Rehearsal

6 Peggy Moser

7 4:00—7:00 Annual Fish Fry $9.00 Eat in or Carry Out

8 9:00 Early Worship

10:00 Sunday School 10:45 Fellowship Time 11:00 Worship 4:00 Community Con-cert—See front Page article

Donna Palmer

9

10 One Harvest Dead-

line 11:00 Men’s brunch Clemmons Kitchen 3:00 Tutoring Autistic Children Fellowship Wing

11 6:00 Youth Group 5:30 Wed.Night Fellowship 7:00 Choir Re-hearsal

12

3:30 Tutoring Autistic Children 5:00 Alphy Kappa Opportunity Class-room 7:30 Praise Band Rehearsal

13 14

Youth trip to Renaissance

Festival

15 9:00 Early Worship 10:00 Sunday School 10:45 Fellowship Time 11:00 Worship

16 3:00 CWF Morning Group –Library

Mary Booe

17 11:00 Men’s brunch Clemmons Kitchen 3:00 Tutoring Autistic Children Fellowship Wing

18 6:00 Youth Group 5:30 Wed.Night Fellowship 7:00 Choir Re-hearsal

19 3:30 Tutoring Autistic Children 7:30 Praise Band Rehearsal

20 21 One Harvest Pickup 11:30 to 12:00

22 10:00 Sunday School 10:45 Fellowship Time 11:00 Worship – After worship -Thanksgiving

Meal/Stewardship Sun-day 7:00 Community Thanksgiving Service—St. Leo’s

23 24 11:00 Men’s brunch Clemmons Kitchen

3:00 Tutoring Autistic Children Fellowship Wing

25 No Palooza No Youth

No Choir Have a nice Thanksgiving!!

26 Thanksgiving Day Office Closed

Amanda Askew

27 Office Closed

28

Shellie Veschio

29 ADVENT 9:00 Early Worship 10:00 Sunday School 10:45 Fellowship Time 11:00 Worship 5:00 Hanging of the Greens

Barbara Fox

Annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration.

This year’s service will take place at St. Leo’s Catholic

Church, (333 Springdale Ave, Winston-Salem, NC 27104)

beginning at 7pm, also on November 22nd. Please also bring

a canned food item to benefit Crisis Control Ministries.

Youthful Information . . . . . . . .

October has come and gone, and November has already arrived! So start dressing those turkeys and decking those

halls, because the holidays are just around the corner! October was, indeed, a busy month for the Youth. We volunteered at the

Winston-Salem Rescue Mission on October 3rd, sorting donations and hanging up clothes. We had a movie night on October

16th, going to see Minions at Marketplace Cinemas. And, of course, we have our annual Trunk or Treat celebration planned for

October 30th, where many a hotdog will be consumed, many a costume worn, and many a treat handed out! Through it all, we

continued our weekly Wednesday night meetings at 6pm with a meal and topical studies on Christian ethics. Those Wednesday

night meetings will continue through November, along with a few special events worthy of notice. The first is the annual CMF

Fish Fry, to take place on Saturday, November 7th, from 4-7pm. The Youth, as always, will help by serving drink orders and

busing tables. Then, on Saturday, November 14th, we will travel to the 22nd Annual Carolina Renaissance Festival in Hunters-

ville, NC – a blast for persons of every age! And, of course, we are continuing with our rehearsals for this year’s Christmas

Pageant, which will be held on December 13th at 6pm and include a potluck dinner and a special visitor! If you would like any

additional information on any of the above events, or if you are not on the Youth email list and would like to be, please email

Chris Rinker at cbrinker19.23@gmail.com.

. . . . . . From the desk of Chris Rinker.

“Faith Seeking Understanding”. . . . Gifts & Thanksgiving

Over the past few weeks we, as a church, have been talking a lot about gifts and graces. Having just concluded a very intense

focus on gifts of the Spirit, I believe each of us, who participated in small group discussions, completed the Spiritual Gifts

inventory, and covenanted with God and one another to use our individual spiritual gifts in the coming year, have acquired a

deep understanding of the gifts we have been given by the Holy One who gives every great and perfect gift.

And along with our Spiritual Gifts comes the gifts of our time and financial resources to the work of our church. God has

been so generous to us all, in ways that we can see, but also in so many more ways that often escape our attention. God’s

very nature is one of giving and so we do not give merely to acknowledge our own blessings, as though we are paying God

back for what we have received. I have to remind myself of this as well, but the reality is that God does not need our money.

But, what God does desire is deep connection and relationship with God’s very self as well as with each other. And the di-

mensions of these deep and abiding relationships involve and include our resources of time and money. The work that we do

as a church has a deep impact in the life of our community and in our own lives as well. As we enter into this season of

thanksgiving, as our congregation continues to live into the future God is making for us, I invite you to prayerfully reflect on

what it means to abide in and give praise to a God whose very nature is that of giving. We don’t give so that God will con-

tinue to give. We give because God already gives and in the action of sharing our Spiritual gifts, our temporal and financial

resources, our whole selves, all of us are continually transformed, conformed into the likeness of Christ.

In the coming weeks as our congregation prepares for next year’s ministry here at FCC, we will have several opportunities to

celebrate what God is doing in the life of our church. On Sunday, November 22nd we will celebrate Thanksgiving Sunday in

a combined worship service beginning at 10:30 in the sanctuary, with music from our Praise Band as well as our Choir as

well as a thanksgiving lunch in Taylor Hall immediately following worship. Furthermore, we will be mightily blessed to hear

a good word preached from Dr. Jill Crainshaw, professor of worship and associate dean at Wake Forest Divinity School,

who is an amazing preacher. A meaningful part of worship during this service will include a moment when each of us will

be invited to covenant with God and with each other to share a portion of our financial resources as we continue to be the

hands and feet of Christ for our community.

Another opportunity to celebrate the gifts of God in our lives will be the annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving

Celebration that FCC participates in along with other local communities of faith. This year’s service will take place at St.

Leo’s Catholic Church, (333 Springdale Ave, Winston-Salem, NC 27104) beginning at 7pm, also on November 22nd. Please also bring a canned food item to benefit Crisis Control Ministries. I hope to see you all there as well as in worship!

See you in Church,

Ryan

CROP WALK

Thank you to those that supported

the recent Winston-Salem Forsyth

County CROP Walk.

First Christian Church donated a total of $1,351.00

to fight hunger in Forsyth County, as well as around the

world. Thirteen walkers represented First Christian

Church.

Christie Martin, Paul & Judy Gillespie were in one

of the pictures that made the Winston-Salem Journal.

You can go to the church facebook page to see addi-

tional pictures of our participation in the CROP Walk.

CWF Pecan Sale

Just a note to let you know the pecans have been or-

dered and will ship after October 15th.

Your continued support of our fundraiser is greatly

appreciated. The holidays will soon be approaching, and

we hope you will consider this as you make your pur-

chase.

Below is a list of the items we will be selling along

with the cost per pound:

Price Pecan Halves $10.00

Pecan Pieces $10.00

Black Walnut Pieces $10.00

Deluxe Mixed Nuts $10.50

Pistachios $ 9.50

Tropical Blend $ 8.00

Daybreak Berry Nut Mix* $ 9.00

Almond Cranberry Granola Mix $ 7.00

Harvest Medley Mix* $10.00

Sweet and Salty Trail Mix $ 6.75

Milk Chocolate Coated Giant Cashews* $ 9.00

Yogurt Raisins $ 6.50

Milk Chocolate Fruit & Nut (Bridge Mix) $ 7.25

Dark Chocolate Fruit & Nut (Bridge Mix) $ 7.25

Milk Chocolate Coated Peanuts $ 6.00

*New Items

5th Sunday Mission Presentation November is a month with five Sundays, where we

give our Sunday School teachers a day off and we all

come together for a mission presentation. However,

since the 5th Sunday is Thanksgiving weekend, we are

moving our presentation to Sunday morning, Decem-

ber 6. We will meet in Taylor Hall during the Sunday

School hour to see a video and hear a presentation

from Millie Pryce about the 2106 Habitat for Human-

ity Healing Build. This is a house build sponsored by

Hospice, that gives bereaved community members an

opportunity to honor the loss of loved ones, support

one another, and gain a sense of closure – all while

constructing a safe and affordable home for a Habitat

family. Come join us to discover how we as individu-

als, and as a church can support this worthwhile cause.

Penny Campaign

Samaritan Soup Kitchen & Shelter

Saturday, December 5, 2015—10 am to 2pm

Is the collection date for this years Penny Campaign

Bring your change and dollars and drop them in the Jars we have provided in the Narthex of the church and in the Of-fice Lobby

Poinsettias! With the coming of Advent and Christmas, we begin to think of

Poinsettias. The Worship Ministry would like to decorate our

sanctuary with these beautiful plants for this special time of year. We

are giving you the opportunity to purchase these flowers in memory

of a loved one or in honor of a friend or relative. The cost of each

Poinsettia is $12.00. Please include payment with this form.

Make checks payable to First Christian Church. Indicate on the check

that the purpose is to purchase Poinsettia(s). They will be red Poinset-

tias with green wrap and red bows.

Complete the form below then return the check and form to the

church office or place it in the offering plate. Please turn in your order

by deadline date December 1st

Given by:______________________________

Phone#_______________________

IN HONOR OF

1.______________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________

IN MEMORY OF

1.______________________________________________

2.______________________________________________

Total #Ordered____________Amt. Enclosed __________

Check number ___________ Cash ________