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Issue 50
Pastors Corner Statistics Remember in Prayer Spiritual Disciplines Wk Prayer Requests, Dec. 15 Serving in the Military Sr. Book Club Thank You Sr. Adults Disciples Mens Fellowship January Birthdays Hot Meal Ministry Hastys Renewal of Vows Mission Trip Chapel on Wheels Worship Moments Music Offerings Christmas Offering Letters Advent & Christmas Events January Calendar Serving Sunday
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From the Staff: Darrell Debra Donna Mitch Sharlane Rob Nursery Attendants: Lorena, Mollie, Laura, Melody
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The Caller
Senior Pastor: Rev. Darrell McGowan Associate Pastor: Rev. Debra Todd Editor: Donna Woodbridge
December 22: Fourth Sunday of Advent & Christmas Sunday 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN, Early Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Galatians/James Bible Study, Chapman Lounge 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER, Traditional Service 5:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary & FH December 23: Donna on Vacation through January 1, 2014 December 24: Christmas Eve 7:00 P.M. - Christmas Eve Service December 25: Merry Christmas Office Closed December 28: 7:00 P.M. - Bob & Barbara Hastys 50th Anniversary Renewal of vows ceremony, Sanctuary December 29: First Sunday after Christmas 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN, Early Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Galatians/James Bible Study, Chapman Lounge 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER, Traditional Service 5:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary & FH December 30: Donna on Vacation through January 1, 2014 December 31: New Years Eve 7:00 P.M. Midnight City uses Fellowship Hall January 1, 2014 Happy New Year Office Closed 5:30 p.m. Hot Meal Ministry, Team B January 2: Donna back in the office January 3: 10:00 A.M. Speakers League, Room 107 6:00 10:00 P.M. Fullerton Art Walk January 4: 8:00 A.M. - Disciples Mens Fellowship, Chapman Lounge 8:30 A.M. Greek Class @ Woodbridges 9:00 A.M. NOON Chapel on Wheels Paper Drive January 5: Second Sunday after Christmas 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN, Early Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Galatians/James Bible Study, Chapman Lounge 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER, Traditional Service 5:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary & FH 1
Good News! Christ the Savior is born! God is not some distant entity to be worshipped outside of our immediate experience. God is with us. That is the meaning of Emmanuel. God is incarnate, that is embodied in a human being, embodied in human beings. Sodid God change when Jesus was born? Did God become something new when Jesus was born? Nobut Gods relationship with humanity was altered forever on that first Christmas morning. God does not change, and yet, God is all about change. Gods nature, Gods makeup, Gods being does not change. God is loveperiod. End of story. God does not become justice one day, power the next, and mercy on yet another day. Gods love is manifested in many different ways, ever changing in relationship to creation, but God is love, today, tomorrow, and forever. God is constantly reaching out to us in love, inviting a change in us, a willingness, an openness to intimate relationship with the One who has always loved us, an indwelling of Gods Spirit. In short, God is always leading us toward a Christmas experience, a dawning of awareness that God is with us, within us, and within every human being. God has been about this work of intimate relationship since the dawn of creation. That has never changed. Creation, and human existence as a part of that creation, is all about change. Nothing ever stays the same, and today, change comes so fast and so furiously, many of us have given up staying abreast of the change around us. We see no need to become computer geeks, learn to send instagrams, and start taking pictures with a smart phone. The old ways still work for us, and we see no reason to change. We are connected to family, friends, coworkers, and friends, and we have no need to find new ways to reach out or be reached. In the meantime, others of us, excited and emboldened by the possibilities embodied in new technologies, seek to express ourselves and embrace the expressions of others through the digital age. We share pictures over the internet, e-mail each other on cell-phones, and text family members, class mates, coworkers, and friends all day long. We feel more connected and empowered through these new technologies. And God? God is in the old ways and the new. God reaches out through cards and letters, phone calls, and family get-togethers. Anywhere love is spoken, God is with us, God is within us, and within everyone around us! God is also in the e-mails, cell calls, and texts where two or more speak the language of love. In church today, we embrace the old and the new. We place them side-by-side and we proclaim that God is in both because God is within us all. We sing from hymnals and we sing words projected on screens. We hear a message of love proclaimed in word and see it proclaimed in images. We are old and young; we are every color under the rainbow; we are women, men, boys, and girls, and God is with us. Good News! Christ the Savior is born!
Sunday Statistics
Dec. 15 2013 158 (Remember Service) (Reawaken Service) 79 (Casa 5 P.M. service) Weekly Giving: $2,685 Missions: $298.50 Budget Goal: $3,881 Mexico Build: $200 Christmas: $523 AA Groups: Sun. 8:00 P.M., Monday, 7:30 P.M., Friday, 7:30 P.M., Sat. 8:30 P.M., NA Group, Tues., 7:30 P.M.
Remember in Prayer
Continue to pray for: Sue Bacon, Dottie Bense, Harold Brickens, Mary Brill, Vio Danna Brant, Sandra Brown, Betty Ruth Buchanan, Linda Christman, Chris Collett, Matt Davis, Phyllis Elliott, Lorna & Skip Farnum, Anna Lou Horspool, Kevin Johnen, Carolyn Kenrick, Flora Miller, Sue Miller, Jim Piper, Norma Rill, Julie Stuart, Claudia Tammen, Dorothy Tanner and Bob & Donna Vannoy Please pray for the following organizations in the Pacific Southwest Region: 12/22 Project IMPACT 2041 W. 94th Street Los Angeles, CA 90047 Matt Harris 12/29 Chapman University One University Drive Orange, CA 92866 Nancy Brink, Director Prayers for my former student, Isabel (12) and her sister (4) whose mother passed away suddenly on Friday. Payer for Claire Davis, the 17 year-old girl shot in Colorado on Friday. Family of Claire Gilbert (Kevin Malottes wifes family) who lost their mother this week to a brain hemorrage. Prayers for Ghesi Stojanov, close friends of Kelly and Shawn McCuen who has been diagnosed with breast cancer at 33 years of age. Scheduled for a Mastectomy on December 19. Prayers for our sister churches in Japan Kawageta Preaching Point, Fukushima-Ken, and Isumi Takamori Church, Miyagi Prefecture to whom we sent Christmas Cards
Readings and Prayer Concerns for Weeks of Dec. 23, 2013 Jan. 5, 2014
Monday, December 23: Reading: Isaiah 63: 7-9; pray for Donna as she begins a well-deserved eight days of vacation of vacation. Tuesday, December 24: Reading: Luke 2: 1-20: pray for those leading the Christmas Eve Service and all those attending. Congregational Prayer Day, December 25: Reading: John 1: 1-14; Merry Christmas! May everyone have a great day. Thursday, December 26: Reading: Psalm 148; Pray for all the service men and women around the world who will not be home for Christmas this year. Friday, December 27: Reading: Hebrews 2: 1018; pray for our partner Global Ministries Missionaries, John & Karen Campbell-Nelson in Indonesia. Saturday, December 28: Reading: Matthew 2: 13-18; pray for Bob & Barbara Hasty as they renew their vows for their 50th Anniversary. Sunday, December 29: Reading Matthew 1: 125; First Sunday after Christmas. Pray for those in our congregation recovering from surgeries, colds, flu and other illnesses. Monday, December 30: Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-14; pray for the City of Fullerton as they prepare for First Night tomorrow night. Tuesday, December 31: Reading: Psalm 147: 12-20; pray for Casa de Oracin as they hold a Watch Night service tonight. Congregational Prayer Day, January 1: Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13; Happy New Year. Prayers for our church as we search for a new Pastor this year. Thursday, January 2: Reading: Psalm 8; Pray for our choir as they begin the New Year Friday, January 3: Reading: Matthew 25: 31-46; pray for our partner Global Ministries Missionaries, Susan Valiquette and Doug Couper, in Durban, South Africa. Saturday, January 4: Reading: Revelation 21: 16a; pray for Chapel on Wheels holding their paper drive today. Sunday, January 5: Reading Matthew 2: 1-12; Epiphany Sunday; Let us celebrate the manifestation of God in the form of a human, his son Jesus on this twelfth day of Christmas 3
Kelly McCuen
Ed Linberg
Thank You
Jan Farley and Mary Brill want to thank everyone who provided cookies, brownies and cucumber sandwiches for the Sr. Tea. They were delicious.
A "Call to the Groves" -Men's Fourth Annual Orange Picking Trip, Saturday, January 4
All men are invited to enjoy a great breakfast with Ed Linberg at Roberta's Village Inn at 2326 D Street in La Verne, and then pick next year's fresh orange crop at Heritage Park Orange Grove. We will meet in front of the church at 7:15 A.M. for those who wish to carpool. Breakfast is at 8:00, and Ed would appreciate RSVP's to reserve the right number of tables. Mark your 2014 calendar now for this special time. Ed has confirmed that 9:00 a.m. that morning is the opening of the groves for picking, so we will have complete choice of good oranges. (Note: In case of rain that morning, we will hold the next Saturday, Jan. 11, as our "rain out date.")
Youre Invited
Barbara and Bob Hasty invite you to share in a special time in their lives hosted by their son, Dr. Robert Hasty, Jr. They will be renewing their wedding vows and celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary on December 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of our church. Pastor Darrell will be doing the ceremony and reception will follow in Chapman Lounge. They are requesting no gifts but if you insist, please make a donation to Heifer International at www.heifer.org.
January Birthdays
Tim Acquistapace (3); Eloise Smith (4); Sue Miller, Barry Woodbridge (6); Caitlyn Shiner (7); Kyra Iversen (8); Lee Laird, Joanne Scovill, Ted Witowich (10); Karl Diller (11); Kristoffer Witowich (13); Leandra Spontak (17) Jessica Tarbell (18); Shawn Wright (20); Sarah Bartczak(21); Bob Vannoy (23); Mark Booher (25); Kathy Davis, Dorothy Keech, Tammy Scovill (27); Kathie Witowich (28); Donna Harisis. Debra Todd (29
Team B is on tap to help out with our Hot Meals Ministry, Wednesday, January 1. Team Members should be there at 5:30 P.M. (set up at 4:30). Please find a substitute if you are unable to make it. Team B is comprised of: Luanne Bailey, Diane Daugherty, Duane & Phyllis Elliott (set-up), Phil Forbes, Mitch Hanlon, Sue Harless, Carol Henke, Paul Robidoux and Ben Stuart Alternates include: Rod Farley, Annie Frater, Judi Smedley, Craig Wallace
For Your Listening And Viewing Pleasure As Advent Ends And Christmas Arrives
Christmas music fills the airwaves these days. Two sources of that music that may be of interest to you are the following. First, Chapman University's annual Wassail Dinner Concert, taped on December 6th and 7th, will be shown on KCET on these dates and at these times: Saturday, December 21 at 8 P.M.; Monday December 23 at 8 P.M.; and Tuesday, December 24 at 2 P.M. Nicole Coffaro, who was one of our soloists in the cantata this past Sunday and whose parents, Dave and Carrie are members of our congregation, was featured as a soloist with the Chapman University Singers in one of these concerts. She may be featured in these presentations since she shared a solo with another student who sang on Saturday night, while Nicole performed the same solo on Friday night. Second, KUSC, 91.5 on your radio dial, will broadcast live the annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Kings College, Cambridge, England at 7 A.M. on Christmas Eve, December 24. If you've never heard this broadcast tune in to hear it with its traditional beginning of one boy soprano singing the first stanza of "Once in Royal David's City" who is then joined by the Choir and the congregation. There's lots of other glorious Christmas music on the PBS Station, KOCE, including this year's Christmas program of the St. Olaf Choir, one of the most outstanding college choirs in the world located in Northfield, Minnesota. Check their website and/or your TV guide for dates and times of this broadcast, plus many others.
Holiday Poinsettias
Its time to order poinsettias to decorate our sanctuary during the Advent Season. The cost is $8.50 each. Return the form below with a check made out to First Christian Church, mark poinsettias in the memo line. Please order me/us _____poinsettia/s, for $8.50 each. From:_____________________________________________________________________________ In Memory of/In Honor of (choose one) ____________________________________________________________________________________
First Christian Church 109 E. Wilshire Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832 Reawaken (Early Worship Service) Sunday, 8:00 A.M. Church School for all ages: Sunday, 9:00 A.M. Remember (Traditional Worship Service) Sunday, 10:15 A.M. Youth Groups: Sunday, 1:00 P.M. & Wednesday, 3:30 5:15 P.M.