This is the first post on the new First Christian Church blog. Welcome.
Today, we inherited the large round dining room table that had been the center of our parent's home for nearly fifty years. The table was at the center of household life - meals and meetings, ingatherings and leavings, tears and laughter. Everyone was welcomed.
At First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Gibson City, the center of our worship is the celebration of the Lord's Supper. It shapes our welcome, hospitality, and sending forth as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Create in me a clean heart, O Lord!
In Prayer, Prepare for a Holy Week
Good Friday Community Worship
6:30 pm, Friday, April 22
Bread for the Journey
Verse
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity." - 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Quotation
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make a difference. My little thing is planting trees." - Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Prayer
O God, we cry out to you for the things that are on our heart: for peace, for justice, for love, and for holiness. These are far too scarce in the world you have entrusted to us. Bring about your purpose, as you have done in ways often subtle and unseen. - Sojourners
Humor
A kindergarten teacher was walking around the room observing her classroom of children while they were drawing pictures. As she got to one girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like." Without looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
"First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity." - 1 Timothy 2:1-2
Quotation
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make a difference. My little thing is planting trees." - Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Prayer
O God, we cry out to you for the things that are on our heart: for peace, for justice, for love, and for holiness. These are far too scarce in the world you have entrusted to us. Bring about your purpose, as you have done in ways often subtle and unseen. - Sojourners
Humor
A kindergarten teacher was walking around the room observing her classroom of children while they were drawing pictures. As she got to one girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like." Without looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
Calendar - Our Life Together
- Sunday Each Week / 9:00 am / Church School
- Sunday Each Week / 10:15 am / Worship
- Tuesday Each Week / 9:00 am / Prayer Group
- Sun / April 17 / 10:15 am Palm Sunday Worship
- Thurs / April 21 / 6:30 pm Prayer Vigil Begins
- Thurs / April 21 / 6:30 pm Maundy Thursday Worship ALC
- Fri / April 22 / 6:30 Prayer Vigil Ends
- Fri / April 22 / 6:30 pm Good Friday Worship FCC
- Sun / April 24 / 10:15 am Easter Sunday Worship
Web Links You May Enjoy
University and Seminary Students
- Lindsey Elder - Southern Illinois
- Jennifer Hagan - Clemson University
- Justin Hagan - Kent School of Law
- A.J. Moore - Parkland College
- Jessica Moore - Parkland College
- Brenda Mott - Triton College
- Jacob Mott - Parkland College
- Peter Provin - Parkland College
- Will Provin - Parkland College
Mission Update
Robb and Sheila Warfield, Avery, Avalyn and Hayden
Warfields are in North Carolina awaiting possible return to Africa
robbwarfield@gmail.com (Robb)
peas.to.you@gmail.com (Sheila)
To be added to Robb and Sheila's wonderful email journal "A Cup of Water" , please contact Robb at robbwarfield@gmail.com to have your name and email address added.
Contact the church office if you would like to provide on-going financial support or a one-time gift.
Lindsey Elder
Lindsey will continue to work with Inter-Varsity Campus Ministries.
Support for Lindsey may sent to her at: Lindsey Elder / PO Box 97 / Elliott, IL 60933
Warfields are in North Carolina awaiting possible return to Africa
robbwarfield@gmail.com (Robb)
peas.to.you@gmail.com (Sheila)
To be added to Robb and Sheila's wonderful email journal "A Cup of Water" , please contact Robb at robbwarfield@gmail.com to have your name and email address added.
Contact the church office if you would like to provide on-going financial support or a one-time gift.
Lindsey Elder
Lindsey will continue to work with Inter-Varsity Campus Ministries.
Support for Lindsey may sent to her at: Lindsey Elder / PO Box 97 / Elliott, IL 60933
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Steward's Corner
"We are deeper than things."
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"Beyond learning to talk about money, we need a conversion of the heart about what money is." - Pam Klainer, Living with Money
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"Money and its use are matters of the soul, because they cannot be separated from the question of where our ultimate commitment lies." - Arthur Simon, How Much is Enough?
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“The leading question of this era is not just how to appropriately accumulate great wealth, but how to allocate it for deeper purposes…for what I call a moral and spiritual citizenship of care.” - Paul Schervish
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One aspect of serving others is listening to the call within to express your gifts—those talents you have that make you feel infinite when you are doing them. When we express those gifts, the Holy Spirit works through us in ways we may never know directly, touching the lives, hearts, and minds of others.
- Joanna Bates Environmental scientist, dancer, and writer
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If Christ were coming again tomorrow, I would plant a tree today. - Martin Luther
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"Beyond learning to talk about money, we need a conversion of the heart about what money is." - Pam Klainer, Living with Money
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"Money and its use are matters of the soul, because they cannot be separated from the question of where our ultimate commitment lies." - Arthur Simon, How Much is Enough?
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“The leading question of this era is not just how to appropriately accumulate great wealth, but how to allocate it for deeper purposes…for what I call a moral and spiritual citizenship of care.” - Paul Schervish
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One aspect of serving others is listening to the call within to express your gifts—those talents you have that make you feel infinite when you are doing them. When we express those gifts, the Holy Spirit works through us in ways we may never know directly, touching the lives, hearts, and minds of others.
- Joanna Bates Environmental scientist, dancer, and writer
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If Christ were coming again tomorrow, I would plant a tree today. - Martin Luther
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The site looks great Ed. Thanks for all of your hard work
Barb
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