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This last week, one of our best Sunday School teachers retired.
Fred Blaesing has taught a Sunday School Class at Florence Christina
Church for the last 10 years. He did it the way not too many folks
do. Monday he would read the lesson. Tuesday he would get out all
his commentaries and atlases and study aids and see what they had to
say about the topic he was teaching that coming Sunday. Wednesday he
would go over it again and so forth until Sunday morning when he
would teach, challenge, encourage his class to do their best in
living faithfully.
His class was very loyal to him and on that last Sunday we had a
small get together to tell ‘Fred’ stories and tell him how much we
appreciated him.
Indeed we are so honored that he taught all those years and we say,
“Thanks, Fred for a job, (a joy), well done.” We will be recognizing
Fred officially on June 1 during Teacher Recognition Sunday.
Blessings,
Rev. Diane
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Worship at FCC in
May
May 4th is Consecration Day. Our worship theme will help us to
answer the question, “Is ‘Good’ Good Enough?” We will bring our
“Estimate of Giving” cards and consecrate our offerings of time,
talent and treasure as we seek to do great things for God as
individuals and as a congregation.
May 11th is Mother’s Day. We will have a special time of worship
honoring the women in our lives and our church. There will be a
special gift for all of the women who come to worship, so bring Mom
or that very special woman in your life to our worship celebration.
May 18th will be our Pentecost Celebration day. Our theme for this
day will be “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” as we consider how the wind of
God’s Holy Spirit lifts our spirits and helps us to soar in our
lives and in our witness for Christ.
May 25th will be a service of Memorial Remembrance. We will
celebrate the lives of those in our families and our church who have
brought significance to our experience of God and who now join the
great cloud of witnesses.
See you at The Lord’s Table as we celebrate and remember together.
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Music Ministry
@ FCC
Our thoughts are beginning to turn to the warmer and longer days
of summer, morning walks and evenings by the pool, baseball games,
hotdogs and peanuts. Our music ministry may relax a little bit, but
we don’t take a complete vacation during the summer. Praise Teams
will continue to rehearse and lead worship on Sunday mornings. The
Chancel Choir will go to a half schedule during June, July and
August, singing about half the Sundays, and rehearsing on Thursday
nights before we sing. It’s a great time to “try out” the music
ministry. If you’d like to join the choir during the summer months,
please give me a call (Rev. Bob at church – 647-5000 x 554).
May Rehearsals:
Harmony Praise Team – Sunday mornings, 8:15am at Harmony Place
Main Street Praise Team – Thursday evenings, 6:30pm in the Sanctuary
Chancel Choir – Thursday evenings, 7:30pm in the Music Room
downstairs
Child care is available upon request.
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Youth
Ministry
Notes for May
May AT THE FAITH ZONE!
FAITH ZONE is the name for our Children’s education programs. It is
a time for children and youth to grow in their faith and knowledge
of God.
SUNDAY Schedule on the Main Street Campus
9:45 AM: Preschool-K and 1st & 2nd grades classes – Atrium
3rd – 5th grades Alternative Activity
(Worship & Wonder for 3rd – 5th grades coming June 1!)
11:00 AM: 3rd – 5th grades class - Atrium
6th -8th grades class – A.C.
9th – 12th grades class – A.C.
Worship and Wonder for 3yr-2nd grade - Atrium
CHILDREN’S THEMES
MAIN STREET CAMPUS:
THEME: “Road Trip: From Resurrection to Pentecost”
MAY 4 - 9:45 & 11:00 – ART WORKSHOP
MAY 11 - 9:45 & 11:00 - MOTHER’S DAY
MAY 18 - 9:45 & 11:00 - PENTECOST WORKSHOP
MAY 25 - 9:45 & 11:00 - VIDEO
PRESCHOOL CLASS – 3,4, & 5 year olds
9:45 – Come and have lots of fun with Debbie Cinque. We are learning
about God through the “Bible Zone Live” curriculum. There are lots
of hands-on activities!
HARMONY PLACE CAMPUS:
The Harmony Place campus will be learning about the days
after the Easter story thru Pentecost during April & May. This
campus is using the curriculum: Exploring Faith-God’s Word for God’s
Children. All children, ages 4-8th grade meet upstairs after the
Worship Service at 10:45 PM.
Worship & Wonder (for 3 years old-3rd grade) will be offered during
the Worship Service beginning May 1st !
YOUTH ZONE FELLOWSHIP GROUPS NEWS
CHILDREN’S FELLOWSHIP (CCF-5 yr-2nd grade)
MAY 4 -- NOON We will meet today, make something for our college
buddies, hear a story and play a game Theme: “Light”
JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP (CJF-3-5 grades)
MAY 4 - NOON Outreach Project
MAY 11 – Mother’s Day – No Meeting
MAY 18 - NOON Family Celebration Lunch
MAY 25 - No Meeting
MIDDLE SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP (CHI RHO-6-8 grade)
MAY 4 - NOON Outreach Project
MAY 11 – Mother’s Day – No Meeting
MAY 18 - NOON Family Celebration Lunch
MAY 25 - No Meeting
HIGH SCHOOL FELLOWSHIP (CYF-9-12 grades)
MAY 4 - NOON “Our view on Controversial Topics”
MAY 11 – Mother’s Day – No Meeting
MAY 18 - NOON Family Celebration Lunch
MAY 25 - No Meeting
PARENT SCHEDULE FOR PROVIDING LUNCH FOR YOUTH GROUPS:
MAY 4 – Andy & Lynelle Johnson
MAY 11 – No Meeting
MAY 18 – Family Celebration Lunch,
Meat provided by Pat & Gail McDaniel
All families bring a side dish and/or dessert
MAY 25 – Memorial Weekend- No Meeting
MAY 18TH will be a special day for our 2nd graders and 8th graders.
We will be presenting age appropriate Bibles to these children and
youth as they prepare to move into the next grade levels. If you
have a child or youth in this age range, please plan to be present
in Worship on this Sunday.
CAMP REGISTRATIONS
The Early Registration Deadline is May 1. After that date, please
add the difference of the cost to your half of the registration fee.
At the printing of this Newsletter, Camp 101a and Sailing Camp were
close to full. Don’t delay, get those forms in today!
FAMILY CELEBRATION LUNCH – MAY 18th – NOON
On Sunday, May 18th we invite families with children and youth
to join us in the Activity Center. We will celebrate the year we are
almost through and we will look toward the Summer months and special
activities available to our families.
Pat & Gail McDaniel will provide the meat/main dish. Everyone else
is asked to bring a side dish and/or a dessert. [We expect to have
50+ so plan your portions accordingly.]
Since this is the last “official” meeting of this school year, we
will celebrate the hard work of our children and youth, and
“promote” them to the next grade/level at this time. (There will
also be special presentations in the Worship Services to those who
are moving from 2nd to 3rd grade and from 8th to 9th grade)
[Graduating Seniors will be honored on Sunday, June 8]
VBS 2008 – June 16-20 -SAVE THESE DATES!
Make plans now to join us for our second year of Family-style
Vacation Bible School. Parents/Grandparents enroll with their
children and participate right along side of them. [If it is not
possible for a parent to attend, we will have “adopted” adults who
will work with your children] This year we are taking a cruise
around the World. We will be visiting 4 Neighborhoods: God’s
Neighborhood (creation), Beatrice’s Neighborhood (Uganda, Africa),
Nadja’s Neighborhood (Bosnia), and the Neighborhood of Love.
Registrations will be available near the end of May.
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Newcomer Ministries
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Fellowship Opportunities
LADIES... MARK YOUR CALENDARS
5/18 CWM Bake Sale (Theme: Red for Pentecost)
5/12 CWM Exec. Mtg., 5:30 pm, Max & Erma’s
5/19 Deborah Group, 6:30 pm at Harmony Place
Mary Group, 7:00 pm in the Well
6/8 Coming to God’s Table Tea - Well
MAX & ERMA’S DAY – MAY 12TH
You have to eat, right?! Well, you can feed your family and support
the Christian Women’s Ministries (CWM) at the Crestview Hills Max &
Erma’s on Monday, May 12th. The more you eat, the more money we
raise as 20% of each check is donated back to CWM! The fundraiser is
all day long. If you have friends, family and co-workers that want
to have lunch, dinner or carryout, send them in with a copy of the
flyer that can be picked up at the Information Center in the
Narthex. DON’T FORGET THE FLYER!! We won’t be able to get the credit
of 20%. Many thanks in advance from CWM for your support and for
dining at Max & Erma’s on May 12th.
Are you ready for Summer Book Club?
It is almost time to take a summer break, sit around the pool or on
the deck or in your back yard and read a good book. The only thing
that makes that better is to share your thoughts on what you are
reading with some friends who are reading the same book.
I know our first book of the summer to talk about is going to be
Eat, Pray and Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. A Best Seller, it is one
woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia.
We will meet on Wednesdays at 10 am. From June 18th to July 30th. If
you let me know you need childcare we can arrange it.
Questions? Call Reverend Diane at 647-5000 or email
diane.zehr@fuse.net
The Lunch Bunch will meet on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at
11:30 am in the Well at the Main Street campus. This is a wonderful
group of warm and fun-loving people of all ages, that get together
to share a covered dish luncheon extravaganza. Would you like to
join us? OK, then... bring a covered dish to share with others. It’s
a casual dress event and a super way to meet new friends. The more
the merrier, so join us on the 21st. For more information about this
group, please call Myrtle Schafer at: 371-6949.
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Mission Opportunities
Pentecost Offering for New Churches - A church of the
frontier!
This year we celebrate the 207th Anniversary of the Cane Ridge
meeting. That huge evangelistic gathering, on what was then the
American frontier, is regarded by many as the place where the very
roots of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) were planted.
Through the years, the Disciples have been leaders in building
educational institutions and in building programs that push the
frontiers of caring. Disciples have been leaders in preaching,
teaching, social programs and more. Wherever the frontier, our
church has been there.
Today, we’re among the leaders in the mainline denominations in
planting new churches.
The “frontier” today may be in the inner city or the suburbs. It may
be peopled by retirees needing a church; or first-generation
Americans from a variety of nations; or young families concerned
about bringing up children with care and values. Wherever that new
frontier is, our gifts to the Pentecost Offering help bring new
churches there, and help spread the ministry of the Disciples of
Christ to new people and places. Since 2001, in response to the call
in the 2020 Vision of the church, we have planted more than 530 new
churches. That’s nearly 40,000 new Christians. This year, through
the Pentecost Offering, we are asked to join together and “Share the
Chalice” to continue that work. Through the Pentecost Offering, we
support the New Church Ministry of the Disciples, throughout the
nation, and right here in our region. We “Share the Chalice,” and
multiply the love.
Hearts and Hands Ministry
Our grocery collection for our Senior Center residents at
Arcadia Park is coming along nicely. Hat’s off to our Scouts for
their generous donation of over 50 bags of non-perishable food
items. Let’s keep it going! We are also collecting personal hygiene
items for the Women’s Crisis Center on Main Street. It is our prayer
always that the Lord will continue to “prosper the work of our
hands!”
Thanks to all who are supporting us financially. Your gifts are
greatly appreciated.
Stay tuned for upcoming projects and ways that you can help us help
each other!
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Day Care & Adventure
Zone Updates
Spring in the Zone has been an eventful and fun time! We have been
sprucing up our classrooms and doing some spring cleaning, creating
paper flowers as well as planting some real ones. We have vegetables
growing and a worm farm (this I assure you is not a favorite of Rev.
Diane’s) but what fun, and it brings so much excitement to our children.
Our babies are enjoying taking walks outside in the Bye-Bye buggy and we
are all just so grateful that winter is finally over and we are blessed
with a beautiful weather.
Adventure Zone is gearing up for Summer Camp. We are busy planning field
trips and activities for the children. We have received 65 free tickets
to a Cincinnati Reds game in July, a trip to the Zoo is in the works,
Boone County Parks and Recreation is developing special weekly events
exclusively for the children of Adventure Zone and we also have other
adventurous activities in the works. If you are interested in
registering please contact me ASAP as space is limited.
Harmony Place is having an adventurous time. April 17, 2008 was
Firefighter Appreciation Day. Our three and four year olds walked across
the yard to the Union Firehouse and delivered special treats and songs
to the Firefighters. They were surprised and excited for our visit.
Julie Mondary-Linville
Executive Director, The Zone
859-647-5000 (ext. 600)
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In the Life of our Faith
Community
Prayers & Concerns: Please remember Leroy Gerhardt in
Rockcastle Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Ky., Thelma Castellini in Gateway Rehab
Center, Lucille Souther in Oaklawn Rehabilitation Center in Louisville,
KY, and Jerry Ott and Mandy Race at home.
May Birthdays
1st Stephanie Proffitt, Donna Murphy
3rd Hope Fryman
4th Walter Menke, Brad Bentle
5th Kristine Bird
6th Sierra Stansel, Paul Householder, Justin Conley
7th Liz Cunningham
8th Heather Rachford, Rosemary Newberry, Bonnetta Cooke, Freddie
Clements
10th Donna Yeager, Ellen Neale, Greg Hamilton
11th Jane Moore, Gary Bentle
13th Nick Combs
14th Sharon Menke, Pete Martin, Janet Gerhardt
15th Jeff Nelson, Kim Jackson, Kevin Cunningham
16th Steve Penrose, Holly Mayerchak
17th Robert White, Evelyn Smith, Tina Carroll
18th Carol Hiatt
19th Jerry Zehr, Leroy Gerhardt
20th Jessica Edwards
22nd Emma Wright, Brenda Sparks, Linda Kraft
23rd Timothy Ferguson
24th Sandra Goshorn
25th Nancy Newberry
27th Steven Kiser
28th Lucille Turner
29th Fannie Endres
30th Helen Godman, Evan Dearborn
31st Caleb Isley, Barbra Ferguson
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