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Midweek Update for June 8
Coming Soon at FCC

Wednesday, June 8
6:30 p.m.
Choir Practice

Wednesday - Thursday, June 7 & 9
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Adventure Nook Summer Fun

Sunday, June 12
9:00 a.m.
Sunday School 
10:15 a.m.
Morning Worship 
11:30 a.m.
Ona-Ruth Women's Fellowship

Monday, June 13
7:00 a.m.
Men's Bible Study
11:00 a.m.
Staff Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Music Bootcamp

Wednesday, June 15
6:30 p.m.
Choir Practice

Thursday - Saturday, June 16,17,18
8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
National Sacred Harp Singing Convention
Prayer Requests 
Prayer requests are
regularly shared 
through our
CareLine telephone 
messages. To share
a prayer request or
to add a telephone
number to receive
CareLine messages,
please email the
church office
or call
991-5000. 
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
 
Prayers for Health & Healing:
Aneda Chandler
Janet Clark
Shirley Embry
David Hamilton
 
Prayers for Those Receiving Long-Term Medical Care:
Jane Belcher
Marlene Dillon
Kathie Owens
Susan Smith
Sunday Servants for June 12

Elders 
Jim Langley
Ann Langley

Deacons
Kallie Blakemore
Linnea Blakemore
Linda Browning
Deb Carpenter
Bob Frederickson
Bruce MacKenzie
Sue MacKenzie
Bruce Moon
Marian Moon
Madi Payton
Art Varvoutis
Regena Varvoutis
Barbara Wyrosdick

Preparer:
Molly Springfield

Sunday School Greeter
Ross Lange

Worship Greeters
Donna & Paul Penn

Sanctuary Greeters
Trudie Edwards
Mary Jean Baumgartner

Acolyte
Addy Taylor

Children’s Worship & Wonder
Storyteller:
Ashley Chester
Greeters:
Hope & Eliza Blankenship
Jennifer Powell

Nursery Volunteers
Sarah Ford
Linnea Blakemore
This Week in Sunday School

Christian Comrades:
"Study on the book of Acts"
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As Christians, we use a number of words that are packed with meaning and importance: God, Hope, Doubt, Justice, Freedom, Peace, and more.  On June 5 we will begin a new summer sermon series called, "Words to Live By," in which we will unpack, explore, and explain what we mean when we use these powerful words, and how they shape our daily life. Join us for worship on Sundays at 10:15 AM to learn more.

Audio recordings of recent sermons are available to stream or download here.
GLOBAL MISSION PARTNER VISITS JUNE 12
Elena Huegel, the Global Missions Partner for the Alabama-NW Florida region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will be leading an intergenerational Sunday School gathering this Sunday at 9:00 AM.  Elena has activities appropriate for ages 3 and up, so bring your whole family. Elena is currently serving as the chaplain of the Shalom Center, a peace education, environmental education and spiritual development project of the Pentecostal Church of Chile. We are excited to welcome her and hear stories from her years as a missionary in Chile.

Surf's Up July 11-15 2016!

You won't want to miss this exciting week of Bible stories, games, drama, music and more each day from 9:00-12:00! On Friday we will invite parents to join us at 11:30 am to share all we learned. There is no cost to register, so make plans now to join us this summer for VBS! Register completed 3K - completed 5th grade before June 26 to receive a t-shirt here or pick up a registration form from the church office today!

We are in need of 75 empty small plastic water bottles for crafts, you can bring these by the church office.

We are bringing the beach to FCC! So, if you have some fun beach "equipment" that you would be willing to share we would appreciate it.  Item's Needed for decorating: Beach Umbrellas, Surf Boards, Boogie Boards, Beach Chairs, and Pool Floats - these items will be returned when VBS is over.  *Please label all items with your name. We need them no later than July 10. You can place them in the Gandy Room (room 103) or bring to the church office. Thanks for your help!

Regional Church Camp

Now is the time to sign up for church camp.  Traditional camping experiences are available for kids from kindergarten to twelfth grade at Camp Chandler in Wetumpka this June.  Registration information is available at alnwfldisciples.org  or in the church   office.  Contact Robin Blakemore for more information.

CHORAL MUSIC BOOTCAMP

If you would like to learn more about choral music and how to sing, join Dr. Paul Dease for “bootcamp” on Monday evenings in June.  All are welcome, no previous choir experience necessary.
Dear FCC Friends,
 
When things slow down here at The Adventure Nook, and I have time to ponder...I marvel at how good God is!  I am so thankful He gave me this job.  I appreciate all the encouragement and love you, as a congregation gives us!
 
This week was the beginning our Summer Fun Camp. We have 36 wonderful children enrolled in our program.  We will end our Summer Fun on July 28.  I know these days will go by way too fast.

Thanks again, for the picnic tables. I do not know who donated them but I can promise you they will be used a lot this summer by some happy little children as they get to “picnic” outside. 

Once again, if you know of anyone looking for a preschool please tell them about us.  We have some spaces available for the fall. 

Please lift up our program in your prayers when you think about us.  I know God has some great plans for us and FCC in the future!
May God bless you!
Debbie

 

OFFICE HOURS

The church office is open 9 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Thursday.  The office will be closed on Fridays.  If you need to reach a pastor while the office is closed, please dial 205-295-6708 to reach the minister on call.
June Church Calendar & Serving Schedule
Please click here to download the June calendar and schedule.  Printed copies will also be available in the narthex on Sunday.
Join us for a Baby Shower!
Sunday, July 10
 
Please join us for a drop-in baby shower honoring 
Shaina Berry.
 
Sunday, July 10th, in the Fireside Room
Guests are invited to come and go between
1:00 and 3:00 PM
 
Please RSVP to Kimberly Jones
205.777.1802 or burns.kimberly@gmail.com
 
Shaina is registered at 
Babies"R"Us, Buy Buy Baby, and Target
 

Electronic Giving:
Fast, Easy, & Secure

 
Electronic giving is a convenient and secure way to provide consistent financial support to the mission and ministry of First Christian Church.

To set up a recurring contribution:
 
1. Go to www.fcc-bhm.org/give then
2. Click on the Give Now button.
3. Click on the Create Profile button, then
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to create an online profile and to schedule your recurring contributions.
 
If you would like some help setting up your recurring contribution, contact the church office.
 
Thank you for considering this option for giving, and thank you for your generosity and support of what God is doing at First Christian Church!
NATIONAL SACRED HARP
SINGING CONVENTION
JUNE 16, 17, 18, 2016
Sacred Harp Singers have only one "National Convention".  The thirty-seventh annual convention will be held at our church on the above dates.  This will be the ninth time to be at First Christian Church

The members of First Christian Church have welcomed people from most of the states in the United States as well as residents from Canada, Ireland, England, Poland, Australia (and I probably missed some places) to our wonderful place of worship in June for the last eight years.  They come to participate in singing Sacred Harp music from shape note (fa so la mi) songs written recently and also some that are centuries old.  Singers will arrive starting around 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 16th this year - take a lunch break  - and return to sing until about 2:30 p.m.  This routine will continue on Friday and Saturday following.  There will be over 500 people over the three day period.
 
Some of you have provided indispensable help for us to accommodate a large crowd of visitors such as this, and I am personally so grateful for your help.  As a member of our church and as an officer of this convention I feel it is important for this to be an exciting experience for our guests. It is an overwhelming task without your participation.  Certain ones have helped making and serving refreshments, greeting visitors, making them feel good about being with us - and just being good ambassadors for our church and God; and that makes me so proud to be one of you in this church.
 
The Sacred Harp community is not that familiar to many of you (I was born into a family tradition of going
to singings all of my life) and it has a long tradition for a couple of centuries in this country with many places in the South having Annual Singings at courthouses, schools,  public buildings,  churches, and homes.   It is not affiliated with any particular Religious Denomination but many singings are held at churches of Primitive Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran as many others.  Participants are members of various Christian denominations Jewish and others unaffiliated.    All seem to be SPIRITUAL and LOVE to join in singing to God.
 
With any basic knowledge of music, it is easy to discover the practice these singers are following so that with minimal effort you too can follow and participate.  Books are available,  singers customarily sit together by parts (bass, alto, treble and tenor) .  It is open, you may come - stay as long as you can - go and return - as you choose.
 
You are encouraged to let me know if you would like to help.  Some like to return in preparing and serving beverages and refreshments.  I would be most happy to have you join me in taking care of our guests.   Or just come and be mesmerized.
 
Hubert Nall 
      
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