[Waymaker] August 24 Newsletter

Mon Aug 24 07:59:26 PDT 2009

WAYMAKER                             Website: kewaneefirstchristian.org

First Christian Church                     Email:
<mailto:waymaker at fcckewanee.org>  waymaker at fcckewanee.org

105 Dwight St.

Kewanee, IL 61443

            Staff:  Tim Reed, Minister               

                        Lloyd Evans, Music Minister

            Bill Mitchell, Youth Minister 

            Jared Strode, Children's Minister

Phone: 309-853-4298                                                 Sylvia
Giese, Secretary

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August 24, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS. . .

 Music Month ended with an Outdoor Worship Service/Hog Roast/Potluck Picnic
yesterday at Chautauqua Park. It was a wonderful day of worship, music,
food, games, and more music! Thank you to all who helped make the service &
potluck possible!

Dylan Evans is home recuperating from surgery on his broken arm. He, AND his
parents, are all doing well!  We continue to thank God for Dylan and pray
for a speedy recovery!! 

All ladies are invited to a baby shower for little Seth Reed on Sunday,
August 30, 1:00 p.m., Fellowship Hall.  Please RSVP at the Welcome Center.
Mandy is registered at Wal-Mart and Target.  Call Kasey Mitchell or Summar
Evans if you have questions.  

Community-Wide Children's Christmas Show - Rehearsals, Thursdays, 6:00-7:00
p.m., Boss Community Center (221 W. 1st St.) beginning August 27.  The
performance will be December 19 at 5:00 p.m.  Auditions will be held on
September 10.  Children must attend the first two rehearsals to audition;
roles will be announced the next week.  Questions?  Call 852-5074 or
greenmother1 at hotmail.com (Dawn Marshall).

Walk for Life 2009 - Saturday, September 12 - 8:30-10:00 a.m. - Thomas Park
- Wyoming - You may pick up pledge booklets at the Welcome Center and start
getting sponsors!  Proceeds go 100% to the Pregnancy Resource Center in
Toulon.

The MUMS Bible study (Moms Uplifting Moms) is in need of a babysitter on
Mondays from 9:00-10:00 a.m., starting in September.  MUMS meets here at FCC
and is led by Lynn Yarger.  Please contact Lynn at 309-936-7819 if you can
help!

The [everywoman] Sunday School class is now meeting outside the church
office.

We would like to thank everyone for your prayers and words of encouragement
for our son Patrick, while he was serving in Afghnistan.  He has safely
returned home.  Please continue to pray for him as he makes the adjustment
back to civilian life.  We know that God was watching over him and kept him
safe.                     - Jerry & Sue DeSmith

On behalf of Silk Cords, I want to thank you for inviting us to participate
in the "Music Month" program. Each time we are given such an opportunity, we
are reminded that by sharing God's love and blessings, we are also blessed.
What a privilege it is.       -In Christ, Julie Reinertsen

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY NEWS. . .

*	Needed:  1st & 2nd Grade Sunday School teacher beginning in
September.
*	Children will advance to new Sunday School classes on Sunday, August
30.

UB-1 STUDENT MINISTRY NEWS. . .

*         August 24 - UB-325 resumes on Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m.

*         August 30 - UB-1 Back to School Fall Kickoff at Windmont Park

*         September 12 - Operation Fix Stuff

*         October 17 - Six Flags St. Louis

*         Several of our students need to raise money for the Passion
Conference in Atlanta, GA this coming January.  If you have any jobs they
can do to earn money for this trip, please contact Bill at 309-262-8001.

*         Have any ideas for service projects?  Email them to me at
<mailto:billmitchell at fcckewanee.org> billmitchell at fcckewanee.org

Remember to. . .

**Keep the old cell phones and used ink cartridges coming for recycling
(green box in church office).  Funds received goes to missions.

**Keep signing the troop cards at the Welcome Center.  These cards are much
appreciated by our soldiers overseas.

** Please bring non-perishable food items, paper products, and toiletries to
the marked container in the Main Foyer for the Kewanee Food Pantry.
Donations are taken to the Food Pantry once a month.  

PRAYER LIST

**Our troops - Rick Clancy, Bryan Thompson, Drew Kull, Todd Smith, Nate
Kull, Josh Newman, David Spantan, MacKenzee Lewis, Tim Glass, Rex
Goodnight-(Please let Sylvia know if any of these soldiers have returned to
home base.)                                                     **Bert Kopp,
Wayne Wiedle (now in Methodist Hospital, Peoria), Bob & Naida VandenDooren,
Nona Houdesheldt, Dick & Rita Anthony - ongoing health problems
**Tyler Hulslander, Sue Ebeling, Richard Ford, Jim Fultz, Naomi Mercer,
Nancy Noord, Rodney Harrell, Patti Gray, Muriel Chamberlain, Daniel Harris,
Dave Costenson, Jenni Powell, Karen Pierson - cancer
**Maddie Peed, Mary Ann Klavohn - recovering at home/hospital.

 **Julie Petty - back problems
**Kodey Pettis and family
**Mick Peed - employment and travel
**Mandy Reed and baby Seth
**John Logan - car accident
**Teachers and children as school begins.  Please pray for Bethany Strode
and Nikki Karau as they attend Central Christian College in Moberly, MO this
fall.                     

 Prayer Chain - To start a prayer request on the Prayer Chain, please
contact Linda Curry    (852-4288) or Sylvia Giese (wk.-853-4298,
hm.-853-2617).

SERVING SUNDAY-August 30

Prayer Team-1st Service-Pat & Jan McElvain
2nd Service-Randy & Barb Wieser

Shut-Ins-Maynard Laub & Rick Swanson

Sound-1st- Linda Strode, 2nd- Gary Holderness

Nurseries-

1st Service-Janelle & Danielle Steffen
S.S. Baby-Mary Ann Laub
S.S. Toddler-Rick & Ann VanWassenhove
2nd Service Baby-Sherry & Julie Yarger
2nd Toddler-Debbie Ford & Dawn Marshall

Greeters-
1st Service-Albert & Mariellen Davis
S.S.-Rex & Janie McCormick
2nd  Service-Hazel Johnson, Mary Popejoy, Larry & Liz West

THIS WEEK. . .

            Monday-Friday (before 9 a.m. on Friday). . .

Open gym-8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

UB-325, 3:00 p.m.

             Tuesday. . .

Men's breakfast at Barnhouse-6:00 a.m.

            Wednesday. . .

UB-325, 3:00 p.m.

Praise Team practice-7:30 p.m. 

            Thursday. . .

Promise Keepers, 6:30 a.m.

Student Ministry Band practice-5:00 p.m.

            Sunday. . .

UB-1 Student Ministries - 6:00 p.m. -Back to School Fall Kickoff at Windmont
Park

ATTENDANCE for August 23, 2009

UB-1                                       70       

OFFERING for August 16, 2009

Current (received)        $  5,256.20

             (needed)              6,700.00

Year to date (given)     204,419.00

Budget to date              214,400.00

Building Fund                     603.00

Missions                                20.00

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