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2013 - ISSUE 3 February 3, 2013

Bixby Knolls Christian Church, (Disciples of Christ) (562) 426-0428

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Prayer Concerns:

Ester Troxel, SumbalSardar, Shirley Dickison,

Laurel Henrickson, Keri

Brindle-Clark, Ed Bremel,

Elizabeth Edwards, May

family, Nargis & family in

Pakistan, Betty Rollos

granddaughter, Kathryn

OConnell

February

Schedule

Feb. 6 dinner as usual,

6:00pm

Feb. 13 special Ash

Wednesday pancake din-

ner, followed by a brief

Ash Wednesday worship.

Dinner starts at 5:30pm

Feb. 20 no dinner at

church; instead, Aura Thai

restaurant at the corner

of Carson & Atlantic will

host a special fundraiser

for BKCCs Week of Com-

passion offering. Look

for flyers at church next

week.

Feb. 27

dinners return totheir normal time,

6:00pm

Change Can Be Hard

Dear Church,

A few weeks ago,

the TV show Bar Rescue

filmed an episode at the

bar around the corner

from my house. This

show features an expert

who spends one week

transforming old, run-

down bars that are losing

money into new, attrac-

tive, and profitable estab-

lishments.

Last year, the show

Kitchen Nightmares,

which has a similar prem-

ise, filmed at Ninos res-taurant on Atlantic, com-

pletely transforming that

restaurant. I think the

Ninos episode is sched-

uled to air on TV next

month; Im not sure when

the Bar Rescue episode

will air.

The hosts of these

shows are rude, arrogant,

and disrespectful. Theyyell and cuss in an at-

tempt to get their point

across (although really I

suspect its an attempt to

get their ratings up).

There are moments

when for me, at least

all the yelling and cussing

is hard to take.

That being said, I

cant help but wonder

what would happen if

there was a TV show like

this for churches. So

many churches are strug-

gling to survive, strug-

gling to carry out their

mission, struggling to

connect with their com-

munity. What if there

was an expert who

would come in and(without the cussing and

yelling) completely trans-

form the church, how its

run, what it looks like?

I suspect that even

if all the changes were

good and necessary,

many of them would be

hard to take. Change is

never easy. How do you

think you would respond

if someone came in and

said that in order to ef-

fectively reach our com-

munity and survive as a

congregation, wed need

to radically change

our style of worship (and

worship time), completely

rewrite our by-laws and

committee structure, andmake drastic changes to

the look and layout of our

building (including the

layout of our sanctuary)?

How would you respond if

all those changes took

place in one week, and

you arrived next Sunday to

a completely transformed

church?

Even if we assume

that the changes would allhelp us more effectively

carry out our mission of

justice, love, and walking

humbly with God, I know

they would be a challenge

to implement. Change is

hard. If you can handle

the yelling and cussing,

watch an episode of one

of these shows (perhaps

next month

s Nino

s epi-sode) and let me know

what you think.

Pastor Danny

Founders Day at Chapman University is a two-day event highlighting the connec-

tion between Chapman and the church. Chapman

University is in covenant with both the Christian

Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of

Christ.This year, you will have the opportunity to hear a se-

ries of lectures by Brian McLaren, one of the most

influential leaders of the reformation that is currently

underway. In addition, Rev. Geoffrey Black will

preach, and Mildred Butler, pastor of United Christian

Church in Los Angeles, will be honored as the Disciples

Church Leader of the Year. More info can be found at

www.chapman.edu/founders-day.Monday, Feb. 18

Church office is closed.


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Ethan Bradfield (left) with other members of the all-

Assembly youth choir at the 2011 General Assembly.

The General Assembly is the biennial gathering of

Disciples from across North America. For five days this

summer, children, youth and adults will gather in Or-

lando for worship, mission, business, workshops, and

more. This year, opportunities for learning will include

workshops led by the Disney Institute; Musical guests

during worship will include the Grammy award winning

Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Info at www.disciples.org/ga.

Laurel Henrickson is at

home. Treatment for her

tumor is questionable at

this time.

Scout Sunday brought sev-

eral dozen scouts to worship

on Feb. 3. They participated

in worship and hosted our

fellowship time.

February Birthdays

Feb 7 - Lillie Bray

Feb 8 - Janine Swanson

Feb 19 - Leslie Reese

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

March 1-2, 2013

Doubletree Hotel, Orange, CA

One of the most exciting opportu-

nities we have as Disciples in the

Pacific Southwest Region is the

chance to participate in a number

of outstanding regional events

with people from other congrega-

tions. One of those events is the

annual Disciples Women Convoca-

tion. The registration for this eventhas now passed, but if you are in-

terested in going, please contact

the regional office to see if there is

room available. For a registration

form, visit http://pswdw.com/or

ask for one from the church office.

Shirley Dickison is at

Catered Manor while

recovering from

surgery.

AshesOn Ash Wednesday, as Lent begins,

worshipers foreheads are often marked with

ashes in the sign of the cross. The ashes tra-ditionally come from burning palm branchesfrom the previous Palm Sunday. In Old Tes-tament days, ashes were a sign of mourningand repentance. Today, some worshipers

wipe off the ashes before leaving church, to symbolize being

cleansed from sin by Jesus death; others wear the ashes the rest ofthe day, carrying the cross of Christ into the world. The speakingof Genesis 3:19 often accompanies the placement of ashes: You aredust, and to dust you shall return.


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Happy Mardi Grasand

Valentines Day!!

The choir will celebrating everything so Bring your Valentine as they attempt

to raise monies for our music program with the second annual

All-you-can-eat

PANCAKE SUPPER(and other things!)

Wednesday February 13 5:30pm$5.00 suggested donation

Bixby Knolls Christian Church1240 E Carson, Long Beach

It costs approximately $350.00 for the Christmas OR the Easter Cantata.Though we reuse music and rotate music and cantatas, it is still necessary tokeep our wonderful volunteer choir singing. It is about $2.00 per copy of indi-vidual Sunday anthem X 15 copies is $30.00 per week. If we pick 3 new an-thems a year we have spent our entire annual budget with no Cantata music!This also has to include our praise team music, and Improv for God drama andmusic! Our own singers have generously donated over the last few years butit is time we all pull together and help.

So come for fellowship, fun and pancakes! If you are unable to attend feel

free to donate to our music department by passing your donation on to BarbPeebles (me) and we will get it into the music funds!

Anyone notice the new additions to the praise team? Samantha Kobel on Basskeyboard and Grace Shitara on flute! They were great to work with so if youenjoyed them please let them know! We praise the Lord for them and theirtalents.


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CHURCH STAFF:Pastor Daniel Bradfield

-MinisterMonica Lanz

-Church SecretaryBarbara Neal-Peebles

-Music Director/OrganistChristine Perkinson

- Church Child CareSuzie Romero

- Custodian

BOARD OFFICERS:Ken Brown

-Board PresidentLeo Dittemore

-Vice PresidentPat Cohen

-SecretaryAngela Hillig

- TreasurerChrysan Naw

- Financial Secretary

-Church Clerk

BIXBY KNOLLS

CHRISTIAN CHURCH(Disciples of Christ)

SUNDAY SCHEDULE:9:00 a.m. Sunday School for Adults10:15 a.m. Morning Worship and Childrens Church

OFFICE HOURS:Monday - Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.Friday closed

UPCOMING SCRIPTURE

Feb. 10 Romans 12: 9-12, 13: 8-10

Who were the craftsmen appointed by the Lord to design the Tent of Meetingand its furnishings while Israel was still in the wilderness before entering thePromised Land?

A. Moses and Joshua

B. Bezalel and Oholiab

C. Judah and Reuben

D. David and Jonathan

Exodus 31:1-11

The Fellowship News

A publication ofBixby Knolls Christian Church of

Long Beach (a Disciples of ChristChurch)

1240 E. Carson StreetLong Beach, CA 90807

www.bixbyknollschurch.org

Editor:

Monica Lanz562-426-0428

[email protected] 562-426-0429

Pastor:

Daniel Bradfield

The Fellowship News is published

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