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June 13, 2018 First Christian Church, Davenport, Iowa
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www.FirstChristianChurchDavenport.org
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First Christian Church Davenport
Our Vision Statement is: We are “A Faith Filled Church that is
Loving and Welcoming.”
Our Mission Statement is We are ”A Loving Church that
welcomes individuals in order to share
the Gospel, Worship, Fellowship and
Outreach.”
This year Vacation
Bible School will be joint
with Faith United Church
of Christ (FUCC) located at
1630 w 38th street, Davenport, IA
The Theme is:
Super Heroes!
There will be three VBS Days
June 30 at FUCC
July 28 at FCC
August 18 at FUCC
From 2– 5 pm, Short Kid Worship
Potluck to follow
EVERYONE is INVITED TO
Worship and Potluck! This is an
ALL CHURCH EVENT!
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God Bless! - Rev Linda
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Special News from our Board and the Vision Team! Last month you read a note from Sandi Anderson, our moderator concerning our building. Again, we have no plans to sell our building. We hope to be able to stay in our place as long as we can. However, we are all aware that our church has grown smaller and we live in a large building, and our financial situation has been very difficult for quite a while. Our vision team has been wrestling with all types of questions. Can we afford to stay here? Should we move to a smaller place? Could we share our building with someone else? Could we rent out church space? While we are exploring all types of opportunities, it was decided at the June Board Meeting to slim down the many items we have collected over the years in various areas. If there is a potential to rent or lease out space (especially in Gillium Hall), it would be good to have those rooms empty and available. So what does that mean for our church — for our Sun-day School classes? It was also proposed that we find different space in the Fellowship Hall, Dr. Lydia and Of-fice Hallway to move those room items into. We will cre-ate a new space for our Youth Room and Children’s Sunday School classroom. The Board and Vision feel that this could be done over the summer, in preparation for our Fall activities. The Vision Team and Church Board is wanting to be as
transparent with our church as we possibly can. There is still more information that we are working on and will share with the congregation soon. For now, please hold our
Greetings in the Name of Christ! Dear friends, I shared this past Sunday of my sad experience as the on call chaplain at Genesis Hospital this past Fri-day night. I responded to an emergency Trauma in the very early hours of Saturday morning. When I receive a page in the middle of the night, I never know what I may encounter. It could be a stroke alert, or a code blue. It could be someone who has been in an accident. But unfortunately, many of the early morning calls on the weekend have been because of gun violence in the Quad Cities. While I can not ex-plain why this is happening in our community, what I do know is that too many of our young His-panic and African American men are needlessly engaging in violence. And many innocent victims are caught in the middle of this fighting. As Christians, What can we do to make this situation end? Well I wish I had the answer to that too, but I know that I can’t sit by anymore. I know we can pray for the families of the innocent victims, we can pray for the people involved to see that violence doesn’t solve problems. But sometimes, something more than just prayers need to be done. The PUNCH churches and pas-tors have moved to support the Memorial to those Lost to Violence display will be traveling around our neighborhood this summer. Look for the Bright colored t-shirts with the names, dates, and ages of victims who died from gun violence. Be-cause we stand together to stop no more vio-
Memorial to those Lost to Violence
This is a very powerful visual Memorial to our Community Members who have died due to vio-lence. Starting June 9th with the installation of the memorial to at First Presbyterian Church at Iowa & Kirkwood. On Saturday morning at 10 a.m. there will be a short memorial ser-vice. Then every Friday at 5 p.m. the memorial will move to the following churches with a ser-vice on Saturday's at 10 a.m. Friday, June 15 move to Third Missionary Bap-tist Church - 14th and Harrison Friday, June 22 move to First Baptist Church - 14th & Pershing Friday, June 29 move to Trinity Episcopal Church - 10th & Brady Street Friday, July 6 move to St. John Methodist Church - 14th & Brady Street Friday, July 13 move to Bethel AME Church - 11th & Ripley Street Friday, July 20 move to Sacred Heart Cathedral - 10th & Iowa / LeClaire St. Friday, July 27 move to First Christian Church - 15th & LeClaire St
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The next Chalice will be published Wednesday,
July 15th. The deadline to get your articles to the office
is Sunday, July 18th.
Diaconates Serving in July
Mike Moritz (Preparer)
Mike Carnes
Mary Beth Haley
Nadine Eichorn
June 2018 Elders Schedule June 17 - Dolores & Cathy June 24 - Sara & Janet
We are updating our records. This
includes address, phone number and email changes. If you have any of
these changes to update please contact Denise at the church office.
Please have this information to Denise by June 28.
June 17, 2018
Youth Mission
Trip 2018 June 21 - June 25
No Circle or General Meetings
in July and August
July and August
Office Hours
will be by appointment only
A life of sharing, caring A love of endless giving
In the spirit of Christian Joy We, Amanda Walton and Adrian Bond
Together with our parents Invite you to share with us
The joy of our marriage Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 2:30 PM
First Christian Church Reception to follow starting at 5PM :
Eldridge Community Center 400 S. 16th Ave
Eldridge, IA 52748 Registered at Target and Walmart
Shirley Thomas
4126 Northwest Blvd Apt. 221
Davenport, IA 52806
823-3651
Lee (Cindi) Clough
2107 N Zenith
Davenport IA 52804
Ella Frahm has also
Moved into Memory Care
At Senior Star. Her Room #126
Boiler/Air Conditioner Fund Goal $50,000 Pledges $50,521 Received $42,614 Outstanding $ 7,807
Keep Your Pledges Coming!!!
Don & Cindy
vacation
July 19 - 25
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Marian Wayland, Nonie Dubes,
Virginia Lemons, Ella Frahm,
Marilyn Crews, Helen Byrum,
Mike Lobdell, Joe Clarke, Betty
Thoensen, and Ruthann Wymore
Prayer Concerns Health Issues: Leora Walton, Linda Dietz, Laura McClurg, Kay Ann Ohl, Jerry & Harriet Meye, Debbie & Mike Lobdell, Our Circle of Concern Members.
Community Family * What Cheer Christian Church, What Cheer, IA; Garden City Christian Church, Garden City, IA * Meeting of the US and Korea, * Alan Peterson – Sandi Anderson * Great Grand Baby Elija – Dona Segura * Bob Segura, family of Donna Segura on the transplant list for lung * Donald Cox, Cindy’s dad, had a bad fall and has broken his knee and wrist * Wendy Walton & Graycie Lackas – Don & Cindy Walton * Jerry’s Breathing – Harriet Meye * Bill Farley, stroke, mass on lungs, wrapped around rib cage – John Farley * ACL Knee – Sarah Kucza * Randy Campbell, bleeding ulcer – Jerry & Harriet Meye * Jim Bob’s cousin’s son, kidneys at 10%. * Barbara Seibert, cyst on breast * Sister Kenzie Gamble, Lee (Cindy) Clough * Military; Great grand-daughter Aria ill – Donna Phillips * Chris Decker, brain surgery – Jim Scott * Debbi Melton, COPD – Brad & Laura Jackson * Mary Beth’s & Michael’s concerns – Special Olympics * Friends of Congregation that are fighting Cancer: Vera Grissom, Sue Moritz, Patrick Andrews, Walt Burgess, Trish
Horton, Teresa Crist, Chad Bollinger, Mike Knutstrom, Ron Stuart, Aaron Mephan, Terry Scheel, Robert Fitzgerald, Tandy Fitzgerald
Please help with keeping the prayer list current. Contact the office 322.0929, with updates, praises, sympathy. THANK YOU. Deadline for updates to appear in the upcoming Sunday bulletin is Wednesday.
Dinner & Bible Study Fellowship, Fun, Food and —
Learn More Bible If you want to learn more bible come and join us
on Wednesday night for Dinner and Bible study
At Dynasty Buffett 5388 Elmore Avenue,
Davenport, IA Wednesday, June 13 &27
Invitation to Grow with
First Christian Have you been attending FCC for a while and
would like to learn more about becoming a member?
Have you recently become a member of FCC, but
would like to learn more about our denomination,
the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)?
Please contact Rev. Linda on her cell 563-940-8251.
On July 22, We will have a light lunch after worship
and have a great time learning.
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G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y July 20-24, 2019
Des Moines, Iowa
Registration Opens Nov. 1, 2018 • www.disciples.org Look for more info to come!
Did you Notice
a Reply to Anonymous
I applaud the initiative of anonymous, and I repeat
constant and continuous deficits are not the friend of
households, businesses, and certainly not this church.
To erase our 1st/Quarter deficit, anonymous requests 9
units to give $ 500, but that would only relieve ½ of
the 1st/Qtr deficit. To completely erase the 1st/Qtr
deficit 9 giving units would have to give $1,000, (better
yet) have 18 giving units to give $500, or 36 giving
units to give $ 250, and even better yet 72 giving units
to give $ 125, and that is just for the first quarter
deficit.
Over the last several quarters the church
administrators who oversee the actual spending of our
dollars have done a good job under spending the
approved budget, on the other hand we the church
membership have done a poor job in funding those
budgets and actual expenses that we voted in. Let us
follow anonymous lead by balancing the first quarters
deficit, after all this is just the first quarter we have 3
more to do.
Sincerely Dennis Duvall
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Summer Break
(July & August) DMF & DWF
Heartsong
Children Sunday School
Linda’s Out of Office @ Brewed Books
Church Office by appointment only
All returning in September!!!
Send a Camper a Note!
Please take a moment to send a note of encouragement to our youth and children attending camp. You can send an email to [email protected] the subject line should be the camper’s name and camp. (the email will be printed and handed to the camper, they will not be able to reply) you can also send a note via postal mail to the camper at: 5064 Lincoln St, Newton, IA 50208
It’s Time to Head to Camp! This summer we have 15 children and youth, and 2 sets of grandparents heading to camp at our Camp and Conference Center in Newton. Please hold in prayer the campers attending camp.
Beginners Camp: July 1- 3 Rev. Linda (Director),
Chi Rho 4: July 8 - 13 Jazz Hunsaker,
A.D.A.M. Camp : July 15-22 Hannah Hunsaker,
CYF: July 22-27 Jim Bob and Sharon Perreault (Counselors)
Chi Rho 4: August 5 - 10 Hannah Hunsaker & Lee Jensen
The Church Needs Your HELP!
We need someone to trim the bushes
on the west side of the church by the
church offices PLEASE! If you are
willing to graciously donate your
time and energy please call Linda’s
cell phone (563) 940-8251.
We are doing a church clean up and found items
someone might need, want, or just enjoy having!
SO...Stop into Fellowship Hall and see if there’s
anything you cannot live without!
If you find something, please take it!
I was absolutely astounded and
surprised last Sunday. I so
appreciated all the love that
poured out at my birthday
celebration! There are not enough words to express
my gratitude.. Thank you to ALL!!!
In Christian Love,
Shirley Thomas
Picnic & Prayers in July
Bring your picnic basket/ sack lunch and join Rev.
Linda in Fellowship Hall for food, fellowship, fun and
prayers July 10 and July 24 from
Noon till 1PM
A Big Thank You to Disciple
Men’s fellowship for the pancake
lunch fundraiser that made $200
which will be very helpful for our
mission trip. Thank you to Lee
Jensen for the $62 raised from the
magic show!
Thanksgiving in July
Returns in 2018
Thanksgiving in July is back!
Cupboards in low income households
are frequently near empty during the summer months when
the children are out of school.
Churches United’s 24 neighborhood food pantries struggle to
meet the increased demand without cutting back on services.
We depend on the community to help fill the shelves so that
we can feed the hungry all summer long and into the fall!
The items most frequently requested by food pantry clients
are: baby food, peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, rice and
pasta, boxed instant potatoes, canned meat (tuna, chicken,
and Spam), canned fruit and vegetables, nonperishable boxed
meals, and diapers.
Contributions will be collected from July 1-31 in containers
at Fareway stores in Moline, Davenport and Bettendorf;
K&K Hardware, Caddy’s Sports Bar and Grill, QC Core Chi-
ropractic, and Dewey’s at the Bettendorf Library, all in Bet-
tendorf; and at our very own Winnie’s Wishes Resale Shop
in Davenport. Cash donations and checks made payable to
Churches United Thanksgiving in July may be dropped off or
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July 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Office Closed
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1PM CWU Forum
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Vision Meeting after
Worship
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12PM - 1PM
Picnic and Prayer
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6PM Bible Study
12 13 14
15 Chalice Deadline 16
6:30PM Church Cabinet
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6:30PM Bells
18 Chalice Week 19 20 21
10AM P.U.N.C.H.
2:30PM Walton/
Bond Wedding
22 23 24
12PM - 1PM
Picnic and Prayer
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6PM Bible Study
26 27 28
10AM Memorial to
the Lost
2PM - 5PM
VBS at First
Christian Church
29 30 31
Golden Birthdays 7/3 Leora Walton
7/17 Idella Anderson
7/23 Ella Frahm
JULY BIRTHDAYS 7/1 Jessica Daily
7/6 - Chad McWilliams
7/9 - Cathy Koehler-Wright
7/17 Nancy Giles
7/21 Crystal Ross
7/22 Vera Grissom
Harriet Meye
July AnniversaryJuly AnniversaryJuly Anniversary
07/19 Karl & Linda Jensen
Church Camp Beginners
July 1 - 3
Church Camp ChiRho 4 - July 8 - 13
Church Camp Adam July 15 - 20
Don & Cindy Vacation July 19 -25
CYF 2 - July 22 - 27