6509 Bosque Blvd. Waco, TX 76710

Phone: (254)772-3416 Fax: (254)772-9354

Email: office@lccwaco.org

Meet the Staff

Pastor Wayne Williams Transitional Minister

Rev. Richard Roland Interim Business Admin

Vonessa Barker

Administrative Assistant

Carrie Forehand Choir Director

Brad Forehand Handbell Director

Cristina Mathis Organist/Pianist

Pam Huffstatler Director, CDC

Office Hours Monday—Friday 9:00am—3:00pm

Pastor’s Hours Monday-Wednesday

8am-12pm Or

By Appointment

July 14 Morning Worship-82

Offering-$6,105

July 21 Morning Worship-79

Offering-$3,588

July 25, 2019 THE

OPEN DOOR LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ)

“An Open Door to a Vital Faith”

Dear Lakewood, What a blessing to get to go on vacation last week! And now, as I look around the campus, it feels like I have been gone for a month! Please take time to walk around and see all of the updating and projects going on. Many of them are nearing comple-tion (please pray!). Hopefully, you will see, hear and sense the Lord's mighty hand mov-ing in our midst! I am really ready for our worship scheduling to be more or less "set", how about you? This Sunday, July 28, Lakewood will meet at its normal 10:30 am worship time and Renew will continue at 6 pm on Sunday evenings. That same schedule applies to Sunday, August the 4th. Then, beginning August 11, our worship times will all be on Sunday mornings. Lakewood will have traditional worship at 8:30am, followed by Re-new services at 9:45am and 11am. The Grand Opening for Renew is set for Sunday, Au-gust 18. Please pray for our campus to be filled with people searching to know Jesus better. We are Better Together! I am grateful for the opportunity to preach through Hebrews this summer. Our last message is this Sunday, July 28. In August, we will begin a topical look at the "great work of our lives" which is Worship. We probably all think of different things when we hear the word "worship." But we all think of something . . . or Someone. We were cre-ated in God's image to worship the One who called us into being. Our natural "state" is a state of worship. God is very particular and specific throughout Scripture that we re-serve worship for Him only, for Him alone. No other "gods." As you can tell, I am very passionate about worship!! Please continue to pray, give, worship and serve one another. I realize, at least as an outsider, the tremendous change that Lakewood is undergoing. Change is not easy for any person I know . . . thanks for your prayerful patience! God is at work . . . Pastor Wayne ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Renew Updates:

Work continues in the children's wing, Roland/Roush Fellowship Hall, sanctuary, library, and a few other places. Sunday evening worship continues July 28 and August 4, then all Renew/Lakewood worship will be on Sunday mornings beginning August 11. Grand Opening for Renew is August 18!

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Members of our Lakewood Better Together Team, Phil Roach, Thad Barker, Russell Scott,

Linda Jensen, Gene Hall and I, met with members of our Steering Board and other church

leaders in a Leadership/Focus group on Thursday night, July 25. The Group read and dis-

cussed a proposed Unification Document prepared by the Better Together Teams of Lake-

wood and Renew. The Document consisted of fifteen questions which had been answered

by both churches working to find common ground for unification. After considerable dis-

cussion and a number of questions, it was the unanimous feeling of the Group that the

proposal for unification should be presented to the Steering Board and congregation for

approval.

The Steering Board, meeting immediately following the Leadership/Focus Group gathering,

unanimously approved presenting the Document to the congregation for approval.

There will be a called meeting of our Lakewood congregation on Sunday morning, Au-

gust 11, 2019 at 9:30 am in the Fellowship Hall immediately following our Lakewood

8:30 am traditional worship service. The only item of business will be consideration

of the proposal for the unification of Lakewood Christian Church and the Renew

Church – Waco.

On Monday, July 29 a letter will be mailed to members of the congregation with a

copy of the Unification Document and information about Renew Church. This will give

everyone time to sort through the issues, look at the process and prepare in other

ways for the congregational meeting. After looking at the Document, if you have

questions or concerns you would like to talk about prior to the meeting, please get in

touch with Phil, Thad, Russell or me.

Sounds, sights and new smells are part of our daily life at Lakewood right now. The refur-

bishing of our Educational wing continues. Painting and new flooring have been done. Oth-

er improvements are coming. The smell of new paint is coming from Fellowship Hall. New

flooring is scheduled to be laid in the near future. A large crane has spent most of the

week in the sanctuary as a new sound system is being installed. A new commercial coffee

maker is being added to our kitchen. All of these improvements are being funded by Re-

new Church. We have also added a new commercial double oven in the kitchen at Lake-

wood’s expense.

Cleaning crews from Renew Church have worked with our Child Development Center staff

cleaning the Center area of our facilities so that space can be shared by CDC and Renew

during the week and on Sundays. We are pleased with the commitment Renew Church has

made to our Child Development Center. Wayne, Amy Nicholson and Kathy Cerceo are cur-

rently meeting regularly with our CDC Group that oversees the Center.

It is with regret that we announce the resignation of Patti Beaty as an Elder. Patti has

served very faithfully and we will miss her participation in this role at Lakewood.

Richard

CWF CORNER The Silent Tea letters have been mailed. If you wish to contrib-ute to our fundraiser, please use the envelope enclosed and drop it in the offering plate or mail it to the church office. Thank you, ladies! Hope you are enjoying the summer!

Sympathy:

Bernd Hirsch, Aletha George's Step-Father, died on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Graveside service was held, Monday, July 15 at 10:00 at the Rodef Sholom Cem-etery. Gwendolyn Hirsch, Aletha's mother, died in April, 2016.

We received the following note from Theresa Davies, our

Pattillo, Brown and Hill accountant:

“Friends from Lakewood. I cannot thank you

enough for your generosity. You helped me and my

daughter in our time of crisis and I’m eternally

grateful. Thank you. Juliet and Theresa.”

Theresa’s home burned on May 28. She and Juliet have just

this past week moved from a motel into an apartment

while their home is being repaired. Lakewood and others

shared love gifts with Theresa.

Mission Work The Lakewood Missions Team is accepting donations of school supplies for needy children at Tennyson Middle School. Please see the list of items needed below: (Supply List). Tennyson middle school 2019-2020 School supply list 6th grade

Pencils – 1 pkg of 12 Map colors – 1 pkg of 12 (full size) Markers – washable – 1 pkg of 8 or 10 Notebook paper – wide ruled - 2 pkgs of 100 Kleenex – 3 pack Composition books – 6 (2 elar, 2 sci, 1 ss, 1math) Folders with pockets and brads – 5 different colors Glue – 1 bottle and 2 sticks Construction paper – 1 package assorted colors Pens – blue or black and 2 red Hand sanitizer - pump 3” binder – any color Dividers for 3 ring binder (5 tab) Highlighters – any color – pkg of 2 Large expo markers – 4 any color Large pink eraser – 6 Ruler Pencil pouch (with holes to fit in the 3 ring binder) Crayola crayons – pkg of 24 Scissors – student pointed Index cards ruled pkg of 100 – 4 Post it notes – 1 pkg Backpack (without wheels)

Please turn your supply donations into the church office (Vonessa Barker) if you donate during the week, or into the plastic container marked school supplies at the front of the church, which Mission Team Members (Pat McFerrin & Bette Cook) will collect weekly.

Serving Schedule

JULY 28, 2019 COMMUNION PREP: Ila Jean Carothers Bette Cook

SCRIPTURE READER: Brooke Burgess

LOAF: Phil Roach

CUP/OFFERING PRAYER: Thad Barker

COUNTING TEAM: Jim Young Sue Lowry AUGUST 4, 2019 COMMUNION PREP: Lana Gilbert Dana Renschler

SCRIPTURE READER: Brad Forehand

LOAF: Phil Roach

CUP/OFFERING PRAYER: Rick Cross

COUNTING TEAM: Russell Scott Ken Carothers

Charles Beaty, Ethel Bid-dle, Buck Bigham, Jennifer Bost, Sunny Brous, Phyllis Chapman, David Coody, Elizabeth Cordero, Becky Cornett, Casey Daugherty, Earl Delaney, Betty Dun-gan, Vaughn Ermoian, Gary Fraser, Marian Fra-ser, Lana Gilbert, Jerred Glasgow, Jerry Hall, Family of Bernd Hirsch, Marietta Holcombe, Jerry Holley, Pam Huffstatler, Family of Bob Johnson, Billie Jorda, Ellen Julsen, Lonna Kin-caid, Family of Jack Law-son, Maddie Grace Light-sey, Gloria Martin, Bill Mathews, Dale Mautz, Jean McAtee, Pat McFer-rin, Lucretia Meer, Doris Mize, Family of Michael Murray, Tom Pardaen, Sandra Raley, Pat Rash, Jerry Stephens, Valerie Swiger, Bill Tobin, Ann Turner, Patrick Valentine, Melba Waldrop, Marlene Walker, Wayne West, Emily Wettland, Mike White

Happy Anniversary July 27-August 7

Mr. & Mrs. Earl Delaney-31st Mr. & Mrs. Buck Bigham-7th

Happy Birthday July 25-August 7

Nanette Chestnutt=29th David Strickland-29th

J.D. Grisham-6th

Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri Sat

25-Newsletter Steering Board 7:00 Fellowship Hall Closed

26 Fellowship Hall Closed

27 Fellowship Hall Closed

28 Sunday School 9:30 LCC Worship 10:30 Renew Worship 6:00 Renew Partner-ship Class 7:00

29 Fellowship Hall Closed

30 Men’s Bible Study (Sanctuary) 7:00am Fellowship Hall Closed

31 Renew Youth (Sanctuary) 5:30-7:30 Fellowship Hall Closed

August 1-Vonessa out of Office Quilters (SH) Classroom 9:30-3:00 Fellowship Hall Closed

2-Vonessa out of Office Women’s Minis-try Meeting (Sanctuary) 9:30 Fellowship Hall Closed

3 Fellowship Hall Closed

4 Sunday School 9:30 LCC Worship 10:30 Renew Worship 6:00 Fellowship Hall Closed

5 Fellowship Hall Closed

6 Men’s Bible Study (Sanctuary) 7:00am Fellowship Hall Closed

7 Renew Youth (outdoors) 5:30-7:30 Fellowship Hall Closed

8-Newsletter Quilters (SH) Classroom 9:30-3:00 Quilters (SIS) F Hall 9:30-3:00 Fellowship Hall Closed

9 Fellowship Hall Closed

10 Fellowship Hall Closed

11 LCC Worship 8:30 Congregational Meeting 9:30 Renew Worship 9:45 Renew Worship 9:45

12 Warm Hugs 1:30-4:00 HS Quilt Guild Board Meeting F Hall 6:00-8:00

13 Men’s Bible Study (Fellowship Hall) 7:00am

14 Renew Youth (Fellowship Hall) 5:30-7:30

15 Quilters (SH) Classroom 9:30-3:00 HS Quilt Guild Bazaar Bee 10:00-3:00

16 17 Foster Parent Meeting Forum Room 8:00-12:00

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