The Christian Church of Midland Exists to Make More and Better Disciples

We have had a great start to 2016. God is blessing your efforts and answering your prayers. You are

inviting people to services, Bible Studies, and other activities. Thank you and keep it up.

This month we will start three new adult Bible Studies that will take place on Sunday Mornings. A

Study on the Old Testament character of Joseph will take place in the “Parlor” which is located in the Edu-

cation Wing. This Study will be led by two elders Cary Richmond and Dean Soderstrom. There will also

be a three week study on the Spiritual Discipline of Prayer that will be held in the sanctuary. Jim O’Banion

and I will lead that Study. Then starting on Sunday Morning, February 28, Jim and I will begin a Study on

“The Passions Events of the Easter Story.” These are great opportunities for you to invite a friend to join

you as we study together.

This month we will also have a Couples Seminar on Friday, February 19 and Saturday, February 20.

We will learn to communicate better by developing the Spiritual Discipline of prayer. This seminar is de-

signed for couples who are dating, newly married, or have been married for 50 years. I am excited about

this seminar. It will help couples and the Kingdom.

Great Job with the work day in January.

March will be exciting as we prepare for Easter.

Sunday March 13th the Dallas Christian College Choir will be with us during Sunday Morning Service.

More details will follow.

Good Friday Prayer Walk on March 25.

Easter Sunrise Service.

Special Easter Service.

I am glad that God called Lisa and me to Midland to work with you. I will see you this Sunday and re-

member, invite a friend.

Blessing,

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Christians are strange people. They do some peculiar

things. They are just different. Why are “they” like that?

Some of the things they do is not normal, but what they do

makes me think. Bring a guest as we explore: Why we,

love our Enemies, Forgive One Another, Believe the Bible,

and other topics that are strange in the eyes of the world.

3 PEOPLE 1 TIME A DAY FOR 6

DAYS

Pray For: Our Relationship

Our Conversation

Their Response

Prayer Card

When we have an emergency, we call 9-1-1. When we

want to dig in our yard, we call 8-1-1. When we need

information, we call 4-1-1. This year we want everyone

who comes to CCM to practice 1-1-1. At a minimum

we want you in:

1 hour of worship each week.

1 hour of Bible Study each week.

1 hour of Christian Service each week.

Please faithfully remember your Faith Promise contributions. Our Faith Prom-ise for 2016 is at $51,620.00.

Also continue to pray for our Missionaries:

Midland Soup Kitchen - Armando Alvarado (full support missionary) - Dallas Christian College

Colegio Biblico - Guadalupe Christian Camp - Gary & Coby Scott - Turkey

Jim & Teri Riley - Honduras - Casas por Cristo - Cookson Hills Christian Ministries

In 2016 we are adding Hippo Valley Christian Mission. http://www.hippovalley.org

February 7 February 14 February 21 February 28

Meditation

Communion Prayer

Closing Prayer

Gail Webb

Meditation

Communion Prayer

Closing Prayer

Bill Thurmon

Meditation

Communion Prayer

Closing Prayer

Dean Soderstrom

Meditation

Communion Prayer

Closing Prayer

Eddy Willmon

Servers **Eddie Taylor Cary Richmond

Quay Clark Eddy Willmon

*Gail Webb *Bill Thurmon

*Patrick Nelson

** Team Leader *Alternates

Servers **Alvino Robles

John Barkley Ken Brown

Richard Reynolds

*Dean Soderstrom *Jim O’Banion *Rick Green

Servers **Bill Thurmon Patrick Nelson

Gail Webb

*Eddie Taylor *Cary Richmond

*Quay Clark *Eddy Willmon

Servers **Rick Green

Dean Soderstrom Jim O’Banion

*Alvino Robles *John Barkley *Ken Brown

*Richard Reynolds

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For those who are shut-in or unable to attend church services, if you desire Communion, please contact the church office and we will make arrangements to have Communion brought to you.

Communion Preparation for February

Peggy Willmon

By Transfer: Ken & Kay Weaver 2404 Castleford Midland, TX 79705

We would like to thank Quay Clark for making the new

stable for our nativity display. It is absolutely beautiful,

perfect for what we were needing and he made it on such

short notice!

TOPS will be meeting at CCM on Thursday evenings. Our weighin is 5:30 to 6:30 pm, meeting 6:30 to

7:30. TOPS is a non-profit weight loss group, very afford-able. We are basically a support group for people who

would like to lose weight. We have both men and women in our group and would be glad for anyone to visit once with no obligation to join. For more information contact

Clara Gleghorn (432-694-8643) e-mail address clarag@mygrande.net

Wednesday Evening

(6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)

6:00 p.m. - Brown Bag Fellowship Meal. You are invited to bring

your meal and enjoy a time of fellowship before the Bible Studies.

(Please Note: The first Wednesday of each month we share a Potluck

meal.)

6:30 p.m. - Men's, Ladies, Jr. High & High School Bible Studies, and

Childcare.

Men’s Study

1 Corinthians: The Modern Church

Location: The Cave

Leader: Dean Soderstrom

Ladies Study

The ladies are doing the Bible study “The Best Yes” by Lysa

Terkeurst. The workbooks are provided.

Location: Sanctuary

Leaders: Various Ladies Leading

Jr. High & High School Study

Life Application Studies: How Christianity Is Different

Location: Jr. High Class Room

Leader: Lisa Knisley

Come and enjoy a time of fun, fellowship and learning.

1st Wednesday Potluck Meal The Monthly Potluck will be on Wednesday, February 3rd at 6:00

p.m. We will be having Hoagie sandwiches and sides.. There is a

sign up sheet on the large bulletin board in the hallway of the Educa-

tion Wing or you may e-mail beccam@ccofm.com to let her know

what you plan to bring. At 6:30 p.m. will be the Men's, Jr. High &

High School Bible Studies. The Ladies will have a short devotion and

will have their Monthly Ministry Meeting. Childcare is pro-

vided. Immediately following the Ladies Meeting, we will be packing

Valentine boxes for college students and Military personnel. Hope to

see you there!

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Sunday Morning Worship Nursery Helpers

1st Sunday - Faye Molone 2nd Sunday - Marilyn Nelson

3rd Sunday - Camille Reynolds 4th Sunday - Liz Richmond

5th Sunday - Linda Bradshaw

2’s - 5’s Children’s Worship 1st Sunday - Kay Soderstrom 2nd Sunday - Marsha Brown 3rd Sunday - Liz Richmond 4th Sunday - Marsha Brown 5th Sunday - Dana Nelson

Prayer: What is it? Location: Sanctuary

Time: Sundays 9:30 a.m. Leader: Steve Knisley

Joseph: A man of Character. Location: Parlor

Time: Sundays 9:30 a.m. Leader: Cary Richmond

Life of Jesus Location: The Garden - 1-3 grade

Leader: Liz Richmond

God’s Care Location: Room 103 - 4-6 grade

Leaders: Lauren Weerstra & Meghan O’Banion

Wednesday Evening Ladies Bible Study Please sign up to do a short devotion or to lead one

week of the Ladies Bible Study, “The Best Yes” by

Lysa Terkeurst. The sign-up list is on the large

bulletin board located in the Education Wing.

16 - Brian Taylor

19 - Pat Lusk

22 Gracie Nelson

23 - Georgia Pruitt

24 - Tom Dollahite

25 - Marsha Brown

26 - Avery Carroll

1 - Tom & Dorothy Dollahite

10 - Quay & Teresa Clark

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Plastic Grocery Bags We are collecting plastic grocery bags for the Midland Soup Kitchen. They use the bags for

people to take home bread and bakery goods that have been donated by H.E.B. Please put your

bags in the plastic container in the Fellowship Hall.

Box Tops for Education CCM is collecting Box Tops for Education for Cookson Hills, one of the missions supported

by The Christian Church of Midland. Cookson Hills provides Christ-Centered residential care,

education and therapeutic services for at-risk children ages 5-17. We recently mailed 250 box

tops to Cookson Hills! Thanks to everyone for their contributions.

Easy Ways to Help Heritage There are 2 easy ways that you can help Heritage Preschool. You can bring your empty ink

cartridges from your printer and place them in the basket in the Fellowship Hall. Dana Roepke

will turn these in to Office Depot. Also, whenever you purchase anything at Office Depot, you

can give them Dana Roepke’s home phone number, 687-3726. Credit from your purchases and

from the ink cartridges that are turned in will be put on a reward card for Heritage to use for

Bags of H.O.P.E. (Helping Others Persevere Everyday)

We are continuing to collect items for the “Bags of Hope” which we are donating to the Church

Under the Bridge for the homeless in Midland. Items needed are: bottles of water, socks, gum,

small packages of nuts, crackers or trail mix, beef jerky, applesauce, pudding cups, band aids,

lip balm, lotion, sunscreen, Kleenex, hand sanitizer, mouthwash, and baby wipes. Things that

should not be included: soap, shampoo, crunchy granola bars, candy, or sticky food. Thank-

you for your help with this outreach project!

Church Under the Bridge - Saturday, February 13, 2016

Church Under the Bridge is a ministry outreach to the homeless in Midland. CCM will be

preparing breakfast for the Church Under the Bridge on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Meet

at the Church Building at 8:00 a.m. If you would like to help or have any questions, please

contact Dana Nelson 432-269-6090. Also needed: zero degree sleeping bags.

Refreshments for Sunday Morning There is a sign-up sheet on the large bulletin board in the Education Wing for anyone who

would like to help provide refreshments on Sunday morning during the fellowship time from

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., prior to Sunday School. Muffins, donuts, sweet bread, fruit, etc. or any

items that you would like to provide would be great.

Prayer Request If you have a prayer request, we would love to pray for you! Members of The Christian Church of Midland are available thru e-mail contacts to pray on a moments notice. Please e-mail your request to Becca,

the church secretary, @ beccam@ccofm.com or call her at 684-7681. Becca is in the office Monday - Thursday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. For prayer requests on Friday after-

noons, evenings and weekends, please call Kay Soderstrom @ 432-687-1115 (home) or 432-770-8028 (cell) or you may

e-mail her at soderstrom21@gmail.com

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Senior Saints Luncheon Another record turnout of 19 seniors enjoyed a great luncheon on Friday, January 8th at The Garlic

Press.

Those attending were Bill & Carmen Thurmon, Steve, Lisa & Peyton Knisley, Henry & Joleen

Patke, Maria Friesen, Eddy & Peggy Willmon, Eddie Taylor, Sue Wray, Kathy Williams, Bob &

Alma Blazek, Faye Malone, Sandy Patri, Dave Bradley, and Georgia Pruitt.

Our February destination will be Alldredge Gardens at the intersection of Wadley and

Fairgrounds. See everyone on Friday, February 5th around 11:10 a.m.

Valentine Boxes We will be packing Valentine boxes for our College and Military Personnel on Wednesday,

February 3rd, immediately following the Ladies Monthly Meeting. Please bring gum, playing

cards, puzzles, individually wrapped candy (not chocolate), pens, pencils, small notepads, micro-

wave popcorn; individual Crystal Light packets, Hot Chocolate packets, individual snack foods

(goldfish - ritz - oreos, etc) to CCM by Wednesday, February 3rd. There is a box in the Fellowship

Hall for the items. We are also needing money for postage, as well as names and addresses of any

College &/or Military Personnel so that we can send them a box. You may give the postage

money, names and addresses to Linda Bradshaw, Dana Roepke or Becca McGill. Thank You!

Ask The Elders

Wednesday, February 10 at 6:30 p.m. we will have a service where you can ask the Elders any

questions concerning doctrine or direction. We will meet at 6:00 p.m. for our ‘Brown Bag” dinner

then at 6:30 p.m. we will meet in the Sanctuary where we will “Ask The Elders.” If you have a

question please submit it in writing, by Sunday, January 31st. You may submit your questions to

any Elder or through the church office.

Dallas Christian College Choir

A group from DCC (36-38 people) will be coming to Midland, March 12 & 13, the last weekend of

Spring Break. We will be needing volunteers to house and feed Saturday evening and provide

lunch Sunday. They will be helping with Sunday morning Services and leaving for home after

church.

Couples Seminar

Friday, February 19, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Saturday, February 20, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lunch will be

provided on Saturday.

Learn five new prayer techniques.

Learn how to communicate better communicate with your spouse.

Strengthen your marriage.

Strengthen the church.

Please let Kay Soderstrom know at soderstrom21@gmail.com if you plan to utilize childcare at

the church for the Couples’ Seminar.

Heritage Preschool Is needing large, empty Kleenex boxes and shoe boxes for the children to make Valentine boxes.

Please bring this to the Fellowship Hall by Sunday, February 7th. Thanks!

THE OASIS

Christian Church of Midland

2608 Neely

Midland, TX 79705

432-684-7681

Website: www.ccofm.com Steve Knisley, Minister

Our Sunday Worship Times Are:

9:00 a.m. Refreshments & Fellowship Time

9:30 a.m. Sunday School

10:30 a.m. Worship Service

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1 2 Elders Meeting 6:30 p.m.

3 1st Wednesday Potluck, Men’s, Ladies, Jr. High & High School Bible Study & Childcare

4 5 Senior Saints Luncheon

6

7 Regular Service

8 Visitation 6:30 p.m.

9 Board Meeting 6:30 p.m.

10 Men's, Ladies, Jr. High & High School Bible Study & Childcare

11 12 13 Church Under The Bridge Breakfast

14 Regular Service

15 Visitation 6:30 p.m.

16 17 Men's, Ladies, Jr. High & High School Bible Study & Childcare

18 19 Couples Seminar 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

20 Couples Seminar 8:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.

21 Regular Services

22 Visitation 6:30 p.m.

23 24 Men's, Ladies, Jr. High & High School Bible Study & Childcare

25 26 27

28 Regular Services

29 Visitation 6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Elders for 2016

Jim O’Banion * Dean Soderstrom * Cary Richmond

Steve Knisley * Gail Webb

Deacons for 2016

Eddie Taylor * Bill Thurmon

Eddy Willmon * Alvino Robles