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UPDATE
July 3, 2012
WELCOME TO OUR CHURCH LIFE UPDATE EMAIL!!
There are many events and opportunities listed here. Because some of them repeat, we
have listed the new items first, under “New This Week.”
We hope that you will take advantage of the many ministries of First Christian Church of
Orange. Thanks, Dale and Olivia
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NEW THIS WEEK
CAMPFIRE Worship Service
July 2012 Calendar
Pastor’s Bible Study Continues
A Musical “Thank You” from Dean Shepherd
Missed July Birthdays or Anniversaries
Reference Book Missing
PUCK is July’s Bucket Change Recipient
Church Parking Lot Sale
FCCO Youth and Kids Summer Events
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CAMPFIRE Worship Service
Saturday, July 14, at 6:30 PM
Have you been to a CAMPFIRE service yet? If not- you need to come!
This service only works if you come and enjoy the fellowship that can
happen around a campfire. Invite your friends!
July’s service will focus on Clarice Friedline as she presents one of her
amazing female characters.
There will be no small groups.
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FCCO CALENDAR FOR JULY
Please see last page of email.
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PASTOR'S BIBLE STUDY CONTINUES
The Pastor's Bible Study will be held on Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. thru August 1.
(Note: No study on July 4.) As before, the text for the study will be the one to be read and
preached from on the following Sunday morning. In addition to the opportunity to explore the
text in depth, participants have found the Bible Study to connect with and understand Sunday's
message. Texts for the Bible study (and following week's sermon) are published on the front
page of the FCCO Website (www.fccorange.com) on Mondays. This coming week's text is
James 1:17-25. All are welcome!
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A MUSICAL THANK YOU TO
THE FCCO CHOIRS AND MUSICIANS
Dean Shepherd, Minister of Music
A BIG musical thank you to all the FCCO Choirs for an inspiring year of music making!
Kudos to Jazmine Harnishfeger and her Youth and Children's Choirs for providing fun and
musical moments throughout the year as well as a fabulously entertaining Variety Show!
Blessings to the Orange Pealers and Chancel Ringers for their expert ringing --- your
martellatos, thumb damps, ring touches, tower swings and singing bell techniques dazzled and
inspired us like Cirque du Soleil --- thank you!
Many thanks to the FCCO Chancel Choir for their weekly dedication to creating beautiful and
powerful music, everything from heart moving ballads to soul arousing, foot tapping upbeat
anthems of Praise! You bless all our lives in tangible and intangible ways!
A drumroll of thanks to the FCCO Band for instilling our songs, hymns and special anthems with
rhythmic and instrumental support, sparking them to life with color and rhythmic intensity!
As we move into this summer time of rest and refreshment, I would like to leave you with these
immortal words:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his/her hand.
(An Old Irish Blessing)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND/OR HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
We recently emailed our July Birthday and Anniversary list to everyone. We have received
information that updated our database to include:
Steve Reeley’s Birthday is July 20.
Edette Herron’s Birthday is July 25.
Sandy Reeley’s Birthday is July 25
Tom& Carol Roberts 48th Wedding Anniversary July 26.
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REFERENCE BOOK MISSING
Rev. Suggs' copy of The New Interpreter’s Bible, Volume I (Genesis-Leviticus), is missing.
The book jacket is primarily black with a green band and yellow lettering. If you have borrowed
this book or have seen it around campus, please inform the church office.
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JULY’S RECIPIENT OF OUR BUCKET CHANGE IS PUCK
Our own Tim and Angelique Ringgold are leaders in Pioneering
Unique Cures for Kids (PUCK) recognizes that curing a rare disease lacks
the mass appeal that brings with it public awareness and funding. As a
parent-driven initiative of Children's Cancer Research Fund, rare genetic
diseases now have a voice in the private sector to help support the limited
government funding available to these "orphan diseases."
By teaming up with the research team at the University of Minnesota, PUCK provides
research funding to the doctors and on-the-ground local support to the patients who are
together transforming incurable diseases into curable ones, one child, and one disease at a
time.
As you empty your pockets and purses at the end of your day, please remember that each
Sunday our Acolytes are at Sanctuary exits holding a bucket to receive your donations.
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ALL WOMEN OF THE CHURCH ARE INVITED FOR LUNCH
All FCCO women are invited to join the Disciples Women as they enjoy their summer break
by going to Lone Star Steakhouse in Tustin, for lunch on Thursday, July 12, at 11:30 AM.
Please RSVP to the church office.
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CHURCH PARKING LOT SALE IS JULY 14!!
Our Church Parking Lot Sale, to support our mission, Project HOPE School, will be
Saturday, July 14, 2012, from 7:00 am - 12:00 noon. We invite you to support this event by
participating in any of the following:
save and donate items for us to sell;
help sort items the week prior to the sale;
work the day of the sale (help with set-up, cashier,
supervise a table, direct traffic/parking);
loan us an E-Z Up for shade! (We need 4-5); and,
come browse and buy!
We are storing donated items in the church’s Multipurpose Room beginning July 1st.
Please contact Sandy Hansen by phone or email (sandyhansen63@gmail.com), if you can help
in any of the areas above. We would greatly appreciate your help!
Thank you! ~ Project HOPE School Team
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FCCO YOUTH & KIDS
YOUTH AND KID & FAMILY
SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Below is the list of Family Activities for this summer. Please see your “Summer E-mail” for
specific details.
Sunday August 12: Home Mission at FCCO
Sunday, August 19: Family Beach Party
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STUPENDOUS SUNDAYS
Stupendous Sundays are for Young Disciples and JYF throughout the summer. Below is
this summer’s schedule. All drop off and pick-up times are in the church parking lot. Friends
are welcome, but not covered by costs. See e-mailed schedule for more details.
Sunday, July 15: 1-3 at FCCO, Wet N Wild
Sunday, July 29: 1-4, Discovery Science Center
Sunday, August 12 (w/ Youth): 1-3, Home Mission
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2012 SUMMER CAMP DATES AT LOCH LEVEN
July 1 – 4 Mini Camp
July 8 - 14 Junior Camp
July 15 - 21 Chi Rho Camp
July 22 - 28 CYF I
July 29 - August 4 CYF II
August 17 - 19 Young Adult Camp
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
JULY 30-AUGUST 3
We are going to participate, again, in
Vacation Bible School with Harbor Christian
Church. This was a lot of fun last summer.
The registration form is available through the church office. They still need adults to help.
If you are interested, please let Olivia know. She will also need to know the number of kids
when it gets closer to time, so that we have enough drivers from FCCO to Harbor.
More details to follow!
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DISCIPLES WOMEN
STUDY GROUPS
All Disciples Women’s Study Groups are on hiatus for the summer and will return in
September. Keep watching for special events they will incorporate into their fun in the sun.
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ADULT LEARNING / SEARCHER’S CLASS
Classes are on break for the summer. We’ll let you know in plenty of time when we will
resume in the fall.
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SUNDAY NIGHT TOGETHER – TWO PIECES OF FRUIT
We invite you to support Sunday Night Together - just two pieces of fruit, brought to
church on the 4th Sunday morning (July 22), to help feed our homeless and hungry neighbors.
Multiply two pieces by each person in church...and we’ll have more than enough! And YOU will
be a part of helping with the meal. Cooler collection bags will be in the Narthex.
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FCCO Pastor Search Team
Our continued thanks to those called to be part of this important team, including Dan Oliver,
Chairperson, Shami Espinoza, Kevin Kamp, Rich Kempf, Becky Nelson, Cathy Perring,
Judy Row, Jim Ruby, Hazel Stover, and Kathy Vail.
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Your Strategic Plan Committee
We thank the ongoing hard work done by this committee: Bev Cramer, Ruth Raheb, Ellen
Reynolds, Mike Reynolds, Jim Ruby, Nanci Carol Ruby, Brian Shrout, Kathy Sorensen,
Gabe Spuckes, Olivia Updegrove, Dale Suggs, and Marc Harper.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
July 13-15, 2012 – General Conference of Disciples Men – "X-treme Faith Bold Action:
A Gathering of Disciples Men 2012," at Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia.
For registration information: http://www.gathering2012.org/
October 19-20, 2012 – 2012 PSWR Regional Assembly, “Tending the Garden,”
Bakersfield, CA. More information to follow.
July 13-17, 2013 - 2013 General Assembly, Orlando, FL. For General Assembly information:
http://www.disciples.org/GeneralAssembly/tabid/59/Default.aspx
June 25-29, 2014 – Disciples Women Quadrennial Assembly 2014, Atlanta, GA
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NOTE:
Dale's email: jdalesuggs@gmail.com
Olivia’s email: revoliviabryan@yahoo.com
Church Office: orange1st@fccorange.com
