the
CALLER
April 24, 2016
In This Issue
Remember in Prayer
Serving in the Military
Prayer Requests, 4/10 & 17
Daily Devotionals
New Member
Recipes
Change of Address
Sr. Adults
Statistics
Summer Camp
Meetings this week
Warm Clothing
Crop Walk
Bread for the World
Love Fullerton
We Get Letters
Habitat for Humanity
CareerWise
Mission Report from Chile
Serving Sunday
The Caller
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weekly
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by
First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
109 E. Wilshire Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92832
714.525.5525
email:
[email protected]
www.fullertonfirstchristian.org
Interim Pastor:
Rev. Dale Suggs
Editor:
Donna Woodbridge
Webmaster:
Lisa Parks
Issue 16
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April 24: Fifth Sunday of Easter CROP Hunger Walk
8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service
9:00 A.M. -Adult Sunday School, Chapman Lounge
10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service, Rev. Don Dewey Preaching
1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary, FH, classroom
2:00 P.M. Sunnycrest Worship Service
April 25:
6:30 P.M. OT Class @ Donnas
7:00 P.M. Trustees Meeting in Choir Room
7:00 P.M. Casa uses Chapman Lounge
April 26:
6:00 P.M. Cal Nurses Association, Room 101B
6:30 P.M. - Bible Study @ Barrys
7:00 P.M. - Casa uses Youth Room, 104 A & B
April 27:
7:00 P.M. - Council of Elders Business Meeting, CL
April 28: Tri Tip - Casa
6:30 P.M. - Bell Choir Rehearsal
7:30 P.M. - Chancel Choir Rehearsal
April 30: Love Fullerton Day
9:00 A.M. 8:00 P.M. Casa uses Fellowship Hall
May 1: Sixth Sunday of Easter
8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service
9:00 A.M. -Adult Sunday School, Chapman Lounge
10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service
1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary, FH, classrooms
May 2:
6:30 P.M. OC Chrysanthemum Society Meeting, Chapman Lounge
May 3:
6:30 P.M. - Bible Study @ Barrys
7:00 P.M. - Casa uses Youth Room, 104 A & B
May 4:
5:30 P.M. - Hot Meal Ministry Team C
May 5: Dale gone through May 8; Tri Tip, Team 1
8 AM. 2 P.M. 8 P.M. Cal Nurses Assn.; Room 101A
1:00 P.M. Sr. Book Club, Chapman Lounge, Barbara Fenters, Hostess
7:30 P.M. Choir Rehearsal
May 6:
10:00 A.M. Speakers League, Room 107
12:30 P.M. For His Glory. Chapman Lounge
AA Groups: Sun. 8 P.M., Rm. 107; Thursday, 8 P.M., FH;
Friday, 7:30 P.M., FH; Sat. 8:30 P.M., FH
Al-Anon: Fri. Noon, Rm. 101A NA: Tues. 7:30 P.M.,
OA: Sunday, 10:30 A.M., Room 107, Tues, 7 P.M., Room 101A
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Remember in Prayer
Continue to pray for: Gary Bacon,
Kevin Wilbur, Dottie Bense, Amanda Borden,
Sandra Brown, Jack Doughty, Lorna & Skip
Farnum, Sharon Hatton, Carolyn Kenrick,
Terry Knott, Colleen Langston, Flora Miller,
Janet Parker, Kristine Perry, Norma Rill,
Betty Rollo, the family of Gayle Shoepf,
Claudia Tammen, Willie West and Bob &
Donna Vannoy.
Please pray for the following PSWR
Churches, Regional Office and General
Church:
Casa De Oracin
For Those Serving in the
Military
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
General Church; Sharon Watkins,
General Minister & President
Lt. Cmdr. Patrick OConner, Betty Rollos
grandson-in-law, who is stationed at Hanford, CA
Lt. Patrick Rollo, Betty Rollos grandson,
who is stationed in Hawaii
PFC Brandon Vannoy, grandson of Bob &
Donna Vannoy, has returned from Afghanistan.
Michael J. Borden, Chief, Nancy Geigers
grandson, in Norfolk, VA
Brandon Johnson, Army Chaplain,
Mariette Linbergs cousin, Chaplain, at Fort Hood,
TX
Lt. Austen Packer, Laura Lee Wiggins
friend, at Oceana, NAS, in Virginia
Lt J.G. Kip Packer, friend of Laura Lee
Wiggins, has been deployed to Moron, Spain.
Pvt. Kash Cross, Ted & Sammies grandson,
deployed to Korea for a year
Mjr. Christopher Evans, cousin of Annie
Fraters who is serving in Seoul, Korea.
Pvt 2. Melody Martinez, home on leave and
will be stationed soon in Tyler, TX
PFC David Radcliffe, friend of the
Robidouxs in South Korea
Prayer Requests, April 10 & 17, 2016
Week of April 25 May 1, 2016
201 Fir Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Xose Escamilla
Pacific Southwest Region
Don & Susan Dewey, Co-Regional ministers
various
Prayers for Sibyl Dittberner on
the passing of her brother.
various
Prayers for Edee Stahnke as she
recovers from hip surgery.
Alice (4/10)
Prayers for sister, Jane, who is
Maraj
in the hospital with an
infectious disease.
Don
Has been evicted and needs a
(4/10)Cordill place to live
Rod & Jan
Prayers for Maxine Johnson,
Farley (4/10) one of our Fullerton Firefighter
family, had brain surgery a
week ago and is not doing well.
Monday, April 25: Reading: Psalm 67;
Pray for the Trustees Meeting in Choir
Room this evening.
Tuesday, April 26: Reading: Acts 16:9-12; Pray
for the Mens Bible Study at Barrys tonight.
Wednesday, April 27: Reading: Acts 16: 13-15;
Pray for the Council of Elders Business
Meeting tonight in Chapman Lounge. This is
an open meeting, all are welcome.
Thursday, April 28: Reading: John 14: 21-24;
Pray for Global Ministries Missionary, Elena
Huegel, in Chile.
Friday, April 29: Reading: John 14: 25-29; This
is National Arbor Day. Let us remember and
think about ways to preserve trees.
Saturday, April 30: Reading: Rev. 21:10, 22-27;
Pray for the thousands of Fullertonians serving
at Love Fullerton today and the thousands
serving in four of our neighboring cities today.
Sunday, May 1: Reading: Rev. 22: 1-5; May is
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Let
us keep our brothers and sisters in prayer.
Welcome New Member
Please welcome our
newest member, Lyn Smith,
who joined on April 17. Please add her to your
directory: Lyn Smith
1216 Nutwood Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92831
Change of Address:
Please make the following
changes of address in your
directory also:
Gary Bacon & Kevin Wilbur
345 Bridgelake Drive Sp #36
Placentia, CA 92870
Marj Schwenker
Bradford Square
1180 N. Bradford Avenue # 216
Placentia, CA 92870
Recipes Wanted!
We want to share those
recipes! You can submit your
recipe by sending it via email to
[email protected] or put it in the small
basket on the Coffee Cart on Sunday. We
would love for you to share a story about your
recipe.
Thank you for supporting us!
Laura Schaffell & The Hospitality Team
Sunday Statistics
April 10, 2016
92 (Remember Service)
5 (Reawaken Service) 120 (Casa 1 P.M. service)
Weekly Giving: $3,139.04
Missions: $348.78
Budget Goal: $3,777
Pathways of Hope: $10
Reconciliation: $5
April 17, 2016
98 (Remember Service)
5 (Reawaken Service) 140 (Casa 1 P.M. service)
Weekly Giving: $2,408.40
Missions: $267.60
Budget Goal: $3,777
Pathways of Hope: $10
Adopt-a-child: $20
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Sr. Adults Met on April 19
The Senior Adult
Ministry gathered this past
Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at noon. Twenty-one
of us gathered to hear from Cambria FindleyGrubb our guest speaker for the day.
Cambria has been with UNICEF on a
one-year fellowship and spoke to us about
The Refugee and Migrant Crisis, UNICEFs
work in Syria. With pictures and mindblowing statistics she brought us up-to-date on
the refugee problem in the world and more
specifically in Syria. She told us there are 30
million children in the world who are fleeing
conflicts in the world today and that there are
more people on the move now than since
WW II. The good news was that UNICEF is
making a difference. With their immunization
efforts Polio is soon to be declared eradicated
in the world. Food, water, education and
human trafficking are other areas where they
are making a difference. UNICEF WORKS IN
MORE THAN 190 COUNTRIES AND
TERRITORIES TO PUT CHILDREN FIRST.
We are thankful that Cambria is always so
willing to speak to us about the work she is
doing since graduating from Chapman.
We meet next month, May 17, 2016, at
noon in Chapman Lounge. Continuing with
information of unrest in the world our speaker
for that day will be Rev. Susan GonzalesDewey our regional co-pastor. In March,
Susan with a delegation of church leaders from
the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and
the United Church of Christ and in conjunction
with Global Ministries, traveled on a
pilgrimage to the Middle East. Susan will
share with us her reflections on that trip.
We enjoy much fellowship and have
outstanding programs each month, and if you
havent attended before or in a while try to
come next month.
Meetings This Week
Trustees Meeting, Monday, April 25,
7:00 p.m., in the Choir Room.
Council of Elders, Wednesday, April 27,
7:00 p.m. in Chapman Lounge. This is
quarterly business meeting that is open to the
membership of FCCF.
2016 Summer Camp
Schedule
CYF II - June 26 - July 2 -Entering
Grades 11, 12, and 2015 Graduates:
$355 before May 13; $380 after
Chi Rho - July 3 - July 9 - Entering Grades 7 8:
$355 before May 20; $380 after
CYF I - July 10 - July 16 -Entering Grades 9 10:
$355 before May 27; $380 after
Mini - July 17 - July 20 - Entering Grades 2 3:
$260 before June 3; $285 after
Wee (Parent/Child) - July 21 - July 23 - Age 3 Entering 1st Grade: $200 pair
Junior - July 24 - July 30 - Entering Grades 4 6:
$355 before June 10; $380 after
Call for Clothing
We are in desperate need of
clothing, mens, womens mostly,
especially new socks and shoes. So
if you havent done your spring cleaning, now
is the time. We will be collecting clothing
every Sunday to distribute at our Hot Meal
Ministry each month. Next Hot Meal Ministry
is May 4. Look for the large container in the
Narthex. Your donations are greatly
appreciated by the guests at the meal.
Thanks,
Phil Forbes
Its Happening On Sunday
The annual Fullerton
CROP Hunger Walk will take
place this Sunday, April 24, at 1 P.M.
Walkers from many congregations in Fullerton
will leave the Plaza at 1 P.M.to walk a route of
about 3 miles in length down to Orangethorpe,
west to Highland, back north to Chapman,
with a slight detour to go by Pathways of
Hopes Food Distribution Center, then east on
Chapman to Harbor and back to the Plaza.
We already know that $1795 has been
pledged to the members of our team online
and others have their own collections. If youd
like to support a walker, or more than one of
them, be sure to seek them out on Sunday to
give them your gift in the form of a check,
payable to CWS/CROP, or a cash contribution.
before they turn in their donor envelopes
between Noon and 12:50 P.M. Our walkers are:
Jennine Martinez, Helena Baxter-Herrera,
Phil Forbes, Kathy Thompson, Donna &
Barry Woodbridge, Ed Linberg, Alice Maraj,
Rico Sanchez, Mark Matthew, Amy Styffe,
and Emily Steward-Styffe. Proceeds from this
years Fullerton CROP Hunger Walk will be
divided, as usual, on a 75/25 basis. Church
World Service will receive 75% of the total
raised, while Pathways of Hope, the local
ministry serving homeless and hungry people
will receive 25% Either way, your gifts in
support of the 2016 Fullerton CROP Hunger
Walk will help people who are in need,
whether here in Orange County or around the
world! We are grateful to our walkers who are
raising funds and to all of you who have
already given to support a walker, as well as
and to those of you who will yet do so!
The Outreach Ministry
Love Fullerton
Opening festivities at
8 A.M. will begin the day, April 30, which
includes free food and vendors followed by
an opening rally at 9 A.M. on the plaza at
Harbor and Wilshire Ave (121 E. Wilshire
Ave). After the brief rally, volunteers will
connect with project leaders for final
instructions and head off to work by 9:30 a.m.
Then at 12:30 P.M. we will gather back together
at Fullerton College and enjoy lunch together.
This year five (Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park,
Fullerton, & Placentia) cities will gather
together to celebrate a great day.
Donna
We Get Letters . . .
In a letter addressed to
Dale Suggs, Sharon Ellis,
President/CEO of Habitat for
Humanity of Orange County wrote:
Thank you for supporting strength,
self-sufficiency and stability through shelter.
With First Christian Church of
Fullertons gift of $1,000, received on Monday,
March 28, 2016, families, children and veterans
have a safe place to live, grow and thrive. We
appreciate your continued support through the
weekly Tri-Tip sales in your faith community.
The full text of this letter is posted on
the bulletin board for everyone to read.
Thanks to everyone who worked on
the Tri-Tip Project during 2015.
Your work as a team enabled us to
make this gift of Habitat for Humanity of
Orange County.
The Outreach Ministry
Good New!
Eric Mitchell, Director of
Government Relations, of Bread for
the World sent this message to on April 15.
We are overjoyed by the support
shown for the Global Food Security Acts in the
House of Representatives this week. Thanks to
YOU, 370 of your representatives voted yes in
support of efforts by the U.S. Government for
food security around the world.
There is still work to do on this bill in
the Senate, but we are getting closer to the
Global Food Security Act becoming law. Tell
your representative in the House, assuming he
or she voted yes, that their support has
brought us one step closer to ending global
hunger, malnutrition and extreme poverty.
David Beckman, President of Bread
for World, sent this e-mail on Thursday.
More good news to share! Yesterday,
the Senate passed its version of the Global
Food Security Act (S. 1252) by voice vote with
strong, bipartisan support. This win, on the
heels of the Houses passage of the bill last
week, gets us closer to making Feed the Future
permanent, helping build global food security
for years to come.
To call the House of Representatives
dial 800-826-3588 or the Senate at 800-862-3688.
Ask for your representatives office to find out
how he/she voted on the Global Food Security
Act, (H.R. 1567) and if they voted yes, tell
them you are grateful for their support for this
bill. Members of Congress usually get more
negative responses than positive ones, so
heres an opportunity for each of us to let those
who voted yes to know we appreciate what
theyve done on behalf of hungry people
around the world.
FYI, the Outreach Ministry is making
plans for the 2016 Offering of Letters,
sponsored by Bread for the World. More
details will be coming soon about this years
Offering of Letters. Also, look for the certificate
of our partnership with Bread for the World
which is posted on the bulletin board.
The Outreach Ministry
Habitat for Humanity
CareerWise 2nd Annual Clothing Exchange
Sunday, April 24th - 5:30-9:30 P.M.
CareerWise is a Fullerton grassroots charity to help homeless people obtain training and job
placement. This charity is helping those who want to help themselves. Please share and invite your
friends, the more people the more fun and funds! Your friends will thank you for such a fun event
and for all the new clothes they come home with.
Clean out your closet and bring jewelry, hair accessories, purses, shoes, even beauty products,
anything in decent shape that someone else may enjoy. Bag it up and bring it on over between 5:30
6 pm. We will help you with the rest. There is no rule about how much or little to bring.
The actual exchange starts at 7 p.m. so dont be late. The leftover clothes will be donated to a
charity in need. If you cant make the party, you can always donate at careerwiseservices.org.
Bring clothes, purses, jewelry and accessories you dont wear anymore.
Entry donation $20 cash, check or credit card.
Of course well accept more donations for the rafes,
50/50 drawing and silent auctions. Bring a snack if you'd like to contribute. Bring wine, beer, or drink of your choice Bring a big bag to put all your new clothes in.
Location is at the Fullerton TNG Ofce 2830 N. BREA BLVD, FULLERTON CA 92835
CAREERWISE IS A NONPROFIT -TAX ID: 45-5305534
[email protected]714-515-2070
Mission Report from Chile by Elena Huegel
The Wee Waltz - a metaphor for mission
The Spanish word acompaamiento and the core value mutuality made me
think of Carolina Fernndez, my former Sunday School student from Paraguay who
is now coordinating a project called Landfillharmonic where young people are taught
to make and play classical musical instruments (violins, cellos, and flutes) from garbage. Her life is a
living example of acompaamiento. She spent New Year's Eve with me at the Shalom Center retreat,
where we lay on the look-out over the waterfall and watched the "natural fireworks" of shooting stars
and moonrise. I asked her to share her vision and calling of mutuality or acompaamiento. This is
how she answered.
"At camp we have a favorite dance called the Wee Waltz. I don't know where it is from, exactly,
but I guess from some European country. Whenever I think of my calling to walk alongside others, I
think of this dance that I was taught at the Jack Norment Camp in Paraguay when I was a young
child. I have used the same dance to teach the young musicians in our Landfillharmonic program
about acompaamiento."
At the beginning of the dance, we greet each other face to face. So also begin our relationships.
We stretch out from our own space and hold hands. When the music starts, we must adjust our
rhythm to that of the other person and we are aware that we are also coordinating with an entire
community dancing around us. Sometimes we lead our partner and sometimes we follow. We
struggle to adjust our individual rhythm to that of our partner as well as the whole community. At
one point in the dance, we move into our partner's space and dance from his or her place, but we are
still ourselves and we have shared our own space, too. We respect each other's space, but we also
connect holding hands. We are anxious and nervous, trying not to step on each other, miss a beat, or
forget the pattern. We laugh feeling a little silly. But everyone else laughs too. Everyone else makes
mistakes and it is ok. We are vulnerable in our clumsy attempts toward gracefulness, reminding each
other to not count "one, two, three" out loud.
In another part of the dance, we change partners. We must let go and adjust again, learning to
be flexible and the pattern comes more easily. We change partners with more and more ease, until we
return to our original partner and discover we have both learned. We dance better because we have
been with others, and we have each grown in our individuality as well as flexibility. We celebrate our
growing capacity, we stumble less, we are less tense and begin to enjoy the flow of the dance.
In acompaamiento there is a strong physical and spiritual sensation of being in the presence
of another person. To walk alongside is not only an emotional or intellectual exercise.
Acompaamiento is the experience of being formed and transformed by dancing with another
person, within the circle of a community, to then take the beauty and grace of that dance to all the
other spaces and times where we are called to be present. Acompaamiento mutuality is the way we
let others know they do not dance alone and we are reminded that we, too, receive the gift of the
presence of others."
Elena Huegel serves with the Pentecostal Church of Chile (IPC). She serves as an environmental and Christian
education specialist. Her appointment is made possible by your gifts to Disciples Mission Fund.
First Christian Church
109 E. Wilshire Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832
Reawaken (Early Worship Service) Sunday, 8:00 A.M.
Adult Sunday School: 9:00 A.M.
Remember (Traditional Worship Service) Sunday, 10:15 A.M.
Childrens Sunday School Infants through 12 years old, 10:00 a.m.
Sunnycrest Worship Service: Fourth Sunday of every month 2:00 P.M.
Youth Group: Sunday, 1:00 P.M.
First Christian Church . . .
Where encounters with God are not only ordinary,
theyre extraordinary!
Where invitations not only happen on occasion,
they happen on every occasion.
Where not only minds grow in knowledge,
hearts grow in faith.
Serving April 24, 2016
Greeter: Ada Rodman
Guest Book: Phil Forbes
Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry
Acolyte Parent: Baxter
Sound & Video: Travis Robidoux
Lay Leader: Sherry Herrera
Childrens Moment: Marguerite Beal
Elders: Nancy Malotte, Pat Vannoy Sr.,
Randy Langston
Elder Count with Luanne: Sherry Herrera
Diaconate: Leslies Team
Prepare: Randy Langston, Lisa Parks
Ushers: Sue Harless, MikeVaughan
Serve: Leslie Beck, Sue Harless, Randy
Langston, Laura Schaffell, David Styffe,
Mike Vaughan
Clean Up: Leslie Beck, Lisa Parks, David
Styffe
Serving May 1, 2016
Greeter: Kathy Wright
Guest Book:
Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry
Acolyte Parent: Angulo
Sound & Video: Paul Robidoux
Lay Leader: Barry Woodbridge
Childrens Moment: Luanne Bailey
Elders: PJ Vannoy, Lin Garcia, Mike
Vaughan
Elder Count with Luanne: Dorothy Keech
Diaconate: Randys Team
Prepare:
Ushers:
Serve:
Clean Up:
