FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Greensburg, PA
The Bible is taught and
Communion is offered every Sunday.
All Christians are welcome at the Lord's Table.
Our children & youth participate in a number of activities.
Christian Women's Fellowship is a mission/fellowship organization of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
CWF: Wednesday, June 10, 7 pm. The CWF will be Installing its 2009-2010 officers at this meeting. Rev. Renny Domske will be doing the service and the hostesses will be the outgoing officers.
Thank you to everyone who donated to the Bakeless Bake sale. $1,048 dollars was raised which will go toward maintenance at Camp Laurelview.
Our Christian Women's Fellowship is active in a number of functions and ministries in our congregation and meet monthly for study, planning, & fun.
Christian Woman's Fellowship meet first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Who belongs to CWF?
If you are a member or friend of First Christian Church,
and you are a woman, then you belong to CWF. Please Join Us.
A LOOK AT CWF
The Christian Women's Fellowship Purpose: To provide opportunities for spiritual growth, enrichment, education, and creative ministries to enable women to develop a sense of personal responsibility for the whole mission of the Church of Jesus Christ.
Through their participation in CWF, our women continue to make a difference in the lives of women in our own church and throughout the world. Want to know more?
Christian Men's Fellowship meets on the second Saturday of each month at 8 am
CMF will meet on Saturday, June 13 at 8 am. Followed by a work day here at the church. (see front page for details)
Who belongs to CMF?
If you are a member or friend of First Christian Church,
and you are a man, then you belong to CMF. Please Join Us.
Are you 50 or older and young-at-heart? Join the Young-At-Heart Group the first Wednesday of each month.
This vital group, one of the most active groups in our congregation, meets each month for a delicious dinner and program. A free-will offering is received, and transportation is provided (call the church office).
They provide valuable help for our various ministries.
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The Christian Workers meet the third Friday of every month for fun and fellowship. This past year, we enjoyed a pizza party, two plays at the Apple Hill Theater - Leading Ladies and Lucky Stiff - followed by ice cream treats at Kings Restaurant. For our summer outing, we spent a day in the Laurel Highlands starting with miniature golf at Caddy Shack followed by visits to Camp Laurelview, Penn Scenic Tower, Que-Creek Miners rescue site and lunch at Oakhurst Tea Room Our Christmas Luncheon was at Teddy's Restaurant with an afternoon of games and refreshments at the home of Bob and Audrey Hull. We donated funds for memorial flowers, Easter and Christmas Baskets, Operation Santa Claus and Equipment for Laurelview We invite you to come and share our fellowship. On June 6 we will be attending the play “A Bench In The Sun” at St. Vincent College. They will meet at the college auditorium at 7:30 pm |
Choir
Want to join the choir?
Everyone
is welcome!
Come join
the
choir and sing praises to our Lord.
Choir
Practice
every Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m
and Sunday @ 9:30 a.m.
Choir
practice is at 7 pm on Wednesdays. If you are interested in
joining them, please come to practice and see Steve.
Dr. Steve Whisdosh, Organist/Choir Director
BIBLE STUDY
Come to the Wednesday
Family Nite.
COOKIES
ON COOKIE DAY
The first Sunday each month is Cookie Day
for
Meals on Wheels! Several of our members volunteer for this
program.
If you are interested in helping, call Audrey Hull. On the first Sunday of each month, FCC seeks to provide at least 6 dozen cookies for this worth while program. Bring a dozen or two Sunday. Drop them off in the kitchen. Plan to be a regular cookie person month by month!
TRI-COUNTY CMF
Men of three counties in Southwest
PA meet together four
times a year. They meet for fellowship and inspiration, and to
raise
funds for ministerial student scholarships.
Jingle Bells, Ghoulish howls, Turkeys on a tray. Whatever happened to a single holiday? Sorry about that attempt to write poetry. On a recent visit to Macy's I couldn't help noticing that they had a Halloween display, a Thanksgiving display and you guessed it, a Christmas display. Whatever happened to celebrating one holiday at a time. Is it commercialism or a lack of a spiritual identity? Thanksgiving and Christmas didn't start out as “sellebrations”. I don't know how Halloween fits in but I do know that Thanksgiving and Christmas mean a lot to us Christians.
Christian outreach is about finding the spiritual meaning in “our” Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. For us these are happy times to thank God for our blessings, share and celebrate the birth of our Savior and share our spiritual joy and material blessings. Please keep these thoughts in mind as we as a congregation, we commit to our outreach holiday efforts.
Kudos to all of you for your terrific support for our Thanksgiving Dinner Outreach project. As you all know we are taking a little different approach this year and it seems to be working! If this were football I'd say we are ahead in the second quarter with an imposing opponent and a long half to play. We are working hard and if we are to win (feed twenty families for three holidays) we must keep our focus and push toward victory! Go team, GO! Depending on when you read this newsletter, November 15th is cake mix, frosting and boxed stuffing. November 23 we will shop for perishables and sort and deliver them on the 24th and 25th.
KinCare, the ParentWISE program for intergenerational families is up and running at our church. Coordinator Julie Cawoski is very optimistic that this will become an important community benefit. Their third meeting will be Thursday, November 12th. If you wish additional information about this program you may call Julie at (724) 837-5410, extension 701, Renny at church or me at (724) 216-3846. There are flyers available on the table in the narthex.
It's November and Thanksgiving may be still ahead of us but it's also time to tell you about our exciting Christmas outreach plans. There are a couple of new things that we hope will become First Christian traditions. Lieutenant Brian Salvation Army Lieutenant Brian has asked our congregation be Bell Ringer volunteers. Let's buddy up, form teams and get this done the First Christian way. Hmmm, I'm seeing some creative possibilities; let's have some fun with this!
Would you like to put some children in your Christmas holiday? Well, we've got just what you need. This year we are adding a Children's Choir program called the First Annual Christmas Blessings Concert to our church holiday traditions. Bethany (Ball) Cirota and her colleague, Mia Evangelist will be directing their children's choir from the Maestro Minds School. The concert will benefit the Westmoreland County Food Bank. The suggested admission is five dollars and a non-perishable food item or paper product. Put Friday, December 11 at 7PM on your holiday calendar
As in the past we are also planning to supply dinners and gifts for the ParentWISE kids and the Welcome Home Shelter. Alice Mankie will be again direct our gifting for “Threshold”, a facility for challenged adults. As usual we have a busy holiday season planned that I believe will be successful, joy filled and very rewarding. Christianity and growing old ain't for wimps! We can't avoid growing old and as Christians we can't avoid our outreach mission. It's a special time of the year when we get to share our Christian joy and spread our happy message.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
I'd like to thank you all for your continuing generosity and special thanks to our Outreach Team.
Gotta love ya'll! Ken and Lynn Cutway
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PASTOR'S CLASS
The
2009 Pastor’s Class is underway! We have a strong group this year, and
together
we are learning the basics of the Christian faith, and the history and
traditions
of our particular ‘flavor’ of faith – the Christian Church (Disciples
of
Christ). Class members will be invited to join with our church on
Easter
Sunday, April 11, by baptism or – if previously baptized – by
reaffirmation
of faith/transfer of membership. If you are interested, and
missed
the first session, talk to Pastor Tracy, who will be happy to help you
catch
up!
While Pastor’s Class attendance is not required for membership, it is strongly recommended for prospective and current members who wish to learn more about how we understand and live out our Christian faith. “We call ourselves Disciples”…come and explore with us what that means!
Outreach Mission
Ken and Lynn Cutway, Cindy Ball, Dawn Gabriel, Alice Mankie and Tracy
Munden Jingle Bells, Ghoulish howls, Turkeys on a tray. Whatever happened to a single holiday? Sorry about that attempt to write poetry. On a recent visit to Macy's I couldn't help noticing that they had a Halloween display, a Thanksgiving display and you guessed it, a Christmas display. Whatever happened to celebrating one holiday at a time. Is it commercialism or a lack of a spiritual identity? Thanksgiving and Christmas didn't start out as “sellebrations”. I don't know how Halloween fits in but I do know that Thanksgiving and Christmas mean a lot to us Christians.
Christian outreach is about finding the spiritual meaning in “our” Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. For us these are happy times to thank God for our blessings, share and celebrate the birth of our Savior and share our spiritual joy and material blessings. Please keep these thoughts in mind as we as a congregation, we commit to our outreach holiday efforts.
Kudos to all of you for your terrific support for our Thanksgiving Dinner Outreach project. As you all know we are taking a little different approach this year and it seems to be working! If this were football I'd say we are ahead in the second quarter with an imposing opponent and a long half to play. We are working hard and if we are to win (feed twenty families for three holidays) we must keep our focus and push toward victory! Go team, GO! Depending on when you read this newsletter, November 15th is cake mix, frosting and boxed stuffing. November 23 we will shop for perishables and sort and deliver them on the 24th and 25th.
KinCare, the ParentWISE program for intergenerational families is up and running at our church. Coordinator Julie Cawoski is very optimistic that this will become an important community benefit. Their third meeting will be Thursday, November 12th. If you wish additional information about this program you may call Julie at (724) 837-5410, extension 701, Renny at church or me at (724) 216-3846. There are flyers available on the table in the narthex.
It's November and Thanksgiving may be still ahead of us but it's also time to tell you about our exciting Christmas outreach plans. There are a couple of new things that we hope will become First Christian traditions. Lieutenant Brian Salvation Army Lieutenant Brian has asked our congregation be Bell Ringer volunteers. Let's buddy up, form teams and get this done the First Christian way. Hmmm, I'm seeing some creative possibilities; let's have some fun with this!
Would you like to put some children in your Christmas holiday? Well, we've got just what you need. This year we are adding a Children's Choir program called the First Annual Christmas Blessings Concert to our church holiday traditions. Bethany (Ball) Cirota and her colleague, Mia Evangelist will be directing their children's choir from the Maestro Minds School. The concert will benefit the Westmoreland County Food Bank. The suggested admission is five dollars and a non-perishable food item or paper product. Put Friday, December 11 at 7PM on your holiday calendar
As in the past we are also planning to supply dinners and gifts for the ParentWISE kids and the Welcome Home Shelter. Alice Mankie will be again direct our gifting for “Threshold”, a facility for challenged adults. As usual we have a busy holiday season planned that I believe will be successful, joy filled and very rewarding. Christianity and growing old ain't for wimps! We can't avoid growing old and as Christians we can't avoid our outreach mission. It's a special time of the year when we get to share our Christian joy and spread our happy message.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
I'd like to thank you all for your continuing generosity and special thanks to our Outreach Team.
Gotta love ya'll! Ken and Lynn Cutway
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While Pastor’s Class attendance is not required for membership, it is strongly recommended for prospective and current members who wish to learn more about how we understand and live out our Christian faith. “We call ourselves Disciples”…come and explore with us what that means!
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Assembly - TBA
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Assembly - TBA
WHAT CAN YOU OFFER
Are you looking for a way to get involved and serve the Lord? Opportunities abound around the church. Here are some ideas:
1. Commitment to prayer. Think of the power of prayer...people praying during each service for each service.2. Children & Youth adult helpers for any age during special activities.
3. Nursery helpers during Sunday School and worship.
4. Running the sound system. Benson Green III will train you.
5. Back-up maintenance. People willing to help keep the building and grounds clean, to sub if Hagan is sick or away.
6. Back-up office workers. People willing to help in the church office when the secretary is away.
7. Errands for shut-ins.
8. Turn out for workdays or special projects.
9. Share freely what God has given you.
10. Call, write or visit others in out church family.
11. Help with holiday baskets & other outreach.
Reminder to anyone who is willing and able. The Salvation Army will be serving lunch every Monday and Friday from 11 to 1 pm this summer. They are looking for volunteers to prepare and serve so keep your hearts open because God has a lot of work for this congregation to do and together we can do it. Ken
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