The Bridge Newsletter • February 8, 2015
Servants in Worship
Worship Leader ............................................................Darby Standefer
Greeters............................................................................Koinonia Class
Acolyte(s) ........................................................................Jake Summerlin
Red Book Pickup ......................................Debby Demos / Bryce Wynn
Deacons Coordinator.....................................................Sherry Baldwin
Ushers & Servers .........................Shannon Beattie, Peggy Brannen,
Debby Demos, Judy Duncan
Other Servers .........................................Jim Grant, Darby Standefer,
Barbara Voss
Elders at the Table
Pulpit Side (Prayer of Consecration) .................................Larry Kirby
Pulpit Side (Pastoral Listener) ........................................Scot Crosslin
Lectern Side (Prayer of Thanksgiving) ...............................Bea Lyons
Lectern Side ((Pastoral Listener) .......................................Betty Floyd
Scripture.......................(Mark 1:29-39)........................Darby Standefer
Proclamation.....................“Silencing Demons” .........................Pastor Mark
The Week Ahead
Sunday, February 8
9:45 am
10:35 am
10:45 am
12:00 pm
6:30 pm
Sunday School Classes
Elders’ Prayer Circle; Meditation Chapel
Morning Worship; Sanctuary
Boy Scout Sunday
Fellowship; Parlor
Faith Collective: Group for Young Adults
10:30 am
3:00 pm
5:30 pm
7:30 pm
CWF Meeting; Fellowship Hall
PAWS Meeting
Elders Meeting; Conference Room
NA Monday Group; Fellowship Hall
7:00 pm
NA Tuesday Group; Fellowship Hall
6:00 pm
Choir Practice
7:00 am
3:00 pm
Men’s Study Group; Bluegrass Grill
PAWS Meeting
7:30 pm
NA Friday Group; Fellowship Hall
8:30 am
Habitat Volunteering
9:45 am
10:35 am
10:45 am
12:00 pm
6:30 pm
Sunday School Classes
Elders’ Prayer Circle; Meditation Chapel
Morning Worship; Sanctuary
Fellowship; Parlor
Faith Collective: Group for Young Adults
Monday, February 9
Tuesday,February 10
Wednesday, February 11
Thursday, February 12
CWF Circle
Feb. 9
10:30 am
Covered
dish luncheon!
Judy Duncan will
preside and present
the program. Iola
Fulgham is hostess.
Friday, February 13
Saturday,February 14
Sunday, February 15
We are gathering interest for a Wednesday Night gathering
during Lent. The group would be challenged to go through a
Lent experience where people go through 4 different fasts
during the 40 days as well as meet on Wednesday nights to
discuss what they are learning as well as learn about some
ancient prayer methods: Lectio Divina, The Jesus Prayer, and Imaginative Prayer. If you are interested please contact Jonathan Hyde and let
him know your level of interest and a time that would work for you.
In Our Thoughts & Prayers...
T.J. Johnson (friend of Julia Martin);
Caroline Moore; Marty Dunagan
(Friend of Bea Lyons & Betty Proctor);
Walter Hershey (Linda’s husband &
Darby’s dad); Brenda Russell (Louise’s
daughter-in-law); Ansel Rogers (Ardian
Totten’s son); Lisa Wilkes, Debbie
Demos & Judy Duncan; Katie King;
Greg & Diane Givens & Family; Sandra
Riddle (friend of Chuck Martin);
Scrappy Moore; Jo Bevilaqua; Kyle
Cutsinger; Doug Beuoy (Brannens’
son-in-law); Liz Love; JoJo Wise; Luther
Whitaker; David Blackburn; Doris
Aldrich; Jim Northcut; Harrison Gill;
John Black (Barbara Voss’s Brother);
Melvin Smith; Bob Lewis; Bettye
Gerow; Joel Westbrook; Sharon Narey;
Bill Allen; Tim Suits; Judy Kirby (Larry &
Barbara’s sister-in-law); Erick Griggs;
Bill Hobbs; Leona BonDurant (Carl’s
Grandmother); Don Baldwin; Paul
Shoun; Oscar Hurley; Lauren
Niemeyer (Barbara Voss’s sister)
Church
church@firstchristian-chat.com
Pastor Mark
mark@firstchristian-chat.com
Jonathan Hyde
[email protected]
Chuck Martin
chuck@firstchristian-chat.com
Beth Harris
beth@firstchristian-chat.com
Russ Draeger
[email protected]
BRIDGE Deadline
Monday, NOON
Website
www.firstchristian-chat.com
Facebook
www.facebook.com/FCC.Chattanooga
February:
10 Forrest King,
Gayle Mingledorff
11 Emily Auten,
Luther Whitaker, Sarah Flynn
14 Justin Givens
18 Sherry Baldwin
20 Joni Sharp
22 Dreema Adkins
23 Laura Richie, Jilly Fulgham
24 Bryce Lee Wynn
25 Rachel Allen
26 Matthew Hamilton
March:
4
Bettye Gerow
5
Ruby Lewis
7
David Floyd
10 Martha Pope, Phil Summerlin
Mark’s Musings
One of my favorite magazines is National Geographic. In the February edition
I was moved by an article authored by Caroline Alexander and photographed
by Lynn Johnson, entitled, The Invisible War on the Brain. Reading the piece
jars one to see a particularly devastating aspect of modern warfare.
Alexander begins to scrape away at how explosive blasts effect service people. She details
the many side effects that come from these incidents. One soldier states, “If my hand or arm
had just been blown off, then people would understand. They’d see there’s something
wrong.” The scarring is not so much physical as it is social, emotional and psychological. It
damages the soul.
Medical science is just now beginning to see the complexity of these kinds of interior wounds.
Treatment is still in infantile stages. Alexander discusses how service members are making
masks, providing a cathardic tool to make sense of their wounds, too deep for language.
Our claim is to be a people of healing in a broken world. How do we serve in these kinds of
difficult places? Are we able to reach out to those whose lives have been devastated? These
are the things we will figure out on the journey, discerning how God would have us to serve.
But beyond this community we have tools, one of which is Week of Compassion.
Week of Compassion is all about healing, here in North America and wherever there is brokenness and scarring. Watch for news in your upcoming Bridge about how our contributions
bring hope in places of fragmentation. We are a church that prays for and acts on behalf of
those in need of the healing hands of Jesus.
Pastor Mark
Week of
Compassion
Feb. 15-22
We will receive offerings on both of these
Sundays. The fund
goes through the
Disciples Missions to
front line aide for
people in tragedies
and disasters. Our
congregation has always given generously to this special
offering.
Ash Wednesday Service
Ash Wednesday service is scheduled for
6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Make
plans to join your friends for the service of
ashes and receiving communion. Always
know you are encouraged to invite friends.
Pastor’s Class Offered to Young People
Pastor Mark will be holding a class for
young persons who wish to consider
profession of faith and baptism into
Jesus’ church. This class will be for
children 5th grade and older. The group
will meet in the pastor’s office during
Sunday School hour, Sundays Feb. 22 through Mar. 22.
Parents whose children would like to participate in the
class need to call Pastor Mark at 812-361-5884 or email
him at mark@firstchristian-chat.com
Interim Regional Pastor to Visit FCC on Feb. 22
Beth Dobyns, Interim Regional Pastor of
Tennessee will be the special guest of the
congregation on Sunday, Feb. 22. Beth
will be preaching in the worship service,
using the Hebrew Bible text for the day,
Genesis 9:8-17. Her sermon title is “Mud
and Memory.” Following the service, Rev.
Dobyns will meet with the Search Committee. Come and share your warmth
and hospitality with Beth.
Chattanooga Area Food Bank
1st Wednesday, monthly
Betty Woomer: [email protected]
Feb
4
Community Kitchen: 727 E. 11th St.
1st & 3rd Friday, monthly;
9:00 to 11:45am
Rona Gary: [email protected]
Habitat for Humanity
2nd Saturday, monthly; 8:30am
Larry Kirby: kirbychat@epbfi.com
Room In The Inn Meals
Prepare a meal for the families at
Chattanooga Room in the Inn, 4 times
a year on any fifth Sunday - Shannon
Beattie at 423-883-9083 or
[email protected]
Family Promise of Chattanooga
Feb
6&20
Feb
14
March
29
Help us host families for a week, several times
each year. Julia Martin: [email protected]