THE MALVERN MESSENGER
Published in the interest of
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH of MALVERN
December 2014
Come, find out the secret
of Snowflake County.
King’s kids will be
performing on Sunday,
December 14th @ 6:00 pm.
Christmas Dinner in a Bag
Donations of turkeys are still
needed. If you know a family who
could use a dinner, please let the
office know. Deliveries will be
made on December 18th.
Kenny’s Key
Notes
What Do You like about Christmas?
A 2013 Pew Research poll asked people what they like or dislike the most about the Christmas holiday season.
Here's a list of what people most look forward to at Christmas time. As you look at the list, think about what you
like about the season.
1. 68 percent said spending time with family and friends
2. 11 percent mentioned religious services or religious reflection
3. 11 percent look forward to the Christmas "spirit" of joy and good will
4. 5 percent said music, decorations, and shopping
5. 4 percent look forward to the end of the Christmas season
Here's what the poll said we most dislike about the Christmas season:
1. 33 percent—the commercialism and materialism
2. 22 percent—the money and expense
3. 10 percent—the shopping and crowds
4. 5 percent—the hectic pace and bad moods of people
5. 2 percent—the pressure to go to church
Birthdays and Anniversaries for the month of December
1 – Richard Nolan
2 - Jeff Townsend
Matt Randal
Ansley Williams
4 - Ann Slabaugh
Wes Coe
7 - Cindy Grindstaff
8 - Monroe Townsend
Sara Jones
10 - Chuck Hawkins
Nevin Crater
10 - Jeff Miller
Justin Saults
11-Katie Raffle
12 - Debbie Burton
13 - Felicia Brill
Kristi Meenan
Adam Bennett
Brennan Mitchell
Vanessa Snyder
Jack Wyatt
15 – Chris Reed
16 – Dave Snyder
17 - Judy Snyder
Joanne Duvall
18 - Lydia Martin
Ryan Campbell
Josh Becker
19 - Barb Crater
20 – Lilly Coe
Zach Strine
Isabelle Scarry
23 - Shannon Matthew
Jeremy Burton
Brittany Shields
25 – Jesus
26 – Bobby Adams
27 – Geneva Owens
Melanie Hawkins
28 - Luke Slabaugh
29 - Glenn Wiley
Mike Campbell
Mark Hall
30 - Tommy Secrest II
31 - Evelyn Moore
Kara Ball
3 – Ryan & Tashni Campbell
4 - Bob & Connie Mace – 30 yrs.
6 - Charles & Crissy Daugherty
11 - Jared & Beth Campbell
20 - Ron & Martha Molnar
21 - Tim & Genie Shriver
24 - Jack & JoAnn Miller
25 - Scott & Janet Vincent
26 - Craig & Cathy Rodgers
28 - Paul & Carrie McNutt
30 – Mike & Joy Untch
31- Mike & Brenda Nolen
Community Christmas
Would you like to sponsor a child from our community this
Christmas? Pick up a ticket with the name of a child from
the bulletin board in the hallway, and return the wrapped
gifts to the church office by December 14th.
Share Christ’s Love this Christmas!
Heritage Worship:
12/7- Leader: Cindy and Kevin Grindstaff
Accomp. – Cindy Grindstaff
Prelude & Communion - Cindy Grindstaff
12/14- Leader: Connection Band
Prelude & Communion - Adam DeVore
12/21- Leader: Theresa Linder, Cindy Unkefer
Accomp. - Cindy Grindstaff
Prelude & Communion - Cindy Grindstaff
12/28- Leader: Heather McKenzie
Accomp. – Linda Smith
Prelude & Communion – Jodie McGee
Connection Service:
The Connection band will lead worship
Scheduled Practices:
Tues. 7:00 pm
Connection Band
Wed. 7:00 pm
Adult Choir
Come, help decorate the church on
Saturday, December 6th @ 9:00 am.
Please let Tana Hall know if you would
like to help.
Computer Operator:
12/7 - BOTH - Leanna Weir
12/14 - BOTH – Diane Myers
12/21 - BOTH - Celia Hartmann
12/28 - BOTH - Kathe Davis
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*The next newsletter date is December 30th, with
articles due Friday, December 19th. Newsletters are
published the last Wednesday of the month.
Christmas card exchange~Save a
stamp. Bring your Christmas cards to
the mailbox at the Welcome Center. If
you bring multiple cards, please place a
rubber band around them. Cards will
be ready for pick up on December 21st.
Please let the office know if you would like a box of
personalized tithe envelopes. You will have an
assigned number on the envelopes. The envelopes
help track your weekly giving. If you would like to be
assigned a number and have a personal box of
envelopes, please let us know. Thank you!
Missions Meeting will be
Monday, December 1st at
7:00 pm. New members
are always welcome.
Events & Activities
Youth Group
Starts back up January 4th
5:30-7pm
*Mark your calendars*
December 7
Youth Group Christmas
Party
We will meet in the
Sanctuary and Foyer.
Bring a wrapped gift worth
$10 or less. Bring a snack
to share. Drinks will be
provided.
December 30-31
Lock-In
The lock-in will start at
8pm on December 30th and
end at 8am on the 31st.
Cost is $4. Guys need to
bring a snack to share.
Girls need to bring a 2 liter
of soda/pop or juice to
share. If you need to sleep,
separate rooms will be
provided for guys and girls.
**All outside activities
require an annual permission
slip to be filled out for every
student. Pick one up at the
church or download it from
the church website. **
Search for: FCC Malvern
Student Ministry and click
the “Like” button.
About the Author:
Dr. Walt Mueller is the founder and president of the Center for
Parent/Youth Understanding. His organization is always
looking for new ways to be salt and light in the culture at-large.
Walt is the author of eight books and is a sought-after authority
on youth culture and family issues.
Thought #36: Raise Children, Not Grass
There’s an old story about a man who got his neighbors angry when he
stopped maintaining his once lush lawn. When the man and his wife were
newlyweds, they moved into their house, and he painstakingly worked on the
landscaping. But when they started having children, less time was spend on
the lawn. Weeds overtook the grass. Bare spots began to appear where his
growing children would play tier regular kickball games with the other
neighborhood children. Once day his next door neighbor asked, “When are you
going to take care of that lawn of yours?” The active and involved father
quickly replied, “I’m raising kids, not grass.” We only have 1,440 minutes each
day. We choose to spend each minute doing something somewhere. During
the few fast and furious years you have your children in the house, why not
carefully invest as many of those minutes as possible in them, rather than in
things like long overtime hours at work, playing golf, or an time-consuming
pursuits? They can easily steal away the time you could be pouring into your
children.
Children’s Ministry
*ATTENTION CHURCH FAMILY*
We are trying to update our church data base program for every
family member. PLEASE, we need EVERY FAMILY to fill
out the insert in this week’s bulletin. Also, the family
information card will be located at the Welcome center and
children’s check-in stations. Please place the card in offering
plate, with a member at the welcome center or check-in station.
Thank You
CHRISTMAS PARTY
“Gift Exchange”
December 7th 6-8 p.m.
We will be having our annual gift exchange for
Preschool thru 5th grade. We are asking each child
who attends to purchase a gift no more than $5.00.
Also please have your child bring their favorite
Christmas snack to share. Drinks will be provided.
If you need more information please contact
Kevin.
*KING’S KID’S CHOIR*
Let’s mark our calendars for December
14th at 6 p.m. and support our children who
are practicing in the King’s Kids Choir.
They have been working so hard, please
let’s show them that we care!
Bible College Grant
The Missions Ministry is seeking to financially assist students from our church who are attending one
of our brotherhood Bible colleges. Some of the more prominent schools in our brotherhood are
Milligan College, Johnson Bible College, Kentucky Christian University and Cincinnati Christian
University. Currently, there are over 40 institutes of higher learning in our brotherhood. A complete
list can be found in the Directory of the Ministry. Our church office has a copy of this yearbook. The
reason this grant is limited to colleges within our brotherhood is due to the Bible courses that are a
requirement for graduation. These classes are taught and based on the Church of Christ/Christian
Church doctrine.
The grant is open to anyone attending one of our brotherhood colleges. The applicant must also meet
the following requirements:
-active member of First Christian Church of Malvern for at least one year
-full-time (12 hours or more) student
-approved by the elders
-completed at least one semester with a grade point average of at least 2.7
The amount of the grant per student varies. $4800 has been designated for the grant by the Missions
Ministry for 2015. The money will be equally divided between those who receive the grant.
Applications for the grant are available in the church office. Applications must be filled out annually.
Applications should be returned to the Missions Ministry via their mailbox in the office foyer by
January 1, 2015.
Save the Date(s)
Sunday, March 8, 2015 ~ Mission Fair
Saturday, March 21, 2015 ~ ABC Food Packaging
Prayer Requests
Mary Albright*
Family of Storm Angione
Diane Bennett*
Dee Blackledge
Gary Berry
Carol Burwell*
Bernice Carroll
Roxanne Casper*
OH & US Congress*
Chip
Michael Cline
Jen Cox & children
Rodney DeVore
Debbie Dustman
David Earley
Maxi Frere
Family of John Farmer
Gray Family*
Macy Foutz
Ricki Foutz & family
Martha Gardner
Family of Aliyia Hancock
Chuck Hawkins
Family of Mary Jane Huff
Dale Kaiser
John Keen
Berna King
Jean Kistner
Susie Liber
Ron McCartney
Mildred McNutt
Family of Cathy McNutt
Tyler Moore
Military*
Missionaries*
Petersen Family*
Ornouski Family
Mike Polley
Mary Lyn Rose*
Darlene Russ
Family of Savannah Russell
OH & US Senate*
Marvin Shaffer
Students of Malvern
Students of Minerva
Students of Carrollton
Tami Shotwell
Jeff Sterling
Jim Walker *
Don Wallace *
Rena Wallace
James Wallace
Adam Weyandt
Michelle Wilson
Donna Young*
Kathleen Young
Shut-Ins, Nursing
Homes
Ruth Campbell
Virginia Campbell
Ethyle Ferguson
Les Foster
Mary Hardy
Ruth McNutt
Esther Nichols
Betty Zartman
*long term prayer need
Deployed Military:
SrA Don Suver
Attendance and Offering
9 a.m. SS
10:30 a.m. SS
Heritage
Connection
Designated
Operating
Nov 2
112
33
124
290
$585.00
$13,043.20
Nov 9
89
29
124
299
$260.00
$11,183.73
Nov 16
100
27
135
276
$110.00
$9,258.16
Nov 23
109
33
124
334
$820.00
$10,045.38
SCHEDULED TO SERVE
NURSERY SCHEDULE:
11/2 - Connie Mace, Mary Jo Levering, Megan Dahlheimer
11/9 - Susan Catlett, Kristin Shearer, Rachel Dingess
11/16- Mariah Crater, Megan Brady, Margie Campbell
11/23- Chris Logan, Karen Seanor, Katie Sutton
11/30-Genie Shriver, Katie Culpepper
COMMUNION PREPARATION:
December – Lesa DeVore
Computer Operators
11/2- Leanna Weir
11/9 – Diane Myers
11/16 - Celia Hartmann
11/23- Kathe Davis
11/30-Jodie McGee
January- Janet Vincent & Cheryl Klinesmith
USHERS: Heritage-Jim Shriver & Nevin Crater- Mike Campbell, Dave Earley, Pete Everhart, Gordy Gillard, Todd Griffith, Clarence
Grindstaff, Delmar Hardy, Brian Linder, Jim Lucas, Ron Molnar, Craig Rodgers, Monroe Townsend Connection-Jim Wagner & Steve
Jones- Steve Adams, Nate Bush, Dan Clear, Mark Clear, Matt Clear, Bill Curtis, John Davis, Roger Fessenmeyer, Art Huffman, Tim
Logan, P.J. Lovett, Dan Meenan, Jack Swinehart, Shane Thompson, Bruce Rodgers, Dale Rose, Joe Russ, Tom Williams
Elders
Elders
s
Ben Black
330-418-7224
Herb Hawkins
330-895-4875
Dan Clear
330-863-1372
*Bud Randal
330-868-7097
John Deininger
330-863-2734
Dave Snyder
330-627-4483
John Vincent
330-488-8396
Dates to Remember:
Nov 30- Ornament Exchange & Ladies Luncheon 12-3:00 pm
Dec 6- Decorating the Church for Christmas 9:00 am
Dec 7- Happy Birthday Jesus Party & Youth Christmas Party
Dec 14- Puppet Show- Sunday school hour & King’s Kids 6:00 pm
Dec 18- Deliveries of Christmas Dinner in a Bag
Dec 24- Christmas Eve service-6:45pm- Prelude, 7:00pm-Cantata
Dec 25- Merry Christmas!Happy birthday, Jesus !!!!!
Dec 30- Youth Lock-In
Church Office Hours
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 - 4:00
Phone - 330-863-1303
Fax - 330-863-6447
www.fccmonline.org
[email protected]
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MINISTERS:
Kenny Thomas
Senior Minister
330-771-2600
[email protected]
Thurman Culpepper
Youth/Student Minister
330-863-1538
[email protected]
Kevin Crater
Children’s Minister
330-324-0366
[email protected]
Heather McKenzie
Worship Director
[email protected]
First Christian Church
4046 Coral Road NW
Malvern OH 44644-9468