“In the beginning”
One of the best things in life is getting the opportunity to begin something
new. Whether it is the first day of a new school, or the start of a new job, or the
first year of a marriage or the first moments of being a parent or a grandparent,
many of the feelings are the same. There is a lot of joy and excitement about the
possibilities, mixed with some terror about the unknown.
As followers of Christ, we can begin each new endeavor without fear
because of the first four words of the Bible, “In the beginning, God . . .” The most
amazing part of that phrase is the fourth word, “God.” Before even time began,
God already was! He goes out before everything we set out to do, like the pillar
of fire and pillar of cloud that directed and protected the Israelites. Our faith in thefact that God is wherever we go, gives us the confidence to do anything He calls
us to.The days, weeks, months, and years ahead of us are still unknown to us.
There are many difficult challenges ahead if we are to have a significant impact
on those in our community that need Christ. But this is why God has brought us
here to this place in the world at this time in history, and He already knows what
He wants us to do. We are the right people for the job and just need to be faithful
in doing the work He has prepared for us.On a personal note, on behalf of our whole family I would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has welcomed us and helped us throughout our move from Florida to Tennessee. We praise God for all of you
and the opportunity He has given us to begin to know, love, and serve you in the
beautiful corner of His creation. I cannot wait to see what God is going to do.
In Christ,
Andy Frazier
BLOOD DRIVE
At First Christian Church Fellowship Hall
Friday, July 9th—12:30pm-5:30pm
Give blood as a tribute to the memory of
Jordan Dwomick and Aaron Stamper.
(Mementos in their memory will be given to
each donor!) All presenting donors have a
chance to win a $1000.00 gift card.
(423) 202-5619 for appt. or walk in!!
FYI!!
Randy Smelser (one of the missionaries we
support) was scheduled to lead a combined Sunday
School and preach on July 4th. Due to an
unforeseen health issue he can’t come. There will
be no combined Sunday School this Sunday!!
CHECK OUT THE SUMMER BACK PACK PROGRAM UPDATE FOLLOWING THE NEWSLETTER!!
PRAYER CONCERNS/UPDATES
Eloise Hughes had a fall last week and broke her rib, she was in the hospital but is now home recovering.
CONTINUE IN PRAYER FOR…
Edith Yates, Pete Chitwood, Betty Moore, Suzie Hughes, Betty Gouge, Stamper family, Mitzi Gwaltney, Doris Johnson, Sandy M. Heritage, Levi Gardner, Terry Jarrett, Lou Thornberry, Maurice Love, Ramona Gouge, Kira Whitson, Denise Ray, Jack Britt, Tim Bennett, Marilyn Brown, Martha Hartsell, Spencer Moore, Kathryn Sparks
IN HEALTH CARE….
Erwin Health Care – Beulah Morris
UCMH Long Term Care – Ruth Marie Masters, Edyth Price,
Helen Miller
Center On Aging –Jo Jackson; Ken and Agnes Kerns
Pine Oaks Assisted Living – Pete Harvey
Appalachian Christian Village-Lois Stamper
Christian Care Center-Ruth Evans
North Side Hospital-Polly Miller
Christian Care Center-Kathryn Sparks
Shut-ins-Charles & Billie Flowers, Joan Hicks, Jackie Duncan, Jack/Norma Ingle
Thank you…
Memorial gifts given in memory of Aaron Stamper
to the Memorial Fund and/or
the Aaron Stamper Scholarship Fund.
Louis Bodenhamer
Rex/Linda Mathes
East TN Ministerial Assoc.
Mr./Mrs. Lee Hemphill
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Kim Frazier - July 11th
CIRCLE NEWS
Joy Circle Meets
Thurs. 7/8/10 @ 2:00pm
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Hope Circle will not meet in July.
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Love Circle will meet to clean the FH kitchen on Tuesday, July 20th at 6:30pm.
*** BOARD/COMMITTEE NEWS***
Remember, in July and August there are NO committee dinner meetings.
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The Board will meet on
July 12th at 7:00pm
PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE!!
Sunday, July 04
Speaker…....….Andy Frazier
Sermon Title
“Freedom to Serve”
Sermon Text
Galations 5:1,13
Prayer
Andy Frazier
Communion Meditation
Jack Gardner
Elders
Shelton Thompson;
B. J. Moore
Deacons
Lee Hemphill; Jody Moore;
Tracy Moore; John David Sneyd; Jerry Whitt
Communion to shut-ins
Shelton Thompson;
Tracy Moore
Communion Preparation
Lori Alexander
Greeter
Seth and Katie Jones
Nursery:
1st hour….....Gail Thompson
2nd hour…....Gail Thompson
Classrooms:
Sunday School
2’s-4’s…………. Jody Moore
K-1st………….Kathy Eunson
2nd-5th……….. Becky Moore
6th-……………. Angie Moore
Church
2-5 yrs………...
1st-5th……………. Sanctuary
Service Times
Sunday School…….. 9:45 am
Morning Worship….10:45 am
Wed. Bible Study….. 7:00 pm
Wed. Youth………….7:00 pm
Contact Information
Church Office Phone
743-3811
fccerwin@embarqmail.com
On the Web:
fccerwintn.blogspot.com
Office Hours:
Mon.,Tues.,Thur.8:00a-2:00p
Minister……...423-388-9862
Or 423-743-4222
Youth Min……423-743-5338
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Summer Backpack Program...
We are soooooo close folks! Thanks to you and your generous contributions we've almost completed our goal for the summer!
We have met our goal for the 3rd delivery which will be made 7/6, matter of fact we've met the 4th delivery goal also! YES! As it stands now we only need a total of 80 more boxes of cereal cold or hot...that's it!!
Can we do it?? YES! I believe First Christian Church WILL do it! Just keep on bringing in those boxes of cereal OR you can contribute funds if you dont get out and shop, just earmark your $$ Backpack Program.
By the way, a few of those pictures are of the downstairs area where the food is being kept. A couple are of a trip to Sam's in JC to buy cereal and oatmeal......then we have several of volunteers helping pack up the goodies to be delivered!
Two more deliveries to go!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Fathers Day Breakfast...
My husband snapped a few pix on his phone and e'd them to me. I mean, he had all the time in the world Father's Day Sunday. The ladies that cooked only had to be there at like 7:00am no biggie...NOT!! :) We lovingly slaved away over hot stoves to prepare a huge country breakfast!! Now gentlemen you KNOW what happens when a kitchen full of chatty women get together yes? Of course we only talked about how very much we love our men...........snicker, seriously!
The menu consisted of biscuits and home made sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, sausage patties, lucious hashbrown casserole, baked apples and cherry donut holes....I think that's it? Oh, and homemade stawberry freezer jam.
The tables and decorations looked very nice and the theme was of course sports!
Upon arriving the gentlemen received the standard door prize ticket and if the number was just right they received a home made pound cake!
And when looking at the pictures you wonder what some of these guys have on their heads, yes, they are crowns.....King Daddy-o's for the day, ok I cant even believe I typed that. All in all it turned out quite nice. Thanks to all who pitched in and again, congrats to Mark Whitson who was named Father of the Year but sadly had to work!! Our next event is the FCC picnic in August...watch for details!
Click on pic for larger view
The menu consisted of biscuits and home made sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, sausage patties, lucious hashbrown casserole, baked apples and cherry donut holes....I think that's it? Oh, and homemade stawberry freezer jam.
The tables and decorations looked very nice and the theme was of course sports!
Upon arriving the gentlemen received the standard door prize ticket and if the number was just right they received a home made pound cake!
And when looking at the pictures you wonder what some of these guys have on their heads, yes, they are crowns.....King Daddy-o's for the day, ok I cant even believe I typed that. All in all it turned out quite nice. Thanks to all who pitched in and again, congrats to Mark Whitson who was named Father of the Year but sadly had to work!! Our next event is the FCC picnic in August...watch for details!
Click on pic for larger view
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Broadcaster June 22, 2010
A Moment in the Mirror.....
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
(James 1:22-24)
“In football they have a huddle; the purpose of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play, which is why you are given a huddle. At a professional football game there may be sixty thousand plus people watching you huddle, they don’t mind you taking thirty seconds to call the play. They understand that you have to get organized, you have to know where you are going to go, the receivers need to know where they are going, the quarterback needs to know where he is going, and the backs need to know where they are going. A huddle is essential to playing the game.
But let me inform you if you do not already know, sixty thousand people do not pay $50 a ticket to watch you huddle. You see, people don’t come to football games to watch the huddle. They want to see if their team can overcome the opposition daring them to snap the ball and move down the field to score. What they want to know is does your practice work? Now what Christians often do is get high on their huddles. We gather together on Sunday morning, Sunday nights and Wednesday nights and we go nuts over the huddle! We say, “Boy did we have a great huddle!! My quarterback can call plays better than yourquarterback. We go off on the huddle.
But what people don’t seem to understand is that the huddle (church) is so we can play the game. The effectiveness of the church cannot be measured by how well we do on Sunday morning. … The test of the church is what it does in the marketplace. What we need today are churches representative of Jesus Christ not only when gathered but when dispersed.”
(Adapted from a sermon by Tony Evans.)
Grace and Peace,
Tim
FATHER OF THE YEAR GOES TO...
MARK WHITSON! Congratulations on being
selected as Father of the Year on
Sunday, June 20, 2010!
Rumor has it that Mark was “one of the best kids in
the FCC nursery” some years ago.
As it turns out he is now a loving husband and
father and a devout Christian man.
God bless you and yours now and always!
With Many Thanks!
I would like to thank all of the people who
helped in restoring the very run down Youth
Parsonage to a livable condition. It took a
Herculean effort on the part of many to restore
it to an acceptable condition. Those who gave
of their time were: George and Steve Coley;
David Eunson; Andy and Kim Frazier; Patti and
Lee Hemphill; Seth and Katie Jones; Lorraine
Lane; James Matson; B. J. and Jody Moore;
Gail Thompson; Jerry and Gay Whitt.
A special thanks to Jerry whose carpentry
and plumbing skills were invaluable, with out
him we wouldn't have finished on time; to
Lorraine Lane for her ability to restore closets
and for donating light fixtures for the living room
and foyer; and to Lori Alexander for her
thoughtfulness in providing refreshments for
some very tired people! The joint effort made it
possible to complete the job just in time for the
Frazier’s to move in! Thank you thank you!!
Respectfully,
Shelton Thompson, Property Chairman
PRAYER CONCERNS/UPDATES
CONTINUE IN PRAYER FOR…
Edith Yates, Pete Chitwood, Betty Moore,
Suzie Hughes, Betty Gouge, Stamper
family, Mitzi Gwaltney, Doris Johnson,
Sandy M. Heritage, Levi Gardner, Terry
Jarrett, Lou Thornberry, Maurice Love,
Ramona Gouge, Kira Whitson, Denise
Ray, Jack Britt, Tim Bennett, Marilyn
Brown, Martha Hartsell, Spencer Moore,
Kathryn Sparks
IN HEALTH CARE….
Erwin Health Care – Beulah Morris
UCMH Long Term Care – Ruth Marie
Masters, Edyth Price,Helen Miller
Center On Aging –Jo Jackson; Ken and Agnes Kerns
Pine Oaks Assisted Living – Pete Harvey
Appalachian Christian Village-Lois Stamper
Christian Care Center-Ruth Evans
North Side Hospital-Polly Miller
Christian Care Center-Kathryn Sparks
Shut-ins-Charles & Billie Flowers, Joan Hicks, Jackie Duncan, Jack/Norma Ingle
Relay for Life
Friday, July 16, 2010
Luminaries:
Min. of $5.00-call
Cindy Lewis @ 388-8514 or
Vicki Buchanan @743-7964 to purchase one.
Sunrise Service for Cancer Survivors,
Breakfast:
Saturday, July 17th @ 6:00am
To volunteer to help with this contact
Sarah Lyle at 220-0623
Weekly Memory Verse
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self control.
Galatians 5:22-23a
July Birthdays!!
Janie Arrowood-2nd
Patsy Sparks-2nd
Phil Guinn-3rd
Amy Edwards-7th
Buster Hughes-7th
Thank you…
Memorial gifts given in memory of
Aaron Stamper
to the Memorial Fund and
the Aaron Stamper Scholarship Fund.
M/M Jack Britt
Joyce Robinette
Joy Circle
Clara Hann
M/M B. J. Moore
Ann Collinsworth
M/M Tracy Moore
~
In Memory of:
Mary Davis
Joyce Robinette
Joy Circle
Summer Back Pack Program:
We’re almost there for the 2nd
delivery!! If you’ve already
contributed, THANK YOU!!
Please keep on bringing the
cereal in! Don’t forget, if you’d
like to donate funds we now
have it set up and you can
contribute to the fund with your
regular tithe, or see Katie Jones or Patti Hemphill
THESE KIDS NEED YOU!!
This coming Sunday...
Sunday, June 27
Speaker…..….Tim Stamper
Sermon Title
“God Heard Them”
Sermon Text
Malachi 3:13-18
Morning Prayer
John David Sney
Communion Meditation
Patti Hemphill
Elders
George Coley; Jack Gardner
Deacons
Lee Hemphill; Jody Moore;
Tracy Moore; John David
Sneyd; Jerry Whitt
Communion to shut-ins
Jack Gardner; Jody Moore
Communion Preparation
Lena Jo Gardner
Greeter
Gloria Guarini
Nursery:
1st hour…...Sally Ann Sneyd
2nd hour…..Sally Ann Sneyd
Classrooms:
Sunday School
2’s-4’s…………. Jody Moore
K-1st………….Kathy Eunson
2nd-5th……….. Becky Moore
6th-……………. Angie Moore
Church
2-5 yrs………...Suzie Hughes
1st-5th……………. Sanctuary
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
(James 1:22-24)
“In football they have a huddle; the purpose of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play, which is why you are given a huddle. At a professional football game there may be sixty thousand plus people watching you huddle, they don’t mind you taking thirty seconds to call the play. They understand that you have to get organized, you have to know where you are going to go, the receivers need to know where they are going, the quarterback needs to know where he is going, and the backs need to know where they are going. A huddle is essential to playing the game.
But let me inform you if you do not already know, sixty thousand people do not pay $50 a ticket to watch you huddle. You see, people don’t come to football games to watch the huddle. They want to see if their team can overcome the opposition daring them to snap the ball and move down the field to score. What they want to know is does your practice work? Now what Christians often do is get high on their huddles. We gather together on Sunday morning, Sunday nights and Wednesday nights and we go nuts over the huddle! We say, “Boy did we have a great huddle!! My quarterback can call plays better than yourquarterback. We go off on the huddle.
But what people don’t seem to understand is that the huddle (church) is so we can play the game. The effectiveness of the church cannot be measured by how well we do on Sunday morning. … The test of the church is what it does in the marketplace. What we need today are churches representative of Jesus Christ not only when gathered but when dispersed.”
(Adapted from a sermon by Tony Evans.)
Grace and Peace,
Tim
FATHER OF THE YEAR GOES TO...
MARK WHITSON! Congratulations on being
selected as Father of the Year on
Sunday, June 20, 2010!
Rumor has it that Mark was “one of the best kids in
the FCC nursery” some years ago.
As it turns out he is now a loving husband and
father and a devout Christian man.
God bless you and yours now and always!
With Many Thanks!
I would like to thank all of the people who
helped in restoring the very run down Youth
Parsonage to a livable condition. It took a
Herculean effort on the part of many to restore
it to an acceptable condition. Those who gave
of their time were: George and Steve Coley;
David Eunson; Andy and Kim Frazier; Patti and
Lee Hemphill; Seth and Katie Jones; Lorraine
Lane; James Matson; B. J. and Jody Moore;
Gail Thompson; Jerry and Gay Whitt.
A special thanks to Jerry whose carpentry
and plumbing skills were invaluable, with out
him we wouldn't have finished on time; to
Lorraine Lane for her ability to restore closets
and for donating light fixtures for the living room
and foyer; and to Lori Alexander for her
thoughtfulness in providing refreshments for
some very tired people! The joint effort made it
possible to complete the job just in time for the
Frazier’s to move in! Thank you thank you!!
Respectfully,
Shelton Thompson, Property Chairman
PRAYER CONCERNS/UPDATES
CONTINUE IN PRAYER FOR…
Edith Yates, Pete Chitwood, Betty Moore,
Suzie Hughes, Betty Gouge, Stamper
family, Mitzi Gwaltney, Doris Johnson,
Sandy M. Heritage, Levi Gardner, Terry
Jarrett, Lou Thornberry, Maurice Love,
Ramona Gouge, Kira Whitson, Denise
Ray, Jack Britt, Tim Bennett, Marilyn
Brown, Martha Hartsell, Spencer Moore,
Kathryn Sparks
IN HEALTH CARE….
Erwin Health Care – Beulah Morris
UCMH Long Term Care – Ruth Marie
Masters, Edyth Price,Helen Miller
Center On Aging –Jo Jackson; Ken and Agnes Kerns
Pine Oaks Assisted Living – Pete Harvey
Appalachian Christian Village-Lois Stamper
Christian Care Center-Ruth Evans
North Side Hospital-Polly Miller
Christian Care Center-Kathryn Sparks
Shut-ins-Charles & Billie Flowers, Joan Hicks, Jackie Duncan, Jack/Norma Ingle
Relay for Life
Friday, July 16, 2010
Luminaries:
Min. of $5.00-call
Cindy Lewis @ 388-8514 or
Vicki Buchanan @743-7964 to purchase one.
Sunrise Service for Cancer Survivors,
Breakfast:
Saturday, July 17th @ 6:00am
To volunteer to help with this contact
Sarah Lyle at 220-0623
Weekly Memory Verse
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness and self control.
Galatians 5:22-23a
July Birthdays!!
Janie Arrowood-2nd
Patsy Sparks-2nd
Phil Guinn-3rd
Amy Edwards-7th
Buster Hughes-7th
Thank you…
Memorial gifts given in memory of
Aaron Stamper
to the Memorial Fund and
the Aaron Stamper Scholarship Fund.
M/M Jack Britt
Joyce Robinette
Joy Circle
Clara Hann
M/M B. J. Moore
Ann Collinsworth
M/M Tracy Moore
~
In Memory of:
Mary Davis
Joyce Robinette
Joy Circle
Summer Back Pack Program:
We’re almost there for the 2nd
delivery!! If you’ve already
contributed, THANK YOU!!
Please keep on bringing the
cereal in! Don’t forget, if you’d
like to donate funds we now
have it set up and you can
contribute to the fund with your
regular tithe, or see Katie Jones or Patti Hemphill
THESE KIDS NEED YOU!!
This coming Sunday...
Sunday, June 27
Speaker…..….Tim Stamper
Sermon Title
“God Heard Them”
Sermon Text
Malachi 3:13-18
Morning Prayer
John David Sney
Communion Meditation
Patti Hemphill
Elders
George Coley; Jack Gardner
Deacons
Lee Hemphill; Jody Moore;
Tracy Moore; John David
Sneyd; Jerry Whitt
Communion to shut-ins
Jack Gardner; Jody Moore
Communion Preparation
Lena Jo Gardner
Greeter
Gloria Guarini
Nursery:
1st hour…...Sally Ann Sneyd
2nd hour…..Sally Ann Sneyd
Classrooms:
Sunday School
2’s-4’s…………. Jody Moore
K-1st………….Kathy Eunson
2nd-5th……….. Becky Moore
6th-……………. Angie Moore
Church
2-5 yrs………...Suzie Hughes
1st-5th……………. Sanctuary
Friday, June 18, 2010
Apologies!
Whew, what a whirlwind since being back from Charleston. I barely got the Broadcaster out to the regular mailing list and anyone who receives it via email knows this :) and quite obviously I didnt get it on the blog at all so I will post some high lights.....
Firstly our thoughts and prayers remain with the Stampers, try as I might any thing I say or write to try and bring comfort falls short of the mark but we pray God's peace for them.
As it stands now, Tim will bring the message this Sunday and we look forward to having him back in the pulpit.
It is the Stamper's desire to honor their son and brother by having a scholarship fund set up in Aaron's name for the purpose of training young people who have a heart for the ministry. If you'd like to contribute to this at any time you may send the funds to FCC marked for the Aaron Stamper Scholarship Fund. If you make a cash contribution please earmark it as such.
We welcome Andy, Kim, Hannah and Noah Frazier not only to Erwin TN but also to FCC!! Andy was brought on board as Youth Minister. His official start date was June 16th. The Fraziers are in the midst of moving up from FL, God willing they will be settled in the Youth Parsonage sometime next week.
So...Welcome Frazier's, we look forward to serving with you!
The annual Fathers Day Breakfast will be this coming Sunday - I hope you filled out a Reservation slip! The Breakfast begins at 9:00 and I am happy to say that Betty Gouge is feeling well enough now to make the sausage gravy!! Not that I like it or anything.....
Our Prayer List remains long and seems to be steadily growing.....
I will do my utmost to be back on top of things next week! Thank you for your patience, encouragement and support! Yes Ron even you! :)
Until next time...
Firstly our thoughts and prayers remain with the Stampers, try as I might any thing I say or write to try and bring comfort falls short of the mark but we pray God's peace for them.
As it stands now, Tim will bring the message this Sunday and we look forward to having him back in the pulpit.
It is the Stamper's desire to honor their son and brother by having a scholarship fund set up in Aaron's name for the purpose of training young people who have a heart for the ministry. If you'd like to contribute to this at any time you may send the funds to FCC marked for the Aaron Stamper Scholarship Fund. If you make a cash contribution please earmark it as such.
We welcome Andy, Kim, Hannah and Noah Frazier not only to Erwin TN but also to FCC!! Andy was brought on board as Youth Minister. His official start date was June 16th. The Fraziers are in the midst of moving up from FL, God willing they will be settled in the Youth Parsonage sometime next week.
So...Welcome Frazier's, we look forward to serving with you!
The annual Fathers Day Breakfast will be this coming Sunday - I hope you filled out a Reservation slip! The Breakfast begins at 9:00 and I am happy to say that Betty Gouge is feeling well enough now to make the sausage gravy!! Not that I like it or anything.....
Our Prayer List remains long and seems to be steadily growing.....
I will do my utmost to be back on top of things next week! Thank you for your patience, encouragement and support! Yes Ron even you! :)
Until next time...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Aaron Stamper Preaching Scholarship and other updates...
Well, as so often is the case modern technology has me locked out of the Church email account of which I will handle upon my return...this couldnt have happened at a more inopportune time as I could have sent out emails to the Broadcaster E'list, but no.
I received an email from Tim Stamper and in lieu of flowers for Aaron, a preaching scholarship has been set up in Aarons name and contributions can be sent to:
First Christian Church
307 South Main Ave
Erwin, TN 37650
Earmarked: "Aaron Stamper Preaching Scholarship"
Tim also sent the obituary that was written up for Aaron which you will see below.
Timothy Aaron Stamper, formerly of Olive Hill, KY died Friday June 4, 2010 at his home in Erwin, TN after a lengthy battle with cancer. Aaron was born February 16, 1996 in Lexington, KY. He is the son of Tim and Sandi Stamper presently of Erwin, TN where Tim is minister of First Christian Church. He was an 8th grader at Unicoi County High School, and a player for Unicoi County Football Team. He is survived by his parents, Tim and Sandi Stamper of Erwin, TN; one sister Andrea Stamper of Erwin, TN; his paternal grandparents Donald Ray and Lois Stamper of Johnson City, TN; maternal grandmother Virginia Henderson of Mechanicstown, OH. Several aunts, uncles and cousins in KY, TN and OH. Malone Funeral Home in Grayson, KY will be handling the arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday June 8th from 6-9pm. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2pm at First Church of Christ 287 Pomeroy St in Grayson, KY.
We continue to lift the Stampers and the entire family up in prayer, and wish them God Speed during all of the travel.
YOUTH MINISTER
I will take this opportunity to introduce Andy Frazier as our new youth minister - it is a pleasure to have you on board.
Andy's wife is Kim and they have two children, Hannah age 4 and Noah age 2, I think I have the ages correct!
They've moved up from Florida and are staying with Kim's folks in Mtn. City at the moment. Andy will be around for a bit but has some loose ends to tie up in FL. He will be back and hopefully moved into the refurbished youth parsonage by June 21st.
So on behalf of FCC, WELCOME!!
I received an email from Tim Stamper and in lieu of flowers for Aaron, a preaching scholarship has been set up in Aarons name and contributions can be sent to:
First Christian Church
307 South Main Ave
Erwin, TN 37650
Earmarked: "Aaron Stamper Preaching Scholarship"
Tim also sent the obituary that was written up for Aaron which you will see below.
Timothy Aaron Stamper, formerly of Olive Hill, KY died Friday June 4, 2010 at his home in Erwin, TN after a lengthy battle with cancer. Aaron was born February 16, 1996 in Lexington, KY. He is the son of Tim and Sandi Stamper presently of Erwin, TN where Tim is minister of First Christian Church. He was an 8th grader at Unicoi County High School, and a player for Unicoi County Football Team. He is survived by his parents, Tim and Sandi Stamper of Erwin, TN; one sister Andrea Stamper of Erwin, TN; his paternal grandparents Donald Ray and Lois Stamper of Johnson City, TN; maternal grandmother Virginia Henderson of Mechanicstown, OH. Several aunts, uncles and cousins in KY, TN and OH. Malone Funeral Home in Grayson, KY will be handling the arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday June 8th from 6-9pm. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2pm at First Church of Christ 287 Pomeroy St in Grayson, KY.
We continue to lift the Stampers and the entire family up in prayer, and wish them God Speed during all of the travel.
YOUTH MINISTER
I will take this opportunity to introduce Andy Frazier as our new youth minister - it is a pleasure to have you on board.
Andy's wife is Kim and they have two children, Hannah age 4 and Noah age 2, I think I have the ages correct!
They've moved up from Florida and are staying with Kim's folks in Mtn. City at the moment. Andy will be around for a bit but has some loose ends to tie up in FL. He will be back and hopefully moved into the refurbished youth parsonage by June 21st.
So on behalf of FCC, WELCOME!!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Aaron Stamper...
There will be a memorial service for Aaron at First Christian Church 307 S. Main Ave. Erwin, this Sunday, June 6th @ 7:00 P.M.
The funeral will be in Grayson, Kentucky at some point next week, more detail on that later.
"Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for you Jesus or in honour of you be still
Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine"
by Mercy Me
The funeral will be in Grayson, Kentucky at some point next week, more detail on that later.
"Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
Will I dance for you Jesus or in honour of you be still
Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall
Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
I can only imagine"
by Mercy Me
God Speed Aaron Stamper...
It is with a heavy heart that I post this:
Aaron Stamper passed away last night, Friday, June 4th at 10:50pm not quite a year after being diagnosed with Leukemia.
Aaron has battled hard and long and praise God he is now healed, he's no longer in pain, no longer suffering, but my heart breaks for those who're left behind to greive his loss. Tim, Sandi, Andrea and Lori - know that everything Lee and I do this week we do in memory of your son, brother and cousin.
Now I know I can see that face of his that was so dear rather than the one Leukemia gave him...I can visualize him the way I choose to, happy! What he must be seeing at this moment, I actually believe he's up there asking for you guys to be comforted!
Lee and I love you guys and continue to lift you in prayer.
Aaron Stamper passed away last night, Friday, June 4th at 10:50pm not quite a year after being diagnosed with Leukemia.
Aaron has battled hard and long and praise God he is now healed, he's no longer in pain, no longer suffering, but my heart breaks for those who're left behind to greive his loss. Tim, Sandi, Andrea and Lori - know that everything Lee and I do this week we do in memory of your son, brother and cousin.
Now I know I can see that face of his that was so dear rather than the one Leukemia gave him...I can visualize him the way I choose to, happy! What he must be seeing at this moment, I actually believe he's up there asking for you guys to be comforted!
Lee and I love you guys and continue to lift you in prayer.
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