THANK YOU TO GOOD CO-WORKERS
Another great experience! The Trunk or Treat hosted by First Christian on Saturday evening turned outto be really worthwhile. Although pounds of candy were distributed (to parents’ concern and dentists’delight!), there were more good things received than just the sweets.The conservative estimate of children who came through our line was over 400, and we saw lots of families in addition to the children. Since there was a coloring contest, about 100 children of various ages competed for prizes. Even more registered in a drawing to receive an “I-Pod Shuffle” along with some other toys appealing to children, all of them leaving us their names and addresses so we can follow up with invitations to come worship and fellowship with us in the future. So we definitely made many good contacts with people from the community.
Because this event has already begun to bear fruit, we want to thank the many people who helped in different ways. A few decorated their car or truck, and stood out for nearly three hours – some even in costume, while countless others brought bags of candy in recent weeks to keep those trunks replenished, and all are appreciated. But I want especially to note the hard work and great ideas of Andy Frazier in
planning and developing the details of this year’s version of a seasonal tradition. He came up with the ideas of the coloring contest and give-away, including delivering some picture pages to local schools and pre-schools in advance, and his tireless work in supervising our efforts really sparked the whole event.
First Christian is blessed to have Andy and his family with us, and we clearly benefit from his attitude and energy in working not only with our children and youth, but with all aspects of our church life. As we see more evidence of new life and enthusiasm within the congregation, we continue to see Andy at work in the midst of it. The church has taken a positive step toward developing a good leadership team,
so now we need to keep praying for guidance as we look toward the future.
Noting Andy’s good work brings me to a point of expressing thanks once again for the several people who serve in numerous roles within this church. A few put in hours of work each week, but many bless us regularly with their faithful presence and participation, and it all adds up to good kingdom investment. We praise God for good co-workers. As Jesus said, there is a tremendous need all around us, and we
must all “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”[Matt.9:38] Thank you to those who serve – and there is always room for many more.
Yours in Christ,
RDR
Time Change!! - Fall back an hour on
Sunday, Nov. 7 at 2:00am
Guest Speaker Missionary Art Jablonski
Wednesday Night, November 17th @ 7:00pm
Thanksgiving Dinner
Next Wednesday, November 10 at 6:00pm!
Our dinner will be catered by Three Peas in a Pod
and will consist of a traditional Thanksgiving
dinner. To help defray the cost we’re asking for a
donation of $6.00 for age 12 and up; $3.00 for
ages 6-11; children under 5 no charge.
Look for reservation slips in the foyer, you may
drop slips in the offering plate or call the office by
Blood Drive!
Friday, Nov. 12th 12:30pm-5:30pm
FCC Fellowship Hall
For appt call 423-202-5619
Walk-Ins welcome after 2:00pm
Enter Drawing for: Dinner for 2 at Toby’s Rock Creek Café OR Delta Airline tickets!
Missions Minute
What kind of missions does FCC support?
There are literally thousands of worthwhile ministries and organizations seeking support from local churches and individuals so they can continue to do their work for the Lord’s kingdom or care of the local community. Obviously we can not help all of them. At FCC we have sought to find a balance of different kinds of ministries. We have identified three major groupings of programs which we try to support about equally.
Very general headings of these groups are Benevolence, Foreign Evangelism, and Education. Benevolence would include works such as children’s homes and Appalachian Christian Village that care for well-being and teaching of children or elderly. Our support for foreign evangelism would go to places like Art Jablonski in Poland and the Smelser family with Northern European Evangelism in Germany. Johnson Bible College and Emmanuel School of Religion are examples of those institutions in the education category which are preparing leaders for the next generation to continue the work of the church.
Join us Wed. Nov. 17 at 7:00pm to hear Art Jablonski report on his recent work.
November 4th to place your reservation!
