Volume 19, Number 6
HOLY
WEEK
April 1st ~ Palm Sunday Celebration Worship and holy baptisms
8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
April 5th ~ Maundy Thursday
Taizé style worship and Communion 7:00 p.m.
April 8th ~ EASTER SUNDAY!
Golden West Worship at 8:00 a.m.
Easter Breakfast, Riley Hall at 9:00 a.m.
Children's Egg Hunt, East Lawn, 10:00 a.m.
Sanctuary Service and holy baptisms, 10:45 a.m.
Easter! Christ is risen!! He is living indeed!!!
And
so are we! Come to celebrate new life in
worship and praise. And come to fellowship
with food and friends at our traditional Easter breakfast. The children and youth will celebrate in both
old and new ways; it is only fitting that we adults learn to participate with
the same joy and enthusiasm.
The
Church Growth and Fellowship Committee warmly encourages you to be present for
this glorious day in the life of the church.
Thank you in advance for your willingness to prepare and share the food
for the feast.
UPDATE ON
This week we will again be amending our contract for the sale of the church property with another 90-day extension to the due diligence date (new due date of June 28) and to the replacement property deadline (new due date of February 11, 2008).
On March 23, Hugh Crowder, Eleanor Hubbard, Marcie Geissinger and Brendan Chatham, representing FCC, met with Jim Chanin (and other Chanin representatives) and representatives of the Golden West Board in a continuing effort to have the easement through the Church’s south parking lot vacated by GW. Jim Chanin’s staff is working on a re‑design of the development to satisfy requests from the GW Board members.
Those of us who have been working with Chanin during the past year have high regard for his integrity and desire to work with FCC. We are hopeful that we will continue to move forward with the sale of FCC property to Chanin.
Marcie Geissinger, Chair, Board of Trustees
THANK YOU
The men of First Christian put on a spectacular pancake breakfast! And, begorra, we tip our hats especially to Dave Manica, David Shepherd, Jeff Wilkins-Crowder, Terry Zimmerman and all those special leprechauns who made it a great time for all. We’re already looking forward to next year!
Doris
Martin
Better late than never! Joyce and I really appreciated the flowers that Cindy brought to us for Valentine’s Day.
Eloise Teel and Joyce Buzick
HELP WANTED
A church member who resides in Golden West Manor is in need of a part-time companion/caregiver for 10-12 hours per week. Duties would include monitoring general health and well-being, monitoring medications and nutrition, light housekeeping, assistance with personal hygiene, occasional errands (grocery store, pharmacy), and interfacing with person’s children who live out of the area. Salary negotiable in the $15/hour range. Call Terry at the church office.
LIFE & NEWS OF THE
CONGREGATION!
The
Landis-Hausfather family plans a spring fling trip to
On
the move! The Campbell-Howe
family moved last weekend. Look for
their new address elsewhere in this issue of The Ram’s Horn.
Cindy
and Terry Zimmerman hosted a mini-family reunion recently! Cindy’s sisters, Diane and Nancy and
Erik
Mason has returned home after a two-week pleasure trip to the
And
speaking of the British Isles, Melanie Abel’s parents visited
here a short time ago all the way from
We
must say goodbye to Marj Collins on Palm Sunday. Marj will be moving to
in this newsletter.
Best
wishes to Jessica Crowder for her percussion ensemble state
finals on April 7th at the
Her
nose still looks great, but Pearl Grothe is in rehab at Manor
Care after leaving
Vickie
Thompson’s parents traveled from
BLAKE HOWARD RECEIVES EAGLE
SCOUT RANK
Blake achieved the Eagle Scout
rank, the highest honor that can be attained in Boy Scouts. Only 4 percent of the boys who join Scouting
earn this honor. For his Eagle Scout
project, Blake organized and managed the building of two sets of bleachers for
the tennis courts at
IS YOUR NAME ON THE LIST?
Attention!! If you have EVER helped with Community Table,
will you please contact the church office so Linda can add your name to the
list? The Outreach and Christian Action
Committee is planning a surprise on May 20.
Keep tuned.
Thanks,
Priscilla Gifford
SPECIAL EASTER OFFERING
Our Easter Special Offering will be taken on April 1 and April 8. Gifts made through the Easter Special Offering ensure that the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will continue to be and to share the Good News of Jesus Christ from your doorstep to the ends of the Earth.
This offering benefits the work of the Disciples general units—Church Extension, Church Finance Council, Council on Christian Unity, Disciples Home Missions, Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Division of Overseas Ministries, Higher Education and Leadership Ministries, National Benevolent Association, and Pension Fund of the Christian Church. The work of these units translates your gifts into mission and ministry that change the lives of uncounted thousands. Please give generously!
Outreach Committee
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVITED TO UMHE!
All high school seniors and juniors
are invited to spend an evening at your progressive campus ministry at CU on Wednesday, April 18 beginning at 5:15
p.m. This is an opportunity to meet
Rev. Todd and the CU students and find out what a liberal campus ministry can
be! UMHE is at
Jane Strohm
UMHE Administrative Assistant
NEW ADDITION TO EASTER
SUNDAY MORNING?
After the Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt for the younger children, and before the baptisms and worship celebration, you might notice an experimental addition! Then middle and high school youth will be participating in the breaking of cascarones at the far end of the lawn.
Jack Trejo gave me a bit of history of the celebration. The first evidence of the tradition actually
comes from
This year, our youth have made their own cascarones. We used birdseed instead of confetti, so that we wouldn't litter the yard. We will be trying out this event while the younger children are busy taking the candy out of their eggs. If it goes well, we might add it to the yearly Easter Celebration. So, if you are not helping smaller children open their eggs, join us at the far end of the yard, where the youth will be gently cracking celebratory eggs over each other’s heads! (If it were to snow, we would be postponing this event to a later Youth Group meeting, rather than attempting it in the fellowship hall!!!)
Sherrill and Youth Group
OF BREAD AND BROWN BAGS
FCC has a very unique gift for first-time visitors to our worship service. After signing the guest book, they are given a small brown bag which contains a miniature loaf of baked bread and a copy of the most recent issue of The Ram's Horn. We also include a copy of the information folder about FCC-Boulder. Attached to the handle of the bag is a small note showing a red reproduction of The Disciples of Christ chalice and the following message:
YOU BROKE BREAD WITH US
THIS MORNING - LET US BREAK
BREAD WITH YOU THIS WEEK
THE MEMBERSHIP OF FIRST
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
303-442-1861
THERE'S A PLACE FOR YOU AT
OUR TABLE.
I wish each of you could have the pleasure of watching the smile that this gift brings to a visitor's face! (And you could - greeters are always needed!)
But the bags, the note and the bread do not magically appear. The bags, the red tissue insert, the notes with the attached red ribbon are all provided by Vera Jones, a long-time member of FCC. Our bread baker is Jeannine Henderson, another very active member of FCC. Please know that this important ministry would not be possible without their efforts.
Louise Johnson (for church greeters)
BOULDER DINNER THEATRE
RAGTIME is a musical that follows a black musician, a
white family and a Jewish immigrant during the early 1900’s. It is a serious play with some levity – and
the use of the “n” word and a realistic reflection of history.
FCC’s night at the Boulder Dinner Theatre is
Thursday, April 12 at 6:15 p.m.
The Boulder Dinner
Theatre has received fabulous reviews and tickets are selling fast. The show ends on May 26th. Tickets are $38 each (dinner, show, tea
bottomless coffee, soda and the tip).
Contact Carrie
Landis-Hausfather at 303.499.3125.
APRIL
BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS:
02 Echo McAfee
03 Patrick
Rios
06 Gayle & Vern Crow
Ikuko Inoguchi Scheuren
07 Corey Skanes
09 Rachel
Shepherd
11 Emma
Slater
12 Becky
Campbell-Howe
13 Janet
Barriger & Brian Holmes
Bill
Baird
Cindy
Crowder
14 Katherine Moulder
Juanita
Mills
15 Esther Campbell
20 Vickie
Thompson
24 Bob Wendling
26 Kathleen Grooters
27 Laura Burright
28 Kay
Lowe-Wendling
PLEASE DON’T
SAY YOU DIDN’T NOTICE!
Much work has been accomplished “behind the scenes,” so we send out a big thank you to the
following “worker bees.”
- Ray Crowder for making end tables for the pastor and elders sitting up front (It’s really nice to have some place to put your paraphernalia besides the floor!)
- Dennis Hubbard and Jaime Alvarez for painting the place for our baptisms (Take a look, it’s a nice blue color now!)
- Jean
Crowder and Kay Norris for cleaning out the music
library in the
- Jean Crowder and Jeannine Henderson for cleaning Sherrill’s office and the office work room
- Jean Crowder, Marcie Geissinger, Eleanor Hubbard, and Rosie Campbell who cleaned, organized and facilitated the use of FLOC stuff
- Jean Crowder and Mary Crowder for cleaning the baptism rooms (Are you beginning to see a pattern here? Thank you, thank you, and thank you to Jean!)
- Peggie Hudiburg for having the pew cushions in the basement shortened so they will fit the newly “downsized” pews
- David Shepherd for taking care of our sound system and for moving it when necessary. Also to David for helping set up our new organ and make it playable (yeah!)
Dennis Hubbard
But the work isn’t done!….SO….
ANNUAL CLEAN-UP
There is lots more to do, so we need more worker bees! Mark Saturday, May 12th on your calendars for a clean-up, fix-up and generally sprucing up day at FCC. We will start at 9 a.m. and work until about 12. There are many small jobs needed to spruce up the grounds, such as trimming and cleaning the flower areas; weeding and replacing a few plants in the area west of the main building; trimming bushes; picking up and hauling away branches and leaves, etc. If you see other areas that need to be attended to, please let me know. However, none of this can be done without members volunteering to help with the work. Show up on May 12th and be assigned a job, or choose your job and let me know when it is finished.
Dennis Hubbard
Property Chair
FCCAFÉ PRESENTATIONS
(Sundays at 9:30 a.m. in Riley Hall)
April 1 – Conversation Café
April 8 – No Café – Easter
April 15 – Rainbow Elders of
April 22 – “Questions of Faith”
ELDERS
Following the 10:45 a.m. worship service on April 1 the Elders will meet in Riley Hall.
DWCC
Thursday, April 5 at 9:30 a.m. the Disciple Women
Coordinating Committee meets in the
MAUNDY THURSDAY / TAIZÉ
The Maundy Thursday, contemplative Taizé style worship with communion will be held on Thursday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary.
NEW WOMEN’S GROUP
Kay Lowe-Wendling is the host of the next New Women’s Group meeting on Saturday, April 7 at 9:30 a.m. Rosie Campbell will facilitate the discussion. All women are invited to join them. Call Cindy Zimmerman at 303.439.0704 if you need a ride.
FCC BOARD MEETING
The next regularly scheduled FCC Board meeting is Tuesday,
April 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the
FNATM
April 13 – Host: Sandy Bish, The Keys to the House
UMHE
DINNER
Saturday, April 14 is the UMHE
Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction to be held in Riley Hall at 5:00
p.m. The dinner will support their
annual worktrip.
DEBORAH-REBEKAH
GROUP
Deborah-Rebekah Group meets Thursday,
April 19 at 9:30 a.m. in the Spruce Room at Golden West.
FCC – COMMUNITY TABLE
Thursday, April 19 is FCC’s night to serve at Community
Table.
PASTORAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
The Pastoral Relations Committee will meet on Sunday, April 22 at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this committee is to support Terry, and to discuss with him church related events as communicated to us from the congregation. Please contact any member of the committee (Debbie Haseman, Louise Johnson, or Dave Manica) if you have a question.
GOLDEN WEST PATIO SALE
Golden West's semi-annual Patio Sale and Bake Sale will be held on Friday, April 27 from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. You
are invited to stop in for great bargains in linens, books, tapes, kitchen
items and small appliances, jewelry, holiday decor, and more. All proceeds go toward activities and
programs at Golden West.
IN SYMPATHY
Our love and sympathy are extended to Teri, Lindsay and Jack Stickle in the death of their husband and father, John Stickle, on March 15th. John waged a valiant battle against pancreatic cancer for nearly a year.
A celebration of life was shared in our sanctuary on March 17th with Rev. Zimmerman officiating.
WE REMEMBER IN
PRAYER
Milton Ashmore, Sandy Bish, Thomas Buck (friend of Chris Ford and Heather McLaughlin), Marj Collins, Pearl Grothe, Gary Roth (son of Lillian Rese), Sady Swanson, Rilla Wiggins (aunt of Dennis Hubbard), Alie Wilkins-Crowder, life and death of Denis Tyrrell (grandfather of Mel Abel).
Laura Burright M family
Jane Byers M Charles Byers and our parents
Rosemary Campbell M Shawn Campbell, Neil and Dora Coughlin
Mary and Hugh Crowder
Joann Dennett M parents and Blanche E. Taylor, grandmother
Jan and Bill Einert M Mr. & Mrs. Bill Boyer and Mr. & Mrs. William Einert Sr.
Chris Ford and Heather McLaughlin H Marcie Geissinger & Polly Warkentine
Marcie Geissinger and Neil Ashby M our parents
Bruce Griffing M Judie Holmes and Claudia Tripp
Evelyn Haskins M family members
Gale and Lisa Howard M Edward Hertfelder, Dale Howard and Betty Howard
Gordon and Barb Koshio M Hugh and Dorothy Bundy
Debbie and Dave Manica M Claudia Tripp and Ralph Manica
Doris Martin H my children and grandchildren
Martha Mason
Christine and Zach Morris M Todd Morris Sr.
Mary ann Pinon M Barbara Johnson
Charles, Cathy and Sady Swanson M dad Swanson
Rachel and Roy Shepherd M Claudia Tripp
Lee Stickle M John W. Stickle, H Teri, Jack and Lindsay Stickle
Cindy and Terry Zimmerman M our parents
NEXT RAM’S HORN DEADLINE: MONDAY, APRIL 9
Your
Church Staff:
Terry Zimmerman, Pastor Sherrill Morris, Youth Director
Linda Abel, Administrative Secretary Jaime & Leticia Alvarez, Custodians
Rebecca Hirsch, Choir Director Ikuko Inoguchi Scheuren, Accompanist
An open and affirming congregation.
E-mail: fccboulder@fcc-boulder.org
Terry’s E-mail: terryzimmerman@fcc-boulder.org
Linda’s E-mail: lindaabel@fcc-boulder.org
Office Hours: Monday – Friday - 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (303) 442-1861 Fax: (303) 442-6413
Web: www.fcc-boulder.org