Remember~Reconcile~Respond
May 11, 2006 Volume 18, Number 9
ON
THE BOARD WALK
We wanted to report to you about the Congregational
meeting held on Sunday, April 30th. We
had a good discussion and answered many very good questions regarding the sale
of the church. The motion that we voted
on was “that First Christian Church sell its property at
We will start this process at an FCCafé on May 21st.
We are calling this “A Time to Dream.”
You should be thinking and praying about how you would like to move
forward. Please come prepared to share
your ideas at this meeting.
We also authorized the Sanctuary Renewal Committee
to begin preparing the sanctuary so that we can move back upstairs for
worship. That work is also moving
forward. We are estimating that it will
be 18 months to two years before the sale is final so we will be spending lots
more Sundays in the sanctuary.
Thanks to the 3+1 (the trustees plus Sandy Bish) for
answering all of those questions, to the Board and the SRC for their support
and to all of you for your continued prayers and for your great questions.
Rosemary Campbell
President of the
Congregation
FCC
HONORS GRADUATES
On Sunday, May 21 everyone is especially invited to
attend a time of honoring our FCC graduates during the 10:45 a.m. worship
service. A potluck dinner will follow
the worship service.
.
OH! HAPPY DAY!
New Member Welcomed!
We welcomed Kendra Colyar into our
church family at the conclusion of worship on May 7th. Kendra, who has been
worshipping with us for several weeks, joined by transfer of her membership
from
Please include the following in your church directory:
Kendra Colyar
Cell: 1.509.999.6843
WE REMEMBER IN
PRAYER
Albert Allen (father of Carol Ashmore), Miles Harding Warkentine (welcomed into the world on 5/01/06, son of Stacy and Blaine Warkentine), Steve Kadlec, Barb Koshio, Calia Ann Morris (welcomed into the world on 5/07/06, daughter of Christine Manica and Zach Morris), Roma Ritenour (friend of Rosie Campbell and Joann Dennett).
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
FOR OUR COMMUNITY TABLE TEAM
AND OTHER POSITIONS!!!
FCC is the host facility three
times a week for Community Table. Community
Table is an incredible food program for persons living-on-the-edge in
First Christian provides team members to set-up, serve, and clean-up only one time a month (the third Thursday), and we feel that it is very important to continue that service by our members. Unfortunately, because of a change in Community Table serving time, a number of the long-time volunteers (to whom we extend a wholehearted thanks) are unable to help with this project now. The set-up persons work from 3:45 till 5:00 or 5:30 p.m., dependent on the arrival times of the serving and clean-up crew that works from 5:00 or 5:30 until finished, usually about 6:30 p.m.
WE NEED YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU. Please call Rosemary Campbell at 303.651.3989 to volunteer or to be a substitute. Can you help for the summer months, or on a trial basis? Call now.
Or, if you cannot help at Community Table, would you be interested in sending out the email each month and receiving responses of who is available to work that month on the third Thursday and then assigning times for the volunteers in a second email? This person is called the recruiter.
Also, Echo McAfee will be leaving her position on the
Community Table Board that meets every other month in the evening. Is this a service you would be interested in
providing? Call Rosemary for more
information. Marcie
Geissinger
MEET RORY COWL
The Music Search Committee is happy to announce the hiring of a summer accompanist, Rory Cowl! Rory will play service music for both the Golden West service and second service as well as schedule and rehearse our special music during June, July and August.
Rory was a President's and Honors
Scholarship recipient at the
Vincent Mirandi, who is moving to
FCCAFÉ PRESENTATIONS
(Sundays at 9:30 a.m. in Riley Hall)
May 14 – Cancellation / Conversation Café
May 21 – Presentation by the FCC Board, “A Time to Dream”
May 28 – Zachary Poore, “A Report on the
World Leadership Forum in
WOMEN’S
BOOK GROUP
The Women’s Book Group will meet on Monday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Priscilla Gifford, #703, Golden West. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison will be discussed.
DEBORAH-REBEKAH
GROUP
The Deborah-Rebekah Group will meet Thursday, May 18 at 9:30 a.m. in the Spruce Room at Golden West.
FCC – COMMUNITY TABLE
Thursday, May 18 is FCC’s night to serve at Community Table.
INTERNATIONAL AIDS
CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL
The Boulder County Interfaith AIDS Coalition will host an open house reception, candlelight walk, and vigil on May 21. This year’s theme is “Lighting the Path to a Brighter Future.”
The Boulder County AIDS Project’s (BCAP) office, located at
FCC’S
NIGHT AT THE BOULDER DINNER THEATRE
FCC night at the Boulder
Dinner Theatre is Sunday, May 21 at 6:15 p.m. for The Music
Man.
FCC BOARD
MEETING
Following the sanctuary service on June 11, FCC Board will
meet in the
THANK YOUS
We wish to thank you all for your many
thoughts and prayers, for our grandson while he was in
Helen
and Bill Real
Thanks to the Board members,
trustees, Rosemary, and others who worked so hard behind the scenes since
January to bring to the congregation a comprehensive proposal for the sale of
the church property. I appreciate all
the time and energy put into the information-gathering and the patience in
answering all the questions raised at the congregational meeting. Well done.
Carol Poore
A
big thank-you to everyone who called, visited, brought food, gave gifts, and
contributed money and diapers at our recent shower. Matthew is doing well and we are starting to
get a little more sleep at night, so John and I are doing well also! We appreciate everyone's generosity and
well-wishes.
Deborah and John Rode
Dear First Christian Church Women,
Thank you so much for the cookies & dessert
bars. They were very yummy. It was a very nice surprise to see at my door
when I got home from school. I am a
research assistant at CU at this time, and I am not taking classes. However, I never turn down chocolate chip
cookies.
Thanks
again, Kendra Colyar
Dear First
Christian Church,
Thank
you for the delicious cookies you guys sent.
It was so wonderful to hear from the church. I hope everything is going great. I heard about the offer for the church and
whatever you guys decide I wish you the best of luck.
Aimee Shepherd
P.S. I miss you all very
much!
$$$$$$ MONEY MATTERS $$$$$$
We are running right on track for our expenses versus budget for the year. However, we are running a little behind on income. If you are behind on your pledges and can catch up on them before the summer, that would help out the operational financial picture.
We are running a deficit budget this year, so even if we are on track for expenses versus income, we will still spend $18,000 more than we take in. This is consistent with several recent years of deficit budgets. This is yet another reason that securing our financial future via property sale and lease income is so important!
Our new bookkeeper, Susie Burley, had to resign due to family health issues. Please keep her and her husband, Ed, in your prayers. In the meantime I will perform the bookkeeping functions.
Your Treasurer, Sandy Bish
LIFE AND NEWS OF
THE CONGREGATION!
Congratulations
to Polly and Lee Warkentine who became grandparents,
again, upon the birth of Miles Harding to son and daughter-in-law, Blaine and
Stacy, on May 1st.
And
the world welcomed Calia Ann Morris into the world on May 7th! She is the daughter of Christine Manica
and Zach Morris, granddaughter of Debbie and Dave Manica
and niece of Michelle, great-granddaughter of Rachel and Roy
Shepherd. Calia also has a plethora of aunts,
uncles and cousins, all with ties to our congregation! She weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. at birth.
All
our “rah-rahs” and “woo-woos” are going to
It was great to see Doris Martin in
worship Sunday.
Albert
Allen is currently a patient at
After valve replacement surgery, Barbara Koshio
is expected to be resting well at home as you read this! A recuperation period of 8 weeks is usual in
these situations. Our prayers continue
to be with her and Gordon.
Steve Kadlec continues to have problems with nausea
following his recent surgery. Our
prayers are with him and with Heather.
He just can’t stay home! Keith Lance will soon return from a fun-filled two weeks
touring manor houses and castles in
Mardi Byers received 5 curtain calls at the performance
of Tosca which mother Jane Byers attended in
INVITATION
You are invited to Commencement Exercises for
Shawn Timothy Crowder
Saturday morning, May twenty-seventh, Two Thousand Six
Ten o clock
GOLDEN WEST
SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER
Saturday,
May 20th
First Seating 5:00 to 6:15 p.m. / Second
Seating 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
$15.00 per adult (ages 13 and over), $5 per
child (ages 6-12), children under 5 free
The spaghetti dinner
is a fundraiser to benefit the Golden West Foundation wellness center
fund. The wellness center fund was utilized
initially to purchase state of the art exercise equipment for the on-site
wellness center at Golden West Senior Residence. Contributions to the wellness center fund are
now used to provide assistance to low-income elderly residents of Golden West
who cannot afford the full price of a membership to the wellness center and to
support the program in general. The
exercise program helps residents increase and maintain strength and mobility,
which in turn vastly improves their ability to maintain their independence.
NEXT RAM’S HORN DEADLINE:
MONDAY, MAY 22
Your
Church Staff:
Terry Zimmerman, Pastor Sherrill Morris, Youth Director
Linda Abel, Administrative Secretary
Vincent Mirandi, Director of Music/Organist Jaime & Leticia Alvarez, Custodians
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
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