THE CHURCH VISITOR. Received and Recognize. Sunday, October 8, 2017

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1 OCT. 03, 2017 THE CHURCH VISITOR importance of that love because we Recognize its source. Received and Recognize These have been the topics of our sermons the last two weeks: What we have Received (Talents, abilities, resources, everything we have) are gifts from God to be used for the work He calls us to do. We should have a desire to move closer and closer to God in order to more fully Recognize Him. We need to see God more clearly and undertake things that improve our focus on Him. If these two things become a way of life for us, then our lives will undoubtedly become an ever clearer reflection of God to the world in which we live. Received and Recognize!!! This Sunday, in line with our Stewardship Campaign, we will be talking of Response. Seeing how we respond to something is generally indicative of how we view what has been Received and how we Recognize the giver. If you have been married, often we are given rings as tokens of love we have received. It is meaningful because it represents love we have found. We understand the This is the time of year that we undertake a Stewardship Campaign and establish a Nominating Committee. We ask everyone to prayerfully consider how they can serve within the Body of Christ. So, to understand what you have Received and to Recognize who gave it all to you will certainly influence your Response. As you consider how you will serve, and what you will give, I ask you to pray about what you have Received throughout your life. Recognize it is our Creator, our Redeemer, and our Sustainer: the God of all who has given it to you. Let your Response speak to what you truly believe. Sunday, October 8, 2017 Sermon Title: Stewardship Response Sermon Text: Matthew 25:28-30 & (New Living Translation) 3908 Ruth Road Richland Hills, TX (817) Senior Pastor: Paul Klaus Website: info.rhcc@gmail.com

2 CHURCH CALENDAR OCTOBER Adult Choir (6:30 pm) - Nursery available! SANCTUARY DEDICATION SUNDAY Prayer Ministry (8:45 am) Seekers, Pioneers, Discipleship, Coffee House, Youth SS Classes (9:15 am - 10:10 am) Preschool/Kindergarten Music Class (9:15 am) Preschool SS Classes (9:45 am) Morning Worship Service (10:30 am) Cabinet/Board Meeting (4:00 pm) CWF Day Group Meeting (10:30 am) Worship Committee (5:30 pm) Adult Choir (6:30 pm) - Nursery available! DMF Breakfast Meeting (8:30 am) Prayer Ministry (8:45 am) Seekers, Pioneers, Discipleship, Coffee House, Youth SS Classes (9:15 am - 10:10 am) Preschool/Kindergarten Music Class (9:15 am) Preschool SS Classes (9:45 am) Morning Worship Service (10:30 am) CWF Service Day (9:30 am) CWF Night Group Meeting (6:30 pm) Adult Choir (6:30 pm) - Nursery available! Blessed Threaders (10:00 am) Prayer Ministry (8:45 am) Seekers, Pioneers, Discipleship, Coffee House, Youth SS Classes (9:15 am - 10:10 am) Preschool/Kindergarten Music Class (9:15 am) Preschool SS Classes (9:45 am) Morning Worship Service (10:30 am), CWF Executive Board Meeting after worship CWF Visitation Day (9:30 am) SERVING SCHEDULE Worship Coordinator Patrice Morrison Deacons (Month of October) Brandon Hall, Sandy Rutherford, Norma Hopkins, John Conard Stewardship Moment Brian Hall The Table Jo Ellen Howard & Mike Morrison Children s Moment Charles Mason Greeters Evan & Shay Lawson Coffee Fellowship Ryon & Leah McCann Communion Preparation Dawn Phillippi Communion Clean-Up Sharon Cummings & Kathryn Holiday Ryon & Leah McCann Jim & Connie Phillips Rick & Laura Crain Toby & Pam Runnels FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE & GIVING Sunday School - 34 Worship Service Faithful Giving (10.01) - $ 5,491

3 Getting Social Media Together Logan and Anna Dinkel are heading up our new church social media campaign. You can now follow the church on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook!!! We will be broadcasting worship on Facebook Live! soon. If you have anything you would like put up on any of these social media platforms, i.e. pictures and events, please the church at We can t wait to show everyone how Christ is working in our church! BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES FOR OCTOBER October Birthdays Dan Runnels Terri Williams Carla Alvarado Joan Burgett Ryan Ake Paul Klaus Jim Phillips Iris Woodall Evan Lawson Heather Hall October Anniversaries OCTOBER CALENDAR Jim & Connie Phillips Bill & Judy Walther Donald & Rosemary Pentecost Tuesday, October 10 CWF Day Group - 10:30 am Program: Rebuilding with Action Eat Out - site TBD Tuesday, October 17 CWF Service Day (Please bring a sack lunch) CWF Night Group - 6:30 pm Hostess - Carol Jean New Study - Norma Hopkins Proverbs 31 Woman - How Not to do it All Proverbs 31:10-31 Sunday, October 22 CWF Executive Board after worship Tuesday, September 24 CWF Visitation Day - 9:30 am Dear Richland Hills Christian Church, I m so sorry this card is so late!! I am just beginning to be able to get around except to go to Physical Therapy. It was so thoughtful of all of you to send cards during my ordeal. I will see the neurosurgeon on October 9th for more x-rays, etc. I am praying that everything will be good. Hope to see you all around last of October. Mary Evelynne Pendleton

4 Please let the office know if there is anyone that needs to be taken OFF of or ADDED to this list. We appreciate your help! WELCOME NEW MEMBER Please pray for the following: Preble Lehew Arlene Kendall Carol Neill, mother of Carrie Visage Deann Leusing, niece of Carol Sherer & Beth Loosmore Bill Agan Maxine Gandy Mildred Sampson Grace Bennett Alton Adams Don Dodson Kim Nelson, friend of Sarah Frazier Melanie Hatfield Nathan McGee, great grandson of Polly Slama Sarah Wellman Brenda Ledbetter Alvarado s granddaughter, Reagan Nursery Rockers If you love babies and want to feel loved and appreciated, we have a place for you! We are in search of people to rock our baby angels. We currently have 8 rockers, but the more we have the less o>en you will need to serve. If interested, please call and leave a message for Peggy Jimmy Stricklin Stuff We Need!!! We are in need of cases of bottled water, as well as Coffee K-Cups, for the Gathering Area on Sunday morning. You may bring them by the office during the week or to church on Sunday morning Ann Runnels Charlene Cox Carol Jean New Crib Nursery Guardian Angel Grandmas Melissa Hall Leah Hughes Leah McCann Play Room Parent Helper Schedule:

5 COMING SOON: FALL RHCC SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 Mark your calendars now for Saturday, October 28, as that is the day of our Fall Festival. We will need lots of help this year with the following: Bags of candy Small prizes Volunteers to work games Volunteers to bake cakes for the cake walk Volunteers to provide automobiles decorated for Trunk or Treat Volunteers to man the ticket booth This is your chance to SERVE! Please see Charles Mason for more details and to volunteer. Look for more information in the near future. Planting Seeds On December 10th at 5pm our choir will be performing the Christmas Cantata at Bethany Christian where Pastor Lisa is serving. I would like as many as possible from our church to consider going over to Dallas to support Bethany as well as our choir that evening. As we draw closer to the date, perhaps we can set up some car pools or even rent a van to get people over there. Something to think about well in advance. RHCC Stewardship In Mo<on New in the Sanctuary We are so blessed to have been gifted a Steinway Baby Grand piano by Barry Graham. It is a satin black 1930 s model that Doug Plummer has been tuning for us. Thank you again to Barry Graham for such a generous and lasting gift to Richland Hills. This week you will receive a leher in the mail which contains a blank pledge card. Please r e a d t h e stewardship message and keep the card handy. Pray about your Ithe to the Lord and go to the Bible for guidance. RHCC is depending on your contribuions to plan for 2018 and ways we can minister to those in need. Please complete your pledge card at home and bring it back to church. As part of worship on October 15 and October 22, we will ask people to bring forward their pledge cards. Please know that we love and respect each gi> and each giver. In Imes like these, we have plenty of God s work to do. Your RHCC Stewardship Team

6 A Little BRITE ness from Linda Hello from Linda Barnette. In this and future newsletters, I shall be sharing some tidbits from my Brite Divinity School experience, and some occasional wit & wisdom from the books that I read. To inaugurate my contributions to the weekly RHCC newsletter, I would like to share the Scriptures that guide my calling to Pastoral Care ministry: 1) Micah 6:8 - He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. 2) Romans 12: For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Blessings on your week. Linda Barnette INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR LINDA BARNETTE