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1 Community Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1300 Holly Drive Richardson Texas voice fax Communi-K Volume 38 Number 4 February 15, 2012 As I write this week s article I am anxiously waiting The season of Lent is upon us, and Ash Wednesday to hear the results of the mechanic s findings about is this next week. We have walked this journey before knowing that we will end up at Good Friday the transmission in my truck. Now that it is over the 100,000 mile mark, I have been expecting to and then Easter. The destination remains the same. have my first mechanical problems start to appear. What does not remain the same is the experience Waiting for news with anticipation (and probably a of what God will do with us on this year s journey. I little anxiety) is a waste of energy, but I am noticing this is one of my own internal responses mak- invite you to join with me prayerfully to walk with Jesus making his way toward Jerusalem and teaching in the temple that last week before Passover, ing itself known. Do you wait well for impending news? I know all of us wait for news in a variety then submitting Himself to the crowd there in the of ways, under a variety of garden. Prayerfully talk to Him about circumstances waiting to hear what He is going through, what He is test results about a health thinking, and how He waits for what issue or diagnosis; waiting to must come. hear from our families as they travel; waiting to find out what the problem and repair is for our vehicles; waiting to learn if we got the job or still have our job; waiting for that hopeful yes to a marriage proposal; all of it invites the butterflies in the stomach to take flight. I sometimes wonder if Jesus got butterflies as he set his face toward Jerusalem (Luke 9: 51) for that final journey of his ministry. Do you suppose they intensified as he sat with his disciples around the Passover table? We are offered a glimpse of what Jesus was dealing with while he was in the garden after the meal. Luke records that Jesus was praying so intently about what was coming next that his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground (22: 46). From the moment Judas kissed him and the mob took him, Jesus was committed to waiting for the end at the hands of those opposed to him. What went through Jesus mind in those last hours of his life? I can recommend making this journey with Him because there is always something new that comes up, either in the conversation with Him or from what jumps out along the way. In a way it is like entering a football season. If we only show up for Easter, it would be like handing Jerry Jones the Vince Lombardi trophy in September and saying, Congratulations, you are this year s Super Bowl Champs! The journey will not have been made, no one will have been tested and the triumph is hollow. It is important to make the journey, to experience the waiting, to examine ourselves as we talk and walk with Jesus. Let me invite you to join with us this year to walk with Jesus during these days. It will encourage your faith! In Christ s service together wherever He leads, David

2 Prayers of Community Immediate Prayers Denise Fairchild is out of the hospital and awaiting a heart procedure. Pauline McGoodwin is in rehab after having hip surgery. Jim Webb is hospitalized in Plano Medical awaiting biopsy results. Ann Garrett, daughter of Karlan s friend, had her leg amputated below the knee. June Rawlings, Linda Fairchild s mother, is hospitalized following a stroke. Jo Ann Crawford, friend of Lee Cole, is under hospice care. Scott Long underwent surgery 2/6/12 in Austin to make his hip less able to slip out of the socket. Sue Reed, Gene Benton s step-granddaughter, was diagnosed with Hodgkin s Lymphoma. Family & friends of Joy Coats, cousin of Charlene Deming, due to her death Family & friends of Dr. John T. Binion, friend of Mary & Wayne Quick, due to his death Family & friends of Joie Burnett, aunt of Mic Burnett, due to her death Family & friends of Carlos Benitez, young student of Leigh DuVall, due to his death from cancer Family & friends of Jean Duffy due to her death on January 15 Family & friends of Pat Darnell, friend of Elaine Kellam, due to her death Joys Jaydin James Baker, nephew of Becky & Mike Baker, was born at 3:00 a.m. February 5, Ongoing Prayers for Friends and Family Community Christian Church Israel All Christians in countries where Christians are persecuted, up to and including death All women who live in countries where Sharia law is strictly imposed Families of war casualties 20+ MILLION unemployed and underemployed people and their families Continuing victims of all disasters fires, floods, earthquakes, droughts, etc. Rebecca Allard, Claudia Anneman, Neil Baker, Boni Baver, Gordon Beck, Guy Braswell, Kenn Briscoe, Mitty Brown, Jonathan Buck, Gloria Burke, Raymond Butts, Monique Cohen, Margaret & Troy Compton, Allison Conway, Coon family, Frances Crook, Katy Davis, Doug Easley, Bobbie Ellis, Mrs. Foster, Tyler Gall, Jasmine Garcia, Doug Gerbosi, Christie Gill, Connie & Joe Gordon, Grace Christian Church, Jerry Griffin, Dan Haddock, Vera Hall, Cindy Hamilton, Bryan Haywood, David & Barbara Horn, Ronnie Horowitz & daughter Helen, Betty Jean House, Kahn family, Liz Keene, Marv & Norrita Knecht, Roy Knight, Virginia Krueger, Katy Latham, Carl Arthur Leppert, Roy Lewis, Robbie Longacre, Everett & Charlotte Loughry, Patrick Lopez, Lisa Lynn, Jim & Kayla McAfee, Jody McCutcheon, Megan McKinley, Duke Millard, Stanley Myers, David Nichols, Todd Oncken, Brown Plummer, Martha Quistian, June Rawlings, Leslie, Alan & Chance Redwine, Margie Renfrow, Helen Reynolds, Joe Ross, Larry Rutledge, Jan Savage, Debra Scroggins, Janelle Schuyler, Jeffrey Sholden, Laurie Stoeckert, Kathy Summers, Ana Stenzel-Wallace, Mary Margaret Taylor, Tami Taylor, Dwight Vance, Shelly Viscovo, Gwen Vloedman, Tammy and Shelby Wagner, Doug Watson, Christine Wickizer-Tobin, Dr. Brent Whitworth, Kevin Wright, Tracey Wyrick Service Men and Women The people who serve in our military both at home and abroad, especially: Bryan Aft, Jeffrey Brown, Josh Brown, Chandler Berg, Chaplain Paul Carpenter, Dan Cockerham, Troy Dorsey, Aaron Duncan, Jason Fairchild, Chaplain Kyle Fauntleory, Camilla Maybee, Amanda Parker, Ryan Parker, Scott Pitchford, Shawn Sears, Matt Sawyer, Shane Shupak, Devin Watson, Jeff Williford, George Woodley, Rob Wright

3 Calendar of Events February 29 February 2 February 4 February 11 February 14 February 16 February 21 February 25 February 26 February 27 February 28 February Anniversaries February Birthdays Elaine & Ken Kellam Cory Houghton Caroline Kellam Helen Green Katy Latham Dee Penrod Russ Stovall Eulene Lee Lee Cole Dick Straw David Murph Joan Taylor Junior Church Leaders Needed! As we move into 2012, we d like to add several teachers to the rotation in Junior Church. It is NOT a difficult assignment. The teaching lesson is printed out IN BOLD LETTERS and the children spend a majority of the class time moving from reflection station to reflection station on their own. You are simply an adult presence in the room. I would invite you to SERIOUSLY consider this opportunity to be engaged with our children in their spiritual formation. All materials are provided. If you have questions, please call Dani Cartwright at There will be a calendar on the office window beginning January 1st for sign up for teachers! Thank you for your care for our children! Job Opportunity United Disciples Christian Church is looking for a part-time secretary. Ask Jeannine for a copy of the job description if you know of anyone who might be interested. Sunday, February 19 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:50 a.m. Worship 10:50 a.m. Junior Church 12:00 p.m. Congregational Meeting 12:15 p.m. Fellowship Time in Fellowship Hall 5:00 p.m. Pastoral Relations 7:00 p.m. Executive Committee Wednesday, February 22 Ash Wednesday Lent Begins 6:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m. Choir Practice Thursday, February 23 10:00 a.m. Spiritual Disciplines Prayer Group Saturday, February 25 8:30 a.m. Habitat UTD Sunday, February 26 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:50 a.m. Worship 10:50 a.m. Junior Church 12:15 p.m. Fellowship Time in Fellowship Hall Wednesday, February 29 7:00 P.M. Choir Practice Thursday, March 1 10:00 a.m. Spiritual Disciplines Prayer Group Sunday, March 4 8:00 a.m. Elders meeting 9:30 a.m. Sunday school 10:50 a.m. Worship/Hymnal Dedication 10:50 a.m. Junior Church 12:15 p.m. Birthday Celebration in Fellowship Hall Wednesday, March 7 1:00 p.m. 55+ meeting 7:00 p.m. Choir Practice Thursday, March 8 10:00 a.m. Spiritual Disciplines Prayer Group

4 Richardson Area Interfaith Habitat (RAIH) Annual Walk-A-Thon Fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity Saturday, February 25, 2012 Location: UTD parking lot, at corner of Floyd Rd. and Lookout Dr. in Richardson Registration from 8:30-9:30am $10.00/person or $20.00/family. (All participants will receive a free RAIH t-shirt when they register to walk.) Distance = 5 miles or 8 kilometers. Walk or run all or part of it. For more information contact Mic Burnett at (972) or mic.burnett@gmail.com Sponsoring Congregations: All Saints Catholic St. Paul s Cath. Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church of the Holy Communion Community Christian United Disciples Christian St. Barnabas Presbyterian Unity Church of Dallas 1st United Methodist, Richardson King of Glory Lutheran Spring Valley United Methodist Habitat Walk-a-Thon This year, we'll be building one house again, rather than two. Our five-year agreement ended last year and the price of each house went from $40,000 to $65,000. We're still hoping to get back to doing two houses in a year (not every year though). The Walk-a-Thon is where we get the most money for the houses. It's a very enjoyable morning, for a great cause. We've had good participation in previous years, and I encourage you to give it a shot. There are refreshments at the start (breakfast goodies), along the route, and at the end. You get a great Habitat t-shirt too! If you can't do the Walk, you can still contribute financially. Carol Johns and I will be taking pledges or payment from anyone who would like. Just look for us at church. Thanks everyone, Mic Burnett

5 Outreach Special Offering Sunday, February 19th begins the Week of Compassion special offerings and lasts through Sunday, February, 26th. I was shocked when I goggled Week of Compassion only to find The number of Americans living in poverty is the highest it has been in 52 years. One in seven households in our nation is food insecure, which affects more than 16 million children. If food is this much in demand right here in the U.S., just think what is going on with the people in less developed countries. The Disciples of Christ offerings go to help respond to human needs here as well as around the world. We help bring hope to victims of natural disasters, war and famine such as the following most recent events: Nicaragua, flood relief Thailand (2), flood relief Cambodia, flood relief Gaza/West Bank, capacity building and training Turkey, earthquake Philippines, typhoon relief DR Congo, conflict and displacement Ghana, flood relief The special offering envelopes will be in the Sunday morning bulletins so please give generously to help so many others in need. Outreach Network Marvin Rogers reported delivering 76 lbs. of food to Network for January. Thanks to Jerre Rosebrough and the ladies who worked on the Sunday spaghetti luncheon, we have lots of canned goods in the baskets in the front foyer to deliver for the month of February. I would like to challenge each one of you to set aside your canned donations on the Saturday before the first Sunday of each month so you ll get used to doing it the same time each month. Outreach Habitat Walk-A-Thon: The annual RAIH Walk-a-thon which raises the majority of the money for building the house we will build beginning March 17th will be held on Saturday, February 25th Mic Burnett and I have been signing up people to sponsor us to walk 5 miles for this fine project but it s very slow going right now. We could certainly use some more walkers to drum up more pledges. Best regards, Carol Johns Security We received the following invitation from The Richardson Police Department. The Richardson Police Department Crime Prevention Unit cordially invites you and your staff to participate in our 3rd annual Faith-Based-Crime Prevention Conference. The theme of our 2012 conference will be Protecting Our Greatest Asset: Children. We are excited to partner with the Richardson Childcare Director s Roundtable for this great event. The conference will feature topics that concern the safety of children at daycare facilities. The topics covered will be: Safety Risk/Emergency Management Child Abuse Professional Development (effective communication) The 2012 conference will be held at Richardson East Church of Christ, located at 1504 East Campbell Rd. Richardson, Texas on March 24, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Registration for the conference will open on February 8, 2012 and end on March 9, Due to limited seating, it is imperative that all attendees register individually for this event. Preference will be given to those who are part of a faith-based organization (i.e. church, mosque, synagogue, or temple.) Due to training hours given for this event, all attendees will need to provide a photo ID to receive credit for attendance. Go to richardsonpolice.net for registration information. From the safety team Please make sure that all doors are locked when you leave the buildings. There have been a couple of instances lately where doors were found to be unlocked. Let's keep CCC safe!

6 2012 Camping Schedule Disciples Crossing Athens, TX Office: (903) After office hours: (903) All camps are open to campers from any of the three supporting Area Ministries: North Texas Area, Northeast Area, and Trinity-Brazos Area. CCC pays half of the cost for CCC youth. Discovery Camp (completed grades 2 and/or 3 with parent) Grand Camp 1 (Ages 4 10 with a grandparent) Grand Camp 2 (ages 4 10 with a grandparent) JYF 1 Camp (completed grades 4 and/or 5) JYF 2 Camp (completed grades 4 and/or 5) *Chi Rho 1 Camp (completed grades 6 and/or 7) Chi Rho 2 Camp (completed grades 6 and/or 7) NEA CYF Conference (grades 9 12) and Chi Rho Camp(completed grades 6 and/or 7) Eighters Camp (completed grade 8) Niners Conference (completed grade 9) TBA CYF Conference (completed grades 10 12) *NTA CYF Conference (completed grades 9-12) Christian Youth Leadership Seminar (CYLS) (Disciples Crossing) Contact your minister for more information May Jun 1 3 Aug 31 Sep 2 Jul 2 6 Jul 3 -Aug 3 Jun Jun Jun Jul 8 14 Jun Jun Jun Jul Young Adult Retreat May * Camp staffed by North Texas Area For registration forms go to the Camping Information page. Forms available in March Vacation Bible School Vacation Bible School is coming to Community Christian Church, July 30 August 3! Mark your calendars now and plan to spend the evenings learning some FUN things! Amy Whitley Taylor will be the VBS Coordinator, so be ready to say YES when she calls and asks for your help! It will be a great time for our children and for the adult leaders, too! Disciples Women Fellowship The NTA Disciples Women s Spiritual Life Retreat will be held in Athens, Texas April 13 th -15 th. The theme this year is Plug into the Power. The Early Bird registration is $85.00 for the weekend by March 23 rd. Additional $10.00 by deadline date March 30 th. This includes housing, food, and programming. Early Bird Fees Postmarked by March 23: Pkg. #1 Friday and Saturday nights, all meals $85 Pkg. #2 Friday night only and 4 meals $70 Pkg. #3 Saturday night only and 4 meals $70 Pkg. #4 Saturday day only, lunch and dinner $50 Deadline postmarked by March 30 th Add $10 to the above fees. T-Shirts with this year s logo are available for $12 each. There is an additional fee for sizes larger than XL. To register or for more information go to nta@ccsw.org or contact Cindy Kyle Please call me at for a registration form or me at pbl@sbcglobal.net Thanks, Patty Latham St. Patrick s Day Celebration Join us on Sunday, March 11 as we celebrate St. Patrick s day. The membership committee invites you to a GREEN LUNCHEON in Fellowship Hall after worship. A sign-up sheet is on the office window if you would like to share in providing food items. Also, please bring a canned good item to the luncheon to be given to Network.

7 Worship Attendance 2/5/11 72 Visitors 6 Debb Faulk David Lederbord Wayne & Mary Quick Caroline Kellam Arthur Roberts Worship Attendance 2/12/12 70 Visitors 9 Hal Coon Debb Faulk Chuck Horn Chris Krajcir Stan Coon Jeannine Frank Wayne & Mary Quick Khloe Wooten Financial Report (2011 Budgeted weekly revenue: $2,788.46) Receipts for 2/5/11 $3, Receipts for 2/12/12 $2, Memorial Gifts In Memory of Jean Duffy From Teresa Gafford Edie Slape Congregational Meeting The 2012 budget, approved by the board, will be presented for approval to the congregation Sunday, 2/19, after worship. Communi-K distribution: In order to save at least $500 a year, CCC will no longer snail-mail the CK to people who have addresses. If you are a regular church participant and want a paper copy to read, Jeannine will continue to put paper copies on the counter where the mail boxes are. Thanks in advance for your acceptance of this change. CCC Women All CCC women are encouraged to participate in property workday on Saturday, February 18 at 9:00 a.m. I would like to work on cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms. Please bring your cleaning supplies. All CCC women, please join us for breakfast at the Southern Recipe Café at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 3. The Southern Recipe Café is located at 1381 W. Campbell Road. Our main topic of conversation will be the annual church garage sale. Patty Latham Deacon Serving Schedule The following deacons signed up to serve during the month of February: Colleen Wooten, Proctor Lee Cole Cyndy Emmert Carol Johns Kristin Slaight Paul Latham, Deacon Chair Sunday, February 19 1 Corinthians 2: 6 13 Mark 9: 2 10 Sermon: Wisdom and Mystery Worship Participants Preacher: David Cartwright Lay Leader: Marvin Rogers Acolyte: David Kellam Sunday, February 26 Acts 3: 1 10 Mark 2: 1 12 Sermon: Friends in Need Are Friends Indeed! Worship Participants Preacher: David Cartwright Lay Leader: Acolyte: Fletcher Horn Leading Worship for February Elders: Linda Fairchild, Karlan Fairchild Deacons: Colleen Wooten, Proctor Lee Cole Cyndy Emmert Carol Johns Kristin Slaight

8 Join Us on Sundays 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:50 a.m. Worship Service 12:15 p.m. Fellowship Time Church Office Hours Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Church Office Contact Info David Cartwright s Contact Info (office) djc@cccrichardson.org (home) tracvad@aol.com (cell) Calendar Updates For updates to the CCC calendar, check with the church office or the bulletin board across from the church office. The next issue will be Wednesday, February 29, 2011 The Communi-K is published bi-weekly by Community Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1300 Holly Drive, Richardson, Texas 75080, (972) , (972) fax, editor, Jeannine Frank Community Christian Church ccc@cccrichardson.org Rev. David Cartwright Jeannine Frank Rebecca Baker Anne Speights Hop Chu Santos Camarillo Mark Slaight Julie Knecht Amy Taylor Mary Anne Potter Teresa Gafford Paul Latham Minister Church Secretary Choir Director Accompanist Childcare Custodian Board Chair Board Vice Chair Board Secretary Church Treasurer Chair of Elders Chair of Diaconate Community Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 1300 Holly Drive Richardson, TX 75080