MAY 05, 2015 RICHLAND HILLS CHRISTIAN CHURCH THE CHURCH VISITOR The Parsonage Project After just over 5 months the parsonage kitchen is now complete. Many of you had the opportunity to walk through it in its completed form this past Sunday. What an adventure it has been and a relief that it is completed. We hope you are as excited about it as we are. I have always found many similarities between remodeling and church revitalization. We always start with something that has potential and decide if we want to undertake the project. We come up with a purpose of the project. Often we must tear back some layers to see what is underneath. Many times we need to see if things need to be upgraded and/or changed to make it better at the end of the project. We begin construction and proceed at a pace that provides good progress with only some disruption along the way. More than likely some tweaking to the project along the way is a forgone conclusion. Of course, the hope is that we complete the remodeling project and that we get a chance to relax. This is where church life and remodeling head in different directions. The church needs to continually redefine itself as society changes. Now, I am not saying to compromise the Gospel message; but rather we must remodel or change how we present it to the world. Evaluate why we do what we do and how we do it. Many churches still try to use methods that were valid decades ago to reach people who weren t even alive then. Largely it does not work. Simplification is one of the keys to sustainable longterm growth. Stay focused only on what is most important. A great example of this is the newspaper. Laura says there are less than 25% of the people receiving the paper today than when she began delivering 40 years ago. News today is generally gathered from the Internet or other sources. This is why websites become doubly important for an organization to provide up to date information for potential guest and members. The inevitability of change is something we as individuals and as a church must learn to embrace. There are core beliefs that we will not compromise on, but how we enter the dialogue with the world around us must change. Change really should be commonplace in the life of the church. God is the constant, nothing else. Churches change but, God does not. It will be hard initially, but it is the difference between life and death in any organization. Churches are not excluded from this. So, now we will pray earnestly as body, for God to guide and direct our ways. We pray for the church to grow as God wants it to and to open our eyes to the needs within our community. This past Sunday we also reached the 100 mark in worship again. To God I give thanks that He is leading our church to be more consistent attending worship and He continues to bring guests our way to discover this great Church family that is Richland Hills Christian Church. May God bless you abundantly this week, SERMON TITLE: Lessons Learned --Pastor Paul SCRIPTURE READINGS: Deuteronomy 6:6-9, Proverbs 1:8-9
CHURCH CALENDAR MAY 05.06 Men s Bible Study (6:15 am) Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal (7:00 pm) 05.07 Experiencing God (5:30-7:00 pm) Guitar Lessons (7:00 pm) 05.09 DMF Breakfast Meeting (8:30 am) I Can Still Shine Luncheon Event at Birdville Baptist Church in Haltom City (11am - 1:30 pm) 05.10 HAPPY MOTHER S DAY! Prayer Ministry (9:00 am) Seeker s, Pioneer s, New Adult and Youth SS Classes (9:15 am) Toddler SS Classes (10:10 am) Morning Worship Service (10:30 am) 05.12 CWF Group Meeting (10:30 am) 05.13 Men s Bible Study (6:15 am) Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal (7:00 pm) 05.14 Guitar Lessons (7:00 pm) 05.15 RHCC will be serving lunch to the Binion Elementary Teachers & Staff SERVING SCHEDULE 05.10.15 Worship Coordinator Judy Walther Deacons (Month of May) Gay Agan, Norma Hopkins, Carol Jean New, Theresa Tyler Worship Leader Doug Fulk The Table (Bread) Jim Phillips (Cup) Bill Agan Children s Moment Paul Klaus Greeters John & JoEllen Howard Coffee Fellowship John & JoEllen Howard Communion Clean-Up Tommie & Jean Plummer PRAYER REQUESTS FOR OUR CHURCH FAMILY: Please pray for the following: Bill Woodall Gale Stephens Diane Farmer Kathryn Holiday Jackie Zuefeldt JJ & Carla Alvarado s granddaughter, Reagan Harold & Jody McClure Karla Richardson CONNECT CARDS We appreciate your continued effort in filling out the CONNECT CARDS each Sunday that are enclosed in your bulletins each week. It is how we can provide some idea of who is here each Sunday. Also, you can include changes to personal information as well as prayer concerns that Pastor Paul and Laura can utilize in the office. P.S. It would be very helpful if you would also fill in the TODAY S DATE portion of the card! David Agan Nettie Campbell Dell Fielder Tommy Duer John & Maxine Gandy Victor Barnet Stan & Preble Lehew Gary Morgan Lisa Klaus mother Lynn White, pastor of The Welcome Table Christian Church, Arlington May 05/10 - JJ & Carla Alvarado 05/17 - Graduation Sunday 05/24 - Sidney & Sandy Baker 05/31 - Brian & Melissa Hall FAITHFUL ATTENDANCE & GIVING Sunday, May 3 Sunday School - 41 Worship Service - 100 Faithful Giving (5/3) - $ 4,723
CARING WORDS FOR OUR HOMEBOUND Do you have time to write and mail a note, or even make a phone call? We have several shut-ins here at RHCC or even members who cannot attend regularly for other reasons and I am sure they would appreciate a note or a call from you. The following are our homebound: Jennie Busch, Dell Fielder, John & Maxine Gandy, Jessie Lawson, Preble Lehew, Mildred Sampson, Virginia Stevens, Jerry Stoughton, Velda Wall, Marion Wolff, and Jackie Zuefeldt. DMF BREAKFAST MEETING SATURDAY, MAY 9-8:30 am Gentlemen, it s time to get together this Saturday! Join us for a great breakfast by Tommie Plummer and Jeff Stricklin, plus get some good ol fellowship in. We look forward to seeing you all! Binion Elementary TEACHERS & STAFF LUNCHEON The date for the Spring Teacher s Luncheon at Binion Elementary is next Friday, May 15th. We will create a baked potato bar for the staff including Smoked Brisket and Pulled Pork as toppings and all the other fixin s with a salad. There is still room for volunteers to help serve the luncheon or provide desserts, a sign-up sheet will be in the Gathering Area this Sunday for both. Any monetary donations to help cover the costs of this meal would be appreciated as well and can be included in the offering for the next Sunday. Pastor Paul will be sending out an email early next week to those who have signed up with detailed information on times to be here. Desserts need to be here by 9:00 am. I CAN STILL SHINE LUNCHEON Saturday, May 9 from 11:00 am - 1:30 pm The CWF will be serving lunch for an I Can Still Shine event on Saturday, May 9th from 11:00 am until around 1:30 pm at Birdville Baptist Church in Haltom City. We will be serving lasagna, bread, salad and drinks. If you volunteered to bring homemade cookies, please deliver them to the church kitchen before Saturday. If you are baking a lasagna, please have the freshly baked item at the church NO LATER than 10:30 am on Saturday. If you are joining us to help serve, we will be meeting at the Birdville Baptist Church no later than 11:00 am. If something comes up and you find you are unable to provide the service you offered, please call Judy or Shelly. Thank you all for your service to this event. TECHNOLOGY HELP NEEDED We need some additional people to help maintain and update our website and Facebook presence online. It should only taken a few minutes per week and we will make sure you are trained and equipped for the task. Contact Pastor Paul if you are interested.
Putting Our Name On It! If you are interested in getting some shirts (other than t-shirts) embroidered with our church name/logo on it, Fusion Graphics (817) 282-7100 on 463 W. Bedford Euless is the place to go. The cost for the church name/logo is $10 and you have to supply the shirt. If you want your name on the shirt, there is an additional charge of $8.00. They can order shirts at an additional cost if you are interested. It takes about 1 week to get a shirt embroidered. T-shirts will be available soon!
FUN AT THE RANGER GAME AND CONCERT Thank You Note: My sincere thanks for the hearing aids that the church provided for those of us that are hearing impaired. For the last two Sundays, I have been able to hear almost every word of the service. What a blessing! Sincerely, Helen Cross CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE GRADUATES GRADUATION SUNDAY will be celebrated on Sunday, May 17, during our Worship Service. If you are going to be graduating from High School or College, please let the church office know ASAP. We have a form for you to fill out that we will need back to the church office by the first of next week so that we can get the information in to the newsletter. We would also like a picture of the graduate. Way to go Graduates - we are so proud of you!