The OPEN DOOR LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ) An Open Door to a Vital Faith www.lakewoodchristianchurch.org Week of Compassion Special Offering We receive our Week of Compassion offering this coming Sunday, March 5. This offering funds the relief, refugee and development mission of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Through it we equip and empower disciples to alleviate the suffering of others through disaster response, humanitarian aid, sustainable development and the promotion of mission opportunities. Our goal is $200. March 2, 2017 6509 Bosque Blvd. Waco, TX 76710 Phone: (254)772-3416 Fax: (254)772-9354 Email: office@lccwaco.org Rev. Richard Roland Interim Minister Carrie Forehand Choir Director Brad Forehand Handbell Director Cristina Garcia Organist/Pianist Pam Huffstatler Director, CDC Brandi Goddard Administrative Assistant OFFICE HOURS: Monday Friday 7:30am 4:00pm Souper Bowl Offering Response Our thanks to everyone who shared in our Special Souper Bowl offering and canned goods collection for Caritas. We received $332.33 from coins, bills and checks dropped in the pots manned by our young people and other volunteers. We also received lots of canned goods. Caritas of Waco was Founded In 1967 by Father Richard Mccabe to provide emergency assistance to people in need, Including food, clothing, household Items, prescription medicine, utilities, rent and transportation. Food assistance is available Mondays through Fridays. Caritas helps anyone who has emergency needs regardless of age, sex or ethnicity. The majority of recipients are residents of McLennan County although there are no geographical limits to receiving services from Caritas. All recipients are interviewed to determine their needs. MINISTER S HOURS Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 9:30am-12:30pm 1:30pm-3:30pm February 19 Sunday 20 Morning 99 Offering $2,805.60 February 26 Sunday 21 Morning 86 Offering $2,827.00
CWF/DW CORNER Mike White spoke to the Priscilla Group and other members of the church on his experience serving 2 years in the Peace Corp, 1964-65, in Liberia. Some of the group were engineers who dug wells, some worked in the health area, and Mike taught students who themselves were already teaching in that country. It was so interesting to hear him tell his story. Thank you, Mike!! The Rummage Sale was a great success. Thanks to the many donations and the hard work of so many to make it a success. We cleared $3,200! Special thanks to Valetha Ermoian for organizing everything and to those who helped set up tables and price everything. The Executive Board will meet on Tuesday, March 14, 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Janice Kriegel and Jean McAtee will provide refreshments. The Prayer Group will meet at 10 a.m. on March 21. The CWF will provide drinks, chips and cookies when Lakewood hosts the Lenten Luncheon on April 5. It will start at noon and lasts about an hour, with a meditation by Rev. Richard Roland. ***************************************************************************** LOAF The LOAF Group will meet Thursday, March 2, in the Fellowship Hall at 10 a.m. A potluck luncheon will be served at noon. Lana Gilbert is hostess with help from Gloria Walker. DID YOU KNOW? Well, Easter will be here before you know it. I understand that Lakewood CC, Central Christian CC, Richfield CC and Clay Avenue CC will be joining together for an EASTER EGG HUNT to be held at Lakewood. Jennifer Roach, Jennifer Scott and our youth group will be helping coordinate this fun event. Jennifer Roach, Janice Kriegel and I rescued the 8 million plastic Easter eggs we had in the basement. We hauled them up to a holding area in the church, BUT they need to be cleaned. So, on behalf of Jennifer Roach, I am enlisting help from our church family in cleaning the eggs. Please get in touch with Jennifer at 749-8581 and set a time to pick up some of the eggs to be cleaned. She will instruct you on how to do this. Thanks for your help with this project. Linda Ferguson
Serving Schedule March 5, 2017 OFFERING/LOAF: Jim Young CUP: Roger Bailey COUNTING TEAM: Linda Ferguson, Sue Lowry GODLY PLAY: Mary Timmons SCRIPTURE READER Gary Fraser March 12, 2017 OFFERING/LOAF: Phil Roach CUP: Thad Barker COUNTING TEAM: Linda Ferguson, Jim Young GODLY PLAY: Jennifer Roach SCRIPTURE READER Dick Taylor * Jennifer Roach visits for Hazel Martin Ted Bailey, Lynette Baugh, Charles Beaty, Hollis Biddle, Buck & Deanne Bigham, Lawrence & Melba Bowers, Carolyn Brown, Mike Brown, Shanna Brown, Sunny Brous, Bill Collins, Earl Delaney, Betty Dungan, Bill & Louise Dyess, Dora Essary, Ann Faulkner, Sarah Fielding, Joy Flowers, Fraser Family, Marcie Gardner, Nell Harbour, Kenny Hoffpauir, Pansy Hopkins, Kay Israel, Richard Johnson, Ellen Julsen, Dorothy Kendrick, Nathan Lackey, Lois Landis, George Lange, Ashley Lowry, Lucretia Meer, Cameo Melichar, Bobby Needham, Tinka Nelson, Corrin, Joey and Peii Pardaen, Pat Rash, Jean Roland, Nell Sharp, Cindy Shehorn, C.C. Sirkel, Emily Stephens, Ray Stringer (CSISD), Matt Tiller, Betty Wallace, Whitney Ward, Emily Wettland, Please contact the office with your birthdays, anniversaries, joys, or prayer requests! Charles Vestal, Sophia Strickland, Lynette Baugh, Thelma Mathews, Madison Veloz, Brad Forehand, Valerie Collins, James Ermoian, Lynnan Kendrick, Gary Strickland, Kathy Browning, Rachel Oubre, Earl Delaney, Jennifer Strickland, Jonah Ermoian, Lana Dunham-Gilbert, James Odom Property Work Day Terry & Colette Stepp Jon & Ila Jean Carothers Thad & Vonessa Barker Jeremy & Katrina Filz Chris Garey, our Property Manager, is calling for a work day on Saturday, March 25 th, the last Saturday in March. The Property Group plans to spend the day working on issues throughout the church property. Chris will be providing breakfast and lunch. Breakfast will be served promptly at 7:00am and after a brief meeting our work day will start. We will stop mid-day for lunch. Chris says, We are hoping to have a big turn out and we strongly urge you to attend. Keeping up with the maintenance of our Building involves everyone. We hope to see you there, ready to work! If you can attend please contact the church office at (254) 772-3416, or by email at office@lccwaco.org. You can also text our Chris at (254) 640-3636. Warm Hugs (the no-sew blanket group) will meet on Monday, March 13, 1:30-4:00, in Fellowship Hall. All ladies of LCC are invited to join this group as we make fleece blankets to be given to members of LCC who are not feeling well, suffering a loss, or simply need a "Warm Hug" to brighten their day. Eight (8) blankets have been given to our Lakewood family since our last meeting in November, and our stock of completed blankets is depleted. If your schedule does not allow you time to join us, donations of fleece material (3 yards)(1 1/2 print/1 1/2 solid) or a gift card to JoAnn's Fabrics would be very helpful to keep our project going, as we are 100% selffunded. Call Marilyn Jackson (749-8036), Sue Lowry (836-4203), or Jean Vestal (717-0316) for more details. Hope you will be there.
Our Lenten season is underway. Minister s Insights and Inspiration This past Wednesday night our Ash Wednesday service was held in our sanctuary. It was a service of thoughtful meditation, liturgy, music and the Imposition of Ashes. On Wednesday, April 5 Lakewood will host the Noon Lenten Series. This will be a brown bag luncheon with our ladies providing drinks, chips and cookies. I will be leading the devotional time. On Saturday morning, April 8, there will be an Easter Egg Hunt on our church lawn sponsored jointly by Lakewood, Central, Richfield and Clay Street Christian Churches. Jennifer Roach is our representative helping plan the hunt. We will need volunteers. The joint Christian Church Maundy Thursday service will be at Central Christian Church on Thursday, April 13 at 7:00. It will be a traditional service led by the ministers of our congregations and some lay representatives. Jimmy Dorrell of Mission Waco/World will be the speaker. Communion will be led and served by the ministers and lay persons from the participating churches. Our young people are active and serving these days in the life of our church. On Sunday, March 12, there will be a young person presenting a Missions Minute in our worship service about a new or used jeans project. Later in the month they will be doing Easter cards. In April they will be helping with the Easter Egg hunt and looking at attending the Casting Crowns concert at the Bell County Expo Center on April 15. For May they are looking at having a lunch after our worship service possibly using our outdoor grill. Our thanks to Jennifer Scott and others for providing the leadership for our youth program. We are in the process of interviewing candidates for our Youth Associate position and hope to have this filled soon. Thanks to our bell choir for two beautiful selections played in our worship service this past Sunday. Members of the bell choir are Roger Bailey, James Browning, Brad Forehand, Carrie Forehand, Linda Jensen and Susan Pardaen. Brad is the Director We are currently undergoing leadership changes in our Christian Church in the Southwest Region and the Trinity Brazos Area. Rev. Dr. Zena McAdams has been named our new Interim Regional Minister. She begins her service to the Region on March 1. Fred Banda will be the Interim Area Minister for the Trinity Brazos Area. Fred is the person we will work with when we begin our search for a full time Senior Minister. Many other regular and special activities are taking place. If you are involved and contributing to the life of Lakewood, thank you! If you are not, the door is always open for you to begin. May God bless and guide us in all that we do. Richard
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur. Fri Sat 5 10:00am Cookie Fellowship 10:30am WK of Comp. Offering 12 Daylight Savings Time Begins 6 Brandi out of the office 13 1:30pm Warm Hugs (No Sew Blanket Group) 1 6:30pm Ash Wednesday Service 7 8 14 9:00am Homespun Quilters 10:00am CWF Executive Meeting 15 2 10:00am LOAF 5:30pm CDC Parent s Association 9 9:00am Waco B Quilters 7:00pm Boy Scouts 16 6:00pm Steering Board Meeting 3 1pm Sit-N-Sew 10 17 4 11 18 8:00am Foster Parent Meeting 19 20 5:00pm Quilters 21 10:00am Quilters 10:00am Women s Prayer Group 22 23 24 25 Property Work Day! 26 9:30am Elder s Meeting 27 28 6:00pm Priscilla Group 29 12:00 noon First UMC Lenten Service 30 31 1