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September 18, 2016

In This Issue
Coming Soon
Remember in Prayer
Serving in the Military
Prayer Requests, 9/11
Daily Devotionals
Recipes/Chili Cookoff
Ministry Team Meetings
Regional Assembly
Unsung Hero
Welcome New Members
DW Spiritual Growth Retreat
Call for Clothing
Food Drive PoH
Sr. Adult Meeting
David Matson Lectures
Discipleship Discernment
Statistics
Older Adult Ministry Retreat
Reconciliation Offering
PSWR Opportunity Tickets
Give Blood/Seek Week
Week of Compassion
Serving Sunday

The Caller
is published
weekly
(Deadline Wednesday
at Noon)
by
First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
109 E. Wilshire Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92832
714.525.5525
email:
fullerton1stcc@gmail.com
www.fullertonfirstchristian.org

Senior Pastor:
Rev. Dr. Mandye Yates
Editor:
Donna Woodbridge
Webmaster:
Lisa Parks

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September 18:
8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service
9:00 A.M. - Adult Sunday School, Chapman Lounge
10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service
1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary, FH, classroom
September 19: Office Closed , Donna at Golf Classic
7:00 P.M. Casa uses CL
September 20:
8:00 A.M. - Cal Nurses Assn. Room 101 A
6:30 P.M. - Bible Study@ Barrys
7:00 P.M. - Casa uses Sanctuary, Chapman Lounge & Choir Room
September 21:
6:00 P.M. - Global Ministries Task Force, CL
7:00 P.M. Outreach Ministry Team, Chapman Lounge; Worship
Ministry Team, Choir Room; Stewardship Ministry
Team, workroom/Kitchen
September 22: Tri Tip -Casa, Coordinator
7:30 P.M. Chancel choir rehearsal
September 23:
10:00 A.M. -Debate Team, Chapman Lounge
September 24:
6:00 P.M. - Casa Band Practice, Sanctuary
September 25:
8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN Worship Service
9:00 A.M. - Adult Sunday School, Chapman Lounge
10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER Worship Service
1:00 P.M. - Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary, FH, classroom
September 27:
8:00 A.M. - Cal Nurses Assn. Room 101 A
5:30 P.M. PoH General Board, Chapman Lounge
6:30 P.M. - Bible Study@ Barrys
7:00 P.M. - Casa uses Sanctuary, Chapman Lounge & Choir Room
September 29: Tri-Tip - Casa, Coordinator
7:30 P.M. - Chancel Choir Rehearsal
AA Groups: Sun. 8 P.M., Rm. 107; Thursday, 8 P.M. FH;
Friday, 7:30 P.M., FH; Sat. 8:30 P.M., FH
Al-Anon: Fri. Noon, Rm. 101A NA: Tues. 7:30 P.M.,
OA: Sunday, 10:30 A.M., Room 107, Tues, 7 P.M., Room 101A

Coming Soon!! Mark your Calendars!!

Sunday Night Live

Starting October 2nd we will be offering programming at the church every Sunday night for all ages:
4:30-5:30pm
Adult Bible Study
CYF - youth group (fellowship, mission and study) for Junior High and High School aged youth
JYF - youth group (fellowship, mission and study) for Elementary aged children
Childcare for ages birth to 5
5:30-6:00pm
Dinner for all ages (free will donation)
Childcare for ages birth to 5
6:00-7:00pm
Contemplative Worship for all ages (a worship experience for all the senses where we will explore
different spiritual practices for everyone to use - always ending with communion)
Childcare for ages birth to 5
Bring the family! Bring a friend! Come and join us in October for Sunday Night Live!

Remember in Prayer
Continue to pray for: Amber
Angulo, Helen Bailey, Dottie Bense, Sandra
Brown, Jack Doughty, Lorna & Skip Farnum,
Joyce Finch, Phil Forbes, Bob Hasty, Sharon
Hatton, Carolyn Kenrick, Terry Knott,
Colleen Langston, Dirk McCuen, Flora
Miller, Janet Parker, Kristine Perry, Norma
Rill, Betty Rollo, Claudia Tammen, Willie
West, Bob & Donna Vannoy.
Please pray for:
First Christian Church
6355 S. Greenleaf
Whittier, CA 90601
Layne Beamer, Pastor
New Castle Christian Church
2000 Bundy Avenue
New Castle, IN 47362
Pacific Southwest Region
Don & Susan Dewey, Co-Regional ministers
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
General Church; Sharon Watkins,
General Minister & President

For Those Serving in the

Military
Lt. Cmdr. Patrick OConner, Betty Rollos
grandson-in-law
Lt. Patrick Rollo, Betty Rollos grandson
Michael J. Borden, Chief, Nancy Geigers
grandson, in Norfolk, VA
Brandon Johnson, Army Chaplain,
Mariette Linbergs cousin, in Afghanistan.
Lt. Austen Packer, Laura Lee Wiggins
friend, at Oceana, NAS, in Virginia
Lt J.G. Kip Packer, friend of Laura Lee
Wiggins, at Oceana, NAS in Virginia
Pvt. Kash Cross, Ted & Sammies grandson,
is now back in the US on leave.
Mjr. Christopher Evans, cousin of Annie
Fraters who is serving in Seoul, Korea.
Pvt 2. Melody Martinez, at Ft Hood, TX
PFC David Radcliffe, friend of the
Robidouxs in South Korea

Prayer Requests, Sept. 11, 2016

Lorena
Garcia

various

Lori
Albrecht

Sherry
Herrera
Mandye
KK

Prayers for my sister, Isela, as

she starts a new type of chemo
this Thursday.
Prayers for Rod Farley who is
in the hospital with heart
issues.
Prayers for Hope Murphy and
family, friends of James,
whose father passed away this
week.
Prayers that I find
employment
Prayers of Praise that Isela
Herrera now has full time job.
Remember the victims and
family of 9/11/2001
Prayers for my eye problems

Week of September 19 -25, 2016

Monday, September 19: Reading:
Jeremiah 32:1-3a; Pray for Ed Linberg
Donna Woodbridge and all those playing golf
at the PSWR Golf Classis today.
Tuesday, September 20: Reading: Jeremiah
32:6-15; Pray for the Cal Nurses Group who are
meeting in Room 101A today.
Wednesday, September 21: Reading: Psalm
91:1-6; Pray for the Ministry Teams meeting
tonight.
Thursday, September 22: Reading: Psalm
91:14-16; Pray for the Discipleship Team who
will be participating in a Worship & Service
Fair at Hope University today.
Friday, September 23: Reading: 1 Timothy 6:611; Pray for the Debate Team meeting in
Chapman Lounge today.
Saturday, September 24: Reading:1 Timothy
6:12-19; Pray for Global Missions Missionary in
Thailand, Kristin Wolf.
Sunday, September 25: Reading: Matthew 25:
37-40; Pray for our Worship Leaders as they
lead us in worship today.

Recipes .
Deadline is fast
approaching for submission of
artwork for our recipe book.
Please have your little (or not so little) artists
bring their food-themed artwork by the end of
the month - September 25th (yes, I've extended
the date). These can be dropped off in the
large manilla envelope, also on the Hospitality
Table. These will make the recipe book truly a
collectable! Thank you!"
lschaffell@earthlink.net.

Chili Cook Off

Hospitality &
Welcome would like to host
a Chili Cook-Off Contest on
October 16, immediately
following church. Who thinks they make a
good Chili and would be willing to make a pot
for the contest? We need as many participants
as possible.
If you are interested in entering your
Chili in the contest, please contact Judi at 714738-7337 and let her know. Plans need to be
made Thank you

Regional Assembly

If you are going to be attending the Regional

Assembly this year, and would like to be one
of our voting members, please let Pat vannoy
Sr. know. The assembly will be here at our
facility on October 14th & 15th. The business
sessions will meet each day at 1 PM and we are
allowed 3 voting members

Wednesday, September 21
Global Missions Task Force. CL, 6:00 p.m.
Outreach Ministry Team, CL, 7:00 p.m.
Worship Ministry Team, Choir Room, 7:00
p.m.
Stewardship/Property, Workroom/Kitchen,
7:00 p.m.
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Unsung Hero
This month's
unsung hero is Phil
Forbes. Phil is a newer
member of our church but ever since he joined
us he has been a rock of Gibraltar for all of us.
There is never a task too large or small for Phil
to climb aboard. He is very active in the
feeding of the Homeless on Wednesday nights
and is always there on Thursday for the Tri
Tip service.
He is a great addition to our
hospitality committee and I personally owe
Phil a debt of gratitude for the way he pitched
in on the BBQ at the Church Picnic in June.
He covered for me as well as his own duties.
In a word, dependable, and commitment seem
to be mantra's that Phil wears.
Congratulations my friend, you truly
deserve this recognition.
Bill Martin

Welcome New Members

Upon completing the New
Members Class held by Pastor
Mandye the end of August, Mark
Matthews and Rico Sanchez joined
our congregation.
Please add their names and
address to your very outdated directory (I
promise a new one is coming soon! Editor.)
Matthew, Mark
714-543-0141
2105 N. Williams Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
markandrico@me.com
Sanchez Rico
714-543-0141
2105 N. Williams Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
markandrico@me.com

Call for Clothing

We are in need of mens
pants. We have an abundance of
shirts and of course, always need
socks. We are good on womens clothing at the
present time. We also are out of reading
glasses so if you have spares laying around, we
can use them. Also if you have extra cloth or
sturdy plastic shopping bags that you would
like to donate we would love to have them.
They really appreciate the strong bags. Your
donations are greatly appreciated by the guests
at the meal. Thanks!
Phil

Pathways Of Hope Needs Us

The Mission of Pathways of
Hope is this: We aim, through a
faith-based community effort of prevention
and support services, to build self-sufficiency
and end hunger and homelessness for families
and individuals in need. What a privilege for
First Christian Church of Fullerton to be a part
of this mission. Lets do our part by donating
these food supplies that are needed by
Pathways in September:
Dried beans
Oatmeal
Canned fruit
Pasta
Peanut butter
Canned meat
Jelly
Crackers
Cereal
Trail mix
Please place your donations in the red
tubs below the Pathways of Hope sign in the
Narthex. Do your part to fill those tubs to
overflowing!
P.S. Did you know that a worker
making Orange Countys current minimum
wage would have to work 110 hours each week
just to afford a typical one-bedroom OC
apartment, which rents for $1,238 a month.
Thats 110 hours of work each week just for
housing cost. [From 2015 Orange County
Community Indicators]
Thanks for caring about others.
Outreach Ministry Team
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Disciples Womens
Spiritual Growth Retreat
Registration Deadline,
September 20, 2016
Disciples of Christ & United Church of Christ

Womens Spiritual Growth Retreat 2016

Altaring Our Lives

When: Friday evening, September 30

to Sunday, October 2, 2016
Where:: Loch Leven Christian Retreat Center
Mentone, CA
Registration Fee is $150.00
Registration Deadline: September 20, 2016
Registration forms and registration materials
are available online
in English and Spanish at www.pswdw.com.
Or contact Donna Woodbridge 714-525-5525
Women of all ages -- high-school-age and older -- are
welcomed!

Join women from across the region on a

4-session faith journey. Our map will be the
book An Altar In the World by Barbara Brown
Taylor and Pastor Mandye Yates, Senior Pastor
of First Christian Church Fullerton, will be our
guide.
Well also have our Co-Regional
Minister, Rev. Susan Gonzalez- Dewey, Rev.
Daphne Gascot Arias, and Ruth Alvarez with
us sharing stories, wisdom and laughs as we
journey together.
Our time together will include reflecting
on how we can live faithfully in a frantic world
and learning to take time to build our own
altarsany place where we can stop and
worship God.
The retreat will be your time to spend
time enjoying His world, by taking care of
yourself with friends, old and new!
An Altar In the World is available online and
will be available at the Retreat for purchase.
Casa and FCCF women are planning the
retreat. Hope you will plan to attend.

SENIORS MEET
Tuesday, September 20,
2016
The Seniors Ministry
Group meets this coming
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 12 noon in
Chapman lounge for our monthly meeting.
Our speaker this month is Rev. Mike Holland
who is the pastor at Church of the Foot Hills.
He will share about his trip this past June to
Japan through Global Ministries. We will hear
an update on the missions of Global Ministries
in Japan since the past disasters, and his
experiences while there.
I know it will be of interest to all to hear
how Global Ministries has been helping in that
region. Bring your lunch and join us!

Save the Dates

Dr. David Matson's October Bible
Lectures on I Peter
Tuesdays 4,11,18, and 25,
7:00-8:30 p.m. in Chapman Lounge
Every year Dr. David Matson brings us
a month of fresh biblical lectures that are
always as creatively inspiring as they are
humorous, enjoyable, and thought-provoking.
Ask any who have attended regularly in the
past six years of this series. We are indeed
fortunate to have such a great communicator
and local scholar in biblical studies from Hope
International University to speak with us.
This October David Matson will be
leading us through a tour of 1 Peter, a rather
neglected letter but one full of great topics to
be explored, including election, predestination,
redemption, family relationships, atonement,
eldership, and many more! The letter also
contains the notion that Jesus went into the
abode of the dead to preach the gospel upon
which the later Apostles Creed was based (he
descended into hell), so you do not want to
miss any part of this exciting study

2016-2017 Discipleship Discernment

Team
This years committee will be
comprised of the following church members:
Craig Wallace, Leslie Beck, Sue
Harless, Pat Vannoy Jr., Barry Woodbridge,
Pat Vannoy Sr., and Pastor Mandye Yates.
Once again this year, we will not be just
looking for bodies to fill the slate. We will be
striving to identify those who we believe are
called to serve this congregation. We seek to
help individuals build and develop their
ministry calling. We recognize that people
need to serve in ways of interest to them,
using their spiritual gifts.
Members of the Discipleship Discernment
Team will be turning to you to help them identify
people to serve this congregation through
discipleship. We are aware that this person
might even be you, yourself. We would ask
each of you to listen to that still, small voice
of God that nudges you to reflection and
action. Respond courageously by letting us
know that maybe/possibly you are willing
to give prayer-based and spirit-filled service
to this congregation. You might also know
of another who represents Christ-centered
leadership skills. We ask that you share
with us th e n a me of this person so that
we may begin a thoughtful conversation
with them to see if serving the needs of the
church is a possibility for them in the
coming year.
Thank you, and may God guide our
direction.
Pat Vannoy Sr.,Chair of the Council of Elders

Sunday Statistics
Sept 11, 2016
94 (Remember Service)
10 (Reawaken Service) 127 (Casa 1 P.M. service)
Weekly Giving: $4,450.05
Missions :$494.45
Budget Goal: $4,831
Pathways of Hope:$50
Downtown Market: $570.05

Reconciliation Offering To Be
Received On 9/25 And 10/2

Older Adult Ministry Retreat

The PSWR OAM (Older Adult
Ministry), is holding their third annual adult
retreat November 8 and 9, at Prince of Peace
Abbey in Oceanside, CA. Prince of Peace
Abbey is located on one level. Handicap
accessible. From atop a hill at the Abbey you
will have a beautiful view!!
The theme is: Aging Well: Blessed to
Be a Blessing. Our Retreat Leader is the Rev.
Karen Berns from Pasadena. She is a
Presbyterian Pastor who, in addition to serving
local congregations, has served as a Hospice
Chaplain. She is on the design team for the
New Theological Seminary of Wests
Certificate in Spirituality and Aging and is a
member of the faculty for this program. She
serves on the Ecumenical Committee on
Spirituality and Aging. She has led teams to
both teach and serve in Kenya and Malawi.
This retreat will provide resources for all
people who are concerned about Senior
Ministry in their church and who desire to
grow in their spiritual life.
The registration fee is $85 a person. The
full fee is $120, but each registration is being
subsidized with a gift of $35 from the Older
Adult Ministry Committee. Donna in the office
has registration forms. Registration is on a
"First in" "First served" basis as there is a limit
at 'Prince of Peace' of 40 persons

Going back to the 1960s

when our nation was rocked by
several racial riots that exploded in
communities across the nation, including the
Watts riot in Los Angeles, members of
Disciples congregations across the US and
Canada have supported the annual
Reconciliation Offering on the last Sunday of
September and the first Sunday of October.
This Sunday, September 18, the worship
bulletin will have an insert about the
Reconciliation Ministry Special Offering and
an envelope for our use in making a gift on
either September 25 or October 2.. Everyone is
encouraged to read the information on the
back of the insert which lists these four cities in
our country: Charleston, Ferguson, San
Bernardino and Orlando. What happened in
these four cities in recent months is well
known to all of us. The theme for the 2016
Reconciliation Offering is Move Together,
Heal Together, Bound Together.
The funds we, and other Disciples
congregations, make available through this
special offering will be used to fund projects in
Regions across our denomination. Here in the
Pacific Southwest Region, one half of the funds
we generate will come back to us so that our
Region's Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation
Committee will have resources to fund projects
to promote reconciliation in the PSW Region.
The Outreach Ministry has established
a goal of $840.00 for the 2016 Reconciliation
Offering. Please use the special envelope to
make your gift, or simply write
Reconciliation on the memo line of your
check. Your support of the 2016
Reconciliation Offering will be greatly
appreciated.
The Outreach Ministry

TODAY is last day to

purchase Opportunity
Tickets for the PSWR
Gold Classic tomorrow!.
Purchase Opportunity tickets for a chance
to win: Two Tickets to the 2016-2017 series of
Broadway Plays at the Pantages Theatre in
Hollywood; two tickets to a series of four
events at the new Musco Center on the campus
of Chapman University or an iPad Mini.
Tickets for the Opportunity Drawing
are available in these increments: 1 for $1; 6 for
$5; 13 for $10 and 25 for $20.
Purchase tickets for the Shelton
Family Scholarship Fund Drawing. This
drawing has one prizea four night/five day
cruise package. The proceeds from this
drawing will go to the Shelton Family
Scholarship Fund to support students studying
for the ministry through the Disciples
Seminary Foundation. Tickets for the Shelton
Family Scholarship Fund Drawing are
available in these increments: 1 for $10 and 3
for $20.
You do not have to be present to win
this drawing.
The Outreach Ministry

Save a Life, Give Blood

St. Paul Lutheran Church,
111 W. Las Palmas Drive in
Fullerton is holding a Blood Drive
for City of Hope today, September 18 from 8:00
a.m. 2:00 p.m. Bloodmobile will be in their
parking lot. You can stop by and give blood
or go online to www.idonateblood4hope.org
and use sponsor code SPLF to schedule an
appointment.

Seek Week Fullerton

Seek Week Fullerton was
inspired by what the local
churches already see God
doing through Fullerton
ACT, Solidarity and OC United in our
community. The hope is to encourage,
challenge and mobilize the churches in
Fullerton to work together to Love the
community of Fullerton out of our love for
Jesus and understanding his call for our lives.
Each night from Sept. 19 23 from 7
8:30 pm at Wilshire Avenue Community
Church, there will be worship bands, speakers
and MCs from nine congregations facilitating
the services.
Come join fellow Christians in praising
God and learning how we can work together in
Fullerton to better spread the word of Jesus
and minister to our community.

Week of Compassion Responses since

8/31/2016

First Christian Church

109 E. Wilshire Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832
Reawaken (Early Worship Service) Sunday, 8:00 A.M.
Adult Sunday School: 9:00 A.M.
Remember (Traditional Worship Service) Sunday, 10:15 A.M.
Childrens Sunday School Infants through 12 years old, 10:00 a.m.
Sunnycrest Worship Service: Fourth Sunday of every month 2:00 P.M.
Youth Group: Sunday, 1:00 P.M.

First Christian Church . . .

Where encounters with God are not only ordinary,

theyre extraordinary!
Where invitations not only happen on occasion,
they happen on every occasion.
Where not only minds grow in knowledge,
hearts grow in faith.

Serving Sept 18, 2016

Greeter: Phil Forbes
Guest Book: Nancy Geiger
Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry
Acolyte Parent: McCuen
Sound & Video: PJ Vannoy
Lay Leader: Pat Vannoy
Childrens Moment: Mandye Yates
Elder Count with Luanne: Dorothy Keech
Elders: Randy Langston, Nancy Malotte,
Judi Smedley
Diaconate: McCuens Team
Prepare: Anna & Dwain Van Diest
Ushers: Jan & Shawn McCuen
Serve: Jan, Kelly & Shawn McCuen, Paul
Robidoux, Anna & Dwain Van Diest

Serving Sept 25, 2016

Greeter: Mariette Linberg
Guest Book: Terry Vannoy
Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry
Acolyte Parent: McCuen
Sound & Video: Paul Robidoux
Lay Leader: Donna Woodbridge
Childrens Moment: Mandye Yates
Elder Count with Luanne: Bill Martin
Elders: Kathy Robidoux, Pat Vannoy, Phil
Forbes
Diaconate: McCuens Team
Prepare: Alice & Craig Wallace
Ushers: Kelly McCuen, Dwain Van Diest
Serve: Jan, Kelly & Shawn McCuen, Anna &
Dwain Van Diest, Craig Wallace
Clean Up: Paul Robidoux, Ann& Dwain Van
Diest