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The entire month of March is part of the season of Lent this year, a time of preparation as we look forward to celebrating the resurrection of our Lord on Easter Sunday. Elders for the month are Ruth Howard and Denise Holly. Deacons are Doris Moore, Debbie Moore, Jerry Blankenship, and Caroline Mahan. There will be no Wednesday Bible study until further notice. It's time to order flowers for Easter! Potted flowers can be purchased for $12 each, and will be used to decorate

Pastor Tibbs' sermon for February 22nd is titled Shadows of Passover. It is part of the Shadows of Christ series detailing how Hebrew festivals foretold the life of Jesus. The relevant scripture is Exodus 12: 1-7 1 Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are, each one, to

A few years ago, First Christian Church lost its music director. We decided to take some time and think through exactly who we needed to look for to flesh out our worship team, and pray about it. Meanwhile, we would keep our eyes out for someone who might join us in that role, but found no one. Rotating volunteers led congregational singing, until Mike Lewis stepped into the job. We decided to designate organist Bobbie Mitchell as music director, and that what we really neede

Pastor Tibbs' sermon for February 15th is titled Shadows of Christ. This is the beginning of a seven-part series that will extend through April. The relevant scripture is Colossians 2: 13-17 . 13 And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, 14 having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out

Lent is a period of 40 days leading up to Easter in which people prepare themselves to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, often by fasting and prayer. The 40 days is a reference to the 40-day period in which Jesus fasted in the desert in preparation for beginning his ministry. Forty days symbolizes a time of testing in the Bible: 40 days of rain for the flood, 40 days on the mountain for Moses to receive the ten commandments (twice), 40 days that Jesus spent on earth

There are millions of American children who depend on school lunches, which may often be the most filling and nutritious meal of the day for them. The need was so great that schools began serving breakfast, too. Studies show that well-fed children do better academically as well as physically. But there are only 180 school days in a year- what do those children eat on days that there is no school? In 2005, Sam and Ed Tye presented the FCC board with an idea to feed hungry scho

February is the shortest month, and often the cruelest month weather-wise, but to make up for it, people have filled it with holidays. There will be Groundhog Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine's Day, Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and President's Day. Here at FCC, we are rounding the corner on winter and looking forward to springtime and the many activities leading to the most holy of all holidays, Easter Sunday on April 5th. Elders for February are Rick Strunk an

Every once in a while, winter storms or bad road conditions force us to cancel Sunday morning services. We almost made it through January, but a storm forecast for Saturday and Sunday has caused us to cancel services on January 25th. That sure beats January of last year, when three out of four Sundays were canceled! We love to get to together to worship God, but sometimes it may be dangerous for people to get to the church. When this happens, we communicate the decision throu

Don Piper wrote his story of death and life in a book titled 90 Minutes in Heaven . He wrote... "a light enveloped me, with a brilliance beyond earthly comprehension or description. Only that. In my next moment of awareness, I was standing heaven... I became aware of a large crowd of people surrounding me, shouting and praising God." My husband, Phil Fox, used practically the same words to describe what happened to him on July 18, 2011. He saw a brilliant light, and standing

Pastor Tibbs' sermon for January 18th is titled A Recipe for the Miraculous. The relevant scripture is I Kings 17: 8-16 . 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him [Elijah], saying, 9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide food for you.” 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please g