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The Chalice

A publication of First Christian Church of Edmond, OK

CONNECTIONVol. 5 No. 13 April 4, 2013

Laughing With GodBy Rev. Dr. Jerry Black, Associate Minister

Unlike my

cousin Baxter

Black, well

known

humorist,author, and

Cowboy Poet, I am not the one who

can stand in front of a crowd and get a

laugh from even the most rehearsed and

canned joke. If, as comedians say, Its

all about the timing, then mine is just

plain off. There is no on. And yet, I

love to laugh. Its so relaxing and such a

grand release from the tensions of life. I

dont see how anyone gets through the

day without a little laughter. Fortunately,

we do a lot of that in our First Christian

life and work. Thats what makes it so

much fun.

This coming Sunday is Holy Humor

Sunday. It is the day we re-join God in

what must have been the most pleasing

of momentsthe resurrection. On the

Friday before, it looked to the world as

though all was lost. Jesus had been tried,

convicted, sentenced, killed, and buried.

The cross was empty and the stone was

in place. What a horrific end to such a

promising leader. And then, as thatGaither song so beautifully says, came

the morning, night turned into day; the

stone was rolled away, hope rose with

the dawn shadows vanished before the

sun, death had lost and life had won, for

morning had come. And God laughed.

If thats not scriptural, it is at least the

grandest of probabilities; for what a

magnificent, shocking turn of events.

Those who thought they had won, had

only enabled the wondrous.

So Holy Humor Sunday not only

gives us an opportunity for continuing

the Easter celebration and the greatest

miracle in human history, but it gives us

another profound moment to give thanks

and laugh with God. Join us this Sunday

for worship, more thanksgiving, and a

little laughter.

Come To

Discover

First

Christian!

Sunday, April 7

10 AM

Fellowship Hall

North

Have you been thinking about

joining First Christian?

This is your opportunity to come

meet some of our staff andmembers, learn about our history,

our mission and our ministries

and have your questions about

First Christian Church of Edmond

answered for you. We look

forward to seeing YOU!

FCC Welcomes Michelle Fritz

as the new Director of Childrens MinistriesThe Personnel Committee and the FCC Board are pleased to announce that Michelle Fritz has been

hired as the Director of Childrens Ministries. Michelle has been fulfilling the role of Interim Director

of Childrens Ministries for the past six months.

Michelle is a life long Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) church member who comes to us from

the First Christian Church of Longview, TX. She and her husband Jeff have three children Tyler (a

senior at Texas A&M), Austin (a sophomore at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX) and

Jenna (a junior at Edmond North HS). They moved to Edmond in July 2011 and have been actively

involved in the life of our church. Michelle began in October 2011 as the High School Sunday School

teacher and served as a sponsor for the high school youth mission trip last summer. Now, drawing on much of her previous

church life experience, including several years on staff at FCC Longview, she begins a wondrous work with our children. If you

have the chance, please take a moment and welcome Michelle!

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FaithLife Connections Event Saturday, April 20, 9 AM - 3 P

Room 1A FaithLife Connections (FLC) event will be held at First Christian Edmond on Saturday, April 20, from 9 AM to 3 PM. FaithLifeConnections is an ongoing lecture/conversation series offering a forum for participants to explore faith values in daily life. Guestpanelists include Jari Askins, former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, and FCC Edmonds own, Larry Ball.

This presentation called Exploring the Intersections of Religion and Politics by Dr. Joe Bessler (theRobert Travis PeakeAssociate Professor of Theology at Phillips Theological Seminary), will explore the intersection of religion and politics by noticinghow major political speeches are structured in ways that overlap with the structure and topics of Christian faith and theology.Well consider several reasons why that overlap exists. By exploring these connections and tensions between the religious and thepolitical, lay leaders will see better the importance of distinguishing our religious convictions from our political commitments.

Those who seek to make connections between faith matters and daily life are welcome to attend. For more information or toregister, visit www.ptstulsa.edu/faithlifeconnections or call (918) 610-8303.

Circle of Compassion Sunday, April 28, 12 PMDinner and Auction Family Life CenteAs First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we continually seek ways to serve others both within our own community andbeyond. One of the ministries we support is Week of Compassion (WOC). (WOC is the relief, refugee and development missionfund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). WOC seeks to equip and empower disciples to alleviate the suffering of othersthrough disaster response, humanitarian aid, sustainable development and promotions of mission opportunities.) Week of Compassion has challenged Disciples Churches to become a part of the Circle of Compassion - 100 DisciplesChurches to raise $10,000 for the endowment fund for Week of Compassion. First Christian Edmond has accepted this challenge We are hosting a dinner and an auction event on Sunday, April 28, in the Family Life Center to support the Circle ofCompassion endeavor. Tickets are on sale now: $5 for each person (children under 5 are free.)

Please join us on Sunday, April 28, at noon for a delicious lunch. After lunch, we will be auctioning off some great items!

Come check it out! You can reserve your spot at the table in the rotunda or contact Iris Muno Jordan at 341-3544, ext. 110.

FCC Author Meet and Greet Sunday, April 14, 9 - 11 AMChurch LibraFirst Christian Church Library will be hosting an author signing - meet and greet of published authors within our membership,Sunday, April 14, 9 - 11 AM in our church library area. Authors may have books available for sale or just be available to tell youabout their works. There will also be some books available, posthumously from Dick Tunison and Harry Pizer. Authors who wilbe attending include: Marjorie Anderson, Judy Berry, Paul Gaines, Deneen Gambrell, Mark Nash and Cherrie Stee

and Judy Howard. Come by and visit and perhaps purchase an autographed book!We are sure authors may have been missed, so if you are an author and would like to be involved, please contact, Kay Made

341-1852 or madesk2003@ yahoo.com

Regional Listening Session Sunday, April 14, 4 - 5 PRoom 1

Since October of 2012, a small group of Disciples from across the state have been working together. They call themselves TheListening Team. Their only task - just as one might imagine - is to simply LISTEN. There is a lot of change happening within thepastoral leadership of the Region with the Rev. Dr. Tom Jewells retirement and the Rev. Gary Mitchells call to be senior ministerLake Ozark, MO. Before any decisions about the FUTURE are made, Regional Board wants to hear from YOU!

First Christian Church of Edmond is hosting a Regional Listening Session on Sunday, April 14, at 4 PM in Room 116. Pleaseplan to join FCC and the Regional Board in a listening session to discover what we think makes our region great!

For more information on this process, go to www.okdisciples.org/listen

April Events: Something for Everyone

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Join Us for a

Wedding Shower

Honoring

Elizabeth BeasonSunday, April 7

2 PM, Fellowship Hall

Elizabeth is registered at Target

and Bed, Bath & Beyond

Hostesses are Laura Kyser,

Margaret Kyser, Kay Mades,

Laura Qamoos and

Sherrye VanOsdol

Get Your Garden Growingwith TLC Gift Cards!The Youth are selling $20 TLC Greenhouse gift cards April7th through May 12th, Mothers Day! The TLC cards aregood for all plants, trees, fertilizer and soil to help you get yourgarden growing this spring! (excludes landscaping services).Your purchase will help support our youth mission trips. Thecards are easy to purchase on Sundays, in the rotunda, andon Wednesday evenings - pick up yours today! Contact Missy

Blevins at (405) 833-1115 with questions.

Spring Cleaning?Youth Garage Sale Coming Up!Save unwanted, unused and unneeded items and donate them to the Youth GarageSale fundraiser! It is coming up on Saturday, May 11... so, start saving your donatableitems now! Watch the church newsletter for more information. If you questions aboutthe garage sale, please contact Mark Taylor at: mtaylor@fccedmond.org.

Prayers of the PeopleOUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN THE HOSPITAL

Virginia ONiel in Bellevue Rehab Center; Betsy Jonesin Mercy Rehab Hospital

THOSE IN NEED OF PRAYER Nancy Gallop, Gabe Wiechmann (Don & JennyWiechmanns son), Loree Rice, Dale Wehr (Connie LaRues brother), Judy Joy,Phyllis Jarrett, Gayle Jones (Jennifer Cains mom), Lori Snider (Loretta Parksdaughter), Cynthia David (Winnie Halls daughter), Bill & Mary Lou Womble

OUR SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS TO the Jennifer London and family in the death ofher mother, Norma Craven on March 25. Services were held Thursday, March 28.

CELEBRATING THE GIFT OF A NEW LIFE Eleanor Nora Louise Mahaney bornMarch 26 to Tom & Allison Mahaney of Portland, OR. Grandmother is Juli

Marzuola.

Happy Birthday!4/7 Anna Felix, Hannah OMeara4/9 Lindsay Clark4/10 Evelyn Baker, Alex Adams, Rose

Hammond, Judy Berry4/11 James Winn, Larry Ball, Collins

Ryland, Connor Flournoy, JamieNovakowski, Karen Turk

4/12 Christin Adkins, Desiree GengleClark Cummins

4/13 Dale Jones4/14 Jana Huff, Ben Hall, Robert

Hendricks, Penelope Simms,Meredith Farley

GIVE LIFE

GIVE BLOOD

Sunday, April 289 AM to 1 PM

Fellowship Hall North

Give blood at the BloDrive! FCC Edmondwill be saving lives inFellowship Hall Northfrom 9 AM to 1 PM.Dont bring money juyour best vein!

A Story of CompassionDuring the 40 Days of Compassioncampaign, many wonderful hours

were spent helping others. One of thevolunteer opportunities was a Saturdayof yard work with the Renewing Handsministry. They planned a help day for

one of FCC Edmonds members. Tenvolunteers showed up to rake leaves. Theycollected bags and bags of yard trimmings.The lawn was even mowed. What awonderful example of compassion, caringand kindness! Thank you to all of thosethat helped that day, and, to everyonewho participated in the 40 Days ofCompassion. God bless you!

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Register for Summer Camp!

Summer Church Camp is filled with funactivities, Bible study, and adventure! This year, campers are registeredONLINE for camps based on GRADE

COMPLETED by June 2013. Again, FCCoffers partial scholarships to campers that are

members. How do you register your child? Here arethe steps:

1) Register online at: www.fccedmond.org/camp2) You will receive a confirmation email which will include the health forms that need

be completed and returned to FCC.3) You will return the completed forms to FCC, attn: Jennifer Humphrey, along with t

payment - within 10 days of signing your camper up!Earlybird Rates: Now - April 15; Regular Rates: April 16 - May 12.

For anyone who registers online by April 15, you will receive an additional $35 off of yrate (thanks to the Regions Mens Ministry Leave No Child Behind.)

The following camps are available:CAMP LOCATION RATES DATES

(Earlybird/Regular)Chi Rho, grades 6-8 (Oakrige Camp, Anadarko) $300/$350 June 3-7Kid-N-Kin*, grades 1-2 (Camp Christian, Chouteau) $170/$200 June 6-9 (*Kid-N-Kin is grade 1 & 2 plus an adult family member attending camp.)Discovery, grades 2-3 (Central Camp, Guthrie) $180/$200 June 7-9

Junior, grades 4-5 (Central Camp, Guthrie) $295/$335 June 17-21CYF, grades 9-12 (Central Camp, Guthrie) $295/$335 June 24-28

Worshipat First Christian8:15, 9 & 11am

April 7, 2013Message: Rev. Chris Shorow

Rev. Dr. Jerry BlackScripture: Psalm 126

April 14, 2013Message: Rev. Dr. Jerry Black

Rev. Chris ShorowScripture: Acts 9:1-9