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December 2006 Church Newsletter
November 27, 2006
PASTOR CRAIG'S NOTES
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!
We all have much to give thanks for this year. God has
given to us such great gifts, but the greatest is the gift
of each other. This has especially come home again this
year. As you all are aware, there are many in our church
family that have had a member of their family diagnosed
with cancer. We are in constant prayer for each of these.
One thing that we are reminded of is how precious each one
is. Even when we get upset with one another, as we
sometimes do during holiday gatherings, we do not love them
any less.
After doing 8 social ethics papers this semester, I have
come to an understanding that the way we see each other is
a major problem in our society. When we start to see one
another as just a number, a commodity or something we can
use and throw away when we are done, I feel that we have
lost a great deal. We must always see one another in the
same manor that God sees us. Special enough to give the
entire amount that God had. Then we will begin to be as
thankful as we should be.
What are you thankful for this year?
Be Thankful for each other.
Praying for you as I hope that you are praying for me.
Craig
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
SUNDAY DECEMBER 3, 2006
FOLLOWING CHURCH
KITCHEN SUPPLIES NEEDED
The Membership committee appreciates your help in keeping
the supplies stocked in the kitchen. A current list is
plastic utensils, plastic cups, paper plates, paper towels,
coffee, etc. You can always check on the refrigerator for
an ongoing list.
We thank you for helping to keep the kitchen supplied.
KIDS IN CHRIST AUTUMN PARTY
Kids in Christ would like to thank the church for
sponsoring our recent Autumn Party. Nine kids and four
adults went to the Pumpkin Patch and Hay Maze North of
Marietta. We were treated to hot dogs, smores and hay
rides. Some of our kids painted pumpkins while others tried
their hand at Pumpkin Chunkin in which we are pleased to
announce that Pastor Craig turned out to be our Pumpkin
Chunkin Master by hitting the Target with his very first
pumpkin. We all cheered him on. Looking forward to our
next event.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
The Membership Committee is asking for any new updates on
addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses or lack thereof,
etc. The committee will be updating the directories in
January. New officers, committee chairs and changes in
membership will be included. Please help by contacting
Alice Cochran (276-5486), Phil McGinnis (276-5158) or Craig
Rutherford, Pastor, (276-3093).
We have been blessed with several new member families this
past year:
Kendra Glazner, Tay Satterly, Pat Burkett, Dean & Arleta
Bobbitt, and Gary & Lisa Allgood. If you haven*t met them
please introduce yourself and make them welcome.
The Membership Committee is responsible for anything that
concerns the membership of our church: Membership
attendance, Birthdays and anniversaries, Newsletter, Web
site, Church directory, Bibles for members, Kitchen
sign-ups and Fellowship dinner/cake and cookies schedules,
Flowers/plants for members and immediate families and many
other duties around the church.
If any of these activities interest you, please let our
committee know and we can use your help.
~Alice Cochran, Chair
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
DEAN & ARLETA BOBBITT
Dean and Arleta Bobbitt are new members of our
congregation. They have become very active in our church
family.
Arleta grew up in Rich Hill in midwest Missouri and Dean
grew up in Fairland, OK. They graduated from their
respective high schools and met in Bible College in Joplin,
MO. They married in 1961. Dean attended the Spartan School
of Aeronautics in Tulsa. He then worked for an airline as
an aircraft mechanic for 20 years in Houston and Dallas.
When the company planned to move them from the Dallas area
back to Houston they decided to start their own business in
Ponder, TX. They later moved the business to Pilot Point,
TX. Their business was manufacturing fiberglass running
boards for pickups and vans for after market sales. In 10
years they produced over 110,000 sets with the help of 30
employees. After the economic downturn following 9/11 they
retired early and moved across the river to Love County.
They live on west Highway 32 across from Turner School.
Dean and Arleta reared two children, Kevin and Kimberly,
and are the proud grandparents of three.
Please welcome them to our church family.
COUPON UPDATE
The holidays are here! We will all be opening cans of soup
for cooking or just eating and enjoying. Remember to cut
that label off and bring it to church. The coupon box is
still on top of the refrigerator. Put the labels inside and
we will trim them when we take them to retreat next year.
Our church women have sponsored many worthwhile events for
others with our label program.
KIDS IN CHRIST WILL MEET
SUNDAY DECEMBER 3
FOLLOWING CHURCH
DWF CHRISTMAS PARTY
DWF will have their monthly meeting Sunday December 10,
2006 at 5:00 p.m. This meeting will be held at the home of
Rosa Knight. We will have a lite meat, short lesson and
some holiday fun.
All ladies of the church are invited to attend. If you
will be attending please bring a wrapped gift to use as
part of our gift exchange game. If you need directions or
a ride contact Darlene Beardsley or Alice Cochran.
DWF COLLECTS TOYS FOR THE FAMILY SHELTER
DWF will be collecting toys for the family shelter in
Ardmore. If you would like to donate please bring a new,
unwrapped toy and leave it in the tub in the fellowship
hall. DWF will make sure it gets to the family shelter in
time for Christmas.
Carmel Pecan Cheesecake
This is the dessert that I was asked to send the recipe in
from the Thanksgiving dinner
Pillsbury pie crust- cooked
8oz. Cream cheese, softened
12 oz. Cool whip
1 * Cups powdered sugar
Beat cream cheese till smooth, slowly add powdered sugar
and fold in cool whip.
2 T. melted butter in a pie plate
1 cup pecans (chopped)
* cup coconut
(These 3 items need to be toasted)
Make sure crust is cool before putting filling in shell
Put cup of Braum’s carmel topping over cream cheese
filling and put pecan mixture
Over that. Drizzle carmel on top of pecan mixture. Chill
Enjoy! Carrie
CHURCH FINANCE
The church has no money. It all belongs to God and we only
try to manage His money His way. On December the 3rd we
will be voting on the Church Budget. We need to understand
what we are voting on. It appears that we have a lot of
money, but we don't. So I want to explain what I understand
and what I know about why we have this apparent
contradiction
First we have the General Fund which is our annual budgeted
operating fund. This budget is voted on each year and is
approved by the congregation. This is the primary fund that
keeps the church operating. It pays the preacher, the
utilities, building maintenance, evangelism, membership,
worship and administrative expenses. It is supported by
tithes, pledges, and undesignated gifts. This is the fund
that is nearly bankrupt and is the fund that often has to
borrow from other funds to keep the church doors open.
Second we have permanent funds. These are gifts or
endowments by people who wanted to help the church even
after they passed on to be with their heavenly Father. We
accepted the gifts or endowments and agreed to the
restrictions they wanted. In general the agreements all
stipulate that we can only use the earnings from the
permanent funds. We cannot change this provision. We cannot
spend the principal of the permanent funds. We must respect
the wishes of the giver that their gift keeps giving
forever. In reality we just manage their funds that are in
our bank account to make the most earnings in accordance
with our abilities. People today control their gift and the
money in their bank account. They have not placed it in our
trust. The earnings of the permanent funds by the original
agreements or wills are restricted or designated for a
period of time. Some earnings are designated for outreach,
scholarship, building, and the general budget. In general,
the distribution restriction provisions for earnings may be
changed after about five years.
Third we have the designated funds: Scholarship, Outreach,
Building, Quarter More and Memorial and others which may
have partial restrictions for use of the principal and the
earnings and which are managed by the appropriate
committees or as approved by the board.
I have watched the evolution of our church financial
management for over 30 years. We started with no budget and
no investments and begged each Sunday for money to pay the
bills. We now have a Budgeted General Fund, permanent fund,
investments, and a number of unbudgeted designated funds. I
would hope the 2007 church members and administration would
take the next step and carefully study and improve
financial management policy and procedures by our church.
~Jerry Cochran
CALLING ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRS
If you would like to be a committee chair or just a member
of a certain committee for the 2007 year, please contact
Curtis Cochran.
2007 Slate of Officers
The following is a list of the officers, deacons and elders
for the 2007 year. This list was approved at the November
Board Meeting and will be presented for approval at the
congregational meeting December 3. If you have any
questions about the slate of officers, or would like to
nominate someone please contact Phil McGinnis, nominating
committee chair.
Board Chair Curtis Cochran
Vice-Chair Jerry Dutsch
Secretary Alice Cochran
Treasurer Beth Willis
Financial Secretary Curtis Cochran
TRUSTEES
Phil mcGinnis 2007
Darlene Beardsley 2008
Beth Willis 2009
Elders
Ro Hartman 2009
Sam Knight 2009
Deacons
Yvone McGinnis 2008
Dean Bobbitt 2009
Pat Burkett 2009
Curtis Cochran 2009
Ryan Ward 2009
Junior Deacons
Morgan Hudson
Mackenzie Hartman
Conner Rutherford
Shane Hartman
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
1 Mary Kay Martin
3 Carla Hudson
6 Chuck Hite
11 Stephanie Burrage
15 Carl Cochran
17 Jerry Dutsch
22 Barbara Cochran
25 Carol Baird
31 Harold Wegner
ANNIVERSARIES
24 Harold & Susanne Wegner
UPCOMING EVENTS
December 3
Congregational Meeting
Kids in Christ
December 10
DWF 5:00 pm
Rosa Knight's House
December 13
Board Meeting 7:00 pm
December24
Christmas Eve Service
6:00 pm
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