FROM THE
PASTOR
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CONSECRATION SUNDAY was, indeed, a blessed event for our
congregation! The financial commitments that were submitted reflected
vision and faith on the part of our people. When those who were not able
to be present make known their commitments the total anticipated for 2009
will be the highest ever for our congregation. THANKYOU, one and all!
And thank you for the many ways you participate in fulfilling
God’s purposes here on earth. If you think the Victory Luncheon
following worship was delightful, and it was, who can imagine the banquet
our heavenly Father can provide for the faithful when our journey here is
over? What a joy to be part of God’s family.
George
Pastor: Dr. George J. Lespagnard
SUNDAY SERMON: November 2, 2008
Shaunna Hall and George Lespagnard
Title: We Have Choices
Text: Proverbs 16: 16-25
Sunday, October 26, 2008
SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:30 a.m.
WORSHIP: 10:40 a.m.
OFFERING: $3,670.72
ATTENDANCE
Sunday School: 55 Worship: 101
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PRAYER
LIST
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Dan Atkeson family, Jack Braden, Ernie Hurdle, Lynn Garrelts
family,Inez Agers, Jim West, Tom VonFeldt, Ed and Pat Carr, Beulah Rees,
George and Susan Hatcher, Tony Brocato, Kirby and Pat Barnes,Elijah and
Jeremiah Atkeson, Matthew Proctor, Shaunna Hall, DeAsia Harding, Jim
Elliott, Janet Goldwater, Neva Middleton, Shirlene Crain, Connie Henry, Ann
Lewis, Gary and Alma Murrow, Fred and Nancy Yahya, Stephen Lieurance, Jason
Wegner, Ethel Thompson, Katie O’Grady,
The Men and Women Serving Our Country
Jason Wegner’s surgery went well. He is recovering at home.
Connie Henry, Jake Lewis’ daughter, had surgery and is recovering
at home.
Neill Wheeler, father of Michelle Wegner, was involved in a car
accident on Saturday. He is recuperating at home.
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DID YOU
KNOW?
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Allison Jerome is going to
be in the chorus of the new play “Here’s Love” at the Crown Uptown.
Today, October 26, 2008, is my 31st year of being a cancer survivor
in which they told me I wouldn’t live a year. The power of prayer truly
works. Thank God! Shirley Lieurance
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MEN’S
FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST
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The men of First Christian are
invited to breakfast on November 1st at 7:30 p.m.
Special guest will be Pastor Luis Mendez, Fairview Christian
Church.
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ROAD TO
FREEDOM
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(A program designed to keep
students off drugs and alcohol and in school, music, art, and sports).
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 3:30-7:30 p.m. @ Campus High School,
2100 W. 55th St South
Afternoon activities beginning at 3:30 p.m. will include;
playstation booths, laser lights, karaoke, guitar museum, FREE food and
more! There will be other prizes throughout the afternoon.
The evening program starts at 5:30 p.m. and there will be giveaways
including a guitar and amplifier and a bicycle!
There will also be T-shirts, music and special guests at this
faith-based program. Invite your friends and check out the Road to Freedom
program at Campus High School.
In conjunction with the Road to Freedom program there will be a
Community Prayer Service at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 4th at Rex
Elementary Commons.
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NOVEMBER
BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
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Do you have a November birthday
or November Anniversary?
If so, please join us Sunday, November 2 at 10:15 a.m. in the
sanctuary for the celebration.
Bring a penny for each year of your age and/or a penny for each year
you have been married.
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FYI--HCO
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS
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Haysville First Christian Church
donated $309.91 to Haysville Community Outreach for Thanksgiving
turkeys.
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COFFEE
HOUR HOST/BAKERS NEEDED
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We need people to sign up to
host our new coffee hour time after worship on Sundays. Host duties
include introducing visitors/new members to others in our congregation and
sharing information about the various programs in our church with them. We
also need people to provide cookies. If you can help, please contact the
office or sign up on the table in the back of the sanctuary.
Thanks!
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STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE
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How wonderful to be able to
report the following:
At the close of the Consecration Service this past Sunday, a total
of 48 Estimate of Giving Cards were received, with a total commitment of
$144,102 annually. Based on last year’s giving records, we expect to
receive additional Estimate of Giving Cards from people who were not
present on Sunday. We estimate these pledges to be $8,840. Based on the
average total of loose offerings during the past two years, we can expect
to receive $2,860 during the coming year from that source. That gives us a
grand total of $155,802 anticipated income for the 2009.
Faith Walkers to date: 48
Total Committed by these 48: $144,102
Increased $ over last year: 17
Additional anticipated commitments: $ 8,840
New Faith Walkers 8
Anticipated loose offerings: $ 2,860
Total anticipated income for 2009: $155,802
In these uncertain times, how great it is to see your faith in
action. Now we have the opportunity to watch God work through us for His
Kingdom.
(When we have all numbers firmed up, we will publish the results
for you.) Johnna Hall
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CHURCH
BULLETIN NIGHT--WICHITA THUNDER HOCKEY TEAM
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Sunday, November 2, 20086:00
p.m.
Thunder vs. Rapid City
Kansas Coliseum
$6.00 off ticket price of your choice with your Sunday church
bulletin!
($11.00 lower bowl--$8.00 upper level)
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FALL
BACK
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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS
NOVEMBER 2. SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR.
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VISITORS
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Wichita, KS: Steve and Renee
Bridwell
Haysville, KS: Devin Burns, Chuck and Anita Coyne
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THANK
YOU
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Thank you to everyone for the
phone calls, cards and prayers while Stephen was in the hospital last
weekend and since returning home. Thanks so much to George and Anita for
their visit.
God Bless you all, Shirley and Stephen Lieurance
To Our Church Family,
Thank you for the cards and prayers for Gary and myself. We believe
God was watching over us during our accident. Thanks George and Anita for
visiting us in the hospital. Gary and Alma Murrow
Thank you to Joeann Strawder for the stamps!
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CORRECTION
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There will NOT be a TLC meeting
on Wednesday, October 30.
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FREE HEARING
TEST
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Mary Beth Morrell is employed by
Midwest Hearing Center in Haysville and is studying to become a Hearing
Instrument Specialist. To complete her certification she needs to have
training time on the machine to test for hearing loss. She will be giving
FREE hearing tests at the Haysville location, 555 East Grand, on Mondays
and Tuesdays.
Call 524- 4555 to schedule an appointment at the Haysville office.
Hours are 8-5 p.m.
Remember! This test is FREE.
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BIBLE
READING
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Not By Bread Alone - Seeking God
through His Word
“When we approach the Bible as history and biography, we approach
the Bible in the wrong spirit. We must read the Bible, not primarily as
historians seeking information, but as men and women seeking God.” Billy
Graham
Our Bible Reading Plan is ready to enter its third quarter, and
new reading “tents” were handed out Sunday for both the
Whole-Bible-in-a-year and the New Testament-in-a-year plans. If you
weren’t there Sunday but are enrolled in one of the plans, an envelope
with your name on it is at the back of the sanctuary with your new tent.
Also, if your bookmarks are getting ratty and you want new ones, sets will
be available next Sunday. Help yourself.
If you haven’t started, why not start this quarter? Choose
your plan—Whole or New—and pick up a reading plan this Sunday.
When we started Not By Bread Alone, we had no idea how many
would participate, yet we had a tremendous response of people wanting to.
A few have fallen behind in their reading, and I just want to encourage you
to pick up that Bible and read, even if you missed some segments of the
plan. Because . . . .
“Martin Luther was reading his Bible when God spoke to him and it
changed the course of history. You come back to the Bible. Begin to read
it. Study it and God will speak to you and change you—and through you
perhaps history can be changed.” Billy Graham
And for those of you who are on track, I want to applaud and
encourage you. It is a sacrifice of time and energy . . .
or. . . is it an investment?
Johnna Hall for your Stewardship Committee
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CHANGE OF
ADDRESS
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Paul and Peggy Smith
138 Timbercreek Ct.
Haysville, KS 67060
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MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
NOVEMBER 9TH!!
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congregation has supported Ed
and his wife, Melissa, for a number of years. When we first started our
support of their mission, they were serving in Columbia. Today they serve
Wycliffe in the wilds of the Jungle Jump Off training field in Dixon,
Illinois.
What’s that all about? Plan to be at church Sunday, November 9th
to find out from Ed how we help him serve God in the Mission Field.
From Wycliffe’s website:
Today about 200 million people do not have the Bible in their own
language. Wycliffe’s vision is to see the Bible accessible to all people
in the language they understand best. Johnna Hall
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