Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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We will celebrate Consecration Sunday this October 4, 2020, at our 10:00 a.m. service.
Over the past few weeks, you have been asked to spend some time considering your stewardship journey, and how you will respond to this call during 2021.
If joining us in person, 2021 Estimate of Giving cards will be in your pew; if you worship with us online, please visit our Stewardship 2020 web page where you can read or review the devotionals, examine your own habits of stewardship using our worksheet, and complete and privately submit your own 2021 Estimate of Giving.
The adult Sunday class meeting immediately after our worship service is studying and considering stewardship using Dr. Tony Evans' video series, Kingdom Stewardship, facilitated by Dak McInnis. Make plans to join this class in the church library, or via Zoom - the meeting link goes out via email on Saturday mornings.
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SAVE THE DATE:
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When: Saturday, October 17, 2020
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Time: Leave FCCBRLA at 6:00 a.m. and return that evening
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Location: TBD in the southwest Louisiana area
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Travel Arrangements: Individual cars, carpool, and/or church van depending on response
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Goal: Assist in recovery as TBD
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Church provides: Drinking water, snacks
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You provide: TBD, likely lunch and some tools, protective equipment
If you are able to go with us, please contact Judy Lester (225-221-4478), or Rev. Dr. David Chisham (703-220-6011). We need to be able to gauge the number of volunteers, preferred travel arrangements, and how many volunteers may be needed or accommodated for various assistance opportunities.
If you are unable to go, but would like to make a monetary donation, please make your check payable to FCC, note in the memo line it is for disaster relief, and it will be used in the coming months as we respond to this event. Thanks to your generosity, we recently sent $2,000 to our fellow DOC churches in Lake Charles and Sulphur.
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Reach out this week to …
Several of our community remain in semi- or full isolation, so we'll share a few names with each newsletter, and ask that you take just a moment to share a note, a card, or phone call with one or more of those listed:
- Sue Grigg - 10765 Welcome Hites Dr., Baker LA 70714; 225-337-1798
- Ray Acardo & Presley Hutchinson - 2522 Inverrary Dr., Baton Rouge LA 70816; (R) 225-241-2651; (P) 225-251-2650
- Frank, Jane, and Clayton Johnson - 10274 Ridgely Rd., Baton Rouge LA 70809; (F) 225-335-1751; (J) 225-772-4703; (C) 225-246-2414
- Carmen Jones - 11070 Mead Rd., Apt. 1003; Baton Rouge LA 70816; 225-205-4591
- Barbara Knight - 12361 Archery Dr., Baton Rouge LA 70815; 225-954-0937
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Messmer Celebration of Life
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The family of Susan Kay Messmer, who died on April 19, 2020, invites her friends from First Christian Church to a Celebration of Life.
Her family will be receiving guests next Saturday, October 11, 2020, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.:
Tony Dugas Building
Denham Springs LA 70726
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We Remember in Our Prayers…
(New or revised requests received since our most recent regular issue.)
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- Kim Lax, recovering from shoulder surgery
- Jerry Moses, scheduled for shoulder surgery on Monday, Oct. 5
- Sue Grigg, recovering from minor injuries received in car accident
- Mark Discher, known to Nathan Tipton
- Mary Jo Dobroski, wife of Brent Dobroski, has been diagnosed with advanced cancer and entered hospice care
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