Guess what?! It’s time to start practicing for our Easter Cantata! With last year being my very first cantata…EVER, I anxiously awaited this year’s announcement! Must say, last year I was REALLY going outside of my comfort zone and really had a great time learning, singing with wonderful folks and most of all-listening to the…
Offering envelopes are a very vital part of our financial office! When you place your envelope in the offering plate (or by mailing it to us) you can guarantee efficiency for financial record keeping. We provide offering envelopes for non-electronic giving in our church. These are usually found by our community bulletin board with Starting…
As this time of the year approaches, I get all excited about being together with my family on Thanksgiving Day. Some of you may not know, but I have five brothers/sisters and both parents that live south of St. Louis, Mo. This is the time we all try very hard to make it home for…
Knowing I have shared my joy with you, serving you as your Administrative Assistant, I would like to reemphasize my joy! I look forward to coming into work every day as each is different. Prior to becoming a staff member, I took our pastors for granted! Not any longer…I so appreciate and see firsthand all…
It’s that time of year once again…the busy season of fall. The Spirit, our church newsletter, is back on weekly status; youth and L.I.F.E. groups are ready to go into full swing on Wednesday evenings; Heavenly Melodies and the adult choir are practicing their hearts out; the Simple Supper crew is busy planning menus. I…
Everyone told us we would LOVE being grandparents – and that it would be totally awesome. We learned how right they were on April 7 @ 7:47 p.m. Yes, God blessed Doug and me as grandparents at that exact time and our world was changed forever. Since then, there have been many prayers of thanksgiving…
We all have our comfort zone inside our box. Going outside our box is a little bit scary for most of us. It wasn’t until about six years ago I really found myself doing just that, going outside my comfort zone. Yes, I was slightly scared, but God was with me and guiding me through…
Our mission here at First Christian Church is “to be and to share the good news of Jesus Christ.” One way I help do this is to mail information out to our congregation like the church newsletter, announcements for infant/child dedications, nursery volunteer schedules, communion servers, elder/deacons schedules ~ and the list goes on! To…
Every journey has a beginning and we get to see each week another step along the path of your journey with Christ as we check in sign-in sheets from Wednesday night activities, Sunday morning red attendance books and now even Facebook check-in updates. When you check-in each week it’s like you taking the time to…
What a wonderfully fun time here at First Christian Church! You wonder what I might be thinking about? Well, last Wednesday the buzz around the church all day was about getting ready for our youth/adult groups, Simple Supper, our Heavenly Melodies Youth Choir and Adult Choir. Making sure all the rooms were ready, attendance sheets…