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“Share with Me” Part of my thesis from our current sermon series called “Conversations with
Jesus” is nothing more than Jesus wants to have a conversation with you. Despite where
one is in their spiritual journey, or no matter how distant one might seem from the
church, Jesus wants to have a conversation with you. Often times these conversations
push, challenge, and call us to raise our expectations as we talked about on Sunday with
Peter. Nevertheless, I believe there is something more fundamental at stake in our
conversations with Jesus. Simply put, Jesus wants us to open up and honestly express
our stories with him. God wants us to not only share with Him our joys, celebrations,
goals, and our hearts‟ desires, but also our hurts, pains, fears, bruises, and even
scars. For example, when is the last time you openly shared with God what might be
hiding underneath your shining, smiling face in the morning? Perhaps it really is love and
grace. However, if we‟re honest, sometimes it is a recent hurt from a good friend, or a feeling of despair
from a situation 5-10 years ago that we still cannot wrap our minds around.
As I move forward in my ministry, it will be vitally imperative that my time is spent learning,
studying, and absorbing as much as possible about the congregation. In fact, it might be even healthy if
you perceived me slightly “annoyingly” interested as I am continuously asking questions and digging up
the rich history of our church. In the meantime, I will need each of you to share your stories about
FMCC. Just as the news is shaped differently depending on the source- CNN, FOX, NBC, each one of you
brings a slightly different picture as well. Do not hesitate to make an appointment, drop by the office, or
even send a quick morning email sharing: “The best times at FMCC…The most difficult times…When did
the church feel most alive… The most impacting ministry that existed or needs to exist… What might
need to be reexamined, stopped, or possibly rebirthed… Is there a fellowship activity or event that lies
closest to your heart…Or, simply tell me about the „good, old days.‟”
After I have gathered your stories and can make a more accurate living narrative of FMCC,
sometime in the fall we will have a 3-fold sermon series which celebrates our past as well as anticipates a
prosperous future at FMCC. My family is still very excited to be here, and we just know God‟s promise in
the Book of Isaiah still reigns true for us today. Isaiah 43:19 “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs
up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
I look forward to hearing back from you and connecting the different voices that make up our
loving church. It‟s my prayer listening to you that my heart continues day-by-day to be interwoven with
your stories and becomes part of FMCC! In Christ,
Pastor Zach
FORT MYERS CHRISTIAN CHURCH A Disciples of Christ Congregation
5916 Winkler Road, Fort Myers, FL 33919
All Are Welcome . . . Come As You Are
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FORT MYERS CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST CONGREGATION)
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
Rev. Zachary Seitz
July is National Ice Cream Month!
Come enjoy the taste of summer with us!
SATURDAY, JULY 26 AT 2:00-4:00 PM Tickets $5.00
Get your tickets Sunday mornings~ July 13 & 20, or
Wednesdays July 16 & 23,
or at the door the day of the social.
Invite your friends and family to FMCC Fellowship Hall!
Contacts: Thompson & Lipes families
Visit with your friends and neighbors
A DAY ON THE FARM
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
SERVING IN THE MILITARY
Ryan McClain, Ensign in US Navy; Grandson of Mary Helen McClain
Stationed on USS George HW Bush, Norfolk, VA; David Day, Captain in US Air Force Grandson of Al & Mary Jane Day Stationed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, DC Patrick Evans, 2nd Class Petty Officer, US Navy, Grandson of Pat Brown
Stationed in Norfolk, VA Justin Nell, 2nd Lieutenant in Army Reserves; Grandson of Pat Brown Brandon Lapehn, Captain in U.S. Army, 101st Airborne; Grandson of Jim & Dorothy Detamore Completed his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. He is in Fort Campbell, KY Jake Lowry, Captain, MPH, Nephew of Bob & Wanda Milligan MS US Army Veterinary Corps, Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science, Daniel Tipton, US Army, stationed in Oklahoma, and Anthony Tipton, US Coast Guard, Grandsons of Anne Tipton stationed on an island east of Africa.
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YOUR CHURCH COMMUNITY
MINISTER Rev. Zach Seitz
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Ruth Berry
CHURCH SECRETARY Kathi Kensinger
CHURCH BOOKKEEPER Karen Seibert
OFFICERS Moderator: Bill Brainard
Vice Moderator: Bob Skaggs
Secretary: Cora Armstrong
Treasurer: Steve Larson
Financial Secretary: Rick Laughman
Asst Financial Secretary: Dean Brown
MINISTRY TEAM LEADERS Elder Chair: Judy Carson
Deacon Chair: Michele Cooper
Outreach: Jan Laughman, Paulette Idol
Jan: [email protected]
Worship: Cora Armstrong
Evangelism: Wanda Milligan
Youth: Steve and Tina Lipes
Historian: Helen Hutchison
FORT MYERS CHRISTIAN CHURCH 5916 Winkler Road
Ft. Myers, FL 33919
(239) 437-4330 (239) 437-7992
www.fmcc4u.org
Office hours: M-F 9am—2pm
Photography for the July & August Chalice
provided by Bob Milligan & Kathi Kensinger.
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Kellie Miller (George & Celia Lendh) Jessica Pusceddu (Tina Lipes) Jewel Carter, Helen Holmes (Peggy Roley) Elaine Maley Ann Mills Mary Kensinger Paul Munsell Greg Engel (Ed Bodanske) Evelyn Sumerall (John & Carol Rains) Nancy Lowe (Audrey Sauer) Michael Crouse (Shirley Fizer) Pat Watts Shirley Fizer Donna Fielding Fay Wattenbarger Martha Sabo Bob Furrow Claude Wattenbarger James Rimes (Sharon Rimes) David Lundy (Cora Armstrong) Tim Hupp (Virginia Parsons) Stanley Fryza ( Luan Dunham) Jackson Jones, Duane Covert (Carol Trompeter & Luan Dunham) Marcia Wilson, Marilyn Kohman & Matt Jones (Michele Cooper) Jami Hallman (Peggy Roley) Susan Riorden (Steve Lipes) Steve & Jayne Barnett, Pat Henderson (Donna & George Briggs) Carol Wells, Dottie Stark (Al & Mary Jane Day) Jeff King, Nancy Phillips (Maxine Simon) Greg Hughes (Naomi Kratzer) Diana Guerro (Tina Lipes) Jason Bricker Mason Jones Veronica (Ronnie) Parker (Paulette Idol) Gene Peisker (Detamores) Penny Kaye, Sally Saberton, Ken Barker & Danny Trousdale (Shirley Fizer)
As we pray daily, please keep the following
people in your prayers: FMCC PRAYER WALL
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:00 AM LED BY PASTOR ZACH
During the months of July and August, Pastor Zach
will lead a discussion based study from the Lectionary
Texts.
BIBLE STUDY
Our choir is taking several weeks
off during the summer. We will
continue to have a good music program with outside
guests as well as some of our own people providing
special music.
We kick off the summer program with a piano
solo by JohnWillard Utuk on June 29. He will be
leaving for the University of North Florida in
Jacksonville in August where he will be working on
his master‟s degree in piano performance pedagogy.
On July 6, Bob Milligan will be playing a flute
solo for us. July 20 we will be thrilled to have Selena
Masters singing for us again while she is home from
Stetson College for the summer. On July 29 Norman
Jones will be our guest soloist. He has been here
several times before and is always a welcome guest.
Plans for our August guests are in the works,
but not yet finalized. They will be announced in the
Sunday bulletin.
In His Service,
Ruth Berry
MUSICAL NOTES
Ruth Berry
Music Director
CHANGE UP
Beginning this Sunday, July 6, there will be a new
bulletin that will more efficiently and effectively serve
our purposes at FMCC. Please know the worship team
has worked together with Zach evaluating the current
physical layout structure of the bulletin as well as flow/
structure of worship. It is our hope the new bulletin
will offer a simplicity that is user-friendly, being clean,
concise, and offering continuity. One noticeable
change will be the prayer concern list. The new
bulletin will only have the last two weeks of prayer
concerns. Instead, there will be a separate “prayer
pamphlet” in the narthex that will offer all of the
concerns which is taken from the Chalice. Every
month the prayer pamphlet will be updated along with
the Chalice’s prayer concerns.
~Worship Team
The first week of July we will close down our
sermon series called “Conversations with Jesus.” We
will focus on how sometimes we simply mess up, but
Jesus calls us back in relationship with Him. Not only
do I hope everyone can relate to one or more of the
conversations with Jesus, but also I pray these sermons
enhance your time communicating with God.
During the majority of our time together in
July, it will be spent highlighting and celebrating a few
key beliefs in The Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ). Although there are not many “loyalists” in
any denomination and especially in younger
generations, I believe The Christian Church (DOC) has
a hallmark identity and practices that have the ability
to reach new people for Christ. Once again, let us
reveal "The Best Kept Secret."
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
7.6 Conversations with Jesus: "Revisiting Peter"
7.13 The Best Kept Secret: "No Creed but Christ"
7.20 The Best Kept Secret: "The Meal"
7.27 The Best Kept Secret: "Our Polar Star"
WORSHIP MATTERS
ONGOING CONCERNS: Ginny Spradlin Margarete Gray (Chris Thompson’s mom) Doug Jones Dick & Karen Green Ann Lang Betty Willey Jane Swartz Dot and Ham Collier Warren Hall (Peggy Roley’s brother) Barbara Bruce (Bob & Peggy Bruce) Leah Reeder & Rebecca VonWerder (Mary McClain’s daughters) Harry Cotabish Peggy Wood Ruth Munsell Eli Burke (Fay Wattenbarger’s grandson) Herb Cline
REACHING OUT
During the past month, I have been in conversation
with Myerlee Manor (a seniors living center) to begin a
worship service there. This will allow us to not only
stay connected and minister to some of our members
who are unable to join us on Sunday mornings, but
also serve as an opportunity to share God‟s message to
others in our community. This will be an abbreviated
worship service that includes: prayer, Scripture, brief
homily, Communion, and possibly one to two songs.
Services are tentatively scheduled for the 1st and 3rd
Sundays of the month at 1:15 PM. If you would like to
sing or play a musical instrument on a Sunday, please
let me know!
-Zach
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CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ~
Zach Seitz, Pastor
Email: [email protected]
Bill Brainard, Moderator Home: 239-561-7396
Email: [email protected]
Bob Skaggs, Vice Moderator Home: 239-267-2579
Email: [email protected]
To minimize postage costs, please pick
up your monthly edition of The Chalice
on the last Sunday of the month in the
Sanctuary‟s main entrance.
A note from ~ Tom Brennan
Thank you for the cards and prayers
during my illness. I’m feeling much
better now.
Sympathy and Acts of Compassion...
The family of Nellie Depew, 101, who passed
away on June 10 in Indianapolis.
GREET OUR NEW MEMBERS! Please offer a hand of fellowship to our new members!
Welcome to Harry and Mary Rubin who joined
our church family on Sunday, June 29.
SONSHINE CARD CLUB ~ SCC All ladies are
welcome! Join the ladies at 11:30 am each
Wednesday for an afternoon of fellowship and
laughter with lunch at a local restaurant and a card
game of Hand and Foot back at the church. Contact: Pat Newman at 481-1648
CRAFTERS 4 CHRIST ~ C4C MEET FRIDAYS,
JULY 18 AND AUGUST 1 & 15 ♦ 10AM-12:30 PM
We sew to make a difference for others. Items sewn
are donated to worthwhile organizations in need
locally and internationally. All ladies are welcome.
Join us in the Fellowship Hall. Bring a sack lunch. Contact: Helen Hutchison and Nancy Brennan
POT LUCK ~ SUNDAY, JULY 13
CASUAL SUNDAY THEME! Wear
your casual clothes to worship and
join us in the Fellowship Hall for
potluck! Hot Dogs and Hamburgers
will be provided. Please sign up in
the Fellowship Hall so we know how many to plan
for! Contact: Judy Carson
*We will not have a potluck in August.
MEN’S BREAKFAST♦ FRIDAY, JULY 18 & AUGUST
15 ♦ 8AM Meet at Sunflower Café on Summerlin
Road. Contact: Bob Skaggs 267-2579
BOARD MEETING ♦ Tuesday 7 PM ♦ JULY 8
All officers, ministry team leaders, elders and
deacons are encouraged to attend. Board meeting is
open to all.
AUGUST ~ There will be no Board meeting .
FROM THE MODERATOR~
At the June board meeting, we discussed the
need to replace one of the a/c units. This is the unit
that services the office end of the Fellowship Hall.
The Outreach Committee reported that the
school supply list will be ready soon.
The youth are planning an ice cream social for
the end of July, always one of my favorites.
Ruth, our music director, reported the choir
will be taking a few weeks off and she has several
special guests lined up for the summer.
Planning continues for the Fall Festival.
Zack and Kathi are working on our web site
and e-mail programs, along with all their other duties.
I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable
summer. Bill Brainard, Moderator
START YOUR DAY OFF RIGHT!
On Wednesday mornings, we will be
sending a Mid-Week E-Devotion to
your current email address. So enjoy
your favorite cup of coffee and have
a CONVERSATION with God. Please note that we
have been given copyright permission to send out
devotions from the premiere devotional book, Daily
Feast: Meditations from Feasting on the Word. This is
intended for your own spiritual growth during the
week as well as it will be connected into Zach‟s
Sunday School class in July and August.
Marjorie J. Thompson, author of Soul Feast:
An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, endorses
this devotional by saying “[Daily Feast] provides a
simply structured way to enter into deeper reflection
on the weekly texts of the Revised Common
Lectionary. Gathering pithy, insightful, often
provocative quotes from gifted contemporary
theologians and teachers, it presents a daily path into
personal reflection and prayerful response to the
profoundly challenging and joyful message of the
gospel." -Zach
Florida Regional Ministers Juan Rodriguez
and Lori Lynn Wachter came to Fort Myers
for a Meet and Greet with Pastor Zach and
area pastors, both retired and active.
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NEWS FROM THE MINISTRY TEAMS
July-August Chalice p. 5
OUTREACH MINISTRY
JAN LAUGHMAN, TEAM LEADER
We have contacted the schools for the
supply list for the upcoming school
year. Public school begins August 18
this year. We will once again bless the
kindergarteners with new school supplies!
Please bring the donations to the
Fellowship Hall. Financial donations are
also welcomed! Mark your check “School
Supplies” and we will shop for you!
WORSHIP MINISTRY
CORA ARMSTRONG, TEAM LEADER
July and August begin “Ordinary
Time” in the church calendar. The color
for this season is green and it runs until
November 29th. Ordinary Time has a
few special Sundays, but it is mostly a
time for us to reflect on our everyday worship and
commitment to a life more pleasing to the Lord.
It‟s a time to reflect and to renew, to make the
necessary changes to improve our communication
with God. As the church moves forward, I hope
each of us is also able to move forward in service
and support of our faith and our church.
SERVING THE CHURCH
JULY ELDERS Bill Brainard, Tom Camps
DEACONS Helen and Walt
Hutchison, Ann Mills, Art Napoli
GREETERS Jan and Rick Laughman
LITURGIST 7/ 6 & 7/27 Steve Larson
7/13 & 7/27 Elaine Maley
PRESENTER OF ELEMENTS 7/ 6 Virginia Parsons, Marie Bias
7/13 Millie Dalrymple, Shirley Fizer
7/20 Ruth Gamache, Becki Brasher
7/27 Nancy and Tom Brennan
TECH TEAM Dean Brown, Jan Laughman
ALCOLYTE Chase Lipes
AUGUST
ELDERS Ed and Bev LaDuke
DEACONS Dean Brown, Michele Cooper, Paulette
Idol, Steve Larson
LITURGIST Bob Milligan
GREETERS Diane and Ed Bodanske
PRESENTERS OF ELEMENTS
8/3 Helen and Walter Hutchison
8/10 Bill and Karen Brainard
8/17 Sharon Rimes, Art Napoli
8/24 Shirley Fizer, Ann Mills
8/31 George and Celia Lendh
TECH TEAM Dean Brown, Jan Laughman
ACOLYTE Chase Lipes
EVANGELISM MINISTRY
WANDA MILLIGAN, TEAM LEADER
A busy year is shaping up for all of
us here at FMCC. This is especially true
for the Evangelism Ministry. We have
lots of work ahead for all of us here at
the church. Now that Pastor Zach is here
to lead us we need to be ready to work with him in
setting goals for the future of FMCC. We will be
looking for new programs to bring new people into our
congregation. We would love to hear about your ideas
and thoughts on how we might do this. Think and talk
to me about what you think about ideas for
Evangelism. In your conversations with God during
the next few weeks talk to Him about the needs of our
congregation. We have all just been in a holding
pattern and now we can begin to plan for this next
year.
We will have the Visiting Nurses Association
(VNA) here on Wednesday, September 24 for our
annual FLU shots. They will be here from 1-3 on that
day. So mark your calendar so you won't miss that
day! We offer this opportunity for our congregation
and our community. The VNA will accept insurance
cards or cash. It is important to have your flu shot
early to get maximum coverage for the flu season.
Enjoy the summer! Come to church every
Sunday that you can. We miss you when you aren't
here! See you at the Youth's Ice Cream Social this
summer--Saturday, July 26.
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
RICK LAUGHMAN
TO DATE
TOTAL BUDGET FUND INCOME $ 46,465.85
TOTAL INCOME $ 52,372.85
OUTREACH CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH JUNE 25 Guardian Angels $ 25
Everyday Cafe $ 100
Pentecost $ 290
WISH LIST FOR EVERYDAY CAFÉ
(formerly Soup Kitchen)
Canned Meats♦Tuna, Chicken, Ham, Roast Beef
Tuna Helper♦Chicken Helper♦Hamburger Helper♦Soups
(All Kinds)♦Beans (All kinds)♦Macaroni & Cheese♦Rice
(Family Size Bags)♦Jelly, Peanut Butter♦Pasta & Pasta
Sauce♦Canned Fruit♦Canned Vegetables♦Canned Milk
Monthly Need: Food storage bags & trash bags
***Consider the buy-one-get-one-free items and donate
one to CCMI.***
Please place food donations INSIDE the designated
kitchen cupboard in the kitchen.
EVERYDAY CAFÉ (CCMI)
There is no scheduled serving day going forward.
Due to lack of participation, we were taken off the
schedule. If there is any interest, we can be put back
on schedule. Our food and monetary donations to
CCMI are very much appreciated. PROPERTY UPDATES RICK LAUGHMAN We called for service on air conditioning units
and found we have more serious problems. One of the
units that is causing problems was installed in 1997. If
the unit was repaired, there would not be any
warranty. However, it was decided to install new unit
which will now be under warranty. Also, the cooling
units have to discharge water into drain. For this to be
done properly, cement is going to be cut and new drain
pipe will be in place and drain into pit in ground. This
should take care of foul smell in ladies restroom. This is
going to be major expense that was not in the budget for
2014-2015. The air conditioning unit will cost $5700
(includes material and labor) and the new drain pipe and
cement work will cost $760.
On Sundays July 27 and August 3 we will
receive donations for school supplies.
Tanglewood Elementary School Supply List: School box
Crayons (8 count)
Glue sticks
#2 pencils (24 count)
Fiskar scissors
Dry Erase Expo Markers
1” three-ring white binder (must be clear-view)
Marble composition book
Ream of copy paper
Tissues
Ziploc bags: Quart and Gallon
Baby wipes
Hand sanitizer
2 ounce cups
Paper plates
Brown paper bags (50 count)
Clorox wipes
Gladiolus Learning and Development Center
Supply List Markers: Washable
Markers: Permanent: regular & fine tip
Markers: Dry Erase
Colored pencils
Pens (black and blue)
1” three-ring binders
Spiral notebooks
Composition notebooks
Construction Paper
Index Cards
Glitter
Glue: Elmer's and Tacky Glue
Masking Tape
Double Sided Tape
Scotch Tape
Play Dough
Paint: non-toxic & water colors
Medium sized paint brushes