first christian courier-october 15, 2011

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October 15, 2011

Inside the Courier:

A Look at the BriteSide, page 2

Search committeeat work, page 3

New ecumenical

lectionary groupforming, page 3

Book club news,page 3

On the Web:

FCCs website

Christian Church(Disciples of Christ)national organization

Disciples in the Up-per Midwest

Steve Rusinak

Pull Out All the Stopsorgan concert Oct. 30

moving the organ to our new

location.

The organ will probably be

moved November or Decem-

ber, when it will be refur-bished and re-voiced for the

South Sanctuary of the Minis

try Center. The design teamhas just recently received arc

hitectural designs for the or-

gan installation, and bids are

currently being solicited forthe move and construction.

According to Pastor Brite,

mid-December is the most

current prediction for whenthe new building will be

ready. FCC is still looking at

January as the month whenwe will move.

Pull Out All the Stops!, a going-away

concert for FCCs grand pipe organ, will beheld Sunday, Oct. 30 at 1 pm. Current organ-

ist Bryon Wilson will be joined by former or-

ganists, including Bev Singewald, Jerry Bon-

strom, and Donald Ulm, in this reverent, fun

and fancy organ concert.

The concert is free, but a freewill offering

will be taken to help support the costs of

The Grande Sale

Thursday, Oct. 134 7 pm

Friday, Oct. 14

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7 pm

Saturday, Oct. 159 am 1 pmClean up after

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Another transition as Search begins

There is pain and promise,

harriedness and hope, old and

new coming together

Transitions are never easy

things; the transition this congre-

gation has gone through for thelast 30 years proves that. Transi-

tions have elements of the posi-

tive and the negative; thechanges mean some tearing about

of long-established habits or rela-

tionships for the establishment ofnew ones. There is pain and

promise, harriedness and hope,

old and new coming together.

As we anticipate the move intothe Ecumenical Ministry Center,

it will involve adjustments, toler-

ance, patience, maybe some

amount of civil argument, and alot of work.

Another piece of upcoming

transition lies in the fact that aSearch Committee has been

formed for a permanent pastor.

(See story on page 3 for list of

members.) Their job is, first, toput together a profile of congre-

gational life and goals, with the

goal of submitting that profile tothe Upper Midwest Disciples re-

gional structure.

They then will receive candidate

profiles of Disciples ministers

who are looking for positionsand, over time, settle on one can-

didate to recommend to the

Board and Congregation as thenext permanent pastor of FCC.

This process will probably

take 12 to 18 months. I personal-ly think that there will be a

strong amount of interest from

potential pastoral candidates; this

will be a place where pastoralcreativity will be an asset, and

pastors like that! As for me, Imbeginning to begin that search

process as well; maybe the twoprocesses will come together at

the same time, or maybe Ill be

gone sooner (or later?). Its atime of transition, containing all

those elements mentioned above.

You may wish to visit with

these dedicated folk, and let themknow what you think is needed

for the future of FCC.

Id like to see YOU on Sunday!

Bob

A Look at the Brite Side

In our prayers

Gracious God, we

lift up these personsin our prayers, ask-

ing the blessing of

your Grace and out-

pouring of your Love

upon them.

We pray in sympathy with the family ofRalph Morehouse, a long-time member of our church family, who passed away at age 103; in

concern for Ruth White, who suffered a stroke and has moved into a

nursing care facility, and for Irene Hackett who is having a second

cornea transplant operation; in thanksgiving for all the workers givingtime and talents to the Grande Sale and to the many working commit-

tees and task groups of the church; in hope for those seeking employ-

ment and those trying new careers, including Jay Hillestads brotherScott who is studying for the ministry, and Bob Brites friend whohas a job after long unemployment; for all our homebound members

including Lois Swenson and Dorothy Stegner, Amen.


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Doug Armstrong

Emmas son, ga

a reading recentfrom his book

Even Sunflowe

Cast Shadows

Emmas home inCrystal. The no

el is based on

Emmas early liin a small Kansa

town. Copies ar

in our church li-

brary.

Search Committee work underwayThe Search Committee met with Regional Min-

istry Partner Tammy Rottschaefer on Tuesday, Oc-tober 4. The committee is comprised of Dean

Creighton and Mike Hesano, co-chairs, Max Hur-

locker, Sandy Morgan, Serena Carlson, Arlene Hil-

lestad, and Kirsten Cackoski, with Tom Curry andDeb Murphy being ex officio members. There is a

lot of homework (most of it information gather-

ing) to be done by the committee before they will

begin to look at candidates papers. As of now,there is no specific time frame other than to be as

diligent as possible with the work that needs to bedone.

Book Club list of reads for winter

New members are al-ways welcome to join

FCCs book club,which meets monthly.

You can come to anymeetingno long-term

commitment required!

Here is the lineup of books and meeting places for

the next several months:

October 24: The Red Scarf Girl, Ji-Li Jiang:meeting will be at Barb and Allison Creighton'shome at 7 pm

November 28:Driftless by David Rhodes,meeting will be at Diane Hackett's home at 7

pm

January 23: Silas Marner, George Eliot, meet-ing will be at Bobbie Hall's home at 7 pm

Contact the church office if you need addresses ordirections.

An appreciation, and a correctionKirsten Cackoski wishes to express her apprec-

iation on behalf of her family for the prayers and

concern shown at the loss of her sister-in-law

Sharon Pell-Lie. We apologize for listing Sha-

rons name incorrectly in the prayer list.

New Lectionary Group formingMembers from the three partner churches of

the new Ministry Center (FCC, Lyndale, and Sa-lem) are launching a new lectionary study group

as a way to bring people from the churches to-

gether for Bible study.

The group plans to meet on Tuesday after-noons from 4 pm to 5:30 at Intermedia Arts

(where Salem and Lyndale are currently housed),

2822 Lyndale Ave. S.

Well read, discuss, and share responses to

the lectionary texts for the coming Sunday. Cof-

fee and tea will be available.The first meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 18.

Baby Bouler shower Oct. 23The Carter Circle is hosting

a shower for the soon-to-arrivebaby of Jennifer and ClydeBouler on Sunday, October 23,

shortly after the worship ser-

vice. All are welcome to join us.

The babys gender is not yetknown, so green and yellow

gifts are welcome. You can find the family regis-

tered at Babies-R-Us and Target.PS - Jennifers due date is October 31, so if Ba-

by Bouler makes an early appearance before the

23rd, we will reschedule.

Son reads from novel based onEmma Armstrongs early years


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Address Service Requested

Sundays at First Christian Church

Sunday Worship at 10:30 am

Before Worship After Worship

Breakfast Club 8:45 am Fellowship Time 11:45Spiritual Formation Classes 9:15 am

Bi-Weekly Calendar

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FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

OF MINNEAPOLIS

(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

2201 1st Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55404

A Thoughtful Church in the

Heart of the City

Ministry TeamAll Members of the Congregation

Robert Brite, Transitional Minister

Dennis Sanders, Minister of Diversi-

ty and Mission

Chris Wogaman, Office Manager

Jim Baumgartner, Director of Music

Bryon Wilson, Organist/Pianist

Rick Bowman, Building Manager

Serena Carlson, Nursery AttendantMartha Harris, Courier Editor

Telephone: 612.870.1868

Prayer Phone: 612.870.0984

www.fccminneapolis.org

E-mail: [email protected]

Fax: 612.870.1860

Christian Courieris published bi-monthly. Send items and ideas tochurch office or to Martha Harris

[email protected] Sun.Oct. 23 for the next issue.

This Week at FCC

Sunday, October 16

FCC Board meeting noon

Food Pantry Sunday

Elders Meeting 5 pm

Tuesday, October 18

Retired Teachers Lunch noonEcumenical Lectionary group 4 pm

Wednesday, October 19Nikkei 9 am

Bible Study 6 pm

Bell Choir 6:30 pm

Chancel Choir 7:45 pm

Thursday, October 20

Handcrafters 9 am

Reflections on the Wordfrom readings for 10.16.11

Then saith he unto them, Render

therefore unto Caesar the things which

are Caesar's; and unto God the things

that are God's. Matt. 22:21, KJV

What are Gods things? Hmmm.Its easy enough to see what be-longs to our worldly society. We

might argue about what we should

give to or get from the government,

but we can see the world of things.

DoesntGod transcend things?

Arent things of the Spirit in factnot things at all? In fact, every-

thing in this world, everything, is

Gods, except what we make to

govern our earthly lives, and use to

separate us from each other. Thoseare the things of Caesar.

Great God of giving, all that we

have is a gift from you. Encourage

in us, more than gratefulness, an

ability to let go of what we dontneed, and a mindfulness of what

others do need. Amen.

--Chris Wo aman

Next Week at FCC

Monday, October 24

Book Club @ Creightons 7 pm

Wednesday, October 26

Bible Study 6 pm

Bell Choir 6:30 pmChancel Choir 7:45 pm

Thursday, October 27

Handcrafters 9 amMinistry Center Board 7 pm

Saturday, October 29

Fall Share-the-Care 9 am1 pm

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