Dinuba Christian Church

355 E. Saginaw Ave

P.O. Box 726

Dinuba, CA 93618

Church Website: www.dinubachristianchurch.org

Church Phone: 559-591-4454 Fax: 559-591-4453

Jim’s Cell Phone 559-305-5354

Pastor Jim Susee’s Email: dccpastor@comcast.net

Virginia’s Email: j_v_martinez98@yahoo.com

Jason’s Email: dinubayouth@comcast.net

Church Email: dinubach@comcast.net

“Share Your Story, Bring God Glory.” Sermons for OCTOBER:

Oct. 4th The Wonder Wagon

Chris Franks “sharing his story for God’s glory.”

Testimony about Operation Christmas Child: Living like Jesus

Oct. 11th Fellowship: where two or more are gathered. Living like Jesus.”

Oct. 18th “Stewardship: the ultimate free will exercise. Living like Jesus.”

Oct. 25th “Our purpose in here, your purpose out there.”

Evaluation and Exaltation versus Search and Rescue

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OCTOBER 2015

The Conductor’s Call:

“Ministry Sunday Morning VS The Rest of The Week”

I have noticed a recent change when it comes to the perceived role of

“The Church”. Not the actual role, Jesus was very clear, not even the gates

of Hell will prevail against the actual Church. But the perceived role has

changed for sure. There has been a kind of pendulum swing, away from

false notions of The Church, which is good, sort of. The problem is, instead

of swinging back to the correct view of The Church, many have simply

swung to another false notion of The Church.

Here are some examples of False Notions: attending church helps me earn

heaven. attending church is required for salvation. My church is the only

church that has saved people attending. The church is the building.

“Church” only happens on Sunday morning. The only place God blesses

people on Sunday morning is “in Church”. This is My Church.

There are many things that these views produce that can seem wonderful,

but they actually aren’t. For instance, some churches (they tend to be tradi-

tional denominations) have maintained good attendance over the years. But

it is largely because they preach that church attendance helps you earn favor

from God, is required to please God, and that you will receive some sort of

punishment for not attending. I used to attend a church that regularly taught

that. I do not believe this is the church that Jesus set up. However,

swinging the pendulum another wrong way seems to be more popular than

swinging it back to Jesus.

Some examples of “counter” false notions: Church attendance isn’t

important to God. Whatever I do on Sunday morning is okay with God.

God wants me to have the most fun possible with my family; therefore,

church is not for us. Church attendance has nothing to do with being a

Christian. Church is NOT the building, so as long as I pray wherever I am,

that’s “church”! Pass the Tailgate Hotdog In Jesus’ Name. . .

We tend to rationalize our behavior, to manipulate our view of God until it

fits that behavior. In reality, God does not change, and we are supposed to

conform our behavior to His desire.

Regarding the above topic, here is my opinion of where the pendulum

should rest: We come to church to worship the Lord, corporately, as one

body, like temple worship that Jesus participated in regularly when He said,

“I had to be in My Father’s House.” Church Attendance is the best value for

Sunday Morning I can teach my family, a world without church attendance

Please mark your calendars for

Saturday, October 17th. Dinuba

Christian Church will be hosting a

Family Life “I Still Do”

conference put on by Family Life

Ministries. You won’t want to

miss this marriage enrichment

event.

October shoebox focus idea:

Letters and Photos.

Think about doing this as a family.

Get your kids involved.

Operation Christmas Child

Monthly focus...

We are in need of some candy

for our Fall Family Fun Night

on November 1st. Can you

donate a bag of wrapped candies?

Donations of candy will be

accepted by Virginia Martinez on

Sunday or stop by the church

office during the week.

Office Hours: Monday through

Thursday 9am-12pm, 1-4pm.

GREETERS

4 The Bracamontes Family

11 The Cameron Family

18 The Chang Family

25 The Allen Family

COMMUNION: Virginia Martinez

BAPTISM: Kelly Schiller

SOCIAL SUNDAY: Shir ley Mello & Janet Seitz

DEACONS - BIRTHDAY SOCIAL SUNDAY:

* Steven Schiller, Mark Cameron, Joe Martinez

MEALS ON WHEELS CORDINATOR

FOR OCTOBER: Carol Knoy @ 591-2459

DEACONS & USHER:

4 Rod Gerbrandt

11 Jim Melban

18 Noe Larralde

25 JD Allen

ELDER MEDITATIONS:

COMMUNION OFFERING

4 Mario Delgadillo 4 Corky Seitz

11 Steve Worthley 11 Rudy Gonzales

18 Jim Susee 18 Jason Nichols

25 Corky Seitz 25 Jerry Chang

HOMEBOUND VISITATION CHURCH LOCK UP

4 Mario Delgadillo 4 Corky Seitz

11 Steve Worthley 11 Rudy Gonzales

28 Jim Susee 18 Jason Nichols

25 Corky Seitz 25 Jerry Chang

OCTOBER CHILDRENS CHURCH : Kelly Schiller

for ages 4 - 5th grade --Nursery is available for ages newborn to

age 4

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OCTOBER 2015 G O OD A N D FA I TH F U L S ERVA N T S

1 Peter 5:2

Be shepherds of God’s

flock that is under your

care, serving as overseers

– not because you must,

but because you are

willing, as God wants

you to be; not greedy

for money, but eager

to serve;

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Family Fun Night November 1st— 5pm-8pm,

Starting in the DCC Fellowship Hall:

This year instead of a Kids Carnival during the day, we are going to have Bible

Characters Family Fun Night. It will be the day after Halloween, so everyone is

encouraged to dress up! But we would like all of the costumes to have a positive,

Biblical theme please. For example, Pastor Jim will be dressed like Jonah, in a

whale, as an exhibit for the kids to explore. We will also have a “Burning Bush”

similar to the one Moses encountered as an exhibit too. There will be a Cake

Walk, Group Games, and plenty of fun for the entire family. We will also be

receiving gifts for Operation Christmas Child. There will be dinner and snacks that will be served, with all

donations going to DCC Children’s Ministry. If you invite a friend, and please do, please let them know there

is no obligation to donate. For visitors, everything is free! If you would like to help with the logistics of

putting on this event, or would like to help with a group game or provide supplies, just let Virginia Martinez

or the Office know. Candy giveaways will be available as well, so if you would like to donate candy,

please drop it by the office during office hours. So mark your calendar and invite some friends,

November 1st, 5pm-8pm, DCC Fellowship Hall.

Dinuba Christian Church

October 17, 2015 8am-4pm

Breakfast and lunch included in ticket price.

Purchase tickets online at www.istilldo.com

Or write a check to DCC and we’ll sign you up.

Sept. 1-30 $26.25 per person

October 1-17 $31.50 per person

(Scholarships available if needed.)

O C T O B E R B I R T H D AY S

On Track

1 Corky Seitz

1 JD Allen

2 Madelyn Worthley

3 Veronica Delgadillo

9 Alexandra Gillen

10 Brianna Terry

14 Brenda Cameron

16 Hunter Garrett

19 Desiree Gonzales

19 Melodee Cameron

21 William Worthley

22 Sandy Seitz

24 Josh Terry

27 Jo-Lynn Harland

28 Aaron Gonzales

23 Roger Angangan

25 Shaun Hightmen

27 Patty Skaggs

28 Kari Quintana

22 Geraldine Gerbrandt

22 Pam Jacobs

27 Hannah Seitz

28 Chloe Quintana

28 Christopher Seitz

29 Rod Gerbrandt

30 Mark Cameron

31 Debbie Johnston

is not a better world. Church attendance teaches the concept of sacrificial living, sacrificing a time that could

be used like the world does, and showing the world a different use of that time. A better use!

Whatever you do Monday-Saturday, whether it is working hard to show your boss and fellow employees

how Christians work, sharing your faith, loving your family, serving others, or spending time alone studying

God’s word, praying, and meditating, evaluate your heart and consider it your worship, your act of service to

God. Once you leave your time of “The Fellowship” “The Assembly” “Meeting Together”,

Hebrews 10:25’s phrase for “church time” , your living sacrifice to God continues,

your personal ministry as a Christian begins.

I believe teaching and showing the faithful value of Church Attendance will never be regretted. If the world

devalues something, by doing something else, that should be your first clue to reevaluate your participation

with them. If Jesus valued something, personally, from the age of 12 on, it’s probably pretty important. Don’t

let the world redefine what Sunday Morning is supposed to look like, or the rest of the week for that matter.

Live like Jesus.

We started to work with Operation Christmas Child last year when we packed over 100 shoe

boxes to go to kids around the world. It was an exciting project and many have caught the vision

and have been working on acquiring items for the boxes throughout the year.

We packed 52 boxes at our Christmas in July event and we plan to pack at least that many more

at our October 24th potluck and packing party.

The adventure is going to get even more exciting though as we are going to be a relay station for

Operation Christmas Child this year. People will be coming from all over the area to drop off

their boxes. There will be lots of opportunities for volunteers at all different levels.

Chris and Darlene will share more with us about these opportunities. I want to just share a few dates with you so you can be

watching for these opportunities and planning to be involved on your level.

Oct. 4: Chris Franks will share his testimony about how they got started working with Operation Christmas Child and about the

mission of the program.

Oct 11, 6pm— Operation Christmas Child Volunteer meeting to get acquainted with how the relay station works and what the

volunteer opportunities are.

Oct. 24, 5:30pm —Potluck and packing party

Nov. 8, 6pm— Volunteer Training

Nov 16-23—Relay Station at Dinuba Christian Church

U PCOM ING E VENT S

Upcoming NOVEMBER Events Nov. 1 Congregational Meeting Nov. 1 Family Fun Night

Nov. 7 Ladies’ Fall Potluck and Bunco

Nov. 15 Harvest Dinner

Nov. 16-23 Operation Christmas Child

Relay Station

Nov. 22 Hanging of the Greens

Weekly Groups

Wednesday: Praise Team--6:30 pm

Choir—7PM

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

6:30PM Praise

Team

7PM Choir

6:30PM Praise

Team

7PM Choir

6:30PM

Praise Team

7PM Choir

6:30PM Praise

Team

7PM Choir

Wonder

Wagon

Birthday Social

…….Retreat

6pm Kids Klub

& Youth party

Women’s Retreat……………..

7pm Elder’s

Meeting

6:30/7pm

Cleaning &

Fellowship Mtg.

Al-Anon in

Social Hall

Al-Anon in

Social Hall

Al-Anon in

Social Hall

Al-Anon in

Social Hall

Al-Anon in

Social Hall

8am-4pm

I Still Do

conference

5:30pm

Operation

Christmas Child

Potluck &

Packing Party

6pm Women’s

Ministry Mtg.

7pm Stewardship

Mtg.

Rep Women in

Fireside Room

Dawnings

Banquet

Rep Women Set

up Fireside Rm. 6pm Kids

Klub & Youth

Group

6pm Kids Klub

& Youth Group

6pm Operation

Christmas

Child Meeting,

Kids Klub &

Youth Group

4-H in Social

Hall