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April 28, 2013

CALLER
Issue 17

In This Issue
Pastors Corner Statistics Remember in Prayer Spiritual Disciplines Wk Prayer Requests, April 21 Serving in the Military Address/Email Changes Scholarships Birthdays/HMM Summer Camp Heifer Booth CW Paper Drive MMC Gala Invite Possessions Natl Day of Prayer ! Jim Wallis Crop Walk/Soles4Souls Soles for Souls Pastoral Partners Global Missions Choir Concert Loch Leven Groundbreaking Calendar Serving Sunday 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 9

Events April 28, 2013 May 5, 2013

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The Caller

Senior Pastor: Rev. Darrell McGowan Associate Pastor: Rev. Debra Todd Editor: Donna Woodbridge

April 28: 8:00 A.M. REAWAKEN, Early Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Classes for all ages 9:00 A.M. - All-Church Study in Chapman Lounge and Room 107 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER, Traditional Service 11:30 A.M. 2:00 p.m. Casa de Oracin use Fellowship Hall 1:00 P.M. - CROP WALK, Registration begins at 12:15 P.M. 5:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary & FH 7:30 P.M. - REFRESH, Emergent Service April 29: 6:30 P.M. - All-Church Study at Woodbridges, dinner, 6:30; class at 7. April 30: 6:30 P.M. - Mens Bible Study at Barry Woodbridges 7:00 P.M. - Casa de Oracin uses Sanctuary, Chapman Lounge and childrens Classrooms May 1: 5:30 P.M. Hot Meal Ministry, Team C May 2: Tri-Tip at Downtown Market - National Day of Prayer 3:30 P.M. - All-Church Study, Chapman Lounge 6:30 P.M. - Bell Choir; 7:30 P.M. Choir May 3: 6:00 10:00 P.M. Fullerton Art Walk 7:00 P.M. - All-Church Study, Chapman Lounge May 4: 8:00 a.m. DMF Breakfast, Chapman Lounge 8:30 A.M. - All-Church Study at Woodbridges breakfast, 8:30 a.m., class at 9. 9:00 Noon Chapel on Wheels Paper Drive 9:00 Noon PSWR Camp Training, Chapman Lounge May 5: Loch Leven Sunday 8:00 A.M. - REAWAKEN, Early Worship Service 9:00 A.M. - Classes for all ages 9:00 A.M. - All-Church Study in Chapman Lounge and Room 107 10:15 A.M. - REMEMBER, Traditional Service 11:30 A.M. 2:00 p.m. Casa de Oracin use Fellowship Hall 5:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Casa de Oracin Service, Sanctuary & FH 7:30 P.M. - REFRESH, Emergent Service AA Groups - Sun. 8:00 P.M., Friday, 7:30 P.M., Sat. 8:30 P.M., NA Group, Tues., 7:30 P.M. 1

Gods approach to creation is evolutionary. Evolution is not something to be feared or denied, but something to be celebrated. Everything around us is evolving, but more important stillwe are evolving! I dont know why so many Christians think evolution is antithetical to a deeply biblical approach to life. If they were less focused on a literal reading of the creation stories and more focused on the truth that undergirds and runs through the biblical narrative, they could rejoice at Gods creative presence in all evolution. Richard Rohr wrote a powerful meditation on this theme earlier this week. Ive reprinted it below so you can all benefit from his wisdom. Have a great week, and if you fall or fail, dont lose heartevolve! Evolution God has let us in on the mystery of his purpose, the hidden plan (Ephesians 1:9). And it sure is hidden, so well hidden that few saw it, the plan God so kindly made from the very beginning in Christ. Christ is the name for Gods plan to materialize his formless Spirit. This is very clear in Colossians 1:15-20, Ephesians 1:3-14, and John 1:1-5, but you cannot see what you were never told to pay attention to. The divine, it seems, wants to manifest itself in visible form. This mystery is going to keep being recapitulated at every level of creation as it evolves, as it emerges, and then the real second coming of Christ is the recognition that its been the Christ all along! Picture the boxed Russian dolls, each one enclosing a smaller one. The first doll and the last doll are the Christ mystery, the Alpha and the Omega of history as it states in Revelation. In the end God will bring together everything under the title of Christ, everything in Heaven and everything on the Earth (Colossians 1:16). This is not an individualistic or anthropocentric notion of salvation. Its happening to the whole of creation, exactly as Paul says in Romans 8:18-39, which is his masterpiece of theology, in my opinion. The very fact that Christians have wasted time and energy fighting the notion of evolution shows that we didnt understand the Cosmic Christ at all. Our Christ and our Jesus have both been too small. Christians should have been the first to appreciate evolution and to recognize what God is doingthat God creates things that continue to create themselves from the inner divine Spirit. Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation (Colossians 1:15), the first little doll in the mind of God. For in him is recapitulated all things in Heaven and on earth (1:20). The Eternal Christ is what Shakespeare would call the play within the play, or the microcosm of the macrocosm. His role is to forever hold together matter and spirit, divine and human, and to say they always have been one, but you just dont know it yet. So God is going to hold them together in front of your faceuntil you do.

Sunday Statistics
April 21 13 9 (Reawaken Service) Weekly Giving: $2,927.61 Budget Goal: $3,881 Downtown Market: $1319 (4/25) 96 (Remember Service) 22 (Refresh Service) Mission: $325.29

Remember in Prayer
Continue to pray for: the family of Donna Bagley, Helen Bailey, Dottie Bense, Harold Brickens, Mary Brill, Betty Ruth Buchanan, Linda Christman, Chris Collett, Dean Echols, Lorna & Skip Farnum, Anna Lou Horspool, Kevin & Linda Johnen, Carolyn Kenrick, Lowenn Land, Flora Miller, Sue Miller, Denise Olson and family, Betty Rollo, John & Marj Schwenker, Julie Stuart, Claudia Tammen, Dorothy Tanner, Jack Townsend, Gil Tucker and family, and Bob Vannoy. Please pray for the following church in the Pacific Southwest Region: Westchester Christian Community 8740 La Tijera Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90045

Prayer Requests: April 21, 2013

Bob Vannoy

Pam FindleyFlor Laura Schaffell

Mary Ann Richmond Jack Doughty

Ben Stuart

Readings and Prayer Concerns for Week of April 29 May 5, 2013

Monday, April 29: Reading: Psalm 67; pray for Week of Compassion and the work they do all over the world. Tuesday, April 30: Reading: John 14: 23-24; pray for Global Ministries Missionaries in India Anil & Teresa Henry. Congregational Prayer Day, Wednesday, May 1; Reading: John 14: 25-29; pray for Hot Meal Ministry serving the hungry tonight in Fellowship Hall. Thursday, May 2: Reading: Acts 16: 9-12; pray for the National Day of Prayer Event taking place today at Chapman. Friday, May 3: Reading: Acts 16: 13-15; pray for the Fullerton Art Walk and especially for the Art with An Agenda exhibit opening tonight at Magoski Arts Colony. Saturday, May 4: Reading: Rev. 21:10, 22 Rev.22: 4; pray for the PSWR Camp Training taking place in Chapman Lounge this morning. Sunday, May 5: Reading: Rev. 22: 5 pray for all those who will be helping with Worship this morning.

Pastor Darrell From Emergent Service

Fred & Mildred Evans as Freds health is declining due to Alzheimers. Sibyl Dittberner fell and had to have stitches. Lowenn Land, give her the determination she needs to work at her physical therapy. Praise Paige Richmond has been accepted to Claremont PhD. program starting in September. Granddaughter, Kim Miller, as her client is experiencing declining health and she is reluctant to call for hospice care. Family of Cynthia Sanchez, a young co-worker who died Saturday on her 24th birthday from a spider bite. Bart Oakden who has been diagnosed with cancer. Jackie Johnson who has a blood clot in her leg, praying for safety and healing. Clarity in relationships and that Gods will be done. Caleb Rutert, 7 week old, recovering from surgery to move intestines to the right place and remove appendix.

Serving in the Military:

Adam Hawley, Deb Taylors nephew in Afghanistan. He will be gone nine months from his wife and new baby. Lt. Patrick OConner, Betty Rollos grandson-in-law left on April 1 for approximately 6 months deployment. Lt. Patrick Rollo, Betty Rollos grandson. He is back at his home base. Joshua Reynolds, Jane Reynolds son. He is at Ft. Riley, KS dealing with PTSD and will be returning to Afghanistan soon. PFC Brandon Vannoy reported to Fort Jackson, South Carolina for his basic training in the Army on April 1, 2013. He is a grandson of Bob & Donna Vannoy.

Changes of Address and email

Email change Sibyl Dittberner, richarddittberner@gmail.com Address change: Matt & Cathleen Chase 245 S. Redwood Ave, Unit H, Brea, CA 92821

Attention high school seniors and undergraduate college students:

This is the last week to pick up a College Scholarship Application Packets for the 20132014 school year. To qualify as a scholarship recipient, your application MUST be returned to the church office no later than next Sunday, May 5, 2013 and the application form must be filled out completely. Also, you must be registered in an undergraduate college or university program as of July 31, 2013. When you pick up the scholarship application packet, please review the policy guidelines carefully prior to completing the application form. Scholarship recipients will be notified by June 30, 2013.

May Birthdays
Danielle Beech (3); Phyllis Elliott (5); Clare Keech, Al Pierce (6); Mark Vannoy (7); Cambria Findley-Grubb (9); Janine Grove, Randy Langston (15); Randy Baxter, Bill Henke, Barbara Tucker (17); David Styffe (19); Mike Vaughan (20); Becky BaileyFindley (22); Scott Richmond (25); Jack Angulo, Trista Ortiz (26); Emily Beard (28); Susan Bacon, Kylie McCuen, Carol Silgailis (30); Cera Noriega, Gary Jr. & Jennifer Smedley (31). Team C will serve up a tasty dinner for our Hot Meal Ministry this coming Wednesday, May 1. Team Members should be there at 5:30 P.M. Please find a substitute if you are unable to make it. Team C consists of: Pam Findley Flor, Phil Forbes, Masumi Hogan, Bonnie Lopez, Rose Melissa-Ackerman, Ada Rodman (set up), Eloise & Paul Smith, Emily Steward-Styffe. Alternates include: Rod Farley, Annie Frater, Judi Smedley, Craig Wallace

Summer Camp is Coming!

For forms and more information, see Debra Todd or check with Donna in the office. Mini Camp - 7/7 7/10 $260 before June 7 nd rd (2 & 3 grade in fall 2013) Junior Camp 6/23 6/29 $355 before May 23 (4th 6th grade in fall 2013) Chi Rho Camp 6/30 - 7/6 $355 before May 30 (7th - 8th grade in fall 2013) CYF I Camp 7/21 -7/27 $355 before June 21 (9th 10th grade in fall 2013) CYFII Camp 7/28 8/3 $355 before June 28 (11th 12th in fall 2013 and 2013 graduates) Costs after Early Bird deadline are: $285 for Mini Camp, and $380 for all the other camps.

Hot Meal Ministry

Heifer Booth at the OC Fair

For several years FCCF has provided volunteers for a day at the fair to staff the Heifer Intl. booth. We have not been assigned a day yet, but wanted to see what interest there is in helping out this year. The shifts are usually three hours and you get a free ticket to the fair and parking in the employees lot for that day if you work. Please call Donna in the office and let her know of your desire to help. Thanks!

Chapel on Wheels Paper Drive

Chapel on Wheels Paper Drive will be held next Saturday, May 4, 9:00 A.M. until noon at the following locations: Behind Liquor store, corner of Chapman and Euclid. Parking lot east of Raymond on Chapman Avenue next to Walgreens. Behind the Bank of America, on Laguna Road, between Bastanchury and Valencia Mesa. 4

Youre Invited Again

If you'd like to attend the annual Gala of the Mountainside Master Chorale, devoted to fundraising, on Sunday, May 5th at 3 P.M. at Pilgrim Church in Pomona, all you need to do is ask Ed Linberg for a complimentary ticket. The Chorale will sing a few selections from their upcoming June concert. In addition, there will be other entertainment. Both a silent auction and a live auction will highlight the event.

Jim Wallis Is Coming To Southern Cal

Jim Wallis, the founder of Sojourners which is celebrating 40 years of faith in action for social justice, will be appearing in Southern California next Monday and Tuesday. He is a best-selling author, public theologian and frequent speaker on faith and public life. He is the author of 10 books, including God's Politics, a New York Times bestseller. His newest book is On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good. "In this timely and provocative book, Wallis shows us how to reclaim Jesus' ancient and compelling vision of the common good--a vision that affects and inspires not only our politics but also our personal lives, families, churches, neighborhoods, and world. He thinks it's time to ask what it means to be on God's side, rather than claim God to be on ours." His Southern California appearances will be on these dates and in these places: Monday, April 29 at 7 P.M. he will lecture and sign books at All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena. Tuesday, April 30 at 4 P.M. he will lecture at the Kresge Chapel on the campus of Claremont School of Theology, 1325 N. College, Claremont. Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 P.M. he will lecture and sign books at Bel Air Presbyterian Church, 16221 Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles. I heard Wallis speak at a Pastor's Conference in Pasadena in the late 80s. His address was far and away the best one I heard in that twoday event. He was late arriving at the conference because he had been arrested for being part of a demonstration in Washington D.C. about a social justice issue I've long forgotten. It was clear that of all of the speakers at that conference he was the most involved in working for social justice, not just talking about it. I have followed his blogs and his writings for many years. I encourage you, sisters and brothers of First Christian Church, Fullerton, to make time in your schedule next week to hear Jim Wallis. I plan to hear his lecture in Claremont on Tuesday, April 30. I'd be delighted to have some of you join me for what I'm sure will be an inspiring, and most likely, a disturbing, presentation for those of us who are committed to living out the way of Jesus in the world. Ed Linberg

Transfer of Possessions
Check this column each week to see what is new. Available: Ultimate Sweater manual knitting machine, its table, instruction CD, pattern book, accessories, has never been used, in its original box. $125.00 3-drawer Work Bench with Vise $100 Creative Memories albums and supplies NEW! 2 DVDs (brand new still in wrappers) Youve Got Mail & The Notebook $5 each White, glass-top, wrought iron patio table with four matching chairs. excellent condition, $200.00 In Need of: Good working used lawnmower Good used violin

National Day of Prayer

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY MAY 2, 11:00 A.M. Fish Interfaith Center The County-wide Interfaith observance of the National Day of Prayer will be held at Chapman University this year at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 2. This event will feature presentations and prayers from several religious traditions. Join us to pray for our country surrounded by people of faith from many religious backgrounds. Together we stand!

Thank you!

Attention all Pastoral Partners:

Please mark Sunday, May 19 on your calendars as the date for our next luncheon meeting. It will be held in Chapman Lounge beginning at 11:30 A.M. We hope all of you will be able to attend this informative training session. Darrell, April and Connie

Last Call for CROP Hunger Walk 2013

Next Sunday is the day set for the 2013 Fullerton CROP Hunger Walk. If you have made a gift in support of one or more, of our walkers, we thank you very much for your support. If you have not yet made a gift in support of one, or more, of our walkers, we encourage you to do so no later than right after Sunday's worship service because the event begins at 1 P.M. this Sunday. All of our participants are reminded that they need to turn in their envelopes with the names and addresses of their donors, as well as their gifts of cash and/or checks, before the walk begins at 1 P.M. Check-in will begin about 12:15 P.M. on the Plaza. Be sure to check in well before the 1 P.M. start of the CROP Hunger Walk so that you are ready to set out on the walk following the welcome, announcements and invocation that will take place beginning about 12:50 P.M. Also, be sure to wear your CROP Hunger Walk T-Shirt. If you don't have a shirt as of yet, Randy Langston, our CROP Hunger Walk Coordinator, is the person to see to be sure you are wearing the "proper uniform" come Sunday. For your information, especially if you haven't yet made that gift you intended to give to support one, or more, of our walkers, here are the names of the persons who will represent First Christian Church in this year's Fullerton CROP Hunger Walk: Phil Forbes, Nancy Knott, Randy Langston, Ed Linberg, Laura Schaffell, Amy Styffe, Cathy Thompson, Anna Van Diest, Barry and Donna Woodbridge, plus these members of the Youth Group and their advisors: Debra Todd, Janelle Vannoy, Kyle Fought, Melissa Fought, Laura Cairns-Fought, Melody Martinez, Jennine Martinez and Reid Richmond. Finally, we remind all of our walkers to be present in Sunday's 10:15 A.M. worship service to be recognized as participants in this year's CROP Hunger Walk. 6

Outreach Ministry Team

Fullerton Art Walk Special Exhibit

In addition to the normal Art Walk exhibits, there is a special exhibit, the work of over 80 artists celebrating equal marriage. opening May 3 at the Magoski Art Colony on West Santa Fe Avenue. Art With An Agenda Love, Sex, Unity, Respect, created by Stephan Baxter advocates for equal marriage rights for all people, the LGBT community as well as straight. The fact that so many same sex couples want to be married after years of commitment together, but cannot, is Californias shame. The love I have for my wife is no more valid or more anything than that of any other couple, says Stephan. There will be food, poetry, and live music on this opening night. The exhibit runs from May 3 25

We Need Your Shoes!

Today is the last day we are officially collecting used shoes for Soles 4 Souls but we are always willing to take your gently used shoes. Soles 4 Souls will refurbish them and distribute them to the needy wherever the need is greatest. In the past two years, FCCF has donated over 1,000 pairs of shoes to this worthy cause. Your discards may be someones first pair. A box is in the Narthex for your donations.

Outreach Ministry Team

Becoming A Global Mission Church

A few weeks ago, we provided you with information about the process we've begun in the Outreach Ministry that we hope will lead to our becoming a Global Mission Church sometime during 2013. One component of being a Global Mission Church is to be a congregation that prays for the ministries of the Christian Church around the world, as well as being concerned about issues that are impacting international relationships and our desire that justice and peace increase in the world. With this latter concern on our minds, we pass along to you a request for prayer that came on April 17 from Jonghook Hong, President of the Korean Disciples Convocation, and Jinsuk Chun, Executive Pastor, North American Pacific/Asian Disciples. The request is for prayers for Korea. Here is a part of their message. "Recently we have been hearing some disturbing threats emanating from North Korea . . . These threats, we are aware, were provoked (at least in part) by the massive military exercises now taking place in South Korea, conducted jointly by American and South Korean troops. We long for the day when neither the threats nor the exercises would ever be associated with the Korean peninsula. Arrival of such a day may very well begin with our envisioning it and praying for it. . . . Let us envision and pray that in the Korean peninsula, peace and wholeness will prevail." Hong and Chun asked us to pray: . . . that North and South Korean governments make the welfare of their citizens their foremost concern; . . . that North Korean leaders stop making threats with their nuclear weapons; . . . that the people of South Korea show more patience and compassion toward their brothers and sisters to the north; and,

. . . that the governments of the United States, China, Japan and Russia come to regard the Korean peninsula not primarily as a place of strategic interest, but as a place were they would like to serve as peacemakers. Their final word is this: "May God bless us with God's peace in our prayers!" The full text of this request for prayers for Korea is posted on the bulletin board between our women's and men's restrooms. Outreach Ministry Team

Save the Date! Choir Spring Fling Concert May 18th 7:00pm

Pre-Concert Taco Supper at 5:30 pm Admission Bring a guest (not family member) Post-Concert Meet and Greet Chapman Lounge Loch Leven Groundbreaking
On Saturday, April 13, 2013, an historic ground breaking event took place, the renovation of our beloved Campbell Lodge, at our Loch Leven camp and conference center in Mentone, CA. There were over 130 (5 from Fullerton) people in attendance from across our Region who shared in this great day! For many in our Region this day has been a dream in the making for over 30 years and has now become a reality! It was noted that this event is the single largest project in the Region in the last 30+ years! We are deeply grateful for the significant legacy gift of $800,000 from the Wilshire Christian 7

Church Foundation that has made this project

possible.

First Christian Church 109 E Wilshire Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832

Reawaken (Early Worship Service) Sunday, 8:00 A.M. Church School for all ages: Sunday, 9:00 A.M. Remember (Traditional Worship Service) Sunday, 10:15 A.M. Refresh (Emergent Worship Service) 7:30 P.M. Youth Groups: Sunday, 1:00 P.M. & Wednesday, 3:30 5:15 P.M.

Serving April 28, 2013

Greeter: Youth Guest Book: Phyllis Elliott Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry Acolyte Parent: Henke Sound: Clare Keech Video: PJ Vannoy Lay Leader: Pam Findley-Flor Childrens Moment: Marguerite Beal Elders: Craig Wallace, Dwain Van Diest, Elizabeth Beech Diaconate: Leslies Team Prepare: Phil Forbes, Nancy Geiger Ushers: Diane Daugherty, Phil Forbes Serve: Leslie Beck, Diane Daugherty, Dena Heathman, Sherry Herrera, Amy & David Styffe Clean Up: Nancy Geiger, Sue Harless, Dena Heathman Alternates: Leslie Beck, Randy Langston

Serving May 5, 2013

Greeters: Norma Rill, Betty Rollo Guest Book: Coffee Host: Hospitality Ministry Acolyte Parent: Acquistapace Sound: Alyssa Robidoux Video: Clare Keech Lay Leader: Randy Baxter Childrens Moment: Alice Wallace Elders: Joshua Dorrough, Kathy Robidoux, Emily Malotte Diaconate: Leslies Team Prepare: Phil Forbes, Nancy Geiger Ushers: Diane Daugherty, Phil Forbes Serve: Leslie Beck, Diane Daugherty, Dena Heathman, Sherry Herrera, Amy & David Styffe Clean Up: Nancy Geiger, Sue Harless, Dena Heathman Alternates: Leslie Beck, Randy Langston 8