JUNE 8, – JUNE 21, ‘08
Sunday, 8
9:30 a.m. Church School
10:30 a.m. Worship
Tuesday, 10 Sue on vacation beginning
@ noon – back in office 6/17
Saturday, 14 Flag Day
Sunday, 15 Father’s Day
Bill Henry Memorial Dedication
9:30 a.m. Church School
10:30 a.m. Worship
Tuesday , 17 Bridge Published
Sue back in office
7:00 p.m. Board Meeting
RED brIDGE CHRISTIAN NEWS
June 3, 2008 Senior Pastor, Sondra Bowers
(816) 942-2684/fax: (816) 942-0840 Sue Tarr, Church Secretary
10842 McGee Street WEB PAGE: www. Rbcc.org
Kansas City, MO. 64114 EMAIL: redbridgecc@juno.com
“Any man can be a father,
but it takes someone special to be a Dad”
-unknown
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
STATEMENT OF MISSION
We believe God calls us to share the good news of Jesus Christ. To be a faithful, growing church and strengthen congregational life for this mission, we work toward Christian unity, share Christ’s redeeming love that the human family might be made whole, welcome all people for worship and fellowship, and minister to the needs of others by sharing and caring.
A NEW VIEW
FROM THE BRIDGE
How Great Is Your Faith
Should this be a question or a statement?
A Canaanite woman went seeking Jesus to help her daughter. “Have mercy on me” she says to Jesus. The disciples wanted Him to send her away but her persistence paid off. Jesus spoke to the woman and through the conversation Jesus found passion and strength in this woman and said to her, “Woman, great is your faith!”
(Matthew 15: 21-28)
We are embarking on a new journey together. I will be serving you as your new pastor. And you will be getting acquainted with me as your new preacher. I look forward to discussions that will strengthen us, challenge us and bring us to new places. I look forward to rejoicing in the good times with you, being by your side in the rough times and conquering all obstacles with you along the way.
I am excited to meet more members of the Red Bridge family of faith and to get to know each of you. I will be in the office the week of June 9th, after serving a week as director for CYF conference at Tall Oaks. I will be getting books on shelves, learning the computer & phone system, and trying to learn who you are, so please feel free to stop by for a cup of coffee or a cold drink or if you are like me, combine the coffee into a cold drink. So please stop by and say, “Hi”.
I look forward to meeting and sharing ministry together. One of the first things I was told about this congregation is that you like to eat good food. My family and I were able to experience this first had at the Pot Luck lunch on the 18th. Thank you for your hospitality that day and for such a great lunch. I look forward to many, many more of those.
I also look forward to spending time with my church family doing things like learning the history of Red Bridge Christian Church, meeting families and, even for those interested, hitting some golf balls.
I can’t wait to start serving with you.
Shalom,
Rev. Sondra
Update Your Directories
Last Bridge we corrected Barbara Ghrist’s address. Barbara was kind enough to call to give her RBCC family her correct phone number. It is: 573-698-3682
Please update your directories with this correction.
RECORDS FOR
May 25, & June 1, 2008
Attendance
Nursery 5 7
Pre School 3 4
Early Elementary 2 3
Chi Rho 3 3
Agape 6 8
Pathfinder 11 12
Samaritans 4 10
Baratheans 16 13
Church School 50 60
Worship 82 80
Visitors: 6/1 – Bill Schweitzer
SERVICE SCHEDULE
June 8, 2008
Worship Leader . . . . . . . . Donna Burch
Elders . . . . . . . . . . .Jim & Beth Gardner
Preparer . . . . . . . . Geraldine Thurman
Bulletins . . . . . . . . Geraldine Thurman
Candlelighters . . . . . . . .Barbara Hayes
& Lucille Greer
Greeters . . . . . . . . . . .Wanda Shipman
& Barbara Hayes
Diaconate. .Wanda Shipman, Ann Roberson
Richard Thurman, TBA
Evangelism Mug Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jim Hosterman
Children’s Sermon . . . . . . .Clay Chittim
Budgeted Receipts
|
Church School
Offering |
44.00 |
|
Loose Offering |
75.70 |
|
General Fund |
5,879.00 |
|
Total |
$5,998.70 |
|
|
|
|
Recvd year 2008 |
$57,700.64 |
|
|
|
Other Funds
|
Building Fund |
12.50 |
|
Scholarship |
25.00 |
|
Miscellaneous |
653.71 |
|
Memorials |
10.00 |
|
Outreach |
0.00
|
|
Total |
$701.21 |
|
|
|
|
TWO WEEK
TOTAL
TOTAL YEAR
2008 |
$ 6,699.91
$76,371.21
|
SERVICE SCHEDULE
June 15, 2008
Worship Leader . . . . . . Caroline Neal
Elders . . . . . . . . . Mike & Pam Harvey
Preparer. . . . . . . . Geraldine Thurman
Bulletins . . . . . . . .Geraldine Thurman
Candlelighters . . . . . . .Kelsee Gardner
& Alyssa Napaisan
Greeters . . . . . . . . . . Wanda Shipman
& Barbara Hayes
Diaconate . Wanda Shipman, Ann Roberson
Richard Thurman, TBA
Evangelism Mug Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jim Hosterman
Children’s Sermon. . . . . . . . . Donna Burch
Red Bridge Welcomes Our New Pastor - Sondra Bowers
Red Bridge is happy to announce and welcome our new pastor, Sondra Bowers who was approved by the Congregational vote on June 1st.
Sondra will lead her first worship service on June 8th . Please try to remember to pick up your name tags to help Sondra get acquainted by putting faces with names. She will be in the office beginning June 9th.
The Red Bridge family would like to thank the Search Committee for their hard work with the selection process.
MANY THANKS
RBCC would like to express their “Thanks” to Ralph Keller who, again, returned to Red Bridge in our time of need as our Interim.
Ralph will be with us through the week of June 2nd.
“Thank You, Ralph” for your compassionate guidance these past several months.
Sue’s Vacation
Sue will be out of the office beginning at noon on June 10th and return to the office on June 17th .
Sondra will be starting her first week in the office that week. There will be volunteers who will cover the telephone from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. to help Sondra out her first few days at RBCC.
TALL OAKS CAMP
Information for summer camps at Tall Oaks is available at www.talloaks.org or you can contact Tall Oaks at 913-301-3004. There is a poster on the hall bulletin board listing the various camps, their dates and costs. The church pays for ½ the cost for church families who want to participate.
Good-bye & Best Wishes
Carol & Steve Kozloski will be moving to Ft. Worth, Texas for a wonderful job opportunity for Carol.
All of RBCC are wishing them the very best and want to thank Carol for all her work here at RBCC.
Best of luck to Steve & Carol.!
The Revival Quartet
If you were here for worship on June 1st, then you know how enjoyable The Revival Quartet was.
Our thanks to Amy Gorton for arranging this very special addition to our worship service.
WORLD OUTREACH
Sunday, June 1st, was Food Collection Sunday.
The continued generosity of RBCC is never ending. We commend and thank your devotion to this service.
We collected: 136 Food items & 127 toiletries.