The Red Oak Christian
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The Choir is taking a well deserved break for the summer. See you in September!
Messages from the Missions Team
The emphasis for the Mission Team this year will be “Believe…Belong…Become”. We chose this because you first have to believe that Jesus Christ is your Salvation, then accept HIM as your Lord and Savior to belong to the family of God, finally you have to become disciples to fulfill his command to go and serve others.
What have you done during the past weeks so Christ will be better known and loved in?
- Your family?
- Your vocation/work?
- Your church?
- Your community?
- Your world?
Reflect on these words:Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours; no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ is to look out on a hurting world.Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good.Yours are the hands with which he is to bless know.
- Attributed to Saint Teresa of Avila
Once your BELIEVE in Christ by accepting who he is and BELONG to him through baptism, you are marked as a child of God and given both grace and spiritual gifts for service. You must BECOME like Him and set the example of service to one another just as he washed the feet of the disciples.
Jesus commanded us to love God, love our neighbor and serve others out of this love (John 13:12-20, 34-35).
Remember to:
Worship as the body of Christ-regularly.
Pray as the body of Christ-fervently.
Service in the body of Christ-faithfully.
Get Involved!
Pentecost Special Offering May 28 and June 4
The Pentecost Offering supports Disciples new church development. Planning, nurturing and sustaining new congregation is part of the Disciples’ vision.
This offering supports the specialized ministry of new church development through both regional and general programs – with gifts for this offering divided between each. Fifty percent of gifts received by a region remain in that region, the balance supports the work of general, new church efforts.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FELLOWSHIP
Register for 2017 Camp
Go to campcaroline.org for more information.
Pastor Craig will direct Alpha/SAS in June and he will be Keynoting at Beta Camp in July. If you want to come and help out at camp as a counselor or share a special talent with us, talk to me about Church Camp 2017. We can even manage to put you to work only a couple of days, splitting time with other counselors who can’t give us a full week.
Community Garden: Every third Saturday starting at 8am, the 3rd Street Community Center is open for volunteers to come and help in the Community Garden, to interact with the 3rd street community, and to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. You don’t need special skills you just need to care. Share your caring this month, June 17th, at the 3rd Street Community Center.
g the Homeless: June 28–Carol Gordon and Carla Smith
Youth News
Hooker Memorial Christian Church and Red Oak are working together to provide Youth Fellowship for ALL our youth (grades K-12). Youth Fellowship is going to be the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month.
In June: June 4th-end of the year party at Air U.
We are pleased to announce that there are 10 of our youth heading to camp this summer. Two for the first time, Trinity and Robbie. The rest are repeat customers! As for adults, Red Oak is sending, not counting Pastor Craig, four adults: Thelma Gene Mills, IremOzay, Marshal Blazer and Emily Benson.
Hold our campers in prayer this summer and their families as they go to and from Camp Caroline. AND a big WORD of thanks to Red Oak and to some Special Members and groups who helped insure no child was left at home!
Helping Hands Circle
Helping Hands will not meet June, July or August.
Christian Men’s Fellowship
The men are going to the North Carolina Regional Men’s Retreat at Camp Caroline, Friday, June 2 through Saturday June 3. We will be working on our Cabin as we meet with other Men of faith in North Carolina.
Lunch with the Minister
Lunch with the Minister will continue in September.
The next Board Meeting will on Monday, July 10th at 7pm in the Fellowship Hall.
The Elders will be meeting on Sunday Morning, June 4th at 8:30am.
The 2017 Vacation Bible School will be hosted by Hooker Memorial Christian Church starting on Monday evening (5:30pm is our meal and the program begins at 6:30pm) June 12 through Friday June 16th.
Our Theme is: TELL ME THE STORIES OF JESUS and our decoration theme will be a Library Reading Room. VBS needs helpers to be Liberians with the kids and to help out in music, crafts, games and the Opening and Closing Sessions. Contact Pastor Craig at 281-3721 or Melissa Blazer at 315-8767 (Christian Ed Team Leader) if you can help this year.
To sign up for VBS on-line, go to hm-cc.org. Hard copy registration
Formsare available in the narthex.
PRAYER CONCERNS
Coye Lewis / Willard Kinsaul / Lewis Cook / Karen ChamberlinEd and Joann Cavenaugh / Gloria Boswell / Pattie Mercer (Lou Joyner’s daughter)
Shemar Jordan / Grace Pate / Mary Grace O’Brien (daughter of Grace Pate)
Lou Joyner / Mike Rasberry / Ruth Haddock
Al Hedgepeth
Please hold our sisters and brothers in prayer:
Year-To-Date Stewardship Report
Let these words from the scriptures guide you as you consider your financial gifts to the church in support of our programs and ministries:
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21.
The following figures are given for your information from January 1 through May 21, 2017. Remember, faithful Christian stewardship is not based on the Church’s need to receive, but upon our need to give as Christ commands.
Total funds needed for 2017...... $ 125,058.00
Received for General Fund...... $ 52,799.95
For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.(II Corinthians 8:9)
Serving inJune
ELDERSHIP / DIACONATE / FEED THE HOMELESSSandy Smith, Capt.
Jeremy O’Konek / Wendy Smith
Sue Hedgepeth
Alton Hedgepeth
Catherine Kirby-Grove / Carla Smith
Carol Gordon
COMMUNION PREPARATION / CHILDREN’S CHURCH
June 4 – Wendy Smith
June 11 – Sue Hedgepeth
June 18 – Alton Hedgepeth
June 25 – Catherine Kirby-Grove / Sarah Pittman – First Sunday
Scripture Lessons for June2017
Date / Sermon Title / Lesson
June 4, 2017 / “That All God’s People Would be Prophets” / Acts: 2:1-21
Numbers 11:24-30
June 11, 2017 / “Go!” / Matthew 28:16-20
June 18, 2017 / “Empowered” / Matthew 9:35-10:1
June 25, 2017 / Minister at Camp / Rev. Hylton Dunkley will be preaching
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◄ May 2017 / June 2017 / July 2017 ►Sun / Mon / Tue / Wed / Thu / Fri / Sat
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DAVID EDLEN
AVA PITTMAN
MIKE WORTHINGTON / 2CMF Retreat at Camp Caroline
WAYNE MILLS / 3CMF retreat at Camp Caroline
VICTOR RIVERA
4Pentecost
End of the Year party for Youth at Air U
4pm.
Pentecost Special Offering / 5
CAM/SARAH PITTMAN / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
MELISSA BLAZER / 10
TOD WILLIAMS
JAY O’KONEK
11 / 12
Vacation Bible School
5:30 pm HMCC / 13
Vacation Bible School
5:30 pm HMCC / 14 Flag Day
Vacation Bible School
5:30 pm HMCC
ALTON/SUE HEDGEPETH / 15
Vacation Bible School
5:30 pm HMCC / 16
Vacation Bible School
5:30 pm HMCC
GRANT BOSWELL
WAYNE/EILEEN MILLS / 17
18 Father's Day
/ 19 / 20 / 21 Summer Solstice
DON/MARY CATHERINE JACKSON / 22 / 23 / 24
Pastor Craig Leaves for Camp
LEWIS COOK
25
Rev. Hylton Dunkley preaching / 26
JOANN CAVENAUGH / 27 / 28
BOBBY/SANDY HAZELTON / 29 / 30
CAROL GORDON / Notes:
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