May 2012
Worship with Us in May--the Month of Karl Road Christian Church's
50th Anniversary!
10:30am Blended Service
Rev. Margaret G. Connor preaching
May 6 - People of the Book - The Eunuch
4:00pm - Youth Bible Study
May 13 - People of the Book - John
May 20 - 50th Anniversary Celebration - Rev. Herb Lynskey preaching
May 27 - People of the Book - Joel - Pentecost Celebration - Let the Spirit Come!
A Day to Wear a Primary Color as we Celebrate our Unity As Christians!
11:00am - Youth Bible Study
5:00pm Contemporary Service
Rev. Dr. Charles Montgomery preaching
Sermon series: The Making of a Leader
The story of Moses is a remarkable testimony of God's providence and provision in calling an ordinary individual to extraordinary leadership. From his divine rescue at the Nile, to his triumphant march leading the people of Israel through the Red Sea, Moses' life is a timely lesson on how God raises up leaders for his purposes. In this series, we will examine the life of Moses to glean lessons on how God makes a leader.
Dear Members and Friends of KRCC,
By now you should have received information on KRCC's 50th Anniversary celebration May 19 & 20, 2012. (If you need further information on the times and location, please see your invitation, the posted ones at church, or go to the May 19th calendar listing on our website.)
If you haven't already, please RSVP as soon as possible for the dinner Saturday, May 19. Plan to attend 10:30am Worship on May 20th, where--among other aspects of celebration--we will hear from Rev. Herb Lynskey.
Thank you!
The 50th Anniversary Committee
Christian Education News
Lamb’s Club
All children ages 2 through kindergarten are invited to our next Lamb’s Club gathering on Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m. – 12 noon. Come join us as we play and learn with stories, crafts, songs, snacks, and games. Please RSVP by calling the church, 888-3444, or e-mail Nicole Bunch, sobeit89@yahoo.com.
Teacher-Graduate Recognition
The Christian Education Team will recognize and honor our teachers and graduates on Sunday, June 3. Please contact Marilyn Waldsmith at msuew923@sbcglobal.netwith the names of anyone in your family who is graduating from high school, college, or a graduate program.
Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School will be held the week of July 23-27, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each night. We will be using the theme, Operation Overboard: Dare to Go Deep with God. Through Bible stories of people from the Old and New Testament, children and youth, ages 3 through Grade 8, will discover what it means to have a deep faith in God. Volunteers will be needed with publicity, decorating, registration, snacks, crafts, storytelling, recreation, and to serve as group guides and leaders. Please consider helping with this important and fun ministry of our church. Contact Nicole Bunch, Carol Fry, or Marilyn Waldsmith to volunteer or for more information.
CHURCH CLEAN-UP DAYS
The Property Team is sponsoring a clean-up day on May 12 from 9:00 AM until Noon for the 50th Anniversary celebration. We want the church property to look its spiffiest. It is extra important this year to have many congregation people working on the yard. There is much to do (edging, digging, mulching, pruning, sweeping, etc). Bring your favorite gardening tools. Water will be provided. The driveway and parking lot look great this year after the asphalt replacement. Let's see if we can make the rest of the grounds look great also.
John Mueller
For the Property Team
The Nehemiah Action is Monday May 7 at the Celeste Center at the Fairgrounds. Carpools will be leaving from the church between 6:00-6:30. Registration begins at 6:15 and the choir starts singing at 6:45; meeting starts at 7:00.
The goal is for the 54 faith-based congregations in Franklin County to have 3,500 people at the Action and hear key problems addressed.
County Treasurer Ed Leonard has promised to come; the land bank was a B.R.E.A.D. issue four years ago that Mr. Leonard resisted for two years and has only slowly, after much pressure, agreed to implement. He will give a progress update on its use with vacant and abandoned housing.
The Jobs Committee (2011 issue) has been studying small businesses and the creation of new jobs in Columbus. The city ranks well behind the national average in this area; possible solutions are still being defined.
The Crime and Violence Committee (2010 issue) held a Restorative Justice Community Summit on March 31 at which 120 public officials, community leaders, clergy and laypeople heard presentations from 3 nationally-known experts in this field. The committee will be working with key leaders to develop a plan to divert first-time juvenile offenders into this program that has proven results in reducing repeat offenses.
The Health Care Committee is hard at work at a plan to reduce emergency department visits and provide for a continuum of care for those chronically ill and/or without insurance or on Medicare. The major hospital systems have been unwilling to discuss this effort.
Please come out and show by our numbers that these issues are important to you. See Gail Taschner or call (885-2070) for more information.
The Veatch Family Invites You
to Celebrate Keely's Graduation from
Worthington Kilbourne High School:
Open House @ 488 Meditation Lane, Columbus OH 43235
May 26th, 2012
2pm - 6pm
On Friday, April 13, the following group of people met in the Narthex to break down staples for the NNEMAP Food Pantry: Dianne Curry, Jan Howson, Bob & Sandy Hockman, Dorothy Moore, Nancy Lamielle, John & Mary Evans, June Nirote, Nancy Kelch, Bob Podlasiak, Marilyn Patrick, Barb Wilburn, Gail Taschner, Erma Van Keuren, Bev Corner, and Peg Myers.
Donations were given by: Gerrie & Jerry Miller, Jeri & Frank Hiestand, Bob & Sandy Hockman, Barb & George Wilburn, Erma Van Keuren, Jan Howson, Dianne Curry, Nancy Kelch, Mary & John Evans, Peg Myers, Gail & Fred Taschner, and Nancy Lamielle.
Gail Taschner brought supplies from the NNEMAP to be broken down into smaller quantities and returned the results of our morning's work to the pantry on the following Monday for clients' benefit.
Thank you for your hours of service! Bonnie Jean Furr, Outreach Committee
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
JULIETs - 9:15am Thursdays
(Just Us Ladies Interested in Eating Too)
For more information on JULIETs, call June Nirote, 614-523-0733.
May 3 - Bob Evans - 161/71
May 10 - Tim Horton's - 161
May 17 - First Watch - High Street, Worthington
May 24 - Scrambler’s - Cleveland Ave.
May 31 - Panera - High Street
ROMEOs - 8:30am Fridays (Retired Old Men Eating Out)
For more information on ROMEOs, contact Chuck Truex, 614-846-6406.
May 4 - Friendly's - 161
May 11 - TeeJay's - Morse & High Streets
May 18 - Scrambler’s - Cleveland Ave.
May 25 - Bob Evan’s - 161/71
YOUNG ADULTS MOVIE NITE May 5, 7pm @ Katie Moone's home (3139 Maize Rd, Columbus, OH 43224) to watch the documentary: "For the Bible Tells Me So."
Adventures in Dining:
Saturday May 26th at noon
Der Dutchman - Plain City, OH
A YEAR OF APPRECIATION FILM NIGHT - May 22, 2012 - 7:00pm
In 1997, Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008, Freeman offered again. This time the school board accepted, and history was made. Charleston High School had its first-ever integrated prom - in 2008. Until then, blacks and whites had had separate proms even though their classrooms have been integrated for decades. Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman follows students, teachers and parents in the lead-up to the big day. This seemingly inconsequential rite of passage suddenly becomes profound as the weight of history falls on teenage shoulders. We quickly learn that change does not come easily in this sleepy Delta town. Freeman's generosity fans the flames of racism - and racism in Charleston has a distinctly generational tinge. Some white parents forbid their children to attend the integrated prom and hold a separate white-only dance. "Billy Joe," an enlightened white senior, appears on camera in shadow, fearing his racist parents will disown him if they know his true feelings. PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI captures a big moment in a small town, where hope finally blossoms in black, white and a whole lot of taffeta. - David Courier, Sundance Film Festival
On Saturday, April 14, Tom Rosser and Bonnie Furr made a trip to the Hiram Farm for a visit and to present a $300.00 check from this congregation. This money is being used to start a tractor fund so that our organic farm will not have to depend on the willing hands and time of the Hiram neighbors to mow and till our grounds.
At this location we, as a church, provide a safe, meaningful workplace for young adults who are autistic. The autism spectrum is wide, but we are now placing 22 young people in a variety of jobs that allow them to be in work that makes a difference for them and others.
This year's KRCC Youth (and Adult) Mission trip is going to be at the Hiram Farm in July. Pictures of the April visit will soon be available for you to see in the narthex.
IN HONOR OF OUR UPCOMING 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THE FOLLOWING SPOTLIGHT ON OUR CHURCH HISTORY CAME FROM THE "NEW MEMBER" SECTION OF THE KRCC NEWSLETTER OF 12/1990:
"The involvement of Edward Hill, affectionately known as Ted Hill, with the Karl Road Christian Church goes back to a time before the church was even formed. He was a member of a five-membered group called the Columbus New Church Land Holding Company. The Company was formed (Fall 1959) to arrange for the sale of two year bonds to provide money to buy the property upon which Karl Road Christian Church was to be built. By the Spring of 1961, the property had been purchased and a Steering committee was formed to direct the beginning of KRCC. In addition to serving a term as Board Chairman and several terms as Elder, Ted served as Chairman to two building Committees for the Church. One Building Committee was for the Church Building and the second for the construction of Fellowship Hall. In addition, Ted personally built the baptistery in the Church. He also oversaw the refurbishing of the first parsonage and the painting of the inside of the parsonage on Rockwood Rd. He was very much concerned that a first class job be done. If you weren't a good painter, he assigned you to painting closets, as one member of our congregation can attest.
Ted and his wife, Carolyn, left Columbus in 1980 for Gainesville, Florida, where Ted again became chairman of the new church building committee of the Christian Church in Gainesville. Ted's lovely wife, Carolyn, died unexpectedly in 1987. Carolyn had also been very much involved in KRCC. Ted is now living with his daughter and son-in-law, Terri & Anthony Dobosiewicz, in Gainesville, FL. It is very appropriate that Ted rejoins the Karl Road Christian Church of which he is so much a part in history and in heart."
YOUTH REPORT:
The Youth are out to earn your support in 2012! There will be a fundraising event every month leading up to our mission trip to Hiram Farm in July.
A project day is scheduled for May 12 where Youth will, for a reasonable fee, come to your home and: Clean up your Yard/Plant Bed Cleanup, Mulch, Execute Flower Planting, Clean Outside Windows, Trim Hedges, Wash/Clean your Deck, or Clean Outdoor Furniture. The cost for labor is donation only but the suggested amount is $7.50 per hour per Youth.
Coming in June:
June 3 - Youth Sunday
June 10 - Celebration of Ministry
June 16 - Pride Parade - Anyone who wants to walk contact Seth Stout.
AS PART OF OUR "YEAR OF APPRECIATION" WE ARE SPOTLIGHTING SOME OF THE MANY MINISTRIES OF KRCC. THIS MONTH WE LEARN ABOUT THE CARE TEAM.
The Care Team Ministry has been privileged to carry some Karl Road Christian Church hospitality into the homes of members and friends. Recipients are those who we lovingly call on our shut-ins, those unable to attend church.
Romans 12:13 says: “When God’s children are in need, be the one to help them out.” Hebrews 13:2 says: “Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it.” We recognize that this hospitality may go both ways, that is, our Team receives blessings from going to the homes of shut-ins, and we have sensed we are received as if we are God’s angels doing His work when we enter a home.
Our current KRCC Care Team Ministry members are: Pastor Margot Connor, Joe and Mary DeWitt, Bonnie Furr, Janet Marshall, Jerry Miller, Jeanmarie Moss, Kim Veatch, Brad Waldsmith and Dave Young.
We generally visit people for the Christmas and Easter season, and may add another holiday as we feel the need. This past Easter the Team delivered lovely baskets containing an Avon gift, liquid hand soap and sanitizer, note pads and a pencil, sugar-free candy, a package of Kleenexes, lip balm, ceramic cross and a fresh plant. In addition, from time to time the Care Team Ministry sends packages to our Military.
Joe DeWitt, Chair April 25, 2012
Camp is for Everyone!!
There are a number of different opportunities for so many different ages at Camp Christian this Summer. See below for dates and Regular Prices. Registrations need to be postmarked at least 10 days prior to the first day of the conference being attended. (Camps listed in chronological order.)
Grandparents Camp @ Camp Christian (Children currently in Grades 1-2), June 1 & 2, Cost TBD.
Adventure Camp @ Great Smoky Mountains(Grades 9-12 and Adults), June 10-16, $300.
Adult Conference @ Northwest Christian Church (18 yr. and over), June 18-22, Cost TBD.
Otter Camp @ Camp Christian (Grades 3-5), June 17-23, $330.
Wilmington CYF Camp @ Camp Christian (Grades 9-12), July 29-Aug 4, $330.
Miami Chi Rho Camp @ Camp Christian (Grades 6-8), August 5-11, $330.
Advance @ Camp Christian (Summer after High School Graduation until 29 yr old), August 12-19, $330.
More Information is available at http://www.ccinoh.org/camp/schedule.aspx, or you can contact the Regional Office at (614) 433-0343.
Dear Friends,
This year we are celebrating 50 years of ministry here at Karl Road Christian Church. It is quite a milestone.
A lot has happened over the past 50 years and we look back with awe at the way that God has worked through ordinary people to really do some extraordinary ministry here. There have been thousands of people whose lives have been touched by Karl Road Christian Church and this month we celebrate it all.
It is not too late to sign up to come to the Dinner on May 19th at Haimerl Center. Sunday morning we will have a wonderful worship service with Rev. Herb Lynskey as our preacher and inspiring music by our choirs.
Each family will be receiving a special book about our church which contains a lot of our history. For those charter members, you will remember the meetings, decisions and commitments that led to the very beginnings of this church. For those who have become part of our family later, there will be familiar memories of activities and leaders and events over the years. Truly we have much to celebrate.
Finally, the following Sunday is the birthday of the Church itself - Pentecost Sunday. It is always a service of great celebration as we remember the gift of God’s Holy Spirit. This year, instead of "wearing red" to represent the flames of the spirit - I am asking everyone to wear a "Primary Color" as we demonstrate our unity and diversity as the body of Christ.
So for the church and for the CHURCH we say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
See you in Worship,
Margot
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