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We gather for Worship and Communion on
Sunday:
9:00 a.m. Contemporary Service  
10:45 a.m.  Traditional Service  
Combined services periodically - check our
calendar for details

Children's Worship and Wonder, for younger
children, is offered
during these services, but young children are also
welcome in the worship gathering with their parents,
and a mid-week
First Friends group for elementary
students builds on those foundations.  
Youth
Groups
for Middle-school ("ChiRho") and
High-school ("Christian Youth Fellowship") meet
regularly.  Contact the church office for current
schedule.
Other gatherings, engaging the lives of people of
all walks of life and of all ages are offered throughout
the week.  Check our current calendar or contact the
church office for details.
First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)                 
521 Maple Avenue
New Martinsville, WV  26155
(304)455-4460    
       
Contemporary Worship 9:00am
Traditional Service 10:45am
Photo by:  John Running
First Christian Church cares for the
community, for the region, and the world:
organizations serving human need,
and reaching out in the love of
Christ to offer faith and healing
love.
Actively supporting and
participating in the life of the
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) in West Virginia and partner
ministries in the region to bring
new hope and wholeness to God's
children in Appalachia.
Joining with other Disciples and
Christians of many traditions in the
work of God's reconciling and
redeeming love through missional
giving and labors.
May 21, 2012

I send all of you my best wishes for a safe and renewing summer as
summer vacations begin.

It is also the beginning of the second half of the Christian Year in the
liturgical and lectionary cycle of the church's worship.  During the first
half of the Christian year we have told the story of God coming to us
in the birth and ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus.
 The second half of the year, beginning this coming Sunday with
Pentecost, moves us into what is called "ordinary time" in the church
year cycle.  Our focus will be on the ministry and mission of the
church.  As God's love is personalized in the life of Jesus, God's love
is organized in the life of the church.  We will be exploring what it
means to "be church," to be Christ's body in the world, as we move
into these coming months.

During all the activities of the summer, remember to worship each
Sunday and participate in all the activities of the church...camps for
Rev. Dr. Victor L. Hunter,  Pastor             Orvella Neff, Secretary            Web Masters: Patrick Norton & Kyleen Jiannine
SERMON SUMMARY
"A Pretty Good Church"
We invite you to come and get to know us
This coming Sunday, May 27, is Pentecost.  We celebrate the birthday of the church and the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.  Our guest preacher this Sunday is the Rev. Darrell Pierce.
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MESSAGE FROM PASTOR HUNTER
SUNDAY NIGHT STUDY AT 6:30
Please make note that there will be a three week break in our Suday evening study of church
history.  We will not meet on May 27, June 3, or June 10.  We resume our study on June 17 as
we look at the 3rd century and questions surround the Church's relationship with the political
state and its contemporary culture
Counter
ChiRho Camp
Junior Camp
Camp Campbell
CYF Conference
our children and young people, Vacation Bble School from June 18-22, Clean Up Day for the Disciples
Center for Human Wholeness as we prepare for the beginning of some new ministries there in our
wonderful facility, the Chi Rho Youth Mission/Education trip, the blood drive on June 21, our Sunday
evening study of "A Tour of Church History," and all other activities.

Blessings to you this week.  

Rev. Dr. Victor L. Hunter
Pastor, First Christian Church