Community Concert 

THIS SUNDAY at 4 p.m. Jazz and Classical Music

 A love offering will be taken for the concert series.

Fall Craft Show - September 28, 2019

The monthly meeting will be September 16th at normal time.

Camp Agape

This year we had 30 campers from economically challenged or broken homes.  The children were given a church camp experience through the love and generosity of Christian Churches in the Central District of the region.  Our campers had a wonderful time thanks to the gifts of the churches which chose to participate by sending money, campers, clothing and other necessary items.  The 30 campers who had completed the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades shared this camp experience with 6 counselors.  We continue to have some counselors who were former Camp Agape Campers.  This year a work camp from FCC Shelbyville, Indiana presented early morning devotions and led group building games and crafts.  Thanks to the following churches that sent campers: Antioch Christian (3), Salem Fork, Dobson (8), and Winston-Salem, First (19).  A special thank you to everyone that made arrangements for our campers to come this year, and thanks to Connie and Charlie Hance, Hazel Wilmoth, and Phil Royall who drove campers to and from camp.  Be sure to check out pictures from this year's camp at www.facebook.com/campagape.christmount.

Crisis Control Ministry

Dear Friends!

New Initiative For New Communion

Our New Communion Mobile Market And Pantry is tasked with providing food for bodies and love and compassion for souls. Now we would like to provide nourishment and nurture for young minds!

We will begin right away to collect children's books to give away to little ones who accompany adults to our distribution events. Donations ranging from baby board books to chapter books for older children will be much appreciated. Collection boxes will be located in the Education Wing between the restrooms as you enter the building and also in the narthex of the sanctuary. Please contribute new or gently used volumes and help to foster literacy and bring joy to a child!

We can arrange to pick up books if you are unable to get them to the church. Just call the church office at 336-722-2714 or comment on this post, and pickup will be arranged. Also, if you know of a source for free and/or inexpensive children's books, that Info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your support of this new project.

DWM/CWF Day Group to Resume Meeting in August

Come join us on Monday, September 16th, at 3:00 p.m. in the church library as we continue studying the book, "Bad Girls of the Bible", by Liz Curtis Higgs.  This month's study will focus on "Delilah" and Judges 13-16. All church women are invited to join us!

In a few weeks I will be moving to Dogwood Terrace in Richmond, Va. I am writing to thank you for the care and love you have given me in so many ways -- phone calls, visits, flowers, cards, food and etc! You made me feel wanted even though physically I have not been able to participate for some years. You hear of special congregations, and I want you to know you are a member of one of the best! The way you have managed the challenges of the past some years has made me proud just to say I know you. You have pulled together under some topnotch leadership and have overcome many challenging situations that have destroyed other congregations. The level of trust and faith has been exemplary. I pray for each of you that your spiritual journey as part of this congregation will influence and guide you as much as it has me since 1962. When we joined the church, the leadership was in the hands of the folks who slaved and worked to build this building. Almost all of them are gone now, but the church is continuing on. I learned many things from them -- things I didn't know that I did not know. The one I remember most came from Mrs. Johnson, Ralph Johnson's mother, 

"God doesn't have any grandchildren!"

-Myrna Law (myrnalaw70@gmail.com)

PINC

1. Your level of interest
2. Evenings that you Cannot meet
3. Types of activities that interest you

You will find a black book for members and visitors alike to sign.  Please complete your information and pass it along to the person next to you. If you are the last person to sign the book on the row, pass it back to the beginning. The first person who signed will remove the sheet and place it in the offering plate .

If you didn't turn in your pledge card and need one you may print one off  HERE , find one on the table in the sanctuary, see Jesse in the church office, or send an email to admin@disciplesofchrist.com if you would like one emailed or mailed.

You can listen to sermons online here: www.sermoncloud.com/firstchristian. A big thanks to Andy Askew for recording the sermon audio every Sunday!

The shelter has a year-round list of needs that are always appreciated. They especially have shortages of men's deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, and socks.  Food items are canned meats and #10 size canned fruits, vegetables and applesauce. Please place your items next to the white bin in the foyer outside the office or in the church office.