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National
Association of Congregational Christian Churches, P.O. Box 288,
Oak Creek, WI 53154
414-764-1620
Email:
naccc@naccc.org
Web Site: http://www.naccc.org |
| FROM MY HEART TO YOURS….
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by Dr. Thomas M. Richard, Executive Secretary |
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Dear Congregational Leaders,
 At the recent Executive Committee meeting in Gurnee, IL, I heard two devotional
messages and a sermon which reminded me what we are about as Christians.
The first devotional leader was Rev. Ed White of Sun City, AZ. His text was Psalm 133,
the first verse. He described an amazing Christmas-time story when he was a chaplain in
Vietnam. The message to the EC? Isn't it wonderful to come to this meeting, knowing we are unified
in Christ.
The second devotional leader was Rev. Joe Clarke who used Colossians 2 as his text. He told the story of his
recent experience of watching sheep from an air balloon. Though they were frightened by the noises about them,
they never looked up to see that their fears were unfounded. He made the analogy that we are often the same, we
react to things in life like sheep.
The sermon several of us from the leadership team heard Sunday morning was from the Gospel where John
and James ask for a place of privilege to sit at the Jesus' sides in eternity. Dr. Bill Genda shared how the Church
needs to learn and relearn that we are the world's greatest "service industry." Our requisite business, if you will, is
in serving Christ by serving others.
I so appreciated all three of these messages - the blessing of being unified in Christ, the need to have a "center"
upon which we concentrate our efforts (especially when we are afraid or fearful of our direction), and a reminder of
our role as servants. Appropriate messages not only for our leadership, but for our churches.
Grace and Peace |
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ORDINATION ANNIVERSARIES |
| Elizabeth Bingham |
12/10/1979 |
| Harold Brown |
12/15/1958 |
| Marylee Burton |
12/16/2001 |
| Joseph Clarke |
12/27/1984 |
| Harvey Cutting |
12/02/1955 |
| James Eaton |
12/07/1975 |
| Gregory Ellcey |
12/02/1962 |
| Chester Gushee |
12/02/1955 |
| Ron Lynn |
12/02/2000 |
| Fred Neal |
12/05/1965 |
| Charles Polley |
12/02/1973 |
| Gard Rowe |
12/13/1945 |
| Daniel Vellinga |
12/07/1986 |
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HEALTH COSTS
Sumner Grant, Executive
Director of MMBB, recently wrote to all MMBB members regarding
the double digit premium increases of the MMBB-endorsed medical plans.
He wants us to know that MMBB is fighting the cost containment
battle and making changes to provide members with access to the
best possible health insurance for the dollar. MMBB will continue to
explore ways to help control both future premiums and out of
pocket costs.
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