We received a thank you certificate from the Annual Conference for paying 100% of our apportionments in 2008. At the conference Council on Finance and Administration I was able to see some figures that showed that Coffeyville First has been paying apportionments at 100% since 1993 (a total of sixteen straight years).
Community Lenten Luncheon Schedule
Community Lenten Luncheons sponsored by the Coffeyville Ministerial Alliance will begin on March 4, 2009. Food Service will begin at 11:30 am and a short devotional service will follow. Schedules for preaching and food service appear below. The First Baptist Church at 9th and Elm will be hosting this year.
Preaching:
Ben Nguyen — March 4, 2009
Gary Stevens — March 11, 2009
Diane Massey — March 18, 2009
Nathan Smith — March 25, 2009
Steve Griffith — April 1, 2009
Lunches:
Grace Fellowship — March 4, 2009
First Baptist — March 11, 2009
First Presbyterian — March 18, 2009
First Christian — March 25, 2009
First United Methodist — April 1, 2009
Church Office Closed
The church office is closed today in observance of President’s Day.
Sermon CD Feedback
So far, all the feedback we have received about the sermons on CD (and online) has been positive. The quality of the recording is much better than it was with our previous system and we’re working on the technical and legal aspects of including more of the service with the sermon (some anthems, introits, preludes, postludes, and hymns are under copyright). While this program was initially impelemented for shut-ins, copies of the sermon on CD are available for free to anyone who might have missed a sermon, wants to keep a copy of a favorite sermon, or just wants one for any reason. If you have internet access (and if you’re reading this that would seem to be a very good possibility) you also have the option of downloading them from the podcasts page of the church website. You are our quality control team so let us know if there are any problems.
New (and Hopefully Permanent) RSS Feed
We’ve been having some problems with the RSS feed for blog readers (If you don’t know what that means, consider yourself blessed and ignore this post). If you subscribe to this site you’ll want to make sure you’re reader is pointed to http://www.revcollins.com/feed in order to continue to receive updates..
Council on Finance and Administration
Yesterday I attended my first meeting of the Kanas East Conference Council on Finance and Administration (a.k.a. CFA). CFA funcions like the finance committee in a local church. I was elected secretary (the above picture is from the conference website, but it is not an accurate depiction of my mood). I think serving on this board in this capacity will be an excellent opportunity to learn and to advocate for Coffeyville First and churches in similar situations.
Again, Nothing to See Here
I should clarify that if you’re just reading the blog online through your brower (the usual way to look at things on the web) none of this talk about feed and RSS affects you at all. As one of our friends might say, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Nothing to See Here
I recently changed the permalink structure of this blog and in the process the address of the RSS feed changed, meaning trouble for everyone who subscribes to this blog. I’m think I’ve found a solution and this post should let me know.
Update: Well, that didn’t work.
Sunday's Sermon
This coming Sunday, February 15, 2009, I’ll be picking up our peculiar treasures theme, preaching on 2 Kings 5.1-14 and talking about Naaman and Elisha. Or at least that’s the plan for the moment.
*To the right is the new pulpit for the sanctuary, made by Tracy and Iris Alban.
Cross Posting
Some of the posts on this blog are (and will be) cross posted to http://www.coffeyvillefirstumc.org. Everything there can be found here, but not everything here can be found there.
Finance Committee Meeting
The Finance Committee has scheduled their next meeting for February 16, 2009. The committee will be finalizing the budget which then has to be approved by the Church Council.
Taizé Service Tonight
I almost forgot to put up the reminder that there is Taizé service tonight at 7:15 pm.