New Year's Ramblings by the Preacher

Jeanne and I want to THANK the members of Logan First Christian Church for a wonderful Christmas that we had the privilege to share with you this year! Our blessings began with twenty six persons who came to the parsonage to share in our open house December 21st. We were short some chairs for this event, but that we a great problem to have, so thank you for sharing your time with us in fellowship. A number of FCC members shared generous Christmas gifts with us that have really helped us in this holiday time. We feel honored and very much loved by you. THANK you so much! The beautiful services that we had together on Christmas Eve and Christmas day capped off the season for us. We were glad to be in Logan for Christmas this year!

I want to thank the 10 persons who attended our Board retreat January 14th. Here are some of the goals that we came up with for 2012:

-A renewal of men’s ministries in 2012

-A new church brochure to help with evangelism efforts

-A re-commitment to the living Nativity for 2012.

A statistical analysis of 2011 yields the following information:

(1) Worship average for 2011 is 84 (compared to 85 for 2010).

(2) Additions: 5 baptisms and 2 transfers, Losses: at least 5. (

3) Total income: $104,800, total expenses: $106,900. Although our total mission giving is not yet tabulated, our outreach figures for 2011 will be VERY good! We expect at least 12% of our income to have gone to missions this year. (4) Reports: our CYF fund (funded by contributions) and our Trustees Parsonage fund (funded by the parsonage rent) both have a $5,000 balance at this time. CMF has a balance of $324.

MIDWINTER YOUTH RETREAT (grades 6-12) February 10-12 at Cedar Lakes. Calling all youth! The West Virginia Youth retreat is only 1 month away! Registration forms are available at the basement bulletin board. Cost is $100, but scholarships are available to all youth. Let us get a good group of Logan FCC youth going to this event. Kevin Snow says this weekend will be “informative, inspiring and fun.”

The year 2012 may be a very significant year for FCC. Hopefully you will be able to call a new minister this year. Please keep the work of the Search and Call Committee in your prayers always. Now, let us start the New Year well!

In Christ, Gregory Widener