FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC
GOOD MORNING FIRST CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY!
WELCOME TO TODAY'S WORSHIP VIDEO,
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS,
AND OUR PRAYER CONCERN LIST

Click on the below links for:



TODAY'S COFFEE HOUR IS AT 12 O'CLOCK
AFTER THE OUTSIDE PRAYER SERVICE
You can also join the Coffee Hour conversation by calling on a phone:
646-876-9923
Meeting ID: 827 0630 4319
Password: 146578
A N N O U N C E M E N T S
OUTDOOR SERVICE OF MORNING PRAYER
TODAY OCTOBER 18 AT 11:00 AM
in our parking lot

Please join us for a short service (25-30 minutes) of Morning Prayer in our parking lot today at 11 a.m., and each Sunday in October. Masks and social distancing practices will be observed.
If it is raining, our outdoor service will not meet.
 PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR
SANCTUARY IS OPEN FOR PRAYER AND MEDITATION
Our sanctuary will now be open for prayer and meditation on Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For safety in this enclosed space, only two persons or two family groups (like a couple) can sign up for each 30 minute time slot. Sanitizing will be done following each 30 minute time. 

You can click here to sign up, or you can email Sheryl Tellier (sheryl@fcchendersonville.org) to reserve a time. We are asking that everyone wear a mask. Please join us for this time of Personal Pilgrimage.
~ OPPORTUNITY ~
Wednesday, October 28 at 7:15 pm

Crystal Cauley, community activist, founder of the Henderson County Black History Project whose art collection graces our church art gallery, is a guest panelist at Unity of Blue Ridge’s BLPOC-Raw Conversations Between People of Color. This will be a wonderful opportunity for growth and learning for anyone able to attend. It will be hosted on Zoom. 

For more information or to register, please click here

Matthew Fox
was our first Ashley lecturer to do a
Zoom webinar!

Matthew was with us on October 10th doing a live webinar for our Autumn Ashley Lecture Series. He spoke on his new book Julian of Norwich: Wisdom in a Time of Pandemic - And Beyond.

The book will be available on his website store before the end of October.
Visit https://www.matthewfox.org/donation-store.

If you were unable to attend this special webinar, you now have an opportunity to view the recorded video.

SPECIAL OFFERING FOR OCTOBER
UCC Neighbors in Need Program

Neighbors in Need (NIN) is a special mission offering of the UCC that supports ministries of justice and compassion throughout the United States. One-third of NIN funds support the Council for American Indian Ministry (CAIM). Two-thirds of the offering is used by the UCC's Justice and Witness Ministries (JWM) to support a variety of justice initiatives, advocacy efforts, and direct service projects through grants. Your gifts to this ministry may mailed to First Congregational Church, 1735 Fifth Avenue West, Hendersonville NC 28739 with a notation on the check “Neighbors in Need”.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS AND TITHES
Thank you for your faithfulness in supporting our church financially. Your gifts help our church to continue to financially support many non-profits in our community that serve those in need, as well as supporting our staff and keeping our building functioning. You can mail your gifts to First Congregational Church, 1735 5th Avenue West, Hendersonville, NC 28739 or connect to our PayPal account on the church website (click here) or through your own online banking. Thank you for your generosity.
IF YOUR CHURCH CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY, whether through providing a listening ear or picking up a prescription, we are here for you. 

Please contact Mark Acker (mark@fcchendersonville.org) or
Karla Miller (karla@fcchendersonville.org)
Congratulations to those
celebrating birthdays and anniversaries this week
BIRTHDAYS
18: Carol Towle
19: Sheila Clendenning
21: Romella Hart-O'Keefe
21: Pamela Federlein
24: Thomas Gauthier

No Anniversaries This Week
21: Roger & Lilian Dashner
21: Steve & Martha Hogenboom

For additions or deletions to our prayer list,
please contact sheryl@fcchendersonville.org
Please add the following to your prayers this week:

Richard Tyler
David Vandre
Cathy Smith, Joanne Shenk (friends of Al & Joan Diaz)
Norma Daly (friend of Anne Cain)
Judy Smith (friend of Dawn Kucera)
Ed & Romella O'Keefe
Johnny Ramsey (friend of Becky Rowland)
 Al & Joan Diaz
Trisha LaGrange
Betsey Parker
Cindy Royce and spouse Barb Gingrich (friends of Ann Twiggs)
Nancy Colvin (friend of Ann Twiggs)
Joseph Orost (son of Jean Glasgow-Hawkins)
Patsy McCurry
Rand Bishop
Esther Jillson (friend of Becky Rowland)
Betty Gilliam (sister of Frances Yoder)
Joy Greenfield (friend of Trisha LaGrange)
Janet Bostwick
Gary Lowder (Stephanie Lowder's husband)
Bal Goleman
Lynn & Ray Conchado
Judy Cyphers


And for those being impacted in any way by this pandemic that we hold in our hearts as a church community
Church Contacts

Pastor
Rev. Karla Miller
781-835-6893
 
Pastoral Associate and Minister of Music
Mark Acker
615-430-3506
 
Church Administrator
Sheryl Tellier
 
Church Moderator
Phil Taylor
484-505-9626