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Balmoral Presbyterian Church
Where the Spirit Takes Flight
BPC NEWS BRIEF
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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mailing address: Balmoral Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 17309, Memphis, TN 38187
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NEWS THIS WEEK
- WORSHIP for 2nd SUNDAY of ADVENT December 6
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LEAVING HOME by Bob Kaiser
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MIFA PlusOne GIVING IN MEMORY or HONOR of LOVED ONES
- INTERESTED in STARTING a FAMILY TREE? Here's a way to start.
- RECIPE SHARING: CHRISTMAS FAVORITES:
- Christmas Salad
- Noel Nut Balls
- AROUND MEMPHIS
- Hospitalizations Increase
- Vaccine Rollout Planning
- MEDITATION: Advent’s Offer of a ‘Great Reset’
- REMINDERS
- ADVENT MEDITATIONS from Rev. Meg Overstreet
- Advent Events
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WEEKLY INFORMATION
- Birthdays
- Calendar of Events
- OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
- CONTACT INFORMATION
- A GOOD READ: 2020 NYT Top 10
- BPC Photos
- Worship last Sunday
LINKS to DOCUMENTS:
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ONLINE on YouTube at 11:00 am
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The BUILDING is CLOSED
BUT
BALMORAL is OPEN !
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Our Session is committed to providing worship during the pandemic that reaches everyone. Those of you who do not have computer access or SmartPhone access, Idlewild will continue to broadcast all of the worship services on the radio 96.1 FM.
Stay at home! Stay Safe!
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REMINDER: Everyone who comes onto the BPC property MUST WEAR A MASK, including those who are only in the parking lot. NO ONE is allowed in the building without authorization.
We must help to keep our Worship team and the SEED children safe!
Requests for use of the property (including the parking lot) MUST prepare a proposal to the BPC COVID-19 Task Force (Scott Hill and Mary Schmitz, co-chairs) for review; the task force will review the proposal, then make a recommendation to the Session for consideration.
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Worship
and Sunday Studies
2nd Sunday of Advent
Balmoral Presbyterian Church
Sunday, December 6, 2020
SUNDAY STUDIES 9:45 - 10:45am on Zoom
WORSHIP & COMMUNION at 11:00 AM on YouTube
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 40: 1-5 & 2 Peter 3:8-15
SERMON: "Making Peace"
The first candle, the candle of PEACE, will be lighted in this Worship service. If you have your own Advent Wreath, or a just single candle, we invite you to place it near your computer or TV where you play the service. Join with us as we light the Candle of Peace.
You will receive an email Friday with details, link to the Sunday Study class on Zoom, a link to the YouTube site for Worship, and a link to download the Sunday Worship Guide. You will also receive a reminder & links to the classes & worship service on Sunday morning!
The Idlewild service will also still be available at 11:00 am on the radio at 96.1 FM or you can go online to the Idlewild Livestream broadcast at
Previous Worship Services at Balmoral are still available on the
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LEAVING HOME
by Bob Kaiser
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Do and I have just been though some of the toughest and most wonderful days of our lives. We are still not settled and won’t be for several months, but we want the Saints of Balmoral to know just how much we appreciate what they have meant to us.
As I reflected over the last few days in Memphis one powerful thought kept bounding around in my mind: “Lord let us leave now, filled with thee anew, and pledged to thy service in all that we do.” It brought a hard- to- suppress lump in my throat and a diminishing pitch to my voice that I could not immediately control. I have never thought of myself as an emotional responder, but I lost control several times.
From our very first introduction to Memphis, Balmoral Presbyterian Church has been the most influential fixture in the life of our family. This was most evident in the last day’s send off orchestrated by our daughter, Anne. She led a tour of Balmoral members through our empty house, asking them what they remembered about each room. The memories were revealing, warm and wonderfully rich. Balmoral had cast its shadow, and we were not always aware of its presence.
Those memories start with setting up chairs for worship every Sunday morning in the early 70’s. Then there was open space Sunday School in the new building. Adult Sunday School often dealt with hot issues but with heavy respect for the opinions of others. Then there was Parkway Gardens fellowship and Black /White meetings flourished when there were no other programs like this in the neighborhood. Balmoral members delivered Meals on Wheels early in the life of that program. Virginia Dunaway, Jean Chisholm and Nancy Berry were active in the program.
Habitat for Humanity with heavy Balmoral participation built 20 houses a year for two years. Earlier, Balmoral established a Mother’s Day Out program building an annex for the program and a new sanctuary to replace the old cinder block structures. I was personally involved in renovating the original building for additional programs and storage.
Music has always been a significant part of the church program. Musicals involving adults and children, the Bell choir, trips to Montreat Music and Youth Conferences and finally, the choir with its trip to England with the opportunity to sing in Balmoral Castle.
These are only a few of the memories revived in our last days in Memphis. They are rich memories, but they pale with the memories of those with whom we worshipped during the years. These were not ordinary people and we have fond memories of them. They helped nourish us and grow our faith. We will always carry a piece of them with us wherever we go. There are too many to name and recall here, but the mention of any church activity brings back a flood of names on the rolls of those who have passed on. Harvey, Patty, John, Betty and Cecil are only a few. Forgive me for not naming them all.
Finally, I would like to say thank you to all the ordained clergy who have served Balmoral. From Vernon Hunter to Carla Meisterman we have had wonderful leadership and guidance in the development of our faith. Faith begins where reason ends. It is fitting that I should end here with the notion that for all the reasons cited here in ths brief memory, we have faith that Balmoral will continue to cast its shadow over all who dwell within its shadow.
Bob and Do Kaiser
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The MIFA PLUS ONE offering allows you to pay tribute to, or honor the memory of, the people who have been special in your lives.
For a $12.00 contribution to MIFA's PLUS ONE program, you can name a special person and donate to the PLUS ONE fund that keeps utilities on during winter months for people on the margins of our society.
The names will be published in the worship bulletins for Sunday, December 20, and Christmas Eve service, December 24.
Make checks payable to Balmoral with a note indicating that it is for Plus1 and who you will Honor or In Memory of and send it to:
Balmoral Presbyterian
PO Box 17309
Memphis, TN 38187
Tuesday, December 15, is the deadline for receiving tributes/memorials for this year.
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BOOK CLUB
December 8, 1:30pm
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Where the Crawdads Sing
is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.
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This has been a very popular book and has been out for a couple of years, so it should be readily available at libraries and used book stores such as Thriftbooks.com, as well as new paperback versions and digital formats.
Discussion will be led by Cathy Bailey and Janice Hill.
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Send your gift by check marked JoyGift to the church at
Balmoral Presbyterian Church
P.O. Box 17309
Memphis, TN 38187
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Have You Wanted to Research Your Family Tree? |
Here's your chance to learn how! |
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Genealogy 101
Intro to Genealogy,
Family History & DNA
a Webinar presented by
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When: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:00 AM, CST
Where: a link to a GoToWebinar Broadcast will be sent to you by email when you register
COST: for non-members of the TNGS = $5.00
Will you be attending? If so, please follow the link below:
Genealogy 101-Intro to Genealogy, Family
History & DNA by Debbie Atchley
This first session of our series will cover how to get started in your genealogical research, helpful forms and software, where to find records and how DNA fits into your search.
Access will be through GoToWebinar. Instructions and Connectivity Link will be forwarded via email to all registrants upon registration, six days prior and again 1 hour prior to the event. Making the connection is quick and easy only requiring a computer and Internet connectivity from wherever you chose to watch the event. Your questions help drive the meetings, and we will be there to help each other.
For more information about the TN Genealogical Society, click here:
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Christmas Goodies
Share a Recipe !
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Sharing Holiday meals and treats with friends and love ones will be curtailed for most of us this year.
How about sharing with each other, but VIRTUALLY this year...
by sharing RECIPES of our favorite holiday dishes and treats instead!
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Christmas Memories are especially heartwarming this year when families may not be able to get together.
Christmas cookies and festive cranberry salad reminds Karen Pilkington's favorites!
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Christmas cookies and festive cranberry salad reminds Karen Pilkington's favorites! |
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Christmas Salad
"I don’t like cranberry sauce, but my mother always made this jello salad at Thanksgiving and Christmas and it’s one of my favorite holiday dishes."
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3 cups water
1 can jellied cranberry sauce
3 oranges, ground (2 peeled, 1 with peel)
1 cup chopped pecans
2 small packages red jello (strawberry, cherry)
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 cup chopped celery
Dissolve jello and gelatin in 1 cup boiling water in large bowl. Add 2 cups cold water and cranberry sauce and whisk until mixed well.
Grind oranges in food processor or blender. Add oranges, pecans, and celery to jello mixture. Pour in 9x12 casserole dish. Put in refrigerator until set. Cut in squares and serve on lettuce.
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Noel Nut Balls
"When I was growing up my mother made these cookies at Christmas with me and my brothers.
The cookie mix that they are made from had several different cookie recipes but I like these best and this is the one I still make every Christmas.
I always adjust the rest of the recipe to use the whole batch of cookie mix at one time."
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Crisco Cookie Mix
6 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbsp salt
1 lb. Crisco (2 1/3 cups)
Mix flour and salt in large mixing bowl. Cut Crisco into flour with pastry cutter until pieces are pea size. Store in covered container.
Will keep for weeks without refrigeration.
Noel Nut Balls
Stir together: 2 cups cookie mix
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1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 Tbsp orange juice
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup chopped pecans
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Blend well. Dough is somewhat crumbly. Mold into small balls (about an inch). Place on ungreased cookie sheet 1” apart. Bake at 375 degrees 12-15 minutes.
Let cool a few minutes and roll in confectioners sugar while still warm. Makes about 3 dozen.
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Bored with your own recipes?
Spice it up by trying each other's favorites!
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Send your family's favorite recipe(s) to the Newsletter. (Add a picture, a story about the recipe or a story about your traditional family gatherings!
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Send your recipes to Kathy Singleton ksingle2@bellsouth.net |
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IN THE NEWS AROUND MEMPHIS
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Shelby County reports 501 Hospitalizations Monday and Delays in Ambulance Response Times due to Volume
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On Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 1, hospitals across the city were telling ambulance drivers to expect delays at emergency rooms across the city. All of them, with the exception of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, were full.
Hospitalizations hit 501 as of 5 p.m. Monday. Two weeks ago, Shelby County Health Department modeling predicted that many would be hospitalized on Christmas Day. Now the median Christmas projection is 583, within a range from 478 to 710.
What the count actually becomes depends on how well citizens abide by pandemic rules.
While the number hospitalized has ballooned, the reproduction rate of the disease is 1.03, down from 1.2 last week. The test positivity rate is 10%, which means community transmission is in full bloom. “We always want that less than 10%, and ideally less than 5%,” said Alisa Haushalter, director of the Shelby County Health Department.
In addition to setting up widespread assurance testing to detect cases earlier, the Health Department is also working to help find employees who could tend the sick in the event hospitals become overwhelmed.
With a shortage of nurses nationwide, it is increasingly clear cites will not be able to recruit staffing from other areas to help.“We are going to have to rely on our local resources to be able to staff those hospital beds,” Haushalter said.
McGowen is also meeting with hospital administrators to discuss staffing solutions, which are expected to include “skilling up student nurses and medical students” to add capacity. While these people may not have enough skill to care for the sickest patients, “they may be able to provide support elsewhere, so that more either trained or experienced people can go to the ICU,” Haushalter said. The Health Department is meeting with local schools that graduate nurses, physicians and pharmacists this week “to see how we can partner,” she said.
Hospitals are dealing with their own shortages. Last week, 231 employees at Methodist were out either because they had been exposed or had tested positive. Tuesday, more than 200 were out. By late afternoon, a number of Methodist hospitals were on critical advisory.
“The advisory status does not impact the ability to accept and treat patients at our facilities, instead, it is intended to help assist flow of emergency ambulances in the community,” Methodist said in a statement. “The advisory status also fluctuates frequently throughout the day.” Baptist issued a similar statement.
The temporary medical staffing agencies that held promise early in the pandemic now offer less hope because cities across the nation are turning to the same sources.
The Medical Reserve Corps in the state is also being tapped. Its members are often retired medical staff who are still licensed and register to be called in during emergencies.
“We’re looking at all of those to see what are the best options and how do we bring every solution that we possibly have to bear,” Haushalter said, noting her concern, particularly for ICU staffing.
“Critical care intensive care beds really require specifically trained nurses and other health care professionals. And ideally, you want those individuals to be experienced as well.”
Because health care is such a “team sport,” Dr. John Rodney, a family practitioner in Shelby County, expects there are equal shortages in housekeeping and other parts of the hospital the public hears nothing about.
“Think about it, there are more rooms being used, more patients with COVID in the halls, waiting to be seen. I experience the shortage because I deliver babies,” Rodney said. “Last weekend I had several C-sections. I had to wait because it is taking much longer to turn over the (operating room) because of the cleaning demands put on housekeeping staff.
“The infection and cleaning standards are so much higher, it takes two to three times longer to clean a room,” he said. “People have touched on it when they talk about the under-recognition of working in hospitals. It’s nice to give credit to doctors and most certainly to the nurses, but the housekeeping staff are on the frontline as much as anyone.”
He feels for medical and nursing students potentially being asked to roll up their sleeves and help.
“It sounds like an involuntary draft at the height of the Vietnam War.”
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The shortage of healthcare workers to treat COVID patients will be complicated by the immediate need for staff to help with COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
The Pfizer vaccine, which requires two doses 21 days apart, is expected to arrive by mid-December with about 33,000 doses earmarked for Shelby County. The Health Department will receive 22,000. The rest will go to the hospitals for their frontline workers.
The Pfizer vaccine must be stored at ultra-cold temperatures of -97 F, which will stretch the supply chain.
“We need to make sure that once it is received, we are able to get it to the field quickly and administered quickly,” she said.
The Health Department expects to run two drive-thru sites, which will require 25-35 people per shift.
“So, you are talking about 50 to 60 people. And obviously, people can’t do that every day, so you want to at least try to double that so that you have backup personnel,” she said. “We anticipate having a close-to-finished plan by the end of this week.”
The college of nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is exploring ways to participate in the vaccine distribution.
“These are initial discussions, and we are not sure how this effort will look yet, but all hands must be on deck to assist our communities in receiving the vaccine,” said Wendy Likes, dean of the college of nursing.
The Health Department will start by vaccinating first responders and paramedics.
In a meeting with the state’s unified command, Doug McGowen, chief operating officer for the City of Memphis, said anyone who wants a vaccine will be able to receive it by June, according to minutes from the Memphis-Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force meeting.
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For COVID-19 testing information, go to this link:
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Kathy Singleton (2), Ian Mercer (4), Cliff Gurlen (6), Ted Pearson (7), Richard Vosburg (9), Jerry Francisco (18), Kay Dawson (21),
Carol Mitchell (23), Mary Nell Easum (29), Stephanie Brigman (30), Janice Carney (30)
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This Advent devotional book is written by
Rev. Meg Overstreet, who spent a time with those of us at BPC. It’s a beautiful book and a meaningful practice for the Advent journey.
The book is exclusively available from Amazon. Available in paperback or the Kindle download.
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LOOKING AHEAD:
ADVENT EVENTS
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WORSHIP SERVICES:
December 6: 2nd Sunday of Advent
Lighting the Candle of PEACE
December 13: 3rd Sunday of Advent
Lighting the Candle of JOY
December 20: 4th Sunday of Advent
Lighting the Candle of LOVE
Special Christmas Music Celebration of
Lessons & Carols
December 24: CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Thursday, 5:00pm, on YouTube
Lighting the CHRIST CANDLE
SUNDAY STUDIES:
The Bible Study of the Romans will continue through Sunday, December 13.
(There will be no Sunday Studies on December 20 or 27. New classes will start in January.)
CHRISTMAS GIVING:
MIFA PlusOne MEMORIALS & HONORARIUMS
(gifts & names due by Tuesday, Dec 15)
JoyGift (PCUSA) (gifts due by Tuesday, Dec 29)
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A Good Read...
TOP TEN for 2020
(New York Times)
FICTION:
A Children’s Bible By Lydia Millet. A bevy of kids and their middle-aged parents convene for the summer at a country house in America’s Northeast. With an unfailingly light touch, Millet delivers a wry fable about climate change, imbuing foundational myths with new meaning and, finally, hope.
Deacon King Kong By James McBride. A mystery story, a crime novel, an urban farce, a sociological portrait of late-1960s Brooklyn.
Hamnet By Maggie O’Farrell. A bold feat of imagination and empathy, this novel gives flesh and feeling to a historical mystery: how the death of Shakespeare’s 11-year-old son, Hamnet, in 1596, may have shaped his play “Hamlet” in great beauty.
Homeland Elegies By Ayad Akhtar. What, after all, does it take to be an American? The lure and ruin of capital, the wounds of 9/11, the bitter pill of cultural rejection: Akhtar pulls no punches critiquing the country’s most dominant narratives in this novel.
The Vanishing Half By Brit Bennett. A provocative meditation on the possibilities and limits of self-definition, Bennett uses alternating sections to recount the separate fates of Stella and Desiree, twin sisters from a Black Louisiana town during Jim Crow, whose residents pride themselves on their light skin.
NON-FICTION:
Hidden Valley Road By Robert Kolker. “For a family, schizophrenia is, primarily, a felt experience, as if the foundation of the family is permanently tilted,” Kolker writes. His is a feat of narrative journalism but also a study in empathy; he unspools the stories of the Galvin siblings with enormous compassion while tracing the scientific advances in treating the illness.
A Promised Land By Barack Obama. Presidential memoirs are meant to inform, to burnish reputations and, to a certain extent, to shape the course of history, and Obama’s is no exception. What sets it apart from his predecessors’ books is the remarkable degree of introspection. He invites the reader inside his head as he ponders life-or-death issues of national security, examining every detail of his decision-making; he describes what it’s like to endure the bruising legislative process and lays out his thinking on health care reform and the economic crisis. An easy, elegant writer, he studs his narrative with affectionate family anecdotes and thumbnail sketches of world leaders and colleagues. “A Promised Land” is the first of two volumes — it ends in 2011 — and it is as contemplative and measured as the former president himself.
Shakespeare in a Divided America By James Shapiro. The author takes two huge cultural hyper-objects — Shakespeare and America — and dissects the effects of their collision. Each chapter centers on a year with a different thematic focus. The first chapter, “1833: Miscegenation,” revolves around John Quincy Adams and his obsessive hatred of Desdemona. The last chapter, “2017: Left | Right,” where Shapiro truly soars, analyzes the notorious Central Park production of “Julius Caesar.” By this point it is clear that the real subject of the book is not Shakespeare plays, but us, the U.S.
Uncanny Valley By Anna Wiener. A memoir of tech-world disillusionment, Wiener heads west, heeding the siren call of Bay Area start-ups aglow with optimism, vitality and cash. A series of unglamorous jobs turns out to be a boon, providing a vantage point from which to scrutinize her field. The result is a scrupulously observed and quietly damning exposé of the yawning gap between an industry’s public idealism and its internal iniquities.
War By Margaret MacMillan. This is a short book but a rich one with a profound theme. MacMillan argues that war — fighting and killing — is so intimately bound up with what it means to be human that viewing it as an aberration misses the point. War has led to many of civilization’s great disasters but also to many of civilization’s greatest achievements.
Have you found a good book recently? Send it to us so we can share!
Send an email to ksingle2@bellsouth.net or phone or text to
Kathy Singleton 901.734-7193
PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS are listed in the LINKS to DOCUMENTS at the top of this Newsletter
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Advent’s Offer of a ‘Great Reset’ |
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The season invites us to practice
seeing things differently
By Jason Whitehead | Presbyterians Today
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We are creatures of habit. We like predictability and embrace routines, many of which provide a measure of stability when the world shifts around us. The experience of living in a pandemic for most of 2020, though, has disrupted any predictability in our lives. The senseless deaths of Black men and women brought attention to an epidemic of racism, calling into question assumptions we made about the world. Add to these destabilizing circumstances the sheltering-in-place guidelines that brought the inability to physically go to the places that have given us a respite from the world, and we have a recipe for ongoing fear, anger and distress.
It is safe to say that 2020 has been a year no one wanted. However, that doesn’t mean it has to be a lost year. I’ve heard some people refer to 2020 as the “Great Reset” — a time to take stock of our lives, offering a chance to inventory how we live, move and breathe, in order to become the people God calls us to be.
The Advent season is perfect for exploring the possibility of a reset. This season has always been about the Savior sent to reset the world. And every year, we remember a revolutionary act of love that gives us pause and shows us what it means to be disciples. For millennia, we have celebrated a season that glorifies change and calls us to soften our hearts to the world and people around us.
This year, though, we need to be intentional in the spiritual practice of resetting our lives. Many of us will not be returning to physical worship spaces for Advent as the health risks are still too great, and so we must actively seek the holy among us. For that to happen, we must be willing to look around the same house or apartment and at the same people, see them with new eyes, as well as hear them with new ears. This resetting is in itself a revolutionary act of love.
Every morning, I go for a walk with my wife. I just feel better when I do it. However, I don’t always feel good while I’m doing it. It’s cold some mornings. We have to wear masks that are uncomfortable. It’s early, and I’m a night owl. If I weigh the pros and cons, then there are more reasons to stay in bed than to go on those early morning walks.
But my walk is not just a walk. It is a chance to be present with my spouse. It is a moment to appreciate my health. It is an opportunity to welcome a new day with vigor and creativity. Our walks are not perfunctory health prescriptions. They are moments when there are opportunities to see — and be — more than the sum of my parts. If nothing else, they are moments to feel gratitude, and there is nothing more theologically important during Advent than to experience gratitude.
If Advent teaches us nothing else, then let it teach us that a great reset can happen. The only thing we have to do is be willing to see how God’s love is infused into the everyday moments, experiences and objects of our lives.
Honestly, this is hard work. It requires us to be mindful about bringing Emmanuel, God with us, in every part of our lives. Moreover, it requires us to be creative and flexible in how we approach our lives together. Advent’s time of preparation and anticipation is a lesson in how to transform the things we take for granted every day into everyday sacred gifts.
Put into Practice : The Advent ‘Great Reset’ Challenge
Start slow and small. Look around you. Name something out loud that you appreciate. Take a moment and be grateful for that object, person or even experience. Don’t be grateful for your ownership. Be grateful for its presence.
Imagine now what your life would be like without the object or person that you named. What would you lose? What would be different?
Now expand your awareness. What might other people be experiencing who don’t have the same opportunities as you? What might they have that you don’t? What do you have that they don’t? Where does your heart break in these connections? What does that call you to do or become?
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ONLINE
EVENTS
Every Monday
2:00pm Writer's Group via Zoom
1st Wednesday of the Month
Bible Study with Presbyterian Women 10:30 am
1st & 3rd Thursday of the Month
Ellis Small Group 10:15 am
2nd Tuesday of the Month
BOOK CLUB meets via Zoom
2nd Thursday Evening of the Month
7:00 pm Trouble I've Seen Small Group
Sunday, December 6, 2020
2nd Sunday of Advent
9:45 - 10:45 AM Advent Sunday Study on Zoom
11:00 AM Worship & Communion Service via YouTube
Tuesday, December 8
1:30 pm Book Club on Zoom
Sunday, December 13, 2020
3rd Sunday of Advent
9:45 - 10:45 AM Advent Sunday Study on Zoom
11:00 AM Worship Service via YouTube
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Deadline for PlusOne donations and names to be honored
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Special Christmas Music Celebration of
Lessons & Carols
11:00 AM Worship Service via YouTube
Thursday, December 24, 2020
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
5:00pm, on YouTube
Friday, December 25, 2020
STAFF OFF for the HOLIDAY
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Sunday, December 27, 2020
11:00 AM Worship Service with Rev. Anne Hagler via YouTube
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Pastoral Care will be supplied by Rev. Carla Meisterman
and by Rev. Anne Hagler as a backup.
Rev. Carla Meisterman 901.235.1014
or email carlam@balmoralpc.com
Rev. Anne Hagler 901.628.2104 or anneh6616@gmail.com
The current Session members have been re-aligned to be your primary contact for ongoing communication. Here's the new contact list:
Lori Blackwelder .... (901) 262-8282 ............... LORIEB1165@yahoo.com
Cathy Bailey ........... (901) 481-6395 .............. catbailey2017@gmail.com
Frank Carney ...........(901) 337-4917 ............. fcarney@evanspetree.com
Leiza Collins ........... (901) 246-5031 ..................... leiza1016@gmail.com
Becky DeLoach ...... (901) 489-3369 ............. BeckyMD2905@gmail.com
Barry Dotson .......... (901) 277-1596 ............... barry.dotson@yahoo.com
Don Lamb ............... (901) 754-5530 ............................ fbslamb@aol.com
Ted Pearson home: (901) 754-9796 ................... pearsonteda@aol.com
...........................cell: (901) 486-6117
John Van Nortwick (901) 605-2907 ............ jvnortwick@cornerstone-
systems.com
(NOTE: Many of these Session members are working during the day, so you may want to text them or email them.)
Keep in mind that ANY Balmoral member who is healthy will most likely be happy to help you in case of need as well!
To contact other members, the most-current contact information is available by requesting a copy of the BPC PHONE DIRECTORY from Kathy Singleton by email ksingle2@bellsouth.net or by phone or text to (901) 734-7193.
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BPC PHOTOS
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BPC Worship
Sunday, November 29, 2020
1st Sunday of Advent
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Introit & Chiming of the Hour
"O Come, O Come Emmanuel"
Bells of Balmoral
Frank Carney, John Gilmer, Linda Warren, Janice Hill
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Call to Worship
Rev. Carla Meisterman
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Choral Meditation
“For You, O Lord, My Soul In Stillness Waits”
Clinton Bailey
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Lighting the Candle of Hope
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Sharing the Peace
"Come Now, O Prince of Peace"
Linda Warren, Fran Addicott, John Gilmer, Clinton Bailey, Erich Shultz, Leiza Collins on piano
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Musical Offering "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"
Linda Warren, Fran Addicott, John Gilmer, Clinton Bailey,
Leiza Collins on piano
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Closing Hymn "Live Into Hope"
Linda Warren, Clinton Bailey
John Gilmer & Fran Addicott, cello; Leiza Collins, piano
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We have been keeping reference articles in the Newsletter each week throughout the summer. It's time to take them out, BUT some of these may still be helpful, so we will store them and give you links to them, but eliminate them from the body of the newsletter itself. |
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To access a document, simply click on the link name. The document will then open in your browser as a PDF file!
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- Newsletter Articles & Photos should be emailed to Kathy Singleton at ksingle2@bellsouth.net no later than Monday at noon for the week you want the article in the news.
- Bulletin Information should be emailed to Rev. Carla Meisterman, with a copy to Kathy Singleton, no later than Monday noon the week before the Sunday you want the information to appear.
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Prayer Concerns should continue to be submitted via email to Rev. Carla Meisterman (carlam@balmoralpc.com) or on a Prayer Request form in the Friendship Pads and placed in the offering.
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DECEMBER 2020
online church calendar
The calendar will take a few seconds to load and, once it opens, you will see the month that we are currently in. To see the next month's calendar, click on the arrow pointing down - it is just to the right of the name of the month. Once you click on that arrow, an icon will appear with all the months of the year listed. Click on the month that you want to see. To see a specific date, click on the number of the day you would like to see. The entire 2020 calendar is available to you.
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