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GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE
Sunday, September 25, 2022 @ 11 am
Fourth Sunday of Creation / 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
HERITAGE SUNDAY / WAPC 130th ANNIVERSARY
Sermon - "God Saw That It Was Good - Genesis 1-2:3"
Brandon Davis, Pastor
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 @ 2 pm
Holston Presbytery
Ordination and Installation Service for Brandon Davis
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Thomas "Tee" Gatewood
Pastor of the Arbor Dale Presbyterian Church, Banner Elk NC
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both in-person and on Facebook or YouTube (click here)
Comments: We have set our YouTube channel to accept comments. If you are viewing, we ask that you say hello or to let us know you are there so we can count you as part of our attendance.
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SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION | |
REMEMBER THE SEASON OF CREATION
Walter Brueggemann wrote, "God and God's creation are bound together by the powerful, gracious movement of God towards that creation." Throughout the Season of Creation, we have been seeing the ways that God is continuously calling us to take careful notice of the way that creation is crying out to us. Take off your sandals, and let that Holy Ground permeate your soles and your soul. Let down your nets into the deep waters because we are called to catch people. Consider the birds, look at the lilies. Do not worry; Do not be afraid. Because when God saw all that was made, it was very good. Let us be the ones that listen carefully to the call of creation and the call of God in these times.
Yours in Christ
Brandon
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ADULT LIBRARY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS TO RESUME MEETING
The Adult Library Sunday School class will resume meeting in the church library on Sunday morning, October 2nd, at 10 am. This class reads and discusses a book of its choice. Everyone is invited to join the group for thought-provoking reading and discussion. Participants obtain their own copies of of the books. The first selection is Misquoting Jesus, the Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, by Bart D Ehrman. Dr. Ehrman is the chairman of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina and "an authority on the history of the New Testament, the early church, and the life of Jesus." He makes the case the scribes hard-copying the manuscripts during the first fifteen hundred years of the Christian era frequently changed the wording, either by mistake or intentionally, dramatically affecting later versions of the Bible.
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LEISURELY WALKS PLANNED FOR OCTOBER
Two more walks are scheduled by the Green Team in October. The first will be on Wednesday, October 5th at Sycamore Shoals State Park that will include a little birding with Larry McDaniel. Those wanting to participate you need to be at the Visitors Center by 8:30 am so that we can experience the birds when they are most active.
A second walk is scheduled for Wednesday, October 19th at 9:30 am along the downtown portion of the Persimmon Ridge Trail in downtown Jonesborough. So get those walking shoes ready and join the group. Meet at the Chuckey Depot Museum / Railcar parking lot on South 2nd Avenue in Jonesborough. Hope to see you there!
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130TH ANNIVERSARY POTLUCK
Don't forger there will be a 130th Anniversary Potluck lunch following Morning Worship this Sunday, September 25th.
We look forward to more tasty delights.
The Ordination and Installation Service will follow the lunch at 2 pm.
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BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
As part of our Season of Creation activities, a Blessing of the Animals service will be held on Sunday afternoon, October 2nd @ 4 pm under the church portico. This even is conducted in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi's love for all creatures. We hope that you join us and bring your beloved pet or animal
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DRIVE THRU TRUNK OR TREAT IS COMING
This year's Drive Thru Trunk or Treat is scheduled for Saturday, October 29th from 3-5 pm in the church parking lot. Bags will include assorted treats, healthy treats and school supplies. Students from ETSU / U-Kirk will be on hand to assist; other volunteers are also welcome. Stay tuned for more information.
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COMING WEEK | |
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Sunday, September 25 - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Heritage Sunday
11 am Morning Worship, Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:15 pm 130th Anniversary Fellowship Potluck Lunch
2 pm Ordination and Installation Service for Brandon Davis
Tuesday, September 27
WAPC 130th Anniversary (1892 - 2022)
Wednesday, September 28
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, October 2 - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / 5thSunday of Creation
10 am Adult Library Sunday School Class (in Poteat Library)
11 am Morning Worship / Communion, Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Aubrey's (3029 Hamilton Place, JC)
4 pm Blessing of the Animals (@ church portico)
Wednesday, October 5
8:30 am Bird Walk with Larry McDaniel @ Sycamore Shoals, Elizabethton (everyone invited)
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, October 6
10 am PW Circle meeting at the home of Jean Darling
Sunday, October 9 - Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
10 am Adult Library Sunday School Class (in Poteat Library)
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Carrabba's (175 Marketplace Blvd., JC)
Tuesday, October 11
7 pm Session meeting
Wednesday, October 12
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
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GENERAL FUND: YEAR TO DATE: | |
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NOTE: The Session approved an adjusted Annual Budget to include our new Pastor
as well as some other expenses that needed to be adjusted. The Annual Budget increased from $135,000 to $155,900. In order to meet this budget, we hope you will be faithful in your giving. The amount below, next to the week number, indicates what our receipts should be at this point to be on target with our budgeted giving.
[2022 Annual Budget - $ 155,900 (revised)
Budget through September 20th, Week #38 ($113,927)
Receipts $ 98,584.00
Disbursements -$ 99,276.23
Balance $ (- 692.23)
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Thanks to everyone for your continued support the church with your tithes and offerings during this extraordinary time. We have a new pastor and our expenditures are increasing. Please make sure that you are faithful in your giving. There is much work that still needs to be done and the year is already beginning to wind down. You are encouraged to mail your pledge to us or to drop it by the church office during regular business hours. Thanks.
We are still receiving the 5 Cents per Meal offering that is usually taken on Communion Sundays. If you would like to make a contribution to this offering please do so and designate it on your checks.
We will be receiving the PCUSA Peace & Global Witness Offering on Sunday, October 2th, which is also World Communion Sunday. This offering joins Presbyterians together as active peacemakers; enabling the church to promote the peace of Christ by addressing systems of injustice in our own communities and across the world. Please give generously!
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SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
September 21 - Alynda Worrell
September 23 - Rev. Ron Bowie
The Chancel flowers were given
to the Glory of God.
PLEASE NOTE: THE 2022 FLOWER LIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE SIDE ENTRY
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For Members / Regular Attendees
The Luras; Don Loughry; Camilla & Hunter Lyle; Jack Hansel.
For Friends
the family of Dr. Adrian Tilton (friend and neighbor of Brandon Davis's grandmother); Stephen Patrick's cousin, Linda Strock, diagnosed with stage4 inoperable esophageal cancer (squamous cell); Karen Clark's aunt, Merietta Cahill; Matthew Clark's friend, David F Smith; Sally Gerhardt's son, Fritz, is beginning his second round of chemo for multiple myeloma; Gene Barringer, friend of Matthew & Karen Clark; Eddie & Pauline Everhart, neighbors of the Danks; Nathan Songer; the family of Olga Pastushenko from Odessa, Ukraine refugees in Romania; Sue Sheffield's nephews, Jeremiah Collins and Tanner Frye; Sue Shank's friend, Judy Klein; Sarah Suptin; church neighbor, Dorothy Harvey, Kelly Hodges.
Special Prayers for Clinical and Medical Health Care Workers
The continued COVID pandemic concerns with cases still on the rise with the delta, lambda and mu variant strains, along with the new omicron virus with the highest number of overall cases in the United States, India and Brazil; a new strain BA2.12.1 subtype COVID cases are now on the rise in numerous European countries. And persons now affected by the rise in new active cases of the infectious disease, monkeypox.
Prayers for others
Special prayers for the people of the Ukraine in light of the military invasion by Russia and the ongoing humanitarian crisis there; for our military members who serve our country here and abroad, as well continued prayers for our fragile planet during this time of extreme weather conditions, and for those who have suffered loss from recent ongoing disasters including humanitarian crises in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona; also prayers for those affected by Typhoon Merbok in western Alaska; Typhoon Nanmadol in southwest Japan; and a 6.9 earthquake near Lugu, Taiwan; as well the humanitarian and economic crisis in Sri Lanka. And especially prayers for our nation and for strength, endurance, faith and courage for all.
CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY - https://disasterphilanthropy.org/
UN OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) - https://reliefweb.int/
US FEMA - DECLARED DISASTERS - https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations
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Who are these happy people? | |
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As the clock ticks on our need to get climate change under control within the next decade, the country is on track to get off the coal train. According to the U. S. Energy Information Administration, in the United States annual renewable energy consumption in 2019 surpassed coal-based energy consumption for the first time in more than 130 years. Coal energy dropped for the sixth consecutive year in 2019 and decreased 15% from 2018. The drop was largely because of the growth in solar and wind, both of which increased for the fourth year in a row and surpassed hydro for the first time.
"This is good news as we move more quickly toward a cleaner energy future," says Joy Page, the director of renewable energy of Defenders of Wildlife. "At the same time, our goal is always to get involved in the planning phase to ensure that large-scale renewable energy development is sited in places that minimize impacts to wildlife and habitat." (GSN #117)
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK | |
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MADEIRA ISLAND HIGHLIGHTS
Storiada (December 2021 | 13:17 min.)
Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal, is an archipelago comprising 4 islands off the northwest coast of Africa. It's the home of the most spectacular and amazing mountains. It's the place where nature gives you an amazing show and the place where the ocean and the volcanic eruptions created in the past an amazing landscape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onNHODJnn0w
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IN THE POTEAT LIBRARY
NOTE: The library is open by appointment. Please remember that you are welcome to drop by the church library if you are looking for something new to read. We ask that you to sign out any books on the register sheet found on the file cabinet in the corner with the call #, book title, your name and date checked out.
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Grace Happens Here: You Are Standing Where Grace is Happening.
By Max Lucado
(234/LUC)
Max Lucado looks at grace from all directions and reveals that no matter which way you look at it, God’s grace is always there, ready to do wonders in your life. This beautiful gift book is filled with powerful quotes, Scripture, and stories that will transform your heart and mind with a deeper understanding of God’s healing grace. The message gently and eloquently encourages you to accept completely His grace and forgiveness as well as extend the same blessing toward others.
"When grace happens, generosity happens. Unsquashable, eye-popping big heartedness happens. Receiving grace today? Liberality is in the forecast for tomorrow. When you meet a bountiful person, you are standing where grace is happening."
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Congregational Concerns / Prayer Requests - Please contact the church office or Sherry Bailey with information.
Flower List - The 2022 Flower List has been posted on the bulletin board in the side entry. Please sign up to sponsor flowers for our weekly worship services in honor or in memory of loved ones.
Arrangements are $65 each.
Liturgists - We are always looking for new people to be liturgists. Please contact the church office, if you would like to volunteer.
e-Avenue deadline - Please submit information to church office (office@wataugapc.org or 926-7942) at any time and for the October issue of the e-AVENUE, no later than Friday, September 23rd. This includes team and committee meetings, news, planned events and other newsworthy items.
Facebook - Please remember to friend and follow our Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/Watauga-Avenue-Presbyterian-Church-94712920937/ ]. All news and events will be reported there.
Photos needed - We welcome contributions to our Facebook page via your comments and photos of church events and activities. Please also submit your photos to the church office for archiving. It will be wonderful to have a visual record of all of the positive things that Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church does for our community.
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Established 27 September 1892, Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ. Reformed in theology and Presbyterian by way of organization, it is related to Holston Presbytery, the Synod of Living Waters, and to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | | | | | |
