AVONDALE WORSHIP
Worship
Join us in-person Sundays at 10 AM in the Family Life Center. Stay after worship to fellowship and attend one of our Sunday School classes.

This Sunday
“Songs of the Soul: Psalms of Lament" Psalm 6
with Rev. Jim Ewing / Ten Cents-A-Meal

Last Sunday
“If We Walk In the Light" 1 John 1: 1-10
with Rev. Caroline East, guest pastor

Serve with Worship
Greeters, nursery, readers.... opportunities and sign-up.

Sunday School
Join us Sundays at 11 AM for small group opportunities to connect, learn, and grow your faith. Read more here.
AVONDALE IN ACTION
October Bash coming soon
RSVP by Mon, Oct 25!
Held Sat, Oct 30 starting at 5:30 PM, Avondale's October Bash will be fun for all ages! Enjoy live music with The Bar Owls, games, and food from Shake Shack, Chick-fil-A, and more. (Please RSVP!) The Halloween Scavenger Hunt is at 6:30 PM. (Reminder to RSVP!) Held outdoors, rain or shine. More details and link to RSVP.
Bring canned food for a food drive Please RSVP by Oct 25.
Room In The Inn Survey
Avondalers, we need YOUR INPUT for Room In The Inn! Will you please complete a 3-question survey? Avondale has to provide Roof Above with our commitment by early November, and we want to make sure we will have enough volunteers. Thank you very much!
Youth Holiday Sale begins Friday!
It’s that time again and tell all of your friends and family about our Christmas Greenery & Poinsettias Fundraiser from the Youth. Order your poinsettias and greenery now for the holidays and support youth ministry! See our website for the form and payment or pick-up a form in the FLC Atrium/Café area on Sunday. Spread the word! Sale open to everyone!
Youth Group & Camp Grier
Avondale's Youth Group goes to Camp Grier for their Fall Retreat. This year, our youth head to Old Fort, NC on Nov 12. Do you know about Camp Grier? Camp Grier is a non-profit, outdoor ministry program of the Presbyterian (PCUSA) church. Located on 650 acres of land bordering the Pisgah National Forest in Old Fort, NC, each summer their campus is filled with campers from all different backgrounds, histories, ethnicities and lifestyles.
(See Sarah Lawson on the video!)
CYPP Training
At Avondale, we are committed to a safe, healthy environment for children and youth, as well as those who work with them. All volunteers and staff of Avondale, working with children and youth, are required to complete the CYPP certification class. This certification requires renewal every three years. We have three dates and times coming early November!
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Child Youth Protection Policy Training
Quarterly Statements were sent last week. Check your mailbox! Have financial questions? Contact Leah.
Christmas Marketplace - Sat, Dec 4 from 9 AM-3 PM
Vendors can still sign-up! Deadline is Nov 8. 
Looking for something? Check our website!
Avondale Stewardship
In the next several weeks, the Stewardship team will be reaching out to those who have not pledged for 2022. If you cannot pledge at this time or do not feel called to pledge, please fill out your card as -0- and it will save you and the team a phone call. This is completely confidential; the volunteers on the team never see amounts of pledges.
Barometer - to enlarge the picture, click here.
Letter from our Stewardship team
Read the latest here.

Need a pledge card?
Find one in the church office, on Sundays at worship, or online.
If you have not done so, please return your pledge card by mail, to the office, or by the October 31 service.
OCTOBER
22- Youth Holiday Sale begins
25- October Bash RSVP deadline
28- ASAP Meeting (meal will be BBQ)
30- October Bash
31- Avondale Pledge Cards
NOVEMBER
2- Women's Small Group
2- Taize Prayer Service
4- CYPP Training
NOVEMBER
6- CYPP Training
7- Daylight Saving Time
8- Christmas Market Vendor deadline
9- CYPP Training
12-14- Youth Group Fall Retreat
14- Session Meeting
14- Youth Holiday Sale order due date
18- ASAP Meeting
25- Thanksgiving
AVONDALE MEMBERS
Church Triumphant
With deep sadness, we share that Mr. Bob Rudisill joined the Church Triumphant. Bob, 90 years old, joined Avondale church in 1991. Details will be shared soon.
Marriage
Jeremy Thomas and Amie Eatmon were married on Oct 2, 2021 on the beach in Oak Island, NC. He is the son of Mahlon and Susan Thomas. Not only did they gain a new daughter-in-law, they gained four new granddaughters. Two sets of twins ages 12 and 21.
New Members
Please welcome our newest members, Chase, Alyssa, and Jack Culbertson.
Baptism
Baptized on October 10, 2021, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, was Ginny Katherine Pease, the daughter of Joe and Sarah-Kate Pease. To send a note of love and care: The Pease Family, 5900 Doncaster Dr., Charlotte, NC 28211
Senior Birthdays
Click here to see our seniors with birthdays this month!
Baby Blessing Basket
We celebrate with anticipation and joy the addition of a baby boy to the Hill family, expected Nov 25! Member Care invites you to share in the excitement of Steve and Katy by signing up to contribute to a Baby Blessing Basket. Items can be dropped off at the church office on or before Nov 7. Link
Member Concerns:
If you know of any needs, please email Jim.

Member Directory:
For the password or info changes, email Caroline.
AVONDALE CHILDREN'S CENTER
Welcome New Director
We are pleased and excited to welcome Dawn Peebles to the ACC! She began Monday, Sept 27. Dawn is originally from Virginia and has been in Charlotte since moving here following college. She has two teenage daughters, a senior at Ardrey Kell High School and a sophomore at UNC Charlotte. Read more about Dawn here.
A HUGE THANK YOU goes to Millie Norris and the ACC team and the Search Committee team for their time and talents.
ACC Apple Harvest Celebration 10-2021
ACC Apple Harvest Celebration 10-2021
ACC Apple Harvest Celebration 10-2021
AVONDALE VISION OBJECTIVES
As a congregation, God calls us to: 
  • Create close relationships to support a dynamic faith
  • Not only serve our neighbors but know them personally
  • Prepare the hearts of children and families to abide in Christ
  • Reduce economic inequities by breaking down barriers to education
  • Develop and demonstrate a sustaining faith
Avondale Presbyterian Church
2821 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209
Church Office: 704-333-6194
Avondale Children's Center: 704-377-6960
www.avondalepresbychurch.org
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