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GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE
Sunday, November 6, 2022 @ 11 am
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time / Communion
Sermon - "Be There" | Scripture reading - Luke 19:1-10
Rev. David Cozad, Guest Minister
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both in-person and on Facebook or YouTube (click here)
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NOTE: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS THIS SUNDAY | |
SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION | |
DRIVE THRU TRUNK OR TREAT REPORT
TOT at WAPC was started in 2018 on the advice of Janice Paine. It was held in the gym because of inclement weather. This turned out to be a blessing, as the headcount was 125. In 2019, TOT was again held in the gym and included hot dogs with chili and cheese, nachos with queso sauce, treats, drinks, music, games, play area for toddlers, puzzles, and a photo booth. The headcount turned out to be 250.
In 2020, TOT went on hiatus due to the pandemic. In 2021, Ginger Helm suggested the possibility of holding a drive-thru TOT. After gauging its feasibility, we held a TOT in the parking lot a week earlier than normal to allow two chances to get good weather. We handed out slide-lock bags containing treats, healthier treats, and school supplies. The headcount was 130.
This year we repeated the drive-thru TOT, in deference to prevalence of the triple threat (Covid, Flu, and RSV). We held the event on the Saturday just before Halloween with the realization that people would be in cars, so weather should not be a factor. This may have been a mistake, in view of the proliferation of competing, heavily financed TOTs throughout the area. The headcount was about 110. With the large number of leftover bags, Ginger Helm and Brandon Davis made deliveries to The River and the Family Justice Center. These were very much appreciated, which raises the possibility of routinely including these sites as part of our community outreach and service.
This year, we prepared bags for kids and parents. Parents’ bags contained a WAPC logo pen, gel pens, energy bars, yogurt raisins, pencil sets, note pads, treats, and an updated brochure on WAPC and one on the Pollinator Garden. As before, we held a brainstorming/fellowship meal afterwards to assess our future moves. As Virginia Farr said, this was an opportunity for team building, and we were blessed to have a great turnout of WAPC folks (see photos). Ideally, we would like to hold future events in the gym a week early to avoid local competition. We could also have drawings for something useful, like $10-20 Kroger gift cards every 15 min. to attract parents. Any other suggestions of course will be most welcome.
Rather than rely on donations of treats, we decided to finance the event using funds from the “Community Projects” designated account (strictly dependent on donations), so that we could get the sales tax exemption (a big savings!). On approval by Session, this account was changed several years ago from “Camp Scholarships” to reflect the wider scope. This year it has been tapped to provide cash for the Afghan family, and initial funding for the AV operator. The idea behind community outreach and service is embodied in the mantra “Spreading joy should be contagious—-it’s called infectious happy-titis.”
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GOOD SAM FAMILIES FOR THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS
We will be collecting canned goods and other non-perishables for our Good Sam families.
Items can be brought and left in the container in the side entrance Items will be collected through Sunday, November 20th using them as part of our Thanksgiving celebration. So please keep this in mind when you are shopping in the near future. As of this date we have not heard from Good Sam about the two families we will be assisting for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Stay tuned for more details. Thanks.
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SPECIAL WALKS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
Our next scheduled walk will be Wednesday, November 9th on a portion of the Persimmon Ridge Trail in Jonesborough. This is a pleasant walk starting on a walkway over wetlands. To get there take 11E south, passing Ingles. Turn left onto Persimmon Ridge road then take the first right at the entrance to the Wetlands water park. Follow the road to the parking area at the end of the road. We will meet there to start the walk at 11:00 am. The group will have lunch at the Main Street Café in downtown Jonesborough following the walk.
Another walk is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7th at 11 am at Founder's Park in downtown Johnson City. Christmas decorations should already be lining the path. The group will have lunch at One Acre Café following the walk.
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FOOD, FOOD AND MORE FOOD
Lunch Bunch in November includes:
November 6 - Southern Craft BBQ
November 13 - Bella Vita's
November 20 - Cafe Lola (reservations for 10 only; please let the office know if you are interested)
Our following Potluck lunch following Morning Worship will be on Sunday, November 27th. We look forward to more tasty treats and delights.
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COMING WEEK | |
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Sunday, November 6 - Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS (fall back one hour)
10 am Adult Library Sunday School Class (in Poteat Library)
11 am Morning Worship / Communion, Rev. David Cozad, guest minister (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Southern Craft BBQ (601 Spring Street, JC)
Tuesday, November 8
7 pm Session meeting
Wednesday, November 9
11 am Leisurely Walk @ Persimmon Ridge JNBO (lunch following at Main Street Cafe)
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, November 13 - Twenty-eighth 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 @ Bella Vita's (2927 N. Roan Street, JC)
Wednesday, November 16
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, November 17
4 pm Green Team (via Zoom)
Sunday, November 20 - Christ the King Sunday
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 @ Cafe Lola (1805 N. Roan, JC / reservations for 10 persons only)
Monday, November 21
5:30 pm WAPC dinner @ UKirk
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2023 PLEDGE DRIVE
NOTE: Pledge Cards for 2023 are available in the nathex. Please take one person or family and check your name off the list for the committee will know who has them. For those individuals who have not returned to in-person worship, pledge cards will be made available to you either via email or you can stop by the office to pick one up. The committee wants to be sure that everyone has a pledge card and returns it in a timely manner. This information is used to help formulate next year's 2023 annual budget. Pledges will be received on Sunday, November 13th.
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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, adjusted)
Budget through November 1st, Week #44 ($131,915 - adjusted)
Receipts $ 117,437.90
Disbursements -$ 122,070.62
Balance $ (- 4,632.72)
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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.
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NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
November 16 - Debi Hughes
November 24 - Marsha Brandt
November 26 - Camilla Lyle
NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
November 28 - Lewis & Marcia Songer
PLEASE NOTE: THE 2022 FLOWER LIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE SIDE ENTRY
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For Members / Regular Attendees
Ruth Crawford and the family of Jack Hansel; Don Loughry; Camilla & Hunter Lyle
For Friends
Rev. Maggie Lauterer; Lisbeth Henry friend of Craig Campbell and Matthew & Karen Clark; Delaney Estes, friend of Matthew & Karen Clark; Stephen Patrick's cousin, Linda Strock, diagnosed with stage4 inoperable esophageal cancer (squamous cell); Matthew Clark's friend, David F Smith; Sally Gerhardt's son, Fritz, is beginning his second round of chemo for multiple myeloma; 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 friends, Judy Klein, Mary Murphy and Rev. Dodie Rossell; 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; as well as, the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Cuba and Florida; also prayers for those affected by Hurricane Julia in Central American this past week; a cholera outbreak in Haiti and a famine declared in Somalia; as well the humanitarian and economic crisis in Sri Lanka; and those killed in the Halloween disaster in Seoul, South Korea. 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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Ranging from the Canadian Yukon to South America's southern Andes, pumas have the widest distribution of any native mammals in the Western Hemisphere. It is no wonder, then, that these big cats—also known as cougars, mountain lions, and panthers—play key roles in keeping ecosystems healthy. Based on data from 162 studies published from 1950 to 2020, a team of scientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute and several conservation groups report that the felines have links to nearly 500 other species.
"In many places, pumas . . . are critical for helping maintain biodiversity because so many other species depend on them," says Max Planck researcher Laura LaBarge, the study's lead author. The team identified 203 species as puma prey and 281 species that scavenge on the cats' kills. Those kills are essential to the survival of many carrion-dependent animals, including Andean condors, caracaras, and burying beetles. (GSN #122)
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK | |
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AZURBAIJAN
Rahman Mammadov (2017 | 4:40 min.)
Azerbaijan is a fabulously beautiful land of natural contrasts. There are 9 climatic zones of 11 existing in the world, from subtropics to alpine meadows. You can see all 4 seasons at the same time! Connoisseurs of unique landscapes will find here unusual colorful mountains, quaint landscapes, beautiful waterfalls, gurgling volcanoes, ancient buildings and other beauties of nature. Drone footage filmed and edited by Iftikhar Shabandv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc028QH92ns
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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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The Prophets
By Abraham Herschel
(224/HES)
The Prophets is widely recognized as a masterpiece of biblical scholarship. Heschel attempts to understand the thoughts, feelings, and impressions of each of the prophets, presenting the reader with a sense of their very being.
He effectively achieves a balance between the objective supernatural and the subjective human situation, and presents a unique discussion of Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, and Habakkuk and their particular challenges and journeys. The Prophets is both scholarly and devotional, an indispensable part of an in-depth understanding of the Old Testament.
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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 December issue of the e-AVENUE, no later than Wednesday, November 16th. 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.) | | | | | |
