GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE
Sunday, February 13, 2022 @ 11 am
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Scripture: Luke 6:17-26
Sermon: "Low Altitude Lesson"
Interim Pastor: Rev. Sharon Amstutz
both in-person and on YouTube (click here)
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SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION |
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NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES!
NEW CHURCH OFFICE HOURS!
Effective immediately, the following email addresses are active for the church staff:
Stephen Shanks’ will continue to use his personal email address for church business.
Because church communications are often time-sensitive or private in nature, all email should be sent to the above addresses for the pastor, secretary, and financial secretary from now on to be handled in a secure and timely manner.
New Church Office Hours:
Monday – Friday 10:00 – 4:00
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TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY - THEOLOGIAN-IN-RESIDENCE |
Tusculum University invites you to the 31st annual Theologian-in-Residence Program!
The theme for this year’s Theologian-in-Residence is “Translation Opens a Window” – Key Developments in English Bible History, led by Dr. Bennie Crockett, Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness & Planning, William Carey University.
If you would like to register for these virtual and in-person sessions, please contact the Office of Alumni Engagement and Special Events at 423-636-0565 or by email at nrader@tusculum.edu. Registration is necessary in order for us to provide the Zoom link to those who are registered and to maintain an accurate headcount for those that wish to join in-person on Feb. 18th and 25th.
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KING UNIVERSITY - INSTITUE OF FAITH & CULTURE |
UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDE:
please note: There are options to attending these events. Dr. Dotterweich messaged to say that morning events are almost always streamed at (https://webcast.king.edu ), and almost everything will be available afterward on YouTube – if they will like our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/kingfaithandculture), they can get the videos there, too.
Monday, February 28
In Concert: the Becky Buller Band
9:15 am @ King Memorial Chapel
7 pm @ Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Bristol, Virginia
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COMING WEEK
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Friday, February 11
10 am 31st Annual Theologian-in-Residence with Dr. Bennie Crockett (via Zoom)
Topic: "Dominant English Bibles in Print, 1525-1782"
Sunday, February 13 - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
11 am Morning Worship, Interim Pastor, Rev. Sharon Amstutz (in-person & via YouTube)
Monday, February 14
6:30 pm ETSU U-Kirk worship / 7:30 pm meal - WAPC Sponsored
Wednesday, February 16
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Friday, February 18
10 am 31st Annual Theologian-in-Residence with Dr. Bennie Crockett (in-person & via Zoom)
Topic: "Older Greek and Hebrew Manuscripts and Scientific Text Analysis: Changes in the English Bible, 1800-present"
Sunday, February 20 - Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
11 am Morning Worship, Interim Pastor, Rev. Sharon Amstutz (in-person & via YouTube)
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GENERAL FUND: YEAR TO DATE:
2022 Annual Budget - $ 135,000
Budget through February 8, 2022, Week #6 ($ 15,577)
Receipts $ 35,858.50
Disbursements - $ 12,903.72
Balance $ 22,954.78
Thanks to everyone for your continued support the church with your tithes and offerings during this extraordinary time. 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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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
February 10 - Virginia Farr
February 11 - Sue Shanks
February 16 - Carolyn Hawk
February 20 - Stephen Patrick & Phil Brandt
February 23 - Bob Danks
February 24 - Jenny Darling
The Chancel flowers were given
to the Glory of God.
PLEASE NOTE: THE NEW 2022 FLOWER LIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE SIDE ENTRY
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For Members / Regular Attendees
David Robert Hughes (stationed on Korean DMZ); Pat Mooney; Don Loughry; Camilla & Hunter Lyle; Jack Hansel.
For Friends
Lida Jones and family in the recent loss of husband, Bill (former pastor of Waverly Road and Covenant Churches); Carolyn Hawks’ sister-in-law, Dorothy Hawk; Linda Solly; Sue Sheffield's nephew, Jeremiah Collins; Sue Shank's friend, Judy Klein; Sharon Amstutz's brother, Paul Hagood; Karen Frederick; Theresa Lura's cousin, Randy Carter; Sarah Suptin; church neighbor, Casey Harvey; Chris Stansell's parents, Rev. Donald & Velma Stansell.
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; COVID cases are now on the rise in numerous European countries.
Prayers for Others
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 the volcanic eruption in Tonga and tsunami aftermath around the Pacific with humanitarian aid complicated by COVID in Tonga; snowfall and extreme cold weather in Northwest Syria; flooding in Haiti; oil spill off the coast of Peru; aftermath of tropical cyclone Batsirai in Mauritius and Madagascar following tropical storm Ana in Madagascar; Malawi; Mozambique and Zimbabwe with flooding and landslides in Madagascar. And especially prayers for our nation and for strength, endurance, faith and courage for all.
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Who is this couple from our past? |
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America's smallest and most endangered turtle, the bog turtle. When it is not hibernating, the bog turtle rotates between burying itself in muck-bottomed waters and basking in the sun. It once ranged from New York to the southern Appalachians, but wetland development has drastically reduced its habitat. Since the 1980s The Nature Conservancy has studied bog turtle populations at two protected, undisclosed locations in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The sites remain secret to protect the tiny reptiles from poachers who comb the continent for turtles to ship to black-market buyers primarily in Europe and Asia. Scientists steward the long-lived but hard-to-spot species by learning how to best manage the spring-fed meadows, called fens, which the turtles call home.
Together the two sites sustain approximately 80 turtles, making them among the healthiest populations in the Northeast. Last fall biologists continued their work by radio-tracking 20 turtles to monitor habitat usage, removing invasive plant species to keep the fens clear, and searching for previously undiscovered bog turtle populations and more potential habitat. For the first time, after 30 years of monitoring and habitat restoration, the population is starting to disperse into new areas of wetland.
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK |
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Air Pano VR(July 2018 | 7:36 min.)
Lake Baikal was named a World Heritage site in 1996. Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater reserve. Known as the 'Galapagos of Russia', its age and isolation have produced one of the world's richest and most unusual freshwater faunas, which is of exceptional value to evolutionary science. Enjoy this stunning and educational video.
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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.
AMONG THE MISSING: If you have one of these books, please notify the church office so it can be attributed to you as checked out, or return the book if you have finished reading it. Thanks.
230/SPO - "Unbelievable: why neither creeds nor reformation can produce faith for today," by John Shelby Spong
236/SPO - "Eternal life: a new vision," by John Shelby Spong
F/JAM - "Death comes to Pemberly," by P.D. James
F/LEC - "Our Kind of Traitor," by John LeCarre’
F/LAM - "The Imperfect Birds," by Anne Lamont
B/VAN - "Van Gogh’s Second Gift"
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Subsersive: Christ, Culture, and the Shocking Dorothy L. Sayers
By Crystal Downing
(B/SAY)
Known for her bestselling detective novels, Dorothy L. Sayers lived a fascinating, groundbreaking life as a novelist, feminist, Oxford scholar, and important influence on the spiritual life of C.S. Lewis. This pioneering woman not only forged a literary career for herself but also spoke about faith and culture in revolutionary ways as she addressed the evergreen question of to what extent faith should hold on to tradition and to what extent it should evolve with a changing culture. Thanks to her unmatched wisdom, prophetic tone, and insistent strength, Dorothy Sayers is a voice that we cannot afford to ignore.
Providing a blueprint for bridge-building in contemporary, polarizing contexts,
Subversive shows how Sayers used edgy, often hilarious metaphors to ignite new ways to think about Christianity, shocking people into seeing the truth of ancient doctrine in a new light.
Urging readers to reassess interpretations of the Bible that impede the cause of Christ, Sayers helps twenty-first-century Christians navigate a society increasingly suspicious of evangelical vocabularies and find new ways to talk and think about faith and culture. Ultimately, she will inspire believers, on both the right and the left, to evaluate how and why their language perpetuates divisive certitude rather than the hopeful humility of faith, and will show us all a better way forward.
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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 $30 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 (wapc@churchwapc.net or 926-7942) at any time and for the March issue of the e-AVENUE, no later than Wednesday, February 16th. This includes team and committee meetings, news, planned events and other newsworthy items.
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.) |
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