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GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE
MORNING WORSHIP
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 @ 11 am
"Show Me Your Hands"
Scripture reading: John 20:19-31
John W. Golden, Guest Minister
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both in-person and on Facebook or YouTube (click here)
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ELDER OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL - KAREN CLARK
* PLEASE NOTE: CHECK OUT OUR NEWLY UPDATED WEBSITE
https://wataugapc.org
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SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION | |
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SERMON NOTES
After Jesus is put to death, the disciples are crowded together in a locked room. Could they be next? They got to Jesus, surely they could get to us. But it is in that place of fear and doubt that Jesus enters in. He comes with the word peace. Not just worldly peace that is an absence of war, but peace that surpasses all understanding. Even in the face of a friend that still is unable to believe, Jesus offers peace. So join us this week as we enter into this space of faithful discernment and a savior that meets us where we are.
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ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
The class class has begun reading and discussing Elaine Pagel's, The Gnostic Gospels, a provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts. You are still welcome to join the group each week.
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UPCOMING GREEN WALK
Another walk has been planned for Wednesday, April 10th at 11 am at Jacob's Nature Park. Use the parking lot located off King Springs Road. Enjoy a leisurely stroll with friends and enjoy nature. Lunch afterwards. See you there!
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Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church is going solar. If this is news to you, then you get to join in on the celebration right now! For many years, faithful people at Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church has thought, prayed, and planned for a future when the church would be ready and able to have a solar project on the roof. Well that plan has sped up faster than I think any of us could have imagined this past 6 months. This past week, the Energy Efficiency Commission and myself signed the contract with our solar vender. This means that parts are being ordered and shipped to Johnson City, TN and we are well on our way to having them installed this spring. While there is still some work that needs to be done, this is a moment where we get to celebrate. Celebrate all the work that God has been doing and will continue to do through this church. Thank you all for the support and work and we will be updating you about the project when things start moving. | |
LUNCH BUNCH / FOOD NEWS FOR APRIL
April 7 @ Milligan Cafe
April 14 @ Southern Craft BBQ
April 21 @ Rainbow Asian Cuisine
April 28 - Fellowship Potluck Lunch
A SPRING LUNCH BUNCH SCHEDULE (March-April-May) is posted on the bulletin board. Happy Dining!!
IF ANYONE HAS SUGGESTIONS FOR OTHER DINING VENUES, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE TO ADD THEM TO OUR LUNCH ROTATION. THANKS.
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COMING WEEK | |
Please note: Constant Contact is having various technical issues, including run-on items; i have worked around most issues, but cannot fix others. I have notified the company several times and they are well aware of the problems. | |
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Sunday, April 7, 2024
10 am Adult Sunday School reading "The Gnostic Gospels," by Elaine Pagels
11 am Morning Worship, John W. Golden, guest minister (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:15 pm Personnel Committee (in Conference Room)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Milligan Cafe (1436 Milligan Highway, JC)
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Monday, April 8, 2024
12:30 pm Church Staff Meeting
6 pm Weekly Bible Study (in Conference Room)
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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
6 pm Session Meeting
6:30 pm CPR and AED training for Session members & staff (in gym)
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
11 am Green Walk @ Jacob's Nature Park (off King Springs Road) with lunch afterward.
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
10 am Adult Sunday School reading "The Gnostic Gospels," by Elaine Pagels
11 am Morning Worship / Communion, Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Southern Craft BBQ
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6:30 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
10 am Adult Sunday School reading "The Gnostic Gospels," by Elaine Pagels
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Rainbow Asian Cuisine
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Monday, April 22, 2024
NO Weekly Bible Study this week
6:30 pm Supper & meeting at ETSU / U-Kirk (WAPC hosting)
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GENERAL FUND: YEAR TO DATE: | |
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[2024 Annual Budget - $ 181,300
Budget through April 5, Week #13 ($45,325)
Receipts $ 82,638.91
Disbursements -$ 43,766.61
Balance $ 38,872.30
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The 5 cents per meal offering is taken the first Sunday of each month.
Our next special offering will be for Pentecost on Sunday, May 19. 2024.
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NEW SESSION COMMITTEES and CHAIRS
a. Connections - Sherry Bailey & Jenny Darling
b. Finance – Nancy Fennell
c. Growth – Karen Clark
d. Mission – - Susan Turner & Debi Hughes
e. Personnel – Wilsie Bishop
f. Property– Dick Lura & Ed Snodderly
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THOUGHTS & PRAYERS & JOYS | |
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APRIL BIRTHDAYS
April 10 - Rev. George Rolling
April 22 - Mike Miyamoto
April 23 - Theresa Lura
April 25 - Rev. Maggie Lauterer
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For Friends and Family
Michelle Browning's friends and co-workers, Jay and Bevi; Alice Burrell and family; Nancy Spahr; Sue Ellen Sheffield; Sue Sheffield's friend, Charlotte Woody (hospice); Marat Moore; Hunter Lyle; Camilla Lyle's brother, Jeff McFee; Sue Shanks' college roommate, Sue Trevathan; Jeff Morris; Alynda Worrell-Welch’s mother-in-law, Shelly Welch; the Hughes family for son-in-law Bryce Bennett; George, Jo & Nikki Rolling; Jonathan Sharp; Don Loughry; Rev. Maggie Lauterer; Sarah Suptin; Kelly Hodges.; Heather Hughes; Edna Campbell.
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Prayers for Others
Continue to pray for the people in Ukraine as they continue their fight against the Russian Invasion. For the ongoing humanitarian emergency between Israel and the Palestinians of Gaza. New emergencies include: flooding in Kazakhstan, Kenya and Papua New Guinea; migrants and asylum seeker in Libya; Tropical Cyclone Gamane in Madagascar; wildfires in Mexico, Virginia and West Virginia; various storms and tornadoes across the United States; and continued volcanic activity in Iceland along the Reykjanes Peninsula. Prayers for U.S. troops and migrants seeking refuge along the southern U.S. border. And especially prayers for our nation and for strength, endurance, faith and courage for all.
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IN THE POTEAT LIBRARY
Please remember the library is open by appointment and 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 Cities that Built the Bible
By Robert R. Cargill
(220.9/CAR)
For many, the names Bethlehem, Babylon, and Jerusalem are known as the setting for epic stories from the Bible featuring rustic mangers, soaring towers, and wooden crosses. What often gets missed is that these cities are far more than just the setting for the Bible and its characters—they were instrumental to the creation of the Bible as we know it today.
Robert Cargill, Assistant Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Iowa, is an archeologist, Bible scholar, and host of numerous television documentaries, such as the History Channel series Bible Secrets Revealed. Taking us behind-the-scenes of the Bible, Cargill blends archaeology, biblical history, and personal journey as he explores these cities and their role in the creation of the Bible.
He reveals surprising facts such as what the Bible says about the birth of Jesus and how Mary’s Virgin Birth caused problems for the early church. We’ll also see how the God of the Old Testament was influenced by other deities, that there were numerous non-biblical books written about Moses, Jacob, and Jesus in antiquity, and how far more books were left out of the Bible than were let in during the messy, political canonization process.
The Cities That Built the Bible is a magnificent tour through fourteen cities: the Phoenicia cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos, Ugarit, Nineveh, Babylon, Megiddo, Athens, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Qumran, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Rome. Along the way, Cargill includes photos of artifacts, dig sites, ruins, and relics, taking readers on a far-reaching journey from the Grotto of the Nativity to the battlegrounds of Megiddo, from the towering Acropolis of Athens to the caves in Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
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Congregational Concerns / Prayer Requests - Please contact the church office or Sherry Bailey with information.
Flower List - The 2023 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.
e-Avenue deadline - Please submit information to church office (office@wataugapc.org or 926-7942) at any time and for the May issue of the e-AVENUE, no later than Thursday, April 18th. 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.) | | | | |
