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Sunday, August 28, 2022 @ 11 am
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Sermon - Luke 14:1-14
Brandon Davis, Pastor
both in-person and on YouTube or Facebook
WAPC Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgI_BKUlZH70GzG90xIQ1xA
The Session approved at its April meeting that masks are now optional during worship.
We will continue to monitor the number of cases locally.
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SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION | |
WELCOME OUR NEW PASTOR - BRANDON DAVIS | During our Called Congregational Meeting last Sunday, members heard the report of the PNC and read the biographical information on our pastoral candidate, Brandon Davis. We are delighted to report that he was approved by the congregation and will lead worship beginning on this week. His ordination and installation is being planned and we will announce the date soon. | |
SPECIAL THANKS
Dear Friends,
Thank you for the lovely send-off into retirement that you gave me on my last Sunday with you. The flowers were exquisite – thank you, elders! -and the reception following worship was so thoughtful (and delicious).
Again, I just want to say how much I enjoyed our almost-two years together, getting to know each of you, worshipping together, and stretching ourselves as we learned all the amazing things our technology can do for us and for God’s kingdom. Your faith and hope were inspirational to me, and I am grateful to be exposed to the ways our faith speaks to our relationship with creation. And yes, I am still composting!
I am excited for you as you head out into a new day at WAPC. Blessings on your journey with your new pastor and a God who is always faithful.
In the peace of Christ,
Sharon
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FELLOWSHIP POTLUCK RETURNS THIS WEEK
Just in case you did not receive word, there will be a Fellowship Potluck Lunch following worship this Sunday, August 28th. We look forward to see many of you again and what treats you may bring. The following potluck lunch is set for Sunday, September 25th, our 130th Anniversary weekend.
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ANNUAL LABOR DAY PROJECT FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS | WAPC's non-traditional way of celebrating Labor Day is becoming a tradition! Once again Frontier Health would like for us to contribute diapers and baby wipes for its Mother-Chile Nurturing Parent Program, which helps high-risk pregnant mothers become successful nurturing parents. Frontier Health recently donated some of its diaper supply for flood victims in Eastern Kentucky, and so its supply is currently low, and all sizes of diapers are needed. If you'd like to add small gifts like pacifiers or rattles, they would be welcome, too. DEADLINE IS LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH. There is a large container in the side entryway for your donations. Thank you! | |
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Just a friendly reminder and plenty of notice that there will be at PW 5th Tuesday Work Day coming up on August 30th. It will be time to make more Hygiene bags. So bring your items to fill those bags, including: shampoo, combs, small tissues, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrush (and cover), face cloth, deodorant, bar of soap. Also remember to bring in those magazines, notepads, greeting cards, and calendars.
Also remember that is the same week that PW Circle restarts for the fall on Thursday, September 1st. Please contact Linda Brashear, no later than August 15th, if you will be needing a study book. New members are always welcome so let Linda know if you want to join with them.
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We would still like suggestions for Lunch Bunch in September and later, If you have a restaurant we should put on the list for those dates. There is good news: The Black Olive has just opened a Johnson City location at the former locations of Sabore's at 202 East Main. We will add them to our list Sunday, September 4th.
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AFGHAN FAMILY RESETTLEMENT
Afghan Resettlement Partners of Northeast Tennessee group happily reports that the two siblings from Afghanistan arrived in Johnson City this past Monday. They are very glad to be here and are grateful for their new apartment.
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ETSU / UKIRK KICKOFF
This past Monday night was the Kickoff for the new Fall semester at ETSU / UKirk. There was a nice turnout with food from Moe's Southwestern Grill for dinner. They are hoping others will join them at other upcoming events.
We will keep you posted when WAPC is hosting the dinner.
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH (noted when online)
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Sunday, August 28 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:15 pm Fellowship Potluck Lunch
Tuesday, August 30
10 am PW 5th Tuesday Workday
Wednesday, August 31
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, September 1 - Season of Creation begins
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
10 am PW Circle rmeeting
Sunday, September 4 - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship / Communion, Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ The Black Olive (202 East Main, Johnson City TN)
Monday, September 5 - LABOR DAY
Church Office Closed
Tuesday, September 6
9 am Holston Presbytery Meeting @ Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, Kingsport
Wednesday, September 7
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, September 11 - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ TBD
Tuesday, September 13
7 pm Session meeting
Wednesday, September 14
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, September 18 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ TBD
Wednesday, September 21 - International Day of Peace
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
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
Tuesday, September 27
WAPC 130th Anniversary (1892 - 2022)
Wednesday, September 28
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, September 29
4 pm Green Team (via Zoom)
Sunday, October 2 - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / World Communion Sunday
11 am Morning Worship / Communion, Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ TBD
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But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint. ~ Isaiah 40:31
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September Elder of the Month - Ed Snodderly
Next Session meeting - Tuesday, September 13 @ 7 pm
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2022 Annual Budget - $ 135,000
Budget through August 23rd, Week #34 ($ 88,414)
Receipts $ 93,586.00
Disbursements - $ 87,188.82
Balance $ 6,397.18
Thanks to everyone for your continued support the church with your tithes and offerings during this extraordinary time. Please make sure your pledges and giving is up to date. 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 4th, 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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Holston Presbytery meetings 2022 / 2023
Meetings in March, June and December begin at 9 am; meeting in September begins at 2 pm.
Saturday, March 5, 2022 @ Waverly Road, Kingsport
Saturday, June 4, 2022 @ Strawberry Plains
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 @ Colonial Heights, Kingsport
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 @ Hopewell
Saturday, March 4, 2023 @ TBD
Saturday, Jun 3, 2023 @ First Presbyterian, Morristown
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 @ TBD
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 @ TBD
Rev. Diana Moore, Transitional Stated Clerk
Rev. Karen Russell, Transitional Executive Presbyter
Stephanie Ratcliffe, Transitional Treasurer/ Financial Manager
info@holstonpresbytery.org
423-247-6178
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SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
September 1 - Elizabeth Caponero
September 4 - Lewis Songer
September 9 - Wilsie Bishop & Nancy Fennell
September 14 - Michelle Browning
September 16 - Jean Darling
September 20 Nicole Caponero
September 21 - Alynda Worrell
September 23 - Rev. Ron Bowie
SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
September 4 - Camilla & Hunter Lyle
The Chancel flowers this past week were given in loving memory of
Robert William “Bob” Darling
(20 August 1923 – 5 April 2005)
by his wife, Jean Roeder Darling.
THE 2022 FLOWER LIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE SIDE ENTRY
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THOUGHTS & PRAYERS
For Members / Regular Attendees
Phyl Summers; Don Loughry; Camilla & Hunter Lyle; Jack Hansel.
For Friends
Karen Clark's aunt, Merietta Cahill; Matthew Clark's friend, David F Smith; Ken Solly and family; 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; Sharon Amstutz's brother, Paul Hagood; Sarah Suptin; church neighbor, Dorothy Harvey.
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 a new humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan following the earthquake on the Afghan / Pakistan border, as well as the Horn of Africa hunger crisis. Prayers for the families in Buchanan County, Virginia, Southeast Kentucky and other places experiencing massive flooding; prayers for the people of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria along with new flooding issues. 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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This is definitely a picture from the past. Some of you surely
know what this is !!
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NOTEWORTHY GREEN SPACE NEWS | |
Bristol Bay, an area off the coast of southwest Alaska, has one of the country's most spectacular remaining ecosystems. It provides vital habitat for hundreds of different kinds of fish including all five salmon species, dozens of marine mammal species including threatened northern sea otters, walruses, several species of imperiled whales, and one of the world's largest seabird colonies. After the bay was stripped of its environmental protections in 2019, Defenders of Wildlife and eleven other organizations filed a lawsuit to protect the area from a proposed open-pit mining site that that would have contaminated the region's waters and caused harm to local communities.
In announcing the reversal, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan stated the agency's recommitment to science-based decisions that protect the natural environment. "Bristol Bay is home to the world's largest remaining wild salmon runs and is too valuable to be put at risk," says Patrick Lavin, the Defenders' policy advisor. (GSN#113)
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK | |
ZHANGJIAJIE NATIONAL FOREST PARK, HUMAN, CHINA
MIKI SIVAN (SEPTEMBER 2020 | 5:46 MIN.)
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Wulingyuan) is one of the most stunning and unique nature views in the world. Enormously tall pillars (more than 200m) spreading over a huge area. This can’t be seen anywhere else. They are amazing as viewed from vista points. Includes the scenic areas of Lao Wu Chang, Yuanjiajie, and Tiauzi Shan.
Zhangjiajie inspired the "floating mountains” of Avatar the movie. It is one of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bCGA6GQvCs
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LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
CHECK OUT THE POTEAT LIBRARY
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NOTE: 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. The white book cart inside the library has new titles. There is also an orange book cart in the Heritage Room that has books free for the taking. Come and browse.
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The Dream of the Earth
By Thomas Berry
(215/BER)
This landmark work, first published by Sierra Club Books in 1988, has established itself as a foundational volume in the ecological canon. In it, noted cultural historian Thomas Berry provides nothing less than a new intellectual-ethical framework for the human community by positing planetary well-being as the measure of all human activity.
Drawing on the wisdom of Western philosophy, Asian thought, and Native American traditions, as well as contemporary physics and evolutionary biology, Berry offers a new perspective that recasts our understanding of science, technology, politics, religion, ecology, and education.
He shows us why it is important for us to respond to the Earth’s need for planetary renewal, and what we must do to break free of the “technological trance” that drives a misguided dream of progress. Only then, he suggests, can we foster mutually enhancing human-Earth relationships that can heal our traumatized global biosystem.
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Congregational Concerns / Prayer Requests - Please contact the church office or Sherry Bailey.
Flower List - Sign up to sponsor flowers for our weekly worship services in honor or in memory of loved ones. Arrangements are $65 each.
Liturgists - On Hiatus - 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) for the October 2022 issue of the e-AVENUE no later than September 15th. This includes team and committee reports, 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.)
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