GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE |
Sunday, July 31, 2022 @ 11 am
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:1, 22-25 and
Exodus chapters 3 & 4 (selected verses)
Sermon: "Fruit of the Spirit - Faithfulness"
Interim Pastor: Rev. Sharon Amstutz
both in-person and on YouTube or Facebook
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 |
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DEATH OF LORENA LAWRENCE MAST |
Sue Shanks announced Sunday morning that Lorena Mast had been killed in a two-car accident in Nashua, Montana on Saturday morning July 23rd. With her in the car were six nieces and nephews, children of her sister, Monika McKinney. The children were taken to the hospital in nearby Glascow for treatment.
Her daughter, Kat Lawrence, is there now along with her siblings, Liz and Isaiah Mast, and other family members and friends. It is their plan to hold a memorial service for Lorena at Hopwood Christian Church at Milligan College in early August. We will keep you informed of the date, time and other details.
Lorena and her family were long-time friends of the church and worshiped with us many times especially during the years Wes Jamison was our youth director. Our prayers and best wishes are extended to the family during their time of grief and sadness.
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STROLL THROUGH FOUNDER'S PARK |
Everyone is invited for a stroll at Founders Park on Tuesday August 2nd. The trail is about a mile in length, level, stroller and walker friendly and there are benches along the way. This is a pleasant walk along Brush Creek with flowering plants and works of art along the way. There is not much shade so a hat would be welcomed.
The park is in downtown Johnson City between South Commerce Street and West State of Franklin. We plan to meet in the parking lot for the Farmers Market at the end near the park, opposite Wild Wings, at 9:30 AM. Parking should be available there.
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AFGHAN FAMILY RESETTLEMENT UPDATE |
Afghan Resettlement Partners of Northeast Tennessee had their meeting Sunday evening at Jonesborough Presbyterian Church along with interested members of area churches and the community. Reports were made by the leaders of the various teams: housing, transportation, health & medical, cultural orientation & adjustment; interpretation & translation, public benefits, schooling, English language classes, and employment. They are still waiting on the name of the family and its composition. note: If you would like a copy of the minutes and the list of volunteers, please let the office know and that information can be forwarded to you.
Anyone can visit this page and sign up to make a donation. The page will be updated with additional items needed once we learn the composition of our family.
Donations to help with clothing and other resettlement expenses may be submitted to:
Jonesborough Presbyterian Church
P.O. Box 383
Jonesborough, TN 37659
ATTN: Treasurer
***Please put “Mission Fund” on the “For” line on the check.***
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Jean Darling has asked if anyone is interested in reviving the Keenagers group for gatherings or other events. The Keenagers involves anyone over 50, which is most of us now. If you would like the group to return, please give Jean a call. |
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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. Also remember that is the same week that PW Circle restarts for the fall on Thursday, September 1st. Please contact Linda Brashear 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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GOOD SAM BACK TO SCHOOL DONATIONS |
Here's the list of school supplies that Sally took to Good Sam.
1 backpack filled with school supplies: notebook, notebook dividers, notebook paper, folders, binder pouch, composition books, highlighters, markers, pens, pencils, erasers, colored pencils, crayons, white-out, file cards, post-its, scotch tape, and glue sticks.
And other assorted items including: 2 backpacks, 2 notebooks, 3 subject notebooks,
4 composition books, 2 packs colored markers, 1 pack colored pencils, 2 packs crayons,
2 packs pens, 4 packs pencils, and 5 glue sticks.
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The Lunch Bunch will be return to White Duck Taco this week (July 31). We are still planning to schedule Cafe Lola sometime in August with Michelle's help. If you want to join us and have a favorite restaurant that includes outdoor seating, just give the office a call so we can put it on the list. See you Sunday!! |
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH (noted when online)
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Sunday, July 31 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Interim Pastor, Rev. Sharon Amstutz (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ White Duck Taco (126 Buffalo Street, JC)
Tuesday, August 2
9:30 am Walk through Founder's Park (Downtown JC)
Wednesday, August 3
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, August 7 - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship / Communion, Interim Pastor, Rev. Sharon Amstutz (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ TBD
Tuesday, August 9
7 pm Session meeting
Wednesday, August 10
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, August 14 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Gary Helton, CRE, Guest Minister (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @
Wednesday, August 17
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, August 21 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Karen Russell, Guest Minister (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ TBD
Wednesday, August 24
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, August 25
4 pm Green Team (via Zoom)
Saturday, August 27
Loaves & Fishes @ West Main Street Christian Church
Sunday, August 28 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Karen Russell, Guest Minister (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ TBD
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 resumes meeting
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LECTIONARY FOR JULY / AUGUST |
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July 31 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Semicontinuous: Hosea 11:1-11 and Psalm 107: 1-9, 43
Complementary: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 and Psalm 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; and Luke 12:13-21
August 7 - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Semicontinuous: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 and Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23
Complementary: Genesis 15:1-6 and Psalm 33:12-22; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; and Luke 12:32-40
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August 14 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Semicontinuous: Isaiah 5:1-7 and Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19
Complementary: Jeremiah 23:23-29 and Psalm 82; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; and Luke 12:49-56
August 21 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Semicontinuous: Jeremiah 1:4-10 and Psalm 71:1-6
Complementary: Isaiah 58:9b-14 and Psalm 103:1-8; Hebrews 12:18-29; and Luke 13:10-17
August 28 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Semicontinuous: Jeremiah 2:4-13 and Psalm 81:1, 10-16
Complementary: Proverbs 25:6-7 and Psalm 112; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; and Luke 14:1, 7-14
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"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" - Psalm 27:1 |
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August Elder of the Month - Dick Lura
Next Session meeting - Tuesday, August 9th @ 7 pm
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2022 Annual Budget - $ 135,000
Budget through July 26th, Week #30 ($ 77,885)
Receipts $ 76,069.50
Disbursements - $ 76,892.82
Balance $ 86.68
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.
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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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JULY / AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
July 29 - Tom Shanks
July 31 - Tommy Causey
August 1 - Janis Miyamoto
August 2 - Emily Caponero
August 3 - Sherry Bailey & Marty Shanks
August 10 - Matthew Clark
August 20 - John Hancock
August 21 - Dick Lura
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES
August 6 - David & Jennifer Wood
THE NEW 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
The family of Lorena Mast (death in automobile accident in Montana); George & Jo Rolling; Gene Barringer, Kelly & Michael Blevins and Betsy Parks, friends of Matthew & Karen Clark; Eddie & Pauline Everhart, neighbors of the Danks; Nathan Songer; Rev. Maggie Lauterer; Karen Frederick; the family of Olga Pastushenko from Odessa, Ukraine refugees in Romania; Joel Carillet, local photojournalist; 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 with the lost of property due to flooding, but grateful that there were no lives reported lost or missing. And especially prayers for our nation and for strength, endurance, faith and courage for all.
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Who are these people and what are they doing? |
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NOTEWORTHY GREEN SPACE NEWS |
Years of hard-hitting advocacy by the Natural Resources Defense Council have paid off. The FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), the federal agency charged with approving new natural gas pipelines, has upended its polluter-friendly status quo and will finally put the "public" in public interest. No longer will the FERC rubber-stamp new pipelines without first considering the projects' impacts on the environment and local communities, as has long been required by law.
"For far too many years, FERC has allowed private pipeline developers to call the shots while cutting those affected by the projects out of the process," says the attorney for the Sustainable FERC Project at NRDC. Previously, the agency approved a whopping 99% of all applications since 1999. The attorney adds, "Communities and landowners will now have a say before new pipelines cut across their land."
(GSN#109)
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK |
Trailwalkers (May 2022 | 4.35 min.)
Enjoy the sights and views of Cyprus with these hiddens gems on both the Greek and Turkish area of the island, including Cape Greco; Mitsero Red Lake; Cape Aspro; Avakas Gorge; Aphrodite Nature Trail; and Buffavento Castle Peak.
Matthew Spiller (January 2021 | 4:38 min.)
Picture Element Cyprus (November 2019 | 5:51 min.)
Contrast between mountains and sea, from sunset to sunrise and day to twilight, a masterpiece of nature!!
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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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Slighly Bad Girls of the Bible: Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God
By Liz Curtis Higgs
(221.9/HIG)
A spiteful boss, a defiant employee, a manipulative mother, a desperate housewife, an envious sister…honey, we know these women. We’ve lived with them, worked with them, or caught a glimpse of them in our mirrors.
Now let’s take a look at their ancient counterparts in Scripture: Sarah mistreated her maidservant, Hagar despised her mistress, Rebekah manipulated her son, Leah claimed her sister’s husband, and Rachel envied her fertile sister.
They were far from evil, but hardly perfect. Mostly good, yet slightly bad. In other words, these matriarchal mamas look a lot like us.
“A Slightly Bad Girl is simply this: a woman unwilling to fully submit to God. We love him, serve him, and worship him, yet we find it difficult to trust him completely, to accept his plan for our lives, to rest in his sovereignty.” —from Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible
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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 $30 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 September 2022 issue of the e-AVENUE no later than August 15th. This includes team and committee reports, 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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