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J.O.Y. Group Gathering: Shindig on the Green | |
Worship Preview | Sunday, July 3, 2022
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
Outdoor Service and Youtube
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*For the full revised common lectionary, please click here. | |
| Saturday, July 2 | Garden Workday
(Team 2) | 9:00 am | GCPC Community Garden | | Sunday, July 3 | Summer Choir | 9:45 am | Sanctuary | | Sunday, July 3 | Hybrid Worship
(In-person and online) | 10:45 am @ GCPC
(also on Youtube) | | Sunday, July 3 | Summer Fellowship | 11:45 am | GCPC Courtyard | | Monday, July 4 | 4th of July | OFFICE CLOSED | | Tuesday, July 5 | Church Office Open! | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | | Tuesday, July 5 | VRQ BBQ Cook Team | 4:30 or 5:30 pm @ the VRQ | | Tuesday, July 5 | Guatemala Comm. Mtg. | 5:30 pm on Zoom | | Tuesday, July 5 | PW Circle 2 Mtg. | 7:30 pm on Zoom | | Wednesday, July 6 | Garden Workday
(Team 3) | 9:00 am | GCPC Community Garden | | Wednesday, July 6 | MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) Group | 11:00 am | Sanctuary (also on Zoom) | | Thursday, July 7 | PW Circle 4 Mtg. | 7:00 pm on Zoom | | |
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GCPC Summer Choir
Sing because you can! Summer choir begins this Sunday in the Sancutary at 9:45 AM. This opportunity is open to all who want to sing. Join us for the time of fellowship, where we will warm up and learn a simple anthem to share in worship. This is a great time to find out if you enjoy singing in a choir. No experience necessary, children and adults welcome.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
VRQ—BBQ Cook Team | Tuesday, July 5 | 4:30 PM to cook or 5:30 PM to work the serving line | Veterans Restoration Quarters
On the first Tuesday of each month a team from GCPC gathers at VRQ, 1329 Tunnel Road, to grill hamburgers, prepare and serve supper for the veterans housed there. The VRQ is continuing to require masks.
If you can help please contact Bill Neeriemer, bill.nmer@gmail.com.
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Preferred Pronouns- Now Added in Realm!
We've added a Preferred Pronouns field to the Realm Personal Information profile options. You can follow the steps below to self-manage and add your pronouns or send us your preferences at office@gcpcusa.org and we can enter it for you!
To Add/Edit Your Preferred Pronouns:
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On the top right, click your name and select My Profile
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Click the dark blue Edit Profile button
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Shift over to the second tab at the top labeled Personal Information
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Scroll down in the Details section to Preferred Pronouns and type yours in
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Sunday Flowers for the Sanctuary!
The 2022 Flower Chart is now available! Please consider signing up to give flowers one Sunday. GCPC will place the order each week. Click on the button below to access the calendar and check which dates are available.
After signing up, email Anna Louise (annalouise@gcpcusa.org) your dedication for the bulletin or include it in the comment section in the sign-up.
Please mail your $75 check, payable to GCPC (with Flowers in the Memo line) to 789 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, NC 28804
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If you would like to help usher, please fill out this form asap so that the Head Ushers can more easily and efficiently access you:
https://bit.ly/UsherAvailability
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Patty and Gaby with photos of
young dancers from La Milpa’s Raíces program.
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Recently we visited with Gaby Escobar, director of La Milpa’s Consulta Tu Compa referral service. Gaby’s job is connecting people and resources. When asked about opportunities for GCPC people to get involved on a personal level with La Milpa, she suggested:
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Assist at Manna Food Bank delivery/distribution day. First Mondays (2nd in July), Emma United Methodist Church: Organize foods, 1-3 PM. Distribution 3-5 PM.
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Employ Quetzal Community Real Estate rental home management. Quetzal charges a 10 % fee (less than the usual 11-12%) and plans to use the profit to buy another mobile home park for more affordable workforce housing. Says Kathy Watson, real estate broker for Quetzal, “If you were lucky enough to buy a rental home 10 years ago, here’s how you can give back. Use Quetzal as your rental agent.”
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Contribute to housing needs. Consulta Tu Compa receives many requests for help with bills, especially rent bills and even just finding a place to live. Contributions and leads on available housing are welcomed.
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Contribute to car repair. Consulta Tu Compa has a long list of people needing help with car repair. They have been collaborating with Working Wheels of Asheville. (Thanks to GCPC’s, Jamie Beasley, Executive Director, and Leslie Sharpe, Donation Specialist).
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Hire Raíces children’s folkloric dance troupe for an event https://www.raices-emma-erwin.org/
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Learn about “community development without displacement”. How Emma community is organizing to defend against gentrification. Excellent video at https://www.poderemma.org/
Contact Dean Presson or Lynne Meacham of GCPC Serve Council to learn more about meeting and working alongside the people at La Milpa. Spanish and English spoken here.
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Deacon of the Week:
The deacons of Grace Covenant are available to talk and pray with you by phone or online and to coordinate care. If you have difficulty reaching your assigned deacon or if you do not know who your assigned deacon is, please feel free to reach out to our deacon of the week.
This week (6/26-7/2): Cathy Froehlich | email: oremont2@gmail.com
Next week (7/3-7/9): Pam Baker | email: pam.dunkin56@gmail.com
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Prayer requests will stay on the GCPC Prayer List for one month. Please let any staff member know if you (or your loved one) would like to remain on the list for longer.
Iglesia Jerusalem congregation
Maria and Esteban Goicoechea (La Mariposa and her husband)
Seth Turnbow (Anne Raustol’s twin brother)
Vince and Michele (Gordon Gaiser’s niece and nephew-in-law)
Chip Lambert (GCPC Community member who is hiking the App. Trail)
Shabnam and Sana (Afghan Family partnering with GCPC’s Circle of Welcome)
Deanna Fleenor (Mike Fleenor's sister)
Trey and Alisha Thompson and 3 kids - Gabi 7, Arlo 5, and Eldon 3 (Patty and Brent Thompson's son and daughter-in-law and children)
Gail Buchanan and family (friend of Karen Rohls)
Paula Kelton (Mary Bridges' mother)
Will Pressley
Ann Burnette (Amanda Pressley's friend)
Bob Higgins
Susan Smialowicz
Doris Prak
Michelle Chromey and family
Bob Schaefer
Frances Johnson
Don and Gloria Moe
Janet Hovis
Earl Fowler
Karen Rohls
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Presbyterian Womenʼs Circles are Zoom meetings. Please join us.
Circle 1: Second Monday of each month, 10:00 a.m.
Circle 2: First Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m.
Circle 3: Varies (Click here to see schedule for 2021-2022), 7:00 p.m.
Circle 4: First Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m.
Circle 5: First Monday of each month, 11:00 a.m.
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Need to set up a church zoom meeting?
Contact Anna Louise and she can get you all set up!
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On Wednesday, June 22 three YTL volunteers did some garden work, harvesting 34 pounds of cucumbers and 8 carrots that were shared with YTL families. They also did some planting and watering that day.
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Last Saturday's Team 4 had 14 volunteers and harvested 1.5 lbs. of basil, 1 lb. of beans, 5.5 lbs. of chard, 11 lbs. of collards, 58 lbs. of cucumbers, 6 lbs. of kale, 60 lbs. of onions, and 21 lbs. of summer squash.
This bountiful harvest was shared with Loving Food Resources.
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Wednesday's Team 1 had 16 volunteers and harvested almost .5 lb. of basil, 19 lbs. of beans, .5 lb. of chard, 14 lbs. of collards, 18 lbs. of cucumbers, .5 lb. of kale, 25 lbs. of onions, and 41 lbs. of summer squash that was shared with YTL families.
This team also watered, weeded, seeded and strung!
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Also on Wednesday, 9 YTL volunteers harvested 43 lbs. of cucumbers and 34 lbs. of carrots to share with YTL families. They also planted spinach and cucumbers in the World Garden. | |
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Planning on giving regularly to GCPC? Let us know by submitting a pledge, which helps us maintain sustainable financials and more accurately budget. Anyone can pledge any amount- every single gift helps support the ministry and mission at GCPC!
WAYS TO PLEDGE:
Questions, concerns, or need help setting up eGiving? Contact Natalie Weaver, Stewardship & Financial Administrator at 828.254.3274, natalie@gcpcusa.org, or stop by the office Tuesdays 10am - 4pm.
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Community Working Together | |
Flora Wilson Bridges, a Teaching Elder Commissioner, explained some terminology during the first meeting of the Gender and Racial Justice Committee on June 23, 2022. (Photo by Rich Copley) | |
A long - and historic - day 1 -
Race and Gender Justice Committee addresses historical injustices
~ by Fred Tangeman
On the first day of its work, the Race and Gender Justice Committee took a big step toward addressing an historical injustice against a Native Alaskan congregation in Juneau, Alaska, approving an overture instructing reparation and atonement for the racist closing of Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1963.
The committee also approved three other main motions, speaking to (1) the murder and disappearance of Indigenous women, girls and two spirit people (MMIWG2S), (2) the murder of transwomen of color and (3) the urgent need for improved reproductive care for Black mothers and children.
A resolution addressing the lack of installed pastoral leadership in people of color congregations was dealt with in parts and should be completed Friday.
Read the action summary of the Race and Gender Justice Committee here.
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Miguel Dros Lorenzo moderated the Environmental Justice Committee meeting on June 23, 2022, in his native Spanish, with real time English and Korean translations available for those who needed it. (Photo by Rich Copley) | |
GA committee approves MRTI’s fossil fuel divestment proposal -
Other environmental justice matters also pass
~ by Darla Carter
The Environmental Justice Committee voted Thursday in favor of a proposal that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) divest from five fossil fuel companies, following the failure of a motion that would have postponed action until a group of other divestment overtures are taken up on Friday.
The 30-7 vote came after a roughly 30-minute presentation by the Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) explaining why it’s recommending that Chevron, ExxonMobil, Marathon Petroleum, Phillips 66 and Valero Energy be placed on the General Assembly’s Divestment/Proscription List.
In ENV-10, MRTI is recommending selective divestment, rather than complete or categorical divestment from fossil few companies, because, among other things, it believes that selective divestment has a greater impact on companies that are lagging behind when it comes to meeting GA standards, said the Rev. Kerri Allen, who chairs MRTI.
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Film Screening: Theirs is the Kingdom | Monday, July 11 | 6 :00 PM | 297 Haywood Street
A stunning work of art, painted in the nearly-lost style of fresco, illustrates the welcoming grace within Haywood Street Congregation's mission; Relationship, above all else.
Please join us at 6pm on Monday, July 11, for a screening of Theirs is the Kingdom. This award-winning film tells the story behind the making of the fresco and within the fresco. Popcorn and beverages will be served, and it is very possible several of the fresco models will be in attendance.
The event is open and free to all.
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HOW TO CONTACT STAFF:
The church office is open weekly for walk-ins on Tuesdays, 10am - 4pm. Our staff can also be reached by email or voicemail Monday - Friday. To leave a voicemail for a staff member to return your call, follow these steps:
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Call the main office at 828-254-3274.
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Listen through the office closure notice, which will then take you to a staff directory.
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Enter the first 3 letters of either the staff member's first or last name on your phone keypad (i.e. to reach Natalie Weaver, you'd enter 628 for NAT or 932 for WEA).
- You'll be directed to the staff member's individual voicemail, where you can leave a message to be returned as soon as possible.
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If you just want to leave a message for the general voicemail box, press 0.
You can also reach our staff by email- please see our website for each staff member's individual email address.
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Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
789 Merrimon Ave. Asheville, NC 28804
828.254.3274
www.gcpcusa.org
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