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Worship Preview | Sunday, July 10, 2022
In-person Service and Youtube
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*For the full revised common lectionary, please click here. | |
| Thursday, July 7 | PW Circle 4 Mtg. | 7:00 pm on Zoom | | Saturday, July 9 | Garden Workday
(Team 4) | 9:00 am | GCPC Community Garden | | Sunday, July 10 | Summer Choir | 9:45 am | Choir Room | | Sunday, July 10 | Hybrid Worship
(In-person and online) | 10:45 am @ GCPC
(also on Youtube) | | Sunday, July 10 | Summer Fellowship | 11:45 am | GCPC Courtyard | | Monday, July 11 | Volunteer with La Milpa | 1:00 - 3:00 PM | Emma United Methodist | | Tuesday, July 12 | Guatemala Comm. Mtg. | 5:30 pm on Zoom | | Tuesday, July 12 | Worship Council Mtg. | 5:30 pm on Zoom | | Tuesday, July 12 | Property Council Mtg. | 6:00 pm on Zoom | | Wednesday, July 13 | Garden Workday
(Team 1) | 9:00 am | GCPC Community Garden | | Wednesday, July 13 | Summer Bible Study | 10:00 am on Zoom | | |
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GCPC Summer Choir
Sing because you can! Summer choir begins this Sunday in the Choir Room 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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Serve Volunteer Opportunity
You are invited to assist our Covenant Partner, Colaborativa La Milpa, with sorting, bagging and giving food from their monthly Manna Food Bank shipment at Emma United Methodist - parking lot - 59 Adams Hills Rd (off Bingham Rd. from Emma Rd.) AVL 28806.
Join Serve Committee member Dean Presson this Monday, July 11 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. They need volunteers! Knowing Spanish is appreciated yet not required.
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STAFF & OFFICE SCHEDULE
Wondering who's where, doing what, and when?! Here's an overview of where you can find our full-time staff this summer and who to contact for what:
Amy Kim, Director of Formation for Children, Youth & Their Families
In Office: Tuesday & Thursday, Sunday service, Remote: Monday & Wednesday
amykim@gcpcusa.org
Anna Louise, Engagement & Communications Coordinator
In Office: Tuesday - Thursday, Remote: Monday & Friday
annalouise@gcpcusa.org
Cliff, Property Manager
In Office: Monday- Thursday, Sunday service
cliff@gcpcusa.org
Jeff, Director of Music Ministries
In Office: Tuesday - Thursday, Sunday service, Remote: Friday
jeff@gcpcusa.org
Micah, Director of Technology & Media Ministries
In Office: Weekday schedule varies, Sunday service
micah@gcpcusa.org
Natalie, Stewardship & Financial Administrator
In Office: Tuesday & Thursday, Remote: Monday & Wednesday
natalie@gcpcusa.org
Richard, Associate Pastor
In Office: Tuesday - Thursday, Sunday service, Remote: Friday
richard@gcpcusa.org
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The church office is open Tuesday - Thursday, 10am - 4pm.
We recommend calling ahead or emailing to set up an appointment if you are wanting to meet with a specific staff member. Please note, many staff are off or work remotely on Monday and the office is not open on Friday.
Coming to visit? We have a new video doorbell to assist with security. To access the building or office, please enter through the far left glass doors off the courtyard (labeled Enter). Ring the doorbell to have the door unlocked. The GCPC office is down the hall to the right, just past the Sanctuary.
You can also reach our office by phone at 828.254.3274. Follow the prompts for the staff directory to dial by name or press 0 for the main office.
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Sunday Flowers for the Sanctuary!
There are still some dates on the 2022 Flower Chart! 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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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 (7/3-7/9): Pam Baker | email: pam.dunkin56@gmail.com
Next week (7/10-7/16): Bill McNeff | email: wpmcn6@yahoo.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)
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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SAVE THE DATES!
A Journey Through “The Revelation of John”
Thursdays (Sept. 15 - Nov. 17) | 6:30 - 8:30 PM | Fellowship Hall
Rev. Dr. Marcia Mount Shoop, Instructor
This course is a deep dive into “The Revelation of John” that will involve a ten week commitment. Each week there will be an optional opportunity to prepare your spirit and mind with centering prayer in the sanctuary at 6:00pm prior to the beginning of class at 6:30pm.
Class participants will carefully read “The Revelation of John” in small amounts for each class and be asked to journal in response to prompts each week as well. We will explore the prophetic edges of this book as well as the liberative message that many miss when the book is mistaken for a prophesy of the future. Childcare will be available.
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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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Last Saturday's Team 2 had 10 volunteers and harvested 2 lbs. of basil, 12 lbs. of beans, 4 lbs. of chard, a half pound of cilantro, 11 lbs. of collards, 33 lbs. of cucumbers, 9 lbs. of kale, 53 lbs. of onions, and 31 lbs. of summer squash.
This bountiful harvest was shared with Western Carolina Rescue Ministries.
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On Wednesday, 18 YTL volunteers harvested 49 lbs. of cucumbers and 51 lbs. of onions to share with the YWCA and YTL families. | |
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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 | |
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Interfaith Initiative -
Social Justice Opportunities
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Buncombe County Remembrance Project |
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Ruling Elder Yenny Delgado preached at Tuesday’s service. | |
Building a diverse, multiethnic community -
A message from the Gospel of Luke at GA worship
~ by Rick Jones
Hundreds tuned in on Tuesday morning for worship as the third and final week of the 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) got underway. The prerecorded service was livestreamed via the GA225 website and Spirit of GA Facebook page. Presbyteries and churches from east to west coasts took part in the mix of traditional hymns, worship in dance, Scripture and message offered in a variety of languages and expressions.
Ruling Elder Yenny Delgado was the guest speaker for the service. A native of Peru, Delgado opened with a reflection on her family’s journey to citizenship in the United States.
“When I was growing up, I never imagined I would be sharing at the 225th General Assembly. I grew up in a community where my family struggled for food and housing,” she said. “My grandmother had fled the city for the countryside where she worked as a farmer for decades before the family made its way from Peru to Costa Rica and later to the United States.”
Delgado said that the three generations of her family had a challenging time finding a place to call home.
“We traveled thousands of miles from east to west and south to north. But we continued to be part of a Christian community wherever we were and always found a community of faith,” she said. “Despite the hardships, I grew up with a faith in God.”
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Amanda Craft, an assistant stated clerk who serves as manager of advocacy in the Office of Immigration Issues. | |
PC(USA) declared ‘Sanctuary and Accompaniment Church’ -
General Assembly embraces effort to assist immigrants and addresses some polity matters
~ by Darla Carter
With almost all of its items having been approved via consent agenda, the General Assembly’s Immigration Committee put much of its energy Tuesday night toward IMM-06, leading the way for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to declare itself a “Sanctuary and Accompaniment Church.”
The Assembly approved the slightly amended item 340 to 25 after a presentation by the committee and a few concerns raised about what effect IMM-06 would have on individual churches.
Amanda Craft, manager of advocacy in the Office of Immigration Issues in the Office of the General Assembly, stressed that IMM-06 is not intended to force churches to provide sanctuary in the sense of accepting immigrants into a physical space, which is something that requires “a lot of discernment,” she said.
IMM-06 is about affirming “decades and decades of policy that the PC(USA) has valued and spoken to” and “encouraging congregations to use this opportunity to discern” what accompaniment or sanctuary would look like for them, Craft said.
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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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