GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE
Sunday, August 21, 2022 @ 11 am
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Scripture: Hebrews 12:18-29; and Luke 13:10-17
Guest minister, Rev. Karen Russell,
Transitional Executive Presbyter for Holston Presbytery
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SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION |
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CALLED CONGREGATIONAL MEETING - AUGUST 21ST |
A Called Congregational Meeting is announced for Sunday, August 21st immediately following morning worship to hear the report of the PNC and to vote on the pastoral candidate and terms of call. |
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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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AFGHAN FAMILY RESETTLEMENT |
Afghan Resettlement Partners of Northeast Tennessee group has received word that they will be receiving a brother and sister from Afghanistan who should be arriving within the next week. Hopefully, there will be more information forthcoming about the siblings.
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FLOOD RELIEF FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY |
If you and your congregation want to funnel donations through Transylvania Presbytery for direct relief, the easy-to-use online giving portal on the Holston Presbytery website will make it easy. Just make sure the memo says “flood relief” and we will make sure it all goes to the right place.
In the meantime, there are some things we know will be needed:
- Money, either through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, or we can get money directly to the presbytery there for direct help
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Clean up buckets: here is a link that shows what is in included in these buckets, and can be used as a bulletin insert if you’d like; if your church could serve as a collection and assembly point for these buckets, that would be great; I hope we can deliver these in person in the next few days https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/pda/pdfs/cleanup_bucket_bulletin_insert.pdf
- Folks willing to be on “stand by” when the need for helping hands is more clear
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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, 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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The Lunch Bunch has reservations to have lunch at Cafe Lola on August 21st @ 12:45 pm. If you want to be included please message the office ASAP. We would still like suggestions for August 28th.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 soon.
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Just a reminder that Loaves & Fishes at West Main Street Christians Church will be coming up at the end of August on Saturday, August 27th. Hugh is asking for volunteers to help pack the meals; the cupcakes are under control. Stay tuned.
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COMING WEEK |
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Sunday, August 21 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Karen Russell, Guest Minister (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
Called Congregational Meeting following worship to hear the report of the PNC
12:45 pm Lunch Bunch @ Cafe Lola (1805 N Roan, JC)
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 - suggestions please
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
10 am PW Circle in Fellowship Hall
Sunday, September 4 - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, TBD (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ TBD - suggestions please
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GENERAL FUND: YEAR TO DATE: |
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[2022 Annual Budget - $ 135,000
Budget through August 16th, Week #33 ($85,673)
Receipts $ 93,556.00
Disbursements -$ 82,928.84
Balance $ 10,627.16
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Thanks to everyone for your continued support the church with your tithes and offerings during this extraordinary time. We are on the verge of getting a new pastor and our expenditures will soon be increasing. Make sure that your pledges are
up-to-date. There is much work that still needs to be done and the year is already beginning to wind down. 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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AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
August 20 - John Hancock
August 21 - Dick Lura
The Chancel flowers were given
in support of the spirit and courage
of the people of Ukraine.
PLEASE NOTE: THE NEW 2022 FLOWER LIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE SIDE ENTRY
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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 with new flooding issues. And especially prayers for our nation and for strength, endurance, faith and courage for all.
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This is our own Ed Snodderly serenading members, former members
and guests at our 125th Anniversary back in September 2017.
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Capturing carbon dioxide is not a new concept. In the 1920s some drillers were already venting gas through liquid-filled chambers to separate CO₂ from more lucrative methane. The fundamentals of carbon capture haven't changed much since then. Now the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change tells us that in order to maintain a livable climate, we need not only to stop carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere, but also to remove billions of tons of the stuff annually. Plants can absorb only so much. Carbon capture can't reverse our past emissions, but it might help.
Environmentalists are studying several forms of carbon capture, not just point-source capture (collecting CO₂ from a smokestack or a gas well). For high-tech carbon capture to work, many other things need to work first. Public money needs to be directed toward generating clean energy. Financial incentives need to be reworked so that capturing and storing carbon is more lucrative than releasing it. The sheer cost of carbon capture serves as an important reminder that investing in cutting emissions right now is a bargain. If funding carbon capture is worth it, so is spending money not to release it in the first place.
(GSN #112)
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK |
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JOHN MCSPORRAN (May 2017 | 9:50 min.)
One of the first two national parks created by the Scottish Parliament in 2002, the other being Cairngorms National Park. Loch Lomond is the largest lake in Great Britain and the Trossachs are an area of wooded hills, glens and lochs that lie to the east of Loch Lomond. The views are reminiscent of our own Appalachians, of which geologists have proclaimed they are part of the same ancient mountain chain.
Enjoy this beautiful film by John McSporran of Loch Lomand and the Trossachs National Park. The views of the various lochs and mountains are stunning and breathtaking. Included are Loch Drunkie, the Falls of Little Fawn, Loch Innis mo Cholmain (Lake of Menteith), Ben A'an and Loch Katrine, the Arrochar Alps from Ben Venue, Lochan Balloch, Loch Venachar; Ben Ledi, Loch Lubnaig, Loch Arklet, Loch Ard and Ben Lomond.
Music by Ken Macleod with his songs "Long Road Ahead" and Willow and the Light".
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IN THE POTEAT LIBRARY
NOTE: The library is open by appointment. 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.
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Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
By Amy-Jill Levine
(226.8/LEV)
The renowned biblical scholar, author of The Misunderstood Jew, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament interweaves history and spiritual analysis to explore Jesus’ most popular teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for modern readers.
Jesus was a skilled storyteller and perceptive teacher who used parables from everyday life to effectively convey his message and meaning. Life in first-century Palestine was very different from our world today, and many traditional interpretations of Jesus’ stories ignore this disparity and have often allowed anti-Semitism and misogyny to color their perspectives.
In this wise, entertaining, and educational book, Amy-Jill Levine offers a fresh, timely reinterpretation of Jesus’ narratives.
In Short Stories by Jesus, she analyzes these “problems with parables,” taking readers back in time to understand how their original Jewish audience understood them. Levine reveals the parables’ connections to first-century economic and agricultural life, social customs and morality, Jewish scriptures and Roman culture.
With this revitalized understanding, she interprets these moving stories for the contemporary reader, showing how the parables are not just about Jesus, but are also about us—and when read rightly, still challenge and provoke us two thousand years later.
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Congregational Concerns / Prayer Requests - Please contact the church office or Sherry Bailey with information.
Flower List - The 2022 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.
Liturgists - 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) at any time and for the September issue of the e-AVENUE, no later than Friday, August 19th. This includes team and committee meetings, 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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