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GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE
Sunday, November 13, 2022 @ 11 am
Sermon - "In Spirit and In Truth" | Scripture reading - John 4:1-42
Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor
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both in-person and on Facebook or YouTube (click here)
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SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION | |
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CURRENT SERMON SERIES
When Nicodemus approached Jesus, he came in the cover of darkness. The woman at the well describes an encounter between a Samaritan woman and Jesus at the brightest time of the day. Regardless of the time, they both encounter the light of the world that has come into the world. As this story unfolds, we hear about worship. Worshipping the Creator God in both spirit and in truth. The invitation is to respond like this woman. Many Samaritans believed because of the testimony of this woman. She had tasted the Living Water, and now she will never thirst again.
Yours in Christ,
Brandon
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SPECIAL WALK IN DECEMBER
Our next walk is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7th at 11 am at Founder's Park in downtown Johnson City. Christmas decorations should already be lining the path. The group will have lunch at One Acre Café following the walk.
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RECENT OUTING
Our group of walkers at Persimmon Ridge park earlier this week. Good photos. Nice weather. Looks like everyone was having fun. With lunch at Main Street Café in Jonesborough afterwards.
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GOOD SAM FAMILIES FOR THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS
We now have our three families for Thanksgiving and Christmas from Good Sam. We are collecting canned goods and other non-perishables for our families. Items can be brought and left in the container in the side entrance Items will be collected through Sunday, November 20th using them as part of our Thanksgiving celebration. So please keep this in mind when you are shopping in the near future. Known information on three families is posted on the bulletin board in the side entry. Due to HIPAA laws the personal information is restricted. Thanks.
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PREPARING FOR ADVENT
We will be sponsoring the Mitten Tree again this year for our annual contribution to Good Samaritan. It will be placed in the side entry beginning on Sunday, November 27th for convenience and so everyone can enjoy seeing the new items being added week by week. The deadline for giving will be Sunday, December 18th. That's not a lot of time, but we know that you will be generous. Everyone is welcome to bring your items and place on the tree. We are looking for scarves, hats, socks, and, of course, gloves and MITTENS.
We are also looking for volunteers to assist with the lighting of the Advent Wreath each Sunday during Advent and on Christmas Eve. If you would like to participate, contact the church office and we can provide you with the script in advance. Thanks.
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THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING
Hugh Broome and the Mission Team thanks everyone who contributed to the Roll Watauga Square project with bathroom, kitchen and cleaning supplies. The items were delivered this past Tuesday morning, November 1st. There was a diverse supply of items collected, including 74 rolls toilet tissue; 11 rolls paper towels; 1 roll waxed paper; 1 box sandwich bags; 5 boxes facial tissues; 1 laundry detergent; 1 bleach; 2 toilet bowl cleaners; 1 Spic and Span cleaner; 1 Comet cleaner; 3 dish washing soap; 5 cans cat food; 25 personal hygiene items; and 2 packs of greeting cards.
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FOOD, FOOD AND MORE FOOD
Lunch Bunch in November includes:
November 13 - Bella Vita's
November 20 - Cafe Lola (reservations for 10 only; please let the office know if you are interested)
Our following Potluck lunch following Morning Worship will be on Sunday, November 27th. We look forward to more tasty treats and delights.
Please note: There is a sign up sheet posted on the bulletin board in the side entry; the meats category has been substituted by finger sandwiches. Please specify, if possible, what kind of pasta, salad, or sandwich.
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HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE COMING WEEK | |
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Sunday, November 13
10 am Adult Library Sunday School Class (in Poteat Library)
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Bella Vita's (2927 N. Roan Street, JC)
Wednesday, November 16
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, November 17
4 pm Green Team (via Zoom)
Sunday, November 20
10 am Adult Library Sunday School Class (in Poteat Library)
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Cafe Lola (1805 N. Roan, JC / reservations for 10 persons only)
Monday, November 21
5:30 pm WAPC dinner @ UKirk
Wednesday, November 23
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Sunday, November 27 - First Sunday in Advent
10 am Adult Library Sunday School Class (in Poteat Library)
11 am Morning Worship, Rev. Brandon Davis, Pastor (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:15 pm Fellowship Potluck Lunch
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2023 PLEDGE DRIVE
Thanks to everyone who picked up a pledge card in advance; cards were mailed this week to those who have been absent or who have not yet returned to in-person worship. Just a reminder: Pledge wards will be presented during Morning Worship this Sunday, November 13th. If you are unable to attend worship this week, you are welcome to drop off or mail your pledge card to the church office.
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GENERAL FUND: YEAR TO DATE: | |
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NOTE: The Session approved an adjusted Annual Budget to include our new Pastor
as well as some other expenses that needed to be adjusted. The Annual Budget increased from $135,000 to $155,900. In order to meet this budget, we hope you will be faithful in your giving. The amount below, next to the week number, indicates what our receipts should be at this point to be on target with our budgeted giving.
[2022 Annual Budget - $ 155,900 (revised, adjusted)
Budget through November 8th, Week #45 ($134,913 - adjusted)
Receipts $ 122,870.39
Disbursements -$ 122,606.23
Balance $ 264.16
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Thanks to everyone for your continued support the church with your tithes and offerings during this extraordinary time. We have a new pastor and our expenditures are increasing. Please make sure that you are faithful in your giving. 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.
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NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
November 16 - Debi Hughes
November 24 - Marsha Brandt
November 26 - Camilla Lyle
NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
November 28 - Lewis & Marcia Songer
The Chancel flowers were given in loving memory of
Sidney Allen Campbell
(4 June 1938 – 10 June 2020)
and Barbara Ann Booth Campbell
(27 June 1940 – 12 March 1990)
by their son, Craig Campbell.
PLEASE NOTE: THE 2022 FLOWER LIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE SIDE ENTRY
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For Members / Regular Attendees
Don Loughry; Camilla & Hunter Lyle
For Friends
Rev. Maggie Lauterer; Delaney Estes, friend of Matthew & Karen Clark; Stephen Patrick's cousin, Linda Strock, diagnosed with stage4 inoperable esophageal cancer (squamous cell); Matthew Clark's friend, David F Smith; Sally Gerhardt's son, Fritz, is beginning his second round of chemo for multiple myeloma; Eddie & Pauline Everhart, neighbors of the Danks; Nathan Songer; Sue Sheffield's nephews, Jeremiah Collins and Tanner Frye; Sue Shank's friends, Judy Klein, Mary Murphy and Rev. Dodie Rossell; Sarah Suptin; church neighbor, Dorothy Harvey; Kelly Hodges.
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 humanitarian crises in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona; as well as, the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Cuba and Florida; also prayers for those affected by recent Hurricanes Julia and Lisa in Belize and Central American, as well as victims of recent tornadoes in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas; a cholera outbreak in Haiti, an ebola outbreak in the Congo; and a famine declared in Somalia, as well as new disasters now unfolding. 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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The early beginnings of our pollinator garden. The ground was broken
in March 2019. This photo is from early June with a few plants
and walks revealed. This is a welcome addition to our neighborhood
and so amazing as to how far we have come.
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Johnson Outdoors—an outdoor recreation and sporting goods company—and the National Wildlife Federation have partnered to launch the Clean Earth Challenge, a trash-collecting competition with a goal to improve the environment by cleaning up 1 million pieces of waste. Individuals or groups can register online to compete in the challenge and track their trash collection using the Clean Earth Challenge website or the Litterati app. The top 10 collectors will appear on a leaderboard.
The website also provides resources for organizing a cleanup, including checklists, safety guides, and templates for fliers and social media posts. In addition, there are resources for schools participating in NWF's Eco-Schools USA program such as educational materials for students and microgrants to fund cleanups. NWF also organized several cleanups. One was at its Earth Tomorrow Summer Institute in Atlanta, a weeklong leadership and environmental advocacy program for high school students. Another was at Great Falls Park in McLean, Virginia, where the team picked up more than 1,000 pieces of trash. (GSN #123)
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK | |
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THE BEAUTY OF ECUADOR: Rainforests, Volcanos and More
Wonders of Nature (December 2021 | 7:11 min)
Tucked away on the west coast of South America, Ecuador has a surprising wealth of natural beauty you’d struggle to find anywhere else in the world. With four distinct micro-climates and a landscape that varies from alpine to tropic, there’s bound to be something for everyone within the country’s borders.
Ecuador has memorable scenery amid soaring snow-capped Andes Mountains, biodiversity without comparison and spectacular Amazon Rainforest. Includes highlights of Mindo Valley; Pailon del Diablo Waterfall; Quilotoa Vulcano Lake; Crowned woodnymph bird; White-necked jacobin bird; Time-lapse of the sky above Quito; Cotopaxi National Park; Golden tanager bird; Andes Mountains; Cayambe Volcano; and the Amazon Rainforest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ey-rlDjPGc
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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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Mornings with Bonhoffer: 100 Reflections on the Christian Life
By Donald K. McKim
(242/MCK)
“No priest, no theologian stood at the cradle of Bethlehem. And yet, all Christian theology finds its beginnings in the miracle of miracles, that God became human.”
These stirring words are just a sample of the wisdom found in this collection of 100 devotions that guide and inspire us. Mornings with Bonhoeffer provides an acute understanding of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theological perspectives, helping us to reflect on what his thoughts can mean for faith and the Christian experience. Short excerpts from Bonhoeffer’s letters and passages from his sermons, paired with the daily devotions, offer timeless and moving reminders of God’s love for humanity speaking to the “head” and “heart” of theological understanding and personal faith.
Dr. Donald K. McKim brings Bonhoeffer to life in this beautiful devotional that provides understanding of often misunderstood, multifaceted writings as well as an inside look at the imperfect man behind the saintly image. The result is a heartrending portrait that provides Bonhoeffer’s true insights, as well as insight into the faith that sustained and redeemed him.
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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 December issue of the e-AVENUE, no later than Wednesday, November 16th. This includes team and committee meetings, 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.) | | | | | |
