GOOD NEWS AND WORSHIP UPDATE
Sunday, July 17, 2022 @ 11 am
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Scripture: Ruth 1:1-9, 16-17 and Galatians 5:13-26
Sermon "The Fruits of the Spirit - Kindness"
Rev. Sharon Amstutz, Interim Pastor
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SPECIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION |
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GOOD SAM BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM - NOW |
Good Samaritan Ministries will provide backpacks and school essentials to children returning to school this August. The Back to School programs services children from low-income families who are on free and reduced-price school meals. Good Samaritan Ministries will distribute backpacks and school essentials on July 22-23. Each registered child will receive a backpack loaded with school supplies.
We apologize for not getting this information to everyone sooner. With various other things on our plate right now, this got overlooked. You should know what we are looking for the following items:
Backpacks; Pencils; Pens; Paper (loose-leaf); Composition notebooks; Scissors; Crayons (24 ct.); Binders (1”,2”); Index cards; Bottle Glue/Stick glue; Pencil pouches; Markers (12 ct.); Colored pencils (12 ct.).
We are working under a deadline with everything needed by next week. If you can bring items to church this Sunday, that would be wonderful; or if you can drop off items on Monday or Tuesday (July 19-20). Thanks for your cooperation on this worthy project.
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AFGHAN FAMILY RESETTLEMENT |
There is still time to donate items for this worthy cause. The online list is up to date with items still needed, so please take time to see if there is anything you want provide.
If you wish to sign up for areas other than support for housing and clothing and have not yet done so, please let Carolyn Andrews know. Once we are assigned a family, we will need help with employment, schooling, health and medical, public benefits, etc. We will feel less overwhelmed if we have many hands on deck.
WAPC has volunteered to fulfill the portion of items in the Office, School & Craft supplies section of the master list of items needed by the family to get started. Most all of the items have been purchased and are found in the If you have purchased some of these items, please drop them by the church office or bring to church with you by July 17th.
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The Lunch Bunch will be going to Bella Vita (July 17) and Frieberg's (July 24) which only has indoor seating. We are 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 COMING WEEK |
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Sunday, July 17 - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Interim Pastor, Rev. Sharon Amstutz (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
Wednesday, July 20
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday, July 21
4 pm Green Team (vis Zoom)
Sunday, July 24 - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 am Morning Worship, Interim Pastor, Rev. Sharon Amstutz (in-person YouTube / Facebook)
12:30 pm Lunch Bunch @ Frieberg's (203 East Main, JC)
Wednesday, July 27
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
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 @ TBD
Wednesday, August 3
4 pm Meditation Circle (via Zoom)
6 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
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GENERAL FUND: YEAR TO DATE:
2022 Annual Budget - $ 135,000
Budget through July 12th 2022, Week #28 ($ 72,692)
Receipts $ 70,827.50
Disbursements - $69,265.53
Balance $ 1,561.97
Thanks to everyone for your continued support the church with your tithes and offerings during this extraordinary time. But please note that our surplus funds are dwindling. Make sure that your pledges are up-to-date. There is much work that still needs to be done and we are only half way through the year.
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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JULY BIRTHDAYS
July 16 - Anne Causey
July 17 - Susan Turner
July 29 - Tom Shanks
July 31 - Tommy Causey
August 1 - Janis Miyamoto
August 2 - Emily Caponero
August 3 - Sherry Bailey & Marty Shanks
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES
August 6 - David & Jennifer Wood
The Chancel flowers were given in loving memory of
Roger Mainer Helm
(5 December 1951 - 11 July 2011),
by his wife, Ginger Davis Helm.
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
Miyamoto and Chin families in the loss of Janis' brother, Jerry Chin; Ken Solly and family in the loss of his wife Linda; Sally Gerhardt's son, Fritz is beginning his second round of chemo for multiple myeloma; Gene Barringer 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; Theresa Lura's cousin, Randy Carter; 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.
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 recent flooding in Cuba from Tropical Storm Alex, and massive rainfall in the states of Pernambuco; Alagoas and Paraiba of Northeast Brazil; and fires in California Canyon and Hermits Peak in New Mexico; and the flooding in Yellowstone National Park that washed away roads and other infrastructure, among numerous other ongoing crises and disasters. 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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I'm sure that someone can tell us whose work of art this is. |
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The oil industry is reaping massive profits on the backs of consumers who are desperately struggling to pay gasoline prices that soared due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With the war in Ukraine dominating headlines and causing shocking human suffering and economic turmoil around the world, oil and gas companies have taken advantage of tragedy. They have done so by directing massive profits to shareholders and keeping prices high for consumers while enlisting lobbyists and friendly lawmakers to advance their preexisting agenda of ramping up fossil fuel production and exports.
Big Oil companies have used two main tactics to enrich investors and executives. First, they have purchased shares of their own stock and retired them, reducing the number of shares outstanding and driving up the value of each remaining share. Secondly, they have increased dividends. A joint report from Friends of the Earth, Bailout Watch, and Public Citizen draws on oil and gas company securities filings to highlight that since the beginning of 2021 the companies have authorized spending a combined $45.6 billion for purchasing and retiring their own stock, directly enriching insiders and shareholders.
(GSN #107)
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VIRTUAL CREATION ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK |
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4K Relaxation Channel
(February 2018 | 20 min.)
The Hoh Rain Forest is one of four rain forests on the Olympic Peninsula. However, it is the only one that has been awarded the distinction of being a World Heritage Site and a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Its unique ecosystem has remained unchanged for thousands of years and it is now the most carefully preserved rain forest in the northern hemisphere. The most common types of trees that grow in the Hoh Rain Forest are Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock (Washington's official state tree), which can reach over 300 feet high and seven feet in diameter. Most of them are covered with huge clumps of hanging moss and ferns. Moss is an epiphyte, which is a plant that grows on another plant without harming it (as opposed to a parasite). Epiphytes get their moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, fog, and debris that accumulates around them.
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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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Saved by Fait and Hospitality
By Joshua W. Jipp
(241.JIP)
Too few Christians today, says Joshua Jipp, understand hospitality to strangers and the marginalized as an essential part of the church's identity. In this book Jipp argues that God's relationship to his people is fundamentally an act of hospitality to strangers, and that divine and human hospitality together are thus at the very heart of Christian faith.
Jipp first provides a thorough interpretation of the major biblical texts related to the practice of hospitality to strangers, considering especially how these texts portray Christ as the divine host who extends God's welcome to all people. Jipp then invites readers to consider how God's hospitality sets the pattern for human hospitality, offering suggestions on how the practice of welcoming strangers can guide the church in its engagement with current social challenges—immigration, incarceration, racism, and more.
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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 August issue of the e-AVENUE, no later than Friday, July 15th. 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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