WELCOME VISITORS If you are worshiping here for the first time today, welcome! We are glad to have you with us. Please fill out a visitor information card, located on the right as you enter the chapel, and place it in the offering plate.
OFFERING Plates are available just inside the doors to the chapel as you enter and exit. Our gifts take many forms: open-hearted presence here, voices lifted in song, the prayers that rise in us, the material gifts we share with neighbors, and our willingness to live in a world as allies and advocates for those whose needs are overlooked. The monies we bring symbolize the offering of our lives in all circumstances.
PEACE & GLOBAL WITNESS OFFERING will be collected today. Please put your gift in the envelope provided and place the envelope in the offering plate in the back of the chapel.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office.
We celebrate: All the Warren Wilson Alumni past and present with us in worship this morning ⸰ The beautiful, newly stained Chapel
We remember in prayer: Peggy Rada, who is now in skilled care nursing and for her husband, Heath Rada, a former moderator of the general assembly. They live at Highland Farms. ⸰ The Pastor Nominating Committee as they have begun interviews.
GUEST PASTORS Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church (USA) pastors participating in worship today include:
Rev. Dr. Howard Boswell (’80)
Rev. Kathy Dall Campbell (’78)
Rev. Dr Kevin Frederick (’77)
Rev. Dr. Allen Smith (’92)
GUEST MUSICIAN Special Music this morning is sung by Anne Mackey (’69), who graduated from WWC in Biology in 1969, studied Medical Technology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and received her music education from the Manhattan School of Music. She is beloved for many reasons, but especially for her soaring soprano voice. She has performed worldwide, notable with the Metropolitan Opera, the Pittsburgh Opera, Harlem Opera of New York, Brengenzer Festspiele, Teatro Real, The Opera Bergen of Norway, and the Norddeutschen Rundfunk Orchestra in Hannover, Germany.
ALUMNI CHOIR Thank you to the Alumni Choir who have joined their voices together with the Warren Wilson Chancel Choir!
COMMUNITY YOGA We are hosting the Riceville Community Yoga that lost their usual meeting place to Helene. This class is open to anyone and meets Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:00 AM in the downstairs youth room of the Education Building
HOMECOMING POTLUCK Today, following worship, is the Homecoming potluck lunch in the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome! So please stay and join us!
PIANO FORUM The Asheville Area Piano Forum Recital is happening in our chapel on Sunday, October 19 at 3:30. This concert features area piano teachers and performers with funds going towards scholarships for young pianists. Free tickets are available to WWPC members by signing up on the sheet in the narthex or by talking to Ted Stewart.
A WEEKEND OF LISTENING, LEARNING, & LEADING We are partnering with WWC to host Katy Schafer in a series of events. Katy and her husband, Mac Schafer, have served churches in the Raleigh area and recently moved to Doylestown, PA. They have four children, one of whom, Hunter Schafer, is a well-known actor and transgender activist. October 24 at 6:30 is a meal and Q&A entitled “Beyond Pink & Blue: Widening the Welcome” at Canon Lounge. October 25 is a breakfast and discussion entitled “Safe Space, Brave Space” in the Fellowship Hall at 9:30 AM. Katy will also be preaching on October 26.
CENTENNIAL CELEBREATION WWPC is turning 100!! Here are some of the ways we are celebrating:
⸰ November 9, 3:30 – Tribute of Thanks Concert by Friends of Steve Williams
⸰ November 13, 5:30 – Preservation Society Lecture in the Chapel
⸰ November 23, 12:00 – Anniversary Celebration and Reception