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.
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. A separate labeled basket is available each week to receive Our Daily Change offerings, formerly known as Five Cents a Meal hunger offering.
GUEST PREACHER Cindy Riley is a Swannanoa Native and a graduate of Owen High School who found her way back in 2017. She currently serves as the Program Director for Hope for Tomorrow at Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry and is ordained to Word and Sacrament with the Evangelical Covenant Church. Cindy and her husband Dennis have 4 daughters and 5 grandchildren, with another one on the way! Cindy and Dennis have been worshiping with us since the spring.
WELCOMING REFUGEES If you would like to learn more about serving on a Circle of Welcome to assist a refugee family as they settle in our area, there is a handout available in the entryway, or you may contact Vicki Collins (vcollins@warren-wilson.edu, 828-712- 0251). You do not need to be a member of the church, and no financial commitment is involved.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office (298-9092).
We celebrate: abundant volunteers to form a Circle of Welcome for a refugee family ⸰ 70 tote bags (and counting!) that we’ll use in our SVCM project in early September.
We remember in prayer: Friends and family of Kim Reece, (daughter of Nancy and Rick Garrison), following her death on July 12 ⸰ Friends and family of Austin Jordan, following his unexpected death on June 29 ⸰ the family of Elda Pineda, our faithful church cleaner, after her brother’s death in El Salvador ⸰ Sandee Butterworth and family, following Milt’s death on June 26 ⸰ Amanda Branscombe, following consultation with her cardiologist on August 1. Amanda is recovering from shingles and hoping to be cleared for spinal fusion surgery (in Alabama) on August 15 ⸰ Bill Christy, as he continues to heal following a heart transplant ⸰ John and Susan Laney, recovering from COVID. Cards are much appreciated. John will let us know when they are ready for visitors. ⸰ Bubba Lytle, Rodney and Sharon’s son, making excellent progress recovering from a serious motorcycle accident ⸰ Thurman Slone, Joyce Cucinella’s brother, now under Hospice care ⸰ Carol Lee Joslin, Blake Joslin’s mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s ⸰ Beth Newman, who is back at work but continuing to recover her strength following a bone marrow transplant ⸰ Elda Pineda’s mother and father, Karmen Iraeta and Josue Victor Pineda, as she battles kidney and heart problems and as he recovers from cancer ⸰ Jackie Ligon Cole ⸰ Pat Crumpler ⸰ Vernon Daugherty, Sr. (Derron’s father) ⸰ Martha Dugger ⸰ Rick Garrison ⸰ Houston Huggins (Beth Meriwether’s brother) ⸰ Erika Lytle ⸰ Salyna Morgan ⸰ Fran Roberts’ sister-in-law, Linda Briggs ⸰ Jon Hettrick and his family ⸰ Marjorie Hettrick ⸰ Kim Reece (daughter of Nancy and Rick Garrison) ⸰ Shane Reece (Nancy Garrison’s son) ⸰ Pat Wilson’s son, Kell.
HANDBELLS STARTING SOON! The handbell choir is resuming rehearsals after Labor Day this year with plans to enrich worship through a larger part of the liturgical year in celebration of the refurbishments completed last year. If you have interest in joining, or questions, please contact Natalie Daugherty (336) 413-9071.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Greeters will welcome worshipers, offer bulletins and other worship resources to guests, and assist with a brief after-service cleanup of bulletins and hymnals. Liturgists typically lead the Call to Worship, offer the Prayer for Illumination and the First Reading, and lead the Affirmation of Faith. All texts are supplied to readers. Coffee-Hour Hosts make coffee (provided by the church), and put out snacks, juice, and water. (Hosts may choose to use snacks available at the church or bring refreshments to share.) Hosts have access to the parlor kitchen for clean up. Susan Daugherty and members of the Congregation Life Team are available to answer questions or provide assistance. Sign-up sheets are available in the entryway. We’d love to have you participate!
EXTRA TOTE-BAGS? SVCM has a new shower to be used by neighbors who don’t have access to such facilities. We are collecting clean, reusable tote bags (fabric or plastic) large enough to hold a towel and toiletry items. Please bring any bags you have to share. There is a box in the narthex to collect them. With gratitude for all the ways you help!!!
RECEPTION HELP If you would like to contribute finger food (cookies, fruit, nuts, etc.) to be served at the reception following Milt Butterworth’s memorial service on the afternoon of Saturday, August 17, please bring your contributions to the Fellowship Hall kitchen on Friday, August 16, before 3:00, or simply bring them prior to the service on the 17th.
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Monday – Friday, 9:00-3:00.
BUTTERWORTH MEMORIAL A service of thanksgiving for the life of Milt Butterworth will be held in the chapel on Saturday, August 17 at 2:00, with a reception to follow in the Fellowship Hall.