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.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office.
We remember in prayer: The family of Will Dale, Jamie’s brother, following his death on January 29 ⸰ The family of Patrice Lytle, Rodney and Sharon’s neice, following her death.⸰ The family of Jack and Sue Allison, on the death of Jack’s brother Robin. ⸰ Vicki Collins, recovering from shoulder surgery ⸰ Wanda Mitchell, friend of Sally Broughton, has been referred to hospice care after a hospitalization for pneumonia.⸰ Mary Craig as she recovers from back surgery ⸰ Dina Taylor, Barbara Escalante’s sister, recovering from surgery in California on December 2, for a brain bleed. ⸰ all who continue to be affected by loss caused by recent storms. In our congregation, we remember especially Andrew Tripp, Cindy and Dennis Riley, Jackie Wintle, Joyce Cucinella, and Bob, the father of Natalie’s partner Jeff ⸰ Amanda Branscombe, as she continues to recover from spinal fusion surgery ⸰ Bill Christy, as he continues to heal following a heart transplant ⸰ Susan Laney, receiving therapy at home ⸰ Ongoing prayers for the extended Lytle family ⸰ Jackie Ligon Cole ⸰ Pat Crumpler ⸰ Martha Dugger ⸰ Rick Garrison ⸰ Houston Huggins (Beth Meriwether’s brother) ⸰ Fran Roberts’ sister-in-law, Linda Briggs ⸰ Jon Hettrick and his family ⸰ Marjorie Hettrick ⸰ Shane Reece (Nancy Garrison’s son) ⸰ Pat Wilson’s son, Kell
HABITAT VOLUNTEER DAYS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH Faith partner volunteers, including 10 from our church, made great progress helping Habitat build new affordable homes in Arden last fall, and there is a new opportunity for volunteers to help from February 4-March 22. We have spaces reserved on the volunteer schedule for Fridays Feb 14 and March 7, and Saturdays Feb. 15 and March 8, and many other dates are available. No special skills or tools are needed, only a willingness to help. If you have questions about this important mission project, contact Larry Griswold (larrygris@gmail.com).
ADULT EDUCATION CLASS We meet Sundays at 9:30 in the Adult Ed room. The book that we are currently focusing on is John Pavlovitz’s Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage & Compassion When Cruelty is Trending. This book seems particularly relevant in these days in which we are living. Contact Beth Meriwether (828-777-2867) with any questions. All are welcome.
TOGATHER We meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month through May at 1:30 PM in the chapel parlor. Please know that all are welcome and there are no expectations. This is a time to build and strengthen relationships, spend some time in quiet reflection and prayer, learn and practice calming and relaxation skills, and share resources. January would be a great time to begin. Contact Beth Meriwether (828-777-2867) for information.
MISSION STUDY UPDATE Thank you for your participation in our Mission Study Questionnaire. The questionnaire responses are being collated, and a narrative is being created. In the next few weeks, your Mission Study Team will be at work pulling together the pieces of the Mission Study and creating a document which will serve as a “snapshot” or Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church. The team hopes to complete their work this month and present the Mission Study to your session, the entire church, and the Presbytery of Western North Carolina Commission on Ministry by March.
SOUPER BOWL In 1990, Souper Bowl of Caring began with a simple prayer from a single youth group: “Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those without a bowl of soup to eat.” Since then, close to $200 million has been generated for local charities across the country through Souper Bowl of Caring. It has become a powerful movement that transforms the time around the Big Game into the nation’s largest celebration of giving and caring for those in need. Through this mission, people learn they can make a positive difference in the world as they collect food, raise money and serve at hunger-relief charities and show caring and compassion in local communities across the country. Share in God’s love for our neighbors in need and give generously on Souper Bowl Sunday during worship on February 9. All of the donations collected will go toward feeding programs in the Swannanoa Valley.
NEW SANCTUARY PIANO The funding for the new sanctuary piano purchased in November was provided by existing church resources: endowment funds, designated funds, and prior year surplus funds. If anyone would like to make an additional contribution for the piano to help replenish these church sources, that would be most welcome. Should you wish to contribute please indicate that you are giving to the piano fund.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING The Annual Congregational Meeting of Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church will be on February 9, 2025 at the end of our 11:00 worship service. We will: receive a 2024 written annual report from our ministry areas, be given the 2025 budget for information, and hear an update on the Mission Study.