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. 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 celebrate: much work and progress towards restoring Andrew Tripp’s home, with gratitude for all the volunteers and professionals who are working to make that happen ⸰ all those who contributed to the Mission Study Plan and its completion ⸰ Donna Eagle Joslin has seen two different bald Eagles recently – this time, up close on her property!
We remember in prayer: Joanne Lincoln is recovering from an appendectomy on March 16 ⸰for our congregation as we proceed with selection of the Pastor Nomination Committee ⸰Arden Starnes, her family, and her caregivers ⸰ 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 ⸰ Susan Laney, receiving therapy at home ⸰ Ongoing prayers for the extended Lytle family ⸰ Jackie Ligon Cole ⸰ Pat Crumpler ⸰ Martha Dugger ⸰ Rick Garrison ⸰ 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
COMMUNITY LENTEN SERVICES The Swannanoa Valley Ministerial Alliance is having a community Lenten service every Wednesday at noon from March 5-April 16, with a Good Friday service on April 18. Each will be led by a different church (we are leading the April 2 service). All services will be hosted at Black Mountain UMC and will be followed by a free community meal provided by Open Table.
PHOTO REQUEST In preparation for the centennial celebration, we want your old pictures of the church. The older the better! Please find any photos of the church or church activities in the current chapel, Williams building, Sunderland, or before and give them to Kay Stockdale. We can scan and print them if you’d like to keep the original. Please put your name and any info you have on the back of the photo.
HABITAT MOMENT FOR MISSION On March 30 Wayne Thomas, a future owner of Habitat for Humanity House of Faith #4, will visit us for a Moment for Mission at the start of service. We will also receive a special offering to help with materials for the house – any donation will help. Options for giving: 1) through our church website (click Give Online button – top right), 2) by check with Habitat offering written on the memo line, or 3) by Qualified Charitable Distribution from an IRA or check from a Donor Advised Gift Fund sent to the Church, marked Habitat Offering.
TOGATHER We meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month through May at 1:30 PM in the chapel parlor. This is a time where all are welcome to build and strengthen relationships, spend some time in quiet reflection and prayer, learn and practice calming and relaxation skills, and share resources. This is an open group; feel free to come whenever you are able. Contact Beth Meriwether (828-777-2867) for more information.
ADULT EDUCATION CLASS We meet Sundays at 9:30 in the Adult Ed room. In March are reading and discussing the book, Pause: Spending Lent with the Psalms, by Elizabeth F. Caldwell. All are welcome at any time, even if you haven’t read the book. Please contact Beth Meriwether at 828-777-2867 or bethmeriwether@gmail.com for more information.
SVCM Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry is in need of: small mens’ jeans, mens’ small/medium underwear (unopened packs), childrens’ 4T-5T clothing (especially girls), queen and king sheet sets, queen and king blankets, towels, hand towels, and washcloths. Deliver to SVCM at 101 N Ridgeway Ave, Black Mountain.