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: All in our Congregation that are out and about this summer and we pray for safe travel ⸰ Congregational Life and other great volunteers for such hard work supporting worship and recent receptions
We remember in prayer: Brooks Joslin, Blake’s father, recovering well in his assisted living facility ⸰ Beth Newman in the hospital due to an infection ⸰ Arden Starnes, her family, and her caregivers ⸰ all who continue to be affected by loss caused by Hurricane Helene. In our congregation, we remember especially Cindy and Dennis Riley, Jackie Wintle, and Bob, the father of Natalie’s partner Jeff ⸰ Ongoing prayers for the extended Lytle family ⸰ Mary Craig ⸰ Jackie Ligon Cole ⸰ Pat Crumpler ⸰ Martha Dugger ⸰ Rick Garrison ⸰ Fran Roberts’ sister-in-law, Linda Briggs ⸰ Marjorie Hettrick ⸰ Shane Reece (Nancy Garrison’s son) ⸰ Pat Wilson’s son, Kell
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Warren Wilson College is hosting the Chamber Music Society of the Carolinas concert series on Saturday evenings, July 12-August 2 at 7:30 PM in the WWPC Chapel. Tickets are $35 for individual concerts, or $120 for all four concerts. Tickets available at www.cms-carolinas.orgor at the door.
4TH PICNIC The July 4th potluck picnic is next Sunday, July 6 following the worship service. Please bring a favorite side dish or dessert. Hamburgers, vegetarian hamburgers, hot dogs, all the trimmings, and
drinks are provided. Come and enjoy the holiday!
LET’S GO TO THE MOVIES Announcing 2 movie nights in July: Wednesdays the 9th and 16th, 5:30-8:30, downstairs in the Youth Room. On the 9th we’ll watch “Will and Hunter”, a true story about friendship, identity, pain, laughter, and the journey to becoming your true self. On the 16th we’ll watch “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”, a charming story about Marcel, a 1-inch tall shell, and his grandmother, and Marcel’s quest to reunite with his long-lost family. Cookies, popcorn and soft drinks will be provided; feel free to bring a sack supper for yourself and any goodies you’d like to share. For more information, contact Beth Meriwether 828-777-2867.
OUR GUEST PREACHER We welcome Rev. Dr. Lewis Galloway to our pulpit today and next week, July 6. Lewis served as Senior Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis. Now retired and living in our valley, he also served congregations in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina. He is a graduate of Davidson College and Union Presbyterian Seminary and has served as a Trustee of both institutions. He and his wife, the Rev. Dr. Bunny Alexander are the parents of three grown children and enjoy two grandchildren. During the summer, you can find Lewis at the Sally Jones Pottery at Montreat, where he volunteers.