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: Andrew Tripp being back home after rebuilding his house following Helene ⸰ All in our Congregation that are out and about this summer and we pray for safe travel ⸰ that our Chapel is being used for so much exciting music this month
We remember in prayer: The Daugherty family on the death of Naomi Daugherty, July 5 ⸰ Blessings for the family of Margaret Rada. There will be a service of remembrance today at 3:00 pm in Anderson Auditorium in Montreat ⸰ For healing and encouragement for Jackie Cole ⸰ Brooks Joslin, Blake’s father, as he is put on Hospice care ⸰ Arden Starnes, her family, and her caregivers ⸰ all who continue to be affected by loss caused by Hurricane Helene. In our congregation, we remember Cindy and Dennis Riley, Jackie Wintle, and Bob, the father of Natalie’s partner Jeff ⸰ the extendedLytle 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
LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME We have several items in the office area which are going to be donated unless anyone in the congregation has need of them:
- 2 Little Tykes play sets next to office area (not from the playground)
- 1 dark wood coffee table
- 1 CD rack
- 1 small TV table and TV (currently in the Fellowship Hall)
- 1 whiteboard
FRIENDS MEETING WORKSHOPS The Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting, that meets weekly in our Fellowship Hall, is hosting a series of three workshops designed to prepare all participants to build a strong, sensitive, and healing allyship with our Native American neighbors. They are happening on August 17 at 3:30, August 19 at 5:30, and September 21 at 3:30. All will be in the Fellowship Hall and all are free (though you’re encouraged to register for the one on 8/17). More information is available on flyers in the narthex.
GUEST PREACHER AUGUST 17 Dr. April Love-Fordham spent two decades in the corporate world—serving as a tech advisor to both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations and leading award-winning engineering teams—before leaving it all to follow a deeper call. Now an itinerant pastor, author, and joyful troublemaker for love and justice, she writes the Disorderly Parable Bible Studies and lives in the Asheville mountains with her husband Steve and their blue Great Dane, Molli-Pop. She formerly served on the Faith Relations Board at Warren Wilson College, where her son, Kit Fordham, is a proud graduate.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED There are many ways to help on Sundays:
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 Congregational Life Team are available to answer questions or provide assistance.
Sound/Video if you would like to help run the sound and/or livestream, please see today’s operator or contact the church office.