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 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.
STEWARDSHIP Stewardship forms are due today. Please consider the offering of gifts of your time, talent, and treasure that makes Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church’s work vibrant and future oriented.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office.
We remember in prayer: Ernst Laursen following care at the VA hospital ⸰ Blake Joslin as he heals from surgery at The Laurels rehab center ⸰ Barbara Escalante after breaking her wrist ⸰ The family of Margaret Woods, Andrew Tripp’s aunt who died October 31 ⸰ Mary Wheeler as she transitions back home from Care Partners
SVCM COLLECTION The Community Engagement Ministry of WWPC has been made aware of a shortage of items that cannot be purchased with SNAP/food stamps that are needed at SVCM. Through November we are collecting toilet paper, laundry soap, paper towels, shampoo, and other general personal care items. Items will be collected in our Narthex and delivered to SVCM at the end of November.
TAI CHI/QIGONG PRACTICE CLASS Improve your balance, bone & muscle strength, flexibility, posture, range of motion, breathing fitness, concentration, and stress level using gentle, fluid, easy-to-follow stretching and exercise. Mondays, 2:30 PM, in the WWPC Lower Fellowship Hall, Starting November 10, lead by Paulette Heck, pheck812@gmail.com (828)335-4631.Paulette began taking classes and practicing Tai Chi/Qigong 15 years ago and began teaching 5 years ago.
KNITTERS NEEDED Our own work crew member, Eloise, is hosting a knitting and crocheting event that will be held November 24 from 4PM-6PM. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall, and will start making hats for the A-Hope Day Shelter. Beginners are welcome, but the event is geared towards people who already know how to do a basic knit stitch. Help will be offered to knitters/crocheters to find a hat pattern. The event will also be advertised to the students of Warren Wilson College, so come and join us for a day of community knitting!
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Next week – The Thanksgiving Farm Display and Centennial Celebration. Past ministers and associate ministers have been invited for the occasion. Everyone is encouraged to bring non-perishable food item(s) to place at the foot of the display. This food will be shared with the Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry. Following worship the birthday celebration will continue in the Ransom Fellowship Hall with a reception and a program called “The First 100 Years”. Please sign up in the narthex to bring your favorite appetizer to share.
THANKSGIVING POTLUCK The church is hosting a potluck at 2:00 on Thankgiving Day. This is an opportunity for us to provide a meal for those that might not be able to return to their families for the holiday, such as the international students.
EMPTY BOWLS The WWC Community Engagement Office is excited to host our 27th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner on Wednesday, November 19 from 6-8 PM in the Fellowship Hall. The annual Empty Bowls Dinner at WWC is an opportunity to gather with community members, share a meal together, and continue the conversation about creating equitable food and housing systems that work for all. Dinner will be served in hand-crafted ceramic bowls created by Warren Wilson students and faculty and YES, you get to take your bowl home! This year, all proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Asheville Poverty Initiative’s 12 Baskets Cafe. Tickets are available for online purchase now at empty-bowls-event.square.site/.