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.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office.
We celebrate: Our new pastor, Rev Jessica Rigel, as she prepares to move to our area⸰Warren Wilson Spring Break is March 7-March 15. Please be in prayer for our students as they travel.
We remember in prayer: The family of Dean Kahl, retired WWC Professor, who passed away on February 14. The service is at 2:00 on March 21 at WWPC ⸰ Lavada Owenby, Cindy Riley’s mother, who is home after a hospital stay and will undergo surgery in a few weeks ⸰ Ernst Laursen at Aston Park ⸰ Blake Joslin recuperating and gaining strength at home
MINISTRY OF HOPE Ministry of Hope WNC, in partnership with Black Mountain UMC, is proud to host the WNC installation site for the traveling public arts display, Stitching Stories Reimagined, a 25-foot prison awareness quilt. It will be on display from February 21st – March 26th at BMUMC’s green space, facing Hwy 70/W State Street. More information at ministryofhopewnc.org/stitching-stories-reimagined/
TIME CHANGE We change the clocks next Sunday, March 8, by springing forward one hour.
SUNDAY SCHOOL Both Adult and Youth classes are meeting during the month of March for an Intergenerational Sunday School gathering. We’ll use curriculum from Illustrated Ministries that “invites us into the work of honest turning—facing hard truths, naming injustice, and trusting that transformation is possible even in the shadow of empire.” Class will meet at 9:30 in the Fellowship Hall on these Sundays. Come join us for a time of learning and reflection as we dive into the “The Work of Imagination” together!
ADULT EDUCATION Mountain Institute for Lifelong Learning at WWC is a vessel for community building, exploration, adventure, place-based learning, and the ignition of new passion for lifelong learners. These are non-credit bearing experiences, ranging in length from one to three weeks, that bring learners to our campus or send them on global explorations with Warren Wilson faculty. Adults of all ages are encouraged to apply (18+). The majority of courses will take place on campus. More information at mountaininstitute.warren-wilson.edu
NO PARKING We have received a reminder from the college not to park on the mulched areas, to stay on the paved areas only.
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING is one of the yearly offerings of our denomination. It will be collected in worship on Easter Sunday. When we participate in One Great Hour of Sharing:
- We create possibility for people forced to flee their homes in search of safety.
- We empower partners to build sustainable futures.
- We walk alongside our siblings to work for more just immigration laws and processes.
- We support recovery efforts when disasters devastate.
You will hear more about this offering in the coming weeks.
The total amount given for the Souper Bowl of Caring Offering was $1,251. We have designated Bounty and Soul as the recipient for our offering this year. Thank you for your generosity!
ABOUT TODAY The Welsh and Welsh descendants throughout the world celebrate March 1 as St David’s Day, and you are invited to a Te Bach (small tea) after today’s service in honor of the patron saint of Wales. Dewi (anglicized to David) was born about 487 AD and died on 1 March 589AD. Typical of all Celtic monks, he lived a simple life and practiced asceticism. His nickname was Dewi Dyfyrwr (Dewi of the Water) because he encouraged his followers to only drink water and not to drink beer or eat meat. He became renowned as a teacher and preacher, founding monastic settlements and churches in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany in a period when neighboring tribal regions were still mostly pagan. He is buried at St David’s Cathedral which stands on the site of the monastery he founded in Pembrokeshire near the southwest coast of Wales.