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, starting this week!
We remember in prayer: John Laney in the hospital ⸰ Ernst Laursen has been transferred to the VA Community Living Center for rehab ⸰ Lavada Owenby, Cindy Riley’s mother, who is home after a hospital stay and will undergo surgery in a few weeks
SUNDAY SCHOOL Both Adult and Youth classes are meeting during March for an Intergenerational Sunday School gathering. We are using 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 meets at 9:30 in the Fellowship Hall each Sunday. 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
EASTER LILIES If you’d like to place a lily in honor/memory of someone for our Easter service on April 5, place your order by March 29. Order forms and a collection envelope are in the narthex, or you can send them to the church office.
WWC WORKDAY The College work day is Thursday, April 9. We will meet at the church at 7:30 AM and work until noon. Lunch will be provided at noon. Sign up in the narthex.
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.
***If you have been filling your fish banks, remember to bring them on Easter morning
GUEST PREACHER We are excited to welcome George B. Thompson, Jr. to WWPC this week!
Throughout his decades of ministry, George has served the church as a pastor, associate pastor, interim pastor, church renewal coach, seminary professor, presbytery staff member, process facilitator, and author of books for churches and pastors. He and Beverly serve as Presbytery Co-Associates in the Presbytery of Western North Carolina. They live in Black Mountain, where George likes to help Beverly with her many yard projects and walk nine holes at the town golf course.
