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!⸰Elizabeth Cook, for donating new pots/soil for the front of the Chapel, Donna Eagle Joslin for donating plant material and planting the pots, and Munashe Matumbi for helping with the heavy work of moving pots, etc.
We remember in prayer: John Laney in rehab at Highland Farms ⸰ 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
GUEST PIANIST We are delighted to welcome back Dr. Eunice Wonderly Stackhouse to help lead worship! Dr.Stackhouse has piano degrees from Grace College, Indiana University, and U of Kansas. She retired from 23 years at Montreat College, and is now a private piano instructor in Black Mountain. She has performed many classical recitals as well as countless services and ceremonies in numerous states.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES Montreat Presbyterian Church has welcomed us to their Maundy Thursday service at 7:00 on March 26 and their Good Friday service at noon on March 27. Both are being held in Upper Anderson Auditiorium.
EASTER BRUNCH Next week is our annual Easter Brunch at 9:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Bring a breakfast dish to share and come celebrate the season with your church family!
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 today. Order forms and a collection envelope are in the narthex.
NEWSLETTER The next newsletter is currently planned for release in mid-April and will cover through early summer. All submissions and suggestions should be turned into the church office by April 8.
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
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.
