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 or scan the QR code on the back of this bulletin. 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.
PLEASE MOVE FORWARD We encourage you to move at least a row or two forward. This helps the congregational experience in many ways.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office.
We celebrate: Jack Ballard for constructing and installing a very nice new platform for the pulpit that provides Rev. Jess with a more stable place to stand ⸰ Students and teachers returning to school, including here at Warren Wilson College
We remember in prayer: Ron Vinson, who died August 6th at Mountain Ridge and his wife, Ann ⸰ Pat Meehan as he navigates continued health challenges ⸰ Mary Craig who is recovering from pneumonia at home⸰ Rachel Sparling had hip replacement surgery on August 7 ⸰ Donna Eagle Joslin healing from non surgical fractures in two vertebrae
PASTOR JESSICA RIGEL INSTALLATION is set for September 23 at 6:00 in the Fellowship Hall and features the Rev David Black of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. This will be an important moment for our church and we would love for everyone to be a part of it. Please e-mail the church office at info@warrenwilsonchurch.org to register.
BULLETIN RECYCLING Instead of throwing today’s bulletin in the trash or recycling, please give it to Kay Stockdale or place it in the basket in the narthex.
HELP WANTED Do you have a green thumb and some spare time? The Peace Garden Task Force could use some help. We have designed, created, and dedicated the John E. Koegel Peace Garden in front of the Fellowship Hall. We have come to realize, however, that the aging joints of our team are making it hard to maintain the garden over time. If you would be willing to help with routine maintenance (weeding, pruning, and watering), please notify Chrisann Ohler (chair) at drchrisann@aol.com.
WALK FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR SVCM’s Walk for Your Neighbor is October 4 at Swannanoa First Baptist Church. The walk begins at 2:00 with a block party to follow! This important fundraiser for SVCM’s vital ministries is a great way to help serve and be a part of our community. Visit www.svcmblackmountain.org/walk-for-your-neighbor for more information and to sign up. Deadline is September 14
VRQ You are invited for a short tour of the Veteran’s Village (1430 Tunnel Rd) tomorrow, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. This is where volunteers from our church have served lunch since Hurricane Helene in 2024 while the Veterans’ Restoration Quarters (VRQ) is being rebuilt. WWPC volunteers have served the VRQ residents and staff on the fourth Friday every month for more than 16 years.
