STEWARDSHIP Stewardship Commitments have continued to arrive, and the session is grateful to share that at the time of printing, we have received commitments of $200,756 toward our $224,000 challenge goal. You are a remarkably generous congregation. The session will not finalize the budget until January, and would welcome last minute additions, with the hope of moving closer to that goal!
CHRISTMAS JOY OFFERING This annual offering is being collected through December. Offering envelopes are available in the entryway.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office.
We celebrate: New member Dennis Riley, and his wife, Cindy, who is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church⸰encouraging results in Jon Hettrick’s most recent round of medical tests⸰new roofs, a newly refurbished fellowship hall, and a new piano to offer in service to God and our community
We remember in prayer: The family of Carol Lee Joslin, Blake Joslin’s mother, following her death on December 10 ⸰ Dina Taylor, Barbara Escalante’s sister, recovering from surgery in California on December 2, for a brain bleed. ⸰ Wynee Bullerdick, daughter of Rodney and Sharon Lytle as she collaborates with her doctor to determine the cause of her illness. ⸰ all who continue to be affected by loss caused by recent storms. In our congregation, we remember especially Andrew Tripp, Cindy and Dennis Riley, Jackie Wintle, Joyce Cucinella, and Bob, the father of Natalie’s partner Jeff ⸰ Donna Eagle Joslin, healing from wrist surgery. ⸰ Amanda Branscombe, as she continues to recover from spinal fusion surgery ⸰ Bill Christy, as he continues to heal following a heart transplant ⸰ Susan Laney, receiving therapy at home ⸰ Bubba Lytle, Rodney and Sharon’s son, making excellent progress recovering from a serious motorcycle accident ⸰ Thurman Slone, Joyce Cucinella’s brother, now under Hospice care ⸰ Jackie Ligon Cole ⸰ Pat Crumpler ⸰ Martha Dugger ⸰ Rick Garrison ⸰ Houston Huggins (Beth Meriwether’s brother) ⸰ Erika Lytle ⸰ Fran Roberts’ sister-in-law, Linda Briggs ⸰ Jon Hettrick and his family ⸰ Marjorie Hettrick ⸰ Shane Reece (Nancy Garrison’s son) ⸰ Pat Wilson’s son, Kell
BOOK GROUP The Warren Wilson Book Group will hold its first meeting of 2024 at noon on January 9 in the Church Parlor. Bring your lunch and enjoy some fellowship from 12-12:30. At 12:30 Carolyn will lead our discussion of Yankee Stranger by Elswyth Thane. So if one of your resolutions is to read more in 2025 please join us! New members are always welcome.
ONLINE DIRECTORY UPDATES If you haven’t stopped by to check the table in the entryway to check that we have your contact information correct in the directory, we’d love for you to do that TODAY! And if you haven’t had a recent photo taken for the directory, please see Sally Broughton or Sarah Anne Eller TODAY! We’d like to get everything updated for the new year ahead!
END OF YEAR GIFTS If you plan to make a year-end gift, please note these deadlines. To have your gifts counted as 2024 income, you must postmark your checks (or deliver them to the church) by December 31. For online gifts, the Presbyterian Foundation must process the payment by December 31.