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: All that made the Community Thanksgiving Meal a success⸰ A big thank you to our Stewardship Team for their great work on our annual stewardship campaign: Jack Allison, Vicki Collins, Pat Hardy, Pat Levi, Sharon Lytle, Ken Murchison
We remember in prayer: The family of Howard Boswell (Warren Wilson College class of 1980) on his death November 17⸰ Jackie Wintle at home recovering from pneumonia ⸰ Natalie Daugherty as she waits to hear next steps on her health journey⸰ Ernst Laursen at Aston Park ⸰ Barbara Escalante after breaking her wrist
POINSETTIAS Order a poinsettia in honor or in memory of your loved ones. These will be displayed in the front of the chapel to help celebrate the Christmas season, and can be taken home after the service on Christmas Eve. Each poinsettia costs $12 and orders can be sent to Andrew in the church office by noon tomorrow (December 8) or look for the order forms and envelope in the narthextoday.
COOKIES AND CAROLS Today at 7:00 in the Fellowship Hall we will celebrate a festive holiday tradition: Cookies and Carols! Enjoy delicious Christmas treats and join in singing some favorite Christmas songs with the Warren Wilson community.
STEWARDSHIP UPDATE 100 Years of Service: The FUTURE is calling! This was the theme of this year’s Stewardship Campaign. We are pleased to announce that Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church heard the call to the future and responded with generosity. Our current commitment total is just under $236,000, which is almost 5% over our goal. We still have a couple of more commitments that we are expecting, SO GREAT JOB! In January we will have our annual congregational meeting where the 2026 budget will be presented to you and will make sure to let you know where the “above and beyond” money was allocated!
HELPERS NEEDED to assist the Habitat for Humanity construction crew build House of Faith #5 in West Asheville. We have half day (8:15 – noon) shifts reserved on the volunteer calendar for Friday, Jan. 16 and Feb. 27, and full day shifts (8:15 – 3) on Saturday, Jan. 17, Feb. 7 and Feb. 28. Work will be indoors in heated spaces, or outdoors if weather permits. No experience is needed, only a willingness to help. Contact Larry Griswold if you have questions or to sign up.
NAMETAGS It’s time again to update our nametags for Sunday mornings. If you don’t have a nametag or yours needs refreshing, please sign up in the narthex.
COMMUNITY YOGA We are hosting the Riceville Community Yoga that lost their usual meeting place to Helene. This class is open to anyone and meets Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:00 AM in the downstairs youth room of the Education Building
TAI CHI/QIGONG PRACTICE CLASS Improve your balance, bone & muscle strength, flexibility, posture, range of motion, breathing fitness, concentration, and stress level using gentle, fluid, easy-to-follow stretching and exercise. Mondays, 2:30 PM, in the WWPC Lower Fellowship Hall.
BLUE RIDGE ORCHESTRA The Blue Ridge Orchestra returns to the WWPC Chapel TODAY at 3:00 for their Holiday Concert.
Tickets available at: blueridgeorchestra.org/bro-revels-2025-a-british-holiday-dec25
WASSAIL Here we go a wassailing! Join us in the narthex next week after the church service for Wassail. Bring your favorite holiday fingerfood to share!
CHRISTMAS EVE Our Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship service will be at 7:00 PM on December 24 in the Chapel.