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.
OFFERING Plates are available 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, formerly known as Five Cents a Meal hunger offering.
WELCOMING REFUGEES If you would like to learn more about serving on a Circle of Welcome to assist a refugee family as they settle in our area, there is a handout available in the entryway, or you may contact Vicki Collins (vcollins@warren-wilson.edu, 828-712- 0251). 20-25 families are expected to arrive in our area in the coming months, and the need is urgent. You do not need to be a member of the church, and no financial commitment is involved.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office (298-9092).
We celebrate: Rodney and Sharon Lytle’s 50 years of marriage, celebrated on July 13 ⸰ Munashe Matumbi, who surprised us with homemade doughnuts at last week’s coffee hour! ⸰ Donna Eagle Joslin’s gift of bright summer blossoms in the planters that welcome us to the chapel ⸰ Jack Ballard’s skillful work with broken chancel benches, and improved organ chamber access ⸰ new window panes in the Fellowship Hall – come enjoy the view! ⸰ refrigerator fairies (Sharon Lytle and Susan Daugherty) for cleaning out the
Fellowship Hall fridge
We remember in prayer: Friends and family of Austin Jordan, following his unexpected death on June 29 ⸰ the family of Elda Pineda, our faithful church cleaner, after her brother’s death in El Salvador ⸰ Sandee Butterworth and family, following Milt’s death on June 26 ⸰ Amanda Branscombe, as she consults with her cardiologist on August 1, in preparation for a spinal fusion surgery, scheduled for August 15 ⸰ Bill Christy, as he continues to heal following a heart transplant ⸰ Susan Laney, discharged from Care Partners for at-home care. Cards are much appreciated. John will let us know when they are ready for visitors. ⸰ 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 ⸰ Carol Lee Joslin, Blake Joslin’s mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s ⸰ Beth Newman, who is back at work but continuing to recover her strength following a bone marrow transplant ⸰ Elda Pineda’s mother and father, Karmen Iraeta and Josue Victor Pineda, as she battles kidney and heart problems and as he recovers from cancer ⸰ Jackie Ligon Cole ⸰ Pat Crumpler ⸰ Vernon Daugherty, Sr. (Derron’s father) ⸰ Martha Dugger ⸰ Rick Garrison ⸰ Houston Huggins (Beth Meriwether’s brother) ⸰ Erika Lytle ⸰ Salyna Morgan ⸰ Fran Roberts’ sister-in-law, Linda Briggs ⸰ Jon Hettrick and his family ⸰ Marjorie Hettrick ⸰ Kim Reece (daughter of Nancy and Rick Garrison) ⸰ Shane Reece (Nancy Garrison’s son) ⸰ Pat Wilson’s son, Kell.
EXTRA TOTE-BAGS? SVCM has a new shower to be used by neighbors who don’t have access to such facilities. We will schedule an assembly-line-project (soon!) to fill bags with requested shower items. What we need right now are reusable tote bags (fabric or plastic) large enough to hold a towel and toiletry items. Please bring any bags you have to share. There will be a box in the narthex to collect them. With gratitude for all the ways you help!!!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Greeters will welcome worshipers, offer bulletins and other worship resources to guests, and assist with a brief after-service cleanup of bulletins and hymnals. Liturgists typically lead the Call to Worship, offer the Prayer for Illumination and the First Reading, and lead the Affirmation of Faith. All texts are supplied to readers.
Coffee-Hour Hosts make coffee (provided by the church), and put out snacks, juice, and water. (Hosts may choose to use snacks available at the church or bring refreshments to share.) Hosts have access to the parlor kitchen for clean up. Susan Daugherty and members of the Congregation Life Team are available to answer questions or provide assistance. Sign-up sheets are available in the entryway. We’d love to have you participate!
RECEPTION HELP If you would like to contribute finger food to be served at the reception honoring Milt Butterworth on the afternoon of Saturday, August 17, please contact Susan Daugherty, moderator of our Congregational Life Team, by e-mailing sdaugh56@gmail.com.
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Monday through Friday, 9:00-3:00.
BUTTERWORTH MEMORIAL A service of thanksgiving for the life of Milt Butterworth will be held in the chapel on Saturday, August 17 at 2:00, with a reception to follow in the Fellowship Hall.