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.
COMMUNITY JOYS AND CONCERNS: If you would like to add or update a prayer request, please contact the church office.
We celebrate: Another fantastic year from The WWPC Church Choir ⸰ Natalie and Derron Daugherty are both back at church following surgery ⸰ Jackie Wintle is currently cancer free
We remember in prayer: Cindy Riley’s mom, Lavanda Owenby iscontinuing to struggle with pneumonia. Please pray for her family as they navigate care. ⸰ Also The Rileys daughter, Dr. Erin Riley, who has an upcoming surgery on June 9 ⸰ Rodney Lytle following hip replacement surgery on May 27⸰Ongoing prayers for Sharon Lytle as she helps with Rodney’s healing
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.
THE WARREN WILSON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHOIR Great thanks for this year’s beautiful music and leadership. Soli Deo Gloria!
PERSONNEL REVIEW TEAM Each year WWPC completes a review of its staff – Andrew and Ted for 2026 since Jess has just joined us. The Administration Ministry Team named Brent Roberts, Derron Daugherty, and Jim Storey as the action team to prepare this year’s annual review. To complete its work, the team needs input from the entire congregation. Please share with the team your words of praise for the work our staff have done in the past year and your suggestions as to how we can improve our ministry in the future. You may send your responses to Jim Storey by email at jstorey57@gmail.com, by mail to the church office, or by delivery to the AMT mailbox in the office. Please submit your responses to the team before the end of May so it can complete its report for the Session in a timely matter.
PRESBYTERY GUATEMALA TRIP The Presbytery is hosting a trip this November to Guatemala. The contact is Sarah Robinson Bryan who is the PWNC Guatemala Partnership Coordinator. More information in the narthex.
HIKE IN THE NEW FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY FOREST Conserving Carolina recently opened three miles of trails on the old Camp Woodson property it purchased from the Presbytery of WNC (conservingcarolina.org/fairview-forest). A group from WWPC
is going to see and hike the new trails on June 6. We are meeting at the church at 10:15 and would love to have you join us to explore the trails and then to head for a dutch treat lunch. Questions: ask Jessica or Ken Murchison.
EARTH CARE CONGREGATION WWPC is seeking to renew its status as an Earth Care Congregation to celebrate our ongoing commitment to responsible stewardship of God’s good Creation! If you are interested in more information, please check out the recent article in our newsletter, or reach out to Bob Gambrell (gambrell4@charter.net) or Pastor Jessica (jessica-rigel@warren-wilson.edu). We hope you’ll join our Earth Care Team and help us continue to seek creative ways to care for our precious planet!
THE PFAFF HOUSE has a revitalized mission to support women transitioning out of incarceration in an inititiative led by the Swannanoa Valley Transitional Housing Committee, the Ministry of Hope, and the Western Carolina Correctional Center for Women. For more information visit svth.org. Join them this afternoon, May 31, 12:30-2pm, Land of the Sky UCC to learn more and celebrate the re-opening!
