Dear friends, In light of the ongoing spread of the coronavirus (or COVID-19), we want you to know that the health of our community is of utmost concern to the leadership this congregation. We are doing all that we can to stay current with public health guidelines, to follow best practices for hygiene, and to […]
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Starting this Sunday, October 6th, and throughout the month of October, fifty clerical stoles will be on display throughout the Sanctuary and Narthex. They are part of a nationally touring exhibit called the Shower of Stoles. Each stole has been donated by a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender clergy person who has either been formally
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Dear friends, Yesterday we marched. It will take me a long time to process the experience, and to fully determine what it meant for me to be part of this action on our southern border. And I look forward to ongoing conversations about what the need to take such actions (i.e., the need to protest
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Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church Narthex Redesign Currently, when you walk into the church, it feels somewhat old and dated. There is nothing that reflects the lively, creative work that our church is doing. This is a quest to create a space that feels like our church itself, who we are today and who we might
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Where do we go from here? It’s been nearly three years since we launched our Ministry Plan. What have we achieved together in that time? And what’s next on the road to a vibrant and sustainable future? We gathered after worship on May 5th to explore those questions, and to hear a presentation on several
Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!’* Luke 2:14 On this snow-covered morning, it feels very peaceful outside. And as much as I would like for us to soon be
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Early last October, acting on a tip from John Laney, I drove over to the Asheville Mall after work one day to take advantage of a sale on men’s wear at Belk. The men’s wear section is on the second floor so I hopped on the escalator and just as I got off I came
I’ll confess up front that this is not the newsletter article I was expecting to write, given that it’s now November — Thanksgiving month — and that we’re also now just two weeks away from the culmination of our stewardship campaign in support of next year’s budget. I thought I might write about things for
In just a little over a month Americans of all persuasions, living all across the country, have the opportunity to engage in one of the most important civic actions any citizen can perform: we have the opportunity, and the right, to vote. In casting our individual ballets we have the astonishing privilege of having a
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point
