Last Spring, our Adult Education class undertook a study of white privilege by reading together Debby Irving’s powerful book, Waking Up White. This Sunday we resume our conversation about this important topic, with one crucial difference. Whereas Ms. Irving’s book looked at white privilege from a white perspective, our next book, Just Mercy, by Brian […]
As part of our observance of the Labor Day weekend, and as we have done now for several years, we gathered for worship this past Sunday in the Morris Pavilion on campus. It was a particularly lovely day, with a hint of fall in the cool air and I was reminded again of how special
Dear friends, This past Sunday was a very special day here at Warren Wilson Presbyterian. If you were not able to be here, this was the Sunday we welcomed the new students to campus, and to our church–always one of our favorite Sundays of the year. But this year we enjoyed an added bonus: we
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Dear friends, The tragedy unfolding in Houston (and southeast Texas more generally) is weighing heavily on our hearts. I’m sure that many of you are already wondering how best to respond. Right now the most immediate need is for relief support and assistance for the millions of people displaced from their homes. This support
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Dear friends, In light of recent events in Charlottesville and, now, Barcelona, the Black Mountain/Swannanoa Ministerial Association will host a prayer vigil for peace this Sunday (August 20) in the town park in Black Mountain. The ecumenical vigil will start at 12:30. All people of faith and conscience are welcome to attend. As many of
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Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French painter from the 19th century. He is most famous for helping to pioneer a style of painting known as pointillism. In this method, the artist applied hundreds of small individual dots of paint to a canvas. Up close these dots looked just like the name implies–like a blotch of tiny
The Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church is searching for a part-time Associate in Ministry to help enrich our congregational life and deepen our spiritual nurture. We are a progressive-leaning congregation with a rich history and a storied past. We have recently completed a comprehensive ministry plan that charts our path forward to what we believe will
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I want to use this space this month to update all of you about the status of the Waldrop bequest. In particular, and in the spirit of transparency, I want to fill you in on where we are in our discernment process centered on how to steward this gift to maximize its benefit. And I
Volunteering in Our Community We got our hands in the dirt for a good cause on June 11th. The children and adults teamed up together to harvest, turn compost, weed, plant, capture bugs and play at the spring Service project. The Swannanoa Community Garden contributes to the Bounty and Soul organization. They help assist families and individuals
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Children help with Pentecost Sunday June 4, 2017 The children helped “chime” in our Pentecost service up in the choir loft with Ms Vivian. After a lesson with Ms Sandy on what a special day this is for the church, they frolicked through the sanctuary with rings of red, ribbon “fire” during the first hymn. They were enacting the
