The Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry has done an amazing job serving those in need in the Swannanoa Valley during the past months. Using staff and a reduced number of volunteers, SVCM made changes in the physical approach to clients, but continues to meet their needs. Food and clothing clients make out a list of needs, […]
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After reading the news for a few minutes on Tuesday morning, Robyn looked up from her computer and asked me a question I was not expecting. “Do you think these are the end times?” she said. Her tone was tongue-in-cheek, but who can blame her for asking? I suspect a good many of us are
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity has just sent a short video introducing the partner family for Presbyterian/Methodist House #28 in Candler, and you can see it at this link: https://youtu.be/MLTMBHLETv0 In late September each year we have a Habitat for Humanity Moment for Mission, and receive a special offering to help with the Habitat mission
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A fresh entry from my antiracism journal: Jesus Loves the Little Children. Right? The first thing I learned reading Ibram Kendi’s remarkable book, How To Be An Antiracist, is just how ubiquitous racism is. It has infected every aspect of American life and is present in all of our institutions. The second thing I learned
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Waging Hope: A Field Guide Let me begin with a confession: I have never been more fearful for our country or our shared future than I am right now. (Stick with me, it gets better. But first I need to establish some context.) The Belgian poet and Nobel prize winner, Maurice Maeterlinck, once famously said
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Yes, we are open! Here at the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church, we are fond of saying that our doors are closed but our church is open. That may sound contradictory, like a non-sequitur. But it’s true: our doors are closed but our church is open. The reason is simple: our church is not the same as
This summer, Grace Boyer invites you to join her in reading Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World, by Mark Williams and Danny Penman, and do its 8 chapters/weeks of meditation exercises on your own at home. Step 1) Order the book. Either the older version of it that comes with a cd of 8
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The Eye of the Needle, or Can Capitalists Enter Heaven? Sundays June 14, 21, and 28 at 9:00 am, the Adult Class will meet on Zoom. Feel free to join at your breakfast table with coffee/tea in hand! If you do not normally attend this class, but want to be included, please contact Grace Boyer
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During the pandemic, we are not physically meeting for Children, Youth, and Adult classes, but we are still finding ways to connect through Zoom, YouTube videos, emails, and phone calls. The Adult Class has been doing a book study for Lent/Easter (March 1-May 3)—Rachel Held Evans’ book Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving
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Members and Friends of WWPC, The Easter Season is the occasion during which we and many other denominations collect the One Great Hour of Sharing special offering, an offering that is used to help the vulnerable throughout the year. Our denomination uses the funds we give To enable the Presbyterian Disaster Agency to respond immediately
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