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| Heart to Heart in the Summertime | |
Women of the church and their friends are invited to summer cluster gatherings for Heart-to-Heart Bible study. A cluster is an opportunity to gather for fellowship and Bible study for one morning or evening. This is not an ongoing gathering but a one-time, low-commitment, high-reward opportunity for Christian sharing and growth.
Plan to join us for one or both of the following. Different passages will be studied at each.
When: Tuesday, July 26, at 7 p.m.
Where: The home of Ruthie Blair, 229 Skyline Drive
Leader: Sandra Grubbs
When: Tuesday, August 2, at 10 a.m.
Where: The home of Jennifer Kennedy, 134 Trammel Road
Leader: Karen Vann Child care will be provided at the church for the August 2 morning gathering, but please contact the church office by 10 a.m., Monday, August 1, if you want to take advantage of this free service. If you have any questions about cluster meetings, contact Vivian Calcote at 423-968-9064 or calcote@charter.net. |
"Bowls Make It Better" for Healing Hands on Friday |
It's an evening of art, comfort food, and live music, all to help friends and neighbors who need health care.
This Friday, July 22, Kil'n Time will host Bowls Make It Better, a community event to benefit Healing Hands Health Center. For a $25 donation, patrons will be treated to dinner and live music with Mariel and Brandon Story, and choose a handcrafted bowl from among dozens created by area artists.
All proceeds benefit Healing Hands, a charitable clinic that offers free medical and dental assistance for the working uninsured. The nonprofit clinic has provided 35,000 patient visits and more than $7 million in medications to area residents.
According to Sylvia Musgrove, director of Kil'n Time, the event is the result of months of work and hundreds of hands. "We've had so many artists pitch in, either by decorating bowls in the shop or creating their own on the wheel," she said. "In all, we have around 150 hand-painted and hand-thrown bowls to choose from. It's a treat to see them all together, and a great chance for patrons to take home a treasure."
Helen Scott, executive director of Healing Hands, notes the occasion reflects a difficult choice that many area residents have to make. "The issues of health care and hunger are closely linked," she said. "Lots of people find themselves having to budget either for their own health or for groceries. Community support helps us reach more people so they don't have to make that choice, either for themselves or on behalf of their children."
"This event shows how Bristol is using art to positively impact the lives of others, and that's nourishing on a number of levels," added Musgrove. "So many segments of society-painters, potters, musicians, cooks, students, teachers, medical professionals, and more-have invested their talent to make this a success, and we are grateful."
Artists who have created bowls include Abingdon's ArtGurlz, Boanna Pottery, Birdie Boone, Crocus Clay Works, Jackie Hoy, Mimi Kind, Ed Lockett, Sarah Luther, Val Lyle, David vanWyhe, and Walking Tree Pottery. Among the dozens of individual volunteers are students of Tennessee High School, Virginia Intermont College, Sullins Academy, the Academy at King, and St. Anne's Catholic School. Corporate donors include Bristol Regional Medical Center, Food City, Herbert Lee Jones Photography, and Southeast Culinary & Hospitality College. Tickets to Bowls Make It Better are available for a $25 donation to Healing Hands. Donations can be made at Kil'n Time, 818 State Street, or at Healing Hands, 210 Memorial Drive. Tickets are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Patrons will choose bowls in the order in which they arrive at the studio on Friday evening. For more information, contact the studio at 423-573-9950 or visit www.kilntimeceramics.com. |
Men's Breakfast Scheduled for Early August |
The men of First Presbyterian Church are invited to a Saturday morning breakfast on August 6, 8:00-10:30, in the Fellowship Hall. For more information, contact Dave Welch at the church office or dwelch@fpcbristol.org. |
Racing Ahead: Sharing Christ Service Opp |
Our next Sharing Christ service opportunity will be Saturday, August 27, during Race Weekend.
Menu
Chicken Casserole
Green Beans
Marinated Slaw
Tammy Connolly is coordinating this event. If you would like to volunteer, call her at 423-968-3831 (h) or 276-628-7213 (w), or email her at lconn4691@btes.tv. |
BFIA Needs Diapers for Local Children |
The Evangelism & Outreach Committee is requesting donations of diapers for Bristol Faith in Action. BFIA has an urgent need for diapers in sizes 4, 5, and 6, but especially sizes 4 and 5. Please drop off your donations at the Little Red House. The E&O Committee will deliver the diapers to BFIA. Thank you! |
Library News from Bill Wade
A Good Book for a Long Airplane Trip |
I have said before that I enjoy reading sermons. But not just any sermon, mind you, for I am particular. I want one with a distinct punch, say a new twist on a familiar idea, and well written with an easy flowing style. And no convoluted theological jargon, please! While I expect a sermon to have a point, I much prefer its author to recognize that moral issues may come in shades of gray, not always black and white, and he acknowledges that good Christians may have differences of opinion. This is a tall order, but as I say, I am particular.
And so I want to introduce you to a book that meets my demands spectacularly. And it doesn't even have the word sermon in its title. The author may sermonize, but it's not really a book of sermons. Harvard Diary: Reflections on the Sacred and the Secular is a collection of introspective musings by the highly regarded child psychologist Robert Coles. Beginning in the 1980s Coles, who was on the faculty at Harvard University, took on an assignment to write brief essays for the New Oxford Review, a religious journal concerned with the relation of religious issues to social, political, and economic questions. He called them his "Harvard Diary" since he was on the faculty of the university. Over the years they were so well received that many of them were published in the anthology that took the title Harvard Diary and is now in our church library.
Coles fulfilled his assignment beautifully and wrote on a variety of topics, always centered around Christian values. He wrote about modern novels, contemporary economic concerns, abortion, school prayer, women's liberation, homosexuality, the spiritual life of children, sin and grace, political questions. His Christian stance is firm and solid, but he often recognizes that people of good faith will have honest differences about specific issues, and on occasion he confesses his own difficulty in finding his mind. He writes with such a warm and generous spirit that it is as though he were in the room conversing intimately with you. Although some of these essays were written a quarter of a century ago, the issues are prominently with us today.
I find myself going back to re-read Harvard Diary and to be refreshed on each occasion. One can select an essay from the table of contents, but I often find it better simply to open the book at random. In his last essay, "Teaching and Learning, Strutting and Conniving," Coles writes about his Harvard teaching duties. You may well wish you had been in his class! That may be impossible, but I will say this: were I to take a long plane flight across the Pacific to Australia, this is the book I would like to have to make the hours pass quickly. Check this book out, read a few selections, and see if you don't agree that the novelist Walker Percy was right when he called Coles "a national treasure." |
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Music Notes | |
Music Participants: July 24, Samantha Salyers, soloist; July 31,Nancy and Randy Cook, duet.
Program Year: It's hard to believe, but the 2011-2012 program year will soon be upon us! The Sanctuary Choir, after a well-deserved break, will resume rehearsals Wednesday, August 3, at 7:30 p.m. When the regular Wednesday programming begins, rehearsal start time will bump back to 7:15. New choir members are always welcome!
The Cherub Choir, for children age 4 through first grade, will begin rehearsals Sunday, August 21, at 9:00 a.m. Although Wednesday dinners won't resume until September 7, the Children's Handbells and Savior's Singers Children's Choir (grades 2-5), along with Youth Bells (grades 6-12), will get a jumpstart with rehearsals beginning Wednesday, August 24. A flyer will be sent to all children and youth in early August. Jubilate Youth Choir (grades 6-12) will resume when the Sunday youth fellowship program begins. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact the Feys. ~ Steve & Vicki Fey |
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Sunday Worship | |
July 24: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lessons: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22; Mark 9:38-50
Sermon: Faithfulness, Dave Welch
Hymns: God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens; As Morning Dawns; Live into Hope
Solo: Give Me Jesus, Samantha Salyers By the Numbers for July 17: 8:30 a.m.: 139; 11:00 a.m.: 130 |
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In Our Prayers
David Frazier
Mary Rice
An extensive list of prayer concerns, "Pray for One Another," is available for pickup at the church each week.
To the Church Triumphant
Eleanor Comer Preston
July 16, 2011
Congratulations
Chelsea Bolyard Watson and Blake Watson are the joyful parents of Aly Jo Watson, born July 11. Mark and Lelia Mervis are the proud grandparents.
Birthday Prayer Fellowship
July 24 Nancy De Friece, Leigh King
July 25 Gracie Brooks, Emily Wampler
July 26 William Bane, Becca Davenport, Lottie Peters, Nick Regan
July 27 Sarah Beckner, Suzy Bowman, Barbara Daniel, Cyndi Madison, Dale Winship
July 28 Ralph Booher Jr., Jennifer Kennedy
July 29 Shawn Nelson
July 30 Lisa Holmes, Mandy Hardwick Hyde
July 31 Cara Anderson, Jenna Ramey, Anthony Slane
August 2 Randi Edwards, Vicki Fey, Alan Hull, David Hull, Dan Kreiss, Peggy Nicar
August 3 Jon Pruner
August 4 Sheena Hunter, Melody Wallen
August 5 Alex Regan August 6 Suzee Bolick, Louise McCall |
Mowing Teams through August 6 |
July 20-23: JB Madison & Dave Welch
July 27-30: Brian Miller & Roger Sikorski August 3-6: Stuart Parker & Kathryn Parker |
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Sunday, July 24
8:30 a.m. Worship, Fellowship Hall
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary
Monday, July 25
7:00 p.m. Session Meeting
Tuesday, July 26
9:00 a.m. Staff Meeting
10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group
5:00 p.m. Senior High Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Heart to Heart Cluster Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 3 Meeting
Wednesday, July 27
5:30 p.m. Financial Peace University
7:30 p.m. Junior High Bible Study
Thursday, July 28
7:00 a.m. Men's Bible Study
12:00 p.m. HeartsBurn Bible Study, Java J's
Sunday, July 31
8:30 a.m. Worship, Fellowship Hall
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary
Monday, August 1
7:00 p.m. Board of Deacons Meeting
Tuesday, August 2
9:00 a.m. Staff Meeting
10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group
10:00 a.m. Heart to Heart Cluster Bible Study
5:00 p.m. Senior High Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Heart to Heart Bible Study
7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 3 Meeting
Wednesday, August 3
5:30 p.m. Financial Peace University
7:30 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
7:30 p.m. Junior High Bible Study
Thursday, August 4
7:00 a.m. Men's Bible Study
12:00 p.m. HeartsBurn Bible Study, Java J's
7:00 p.m. Building & Grounds Committee Meeting
Saturday, August 6
8:00 a.m. Men's Breakfast |
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