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Share Christ on Race Weekend |
Our upcoming Sharing Christ service opportunity is scheduled for 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. |
Seeking Fall Sunday School Teachers and Helpers |
On September 4, we will begin our fall Sunday School curriculum. The Children's Ministries needs teachers and helpers for these classes:
1st/2nd Grade
3rd/4th Grade
5th Grade
We would appreciate at least a three-month commitment from our teachers so that we can maintain continuity for the children. We would appreciate a one-month commitment from our helpers.
If you would like to join us in the Children's Ministries, or if you want more information, please call Cathy Newton at the church office or e-mail her at cathy_5kids@yahoo.com. |
Ladies' Bible Study Resumes Tuesday Morning Meetings |
The Tuesday morning Ladies' Bible Study resumed August 16. The group meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the New Moms' room across from the nursery in the education building. |
Next Women's Retreat March 16-18 |
Our 2012 FPC Annual Women's Retreat will be one week later than it has been in years past. The dates are March 16-18. Please mark those days on your calendar and plan to join us then! |
Fall Schedule for Choirs, Youth Groups, and Programs | |
Choirs, youth groups, and our regular Wednesday evening dinners and programs return soon. In fact, our indefatigable Sanctuary Choir has already begun the new rehearsal year. Below, you will find the starting dates for the activities that will resume in the next few weeks.
Sunday, August 21
9:00 a.m. Cherub Choir
5:30 p.m. Junior High Youth Fellowship/Welcome Sixth Graders!
7:30 p.m. Senior High Youth Fellowship /Welcome Freshmen!
Wednesday, August 24
4:15 p.m. Children's Handbells
4:45 p.m. Youth Handbells
4:45 p.m. Savior's Singers Children's Choir
Sunday, August 28
9:45 a.m. Sunday School Kickoff
4:45 p.m. Jubilate Youth Choir
Wednesday, September 7
5:30 p.m. Fellowship Dinner
6:15 p.m. Adult Program
6:15 p.m. Kid Connection
Monday, September 12 5:30 p.m. Sanctuary Bells |
Mowing Teams through Sept. 3 |
August 17-20: Jim White & Jim Arnold
August 24-27: Joel Newton & Jon McClain
Aug. 31-Sept.3: JB Madison & Dave Welch |
Desperately Seeking Gardeners |
Our church needs a few good men and women to help maintain our beautiful courtyard. Many weddings and other events are scheduled over the next several weeks, and we want to look our best for our guests and congregants. We need extra hands to trim, prune, and weed one or two hours a week. If your schedule is too full for a weekly commitment, we would welcome you with open arms whenever you can manage it. We provide the tools..Please call Tom Daniel for details at 423-764-7677. |
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
Can a Quaker Life Style Make You a Better Presbyterian? |
I've long admired the Quakers, more formally known as the Society of Friends, thinking of them as a genuinely pious people, living simply with a no-frills life style. They have a deep concern for personal honesty and integrity, and their worship services can be periods of silent contemplation. They also believe that an "inner light" from God speaks directly to them, making unnecessary a formal set of beliefs to shape their theology.
Otherwise, what little I have known about them comes from my limited knowledge of William Penn and Benjamin Franklin, probably the best-known Quakers in colonial America. Our country has had two Quaker presidents; Herbert Hoover was one of these, and if you cannot recall the other, read on. When I saw a fairly recent little book, A Quaker Book of Wisdom: Life Lessons in Simplicity, Service, and Common Sense, I realized it was just what I needed to give me a better understanding of these interesting people. The author, Robert Lawrence Smith, is a lifelong Quaker with an ancestral background of several generations in that faith. He is the former headmaster of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., the nation's largest Quaker day school. Like a good Quaker he writes simply and clearly and fills his book with interesting illustrative stories.
Quakers are known more for their distinctive life style than for theological dogma; indeed, their seventeenth-century English founder, George Fox, was frequently jailed for his refusal to accede to traditional Protestant beliefs. Smith spells out this life style in ten chapters that speak to these qualities: silence, worship, truth, simplicity, conscience, nonviolence, service, business, education, and family. Each chapter is a stand-alone essay in which he explains the origin of each and how it is observed. The chapter on worship, for example, has given me the clearest view I've seen of just how Quakers worship and why silence is emphasized but is not all there is to worship. The chapter on truth excoriates Richard Nixon, our other Quaker president, because he lied. You'll learn a lot about Quaker practices from reading this book, and you'll also learn a lot more about their founder, George Fox, who was surely one of the most interesting figures of his age.
So what does a Presbyterian get from reading this book? First of all, you get a much clearer picture of this denomination than you had before. More importantly, you'll probably gain a real respect for their determination to live out these precepts. No, it hasn't made me wish to be a Quaker, but it has definitely encouraged me to think about the ten attributes of their style of living and to realize that I would be a much better Presbyterian if I conformed to them. And that's why I am recommending this book to you. Who knows: maybe the "Inner Light" can also shine upon Presbyterians and guide their conduct! Give it a try! |
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Music Notes | |
Music Participants: August 21: Sanctuary Choir, soloist Rachel Barker; August 28: Sanctuary Choir. We are pleased that Rachel Barker will join us in worship on August 21. Rachel is a native of Bristol, VA, and a graduate of King College and Westminster Choir College. She sang with our Sanctuary Choir while she was at King.
Choirs Begin: Parents, it's that time of year again! The Cherub Choir (ages 4 through grade 1) will begin rehearsals Sunday, August 21, at 9:00 a.m., in the Children's Choir Room. Parent helpers are a necessity. There will be a sign-up sheet on the wall near the door. If every parent signs up for one Sunday between now and December, we should have enough help! On Wednesday, August 24, the Children's Handbells and Savior's Singers Children's Choir (both are for grades 2-5) will meet at 4:15 p.m. (bells) and 4:45 p.m. (choir). Also at 4:45 p.m., the Youth Bell Choir (grades 6-12) will begin ringing. PLEASE NOTE: Please pick up your children promptly at 5:30 on both August 24 and August 31. Our regular Wednesday schedule (dinner and program) will not begin until September 7. Jubilate Youth Choir (grades 6-12) will kick off the singing year Sunday, August 28, at 4:45 p.m., prior to youth fellowship activities.
Sunday's Music: For the second week in a row, the Sanctuary Choir anthem is an arrangement of a Shaker song, but this one is as vigorous as last week's was reflective. "Followers of the Lamb" invites believers to express their joy in their faith in the most joyous of singing and dancing. The arrangement is by Philip Dietterich, a retired Methodist church musician who spent most of his career serving a church in Westfield, New Jersey. In addition to the anthem, the solo "How Beautiful Are the Feet" from Handel's Messiah will be offered following the sermon. The passage of Isaiah 52:7 quoted by Paul in his letter to the Romans (Romans 10:15) is set in a quietly lyrical style. The melodic and rhythmic setting is intended to suggest the pastoral, using motifs often associated with shepherds and their music, implying the shepherding quality of those who share the gospel news. The postlude is an annual tradition, played on our first Sunday here in August of 1999. Vicki will play John Rutter's Toccata in Seven in celebration of the beginning of our 13th year of ministry at First Presbyterian Church. ~ Steve & Vicki Fey |
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Sunday Worship | |
August 21, 2011: Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
At the 8:30 a.m. service this Sunday, August 21, we will celebrate the Sacrament of Baptism of Issac Joseph Reardon, son of Michael and Erin Reardon and grandson of Chuck and Barb Thompson.
Lessons: Isaiah 52:7-12; John 3:16-21
Sermon: Good News: God Reigns!, Gordon Turnbull
Hymns: Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun; Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Anthem: Followers of the Lamb
Solo: How Beautiful Are the Feet (from Handel's Messiah), Rachel Barker
By the Numbers for August 14: 8:30: 153; 11:00: 134 |
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In Our Prayers
Ruth Musser
An extensive list of prayer concerns, "Pray for One Another," is available for pickup at the church each week.
Condolences
Our love and sympathy are with Melinda Akard in the death last week of her mother, Nan Buchanan, in North Carolina.
Birthday Prayer Fellowship
August 21 Sue Cannon
August 22 Briggs Evans, Pat Hunigan, Bill McRee
August 23 Pat Felty, Nancy Hull
August 25 Debbie Peters, Roger Sikorski
August 26 Nik Musser, Joel Newton, Molly Shaw
August 27 Zach Beckner
August 28 Steve Fey, Breanna Hankins, Katie Vande Brake
August 30 Jackie Burt, Logan Tudor
August 31 Gracie Buckles, Susan Buckles, Ann Davis
September 1 Sue Barr, Chuck Bolick, Charlotte McElroy
September 2 Karen Landore, Jillian Madison
September 3 Nancy Carter, Kinser Crutchfield, Randy Van Horn |
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Sunday, August 21
8:30 a.m. Worship, Fellowship Hall
9:00 a.m. Cherub Choir
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary
1:30 p.m. Evangelism & Outreach Committee Meeting
5:30 p.m. Junior High Youth Fellowship
7:00 p.m. Senior High Youth Fellowship
Monday, August 22
7:00 p.m. Session Meeting
Tuesday, August 23
9:00 a.m. Staff Meeting
9:30 a.m. Ladies' Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group
6:30 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 3 Meeting
7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 3 Meeting
Wednesday, August 24
4:15 p.m. Children's Handbell Choir Rehearsal
4:45 p.m. Youth Handbell Choir Rehearsal
4:45 p.m. Savior's Singers Children's Choir Rehearsal
7:30 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, August 25
7:00 a.m. Men's Bible Study
12:00 p.m. HeartsBurn Bible Study, Java J's
Saturday, August 27
1:00 p.m. Sharing Christ Dinner
Sunday, August 28
8:30 a.m. Worship, Fellowship Hall
9:00 a.m. Cherub Choir
9:45 a.m. Sunday School Kickoff
11:00 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary
4:45 p.m. Youth Choir
5:30 p.m. Junior High Youth Fellowship
7:00 p.m. Senior High Youth Fellowship
Tuesday, August 30
9:00 a.m. Staff Meeting
9:30 a.m. Ladies' Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group
6:30 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 3 Meeting
7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 3 Meeting
7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 3 Court of Honor
Wednesday, August 31
4:15 p.m. Children's Handbell Choir Rehearsal
4:45 p.m. Youth Handbell Choir Rehearsal
4:45 p.m. Savior's Singers Children's Choir Rehearsal
7:30 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, September 1
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, September 3
8:00 a.m. Men's Breakfast |
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