This week's Wednesday evening gathering provides the opportunity to thank God for the lives of the faithful ones who rest in God's eternal care. Our All Saints Worship will follow the fellowship supper, with worship beginning in the Sanctuary at approximately 6:20 p.m. We will remember particularly those who have died in our church in the past twelve months, as well as others whose lives of faith have strengthened and blessed us. Please plan to share in this meaningful worship together, and invite others for whom it may be a blessing.

It's time to perfect your plans for decorating your car trunk! Our Fall Festival with Trunk or Treat will be held this Sunday, October 30, beginning at 6:00 p.m. At last year's event, our first, 250 of our neighbors joined us in the front parking lot to enjoy a great evening of fun and fellowship. This year we add experience to craftiness! You can help us put on an even better festival by showing off your decorated car trunk, donating candy, serving food, or helping with games for the kids. It's a great way to reach out to our community as well as enjoy the company of our own church kids!

You can still sign up to help out. The sign-up sheet is on the Children's Ministries' registration table, and the candy donation car is next to it. If you have any questions or would like to reserve a place for your car, please contact Cathy Newton at 423-764-7176 or at cnewton@fpcbristol.org.

Internationally renowned flutist Eugenia Zukerman opens our FPC 2011-2012 Arts Series next Sunday, November 6, at 3:00 p.m. Milana Strezeva, a founding member of the Manhattan Piano Trio, will accompany her.

Zukerman is a true Renaissance woman. While maintaining an international concert calendar with more than thirty performances annually, she has delivered distinguished performances as an arts administrator, author, educator, Internet entrepreneur, and journalist. In demand from New York to China as an orchestral soloist, chamber musician, and recitalist, Zukerman has been praised by The New York Times for her performances: "Her musicianship is consummate, her taste immaculate and her stage presence a sheer pleasure." She has enjoyed musical collaborations with Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the Shanghai String Quartet, and fellow flutists Jean-Pierre Rampal and James Galway. This season, she made her heralded debut at the prestigious Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

As a recitalist, Zukerman has been lauded not only for her playing, but also for her adventurous programming. As The Sunday Telegram observed, "Few major instrumentalists offer anything comparable to the intelligence and breadth of programming that she brings to her concerts, and this one was no exception." The Capital Times concurred, "What made this concert so noteworthy was not only the unusual music that Zukerman played with world-class virtuosity and musicality, but also her presentation and stage presence."

The Arts Series of the First Presbyterian Church strives to share with the community events that enrich and inspire the life of the people of Bristol, share our unique and marvelous facilities, and encourage the artistically gifted of our region and beyond. Admission is a suggested donation of $15.00 for adults, $5.00 for students.

We have a rich opportunity to embody Christ's love and extend our commitment to the children of our partner church, Felipe Camarão in Natal, Brazil. The Bethel School of IPI Felipe Camarão currently serves 134 children from prekindergarten through grade 5. A pledge of $35 per month provides a caring and stimulating classroom experience, plus a nutritious meal in the morning or midday-a great gift to this impoverished community.

Our church's support is the largest and most dependable contribution to this transformative opportunity for the children and families of Felipe Camarão. Commitment forms are available through the church office. Thanks for your steadfast support of this mission partnership.

The Heart to Heart Steering Committee will meet Wednesday, November 2, at 4:15 p.m., in room 117. The church will not be providing child care during this meeting.

The Bristol Ministry Mall needs your help on two projects. On Saturday, November 5, we will have a workday at the new location, 21 Washington Street (between First Baptist Church and the train station). We will be cleaning the building out before construction on the interior begins. Bring brooms, mops, buckets, work gloves, and anything else you'll need. Be prepared to dispose of unneeded items.

Soon after, we will begin a Habitat-style construction project: building a couple of interior walls, getting the restrooms into working order, and so forth. We expect to have a project manager, but we will need lots of laborers as well as some folks who can handle plumbing and electrical work under the supervision of qualified personnel.

To volunteer for either project, call Jim White at 423-764-3834 or 423-571-4449 as soon as possible.

For the safety of our children, please remember to sign your child in and out of Sunday School. Sign-in sheets are located at the Children's Ministries' registration table before Sunday School and will be in the classrooms afterwards. If you have not registered your child for Sunday School, you will find the necessary form at the registration table.

Chili

Baked Potato

Salad Bar

Dessert

A kids' buffet will be available.

Volunteers:

Morning: Vacant

Servers/Cleanup: Linda Welch & Brian Miller