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October 7
World Communion Sunday
Lessons
Isaiah 49:1-7
Acts 1:6-11
Sermon
The Reach of God's Rule
Gordon Turnbull
Hymns
Praise God All Ye Nations
Let Us Break Bread Together
O For a Thousand Tongues
to Sing
Anthems
Sizohamba naye
Jubilate Youth Choir
Morning Song/Amazing Grace
Savior's Singers
Children's Choir
The Rice of Life
Sanctuary Choir
By the Numbers
Sept. 30: 8:30: 150; 11:00: 168 |
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on First Presbyterian Church
October 4, 2012 |
Upcoming Service Opportunities with Family Promise of Bristol |
 Mark your calendars for upcoming service opportunities with Family Promise of Bristol! For a week beginning Sunday evening, October 28, First Presbyterian Church will provide food and shelter for families selected for this program. We are looking forward to our second week of service with this forward-looking ministry and are excited to be helping local families in need. Come join us!
 One immediately satisfying way to support this ministry is to come to the pancake breakfast at Appleby's this Saturday, October 6, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Breakfast tickets are $5 per person and are available at the church office and at the restaurant.
While you're chewing on that, please think about whether you can help in any of the following ways from October 28 through November 4:
- Provide prepared foods for breakfast or lunch
- Provide an evening meal
- Serve as an Evening Host (be at the church from 5:30 to 8:30 one evening and eat dinner with the families)
- Serve as an Overnight Host (spend the night at the church from 8:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.)
Scottie Bales is the Food Coordinator; contact her at 423-360-5357, if you can contribute food or help prepare a meal.
Nancy Allerton is the Evening Host Coordinator; contact her at nja0510@gmail.com or 423-612-0051, if you are willing to spend an evening with our families.
Dawn Eubanks Gross is the Overnight Coordinator; contact her at alexjean7@yahoo.com or 423-534-4758, if you are willing to spend the night with our families.
To volunteer or to learn more about this ministry, you can also contact Chris or Jennifer Kennedy at jenniferchisler@hotmail.com or 423-383-2535.
Won't you join us? - Chris and Jennifer Kennedy |
No Wednesday Program October 10
Fall Break Brings Program and Rehearsal Cancellations |
 In consideration of the Bristol schools' fall break next week, several FPC meetings and events have been cancelled. All programs normally held at the church on Wednesday evenings have been cancelled for October 10. The Sanctuary Choir will rehearse at 7:15 that evening, as usual, but all other choir rehearsals are cancelled for the day.
Student Ministries Fellowship will not meet Sunday evening, October 4, or Wednesday evening, October 10. The 5th Quarter Bonfire at the Carters' home will take place as planned after the Tennessee High School football game on Friday, October 12. Regular programming and rehearsal schedules will resume October 17. |
Art Series Ministry Begins 12th Year, with a Little Help from Our Friends |
As we approach the twelfth season of our church's Arts Series, we thank all of you who have supported this ministry in the past. We also encourage those of you who haven't participated before to consider how you can share in this ministry now. It is the ongoing goal of the Arts Series to present events to the church and community that enrich and inspire the life and worship of the people of Bristol and the members of FPC, to share our unique and marvelous facilities, and to encourage the artistically gifted of our region and beyond. We have some wonderful programs lined up for this season, and we pray that, in spite of the continued difficult economy, you will find a way to support the series in 2012-2013.
In exploring the broader world of the arts, we have been pleased to present programs and workshops including visual arts and liturgical dance as well as concerts. This year's series promises a variety of local and national talent to appeal to all ages. Each program of the 2012-2013 season will be presented on a Sunday and begin at 3:00 p.m.:
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November 25: George Figueroa, violin. Born in Puerto Rico and residing in North Carolina, George is familiar to many for his recent collaborations with the Paramount Chamber Players. This program will feature a variety of Latin-inspired music for violin and piano.
March 10: First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir and King College Choral Ensembles. Our third collaboration with King College will feature music of local and regional composers. This is the S. C. and Lillian Wolfe memorial concert.
April 7: Alan Fey, marimba, assisted by Janet Fey, soprano. With a master's degree in percussion performance from Belmont University, Alan specializes in new music for the marimba, both as a solo instrument and in collaboration with other instruments and voices.
May 5: Basically Bach. A trio made up of members of the Carolina Chamber Symphony (including Bristol native Elizabeth Holler Ransom, flute), this group specializes in the delightful chamber music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Ticket donations will be taken for each program, but we anticipate that an additional $5,000 will be needed to meet all the expenses. Donations received will be acknowledged with series tickets at the following levels:
$500+ 4 series season tickets
$250-499 3 series season tickets
$100-249 2 series season tickets
$50-99 1 series season ticket
Your prayerful consideration of this ministry of FPC will be greatly appreciated, and donations in any amount will be gratefully received. If you make a donation, please make your check out to the church and write "Arts Series" on the memo line so that it may be properly credited. Donations received by October 20 will help us more accurately plan the work of the Arts Series, but we are happy to receive any donation, any time!
God bless you! - Steve & Vicki Fey, Co-Directors of Music Ministry |
Presbyterian Women to Meet Tuesday |
 Fall is here and it's time for Presbyterian Women to resume their monthly meetings, to which all women are welcome. Come to the church on Tuesday, October 9, for circle at 11:00 a.m. and Gordon's Bible study at 11:30, with lunch to follow in the parlor. Please bring an item for the Emergency Food Pantry. Be sure to make lunch reservations with the church office, 423-764-7176. We hope to see you there!
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Children's Ministries News
Sunday Morning Nursery Volunteers Needed |
 We rejoice that our nursery program is expanding, but for safety we need a volunteer each week during 8:30 worship and Sunday School. Please look for our recruiter at the desk in the Fellowship Hallway between the 8:30 service and Sunday School. Volunteers may sign up for both periods on a single Sunday or for a single session on different days. It is not a weekly commitment, but it is one more way we can support our youngest by providing loving care in a safe environment.
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Student Ministries News
Confirmation Classes Begin Next Sunday |
Confirmation class leads up to the opportunity for students to make a public affirmation of faith and become a member of First Presbyterian Church. This class is offered to students who are in eighth grade or older and have not gone through the confirmation process.
The class will meet on Sunday mornings at 9:45, beginning next Sunday, October 14, and continue throughout the school year. The class will be led by Gordon Turnbull and Katie Arnold.
For more information or to sign up for confirmation class, please contact Katie Arnold. |
Get Lost in the Maize This Friday! |
 Join FPC Student Ministries this Friday, October 6, for a night of fun at Cleek Farms in Kingsport. Students will have five acres of corn maze to navigate, and they can enjoy a hayride around the farm, bounce on a giant jumping pillow, and more.
The cost of the evening is $10. We will meet in the FPC parking lot at 6:00 p.m., and we plan to return to the church around 10:30. Sign up by turning in your $10 today! You will also need a notarized FPC release form, if you do not already have one on file. Bring friends and dress warmly! |
Middle School Mania October 19 |
 Students who are in sixth through eighth grade are invited for a night of crazy fun on Friday, October 19. The mania will take place from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at FPC. Bring friends and energy! Some of the activities will be outside, so dress accordingly. Oh yeah, and you may get a little MESSY!
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It's Snacktime Again at Fairmount School |
 The Neighborhood Initiatives Steering Committee is gearing up the Fairmount Elementary School snack program for the new school year. We're asking folks to bring in boxes of plain or cinnamon Teddy Grahams and put them in the Little Red House in the Fellowship Hallway. The committee will take them to the school, and the teachers will divide them into snack portions as needed.
The Neighborhood Initiatives Steering Committee has been providing afternoon snacks for students whose parents cannot afford to purchase them. Kay Ward, the community outreach liaison at Fairmount, works with the committee to identify the children in need and to distribute snacks to the teachers to hand out each day. Kay has discovered that there are at least two children in each of 23 classrooms whose parents cannot give them snacks. That adds up to a need for 46 snack portions every day, a total of 230 snacks per week, or 920 snacks each month.
Your loving contribution will give dignity to children from low-income families by allowing them to enjoy snacks with their classmates, and tide them over until the end of the school day. Say a prayer of blessing as you send them on their way! |
Heart to Heart Fall Event
Hike with Heart |
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Heart to Heart Women's Ministry cordially invites all the women of FPC-and their friends-to hike the Virginia Creeper Trail on Sunday, October 21. We will meet at the church at 1:30 p.m. and head out from there.
Please call the church office at 423-764-7176 or email the church secretary, Jane Prater, at jprater@fpcbristol.org, to let us know you can attend. We are looking forward to walking and talking together in the brisk fall air! |
Men's Service Retreat Last Weekend in October |
 The Men's Ministry is sponsoring a service retreat to Washington, D.C., October 26-28. We will travel Friday evening, work at the D.C. Food Bank Saturday, take in city offerings Saturday night, then worship at National Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and return that evening. Informational flyers are available throughout the church. Total cost for travel, lodging, and some food is only $60. If you have any questions, please contact Dave Welch at dwelch@fpcristol.org.
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Library News from Bill Wade
Like Father, Like Son: Is It Really True? | |
 "Like father, like son." All of us are familiar with this old saying and probably have used it on occasion. Interestingly, its origin is uncertain, and it has even been discovered in medieval manuscripts. Its general theme of the relationship of father to son can be found in much of the wisdom literature of the Old Testament. "Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight; for I give you good precepts: do not forsake my teaching," reads Proverbs 4:1. And history is full of examples of these relationships, some good and some bad. "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!" David's lament in 2 Samuel is one of the saddest examples of a failed father-son relationship I know of.
This is the subject of the book we are reviewing today, My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives. Its author is Michael J. Diamond, a practicing clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. And, oh yes, he is a father to a son! The basic theme of this book is that fathers and sons have a lifelong relationship that passes through very distinct stages of change and growth. Failure to recognize these changes can result in discord and broken relationships, and King David of Israel is but one of a long list of examples in the pages of history. You may have seen some examples yourself.
Diamond's chapters sketch several stages, beginning with the father who proudly displays his newborn son with the confidence that he will do great things. Succeeding chapters titled "Guiding Boys Toward the World of Men" and "Encouraging Mastery, Competence, and Pride" lay out the role of the careful father in acquainting his son with the world that is before him, providing instruction, being an example and a coach. Diamond calls it a "halcyon time when father and son discover the pleasures of friendship, male camaraderie, and reciprocal approval." But in time comes adolescence, and in the chapter "From Hero to Fallen Hero" Diamond describes the difficult stage when the son recognizes his own approaching maturity, distancing himself from and often becoming critical of his father. Some fathers feel that they have "lost" their sons and are relegated to no more than "Coaching From the Sidelines." If they navigate these changes successfully, fathers and sons emerge into a stage called "Man to Man," characterized by mutual love and respect, sharing common ideals and purposes in life. Gradually this moves toward "Reversing Roles in Later Life," as the son takes on responsibilities for his aging parents.
This is a marvelously helpful book, and our brief sketch of its contents can only hint at the wealth of commentary and advice contained in its chapters. Diamond writes easily, and his themes are illustrated by copious examples from his clinical practice. He says, "I wrote this book hoping to educate men to father their sons well so that both can continue to develop and grow within the context of a loving relationship." And as a grandfather I'll add that it's an excellent read for both men and women of all ages in whatever role they enjoy the relationships within their family context. |
From Steve & Vicki Fey Music Notes | |
Music participants for October 7: Sanctuary Choir, Jubilate Youth Choir (both services), Savior's Singers Children's Choir (11:00 only); Will Hankins, flute; Mariel Story, guitar; Brandon Story, bass.
Sunday's music: There is a growing realization that as we sing songs of the Christian church from around the world, we join in worship that is universal. On World Communion Sunday, it is particularly appropriate to recognize the contributions to Christian song from our brothers and sisters around the world. At both services, the Jubilate Youth Choir will offer "Sizohambe naye/We Will Walk With God," a traditional song from Swaziland that calls us to a life together of faith and rejoicing. At the 11:00 worship, we will continue with "Praise God, All You Nations," a Ghanaian setting of the brief Psalm 117, which calls on the peoples of all nations of the earth to praise God.
As part of the prayer of confession, led by the Savior's Singers Children's Choir, we will sing "Holy Lamb of God," a setting of the liturgical text with a haunting and simple melody composed by Yusuf Khill, an Arab Christian composer who wrote it for use at the Roman Catholic Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth. In response to the assurance of pardon, we will sing a previously introduced "Glory to God" that is a traditional Peruvian song. As an anthem, the Savior's Singers Children's Choir, along with the sixth-graders who attended Montreat this summer, will offer "Wen de ya ho," a morning song from the Cherokee nation that is combined with "Amazing Grace," a song that holds great meaning to the Cherokee people.
The hymn following the sermon is the much-loved "Let Us Break Bread Together," from the African-American tradition. For the offertory, the Sanctuary Choir will sing "The Rice of Life." The music comes from the Bunun people, an aboriginal Taiwanese tribe, and is a rice-pounding song. The Bunun are noted for their rich tradition of singing in harmony. The text, written by a Methodist missionary to Malaysia, recognizes that just as in the world that Jesus knew and in our western culture bread is the staple food, for Asians rice is the basic ingredient of a meal. About this song, I-to Loh, a noted authority of Christian song in Asia, writes: "The Western European Christian metaphor of Jesus as the bread of life may be foreign to many Asians, who have little or no experience eating bread. . . . [The author] wrote this hymn to reinterpret the unfamiliar Western concept of bread in the primarily rice-oriented societies in Asia."
As part of the liturgy of the table, the Sanctuary Choir will sing "Sanna, Sannanina/Holy, Most Holy Lord," a joyous setting from South Africa of Matthew 21:9, the rejoicing of the crowd as Jesus rode into Jerusalem. We will close the service singing Charles Wesley's hymn, "O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing," which calls on us "to spread through all the earth abroad the honors of thy name." The congregational response to the benediction is the final stanza of the hymn "Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ." This joyous communion hymn is set to the tune of the Jamaican folk song Linstead Market, which celebrates a bountiful harvest just as we celebrate a meal of bountiful blessings.
Sunday's choir schedule: Jubilate Youth Choir: meet in the choir room promptly at 8:15 a.m. this Sunday, then come back after Sunday School! Savior's Singers Children's Choir: come to the children's choir room to robe right after Sunday School.
Children's choirs: Parents, though it's hard to believe, the children's choirs are working on music for the Christmas pageant! If your child is not yet involved with a children's choir but would like to participate in the Christmas pageant, it's not too late to join! The Cherub Choir (ages 4 through first-graders) rehearses at 9:00 each Sunday morning, and the Savior's Singers Children's Choir rehearses on Wednesday afternoons from 4:45 to 5:30, right after Children's Handbells and before our Wednesday night fellowship dinner. |
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In Our Prayers
David Akard
Cathy Andersen
Ralph Booher
Jim Bowdoin
Sue Cannon
Dorothy Dollar
Bill Goforth
Mary Nell Harris
Sharon Hatcher
Vivian Hill
Carolyn King
Mary Landrum
Ruth Musser
Bob Vann
Deborah Whitaker
Jim Wiseman
An extensive list of prayer concerns, "Pray for One Another," is available for pickup at the church each week.
Condolences
Our heartfelt sympathy and prayers are with Andrew Beck and Rebecca Duncan-Beck in the death of Andrew's father, Drew Beck, October 1; and with Barbara Thomas in the death of her mother, Gaynelle Thomas, October 3.
Congratulations
We rejoice with Robin Moneyhun and Pat Burns on their wedding, September 28.
Birthday Prayer Fellowship
October 7 Ann Blevins
October 8 Gerry Henninger, Patty King,Tom King, Bill Linderman, Reed Miller
October 9 Emmett Bane, Vivian Calcote, Kathleen Dotterweich, Chris Winters
October 10 Ian Addison, Laura Linke
October 11 David Akard, Dot Mattison,Brandon Story
October 12 Mary Givens Crutchfield, Pat Dulaney, Bill Wade
October 13 Buddy Eller, Katie Sword |
Mowing Schedule through October 20 |
Let it rain! The grass won't get high with these volunteers on the job:
Oct. 3-6 Roger Sikorski & Brian Miller
Oct. 10-13 Karen White-Smith & Eric Cline
Oct. 17-20 Aaron Brooks & Stuart Parker
If you'd like to serve in our lawn-maintenance ministry next spring, please contact Randy Cook at npolecook@aol.com or 423-956-1541. |
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Sunday, October 7
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
Monday, October 8
7:00 p.m. Worship Committee
7:00 p.m. Building & Grounds Committee
Tuesday, October 9
9:00 a.m. Staff Meeting
10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group
11:00 a.m. Presbyterian Women Business Meeting
11:30 a.m. Presbyterian Women Bible Study
12:00 p.m. Presbyterian Women Luncheon
6:00 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 3, Scout Wing
7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 3, Scout Wing
Wednesday, October 10
9:30 a.m. Heart to Heart Bible Study, New Mothers' Room
9:30 a.m. Heart to Heart DVD Bible Study, Parlor
7:15 p.m. Sanctuary Choir
Thursday, October 11
7:00 a.m. Men's Bible Study
8:30 a.m. Meals on Wheels
12:00 p.m. Thursday Noon Bible Study, Bristol Grind House
5:15 p.m. Finance Committee
8:15 p.m. Praise Team, Fellowship Hall
Friday, October 12
9:30 p.m. 5th Quarter Bonfire, Carters' Home
Saturday, October 13
8:00 a.m. Men's Breakfast |
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