Led by musicians from both regular morning services, the music in ONE worship this Sunday is built around a theme of old hymns and songs. The service will open with "What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine" and "How Great Thou Art." Our time of confession will include "Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling"; we will respond to the sermon with "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go." We will conclude worship with "Standing on the Promises," and as we leave worship, we will sing the refrain from "I Love to Tell the Story." These beloved songs have spoken to and for the saints for generations, and it is hoped that they continue to have a place in the hearts of our worshiping community.

Please join us this Sunday, March 13, for ONE worship, to be held at 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. The Cherub Choir will not rehearse, and all Sunday School classes will begin at 9:30.

Daylight Saving Time will alight without so much as rustling a leaf before first birdsong this Sunday, March 13. Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour before you doze off Saturday night. You'll want to be on time for the early start of Sunday School at 9:30. We'll see you in ONE worship at 10:30!

Heart to Heart Women's Ministry invites FPC women of all ages to a time of relaxed fellowship with their sisters in Christ. Bring a friend and join us for a Girls' Night Out next Tuesday, March 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Casa Mexicana, 1020 Volunteer Parkway.

A nursery will be available at the church. Please call the church office by noon on Monday, March 14, to let us know the number and ages of the children you will need care for. We will not provide dinner, so be sure to feed your children before you bring them to the church or pack a supper for them. You will need to pick up your children by 8:00 p.m. For more information, visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/hearttoheartfpcbristol.

March 20, Palm Sunday
11:00 a.m.	Worship, Sanctuary Music by Sanctuary Choir, Cherub Choir, Savior's Singers Children's Choir
March 24, Maundy Thursday
7:00 p.m.	Worship, Sanctuary Music by Sanctuary Choir, Sanctuary Bells
March 25, Good Friday
7:00 p.m.	Worship, Sanctuary Music by Jubilate Youth Choir
March 27, Easter Sunday
7:00 a.m.	Sunrise service, Courtyard Music by Vicki Fey, Mark Mervis, Shannan Miller
7:30 a.m.	Breakfast, Hallway & Chapel
8:30 a.m.	Worship, Fellowship Hall Music by 8:30 Worship Team
9:45 a.m.	Sunday School
11:00 a.m.	Worship, Sanctuary Music by Sanctuary Choir; ETSU Faculty Brass Ensemble

The fifth and sixth grade students in FPC's Fusion group will prepare a Seder meal for themselves and their parents on Maundy Thursday, March 24. The students should come to the church kitchen at 4:00 p.m. to prepare the traditional foods for this meal of remembrance and anticipation. Ruthie Blair and Barb Thompson will lead their work.

At the Seder, each child must be accompanied by an adult, so one or both parents should arrive at 5:30 p.m. Please bring cushions for you and your child to sit on. We regret that we cannot include siblings in this event. Please RSVP to Lilly Osborne (losborne@fpcbristol.org) so that we can make our plans for the meal, and do let her know if you will need child care.

The churchwide Maundy Thursday worship service will be held in the sanctuary at 7:00 p.m. Participating in it together would be a wonderful way to cap off the evening. For more information, contact your Fusion teacher, Lilly, or Ruthie, or visit our event page on Facebook.

We will hold an Easter Egg hunt at the church Saturday, March 19, beginning at 12:30. This event is always fun for everyone, so plan now to bring your children.

If you can take a meal to someone just home from the hospital, send a card or make a phone call to someone in a special care facility, or comfort someone in distress, FPC wants you for Care Shepherds, our congregational care ministry. The goal of this ministry is to show Christian love to members of our church family who are in need.

We begin a new Care Shepherds schedule in April and will hold a training event sometime that month. Come with your talents and build confidence as you serve! There are as many ways to do so as there are opportunities. Volunteers serve one month at a time on a team that coordinates the needs of the congregation for that month.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact Robin North at robinnorth3@gmail.com, Dave Welch at dwelch@fpcbristol.org, or the church office at 423-764-7176. Sign-up forms will also be available at the church.

Only two Sundays remain to donate school supplies for our Ethiopia mission! Our team can accept donations up through March 20. Then it will be time to pack them all for Dembi Dollo.

Nancy Allerton, Peggy Hill, Jon McClain, and Stuart Parker will be there from March 23 through April 2 to meet with the teachers and students of Berhane Yesus Elementary School, our partners in eleven years of ministry and education. Team members continue to ask for your prayers as well as for donations of school supplies and soccer balls. Please help fill the bins in the Fellowship Hallway and the narthex with:

The team will pack the donations on the afternoon of Palm Sunday, all the while thanking you in their hearts for your compassionate generosity.

If you care about the plight of urban youth, you'll want to talk to Dan Kreiss about an opportunity to do something about it this summer. Dan will lead a team from FPC that will serve with Urban Promise in Camden, New Jersey, from Sunday, June 26, through Saturday, July 2. The work will support established educational and social programs there.

Crocuses are blooming, daffodils are unfurling; can dandelions be far behind? Here and there about town, mowers have sprung forth to discourage the still-cold grass, and we will soon follow suit, if we can find people to guide the church Tiger Cat around the lawn.

Don't lose us in the tall grass! We have lost some volunteers since last mowing season, so please volunteer, even if you can help only once. Our team celebrates the ability of men and women, adults and teens, to mow the blessed lawn.

The captain of our mowing team, Randy Cook, will be happy to train you, if needed, on our Scag mower. We hope you will sign up for regular duty, but if you can help for even a single morning or afternoon, please email Randy at npolecook@aol.com or call his cell at 423-956-1541. 

Sunday's music participants: Sanctuary Choir; Abbey Kitts, percussion; Mark Mervis, bass; Shannan Miller, piano and vocals; Rett Stocstill, guitar; Sara Stocstill, vocals.

	Aaron Copland

Sunday's music: The Sanctuary Choir will sing Aaron Copland's arrangement of the beloved hymn "Shall We Gather at the River." Copland (1900-1990), known as a classical composer, made considerable use of American folk songs and styles in much of his music. In the early 1950s, he composed arrangements for soloist and piano of ten American songs, several of which, including this one, were sacred works. Most of these, with the composer's approval, were adapted for choirs. Our anthem, "At the River," uses two stanzas of Robert Lowry's beloved hymn. Lowry (1826-1899) wrote it in 1864, when he was a Baptist pastor in Brooklyn, New York. In the midst of an epidemic in the city, he was reflecting on death and life eternal. Copland's setting seems to be influenced by the image of the "shining river."

Upcoming for Holy Week: Music for Holy Week includes both children's choirs singing with the Sanctuary Choir at the 11:00 service on Palm Sunday, March 20; the Sanctuary Choir and Sanctuary Bells for the Maundy Thursday service at 7:00 p.m.; the Jubilate Youth Choir for Good Friday at 7:00 p.m.; and our usual array of musicians for Easter sunrise (7:00 a.m.), 8:30 worship, and 11:00 worship, which will also include the ETSU Faculty Brass Ensemble.

Arts Series: Our next Arts Series program is just a few weeks away! On Sunday, April 3, soprano Cheryl Parrish, accompanied by Vicki Fey, will sing a varied program of familiar works by Mozart and Schubert, and perhaps less familiar songs by Italian composer Stefano Donaudy, Canadian composer William Jordan, and American composer Richard Pearson Thomas. Suggested ticket donations are $10 for adults and $5 for students from age 6 through college.

 

Becky Busler

Jude Chambers

Amelia Cordon

Jane Crewey

Dorothy Dollar

Mark Dollar

Fred Frazier

DeeDee Galliher

Bill Goforth

Ron Grubbs

Will Hankins

Gene Haskins

Sharon Hatcher

Vivian Hill

Andrea Hyde

Nancy King

Alice Moore

David Moore

Nancy Preston

Lila Ray

Mary Rice

Brenda Rogers

Virginia Rutherford

Faye VanNostrand

Herb Van Nostrand

We gratefully acknowledge recent gifts in memory of:

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