announcements

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
REVS. DAVID GERMER & SHANNON JORDAN
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
God says “Go!” But go where?
Join Rev. Germer and Rev. Jordan to explore Christ’s call to serve others and how we - as
individuals and as a congregation - are sent to participate in God’s mission.
LUNCH BUNCH, SEPTEMBER 26, 11:30 AM
If you plan to come, please RSVP to life@fpcasheville.org so that we have enough seats.
This summer’s successful Lunch Bunch will continue through the fall. Restaurants are
chosen for their ease of parking and accessibility. Save the fall dates now! October 24,
November 28, and December 12.
CHILDREN’S CHOIRS: WEDNESDAY 28TH 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Kids can be dropped off anywhere between 5:15 pm - 5:50 pm for dinner in the
fellowship hall. At 6:00 pm, we move to rehearsals where we learn about faith, worship,
and music all the while having fun. Kids will learn the “ins and outs” of our worship, how
to read the hymnal, and become literate in music.
CHANCEL CHOIR - WEDNESDAY 28TH
The chancel choir rehearses on Wednesday evenings in the Choir Room from 7:00 to
8:30 pm. If you would like to join the Chancel Choir contact Jeremy Roberts at jroberts@
fpcasheville
HELP NEEDED WITH CHILDREN’S CHOIR
At FPCA, we have a wonderful music program in which our youngest to our oldest
members are able to learn about God’s love in deep and tangible ways through the
music. That is certainly something worth nurturing. We are currently looking for folks
who would be willing to provide a meal for Children’s Choir Dinner on Wednesdays at
5:15 pm. This could be home cooked or take out that you pick up. Please contact Jeremy
Roberts at jroberts@fpcasheville.org.
YOUTH GROUP
This afternoon, Youth Choir will meet at 4:15 and Youth Group at 5:15 - 7:15. Today
we will eat pizza, continue planning our Montreat retreat worship service, brainstorm
mission/service ideas for the year, and play Flashlight Monster!

2. ATTENTION RETREAT PARTICIPANTS RE: ART PROJECT
Planning to attend the all-church retreat? You can help prepare for the CREATION CARE
art project by collecting leaves, twigs, seeds, stones, feathers, or other items you find
as you hike or check in the garden or yard. Your contributions will be assembled into
fantastic expressions of our natural surroundings. Come join us and please help share
your discoveries.
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY: PRIVATE TOUR OF THE WNC NATURE CENTER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH AT 9:30 AM
This interactive private tour for the FPCA Men (and guests) will involve an in depth
ecology of their flagship species, as well as their unique stories as to how they came
to the Nature Center. There will also be an animal enrichment session. This tour will
last 60-90 minutes and the $25 cost includes your admission for the day. The tour will
be Wednesday, October 19th at 9:30 AM For more information and to register, please
contact Jerry Argall at jerryargall@gmail.com.
STITCHERS
Stitchers will meet on October 3, 6:00 -8:00 pm. Stitchers usually meet on the 1st
Monday of the month, in room 214 at FPCA. If there are other times or days that would
work better for you to join the Stitchers meetings, please email Susie Sweet to let her
know at (sesweet16@gmail.com).
SATURDAY SANCTUARY IS BACK!
After two years of uncertainty and restricted ministry with our downtown neighbors,
we are delighted to step back into the more hospitable and relational face-to-face
ministry of a shared meal at lunchtime on Saturdays.
Saturday Sanctuary returns on Saturday, October 29th. Our doors will be open every
Saturday, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, through the month of March. We are having
two identical trainings for volunteers on Saturday mornings from 10:00 am to 11:00
am - October 8th and October 22nd. We are asking all volunteers (and perspective
volunteers) to attend one of those trainings. Saturday Sanctuary co-chairs are Sandy
Reid and Bill Winkler.
Contact David Germer at dgermer@fpcasheville to be added to the Saturday Sanctuary contact list or with any
questions.
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2022, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Our Leader is Alice Petersen. Meet in Room 112, at 10:30 am for Lesson 2: “Sabbath &
Creation” from the book Celebrating Sabbath: Accepting God’s Gift of Rest & Delight by
Carol Bechtel.

3. THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sunday, September 25
8:45 am Worship Service in Campbell Chapel; Rev. Patrick Johnson preaching
9:45 am Faith Formation (Fellowship Hall)
9:45 am Godly Play (Room 103/105 3yrs. Old - Kindergarten, Room 104 1st-2nd Grade,
Room 106 3rd-5th Grade)
11:00 am Worship Service in the Sanctuary; Rev. Patrick Johnson preaching
12:00 pm Fellowship on the front lawn or in Wallace Foyer if raining
4:15 pm - 7:15 pm Youth Choir (preceded or followed by Service/Mission Youth Group)
Wednesday, September 28
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm Children’s Choir and dinner
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Chancel Choir (Choir Room)
Friday, September 30
5:00 pm Annual Church Retreat “Deep and Wide” (Montreat Conference Center)
Saturday, October 1
All Day Annual Church Retreat “Deep and Wide” (Montreat Conference Center)
Sunday, October 2
8:45 am Worship Service in Campbell Chapel
11:00 am Worship Service at Montreat Conference Center, Convocation Hall, Assembly Inn
Zoom & Registration links can be found on the church calendar at fpcasheville.org.
Reproduced, recorded, and streamed under One License No. A-701813:
Meditation on St. Anne; James W. Kosnik © 2007 Concordia Publishing House
Alleluia; Howard Hughes, SM © 1973, 1979 GIA Publications, Inc.
In the Bulb There Is a Flower; Natalie Sleeth © 1986 Hope Publishing
Company
Great Day; Moses Hogan © 1997 Hal Leonard Corporation
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow; Text: Brian Wren © 1989 Hope
Publishing Company; Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623; harm. Hal H.
Hopson © 1998 Hope Publishing Company
Live into Hope; Text: Jane Parker Huber © 1980 Jane Parker Huber (admin.
Westminster John Knox Press)
Soon I Will Be Done; Calvin Taylor © 1998 Calvin Taylor Publishing
Public Domain:
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past; Text: Isaac Watts, 1719, alt.; Music: attr.
William Croft, 1708
Truro (Music); Musica Sacra, c. 1778
PARENT’S NIGHT OUT
October 16, 4:30-6:30pm
Children’s activities and childcare at the church; parents meet at the church and walk
together to dinner downtown.