The Shepherd s Window We seek to love God through vibrant and meaningful worship, and through the spiritual enrichment of our Family of Faith. We seek to love our neighbors by reaching out to our brothers and sisters at home and around the world. November 2017 Taylorsville Presbyterian Church 279 West Main Avenue Drive P.O. Box 507 Taylorsville, NC 28681 828-632-4257 www.taylorsvillepres.org Greetings Church Family! We are moving headlong into another Fall season which means that Thanksgiving and Advent are right around the corner! It is amazing how quickly the seasons change and move. Our lives are marked by seasons some of them correspond with natural seasons of each year, while others follow cycles of life in families and church. As we move into this upcoming holiday season, may you find a new or renewed connection with God in your life through our church family. Thank you to the Presbyterian Women for hosting another lovely Pastor Appreciation Day! It was a wonderful occasion to mark 10 years of ministry together. The food prepared and shared by everyone was delicious and the fellowship was awesome. Thank you, too, for the PW contribution to the Rotary Performing Arts Stage to honor my service as your pastor. That was a much appreciated gift and one that will contribute to the lasting legacy of the arts in our community. Our Church Retreat last month was such a fantastic experience being led in artistic endeavors by Lisle Gwynn-Garrity of A Sanctified Art in Black Mountain. The image here is a piece of table art from the weekend. There is also a collage of retreat photos on page 4. We have a few finishing touches to put on our worship banners, and are looking forward to presenting them for dedication very soon! You would not believe how nice they are and how much talent we have in our midst! Life, Love, Laughter, ~Pastor Paul November Happenings: Nov. 19 Thanksgiving Community Worship & Light Meal 5:30pm Meal @ FUMC (TPC providing DESSERTS sign up please!) 7:00pm Worship @ TPC (Lisa Wolfe preaching) Nov. 23 Community Thanksgiving Dinner 11-2 @ Mobile Café (Volunteers and diners welcome! Nov. 25 Reindeer 8K Romp (TPC Title Sponsor) 9am @ Town Park Nov. 25 Advent & Christmas Sanctuary Decorating!! Time TBA Nov. 27 Mobile Café Cooking by TPC Team
The Shepherd s Window Women of the Church The WOC met on Monday, October 2, 2017 in the Fellowship Hall for our monthly meeting. Rita Dejarnette led us in our Bible study, Cloud of Witnesses, Lesson Two. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God's people We discussed the Bazaar that we were planning for Saturday, October 21 during the Apple Festival. We discussed, decided, & voted as a group that with the money raised from the Bazaar would be sent to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. Thank you to everyone who helped with the Bazaar in some way. We also discussed & decided to hold Pastor Appreciation Sunday, October 29. Barbara Hayes volunteered to decorate the tables. A great time of fellowship was had by all! Our next meeting will be on Monday, November 6 at 1pm in the FH. Julie Maroulis will be our hostess and Catherine Burgess will have our Bible study, Lesson Three. All Women of the Church are invited to attend! but is also overflowing in many expressions Thanksgiving Worship & Meal! Thanksgiving Worship & Fellowship Supper is Sunday, November 19 with our in town church friends. We will eat at 5:30 First United Methodist and worship together at 7pm at TPC. TPC is responsible for DESSERTS for the meal. Sign-up forms for making DESSERTS are in the hallway and Narthex! of thanks to God. 2 Corinthians 9:12 Thanks to generous Presby/Rotarians for making TPC a title sponsor for the Reindeer Romp again this year! What a great way to promote goodwill in the name of our church!!
Ministry Opportunities at Taylorsville Presbyterian Remember in Prayer Tom & Anne Abernethy Virginia Byrd Dena Collie Ethan DeJarnette James Ford Jean & Alan Fox Barbara Hamby Family Cindy Herndon Austin Hines Mark Jamison Barbara Jenkins Paula Jolly Georgia Keller Roger Lail Kathy Little Ruby Little Debbie Matullo Ruby Merriman Leroy Mitchell Jo Morrison Dick Perkins Julie Sebastian Betty Shell Sherri Troup Danny Walker Summa West Dutch Oven Cobblers After much demand for Pastor Paul s cobbler recipes following the Apple Festival... Apple Cobbler 2 cans of apple pie filling 1 box cake mix (yellow, white or spice) 1/2 stick of butter Loosely stir together cake mix and pie filling in your baking dish. Place pats of butter evenly around on top of mixture. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes until light brown Pumpkin Pie Cobbler 1 can pumpkin pie filling 1/2 small can of evaporated milk 1 box spice cake mix 1/2 stick of butter Thoroughly mix 1st 3 ingredients in baking dish. Place pats of butter evenly around on top of mixture. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes until firm ENJOY!! Christian Crisis Center collection will be Cranberry Relish during the month of NOVEMBER Advent Season Bible Study Sunday Evenings of Advent at 7pm Let There Be December 3, 10 and 17 Fellowship Hall All ages welcome as we explore notions of light, peace, and life during the season of Advent. Christmas Poinsettias Christmas Poinsettias will be available to order in honor or in memory of a loved one this Christmas Season. Order inserts will be included in the Weekly Church Bulletin later in November. Our Christian Sympathy is extended to the family of Barbara Hamby. A memorial has been received in memory of Jay Clyde Fox & Ken Donovan by Dwight Mitchell. A donation has been received in honor of Rev. Paul Sink by Rudy & Sarah Davis.
Church Retreat @ Camp Grier 2017
NOVEMBER 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Each Sunday: 9:45 Church School 11:00 Worship The CCC will be collecting Cranberry Relish for the month of November Each Wednesday @ 8pm, Narcotics Anonymous meets in Old Fellowship Hall 1 FIRST WEDNESDSAY 2 3 4 FH Reserved 5 Daylight Savings Time Ends Don t forget to set your clocks! Congregational Meeting 6 1:00 WOC meeting in the FH 7 Election Day 8 6:30 Children s Choir 7:00 Adult Choir 9 10 Veteran s Day 11 12 13 14 15 6:30 Children s Choir 7:00 Adult Choir 16 17 Mobile Café TPC FH Reserved 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Community Thanksgiving Worship Service & Meal 5:30 Meal @ FUMC 7:00 Service @ TPC Community Thanksgiving Meal @ Mobile Café 11-2 Church Office Closed 3:00-6:00 Reindeer Romp Packet Pick-up in FH Church Office closed Reindeer Romp 8K Decorating for Advent & Christmas 26 27 TPC Cooking @ Mobile Café 28 29 30 Birthday and Anniversary Celebrations 1- Joseph Maroulis 11 Irene Warren 2 Karson Perkins 11 Bud Brown 2- Cindy Herndon 19- Austin Sink 4- Tyler Troup 22 Wanda White 5- Forrest Matheson 26 Jennifer Sink 8- Jennifer Campbell 26 Mark Jamison