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SEPTEMBER 24: Order of Worship

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our midweek gatherings on Wednesday evenings are underway. CLICK FOR MORE INFO.

Sewing Sisters will meet Monday, September 25, at 9:30 a.m.

Arden ladies, join us for our September fellowship night this Tuesday, 9/26, 6:30 p.m. APC fellowship room (lower level sanctuary building). It’s game night! Feel free to bring a dessert to share. We will provide the games and savory snacks. Bring a friend!

Arden Ladies, please join us for our fall bible study, Living the Gospel: Romans 9-16. Tuesdays, at 9:30 a.m. (Livestream begins at 9:45) and Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in the APC chapel (administration building). Childcare is available for the morning study. Register at ardenpres.org/womens-ministry. For more information, contact Jean-Marie VunCannon (jmvuncannon@gmail.com).

Next Sunday, October 1, we will celebrate the Lord's Supper.

LOVE PACKAGES: During September and early October we will be collecting new and used (good condition) devotional material for Love Packages, a ministry that collects Christian materials to share with churches, mission agencies, and Christian schools throughout the world. Bibles, commentaries, and devotional books are greatly appreciated. There will be more detailed information sheets in the church lobby opposite the welcome center each Sunday morning. You may bring materials to the sanctuary lobby or the church office. Mark your materials “LOVE PACKAGES”. DEADLINE Tuesday, October 4. Also, if you wish to assist in sorting and packaging these materials, please contact Sue Baker: uwbaker@att.net / 828-231-2073.

Adult Sunday School classes:

  • Through the Book: Ecclesiastes (Steve Jennings)
  • Truths We Confess: Reformed Theology and the Westminster Confession of Faith (Bill Resh)
  • The Meaning of Marriage (Mark & Beth Hedrick, with Foxes, Gregorys, Holcombes, & Marshalls)

If you are interested in joining a small group, please sign up at the welcome center or at the link in the weekly email. We hope to form some more groups in the near future.

New Members: If you are interested in attending a new members class please email: ardensecretary@gmail.com.

Arden sisters, please make plans now to join with sisters from throughout our presbytery for the Highlands Presbytery Fall Retreat, Friday-Saturday, October 20 & 21, at Ridge Haven Conference Center in Brevard. Speaker Lori Sealy is sure to be a blessing to us! Online registration is open with rooms available on a first come/first served basis. See Jean-Marie for details or assistance registering.

MISSIONS MOMENT

David & Marcia - MTW Europe

David is coming to the end of an aggressive chemo part of his treatment plan and physically has done amazingly well. Pancreatic cancer and chemo has been very hard on his body. Praise God for all the extended time and reduction of the cancer this treatment has produced. Please pray for God’s guidance as David and Marcia pursue their next steps. David and Marcia also thank the Lord, for providing them with their own home in Nashville, another answer to prayer. They hope to move in around the beginning of October. Then the real chaos begins with unpacking and settling in. They are so thankful to God for his provision. David and Marcia are grateful for all your kind messages, your faithful prayers, and your continued support.

Support Needs: Because of their moving expenses to return to the US, their support account is really low right now. They plan to continue on support until September 2024 and hope to make final home assignment visits in the next year. Please consider an extra gift of financial support at this time. If you feel the Lord is leading you to support David and Marcia with a one-time gift, you can click on this link to their account: https://mtw.org/missionaries/13609.