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People in our Prayers

Volume 51 Issue 13 March 27, 2019

Karl & Laura Hake

Ellee Rose Large (@ St. Jude)

Rev. David Hale

Eileen Williams

John Bearden

Mary Margaret Bowles

Cassi Yost

Missionaries in our Prayers

PCUSA Missionaries Bill & Ann Moore in Japan

Jimmy Shafe: Mission: Hope ROW Congo

Osman Hope in Honduras

Mahendra Bhattarai & family and the school in Nepal

Fred Foy & Cecily Strang in Kenya

Karah Germroth and Moyo wa Afrika in Tanzania

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ!

Photo courtesy: Charlie Foster

We will leave names on the Prayer Request List for three weeks unless you notify the Church Office to remain on the list for an extended amount of time.

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Mike Lewis

Helen Austin

Margaret Mueller

Nancy Hanerhoff (Ruth Helmer’s Sister)

Those who have recently lost loved ones

From the desk of Pastor Collin... March 31, 2019

Sunday School—9:45am Worship—11:00 am

Usher in Charge Bill Butler

Greeters Barbara Lane

Steve Bingham

Acolyte Michael Lawson

Scriptures for Sunday,

March 31, 2019

Jonah

Food Pantry Schedule

March 29 Baggers: K. Boyd, R. Lawson Distributors: D. Germroth, S. Rotenberry, B. Rotenberry, G. Blythe

April 5 Baggers: B. Elderbrock, D. Carson Distributors: S. Foster, D. Eldredge, C. Pitts, S. Porter, G. Blythe

April 12 Baggers: Cora Cox Academy, S. Lodal Distributors: P. Phillips, S. Martin, S. Bingham, C. Barttels

April 19 Baggers: K. Marsh, Preston Hills Distributors: S. Lodal, G. Bus, M. Lawson, R. Lawson, B. Preston

Rev. Collin

www.waverlyroadpc.org wrpc@waverlyroadpc.org 423.247.5121 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am—4:00 pm, Friday, 8:30 am—3:00 pm

You may have noticed by now that you are hearing a lot of Jonah. Instead of reading a few verses each Sunday, we are walking with Jonah always starting at the beginning of the story. When I was looking into telling Jonah for Lent, one of the things that I wanted to do was to have us sit with the whole story so far. We tend to think of the Bible as broken into little pieces and I wanted us to sit with a

whole book in our laps by the end of Lent.

I hope you will continue to indulge me with this practice for the next few weeks. I also encourage you to sit down and read another book of the Bible all the way through in one sitting. Take that challenge on for Lent and see how God speaks to you in a different way.

May God continue to bless,

This Week at WRPC

Mark your calendar! The next Parents’ Night Out is

Saturday, April 20, 4-8 pm. Contact Rachel Lawson at rachelzbth@gmail.com or (423) 963-4310.

Mark your calendar and SAVE THE DATE for the

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

Saturday, April 13, 8:00 am at First Presbyterian Church

Join us for a morning of Breakfast, Prayer and Fellowship!

Sunday 3/31 9:00am Choir Practice

9:45am Sunday School

11:00am Worship Service

5:30pm Handbells

Tuesday 4/2 11:00am Shepherds, MR

1:00pm Staff Meeting, GS

6:00pm Has Beens, FH

Wednesday 4/3 3:30pm After School Program

5:30pm WOW Meal

6:15pm WOW Guest Speaker

7:30pm Chancel Choir

Thursday 4/4 9:30am Tapestry Women’s Bible

Study, PH

1:00pm Congregational Care, MR

Friday 4/5 10:00am Food Pantry, FH

Menu: Hot Chicken Salad Casserole, Poppyseed Chicken Casserole, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad, Fruit Salad and Strawberry Éclair Dessert.

Season of Mission Please join us on Wednesday, April 3 as we

welcome our guest speaker for WOW,

Michael Holt from Cora Cox Academy.

For nearly three years, our congregation has participated faithfully in ministry to students of Cora Cox Academy (CCA). Cora Cox Academy is Kingsport City Schools alternative learning program for students who are unable to attend their regular school for a variety of reasons. Our ministry serves these at-risk students by providing support, caring and reminders of God’s love for them throughout the school year. Michael Holt will share from his experience as a teacher at Cora Cox Academy. Once each month, he accompanies a small group of students to our church and they fill bags of groceries for our food pantry as their way of giving back to the community.

It’s Time to Order Easter Lilies If you would like to order an Easter lily in memory of, in honor of, or in celebration of a special person(s) to be used in the sanctuary on Easter morning, please fill out a form inserted in the Sunday Bulletin for EACH lily ordered. The cost is $13.00 for each lily. Please make checks payable to WRPC (Easter Lilies), and leave the order form and the check in Amy’s mailbox in the church workroom or in the mail slot on her door. Extra forms will be placed in the church workroom. The last day to order is Sunday, April 14.

Views from the

by Susan Lodal

Week of March 31—April 6, 2019

Items of the Week

Canned Beans or Vegetables

“I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!” - Dolly Parton Thank you for helping us serve our hungry neighbors as the Hands of Christ on Waverly Road.

• Drink alcohol only in moderation

• See your doctor on a regular basis

• Reducing Stroke Risk

Stroke risk is mostly well-known among people diagnosed with AFib. During a recent HealthyWomen survey, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, 80 percent of the 520 women respondents diagnosed with AFib said their health care provider discussed their stroke risk with them.*

Blood thinners can lower your risk of a stroke caused by blood clots. The vast majority of survey respondents—93 percent—said their health care providers talked to them about the importance of taking their blood-thinning medication as prescribed.

While blood-thinning medications are an important part of reducing stroke risk for those with AFib, there are some instances when the effect of blood-thinning medications may need to be reversed. For example, in emergency situations—blood thinners can cause excessive bleeding that can be life threatening.

While the risk of bleeding in emergencies is serious for those taking blood-thinning medication, reversal treatments work to reverse the blood-thinning effect of blood-thinning medications. Ask your health care provider about available reversal treatment options. A health care provider can administer the reversal agent in emergency situations. The use of reversal agents may increase risk for stroke, but this risk is reduced by restarting the blood thinners as soon as possible after the emergency.

During our HealthyWomen survey, we found that 59 percent of women were not aware that there are reversal treatments for some medications used to reduce stroke risk with AFib. If you ever find yourself in an emergency situation where a health care provider needs to give you a reversal agent, be aware that a reversal agent does increase your risk of stroke and blood clots. Your health care provider will restart you on a blood thinner as soon as possible to reduce the risk.

Four, short words that portray the pain and frustration of our Lord: “And they crucified him.” Mark 15:24a (NIV). As the nails are driven into his hands and feet, this week’s statue photograph shows us the pain Jesus suffered at his crucifixion, his head rising off the cross upon which his body lies. We want to cry out in anguish on his behalf; but only silence seems appropriate.

From the Desk of the Parish Nurse,

Joyce Caldwell

Living Well with AFib Healthywomen.org

If you are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AFib), an irregular and often rapid heart rate that occurs when the two upper chambers of your heart (atria) experience chaotic electrical signals, management is incredibly important.

Those who have AFib should be well aware of these things: living a healthy lifestyle and reducing stroke risk.

Living a Healthy Lifestyle

As with any heart-related disease or condition, the following lifestyle guidelines should be adhered to:

• Eat a healthy diet that's low in salt and solid fats and rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains

• Exercise regularly

• Quit smoking

• Maintain a healthy weight

• Keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels under

The Story of Lent in Statues

The Story of Lent told in Statues

I think it’s safe to say that all of us have participated in the WRPC Prayer Chain in one way or another. Either we’ve been the beneficiaries of its members’ prayers, or we’ve prayed for people after being notified that they have requested our prayers, or both.

The process works well if staff members and others know who the first point of contact is – the person who will notify everyone else that prayers are needed. How would you like to be that person? The qualifications are few, and it is a great way to serve the Kingdom of God.

Here is all you need to do the job:

• Telephone

• Email capability

• Text capability

• Reliable connection to all these services

And here is the process:

Collin (or someone) notifies you of a prayer need. Staff knows to obtain permission before broadcasting the name and need. If the request is from someone else, ask if the person who will be the subject of the prayers has agreed to starting the prayer chain for them.

Coordinator will do three things:

• Call the first person on the Telephone List. That person will call the next one, until all on that list have been notified.

• Email the request to the people on the Email List.

• Text the request to the people on the Text List.

As requested, the Coordinator will add people to their preferred list.

Please prayerfully consider whether this is a way you can serve Christ and his church.

Contact Sharon Petke to volunteer or to ask

questions.

Telephone: 423.288.3454 Text: 423.676.6931 Email: sspetke@mac.com

WRPC Prayer Chain Minute for Mission:

Season of Mission ~ Season of Hope

This year, the Mission Committee invites you to be a part of our “Season of Mission ~ Season of Hope”. Instead of a weekend or a week-long focus on mission, we are offering several opportunities during the months of March and April to experience and learn more about missions we support around the corner as well as missions around the world. Our Season of Mission ~ Season of Hope is based on the scripture from Matthew 25:40, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

WOW Lenten Series March 13: Deborah Mullins, the new executive director of Friends in Need. Deborah talked about her organization’s efforts to address the medical and dental needs of our uninsured and underinsured neighbors and she also shared her personal faith journey. Appalachian Miles for Smiles is a program of Friends in Need. March 20: Becca Sutphen from United Way reported on local efforts to address the needs of the homeless in a program entitled, “Homeless to Home”. March 27: Rachel Lawson and Rachel Ritter provided an update on SMILE and gave those in attendance an opportunity to provide some hands-on assistance sorting clothes and making toddler kits. April 3: Michael Holt will share from his experience as a teacher at Cora Cox Academy, an alternative program in Kingsport City Schools. Our church is a community partner with Cora Cox Academy and their students fill bags of groceries in our food pantry once each month as their way of giving back to the community. April 10: Hands-on Service Projects Mission Action Plan Packets will be distributed on April 7 and 14. Our Season of Mission ~ Season of Hope will culminate on April 28 with a Worship Service, an opportunity to make a pledge to our Mission Action Plan, and you are invited to join us for lunch afterwards. It will be a day to celebrate what we as the Church are doing for the least of these, our brothers and sisters.

Asparagus and

Cashews

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons sesame oil

1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root

1 bunch asparagus stalks, ends cut

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1/2 cup chopped cashews

Directions

Heat olive oil and sesame oil in a wok over low to medium heat. Add ginger, and stir-fry until slightly brown. Add asparagus, and stir-fry for a few minutes before adding soy sauce and cashews. Cook until asparagus is tender but still crisp and bright green, stirring frequently.

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BEE Kind to BUMBLEBEES What if all bumblebees went extinct? We'd be in

'a world of trouble'—Doyle Rice, USA Today

For the first time, a bumblebee has been placed on the endangered species list. But what if they went extinct?

Well, if you like to eat, you should worry about bumblebees — they're the most im-portant insect pollina-tors of a variety of crops like cranberries, blueberries and tomatoes, according to Clay Bolt of the World Wildlife Fund.

In fact, one out of every three bites of food you eat has been helped along in some way by bees, said Rebecca Riley of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, 90% of the world’s food supply comes from about 100 crop species and 71 of those crops (especially fruits and vegetables) rely on bees for pollination. In the U.S., bee activities generate $15 billion a year, the World Wildlife Fund said. This includes "domesticated" bees such as honeybees. Bumblebees are considered "wild" bees.

Bumblebees also pollinate a broad range of native plants that play a vital role in numerous ecosystems, Bolt said. He said that "if all bumblebees disappeared it is highly likely that we would feel the ripples of their loss, in terms of the foods we eat, the loss of economic benefits, and the general integrity of the natural world."

"Everything in nature is connected as a result of millions of years of evolution," Bolt added. "Take away a bee and what happens to the flowers that depend on them, or the birds that eat the seeds from those flowers, the raptors that eat those seed-eating birds, and the fish that rely on stands of pollinated plants to filter ground water?"

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this week placed the rusty patched bumblebee on the endangered species list because the population has declined by 90% in the past 20 years, Riley said. The main threats to the bee are habitat loss, pesticides and disease, she added. The bee "can't sustain the kind of losses we're seeing," she said.

The rusty patched bumblebee is now the first bee of any type in the continental U.S. to receive the endangered species designation.

Unfortunately, the rusty-patched bumblebee's dramatic decline is only the tip of the iceberg for the loss of North American bumblebee species. One out of every four species of bumblebee on the continent is at risk of extinction, according to The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

Other bumblebees that are being evaluated for listing as an endangered species include the yellow banded bumblebee, the Western bumblebee and Franklin’s bumblebee, Riley of the NRDC said.

What's good news, she said, is that the actions taken to protect the rusty patched bumblebee should also help protect other species. Butterflies and birds will also be helped.

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