Waverly Road Presbyterian Church Waverly Road Presbyterian Church

People in our Prayers

Volume 50 Issue 33 August 15, 2018

Clasen Family

Ellee Rose Large (@ St. Jude)

Rev. David Hale

Eileen Williams

John Bearden

Mary Margaret Bowles

Cassi Yost

Betty Joiner (Julie’s Mom)

Sharon Petke

Carrie Conkin

Mike Lewis

Helen Austin

TEAMEffort in Virginia Beach, VA

Those who have recently lost loved ones

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

Alyson Miller in Peru

From the desk of Pastor Collin...

Rev. Collin

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.

www.waverlyroadpc.org wrpc@waverlyroadpc.org 423.247.5121 Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am—4:00 pm, Friday, 8:30 am—12:00 pm

Sunday August 19, 2018

Sunday School—9:45am Worship—11:00 am

Usher in Charge Martha Triplett

Greeters Steve Pitts Carol Pitts

Acolyte Madison Wilson

Scriptures for August 19, 2018

Sunday

Ephesians 5:15-20

John 6:51-58

Food Pantry Schedule

August 17

Baggers: K. Marsh, Preston Hills

Distributors: S. Lodal, G. Bus,

M. Lawson, R. Lawson,

B. Necessary

August 24

Baggers: W. Kerns, B. Kerns

Distributors: S. Bus, S. Pitts,

M. Triplett, B. Hubbard, B. Fritz

August 31

Baggers: K. Boyd, R. Lawson

Distributors: D. Germroth,

S. Rotenberry, B. Rotenberry,

G. Blythe

September 7

Baggers: B. Elderbrock, L. Carson,

D. Carson

Distributors: S Foster,

D. Eldredge, C. Pitts, S. Porter,

G. Blythe

I have many wonderful privileges as your pastor. Every morning I get to come into a beautifully maintained building and be surrounded by all the mission and ministry of this congregation. I am able to support my family by doing something that I love and that I feel called to. This is a humbling and beautiful thing and I give thanks to God and to you for it.

One other privilege is that I get to take time off to go and study, reflect and challenge myself. Two weeks ago, I went and took part in the Network of Biblical Storytellers, International Festival Gathering in Dayton, Ohio. This was a wonderful experience for me. I learned quite a bit about the bible, storytelling and myself. A small portion of that was seen on Sunday when I was able to tell the scripture reading from 2 Samuel.

I attended this gathering last year, and I intend to go continue my engagement with this group. Something about biblical storytelling speaks to me and my ministry. I plan to incorporate it into worship as well as other things. I hope that we will all be able to grow in the way we experience scripture together.

Thank you for blessing me in my ministry.

May God continue to bless us all,

This Week at WRPC

Mark your calendar! The next Parents’ Night Out is

Saturday, August 18, 4-8 pm. Contact Rachel Lawson at rachelzbeth@gmail.com or (423) 963-4310.

8/19—8/25 It’s IHN Week!

Sunday 8/19 9:00am Choir Practice

9:45am Sunday School

11:00am Worship Service / Communion

12:00pm Meeting of the Corporation &

Congregation

7:00pm Council Meeting, MR

Tuesday 8/21 11:00am Shepherds, MR

6:00pm Has Beens, FH

Wednesday 8/22 7:30pm Chancel Choir

Friday 8/24 10:00am Food Pantry, FH

WOW starts on August 29th with an Indoor Picnic and more! Watch for the insert in our Sunday, August 26 bulletin.

starts Wednesday, August 29!

Interfaith Hospitality News

Next Hosting-Week of August 19th-

Volunteers Still Needed! WRPC will be hosting Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) families during the week beginning August 19th. Hosting IHN provides us a very real opportunity to have a direct impact on some very special families. There are currently 2 families in the program; 3 adults and 5 children. One family is a Mom and Dad with 2 children and the other a Mom with 3 children. The exciting thing about this family is that one of the children is a baby, age this week is 7 weeks. Wow! If you are interested in volunteering as a meal preparer, host or for setting up, there are signup sheets located on the sign-up bulletin board. Call Carlista Barttels (253-227-0993) or John Clasen (967-7333) for evening and overnight host volunteers. Call Judi Easley (288-2649) for room setup/takedown volunteers. This hosting week will be our first week where Karen Gilmer has not been in charge of getting volunteers to stay with our guests. As you know, Karen and John will be in Colorado for approximately 1 year. Carlista Barttels has graciously agreed to help out with getting volunteers.

We still need volunteers for: Monday 8/20, 9pm—7 am

Friday, 8/24, 9pm—7 am

Saturday, 8/25, 9pm—7 am

If you or anyone you know is unable

to attend the Worship Service, but

would like to receive Communion the

afternoon of August 19, please

contact the Church Office

at 247-5121.

Communion August 19, 2018

Don’t forget! SMILE Yard Sale! This Saturday!

August 18, 8:00am—1:00pm, in the Prospect

House parking lot. Support a great cause and get

some cool bargains, too!

Views from the

Week of August 19-25, 2018

Item of the Week

Canned Fruit

by Susan Lodal

(From Second Harvest of Northeast Tennessee website)

Low wages, underemployment and unemployment

driving the need for food assistance • 14 percent of respondents have faced foreclosure or

eviction in the past five years.

• Among all households served by Second Harvest Food Bank agencies and programs, 42 percent have at least one member who has been employed in the past year.

• Among all households with an employed person, the person with the longest employment duration, 69% is likely to be employed part-time and 30% full-time.

• Statistics are from Hunger in America 2014. This study was conducted by Feeding America using rigorous academic research standards and was peer reviewed by a technical advisory team including researchers from American University, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the Urban Institute. Nationally, confidential responses were collected on electronic tablets by 6,000 trained data collectors, majority of whom were volunteers.

From the Desk of the Parish Nurse,

Joyce Caldwell

Lyme disease can be frightening because of its power to cause damage to any organ of the body, including the nervous system, heart, brain and joints. Like so many other diseases, catching it at its earliest stage before the microbe, transmitted by a tick bite, has had a chance to enter your bloodstream gives you the best chance of recovery.

But it can be tough to diagnose Lyme disease because its early symptoms, like headaches and body aches, fever, fatigue and a stiff neck, are often erroneously attributed to other health problems. And that telltale bullseye rash

by Beth Battaglino, RN, CEO of HealthyWomen

Is Lyme Disease Curable?

is not always present (although it is seen in about 75 percent of infected people).

Most people who are diagnosed early and are treated quickly with a round (or sometimes two) of antibiotics will improve rapidly and completely. But since Lyme disease doesn't always show up on the blood tests until you've had it for a few weeks, you may not always get treated at the earliest stage of the disease.

And tests are not always reliable either, especially in the early stages of Lyme. That's why many health care professionals will look at your medical history and symptoms and might start treating you anyway.

Yet, even if you are bitten by a deer tick—which is the size of a pinhead and difficult, if not impossible, to spot—you won't necessarily contract Lyme disease. A deer tick is a blacklegged tick that has fed on a small rodent. That rodent has to carry bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, or B burgdorferi, the most common illness carried by ticks in the United States. For the bacteria to spread to your blood, the tick must be attached to your body for 24 to 36 hours.

Unfortunately, many who are bitten never know it, because they neither feel the bite nor see any evidence of the tick.

You're more at risk if you spend a lot of time outdoors gardening or hiking, especially in areas where Lyme disease is more prevalent. Having a pet who may bring infected ticks home and walking in high grasses also ups your risk. If you find a tick on your skin, remove it immediately with tweezers, then wash thoroughly with soap and water.

Once the bacteria has spread—and depending how far it has spread—Lyme disease is no longer in its early stages, and both the symptoms and the treatment can be more complicated. If you're experiencing joint swelling or other neurological problems like numbness or weakness, further testing may be done.

The disease is still treatable with antibiotics but rather than oral antibiotics, they'll be infused directly into a vein (intravenously) so that they can get right into your bloodstream to work more quickly. Usually this IV treatment is given for two to three weeks, but it can take longer.

This all might sound scary, but the good news is that Lyme disease is curable, although some people's symptoms can persist after the treatment is complete. Known as post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), the muscle or joint aches or other neurological complications symptoms won't improve with long-term use of antibiotics but will usually improve over time.

The best offense against Lyme disease is a good defense. Staying mindful of where you're walking and working while outdoors and using an insect repellent containing a minimum of 20 percent DEET, plus treating your clothing with repellents containing 0.5 percent permethrin can go a long way toward repelling the potentially dangerous ticks. Also, wearing light-colored long-sleeved shirts and long pants can make the dark ticks more visible if they attach to your clothing.

Click here to see more details about signs and symptoms.

For the last few years, the Nominating Committee has experienced increasing difficulty filling vacant elder positions. As a reminder, our current Session organizational structure requires 23 active elders. In some cases, people are willing to serve on Session but do not want the added responsibility of chairing a specific committee. In other

cases, people are eager to become involved in the work of a specific committee but do not want to serve as an elder and assume the additional duties and obligations that come with that role. In addition, we are concerned about burn-out and the number of hours people are having to spend in meetings dealing with the operational and administrative aspects of our church. We would much rather enable people to utilize their gifts and talents in an area of service or ministry where they have passion.

As a result, the Session has developed an alternative streamlined structure that we believe will be just as effective. This recommendation was shared at the Corporation Meeting held after worship on Sunday, August 12. The recommendation involves reducing the number of active elders from 23 to 10. Except for Finance and Personnel, elders will no longer be required to chair their respective committees. Each committee will elect their own volunteer chair and vice-chairs. Our treasurers will no longer be required to be elders, but they will continue to be appointed by the Session. Buildings and Grounds volunteers will no longer be required to be elders nor will WOW organizers. The recommendation includes the creation of a new Fellowship Elder which will consolidate several fellowship-like responsibilities previously assigned to multiple committees.

The Session believes this new structure will enable us to elect committee chairs who really have a passion for their ministry as well as the time and energy to invest in it. We believe this new structure will eliminate the need for the Session Council because the new, smaller Session will be able to look at bigger picture issues and focus more of their time on things like the vision of the church and the spiritual health and well-being of its members. We believe this new structure will allow WRPC to move into the future better prepared to face the challenges we will meet and to achieve the vision we have created for ourselves. The Session has unanimously approved this recommendation and is asking for your support when a vote is called at the Corporation Meeting next Sunday, August 19.

From the Kingsport woman raising money to

buy books for school in Tanzania By Holly Viers / hviers@timesnews.net

Photo contributed by Amy Collette

KINGSPORT — In the U.S., it’s hard to imagine an English classroom with no books.

Children at this school in Engaruka, Tanzania, currently have little to no access to books, which makes learning English exceedingly difficult.

At a primary school in the small village of Engaruka, Tanzania, though, that’s a daily reality. The 1,200 students who attend the school have little to no exposure to books, which makes learning English exceedingly difficult.

That’s where Kingsport resident Amy Collette is stepping in. Collette, who attends Waverly Road Presbyterian Church, Kingsport, hopes to raise $10,000 in the next few weeks to stock a library at the school.

“Just for exposure to worlds that they aren’t familiar with and empowering them and giving them so many more opportunities provided through a book, I just think it’s incredibly important,” Collette said. “We provide that opportunity to our children, so why are these kids any different?”

Uncovering the Need

Collette first learned about the need in Tanzania after seven members of her church took a mission trip to the village. Collette’s mother was part of that group, and while she was there, she noticed the schoolchildren were fascinated by a children’s book she had read in one of the classrooms.

“There’s like 100 kids to a class, and they were standing on their desks to just get a glimpse of pictures in the book that she was reading,” Collette said. “It just kind of hit me that we have to do something.”

Collette, who works as a consultant at Usborne Books and More, reached out to Karah Germroth, a Kingsport native and founder of Moyo wa Afrika. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the organization assists with the development of villages in Tanzania.

Germroth said a book drive fundraiser was much needed for the school. So Collette and others got to work on making it happen.

The Fundraiser Begins

Collette said she planned to kick off the fundraiser officially on Friday. Her goal is to raise $10,000 by August 25.

She will then use the funds to purchase specific books on the school’s wish list. At that point, she plans to ship the books directly to the school. (more on next page)

“It’s very locally based, with Waverly Road going, and Karah, she lives there but she’s from Kingsport,” Collette said. “There’s just a lot of Kingsport roots to it, so I think it’s important.”

How you can help

Collette is focused on raising money for the books, but she added that she’ll also need donations to cover shipping costs. Her employer will match 50 percent of the donations that are received.

Donations can be made online at www.givinggrid.com/bookschangelives.Checks can also be mailed to Moyo wa Afrika, 1974 Cooks Valley Road, Kingsport, TN 37664, with “book drive” written on the memo line.

Kingsport woman raising money to buy books for

school in Tanzania cont’d.

If a child is not “ready” to become a part of the circle, the child is simply allowed to stay with the greeter.

The storyteller greets the children again and invites them to share greetings or whatever they might like to share with the circle. When everyone is ready, the Christ candle is lit and an opening prayer is given. The circle looks to the church calendar of the year and places an arrow on the Sunday we are celebrating. The story is shared using action words and teaching artifacts that have been retrieved from the shelves. All eyes are encouraged to be on the story materials. Then the wondering time begins. Questions like, “I wonder what part of the story you liked best?” “I wonder what part of the story is most important?”. As the wondering discussion fades, the children are quietly invited to choose work. They may choose from any of the story materials, or art supplies which they have been given a lesson. As each child is asked by the storyteller which materials they would like to work with, they quickly go to work.

After work time the children come back to the circle for the “feast”. During this time the community comes together to share prayers, food, and each other. The children serve each other simple foods and water. This is a foundation for communion. Then preparation for goodbyes begin. Ideally the children receive an individual goodbye, sharing artwork or whatever with the storyteller.

Due to our limited time in the room (40 minutes at best) we often do the feast after the lesson or do not do a new lesson at all but use the time for the children to be able to use lessons themselves or respond to a lesson that they have already received.

Before the children are dismissed they return the materials to the shelves as they found them.

Art materials are often messy, but cleaned up by the children who used them. The group cleans up the feast. As the last child leaves the room, the room looks like it did when they entered. This is the model we work towards and it is surprising how quickly our children follow the comforting support the environment provides. Greeters are important support for the whole process.

We would love everyone to have the experience of seeing the young children of our church growing in knowledge of their Savior, concentration, and self-control in the environment you have provided for them. Volunteer to be a “greeter” during the church hour for one Sunday this year, to receive this gift that the children would love to share with you. There are no age requirements, male or female are welcome. Pick a Sunday and sign up in the place provided. You will be glad you did!

As I walk into the classroom, I notice the simple white shelves that blend right into the walls. I am drawn like a magnet to the materials on these invisible shelves. The crystal hanging in the window catches the sunlight and bounces rainbows all over the room, one of God’s greatest promises.

The child appropriate art hanging on the walls give a feeling of, yes, this room has been prepared for children to learn and grow in Christian community. Child-focused worship happens in this room. Discussions and wonderings about the sacred stories of the Bible. Learning to care for and respect each other as well as the room and materials is also a big part of what is to be accomplished here. An art area is available with a selection of tools for expressing the stories learned and their feelings about them. Materials representing each child's appropriate story is here. The room is set up in a deliberate order, with old testament stories together, new testament stories together, parables and lessons about worship.

When it is time for the children to arrive, two guides are in place to lead the children through their worship for the day. The “greeter” sits at the door ready to welcome the children at eye level in a quiet and peaceful voice. The greeter invites them to meet others on the circle for greetings, opening prayers, rituals and the story. —Wanda Kerns

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News from the Church Library

Phillip Ramey was known around our region as a Master Gardener, a kind, funny and giving man. He was often seen helping others learn about raised beds and organic gardening. When Andrew Johnson Elementary School wanted to establish a raised garden, Phil and Debbie came to give encouragement and guidance. Like so many who teach, his influence cannot be measured. Phil died suddenly last year, he is helping the Lord with His organic gardening now.

Debbie Austin Ramey has graciously given our church library gardening books from Phillip's library.

Four Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman

This story of sunshine, weather patterns, old limitations and expectations, and new realities is delightfully innovative in the best gardening tradition. Four-Season Harvest will have you feasting on fresh produce from your garden all through the winter.

Southeast Home Landscaping by Roger Holmes and Rita Buchanan

Inside, you'll find inspiring ideas for making your home landscape more attractive and functional. The 54 featured

designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and use more than 200 dependable plants that thrive in the southeast. States included are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening

The Rodale Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening is the complete, comprehensive guide to a natural and chemical-free garden. Whether you’re an experienced gardener looking to go organic, or a beginner wanting to create a healthy, natural garden, this guide has all the advice you need to turn your garden into thing of natural beauty, safe for kids, pets, and wildlife. The Rodale Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening is your invitation to organic gardening for spectacular, all-natural results.

Root Cellaring by Mike and Nancy Bubel

Stretch the resources of your small backyard garden further than ever before, without devoting hundreds of hours to canning! This informative and inspiring guide shows you not only how to construct your own root cellar, but how to best use the earth’s naturally cool, stable temperature as an energy-saving way to store nearly 100 varieties of perishable fruits and vegetables.