Midweek News Oct 29, 2025
Oct 29, 2025
Announcements and Items of Interest
Communion Sunday, November 2. Worship at 11:00 a.m. in the fellowship hall. We will celebrate November birthdays following worship with birthday cake. Pastor Kathy returns to the office on Friday, October 31 and will be leading worship on Sunday.
Thank you to Pastor Jim Taylor for acting as our pastor-in residence during Pastor Kathy’s absence.
Please remember to set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night/Sunday morning.. It is "fall back" to standard time for this year.
Our October- November Mission Project is raising funds for Thanksgiving Baskets for those in need in our county. We are hoping to raise $3,000 to purchase $100 Ingles grocery cards and toiletries, socks, throws, and holiday decorations for at least 25 individuals and families selected through Volunteer Avery County. We also need drivers to take the Thanksgiving Baskets to their homes. Make checks out to Crossnore Presbyterian Church and designate for Thanksgiving Baskets. If you would like to help deliver the baskets, please email Jason DeWitt at
Our next Bible Study will continue on Wednesday, November 5, and run through November 19, 3-4:30 p.m., in the fellowship hall. “Fun with New Testament Backgrounds” and will be led by Dr. Tim Johnson, former professor and chair of the Department of Classics at the College of Charleston. Tim shares the following description: New Testament stories and texts, formed in the first and second centuries AD, assume shared cultural contexts with their earliest audiences. These contexts often differ significantly from our modern views, and the difference can interfere with our understanding of scripture. What were common ethical viewpoints circulating at that time? What role did polytheism play, and what other religions competed with Christianity? How did governmental authority figure in? What other literature were people hearing and reading? Join me as we consider some of these questions and discover how New Testament backgrounds can enrich our comprehension of its message.” Tim will be using “The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament” by James S. Jeffers (Intervarsity Press: Downers Grove, IL). Please contact the church office to reserve a copy- $10 each: 828-733-1939.
Men’s Breakfast Group will meet at Kaye’s by the River, 503 Pine-ola Street, Newland, at 8:30 a.m., on Friday, November 7. All the men in our congregation are invited.
The Church Choir is practicing Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.in the fellowship hall. If you enjoy singing, please consider joining.
The Craft Group welcomes all who want to work on a craft or just share in fellowship to join in on Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., in the fellowship hall.
