Midweek News Oct 15, 2025
Oct 15, 2025
Announcements and Items of Interest
Sunday, October 19. 2025 Worship 11:00 a.m. Pastor Jim Taylor is our Pastor in Residence for the Month of October while Pastor Kathy is on leave. Our October potluck Is this Sunday October 19 and will again be held at the Land Harbor Golf House and is a casserole luncheon. following worship. Just come directly from church or run home and pick up your dish to share. It is a potluck so bring your favorite casserole, meat dish, veggie, or dessert to share. The church ovens can be used to warm your dish during worship if you wish or you can also drop your dish off before church at the Golf House. Directions to the Golf House- turn into the main entrance of Linville Land Harbor (from Highway 221), then turn right (the lake will be on your left), stay on the main road past the recreation building, past the Pointe (where we had our church picnic), keep going until you reach a stop sign, and turn left onto Goose Hollow Road. The Golf House and parking lot will be on your left. The GPS address is: 1665 Goose Hollow Road.
Pastor Kathy is on vacation and study leave for the month of October. Jim Taylor has stepped in as the pastor in residence. He will be in the church office on Wednesdays and leading worship on Sundays. If there is a pastoral concern, please contact him. His cellphone is: 828-963-0349; his email is
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
The Women’s Gathering will meet at Barbara Stuart’s home on Thursday, October 23, 4-6 p.m. Her address is: 157 Rhododendron Loop in Linville Land Harbor. Please park at the Golf House and carpool. Bring your own beverage and something sweet or salty to share.
A thank you goes out to Lisa Moore, Mary Noble, Lila Taylor, Richard Akelewicz, Emmy Zobel, Jonathan McKenzie, John,Kehoe, Eric Sowder, and Jason Dewitt for painting Jacob’s Ladder Railings! They look wonderful!
Also, John,Kehoe, Eric Sowder and Richard Akelewicz have been hard at work in the Memorial Garden. This week they have broken up stone slabs, carried and placed them in the garden. Tough work! Thank you!
Our next Bible Study will begin on Wednesday, October 29, 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,.
The Church Choir is practicing Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.in the fellowship hall. If you enjoy singing, please consider being part of the choir.
The Craft Group welcomes all who want to work on a craft or just share in fellowship to join in Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., in the fellowship hall. They are creating new Chrismons for our Chrismon Tree.
This Weeks’s Roof Construction Update: . The pews in the sanctuary have been moved in order for the inside scaffolding and supports to be erected. Inside scaffolding has been built and addition scaffolding is being delivered. It is great to see the progress. While preparing to erect the inside scaffolding in the sanctuary, some of the flooring had to be taken up. Between the top flooring and the rough underfloor, some cut up remnants of a children’s periodical called “The Water Lily” were found. The publication date is May 1926. (The first service in our sanctuary was in the summer of 1926). “The Water Lily” was published monthly by the National Temperance Society and was a four-page publication for Sunday schools. We’ve managed to piece together the first and second pages. I’m including them as a page 2 and page 3 in case you want to take a look.
