Are you ready to step up to the plate and join our church league softball team? We welcome players of all abilities, ages 18 and up, to come together for some fun and friendly competition. Take a look at the schedule below and get in touch with Michael to secure your spot on the roster. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to bond with fellow community members and enjoy the thrill of the game!

2024 Softball Schedule

Our intergenerational VBS will be Sunday, July 28 – Thursday, August 1 from 5–8pm (which includes an optional supper). There will be self-contained classes for babies through rising kindergarteners, and for rising 1^st graders through adults, we’ll have age-grouped Bible study followed by the ever-popular craft, recreation, and music electives!

It’s never too early to let Lynn know if you can help teach and/or if you have ideas of fun and engaging elective ideas! Teaching opportunities include:

• self-contained preschool classes
• Gradeschool Bible study
• craft and recreation electives

We hope you can join us! It’s a great time of intergenerational fun and learning!

We hope you can join us! It’s a great time of intergenerational fun and learning!

The Trustees have presented a Recommendation for a Bylaw Amendment. The first Reading of the Bylaw Amendment was at Church Conference was on February 28.  The Bylaw Amendment will be voted on at the April 24 Church Conference.

Click here to access the recommendation.

Please note that every person eating Wednesday night supper must check-in with our volunteer collection team before getting their meal. Even if you have pre-paid online, please check-in with our volunteer. We recognize that many of you do this every week, but many do not. This is just an attempt to streamline our process and make sure every person is checked off the reservation list. A volunteer will be stationed in the Lewis Lobby with the Wednesday night supper reservation list. You may reserve your spot at this link on the website or by calling the church office. The volunteer will check-in your family and collect payment for the meal – we accept cash, checks, or credit cards.

Ages 0-3: Free

Ages 4-12: $4

Adults (over 12): $8

Family cap (over 3 people): $24

The menus for upcoming Wednesday night suppers are as follows (all meals come with salad and bread):

April 10 — Shrimp and grits with vegetable medley; non-meat option: mock shrimp and grits; kids: pizza rolls.

April 17 — Hamburger steak and gravy with rice and mixed veggies; non-meat option: non-meat patty; kids: hamburger.

April 24 — Chicken fried rice, egg drop soup, Asian veggies; non-meat option: mock chicken fried rice; kids: spring rolls.

May 1 — pasta primavera; kids: macaroni and cheese.

May 8 — Mediterranean Night: lamb and rice with lentils, tzatziki, and chickpeas; non-meat option: rice with lentils; kids: fish sticks.

May 15 — BBQ chicken with baked potato and corn; non-meat option: mock chicken; kids: nuggets.

May 22 — sweet and sour meatballs with rice and broccoli; non-meat option: veggie meatballs; kids: buttered noodles.

May 29 — End-of-Year Picnic at Pullen

Mark your calendar for the following dates for church conference in 2024: April 24, May 22, August 28, September 25, October 23, November 20, and December 18.

Due to the high use of the WiFi at the church, we have established a guest WiFi network. Please begin using FBC-MG when at the church. The password is “biography.” This network refreshes each day so we will not clog up the network with users, many of which are connected only one time. Last fall, we were unable to connect any new devices to the FBC network due to the high number of users being retained by the network. We refreshed the network but do not want to clog it up again. The FBC network will soon have a new password that will be used only by staff.  Thanks for shifting to the use of FBC-MG. You will need to sign in upon each use.

In his preface to Terrence Tilley’s book Story Theology, Robert McAfee Brown says that the Jewish and Christian faiths were launched when someone had a question and someone else replied, “My friend, let me tell you a story…” Stories lie at the heart of the human experience, and they lie at the heart of our faith. Jesus was a masterful storyteller whose core teachings, the ones we remember most, are found in story form. But it’s not just biblical stories that have a sacred quality. All our stories are sacred because they are human and because God is present in every part of human experience – the laughter and the tears, the seriousness and the frivolity. We will explore this theme of “Sacred Stories” at our annual churchwide retreat on April 19-21 at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain.

In addition to our usual mixture of Bible Study, fellowship, recreation, and elective options, we have invited musician/storyteller/author Jennifer Armstrong to lead us in one primary session on storytelling and an evening of entertainment. We hope you will be able to join us as we explore together the sacred stories that define and ultimately are our lives.

It is not too late to sign up! This year we have reserved the Blue Ridge Center and Asheville Hall located next door. Each room is equipped with air conditioning, telephones, two beds, and private baths — hotel-style accommodations. We have handicapped-accessible rooms available in both buildings and elevator access to all floors. Listed below is the cost of the weekend for all adults ages 12 and up. Children three and under are free! This year, a non-refundable deposit of $100 (per registration/family) will secure your spot. The deposit may be paid by cash, check (memo: churchwide retreat), or online.

Register by visiting our website. After you have registered and paid your deposit, Leah will follow up with you via email with the amount owed. Payment in full is due no later than March 3. Single rooms will be assigned on a first-come/first-served basis. Since we know that not everyone will be able to attend, we will also have Sunday School and worship in our sanctuary on Sunday, April 21. More information coming soon about our theme, schedule details, and elective options! For questions about registration, please email Leah.

Two nights lodging + four meals + supplies will be:

Single room – $310/adult
Two per room – $180/adult
Three per room – $140/adult
Four per room – $125/adult
Two per room – $145/child (ages 4–11)
Three per room – $100/child (ages 4–11)
Four per room – $80/child (ages 4–11)
Family cap = $470

Each week, we post And Also with ‘Cue’s weekly schedule in Rose Window Weekly as well as on our AAWC Facebook page to let you know our lunch schedule and if there will be outside events on the weekend for you to attend.