Fellowship Friday - May 13, 2022

Apparently, I'm not alone.

The comments, texts, and emails I received about my email last week was both comforting and overwhelming - comforting, to know I'm not alone, and overwhelming because there are many of you who feel similarly as I - our plates are full.

There is comfort in knowing that we are not alone. But does that take things off of our (full) plates? Unfortunately, no. But I have found myself remembering the video from Sunday's worship of the 2014 Dartmouth University commencement address by Shonda Rhimes, when she says that she can't do it all. (The whole address is wonderful, but the remarks of which I am speaking begin around the 16:15 mark.) A super-successful businesswoman and working mother, she named that she can't do it all - when she is successful in one area of her life, she is most likely failing in another. We are not alone - and we have each other for support. I encourage you to be ok with asking for the support and help needed to be successful. That is what we are called to do as a body of Christ - a Fellowship Family.

In the midst of the busy-ness of our lives, there should be time for fun! It's a matter of self-care and tending to that area of our lives.

TONIGHT is our Movie night, starting at 6:30. The forecast hasn't held up like we hoped, but the Programs Committee is excited to host dinner and fellowship in the Fellowship Hall, where the movie will also be shown. Invite your friends and neighbors to be a part of the fun!

Sunday will bring another opportunity to worship God together as a Fellowship Family. We will look at a gospel passage that we heard just a few short weeks ago during Holy Week - why would we hear it again? Good question - one that will be answered together on Sunday.

After worship, our Gospel According to Ted Lasso Adult Education series continues. No matter whether you love the show or only heard a bit about it, it doesn't matter! Come to the library and join in the conversation - it would be great to see you!

No matter where it is, I do hope to see you soon!

Best,

Pastor Kathryn

Sunday (Virtual) Worship Information

Sunday worship is in-person, but will continue to be available through Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube.

Worshipping via Zoom allows for worship participants to, at the least, see each other during worship, should a participant join through computer. Zoom also allows for worship participants to join by phone, should they not have access to a computer.

To join by phone, call: (646)558-8656

When you dial in you will be asked for a meeting ID number: enter 847 7231 7808. The password is: 658602. Depending on the time you dial in, you may not hear anything to start with. When the Prelude begins, you will hear audio.

To access worship by Zoom via computer, please click here.

(If you'd prefer to access the worship service through the Zoom website, please enter Meeting ID 847 7231 7808 - the password is: 658602.)

To access worship by Facebook Live, please click here.

To access worship by YouTube, please click here.

Don't forget - you can access this week's bulletin via the church's website or by clicking here .

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and Greensboro Housing Authority!

Fellowship has started an ongoing partnership between Backpack Beginnings, Greensboro Housing Authority, and The Applewood Community. Please contact Mary Howe to sign up: [email protected] or call/text at 336-698-6541. Please click here to sign up.

Wondering what to do with all of those grocery shopping bags? The Missions committee will be collecting “gently used” plastic grocery bags for Backpack Beginnings. Please bring any you don’t use to church with you, leaving them on the Missions table in the Dogwood Lobby closest to the double doors leading towards the classrooms.

Fellowship will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, June 8^t^h from 12:00 to 4:30pm.

Fellowship Presbyterian has online giving available through the Presbyterian Foundation.

Click this link to be taken to the online donations page.

Prayer Concerns and Celebrations

Katie Steele requires no surgery for her broken arm.
Linda Kershner is home continuing to heal and trying to get her energy back. She is grateful for our prayers.
Mark Kirstner is home feeling well from a brief hospital stay for heart rate and chest tightness. His family is thankful for answered prayers and outpouring of love and care.
Peggy Koppel has requested prayer for her neighbor, Rosalee Russo, recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Patrick Harman has contracted COVID. He and Susan are scheduled to go to London on Saturday, 5/14.
Barbara Smith celebrated her granddaughter’s wedding last weekend.
Terry Anderson celebrates a new full-time job, which she started on Monday.
Judy Meyler asks for prayers for her family as her Aunt Mary is actively dying.
We celebrate with Anna Hartis, who is one of 3 charter high school students in North Carolina to receive a $10,000 SECU People Helping People Scholarship. She will be attending UNC-Greensboro in the fall. Congratulations!
Traci Rankins asks for continued prayers as the oncology team discerns its plan. She has a biopsy on the 17^th to better understand what types of treatments may be most effective.
Libby Ansel, sister of Lesa Layno, is grateful that the experimental treatments appear to be helping to fight the cancer in her body. Lesa asks for the prayers to continue.
We celebrate with all of the students who are graduating from college in the upcoming weeks.
Dottie Fairchild, a neighbor friend of Ben Wordsworth, requests prayers for her health and for her current living situation. Due to changes in the apartment complex’s management, she is being forced to move out at the end of the month. She does celebrate that her cancer tumor has decreased.
Prayers for Ukraine and those caught in the crossfire as the war continues.
Continued prayers for our church members: Sarah Haack, John Koppel, Mary Howe, Julian Bullock, Lea Groves, Nancy Baughman, Bruce Weaver, and Marjorie Van Horn.
Continued prayers for the family and friends of our congregation: Kurt (Fred Campbell’s friend), Dennis (John Archambault’s cousin), Todd Southard (John Archambault’s friend), Michael Boswell (Peggy Koppel’s friend), Suzanne (Judy Meyler’s sister-in-law), Johnny Ziegler (Terry Anderson’s uncle), Todd Martinez (coworker of Gary Anderson), Katherine and Donald Bennett (Barbara Smith’s sister and brother-in-law), Felicia Schaps (Lindahl's daughter-in-law's mother), Ashley Long (Joel and Ann Long’s daughter-in-law), Joyce Berger (Kandee’s mother), Gwen Flowers & her family (Linda Ueland’s sister), Dorothy & Edward Archambault (John Archambault’s parents), Tim King family (Phyllis King’s son), Jenny George (Betsy Craver's cousin).

If you have any additional prayer concerns, please contact Linda Ueland (336-314-5481) or call Martha at the church (336-288-5177).

Upcoming Events

May 15:

9:15-11:15am: Professional Childcare available (Fellowship Hall)
9:30am: Worship with Communion (Sanctuary)– in-person, on Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube
10:30am: Fellowship Time (Dogwood Lobby)
10:45am: Adult Education Hour – The Gospel According to Ted Lasso (Library)

May 17:

7am: Men's Koffee Klatch (Panera Bread – Lawndale Location)
12 noon: Salem Presbytery Parish B Pastor’s Lunch Gathering in the Fellowship Hall
12 noon: Bulletin and Blast Deadline

May 18:

9:30am & 1:30pm: Meyler Oil (Fellowship Hall)
1pm: Bridge (Library)
1pm: Congregational Care Meeting (Zoom)
6pm: Building & Grounds; Stewardship & Finance Committees (Zoom)

May 22: Last Sunday of Program Year

9:15-11:15am: Professional Childcare available (Fellowship Hall)
9:30am: Worship – in-person, on Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube
10:30am: Fellowship Time (Dogwood Lobby)
10:45am: Adult Education Hour – The Gospel According to Ted Lasso (Library)
12:30-5pm: Girl Scouts in the Fellowship Hall