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In This Issue
Worship
About Windows
In the Pulpit Sunday
We Ordain and Install New Officers Sunday
Third Time's the Charm: Enjoy Dinner and a Movie Next Wednesday
Family Pizza and Game Night Next Friday
Read and Feed Next Saturday
Women's Retreat: Save the Date!
Cake Boss: FPC Student Edition
Early Registration Begins for Great Escape
High School Summer Adventure
Music Notes
Pray for One Another
Gifts to the Church
Elders and Deacons of FPC
Church Calendar
Worship
January 21
3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Lessons
Jonah 3:1-5,10
Psalm 62:5-12
Mark 1:14-20
Sermon
Call and Response
Dr. Martin Dotterweich
Hymns
How Firm a Foundation
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding
Anthem
There Is a New Creation
Last Sunday's Attendance
8:30: 84; 11:00: 110
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January 18, 2018
In the Pulpit Sunday
Dr. Martin Dotterweich
is a specialist in the Reformation in Scotland and the history of the Bible in English as well as Chair of the Department of History and Political Science at King University. He attended Wheaton College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and the University of Edinburgh, where he earned a PhD. Martin and his wife, Heather, have been members of FPC since arriving in Bristol in 2004. They have two children, Kathleen and Peter.
Correction to New Officers List

In addition to those named in last week's newsletter as officers to be ordained and installed, Rhonda Comer was ordained and installed as a Deacon in the Class of 2020 last Sunday. We regret the omission of her name from last week's list.

Third Time's the Charm: Enjoy Dinner and a Movie Next Wednesday
Our partners in Felipe CamarĂ£o celebrated our mission work together with a festive altar a few years ago.

First illness then snow plowed a wintry detour into that semester we like to call Spring. Now an especially warm and engaging evening has been planned for our first fellowship night of 2018. Please join us next Wednesday, January 24, at 5:30 p.m. for a fellowship dinner of spaghetti, salad, bread, and dessert in the Fellowship Hall. Stay for a DVD documentary on the mission work and life of the Presbyterian missionary in Brazil who established the churches and communities to which FPC is still connected. Adult Learning begins at 6:15. Middle School Gathering and Wednesday Night Kids will meet separately at 6:00. High School Small Groups will meet at 7:00. Come warm yourselves!
Family Pizza and Game Night Next Friday

Make plans to join us next Friday, January 26, for a Family Pizza and Game Night from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. There will be fun and food for all!
Read and Feed Next Saturday

Heart to Heart's annual Read and Feed will be held next Saturday, January 27, at 11:00 a.m., in Billie Whisnant's home. All women of the church are invited to attend and bring a friend. 
Women's Retreat: Save the Date!

It's time to fill in the weekend of February 23 on your calendar! Our annual Women's Retreat will begin that Friday and continue through Sunday, February 25, in Blowing Rock, NC. This Heart to Heart retreat is always a blessing to those who attend. Don't miss it!
Cake Boss: FPC Student Edition
How are you like a piece of cake? Join us for Student Fellowship this Sunday night and find out! Can you say Cake Boss competition? Middle school and high school students will meet together at 6:00 for worship, and Cake Boss: FPC Edition will follow. We'll wrap the evening at 8:00. Grab some friends and come on down!
Early Registration Begins for Great Escape
Join FPC Middle School Ministry on a summer adventure to the Great Escape! Departing from the church on Sunday, June 10, we will head to Lee University in Cleveland, TN, where middle school students from all over the USA will be gathering for a wild 'n' crazy week of incredible music, captivating speakers, engaging entertainment, and the messiest games you can imagine! On one day of the week, students will enjoy whitewater rafting on the Ocoee River. We will return to the church around noon on Friday, June 15.
We do our best to make camp available to students at the lowest price possible by offsetting the cost by 50 percent per person. Scholarships are available but must be requested. The Early Bird price is $415. To get this price, you must register and pay the $100 deposit by next Sunday, January 28. After January 28, the price goes up to $445. The total balance is due May 19.
What do you get for your money?
  • Transportation to and from camp
  • Camp programming
  • 6 days of lodging and meals
  • T-shirt
  • Whitewater rafting on the Ocoee River
  • An AMAZING week!
This is an event you won't want to miss! Start inviting your friends and register early for the best price. For more information, contact Katie Arnold, Director of Student Ministries, at karnold@fpcbristol.org or 770-296-1671.
High School Summer Adventure
Join FPC High School Ministry on a summer adventure to Jacksonville and Hilton Head Island! Departing from the church on June 24, we will travel to Hilton Head Island for The Journey. FPC students will join other church groups from across the Southern states for a week of wild games, challenges, fellowship, worship, and time on the beach, all while on a journey to experience God in a whole new way. We will return home June 28.
We do our best to make camp available to students at the lowest price possible by offsetting the cost by 50 percent per person. Scholarships are available but must be requested. The Early Bird price is $400. To get this price, you must register and pay the $100 deposit by next Sunday, January 28. After January 28, the price goes up to $450. The total balance is due May 19.
What do you get for your money?
  • Transportation
  • Camp
  • Lodging in Hilton Head
  • Meals (excluding travel meals)
  • T-shirt
  • An AMAZING week!
This is an event you won't want to miss! Start inviting your friends and register early for the best price. For more information, contact Katie Arnold, Director of Student Ministries, at karnold@fpcbristol.org or 770-296-1671.
Music Notes
Sunday's music participants: Pat Flannagan, Bob Greene, Sanctuary Choir.
Sunday's music: Our anthem, "There Is a New Creation," and our final hymn were composed by David Ashley White. White holds a Bachelor of Music in oboe performance
David Ashley White
and a Master of Music in composition, both from the University of Houston, and he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts from The University of Texas at Austin. He has been on the faculty of the Moores School of Music since 1977. He was the school's director from 1999 to 2014, and he was the first recipient of the Margaret M. Alkek and Margaret Alkek Williams Endowed Chair. White's secular and sacred compositions are widely performed and published, and he has received numerous commissions from various organizations, schools, churches, and individuals. His hymns are found in a number of books, including the Episcopal Church's The Hymnal 1982 and its supplement,  Wonder, Love, and Praise; The United Methodist Hymnal and its supplement; the hymnal of the United Church of Christ in Japan; Great Britain's Worship Songs Ancient and Modern; and Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal.
Organist's footnotes: This Sunday we will examine the organ music of Aaron David Miller (b. 1972). A renowned concert organist and composer, he has won numerous international awards and given concerts across the United States. Miller began his
Aaron David Miller
studies in organ performance under the guidance of Carlene Neihart in Kansas City and continued in Chicago with David Schrader. At this time, he attended the Chicago Academy for the Arts, where he studied composition with Bruce Horst. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1995 from the Eastman School of Music, studying organ performance with David Craighead, Russell Saunders, David Higgs, and Michael Farris and composition with Samuel Adler and Joseph Schwantner. Miller completed his graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music, earning his Master of Music degree in 1997 and his Doctorate of Musical Arts in 1999. He studied composition and organ performance with McNeil Robinson. Miller is currently Director of Music and Organist at House of Hope, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Miller sets "Crusader's Hymn," our prelude, in 5/8 time with a quiet, understated registration. His setting of "Her kommer dine arme Smaa" (a Norwegian Christmas carol and our offertory) in 6/8 time is also gentle, with the oboe and flute stops playing the melody. But Miller's setting of our postlude, "Deo gracias" (also known as "Oh, Wondrous Type! Oh, Vision Fair," "Oh, Love, How Deep," and "The Agincourt Hymn") in 9/8 time is definitely not quiet and gentle! It takes off like a shot and doesn't look back. It cools down slightly in the middle but then rekindles itself, blazing pell-mell to the finish.
Pray for One Another
An extensive list of prayer concerns, "Pray for One Another," is available for pickup at the church each week.
 
In Our Prayers
DeeDee Galliher
Ron Grubbs
Chili Ishmael (Claire Pruner's father)
Betty Millard
Linda Pridemore
Chuck Thompson
 
To the Church Triumphant
Graham W. Barr
January 16, 2018
Amy Davis Sumerell Elmore
January 2, 2018
 
Condolences
Our love and sympathy are with Louise Rutherford in the death of her daughter-in-law, Jennie Hodges Rutherford, January 7; and with Cara Everett Anderson in the death of her mother, Deane Fiske Everett, January 12.
 
Birthday Prayer Fellowship
Jan. 21      Lisa Lundberg
Jan. 22      Dick Ladd
Jan. 24      Claire Hankins, Nate Sproles
Jan. 25      Matt Kingsley, Karen Pennington
Jan. 27      Ann Galliher, Samuel Parker
Gifts to the Church
We gratefully acknowledge the following gifts to the church in the second half of December 2017.
In honor of:
Louise Rutherford: to the MEP from Tom & Leigh King
In memory of:
Virginia L. Greer Abel: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Wesley Alexander: to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Nell Banks: to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Doug Bassett: to the Christian Hands Ministry Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Mack Blevins: to the Memorial Fund from John & Ellen Manney and from an anonymous donor; to the Minister's Discretionary Fund from Jim White
Wayne Creel: to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Jean Eller: to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Donald Ellis: to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Fred Frazier: to the Christian Hands Ministry Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from John & Ellen Manney; to the Capital Fund from an anonymous donor
Joan Freels: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Eddie & Peggy Hill; to the Minister's Discretionary Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Calvin Garland: to the Minister's Discretionary Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Elinor Gray: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Eddie & Peggy Hill
Sharon Hatcher: to the Christian Hands Ministry Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from John & Ellen Manney and from an anonymous donor
Horace & Bessie Hudson: to the MEP from Tom & Leigh King
Alice McKnight Kelley: to the Music Projects Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Arthur & Geneva King: to the MEP from Tom & Leigh King
Louis & Elizabeth King: to the MEP from Tom & Leigh King
Alma Little: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Eddie & Peggy Hill
Addison Looney: to the Christian Hands Ministry Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Margaret Whitmore McCulloch: to the MEP from Tom & Leigh King
Neil Ottenfeld: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Jo Ann Hopper Pace: to the Christian Hands Ministry Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Mary Rice: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Jim White
Norma Roop: to the Minister's Discretionary Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Glenda Schiesz: to the Christian Hands Ministry Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Lawrence Sharrett Sr.: to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Emma Testerman: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Jim White
Walter Thomas Jr.: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
Alec Turnbull: to the MEP from Tom & Leigh King; to the Minister's Discretionary Fund from Jim White; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor
John Warner: to the Capital Fund/MEP from Eddie & Peggy Hill; to the Memorial Fund from an anonymous donor; to the MEP from Tom & Leigh King; to the Music Projects Fund from Dotty Royston and from Jim White
Elders and Deacons of FPC
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Church Officers
ELDERS
Class of 2018
Class of 2019
Class of 2020
Aaron Brooks
Anna Booher
Nancy Allerton
Randy Cook
Lee Galliher
Rebecca Beck
Debbie McMillin
Pete Holler
David Hyde
Stuart Parker
Han Ong
Jordan Pennington
Chuck Thompson
Pete Stigers
Jerry Poteat
DEACONS
Class of 2018
Class of 2019
Class of 2020
Adam Abel
George Linke
Blake Bassett
Nancy Butterworth
Greg Roberts
Sujean Bradley
David Ginn
Nate Sproles
Rhonda Comer
Rett Stocstill
Bill Whisnant
Brenda Lawson
Ann Woods
 
Barbara Thompson

Church Calendar
Sunday, January 21
8:30 a.m.       Worship, Fellowship Hall
9:45 a.m.       Sunday School
11:00 a.m.     Worship, Sanctuary
4:00 p.m.       Evangelism & Outreach Comm., Room 117
5:00 p.m.       Middle School Student Fellowship, Youth Wing
6:30 p.m.       High School Student Fellowship, Youth Wing
Monday, January 22
5:30 p.m.       Adult Handbells
7:00 p.m.       Session of Elders, Room 123
Tuesday, January 23
9:30 a.m.       Staff Meeting, Room 117
10:00 a.m.     Morning Prayer Group, Conference Room
6:00 p.m.       Venture Crew 3, Room 165
7:00 p.m.       Boy Scout Troop 3, Scout Wing
Wednesday, January 24
9:30 a.m.       Women's DVD Bible Study, Coffee Klatch Room
4:45 p.m.       Savior's Singers Children's Choir
5:15 p.m.       Baby & Toddler Care, Rooms 34-36
5:30 p.m.       Fellowship Dinner, Fellowship Hall
6:00 p.m.       Pastor Nominating Comm., Room 117
6:00 p.m.       Wednesday Night Kids
6:00 p.m.       Middle School Gathering
6:15 p.m.       Adult Learning Program, Fellowship Hall
7:00 p.m.       High School Small Groups
7:15 p.m.       Sanctuary Choir
7:30 p.m.       8:30 Worship Team, Fellowship Hall
Thursday, January 25
7:00 a.m.       Men's Bible Study, Parlor
12:00 p.m.     Noon Bible Study, Room 117
Friday, January 26
6:00 p.m.       Family Pizza & Game Night, Fellowship Hall
Saturday, January 27
11:00 a.m.     Heart to Heart Read & Feed, Billie Whisnant's Home