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WELCOME NEW B’MORE MEMBERS!
Last Sunday we welcomed the following to our church family: Nancy Clark, Alison Gaddy, David Gaddy, Mike and Priscilla Moyer, Lauri Rickman, and Judi Robinson.
CONFIRMATION CLASSES BEGIN OCT. 15 and continue through April 18. Classes will be held the 2nd Wednesday of every month Oct. through April from 6 - 8:30pm. In addition to our weekly classes, each 3rd Sunday of the month will be Youth Sunday. Our youth will serve in some area of leadership of our Sunday morning 11am service (helping with offering, greeting, etc).
Please share our confirmation schedule with your friends and family and invite youth, who will be 12 and over, by the end of the school year to come be part of our classes.
We need Adult mentors for our youth — let Sonny know if you can assist.
FAMILY FUN! Eliada’s 2017 Annual Corn Maze is Sep 30 – Oct 31. We are looking for someone to drive a group to this event on a date that fits his or her calendar. Please let Anita know if you are interested in helping or if you want to go. COSTS: Adults (age 16+): $12; Children (age 4-15): $10
Thanks!
10 Community Families helped with food and $500 towards bills.
We provide food boxes throughout the month. We are in need of peanut butter, jelly, beef stew, hearty soups, vegetables, meat, cereal, fruit, and spaghetti noodles. Your support is greatly appreciated!
WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY is THIS Sunday, Oct. 1. Your offering will empower international and international United Methodist students to change the world.
 Join our 'N Rapport Small Group
for a 3-week topical study on Wednesday nights:
October 4, 11, and 18, at 7:10-8:30 pm.
TEXT: "What is the Bible?" from "Exploring the Bible: The Dickinson Series," endorsed by UMC Bishop Will Willimon
COST: Order your copy at amazon.com
Kindle edition is $6, paperback is $10.98
We’ll take a brief look at what the Bible is, how we got it,
how it’s organized, and how to study it.
We will meet in the staff office on Oct. 4. Let Anita know you hope to come: ageasayles@gmail.com or 828-216-6591
Brooks-Howell Home is hosting Kathy Bergen, Canadian Mennonite human rights activist with deep roots in Palestine/Israel, for a talk on Thursday, October 19, 3:15 p.m.
From her first visit in 1982 Kathy has been working with both local Palestinian Christian and Muslim communities and the Israeli peace movement and she has long been a resource for study groups who come to the Middle East from universities, seminaries, colleges, and churches from around the world and continues to organize international conferences. For 12 years she served as the National Coordinator of the Middle East Program of the Peace building in the national office of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Philadelphia.
Her most recent visit to Palestine was this spring and she has much information to share on "Faith in Action for Human Rights for Palestinians" .
HOSTS NEEDED! We have an amazing opportunity for Lee University's premier women's choir, Ladies of Lee, to perform at B'MORE on Saturday, Nov. 11. To do this, we’d need to host about 55 college students in our homes for a night. If you can host one or more students in your home (on a couch, an air mattress or in a bed), please find the sign up sheet in our lobby.
To learn more about this awesome choir, check out their website.
SMALL GROUPS
We are a church of small groups (for discipleship and service in the community) with more groups forming across the year. Talk with Anita to help you start a new group or find an existing one that works for you. For more information about our Small Groups and events, contact Anita Sayles: (828)216-6591, ageasayles@gmail.com, or click here to see the groups currently being offered.
GEMS!
October sounds like a good time for another GEMS! (Greet, Eat, Meet — Sweet!) Dinner Party. If you can host a group in your home or in BUMC’s Events Center, please let Anita know.
Other dates are welcome too, if that suits better.
NEED PRAYER?
Please send all prayer requests to Barb Korb at barbarakorb@yahoo.com.
We are here to pray for you!
BILTMOREUMC'S PRAYER TEAM assembles every Tuesday at noon to pray for the needs of our church and our community. We meet in the Prayer Room upstairs (right beside the elevator on Level 3), and we end by 12:30pm.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
DISTRICT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DAY THIS Sunday, Oct. 1 from 3-6pm (Brevard—location to be announced). Topic: “Nurturing the Call: fostering the call of ALL believers from baptism to ordination and beyond!” For ALL clergy, SPRC members and other staff.
FRESH EXPRESSIONS VISION DAY Saturday, Oct. 7 from 9am-3:30pm Join church leaders and small group leaders for a day of learning how we can begin to envision and launch new ministry to reach new people in our communities! For more information, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/asheville-vision-day-tickets-35439266801
AFTERNOON WITH ELAINE HEATH Sunday, Nov. 12 from 3-6pm for afternoon conversation and reception at Brevard College. Dr. Elaine Heath, Dean of Duke Divinity School, will share vision and discussion around emerging ministry. More information to come.
OUTREACH TEAM is responsible for "Fun & Fellowship" this Sunday in the Events Center. Thank you for all you do to make our Sunday mornings more fun!
Deadline for e-news: Please note the deadline for information to be received and included in the weekly e-news is every Thursday by 10am. Send info to: officemrg@biltmoreumc.org.
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