Announcements for the church

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
PALM SUNDAY
9:45 am: All Faith Formation classes join the community parade. Gather at Central UMC; deposit your non-
perishable donations.
List found at https://www.fpcasheville.org/children-and-families.
10-10:30: Parade to & from Prichard Park.
10:45 am- 11:00 am: Children gather on the Children’s Hall for Palm Processional.
ART GALLERY AT FPCA
Easter and Earth Day Exhibit and YOU are the artist!
ALL-CALL to ALL AGES FOR SUBMISSIONS!
In honor of our commitment as an Earth Care Congregation and to prepare for
Easter and Earth Day, the FPC-A gallery will showcase artwork with a CREATION
theme. Interested? Please contact Pastor Shannon with a detailed description of your
submission(s). NOTE: all framed pieces must have hanging wire (no sawtooth). We
would like this hung by Maundy Thursday, so please let us know as soon as possible
if you can participate. Submissions need to be in by Wed. April 13.
SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
To support those ϐleeing violence in Ukraine, please contribute to the Presbyterian
Disaster Assistance International Refugee Program. In the FPCA Online giving menu,
select Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, or write that in the memo line of your check.
As of today, we have raised $4650.
EASTER LILY DEDICATIONS & MEMORIALS
You can pay ONLINE or mail your payment to the church ofϐice at 40 Church Street,
Asheville, NC 28801- indicate “Easter ϐlower memorials” in the memo line. You
can submit 2 per form-use this form as many times as you need to for multiple
dedications.
Note: We need the dedication information by Wednesday, April 13th, to get it in the
publication for Easter.
EASTER OFFERING FOR MALAGASY PEOPLE
We continue receiving your special offering to support the needs of Dan and Elizabeth
Turks’ work in Madagascar, through April 17 (Easter Sunday). We are working to
match the $4000 funds designated by the Mission Committee. We have raised $2695
of this goal. Dan and Elizabeth work to improve the quality of life and to strengthen
the spiritual lives of the Malagasy people while they face life-threatening results from
famine, cyclone, and COVID-19. Our prayers and our monetary gifts change their lives.
They are grateful for our involvement with them.
5 CENTS A MEAL SUNDAY
This week is 5 cents a meal Sunday, “Meals For Change.” In addition to our regular offering, this Sunday we take an
additional Nickel-a-Meal offering, which helps fund hunger ministries throughout our area.

2. PLEASE REGISTER FOR MAUNDY THURSDAY
PLEASE REGISTER FOR MAUNDY THURSDAY
On Maundy Thursday, we will gather in the Gardner Fellowship Hall
at 5:45 pm. Dinner will begin at 6:00 pm. This is a family-inclusive
event with all ages participating; dinner is served family-style,
with worship and communion enjoyed around the tables. To help
us prepare for our Maundy Thursday event, please register using
QR code on the right, or register on the Realm Event Page from our
website or you app.
GOOD FRIDAY
Good Friday Tenebrae Service: 7:00 pm
Please join us for a service that progresses from light to dark. We will walk through
the seven last words of Christ as darkness grows throughout the service to help us
experience the impact of the day.
EASTER SUNDAY
We will offer two identical services at 8:45 & 11:00 in the Sanctuary. At 9:45 please
join us for a potluck brunch in the Fellowship Hall as well as an Easter Egg Hunt.
Please bring a dish you have made or purchased for the brunch.
EASTER MONDAY
The Church ofϐice will be closed on Monday, April 18; we will be back in the ofϐices
Tuesday, April 19.

3. FPCA ZOOM ANTIǧRACISM WEBINAR: SUNDAY, APRIL 24TH 7ǧ8PM
“Deϔining Racism and the Work of Resisting Racial Oppression and Racial Privilege ”
Two concurrent, profoundly different deϐinitions of racism function in our culture and among faith communities:
“racism as a system of disadvantage based on race” and “racism as an interlocking system of advantage based
on race.” We will examine the implications of these two deϐinitions for shaping our personal, cultural, relational,
political, and spiritual imaginations and practices regarding racial justice. We’ll explore ways the theory of
Intersectionality is a resource for the work of resisting racism and especially helpful for those whose racial identity
is privileged.
The Rev. Dr. Nancy J. Ramsay is a Presbyterian clergywoman (ret.) whose career included service as an associate
pastor in Rocky Mount, NC followed by PhD studies and then 36 years as a theological educator in the ϐield of
Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care ϐirst at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and then Brite Divinity School in Fort
Worth, TX.
WOMEN’S STUDIES-APRIL 20 10:30 AM
A road trip to Margaret Whitt’s home in Gerton, NC, is in store for Women’s Studies, participants on Wednesday,
April 20th. After a pot luck brunch (BRING YOUR FAVORITE TO SHARE!) at 10:30am, Margaret will delight with
a program about our First Ladies: role of the First Lady, her most important activity in today’s world, which one
made more of a difference, who are the favorites, etc.
Please RSVP to Mary Jane Skinner at skinnerdon@gmail.com; car pooling details and driving directions will be
sent after RSVP is received.
JEAN WEBB MEMORIAL
A memorial service will be held for Jean Webb at the First Presbyterian Church,
40 Church Street, at 11:00 AM on April 22nd, with Reverend Patrick Johnson ofϐiciating.
The service will be live-streamed at https://www.fpcasheville.org. A reception will follow
at the church.
CAROL DREILING IS RETIRING!
Please help her know how much we have appreciated her TWENTY YEARS of
showing the love of Christ to our children as she taught and cared for them in our
Children’s Program. Send a note, a short video clip, or piece of artwork to Shannon
Jordan by May 8. She will be honored at the 11 am service on May 15 with a
reception to follow.
HELP NEEDED FOR OUR NEW AFGHAN NEIGHBORS
Our church is supporting an Afghan couple. There remains a great need for transportation assistance. We have
set up sign-up lists to take them grocery shopping on Mondays and to the mosque on Fridays. We need more help
in getting them to these locations and other appointments. If you have the time and are willing, please consider
signing up to help. You may wish to team up with another church member on transporting them to and from the
mosque so that you don’t have to wait around during the service. Contact Randy Fluharty (rϐluharty54@gmail.com)
or Alan Young (alan.g.young.sr@gmail.com) for help in accessing the sign-up lists in Realm.

4. Sunday, April 10
Palm / Passion Sunday
8:30 am - 12:30 pm Nursery 3 + masks required
8:45 am - 9:45 am Worship Service in Chapel, Patrick Johnson preaching
9:45 am - 10:45 am Faith Formation All Faith Formation classes join for community parade
Gather at Central UMC; deposit non-perishable donations and process to and from
Pritchard Park
10:45 am- 11:00 am Children gather on the Children’s Hall to begin Palm Processional
11:00 am Worship Service, Patrick Johnson preaching
Fellowship in the Wallace Foyer
Wednesday, April 13
2:00 pm The Text This Week Bible Study
Thursday, April 14
5:30 pm - 7:45 pm Maundy Thursday Dinner & Worship around the Tables.
Please RSVP. See code on previous page.
Friday, April 15
7:00 pm Good Friday Tenebrae Service
Easter Sunday
8:45 am Worship Service in the Sanctuary, Rev. Patrick Johnson preaching
9:45 am Potluck Brunch/ Easter Egg Hunt
11:00 am Worship Service in the Sanctuary, Rev. Patrick Johnson preaching
Zoom & Registration links can be found on the church calendar at fpcasheville.org.
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
May 22. 12:30 pm - 3 pm Sunday afternoons
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