She is the First Place Blue Ribbon in the Asheville Cotton Company’s Quilt Contest!
Sarah Faye, along with her family and friends, raised $1100 in “votes” for her quilt, which will all be given to Manna Food Bank.
Sarah Faye….we are so proud of you, for the beautiful work of your hands, and the beautiful love and help you give from your heart. We congratulate you, but we are all the winners!
Update: The Constitution and Bylaws that are many months hard work by the congregation and elected committee were passed in a majority vote during the worship service on May 19, 2013. You may read the new Constitution in its entirety by clicking on the link on the right hand side of this page labeled “Constitution and Bylaws.”
After the fellowship meal and discussion on Sunday, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee went back into session in order to rework some of the areas about which you expressed a concern or a need for change.
The current working copy of the Constitution and Bylaws that the Committee is presenting to the church is on the page called “Proposed Constitution and Bylaws” on the right side of this website.
The official vote on the Constitution will be on May 19, 2013 during the worship service. Please join us as we celebrate our new members, our lifelong members, and vote on this Constitution and Bylaws.
Congratulations to Patti Cole, who graduated from college last weekend! We are so proud of you Patti!
The Skylanders will be in concert at Pleasant Grove Union Church, starting at 10:45 on Sunday, April 28, 2013. Come and be a part of a wonderful time of music and worship! A love offering will be taken for the Skylanders during the service.
Maundy Thursday: Thursday, March 28 7PM
This service will be a unique communion experience similar to the way Jesus and his disciples spent the last meal of his life.
Easter Sunrise: Sunday morning: 7AM
Pastor Ray will be leading the early morning service here with First Born Baptist Church. There will be breakfast following the service. We will have a church family conversation between breakfast and Sunday School for those who would like to stay and talk with the Constitution and Bylaws Committee.
Sunday School: 10 o’clock
Easter Worship: 11 o’clock
Constitution and Bylaws Committee. Please join us if you are able on Wednesday, 4:00 pm.
The past few Wednesday evenings have been a time of hard work, love, and fellowship as our Constitution and Bylaws Committee has been meeting with the congregation to seek input on the work they are doing on the organizing documents.
Afterwards, it has been our joy to meeting with some of the teachers as we are about to begin our new children’s Sunday school lessons about Daniel. We have also been blessed with music! We have been listening to the great harmonies of Kim and Melia as they practice for Sunday worship service. We are looking forward to hearing their new drummer (yay J!) as they offer God this beautiful praise music Kim has written during our worship service this Sunday.
We welcome everyone to come and be a part of the fellowship and love at Pleasant Grove Union Church as we are working through Lent and preparing for Easter and the joy of experiencing our living Lord.
February 20, 2013
The purpose of our meeting today: Our new Constitution and Bylaws committee had asked those of the congregation who want to participate in this Holy endeavor to come during our first thirty minutes of each meeting to share their ideas.
Julia Gaines opened the meeting with prayer.
Today there are two main questions we need to talk about:
We are a church:
2. Pleasant Grove Union Church, how are we church?
We are:
Some members of the congregation brought snacks and drinks for us to enjoy, so we were very informal in this part of the meeting.
After thirty minutes, the committee excused itself to begin work in closed session.
Note: During the closed session we began to look at different Union Church’s Constitutions and Bylaws, starting work on what needs to be done to draft our own.
We will meet again next Wednesday at 4 for the same process as we followed today. We welcome input from the congregation. Please join us!