Pleasant Grove Union Church

Annual Cookout

Avery — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:24:27 +0000

Just a reminder that our Annual post-VBS cookout will be Saturday, July 7 2007 at 6PM. It will be preceeded by a video for the kids (and young at heart). The video will begin at 4:30PM

Updated brochure for 2007

Avery — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:21:55 +0000

In light of some of the recent changes in Pastors and to service times, I’m uploading an updated brochure. (Again it’s in PDF format.) Here is the updated brochure.

Vacation Bible School 2007

Avery — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:45:55 +0000

Vacation Bible School will be held this year June 25-June 29th, the material will come from 1st Samuel chapters 1-16. (Hannah’s Prayer and Samuel’s Calling, God Chooses David, David fights Goliath, Jonathan and David, and Praise the Lord in Song will be the daily themes.) No pre-registration is necessary, we expect to hold class from 9AM- Noon each day (Monday-Friday of that week.) Also, look out for an announcement of the date of the cookout that usually follows VBS by a few weeks. If you’re interested in the outline for this years VBS, You may download the daily_plan.pdf here.

Service Time Changes

Avery — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:33:51 +0000

With the sudden passing of Rev. Harris, it was decided to ask Rev. Ray Bailey to fill the 4th Sunday service as well as his current 2nd Sunday. He agreed to this, however Ray’s schedule is such that the worship service will need to be at 11AM and for that reason, we have moved ALL Worship Services to 11AM and moved Sunday School to 10AM. That change took place effective June 10th, 2007.

Rev. Robert E. Harris d. May 14, 2007

Avery — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:31:14 +0000

The Rev. Robert E. Harris passed away suddenly May 14th of this year. For over 50 years he had held service on the 4th Sunday of the month at Pleasant Grove and held a Wednesday night service as well as a yearly revival in November (the week of Thanksgiving.) “Bobby” as many of us knew him, was devoted to Christ’s ministry through his entire life. What strikes me is how many different ways of spreading the good news he adopted. For years you could find him, with his horse, dressed as a Circuit Riding preacher from the 1800s, maybe at a rest stop on I-40 handing out leaflets, or maybe at other places that were likely to draw passers by. His dial-a-prayer phone line was still running last I knew as a simple pre-recorded phone message that could lift a day. For some years he had a radio show, has had a tv show, had messages broadcast on shortwave in some years. He had compiled stories in a couple of books and I suppose the bottom line is he was not afraid to try new and different ways to get the message across. He established the “drive in Church” in Asheville, holding service in a local parking lot.

Among the things I will remember about him are his sermons. They invariably were 20-30 minutes, encapsulated usually 3 main points, introduced, elaborated upon and summarized. He would also love to start with a funny story. I will also remember him as the Circuit Riding preacher, in the costume of the 1800s and on his horse, that is how he took part in the Centennial celebration of our Church in 1980.

He was also fond of music, there were many a time he would approach us to write out a medley of a couple songs that he thought would go together well. He will be greatly missed.

An obituary is available at the Groce Funeral Home website.

Rev. Dan Bowers d. Apr. 21, 2007

Avery — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:13:13 +0000

I’ve taken a while to post his passing here, but one of our recent ministers, Rev. Dan Bowers passed away April 21st of this year. He held preaching service one Sunday a month from 1994-2005/6. We are a unique Church in that (for as long as I can recall) we have three Ministers. I remember fairly early on in his tenure, we had a change in Methodist ministers and I remember Dan going out of his way to help the new minister meet everyone in the community. I sincerely appreciated that, he sang with our group of singers for quite a while as well and don’t think I will forget his tenor voice. Nor shall I forget his sense of humor. He already has been and will continue to be missed here. An obituary through the Asheville Citizen-Times is available here.

Adopt-a-Highway Pickup

Avery — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:07:34 +0000

For those that have been through Pleasant Grove Road in the last week, you’ll notice that our Adopt-a-Highway signs were placed in the last 2 weeks. We’re planning another pickup on Saturday April 14th at 1:30PM. We’ll meet around back at the Church to get set for the pickup.

Easter Services

Avery — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:04:48 +0000

This year there are a number of services going on in celebration of Easter. Everyone is invited to attend any or all of these services:

Good Friday, April 6th at 6PM
Easter Sunrise Service, April 8th at 7:15AM
(Followed by a Fellowship Breakfast)
Easter Sunday School, April 8th at 10AM
Easter Sunday Service, April 8th at 11AM
(Followed by an Easter Egg Hunt on the Lawn)

Community Visitation

Avery — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:02:58 +0000

Just a quick note to mention that we will have a community visitation on Saturday March 31, 2007 from 2-4PM.

New Bible Study starting in February

Avery — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:25:01 +0000

There will also be a new Bible study starting in February of 2007. I will add more details when available. Update:: The start of the new Bible study has been postponed until around April, those interested in participating should contact Deb Patterson so that she will know how many books to order.