Dearest Faith Community Near and Far-

1. We would love your input to grow musically   .
   • Are there hymns you would like to sing more often?
   • What are your favorites?
   • Worship music you listen to at home but never sing or hear played in church?
   • Do you play an instrument? Sing? Know of someone who would contribute musically to our services.
   • All helpful suggestions for improving our  music /worship experience are welcomed.
   • A suggestion box will be placed in the foyer/ or you can reach Heather DeGroot 570-875-8527 or at aamazing49@yahoo.com
2. Building and grounds updates:
   • The trees came down this week. There may be more that need to come down, but the vast majority of it is over. 
   • Bulletin boards are starting to go up. We have several more available and would be interested in where you think they are needed. Let your session know what you think. 
   • We don’t have a date yet for the awning, but we’re working to scheduled it. 
3. Disaster relief update:
   • Although the fall has been slow in regard to teams, we have one group coming this fall, one 9/30. 
   • 2024 is heating up, we already have 2 groups in January, one in February, and 2 in March. 
4. Christmas cantata!
   • Practices will begin September 28 at 6:30 each Thurs
   • Will perform Dec 17 Sunday morning at First Presbyterian and Dec 17 Sun afternoon at Wintergarden.  More details about times to follow. 
   • Music scores and CD’s will be available to anyone who would like to participate.  
   • If anyone wants to sing but doesn’t like to drive after dark we can arrange transportation. 
   • Please know this is open to “anyone.”  You do not need to read music or have a perfect voice to sing. Just a desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. Should be fun!!!
   • Contact Heather DeGroot for music. We are excited about this opportunity and need you to help make this happen!
5. If you have a need, please reach out! The pastor@wintergarden email will go to Pastor Syl while Pastor Devon is gone. He will be covering for much of Devon’s time away.
   • Office number: 941-743-5335
   • Julie- Bookkeeper and Office Admin- office@wintergardenpres.org
   • Wendy- Disaster Relief – disasterrelief@wintergardenpres.org 
   • Kymmie- Food Pantry and Community Garden- foodpantry@wintergardenpres.org 
   • Eric- Project Manager for building and construction- meister6ho@gmail.com 
   • Heather- other congregational needs such as hospital visits – aamazing49@yahoo.com 

Much love, 
Wintergarden Presbyterian Church 

Worship with Wintergarden
Sunday, September 17, 2023
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Breakfast Church @ 10:00 am
Worship following about 10:30 am
IN THE SANCTUARY and on Facebook Live
*Please bring a dish to share. 
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How to access the bulletin:
Bulletin HERE
How to Access Services Online:
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Remember, you don’t need a Facebook Account
to join us for worship. 

You can also click HEREfor the Facebook link.

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE

Sunday, September 17, 2023 Breakfast Church @ 10:00 am followed by Worship @ 10:30 amSermon: Where Two or Three Matthew 18:15-20

Every Monday Lectio Divina Every Wednesday Food delivery Every Thursday Food Pantry 12-4pm Sept 19 Homeless Coalition meal (Every 3rd Tues.) Sept 20 The Chosen Watch Party & Bible StudySept 27 The Chosen Watch Party & Bible Study Sept 28 CNS Care N Share (Every 4th Thurs.) Sept 29 Family Fun Night (Last Friday of every month)

Sunday after the Worship Service Follow Me Biblical Practices for Faithful Living Classes for Children and Adults

Facebook for Wintergarden Presbyterian ChurchFacebook for the Garden of Eatin’ at Wintergarden Presbyterian Church

Do you have a facebook account? If you do, I want to encourage you to like “Wintergarden Presbyterian Church” and “Garden of Eatin’.” Click on the blue circle with the “f” in it to access our two facebook pages.  Why check out Wintergarden on Facebook? Well, a few months ago, Wendy started doing our Facebook marketing for social media. She spends a great deal of time creating posts, sharing our story, taking pictures, and telling folks about the exciting things happening at Wintergarden. For this, Pastor Devon is incredibly grateful! One of the things we would love is YOUR help. Every day, Wendy puts up a new post. Then she shares it to her page and the Garden of Eatin facebook page. We would love to grow our audience even more, but it will take YOUR help. When something is posted on facebook, we would love for you to share it with your friends and family. This helps build our online presence and broadens our outreach to share about the amazing ministries and mission at Wintergarden. Oh, and you can share our worship services with others if you would like too.  Truly, we need your help to connect with the wider community to build more and more excitement about “feeding people physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally in our community.”

FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDPlease contact the church office at 941-743-5335 or email at foodpantry@wintergardenpres.orgIt is starting to warm up, which means we need to be able to rotate volunteers more frequently while outdoors. If you can come and give an hour or more, please talk with Kymmie and come join us.

Interested in joining our Garden? Garden of Eatin’ – Food Forest For more information click HERE.

At Wintergarden Presbyterian Church we’re eager to pray with you!   Please let us know how we can pray by submitting a Prayer Request online (link below). The prayer requests are emailed to Pastor Devon once submitted.

Prayer Request

Lectio Divina for Monday, September 18, 2023All are welcome to join us as we continue to engage in the spiritual practice of Lectio Divina together as a community.  This Week’s Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35 We will gather via Zoom for an intentional time of listening, reflecting, responding, and resting in the Word of God. We will meet on Mondays from 8-9am.  Here are some details about Lectio Divina.  Lectio Divina, literally meaning “divine reading,” is an ancient practice of praying the Scriptures. During Lectio Divina, the person listens to the text of the Bible with the “ear of the heart,” as if he or she is in conversation with God, and God is suggesting the topics for discussion. There are four movements for Lectio Divina:  1. Lectio: (Listening to the Word of God or Reading God’s Word) 2. Meditation: (Reflecting on the Word of God) 3. Oratio: (Responding to the Word of God) 4. Contemplatio: (Resting in the Word of God) Here is the Zoom Link:  Join Zoom Meeting: Click HERE https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87832080869?pwd=TUxCRThUcEdRbTNTWmJ6emZRamUyZz09  Meeting ID: 878 3208 0869 Passcode: 396015 +16465588656,,87832080869#,,,,*396015# US (New York)