WYOMING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Please join the conversation guided by the book, “Faithful Citizenship.” Every Sunday, 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

This weeks theme is “Global Health Concerns”

This Presbyterian-focused  study explores civic responsibility, covenant, community, and the common good. It includes participant handouts and leader guides designed for 45-minute sessions to help adults reflect on their role as faithful citizens. Facilitators for the sessions will be Elder Steve Wood and RevBev and YOU!

WEEK 5: Global Health

Click here to download and read the Participant Handout for Week 5 — printed copies will be available on Sunday.

Discussion Themes: healthcare, poverty and health, spread of infectious disease — What’s the Bible say about healing and wholeness?

WEEK 4 review and homework— The lesson reflected on the theme of Global Security and Governance. We reflected on the challenge of many layers of violence in our society, the effects of lack of support and healthcare for those who act out in violence and are found to have underlying mental illness, our own sense of being powerless in the face of huge problems, and the hope of being a voice that creates space for others to join.

A significant discussion reviewed the gift of being a church in which debate is welcomed from a variety of perspectives. This act of peacemaking is something that we could lift up to our community, creating opportunities to meet together across the assumed divisions to seek common ground.

The Scriptures for consideration this week were:

Gen 6: 11; Ps 144:1; Gen 14; Joel 3: 9-10; Isaiah 2:4,; Micah 4: 3; Matt. 5: 9-12, 38-47, 26: 52; AND many others!

Questions for reflection:

 • What connections, if any, do I see between persis tent injustices like racism and the level of violence in our community and nation? What are my own attitudes and beliefs about racism?

• What pending legislation or policy changes, locally or nationally, am I aware of that affect safety and security? About what legislation or policies am I willing to call or write my elected official?

• How can I educate myself about local, national, and global issues that affect security?  

What do you think of: My responsibilities as a faithful CHRISTIAN citizen are____

See you Sunday!

The One Great Hour of Sharing Offering, received during Lent, has a

sixty-nine year history as an ecumenical endeavor that now involves nine denominations and Church World Service. Founded in 1946 by Episcopal Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill, a goal was set to raise one million dollars in one hour for World Relief. 

The first Presbyterian participation in this ecumenical offering was initiated in 1947 by the the former United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA), followed in 1948 by the former Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS). In 1949, church leaders from several denominations began working together to promote this effort. Major networks broadcast a show, called “One Great Hour”, on Saturday, March 26 at 10 p.m. EST. The broadcast, featuring President Truman and popular musicians and actors of the time, closed with the request to make a sacrificial contribution at their own place of worship the next morning. While there is no record of funds raised that day, it is estimated that over 75,000 churches participated. 

Today, our denominational offerings are divided among 3 missions of the PCUSA: 

• 32 percent to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
• 32 percent to Self-Development of People
• 36 percent to the Presbyterian Hunger Program

Over the next six weeks, we will share stories about your impact through this offering. And don’t forget — Gracie the Fish (Bank) can be picked up along with a sharing calendar this Sunday!

For more info go to: https://tinyurl.com/WPCOGHS26

Scan the QR Code above or click on the link below to sign the Rise Against Hunger waiver before you arrive on March 14

https://riseagainsthunger.org/register/?id=701Pj00000iCtHDIA0

Read Your Own Darn Book Club
Come join us on Tuesday at 7pm in the Cottage! Join us for discussion and fellowship! Please See Calendar page for Book Club dates.

February 2026- Read Your Own Darned Book Group Recommendations

• Missing You by Harlan Coben—Becky
• Bread of Angels by Patti Smith—Becky
• West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge—Ellie
• Live like a Guide Dog, True Stories from a Blind Man and his Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith by Michael Hingson—Ellie
• The Widow by John Grisham—Judy R
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans—Debbie W.
• Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum—Janet
• The Ages of Globalization by Jeffrey Sachs–Janet

January 2026- Read Your Own Darned Book Group Recommendations

• Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum—Marie
• Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams–Marie
• The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult—Heather
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore—Becky
• West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge—Becky
• Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister—Janet
• The Choice by Gillian McAllister—Janet
• Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister—Janet
• The Academy by Ellin Hilderbrand—Debbie W.
• The Christmas Stranger by Richard Paul Evans—Debbie W.
• Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid—Debbie W.
• Poems by Robert Frost–Monica

November 2025 – Read Your Own Darned Book Recommendations

• My Favorite Terrible Thing by Madeline Henry—Judy R.
• The Wedding People by Alison Espach—Monica
• What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan—Janet
• How to Say Babylon, a Memoir by Safiya Sinclair—Marie
• All the Beauty in the World, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley–Becky

^{Oct 2025 Read Your Own Darned Book Group Recommendation}

• Mother Emanuel by Kevin Sack—Becky
• A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende—Marie
• Say You Remember Me by Abby Jimenez—Marie
• The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand—Janet
• The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin—Ann S.
• A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst—Emelie
• Under Currents by Nora Roberts—Judy R. Count my Lies by Sophie Stava—Judy R.