Providence Celebrates 20 Years!



From Reverend Gail Coulter, first pastor of the Providence congregation and a vital part of our WNCBF and CBFNC organizations:

This CBFNC church start was heavily supported in the beginning by five area churches and later even more of the regional CBF churches joined in.  Churches from other locales also gave generous support for this Hendersonville congregation.  Thus, this anniversary is not just about this church but all the area CBFNC churches. Feedback for attendance will be extremely helpful in planning space, parking, food, etc. Saturday, July 24 at 10 am,  the regular Saturday morning Bible study will occur. At  3 pm,  noted singer Kate Campbell will give a delightful concert which is free, but will require a reservation because space is limited.  Reservations may be made by calling the church and leaving a message  (828) 697-2878.  Hear her work on katecampbell.com.  She will sing songs like “Jesus and Tomatoes Coming Soon”, “The New South”,  “Thomas Merton Prayer”, “Peace, Precious Peace”, “Funeral Food”, and many others!



WNCBF Laundry Fund

COVID-19 has affected the WNC community in countless ways, many of which have led to personal financial crises. One burden facing those whose resources are limited is access to laundry services. The cost of washing clothes at laundromats makes saving to purchase personal machines difficult if not impossible. As a response to this growing concern, WNCBF has established a laundry fund. Each affiliated church qualifies for a $200 grant to help folks who need this type of assistance. The only requirement is that the money be used to help with the costs related to laundering clothes. For example, churches might use the money in any of the following ways.

·         Pay an area laundromat in advance and send participants to that location for service.

·         Keep the money available in petty cash and meet those requesting assistance at a local coin-operated laundry facility.

·         Maintain a stock of laundry supplies such as washing powder, stain remover, etc., and provide as needed.

·         Add to additional church funding to purchase public machines to be used at the church.

·         Any other method of easing the financial strain of laundering clothing.

Interested? Please send an email to Melissa Hughes at melissahughes@bellsouth.net and request laundry funds—up to $200—for your church. The first grant is pre-approved. If additional funding is necessary, make the request through our website’s funding request page.