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Director of Christian Ed 2

Director of Music 3

Photo Album 4-5

Calendar 6

Worship Volunteers 7

Birthday / Anniversary 10

Historical Notes 8

Boy Scouts 11

NHCCC 9

Women’s Circle 11

Concerns / Celebrations 11

Women’s Retreat 10

Pansy’s Corner 9

Upcoming Events

Practice Wedding Sunday August 2 noon

Clean-up Workday for Homecoming Saturday August 8 8-noon

Homecoming Worship & Potluck Lunch Sunday August 23 11 am

Congregational Election of Officers Sunday August 30 12 noon

Youth Group Kickoff & Lunch Sunday August 30 12:30 pm

August 2015 Vol 4, No 8

Thousands of years ago, the prophet Jere-miah wrote to the Jew-ish people living in ex-

ile in Babylon. The exiles were dis-heartened, and hoped fervently for a return to their homeland. Jeremiah stepped in with an unusual message from the Lord: "yes, but not yet." God's message, delivered through Jere-miah, was this: "Promote the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because your future depends on its welfare.” (Jer. 29:7 CEB) In other words, God desired the well-being of the Jews and the Babylonians. God understood that peoples of the world, though they have different religions and traditions, are interconnected. In our community, we are interconnect-ed, though there are marked differ-ences. On the one hand, we in Orange County have a high standard of liv-ing. A recent statewide study found that a baby born in Orange County will have the highest life expectancy of any baby born in North Carolina. (http://

www.ncchild.org/news/child-life-expectancy-varies-by-county-wealth/ to read the study.) On the other hand, poverty is a stark reality in our community. According to Orange County Schools, the percentage of Orange County school children re-ceiving free or reduced lunch has jumped from around 28% to over 40% since 2008. (http://www.orange.k12. nc.us/district/data/nutrition free-reduced.pdf) An average person may not see the con-nections in the community. Today we live in neighborhoods sorted largely by income. Sometimes workplaces are stratified: people of various positions may work in the same building, but they may not have the mindset of being "neighbors." Our children attending school, however, spend all day with students from a variety of back-grounds.

God sees us as interconnected, and sees our welfare intertwined with the wel-fare of our neighbors. As a new school year begins, our Mission Committee is

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Rev. Kerri Hefner

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During our work with Asheville Youth mission, the AYM Team encouraged us to get to know the people we were encountering—to introduce ourselves, find out their names, learn a bit about their story.

My small group had been assigned to work with Be Loved House, a nonprofit agency that provides a safe space for people on the margins of society. (http://belovedhouse.webs.com/). On Wednesdays, Be Loved House holds a farmers market at the senior center across the street from their house. They go to the Food Bank and pick up whatever fresh produce is available, set it up on tables in the senior’s center and then the people at the senior center can come and choose the fresh produce that they would like. Free of charge. They are encouraged to take only what they need/can use.

The youth set right to work setting up the tables, put-ting out the produce, manning the tables and talking with the people as they came through the line. Since all was going smoothly I went to refill my water bot-tle. On the way I stopped to say hello to a table of folks in the back of the room. One of them, Die-drick, engaged me in conversation about how great it was to have young people out in service to others. He introduced me to his wife, Maude. After small talk, the conversation turned to the events happening in our part of the country, and he asked me if I had heard there had been a 7th church burning overnight. I had heard the news, but as I was more focused on the mission trip, I didn’t know any details. I told him how sad it was and we both agreed that it made no sense. The conversation turned towards the shooting in Charleston, the hatred in our world and the violence committed by racist people. Then Maude told me a story. She and her family were liv-

ing in Waynesville at the time when they woke up to their house on fire. Her first husband was able to get their two older children out of the house, but they were unable to reach the baby in the back. As they exited the house they realized how the fire had start-ed: there were flares all over their porch, and on their roof. The KKK set their house on fire and their baby died. I was shocked and saddened to hear this horri-fying story. Here was a woman who had experi-enced the atrocities of racism and was willing to share this story with me—a complete stranger. Tears rolled down my face as I looked her in the eyes and told her how sorry I was for her loss. My heart was heavy.

We spoke for a few minutes more before it was time for us to leave. Diedrick gave me a hug and invited me to attend his church. I thanked them for sharing their stories with me. And we left.

Yet the story I heard that day, the sadness I felt, thinking about the violence that a few white people have done and continue to do to black people. The injustice haunts me still.

The mission theme for the week, “Broken Bounda-ries” was based on Galatians 3:28 “ There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” These words are timeless and important for us to hear anew—what does it mean to break down boundaries—to choose love over hatred, peace over war, justice over injustice? How can we create a world where all feel loved, all feel worthy, all are honored for being created in the image of God? How can we be ONE IN CHRIST?

There are no easy answers to these questions. But I do believe each of us can make a difference. Some-times just listening and hearing someone’s story is the beginning of understanding and making a change in the world. One story at a time.

Mary Todd Peters

Director of Christian Education

Annette Goard

Many thanks to our Summer Intern. Annette Goard. She delivered two great sermons, and assisted in summer Sunday School and many of our wor-ship services this summer. She has spent much time at the church, and on pastoral care on home and hospital visits. Those who have spent time with her have found her compassion, insight, wit, and her ability to connect and converse to be a bless-ing and comfort. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors and remind her that she’s forever welcome at New Hope.

Is scheduled for August 8 from 8 am until noon. Lunch will be served

around noon.

Sign-up sheet will be in rear of sanctuary.

Please plan to help out.

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Handbell and Chancel Choir Practices both resume in August.

Handbell Choir rehearsals will begin on Tuesday August 4th at 6:30 pm. Former members and new/interested members are encouraged to

participate. We are always looking for new handbell ringers, and no prior experience is necessary. We are looking forward to an exciting year for the Handbells!

Chancel Choir rehearsals will begin on Tuesday Au-gust 11th at 7:30 pm. We've had great attendance in summer choir, and we hope that more will join us for the academic year Chancel Choir.

Please contact Allen for more information.

Allen Amos

Director of Music

considering how NHPC can be a good neighbor to the students and families in our area. Many families in the vicinity of the church strug-gle with meeting daily needs and paying bills. In what ways are we in-terconnected? What does the future hold for our community?

May we pray for, and work for, the welfare of our community.

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Everyone is welcome to join us in celebrating Homecoming on August 23.

Our Worship Service begins at 11:00am. Our guest minister is Dr. Christopher Edmonston, pastor at White Memorial Presbyterian Church

of Raleigh. Dr. Edmonston was recently recog-nized as a William Friday Fellow (2011-13). He has served on many Presbyterian boards and held a broad range of responsibilities in many Presby-terian organizations. Listen to a snippet of one of his sermons about grace at http://pastoronpoint.blogspot.com.

Enjoy a special Chancel Choir and Handbell Choir repertoire coordinated by our music

director Allen Amos. Following the Worship Service enjoy a de-licious and hearty potluck lunch. The lunch will include a variety of salads, meats and vegetables, desserts, and beverages.

You will also have a chance to see a display of our historical documents and objects.

Blessing of the Backpacks

Students of all ages, bring your backpack to church on August

24. Educators, bring the bag you carry to school. We will have a spe-cial prayer to begin the school year!

Homecoming at New Hope Presbyterian Church

Rally Day Kick-off!

Mark September 13 on your calendar as this is the day we will kick off our fall Sunday school program. You won’t want to miss our potluck breakfast or the first day of fall classes!

We will gather at 9:45 a.m. in the new Fellowship Hall to eat breakfast and “rally” together to celebrate learning about The Bible, and what God’s Word means for our daily lives. Please bring a breakfast item to share.

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Mobility and balance were the focus of the four-week TAI CHI classes held on Wednesdays, July 1 through July 22 “co-sponsored” by the Compassion Care Committee and the Orange County Department on Aging. These classes were very different from our Fall and Spring exercise classes, but were extremely beneficial and enjoyable. We plan to schedule more TAI CHI classes in the future, along with other type exercises.

Rei Lin, our instructor was delightful, and his love for this form of exercise was obvious. He has been an intern with the Dept on Aging this Summer, but he

said he would be willing to teach some classes in the future while pursuing his graduate studies. During our four clas-ses, we had an average of ten attendees, ranging from six to thirteen participants.

We wrapped up our 4th and last class with a brief social period with fruit, snacks and punch that allowed us an opportunity to personally thank Rei for his participa-tion in our exercise program.

Be on the lookout for notices about future exercise classes sponsored by the Compas-sionate Care Committee. We’re on a roll!

First TAI CHI Exercises A Success

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As you may know, Orange Con-gregations in Mission has a Meals On Wheels Ministry which provides a noon time meal to qualifying individuals in Orange County. We current-ly have five routes, and we are

looking at the possibility of expanding our service

area. In order to do this, we will need more volun-teers.

Our routes take an estimated hour to an hour and a half to complete. The drivers come to OCIM, pick up the container of meals and their individual route book. The drivers then complete their stops and re-

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Meals On Wheels Needs Volunteers

Some 103 descendants of George Long (abt 1700-1729 in Scotland) came together from England, California and other parts of the U.S. for a family reunion in Chapel Hill on

June 15-17, 2015. The reunion began on Friday, June 15 with a Ghost Walking Tour by Tobacco Road Tours from the Carolina Inn. We had a sprinkle of ghost stories, key stops at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery (burial site of Thom-as Anderson Long and wife Zoa Ann White), Gimgoul Cas-tle, Old Well, Old East, and Franklin Street (lots # 8 & 10; Long-McCauley General Store, located at the southeast cor-ner of Franklin and Columbia Streets). The group posed for a picture on the steps of Old East dormitory. Thomas and Zoa’s son, Augustus White Long, stayed in Old East when he was a student at the University of North Carolina in the late 1800’s.

On Saturday, some of Long descendants went on a scaven-ger hunt, which brought them to New Hope Presbyterian Church to find ancestors names on the Revolutionary Mon-ument and tombstones in the new cemetery. All the Long relatives met at the Cates Corner Farm, owned by Betty Ray and Linda Cates, who are direct descendants of George Long (abt 1760-1810). George first married Isabel Craig, daughter of John Craig and Mary Elizabeth Blackwood, and then married Anne Bowles. The second marriage produced seven children and the first child, George Long (1802-1876), married Mary Elizabeth Latta. This union produced five children: George Robert, Thomas Anderson, Elizabeth, John Joseph and James Daniel Long.

As mentioned above, Thomas Anderson Long (1834-1880) married Zoa White and they had 6 children. James Daniel Long (1842-1912) married Lois Snipes and they had ten children. The first child, Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Long, married William Alexander Craig and they had one child, James Gilbert Craig. Lizzie died at age 33, and her sister, Martha Long (known as Mrs. Mattie Craig), married Wil-liam A. Craig and raised her nephew and grandchildren. Mrs. Mattie Craig was very active in our church and sold 60 acres to start Camp New Hope, under the direction of Rev. John Ensign. When Mrs. Mattie Craig’s estate was settled, they found the uncashed check for the 60 acres.

The second child of James Daniel and Lois Long, Margaret G. Long (1875-1961), married John Alexander Borland and they had seven children. The seventh child, Margaret “Georgia” Long married William W. Barker, the parents of William B. Barker and Ann Barker Blumhardt. The tenth child of James Daniel and Lois Long, Ada “Jimmie” Long (1896-1982), married John W. Cates, the grandparents of Betty Ray and Linda Cates.

Saturday evening the Long relatives had a barbeque pig roast dinner at the Cates Corner Farm and had a good time in fellowship. Thereafter, some of the Long relatives went home, while others stayed overnight at various motels and attended the 244th anniversary of the Battle of Alamance before departing on Sunday. The Cates Corner Farm is now designated with a plaque and certificate as a Century Farm Family. (Sources: Susan O’Rourke, Jack Bell, Glenn Long, Ann Blumhardt, Betty Ray and Linda Cates).

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Historical Notes

The summer is over but memories are forever

Summer is just about over for the staff and counse-lors at New Hope Camp. It is hard to believe how quickly the weeks go by, but as the saying goes, “time flies when you are having fun”. This summer many new campers joined the New Hope Camp fam-

ily and enjoyed what we are known for “good ole fashioned fun”.

With this hot weather it is time to cool off – stop by and purchase a pool membership.

Prices are the same as last year. Applications for passes are available online at www.newhopeccc.org or at the office. Applica-tions can be faxed, mailed, dropped off, or scanned and emailed.

Please remember that pool passes are not sold at the pool. Pool passes are only sold through our office which is open Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.

Afterschool programs have kicked off. For afterschool we serve students from : Hillsborough Elementary, The Expedition School, Central, and the Orange County Schools Transporta-tion transports students from New Hope Elementary. Students enjoy outside play, arts and crafts, and of course homework (which they may or may not enjoy!). For more information check our website at www.newhopeccc.org

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Pansy's Corner

God be with you in the summer as the days crawl slowly by, Filled with humidity as the sun hangs lazily in the sky. The hummingbirds are still perky, darting to and fro… From the salvia to the feeders, back and forth they go. The young wren birdies are testing out their wings, Trying to fly up from the porch, to reach the wooden swing. All Nature seems to be just fine, I’m the one who lags behind

In August, Butterfly bushes seem to be alive Swarmimg with Monarch Butterflies, Yes, all of nature seems to be in tune, The sky, the stars, the sun, the moon, I am the one who lags behind in August!

I thank God for all of nature’s life That lifts me from life’s stress and strife, So that I will not lag behind in August. - Love and blessings, Pansy

August Thoughts turn to OCIM with the empty container and route book. We deliver meals Monday through Friday of each week and are closed on the major holidays.

If anyone is interested in delivering Meals on Wheels, they may contact the Meals On Wheels office at 919-732-6194, extension 14. They may also email the office at ocimmow@embarqmail.com or they may stop in and pick up a volun-teer application. Our address is 300 Mill-stone Drive, Hillsborough, NC 27278 and office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. If you have any questions regarding the Meals On Wheels Ministry, please do not hesitate to give me a call. Thank you,

Emily Corley, Meals On Wheels Coordinator

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August Anniversaries

Steven Braverman

Glen Blumhardt

Millie McAdams

Pat Blackwood

Randy Sellers

Graham Tobin

Justin Gurr

Keith Kirkland

Yvonne Maness

Diana Robinson

Ken Strayhorn

Meredith Townsend

Catherine Clarke

Kelly Kirkland

Karen Kirkland

Catherine Parker

Charles Sellers

Jacob Mouton

Billy Kirkland

Kay Tapp

Rachel Hawley

Kody Pratson

Helen Gravette

Wilkes Corcoran

Chris Kohler

Ryan Capps

Ken Slocum

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Mark your calendars now for the Annual Women's Retreat in Black Mountain on October 16-18. This year we have a guest speaker, Dr. Carla Ross, who will be presenting a study of forgiveness. Dr. Ross is a professor at Meredith and has spoken and taught widely on the subject of for-giveness. Remembering the for-giveness won for us on Easter, the theme for the Retreat will be Easter in October. There will be fun Easter related activities and food along with the regular program.

We’ll gather at Montreat Friday afternoon or whenever you can get there. We will have dinner and then have an introduction of our topic and a time of getting to know each other. Saturday after breakfast we will continue ex-ploring our topic and after lunch will be free time to hike, shop in

Black Mountain, drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, explore Asheville or sit on the front porch in a rock-ing chair. After dinner we will have another short session. On Sunday after breakfast we will conclude our program with a worship service and lunch and then head back home.

If you have any questions talk to Susan VanFleet, Anita Croasman, or Meredith Townsend

See you in Montreat!

Online Church

Calendar

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August 23: Blessing of the Back-packs

August 30: Youth Kick off Lunch and planning - bring a dish to share

Sept 13 9:45 am: Rally Day Sun-day School kickoff and brunch—bring a breakfast item to share

Sept 20 12:15 to 1:30 pm: Worship Workshop for elementary children and parents/grandparents

Sept 27 12:15 to 1:30 pm: Worship Workshop for elementary children and parents/grandparents

Thanks from the Collins

A BIG THANK YOU to all the New Hope family for helping us feel welcome upon our return to the USA after our past 2-year term in Thailand. It is great to be back in our own home after 9 years! With-out your donations of furniture and yard work time, it would certainly not have been as smooth a transi-tion! Thanks to Laura Sellars and Clint Burklin for coordinating the effort, and to all who participated in the clean-up/set-up. We feel in-credibly blessed to have such a

fantastic church family behind us, both here and when we're on the mission field. God-willing, we'll be heading back to Thailand next sum-mer, and in the meantime will be doing itineration at our supporting churches on the East Coast, coordi-nating and leading the CCI drama troupe on a tour in the Spring, and working on behalf of our mission agency, Interserve. We look for-ward to having time to get involved at New Hope too - something we've never had the chance to do in the past. God bless you all, and thank you again for your warm welcome.

Kelly & Russ Siebert

Laura & Randy Sellers

Ahren & Ali Johnson

Patricia & Daniel Johnson

Cory & Stefan Hooker

Susan & Troy Smith

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Concerns & Celebrations

Homebound Members

Fellowship Opportunities We encourage our congregation to organize fellowship dinners for

four, six, or eight in your homes, Invite someone you know and someone you’d like to know better.

Thanks to all the contributors for this month’s Newsletter.

We are always looking for new contributors to the newsletter. If you’d be interested in writing some-thing about faith journeys, mission service, people, or occasions you’ve found

inspiring, let me know. If you have taken pictures of church people or events, send them in.

Submit your contributions to: news-letter@newhopepresusa.org

Have submissions in by the 20th for inclu-sion in the following month’s newsletter.

We can always use additional help in photography, layout, printing, distri-bution. Let me know if you can assist. - Al Townsend

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

Meets Thursdays at 6:30am at Bob Evans Restaurant. Come enjoy the fellowship, hu-mor, discussion, and spirituality of our early- bird group.

Presbyterian Women’s Circle

Attention – Women of the Church

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, September 1, 7:00 pm -8:30 pm. Members of the Women’s Circle will begin their first of nine lessons from the 2015-2016 PW Horizons Bible Study entitled Come to the Waters written by Judy Record Fletcher. The title and theme of Lesson One is Birthing Waters---Creation.

We currently have fifteen women who are part of these studies, but we would love to have many other women of all ages become in-volved. If you have never partici-pated in the Presbyterian Women’s Bible Studies, we ENCOURAGE you to consider attending these monthly sessions. They are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month, begin-ning in September and running through May. If you need further information, contact Anita Croas-mun at 919-723-7681 or anitacroasmun@yahoo.com

Boy Scout Troop 449

Troop 449 was on the Appalachi-an Trail for a 120 mile backpack hike on July 19-26. We’ll have a

planning session up-coming in which we propose the upcoming year’s schedule of out-ings and events.

We're always working on inter-esting outings, promoting leader-ship and teamwork, and learning new skills. If you know young men from 11-17 years of age who may benefit from the fellowship, training, and leadership skills available in the Scouting Program, please contact Ed Lowdermilk or Al Townsend for more details.

Youth Fellowship Resumes

Sunday, August 30, after worship. Bring a pot luck lunch item to share as we gather together for food, fun

and fellowship.

Bring your calendar (or the calen-dar on your phone!) All family members are invited! RSVP to

Mary Todd Peters by August 23.

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New Hope Presbyterian Church

4701 NC Highway 86

Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Church Information

Sunday School 9:45 am

Worship Service 11:00 am

Office: 919-942-4710

Pastor: Rev. Kerri Hefner: 919-903-6172

E-Mail: newhopepres@mindspring.com

Website: newhopepresusa.org

Calendar: tinyurl.com/NHPC-Calendar

New Hope Presbytery: nhpresbytery.org

Presbyterian Church USA: pcusa.org

Mission Statement: New Hope Presbyterian Church is a family of intergenerational Christians, bound together by over 250 years of traditional uplifting worship and ser-vice to God through our missions and fellowship with one another. We are committed to the ministry of New Hope Camp and Conference Center, and to local, national and

international mission programs. We devote ourselves to support our members and community in need; to be good stewards of financial, natural, and human resources;

and to share our faith in God with those who cross our path.