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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
Mission 11
Pansy’s Corner 9
Youth Calendar 10
Upcoming Events
Lenten Dinner & Devotionals Wednesday March 2, 9, & 16 6:00 pm
Session Meeting Sunday March 13 7:00 pm
Palm Sunday Worship Sunday March 20 11:00 am
New Women’s Bible Study Sunday March 20 4:00 pm
Maundy Thursday Worship Thursday March 24 7:00 pm
Good Friday Worship Friday March 25 12 noon
Easter Sunrise Service Sunday March 27 7:30 am
Easter Breakfast & Sunday School Sunday March 27 8:30 am—
Easter Sunday Worship & Communion Sunday March 27 11:00 am
March 2016 Vol 5, No 3
This year we are excit-ed to announce some changes to our Easter
morning schedule.
Easter morning will begin with an early service, as it has for many years. The early service will be at 7:30 am, instead of 7:00. Worship will begin at the cem-etery and after some prayer and song, we will move into the sanctuary. Bring a jacket, in case we have a cold Easter morning! Breakfast will follow the ear-ly service, around 8:30 am.
The Christian Education Committee will offer an inter-generational Sunday school program at 9:45 am. We have not had Sunday school on Easter in a while and we are happy to provide a program that will be educational for all ages.
Finally, we will have worship with a celebration of the Lord's Supper (communion) at 11 am.
Our Easter egg hunt has moved around in recent years, from Palm Sunday to Easter morning. This year, the egg hunt will be at 2 pm on the day before Easter (Saturday, March 26) at Camp New Hope. Bring friends! Empty eggs will be available during March for church members to take home and fill with goodies (individually wrapped candies or stickers -- no small toys or unwrapped candy please.)
Also, during Holy Week, we will have an evening Maundy Thursday service and a midday Good Friday service. The Good Friday service will end in the cemetery (where we will begin Easter!)
Looking forward to seeing you during Holy Week and Easter as we worship and have fellowship together.
Rev. Kerri Hefner
From the Pastor’s Desk
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Matthew 9:9-13, from The Message Bible (a paraphrase) by Eugene Peterson:
Passing along, Jesus saw a man at his work collecting taxes. His name was Matthew. Jesus said, “Come along with
me.” Matthew stood up and followed him. Later when Jesus was eating supper at Matthew’s house with his close followers, a lot of disreputable characters came and joined them. When the Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company, they had a fit, and lit into Jesus’ followers. “What kind of example is this from your Teacher, acting cozy with crooks and riffraff?” Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.”
While attending the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators conference in January, I had the privilege of hearing Lilian Daniels (a United Church of Christ pastor) preach. We were each given her new book “When Spiritual but not Religious is Not Enough”. And I have enjoyed reading her book and reflecting on her belief that people who are “spiritual but not religious” are folks who may have a spiritual life but that spiritual life doesn’t go very deep. In order to go deeper, you must be involved in a community of faith, fallible as one may be, so you can be with others who have question, struggles and long to be part of the Body of Christ, serving a God who loves each of us no matter what.
In her chapter entitled “No Sin, No Service” she talks about what it is like to be on the outside of a group looking in, like starting a new school and looking for a place to sit in the cafeteria at lunch time, a place to be included when you know no one. In Jesus’ time,
who you sat with, who you ate meals with mattered, and people paid attention to this. When Jesus calls Matthew to follow him, a tax collector and a most hated man by the Jews, he is breaking the social rules that many felt should not have been broken.
And then later, Jesus has the gall to sit with others who were not part of the “in” crowd, the Pharisees have a fit! Lillian says “Often we read the stories about Jesus eating with the sinners as a cautionary tale against judging others…but perhaps you should read it as if you are the tax collector. You are looking over the tables, wondering where you can sit down, and who will have you. You want a way out of your past mistakes and your sins.”
We are all sinners, we all fall short of the Glory of God. We come to church, not because it is perfect, but because we are all searching for a place at the table. And then we see Jesus, “a man who sits with sinners, you, me, and the tax collector, and if there had been a sign above the table, it would have said “NO SIN, NO SERVICE”. In other words, you need to be a sinner to eat at this restaurant. Which is just another way of saying, everyone is welcome. Church is a school for sinners, not a club of saints.”
“For everyone born, a place at the table, To live without fear, and simply to be, To work, to speak out, to witness and worship, For everyone born, the right to be free. And God will delight when we are creators of justice and Joy, compassion and peace: yes God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy”
As you continue through this season of Lent, may you receive Jesus’ invitation to sit at his table and open up that invitation to the others whom you meet.
Quotes taken from “When ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church” by Lillian Daniel.
And “For Everyone Born” hymn 769 in Glory To God.
Mary Todd Peters
Director of Christian Education
Cross Mission Program
Ten youth and five adults will spend the weekend at the CROSS Mission program at Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.
We will be serving in two different ministry locations on Saturday. More information about our trip will be in the April Newsletter.
New Women’s Bible Study
Meets on the third Sunday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Disciples classroom. Our next meeting is March 20. We will be discussing Chapter 2 of our book “Christian Prayer for Today” by Martha L. Moore-Keish.
Childcare is provided.
Presbyterian Youth Triennium Mary Todd will be attending a planning team meeting March 4-8, 2016. Please hold this team in your prayers as they make plans for over 5,000 youth and adults to come together for a week in July at Purdue University. The theme for this year’s conference is “Go!”
We have four youth from New Hope Presbyterian Church attend-ing with the New Hope Presbytery Youth Delegation: Megan Mou-ton, Melissa Peters, Rachel Peters, and Zuling Quade.
Bring your basket and Join New Hope Fellowship for a EASTER EGG HUNT at Camp New Hope
Saturday, March 26th at 2:00 pm
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February was a good month for the music program at NHPC. Thank you to all that were able to come and cele-brate Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday) with us on Feb. 9th. We had a lot of fun performing a wide variety of music including: When the Saints, selections from the musical 'West Side Story,'
Y.M.C.A., Billy Joel's Lullabye, I'll Fly Away, and a few others. We also enjoyed a great meal of hot pan-
cakes, bacon, sausage, and fruit. We were able to raise $948 for the music fund. Several members will soon be meeting to discuss how we will manage the music fund. I'll be sure to share updates with you as we gather input and information.
I would like to invite everyone to come participate in our Wednesday night Lenten devotions from 6-7 pm. This year we are exploring five different hymns. Our first few meetings have been extremely enjoyable. If you are able, please come out to learn more about the hymns we sing and how they can strengthen our faith as we travel through Lent.
Allen Amos
Director of Music
Easter Lilies The Flower Committee again asks for your support in decorating our church for the Easter Season. In addition to the Lilies for our Sanctuary, we will purchase lilies for the members of our congregation who are homebound.
Any monies raised over and above the cost of the lilies will be donated to OCIM food pantry. You may contribute to the pur-chase of these flowers and speci-fy if they are offered in memory
of, or in honor of some special person in your life. Please make your check payable to New Hope Presbyterian Church and indicate in the memo area “Easter Lilies in memory of (Name) or in honor of (Name)”. What a won-derful way to remember our loved ones, beautify our church for this special Sunday, honor our home bound and feed the hungry through OCIM. Also, remember to bring live flowers for the Easter Cross on Easter Sunday.
New Hope Camp and Conference Center
Will hold its annual spring fundraiser Tastes and Tunes at the camp April 16th from 6 pm– 8:30 pm. There will be 3 different musical groups performing. The wall of wine and the wall of cookies will be featured again this year. Also we will have a silent auction of hand crafted items. As always there will be an array of delicious appetizers and desserts with wine and other beverages. The admis-sion price remains at $20 per person. If you would like to help, soon there will be sign up sheets to donate appetizers, desserts or a handcrafted item for the auction. We will also need some help with set up. Please vol-unteer to help make this a successful fund raiser for the camp.
Contact Susan VanFleet if you have questions at 919-636-2723, or [email protected]
Dear New Hope
Thank you for helping build temporary shelters
in Nepal for villagers whose homes were de-
stroyed in the earthquake! We raised over
$4000! We sent it in November and now
we've heard about the good work that it did.
One shelter cost $120 to
build. The money from
New Hope was able to
build 2 shelters. Here is a
story we got from Share
& Care , the Christian or-
ganization my mom used
to help with when we
lived in Nepal.
Thank you again to those
who made this possible!
Jonathan Collins
I am Jitu Tamang from Nepal. I live with my wife and two children in a village in the hills. Our house was de-stroyed by the devastating earthquake in April 2015, and we were forced to live in a shelter with a tarp as a roof.
Normally in the monsoon season I work, but because of the earthquake it was difficult to find work and money to help support my family. I had no idea what to do, or
where help would come from.
Share & Care, a Nepali Chris-tian Organization that helps poor communities came to our village to see the damage. Soon they gave us zinc sheets and wire to build a transitional shelter that we now call home. Our family is living happily and peacefully. We would like to thank everyone who gave us this second chance.
Thank You!
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The history, culture and tools of the Occaneechi Native Americans were presented by John Jeffries (Blackfeather) and his first cousin, Vickie Jeffries, after
church services on February 7, 2016. John said that archaeologists have found evidence of his Native Americans living in the Mebane and Pleasant Grove
areas as early as AD 1300. However, the first mention of the Occaneechi in a written record did not appear until 1650, when European explorers and settlers encountered them on an island settlement in the Roanoke River near Clarksville, VA. The tribe was noted for trading deer skins and other items along a network, the
Great Trading Path, from VA to GA.
The first Indian War in VA occurred in 1676 with Bacon’s Rebellion, when Nathaniel Bacon (1647-1676) led a group of Virginia’s colonists against the governor, Sir William Berkeley, for not stopping Indian raids on settlers, and for waste and mismanagement of the colony’s affairs. Bacon led expeditions against the Indians. The Occaneechi tribe moved near Hillsboro, NC to escape the fighting.
In February 1701, explorer and historian John Lawson arrived at Occaneechi Town, near present-day Hillsborough. At Occaneechi, Lawson picked up a trusted Indian named Enoe Will, who agreed to guide the explorer to the English settlements along the coast. John Lawson’s 59 days and 550 miles in the back country of the Carolinas are described in his book: A New Voyage to Carolina: containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the perfect state thereof and a Journal of a thousand miles, traveled thro’ several nations of Indians, 1709.
The Occaneechi tribe is included in the Saponi confederation along with the Saponie, Stuckanox (Eno) and Tottero Indians. These groups share a common origin, culture and much of the same spoken
language. The language is descriptive and not written, which makes translation more difficult. In 1715, Virginia’s Governor Spotswood wrote a letter to the Bishop of London stating that the four Indian groups agreed to formally incorporate as one Saponi Nation. So, thereafter the Occaneechi tribe was known as a Band of the Saponi Nation. In 1740, most of the Saponi tribe members went north for protection with the Iroquois. After the American Revolution, the Iroquois relocated in Canada.
A remnant of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation remained in NC. After the Revolutionary War, there was racial discrimination in the Southeast of the U. S. The historical records listed the Occaneechi people only as free blacks or free people of color, since the federal government had no category in the census for American Indian. The Band was located in the old “Little Texas” community of Pleasant Grove Township. In 1849, the Martin School was established as the first school for the Occaneechi people. In 2002, the state of North Carolina formally recognized the tribe. The tribe presently owns 25 acres of land and has 1871 members. The tribe is working to revive its cultural traditions, a reconstructed village and museum, community meeting space and classroom areas.
Both John and Vickie Jeffries serve on the Occaneechi Council and Vickie is the Tribal Administrator and a member of the Occaneechi Wisdom Circle, which preserves the culture and teaches the language of the tribe. The New Hope
Congregation is invited to the 31st Annual OBSN Powwow, 4902 Dailey Store Road, Burlington, NC on June 11 & 12, 2016. (Sources: John & Vicky Jeffries, website- docsouth.unc.edu/nc/Lawson/menu.html; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon’s_Rebellion)
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Join us for our 11th annual fundraiser, “Tastes & Tunes” on Saturday April 16th, 2016. Enjoy live music and eat delicious food in support of New Hope Camp and Conference Center. We will have a “Wall of Wine” – pay $20 for a wine ticket and select a number on a bottle of wine. At the end of the evening collect your wine – you may have the $15 bottle or the $75 bottle. Everyone is a winner! For those with a sweet tooth we will have the “Wall of Cookies”. Pay $10 for a cookie ticket and pick a number – you could end up with a delicious plate of homemade cookies or a packet of Twinkies.
The event is from 6:00pm-8:30pm in the Dining Hall. Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased in advance at the office or on the evening of the event. Please join us for an evening of fun and fellowship as we raise money for Summer Camp programs and facilities.
We hope to see you there !!!
Just a reminder that we are still accepting applications for our summer positions: Counselors and Lifeguards. The new summer staff application is online at www.newhopeccc.org.
Registration for Spring Intersession Camps and Summer Camps is in full swing. You can register online at www.newhopeccc.org. For information on these programs contact the office at 919-942-4716 or go to our website at www.newhopeccc.org or We are always in need of scholarship money. There are so many children who are unable to come to camp but would truly benefit from the wonderful experience at New Hope Camp.
Finally, last but certainly not least, our beloved Fleming Lodge renovation is “on the cusp of completion” (direct quote from our Executive Director Richard Stevens). It has been very exciting to see the changes that have been made and we look forward to using it for many years for retreats, summer camps, and camp events.
Thank you, New Hope Staff
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Pansy's Corner
The passing of years takes its toll On those of us who are getting old. Our bodies ache, our bones creak,
Our hearing goes, we hesitate to speak, Our eyesight dims, our steps are slow, It is quite difficult for our feet to go.
Most of you are quite young still, I’ve had 93 + years to fill!
In spite of all the ills above, I have been blessed by God’s enduring love.
My life seems like a long happy dream Of blessings, love and many wonderful things. For these blessings, I thank my Lord above
For my salvation and His enduring love!
Love and blessings, Pansy
Thoughts on Getting Old
New Member Bio - Jordan Lupton
I am a native of Thomasville, NC, and a gradu-ate of East Davidson High School. I am a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate with dual bachelor of arts degrees in Linguistics and Spanish, and a Master of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences. I married my childhood sweetheart, Jonathan, in 2006. I have loved my job with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools as a pediatric speech-language pathologist for nearly 10 years.
Jonathan and I moved from Cary to Hills-borough in 2010 shortly after our son, Owen, was born. Owen is now five, and our daughter, Leah, is three. When I'm not wearing my SLP or mommy hats, I am an avid reader, foodie, clothes horse, beach bum, and Tarheel fan. I look forward to getting to know my New Hope family and appreciate the warm welcome I have been given!
March Anniversaries
Anna Vaughn
Owen Lupton
John Strayhorn
Connor Pratson
Ellen Collins
Carolyn Goode
Nicole Freeland
Joyce Freeland
Cory Hooker
Mark Brown
David McQuay
Elizabeth Pratson
Chad Hefner
Emma Jean Levi
Emma Weinberg
Wylie Rourke
Ian Aycock
Carson Bishop
Mike Murphy
Harlene Teal
Lisa McLamb
Stefan Hooker
John Stewart
Tom Spragens
Joan McCormick
Mary Grace Hooker
March Birthdays
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Online Church
Calendar
http://tinyurl.com/NHPC-Calendar
March 11-13 - CROSS Mission Weekend
March 20 - Palm Sunday
March 27 - Easter Sunday
April 10 - 12:15-2 pm Youth Group Planning for Worship
April 17 - 9:45 am Youth Group Planning and Leading Worship
April 24 - 12:15 pm Youth Group Working at NH Elementary School
Jennifer & Bill Selvidge
Cindy & Jacob Mouton
Janis & Clint Burklin
Sara & Bruce Aycock
Press Release: Christian Communications Institute (CCI)
Thai Dance and Drama Troupe USA Tour 2016
On Sunday, April 10 at 3 pm, on
the "stage" at New Hope Presby-
terian, a team of dancers and ac-
tors from the Christian Communi-
cations Institute (CCI) of Payap
University in Chiang Mai, Thailand
will present a 90 minute perfor-
mance featuring a cultural intro-
duction to
Thailand brought to life through dance, followed
by a traditional Thai drama with live English
translation.
The CCI's 2016 USA tour begins on April 1 and
runs for 6 weeks. The 8-member troupe will pre-
sent a number of performances through several
mid-Atlantic states. Andy and Ellen Collins,
along with their son Jonathan will lead the tour.
The Collins family has worked alongside CCI
since 2006, and led a similar
tour to the USA in 2009.
The CCI’s tour will be an excel-
lent opportunity for Ameri-
cans to enjoy the beauty of
Thai classical performing arts,
and to experience first hand
how CCI conducts their
uniquely Thai ministry.
Founded nearly 40 years ago, CCI has a staff of professional performers
as well as audio-visual technicians and administrative staff. CCI’s aim is
to raise awareness of key social
issues and to communicate the
Christian message through Thai
music, dance and drama. Using
both traditional and modern art
forms, CCI leads programs in
schools and communities
throughout this rapidly devel-
oping Southeast Asian country.
Youth Group
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Concerns & Celebrations
Homebound Members
Men’s Prayer Breakfast
Meets Thursdays at 6:30 am at Bob Evans Restaurant. Come enjoy the fellowship, humor, discussion, and spirituality of our early- bird group.
Presbyterian Women’s Circle
Attention – Women of the Church
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 1, 7:00 pm -8:30 pm. Mem-bers of the Women’s Circle continue to discuss the topics of justice, right-eousness, and mercy from the book, Come to the Waters, written by Judy Record Fletcher.
Boy Scout Troop 449
The Troop thanks New Hope for wonderful support at the Scout Sunday Pasta Lunch Fundraiser.
Special thanks to John and Vicki Jeffries for their excellent presenta-tion on the Occaneechi culture during the lunch.
We're always working on interest-ing outings, promoting leadership, teamwork, and learning new skills. If you know young men from 11-17 years of age who may benefit from the fellowship, training, and leader-ship skills available in the Scouting Program, please go to our website troop449.org or see Ed Lowdermilk or Al Townsend for more details.
Lenten Dinner & Devotionals
Hymns of Lent and Easter Wed 6-7 pm, March 2, 9, 16
Sanctuary Flowers
We welcome and encourage you to sign up to "Adopt a Sunday" providing flowers for the table un-der the cross in the sanctuary. You may want to do this for your loved ones, a special occasion/event, or just because. If every family adopts just one Sunday, we will have enough flowers for the entire year (not including the Lenten sea-son, Easter, and Advent)! Please sign up on the sheet on the board located in the old Narthex by the stairs. E-mail the church office at [email protected] or call 919-942-4710 to let us know if you would like a special recogni-tion of your flower contribution placed in the Sunday bulletin to name your loved ones or the special occasion.
Arrangements from a florist are always welcome, but flowers and greenery collected from your yard/garden are just as beautiful and have special meaning.
If you have questions, contact a member of the Worship committee.
The 20th Annual Women's Retreat will be held at Montreat, October 14-16th.
Our Mission for March
One Great Hour of Sharing will be collected on Palm Sunday. Fish collection boxes and a collection calendar are available on the Len-ten resources table in the Educa-tional Building.
Started in 1949, One Great Hour of Sharing is a long-standing ecumen-ical effort aimed at raising the funds necessary to provide relief and reconstruction for communities in the aftermath of disaster. What started as an hour-long radio appeal has evolved over the years, varying from eight to 29 participating de-nominations, and has become the most participated-in Offering in the PC(USA). Today, projects support-ed by One Great Hour of Sharing are underway in more than 100 countries.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Works within communities as they recover and find hope after the dev-astation of natural or human-caused disasters.
Presbyterian Hunger Program Takes action to alleviate hunger and its systemic causes, and helps create access to healthy food for entire communities.
Self-Development of People Partners with people and communi-ties with tools for development and education to alleviate poverty, op-pression, and injustice.
We will be providing more infor-mation via Minutes for Mission and Bulletin Inserts over the next 3 weeks.
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New Hope Presbyterian Church
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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: [email protected]
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.