Look Inside Rev

March 2014 Vol. 3, No. 3

From the Pastor’s Desk Look Inside Rev. Kerri Hefner gone were familiar with the empty Director of Christian Ed 2 feelings of hunger and weakness that In the novel Cold might occur at the end of a long win- Director of Music 3 Mountain, the city- ter. Today, emptiness extends around born Ada learns how us in different ways: the emptiness of Church Calendar 6 to survive a country feeling disconnected from loved ones, winter during hard the emptiness of unfulfilling work or Worship Volunteers 7 times. Her friend Ruby teaches her unemployment, the emptiness of not how to bury cabbages for eating dur- being able to pay bills or buy food. Birthday / Anniversary 10 ing the winter. Ada finds the thought During Lent, I hope you will take Boy Scouts 11 of rooting around in the snow for one some time to examine emptiness in cabbage to be incredibly depressing. your life. Where are your stores run- Concerns / Celebrations 11 Some of you reading this newsletter ning low? In what areas of your life may remember a time when proper do you need resurrection, the spring of Mission 11 storage of food for the winter was es- rebirth? In sermons during Lent, I will sential to survival. Others have never examine emptiness and the ways Photo Album 4-5 known a time when grocery stores Christ reaches out to us with fullness Historical Notes 8 were less than fully stocked (except of life. for the occasional panic-stricken shop- As you think about emptiness in your Youth Program 10 ping frenzies before a snow.) own life, also think about how that Christians who preceded us knew emptiness could make room for some- about storing food for the winter. In thing new. The Apostle Paul writes to the northern hemisphere, those winter the congregation in Corinth about the stores begin to run out as Easter ap- suffering endured by the early mis- proached. It is no wonder, then, that sionaries: "We are treated as impos- those hungry Christians looked for- tors, and yet are true; as unknown, and ward to eggs, rabbits, green grass, and yet are well known; as dying, and other signs of spring. see—we are alive; as punished, and Our spiritual ancestors of days long (Continued on page 2)

Upcoming Events Mardi Gras Pancake Supper Tuesday March 4 6:00 PM Ash Wednesday (Hillsborough Pres) Wednesday March 5 6:30 PM Session Meeting Sunday March 9 7:00 PM Youth Group Sunday March 23 12:00 PM Director of Christian Education Prayer is something that for gathering in community, to may or may not come breaking bread together, fellow- Mary Todd Peters naturally to you. It may be some- shipping, and praying together. thing you do in private, something From the Catechism: you write down in a prayer jour- Richard Foster, author of Prayer: Question 96: What is nal, or something you do all day Finding the Heart’s True Home, the purpose of pray- long! Kerri, Mark and I have cho- says this about prayer: “The truth er? sen prayer as our guiding disci- of the matter is, we all come to pline for our Lenten series. It is prayer with a tangled mass of mo- Prayer brings us into communion our hope our Lenten journey will with God. The more our lives are tives—altruistic and selfish, mer- be more enriched and meaningful ciful and hateful, loving and bitter. rooted in prayer the more we through examining what prayer is sense how wonderful God is in Frankly, this side of eternity we and exploring new ways that one will never unravel the good from grace, purity, majesty, and love. can pray. Prayer means offering our lives the bad, the pure from the impure. completely to God, submitting Now I can hear you saying to But what I have come to see is that ourselves to God’s will, and wait- yourselves “NEW WAYS” to God is big enough to receive us ing faithfully for God’s grace. pray? And perhaps you might be with all our mixture. We do not Through prayer, God frees us thinking “I like my OLD WAYS have to be bright, or pure, or filled from anxiety, equips us for ser- of praying just fine!” Please hear with faith, or anything. That is vice, and deepens our faith. me when I say this is an invitation what grace means, and not only to try something that may be a lit- are we saved by grace, we live by What is your first memory of tle out of your comfort zone, but it as well. And we pray by it.” prayer? Was it a blessing you said won’t cause you to completely Come join us as we pray by grace. at mealtimes, or the nightly ritual feel like you have stepped into the of “Now I lay me down to sleep, I unknown. There is a lot to be said -Mary Todd pray the Lord my soul to keep”?

Ash Wednesday—March 5 Lenten Dinner and Devotion Over your lifetime, that struggle can bring. How do you feel when you pray? you will experience On Ash Wednesday, we begin Content? Rushed? Calm? Confused? joy and sorrow, the season of Lent with worship Prayer is deeply personal and mean- struggle and and the imposition of ashes. The ingful, yet also challenging. Join us hope. Some people say that we ashes are actually last year's for an intergenerational Lenten series can't understand joy or hope palm branches used on Palm on prayer. Our staff have designed a unless we experience sorrow Sunday, burned and mixed with series of five evenings, each featuring and struggle. So it is with the water. The ashes remind us of a simple meal and a lesson on prayer resurrection of Jesus Christ; to our own mortality and our sepa- that can benefit anyone of any age. understand it fully, we must al- ration from our Creator. Each lesson will be independent from so understand the struggles God This year's service will be held the others: attend just one or attend undertakes on our behalf. at Hillsborough Presbyterian them all. Each evening will begin at 6 Lent is a time to reflect on what Church and I will be the preach- pm and end at 7 pm. RSVP's will be God has done for us, and what er. The texts for the evening placed in the bulletin the Sunday be- Jesus endured in order to reach will be Isaiah 58:1-12, Psalm fore each Wednesday. Our first even- out to us. It is a time to reflect 51, and Matthew 6:1-6, 16- ing together will be Wednesday, on where we have tried to sub- 21. I hope you can join me and March 12 in the old fellowship hall. stitute empty pleasures for true our brothers and sisters in joy, and where we have unwise- Christ at HPC. ly tried to skip over the lessons - Rev. Kerri Hefner

(From the Pastor’s Desk continued from page 1) emerge in the lives of people throughout the Roman yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as Empire. poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and Pray during Lent for all to receive their daily yet possessing everything." (2 Corinthians 6:8- bread. And pray for new life in those hollowed-out 10) Through their travails and perils, these early mis- and empty places. Thanks be to God for continually sionaries made room for something beautiful to finding ways to fill our empty hands and hearts.

2 The life of the church is always a This mix will be represented in the Director of Music blend of sacred and secular, especial- evening's musical entertainment, Mark Gorman ly at Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday or which will include some pieces we Shrove Tuesday (shrove comes from would do in church on Sunday morn- On Tuesday, March 4, the old English word "shrive," which ing... and a few we wouldn't do. There at 6:30 pm the bell had to do with penance). It is the day will even be one or two pieces that we choir and choir will before Ash Wednesday, the beginning think children, in particular, will enjoy. host a pancake sup- of the solemn season of Lent. Tradi- per and musical enter- tionally, especially in Catholic areas, Mardi Gras, however, doesn't make tainment for the the days and weeks leading up to Ash sense without Ash Wednesday and church in celebration of Mardi Gras. Wednesday are a time of feasting, of Lent. Even as the choir and bell choir There is no charge, but we do hope eating and indulging (and sometimes are preparing for March 4, we are also you will consider making a donation in overindulging!) in the things that were looking ahead to Sundays in Lent and support of the music program at New to be given up for Lent. In Protestant Holy Week services. We hope you will Hope. Money raised last year was areas, the pre-Lent celebrations have join us in celebration on March 4 and used to help bring guest musicians for usually been more subdued. Mardi in devotion and reflection starting worship services and to maintain the Gras is a mix of secular (the feasting) March 5. new piano for the choir room. and sacred (the preparation for Lent).

Mardi Gras Celebration Mark your calendars now for the music program's annual Mardi Gras celebration on Tues- day, March 4, 6:30 p.m. The bell and chancel choirs will provide a pancake supper and musical entertainment. You don't want to miss it!

Youth Ministry Development Imagine a dancer of the greatest talent. She com- warns this is hard because it takes mands attention with her grace, skill, and pas- time. We live in a results oriented sion. Near the end of her flawless performance, she society, and the church is not ex- comes down from a leap and lands with a jolting empt from that thinking. DeVries crack. Her foot falls through the rotting wood of the cautions the readers that results are floor, her leg bent in ways it was never meant to not always immediate. Youth min- bend. As she is carried from the stage, everyone in istries must take their time building the auditorium wonders if she will ever dance these structures. Our goal is to be again. The floor is not repaired, so when another like the wise man Jesus referenced dancer takes the stage, the tragic scene repeats itself. who built his house on rock, not Mark DeVries uses this analogy in his book Sustain- like the foolish man who built his able Youth Ministry to illustrate the need for a solid house on sand. foundation. Mary Todd Peters, Kerri Heffner, Al Have you seen the commercial of the airplane that is Townsend, Lanie Quade, and I had our first meeting being built in the air as it flies? That is what we are recently to discuss this and doing. We are working to provide a meaningful ex- other topics DeVries raises perience for the youth we currently have while build- in his book. In order to ing a solid foundation (the rest of the airplane) for the grow a successful and future youth who are coming. meaningful youth pro- Our challenge is a great one that will be a marathon, gram, DeVries argues that not a sprint. We are asking the church to run this you must first build a solid marathon with us. Marathons are not easy and re- foundation. To do this, quire a great investment from the runner. This mara- time and attention must be thon will be an investment in one of the church’s given to the structures of greatest resources: its youth. Please join us by taking the ministry: lists of youth an interest in our youth, praying for everyone in- and volunteers, annual cal- volved, and having patience for the time needed to endars, curriculum, mis- get it done right. In Christ, Claire Capps sion, vision, and goals. He

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5 New Hope Presbyterian Church March 2014 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2:00 pm GSA Troop 1089

2 3 4 5 Ash Wednesday 6 7 8 9:00 am Buildings & Grounds 6:00 pm Christian Education 6:00 pm Choir Pancake 8:00 am Bulletin Information 6:30 am Men's Breakfast 8:00 pm AA-NA Meeting 9:45 am Sunday School 6:30 pm GSA Troop 1737 Supper & Concert to Secretary 11:00 am Communion & First 7:00 pm Finance 6:30 pm Bell Choir Practice 6:30 pm Ash Wednesday Sunday Offerings 7:00 pm Presbyterian Women supper & worship @ 11:00 am Worship Service 7:15 pm BSA Troop 449 Hillsborough Pres 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Practice 9 1st Sunday of Lent 10 11 12 13 14 15 9:45 am Sunday School 10:00 am Compassion 12:00 pm Staff Meeting 8:00 am Bulletin Information 6:30 am Men's Breakfast 8:00 pm AA-NA Meeting 2:00 pm GSA Troop 1089 11:00 am Worship Service 6:00 pm GSA # Troop 6:30 pm Bell Choir Practice to Secretary 9:00 am Felting Group 7:00 pm Session Meeting 7:00 pm Worship Committee 6:30 pm Historical 7:00 pm Communications 6:00 pm Fellowship 7:15 pm BSA Troop 449 7:00 pm Prayer Shawls 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Practice

16 Second Sunday of 17 18 19 20 21 22 Lent 6:30 pm GSA Admin Team 6:30 pm Bell Choir Practice 8:00 am Bulletin Information 6:30 am Men's Breakfast 8:00 pm AA-NA Meeting 9:45 am Sunday School Meeting 7:15 pm BSA Troop 449 to Secretary 10:00 am Newsletter 11:00 am Worship Service 6:30 pm GSA Troop 1737 7:30 pm Chancel Choir Information to Office 7:00 pm Personnel Practice

23 Third Sunday of 24 25 26 27 28 29 Lent 6:00 pm GSA # Troop 6:30 pm Bell Choir Practice 8:00 am Bulletin Information 6:30 am Men's Breakfast 8:00 pm AA-NA Meeting 2:00 pm GSA Troop 1089 9:45 am Sunday School 7:00 pm Membership 7:15 pm BSA Troop 449 to Secretary 11:00 am Worship Service 7:00 pm Mission 7:30 pm Chancel Choir 12:00 pm Youth Group Practice

30 5th Sunday 31 Food For All Discretionary Fund Public School spring break Offering (OC & CH-C) Fourth Sunday of Lent 6:30 pm GSA Troop 1737 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Service March - April 2014 Worship Service Volunteers Date Mar 02 Mar 09 Mar 16 Mar 23 Mar 30 Apr 06 Apr 13 Apr 20 Apr 27

James Rosati James Rosati James Rosati Acolyte Jack Roettig Zuling Quade Megan Mouton Megan Mouton Jack Roettig Zuling Quade Brown Brown Brown

Emma Jean Susan Jacky Rosati Anne Liturgist Janet Borel Rachel Hawley Claire Capps Al Townsend Camp Sunday Levi VanFleet Rowe Montgomery

Frances Dan & Sharon Cindy & Jacob Chris & Bob Randy & Paul & Pat Janet Borel & Clint Burklin & Jacky Rosati Ushers Slocum & Hookr Mouton Nutter Laura Sellers Andrews Virginia Brown Monty Bryant Rowe & TBA Kathy Clifton

Heman & Janet Borel & Dan & Sharon Al & Meredith John & Terry Boyd & Janie Jon & Cori Carmine & Emma Jean Greeters Diana Susan Hooker Townsend Stewart Switzer Corcoran Elizabeth Prioli Levi & TBA Robinson VanFleet

Time with Mary Todd Mary Todd Mary Todd Mary Todd Mary Todd Mary Todd Mary Todd Mary Todd Mary Todd Children Peters Peters Peters Peters Peters Peters Peters Peters Peters

Clint Burklin, Communion Gene TBA Servers Montgomery & TBA

Sound & Christopher Christopher Christopher Christopher Christopher TBA TBA TBA TBA Recording Quade Quade Quade Quade Quade

Anita Lisa McLamb Libby Gorman Kathy Clifton & Claire Capps & Lisa McLamb Ginny Eads & Croasmun & Cori Hooker & Nursery & Chasidy & Yvonne Susan Savanna & Pansy Camp Sunday Chad Hefner Minnilue Sharon Hooker Kearns Maness VanFleet Hooker Dodson Braverman

If you cannot serve on your scheduled time, please arrange for someone to serve for you. Please notify the Church Office (919-942-4710) of the change so we may correct our records and display accurate information in the weekly Church Bulletins. Boyd Switzer’s were even more esteemed in Hay- mason, to build the brick structure Historical Notes wood’s eyes. over Haywood’s grave, which is When he died, Haywood wanted to visible today within the dense Haywood Craig Bor- be buried on the church grounds, shrubbery. land (1861-1945) was but not in the new cemetery. Gil- In the fourth church building, Afri- the long-time African bert Craig was very active at the can-Americans sat on two long -American servant of David church at that time. Gilbert met benches across the back of the Craig’s family. When attending with other Elders and they decided sanctuary on either side of the en- worship service at our church, Bob trance. They generally filled the Strayhorn remembers that Hay- benches, particularly at Homecom- wood tied David’s horse to a near- ing. On Homecoming Sunday, the by tree. Haywood lived in Hills- meal was laid out on long tables borough, just behind the new court under the trees. At the beginning house. He talked very loudly and of the meal, Annie Strayhorn, Lilli- sat on benches around the court an Tapp, Ginny Nunn’s mother and house. In later years, he could not other women would fix plates of see very well. People called him food and serve all of the African- “Uncle Haywood” and when en- Americans, since they would not countered, he would ask, “Who are come to the table to serve them- you?” If you were a Strayhorn, on a plot on Craig property near selves. These recollections illus- Craig, Borland, Freeland or Black- the Manse and near the tree where trate the culture and respect that wood, he would say, “You’re OK.” Haywood used to tie David Craig’s existed between the races during Then, he would ask, “What church horse. (This occurred before Camp the earlier years of our church. do you attend?” If you said “New New Hope existed.) Gilbert Craig (Source: Bob Strayhorn) Hope Presbyterian Church,” you hired Roosevelt Warner, a brick

It is my pleasure to announce that where she started an after school Jeana Schoefer will be joining the program in 2005. Jeana is a na- staff at New Hope Camp and Con- tive North Carolinian and is a ference Center now as our interim mother of 3 sons. summer camp director. Jeana will Please join me in welcoming be responsible for the entire sum- Jeana to New Hope Camp and mer program as well as starting an Conference Center. We are look- after school program in the fall. ing forward to an exciting summer We anticipate that Jeana will be a season. great addition to the New Hope staff. She has some wonderful Also do not forget it is auction time at New Hope. Save the date ideas to make our program even Church Directories are now better. of the evening of April 12. We will have live music, wine, won- available at rear of sanctuary. Jeana was a teacher in the Orange derful appetizers, and a lot of For electronic copies (.pdf) for County School System, a Behav- items to bid on. Come out and your home computer, tablet, or ior Management Consultant, and help us raise funds for the Flem- smartphone, email request to: an Educational Consultant. She ing Hall renovation. [email protected] worked at Chestnut Ridge Camp and Retreat Center for 8 years Richard Stevens

8 Welcome New Members Pansy's Corner Daniel and Patricia Johnson recently Thoughts of You in March joined us via trans- fer from Pollocks- The cold and dormant winter season is fleeing. ville Presbyterian Bright colors of daffodils and crocus, we're seeing. Church in eastern The leaf buds are showing on most of the trees, North Caroli- As the wind of March turns to a soft, gentle breeze. na. Daniel is em- Cardinals have returned, their appointments to keep, ployed as an EMT As nature awakens from her long winter sleep. with Durham County EMS, and Patricia is a res- Tis' by God's created hand, this beauty unfurls, piratory therapist at Duke University Medical Center. They have one daughter Ellen and enjoy And with thankful hearts, we view a new world. cooking, traveling, and the outdoors. Please May our spirits also be renewed today, welcome them into our fellowship. We are glad By God and His love in a miraculous way.

Vacation Bible School Registration Vacation Church School (VCS) registration is now open! VCS will run from June 23 - 27, 2014, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at New Hope Camp and Conference Center and is open to all children ages 3 years-rising 5th grade (the grade that the child will enter in Fall, 2014). Plan to register online or paper forms will be available in the church office. NHPC will cover the cost of VCS. Please let Mary-Todd know when you register.

The Good News Board New Lenten Practice is in the Narthex and is for "“I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope" Psalm 130: 5 posting your good news—like During the season of Lent there will be a prayer station available in the getting your braces off, mak- narthex for you to participate in. It will look like a large frame with wire ing good grades, or sharing a on it. You are invited to take a moment and say a prayer and tie a ribbon personal milestone (ran my onto the wire as you pray. You may tie as many ribbons for the prayers first 5K!) We hope you will you would like to lift up. The prayers will be as follows: share your good news and check out the good news board Praise, Celebration, Adoration, Confession, Forgiveness, Thanksgiving, to see what has been shared. Gratefulness, for Ourselves, for Family, for Friends, for the World

Writing For Our Lives: A Prompt Writing Workshop March 24–May 12, 2014, Mondays, 7:00–9:00 pm, at Five Oaks Clubhouse, 5109 Pine Cone Drive, Durham “Writing about stressful situations is one of the easiest ways for people to take control of their problems and release negative effects of stress from their bodies and their lives.” – James Pennebaker, Ph.D. “I took Heidi’s class in the fall, and I truly enjoyed the discipline of meeting with a small group of people and writing once a week. It is a very freeing experience, and many times I walked away surprised at what I wrote, yet amazed that I had it in me to write my thoughts, feelings, and stories. I highly recommend this investment in time and money. It is a wonderful investment in taking care of yourself.” - Mary Todd Peters

Writing for Our Lives: A Prompt Writing Workshop This supportive group is open to anyone. If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, you know how isolating and lonely grief can feel. Social support can facili- tate healthy grieving and encourage shifts in perspective. It helps those experiencing other life stressors or transitions as well. Change can be hard. Join us and take time to remember, to get your thoughts down, to reflect through writing, and to share with others. We will use prompts to tap into our creative expression and begin to gently explore feelings that silence or limit us, so that we may move forward freely. No writing experience necessary! Leader: Heidi Gessner, MDiv, UCC Minister and UNC Hospitals Bereavement Coordinator and Palliative Care Chaplain Cost: $195 Contact: Heidi Gessner, [email protected], 919-357-4148

9 March Birthdays Youth Program Events Anna Vaughn February Youth Calendar Montreat Youth Conference is John Strayhorn March 9: Youth Meeting* July 26 - August 2. All youth Ellen Collins (rising ninth through graduated March 23: Youth Meeting* twelfth graders) are invited to at- Libby Gorman April 6: Youth Meeting* tend this amazing conference. The Connor Pratson April 13: Youth Meeting* theme is Carolyn Goode “Rooted and May 4: ASP Fund Raising Lunch Reaching” and Joyce Freeland May 18: Youth Meeting* the leadership team for week 6 is Nicole Kirkland June 8: Youth Meeting* amazing! Christopher Edmonston Cory Hooker from White Memorial Presbyterian *Activities are being planned for Church is the preacher and Jarrett Mark Brown the Youth meeting dates McLaughlin, who grew up in the David McQuay Appalachia Service Project Mis- New Hope Presbytery, is the key- Chad Hefner sion Trip is June 22 - 28, 2014. note leader. If neither of these All youth ages names mean anything to you, just Emma Jean Levi 14 and up and know that Mary Todd knows them Elizabeth Pratson any adults are both and thinks very highly of Emma Weinberg invited to partic- these very gifted and talented pas- ipate in this Wylie Rourke tors. Our house space is limited, so week-long work trip. If you are if you want to attend, please let Mike Murphy interested in being on the ASP Mary Todd know ASAP! Ian Aycock team, please contact Clint Burklin or Mary Todd Peters. Frances Strayhorn Carson Bishop Easter Lilies Harlene Teal The Flower Committee again asks for your support in decorating our Lisa McLamb church for the Easter Season. In addition to the Lilies for our Sanctuary, Stefan Hooker we will purchase lilies for the members of our congregation who are John Stewart 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- Lovie Watson chase of these flowers and specify if they are offered in memory of, or Joan McCormick in honor of some special person in your life. Please make your check Tom Spragens payable to New Hope Presbyterian Church and indicate in the memo area for -- Easter Lilies in memory Mary Grace Hooker of (Name) or in honor of (Name). Alex Bryant What a wonderful way to remember our loved ones, beautify our church March Anniversaries for this special Sunday, honor our home bound and feed the hungry Frances & Bill Strayhorn through OCIM. Also, remember to Jennifer & Bill Selvidge bring live flowers for the Easter Cross on Easter Sunday. Cindy & Jacob Mouton Janis & Clint Burklin Sara & Bruce Aycock The Old Time Pastor was galloping down the road, rushing to get to church Thank You Note on time. Suddenly his horse stumbled and pitched him We want to thank everyone for to the ground. Lying in the dirt with a broken leg, the all the calls, cards, visits, and pastor called out, "All you saints in Heaven, help me gifts from church. They are get up on my horse!" Then, with superhuman effort, certainly appreciated. It is nice he leaped onto the horse's back and promptly fell off to be remembered. the other side. Once again on the ground, he called to Lee & Carol Zinn the saints, "All right, just half of you this time!"

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Youth Service Project Our Mission Ministry The Mission Committee thanks NHPC Youth performed a Service everyone who contributed to our Content removed due Project at New Hope Elementary New Hope Elementary School School’s Nature Trail. The trail teacher resupply. Lanie Quade to internet privacy needed some trimming of briars, reports that the teachers were concerns some downed trees across fences very excited to get NHPC's care removed, and construction of a package. It was a big success! Her small sitting area fashioned from van-load of supplies included: log sections. Copy paper – one case and 6 James, Alex, Zuling, Megan, packs, Construction paper – one Jordyn, Shafe, Lucas, Jacky, large pack, Colored paper – 2 Gretchen, Dan H, Jacob, and Al packs, Hand sanitizer – 4 bottles, all pitched in. The school counse- Tissues – 3 boxes, Notebook paper lor in charge of the trail, Kim – 30 packs, Pencils – 32 packs and Kelleher, was immensely pleased one large box, Erasers – 11 pack- with our effort, and the youth are ages, Scissors – one pair, Wet already planning to have more Wipes – one pack, Cardstock col- service projects at that location. ored paper – 4 packs. Youth and Mission want to thank Thanks to all the contributors the congregation for the highly for this month’s issue. successful Souper Bowl donation/ We are always looking for new food drive. NHPC donated $190 contributors to the newsletter. If and 70 Lbs of food to the OCIM you’d be interested in writing pantry. They were very grateful!!! Concerns & Celebrations something about faith journeys, mission service, people, or occa- Fellowship Opportunities sions you’ve found inspiring, let We encourage our congregation to me know. If you have taken pic- organize fellowship dinners for tures of church people or events, four, six, or eight at your homes, send them in. Contact myself or Invite someone you know and Katherine Cheek to pass on re- someone you’d like to know better. quests, or to get instructions for Content removed due submission transmittal. Have sub- missions in by the 20th for inclu- Boy Scout Troop 449 to internet privacy sion in the following month’s Troop 449 Scouts joined us for newsletter. worship on February 9, Scout Sun- concerns Kudos to Rachel Hawley for her day, and, following worship, host- past assistance on the newsletter. ed a cookies and lemonade fellow- She’s taking a brief sabbatical as ship in the new narthex. The she’s taken a full-time position in Scouts are working hard on re- Greensboro, and need to devote her cruitment this spring, and are plan- energies to the new job. Thanks to ning an outdoor skills Elizabeth Prioli for her photo sub- exposition on March missions 8, and invite young We can always use additional help men of Scouting age Men’s Prayer Breakfast and their parents to in photography, layout, printing, come see our program. Meets Thursdays at 6:30am at distribution. Let me know if you Bob Evans Restaurant. can assist. Al Townsend If you know young men from 11- 17 years of age who may benefit Come enjoy the fellowship, hu- from the fellowship, training, and mor, discussion, and Online Church Calendar leadership skills available in the spirituality http://tinyurl.com/NHPC- Scouting Program, please contact of our early- Ed Lowdermilk or Al Townsend bird group. Calendar for more information. 11 New Hope Presbyterian Church NON-PROFIT ORG 4701 NC Highway 86 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Chapel Hill, NC 27514 HILLSBOROUGH, NC PERMIT #15

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Mission Statement: New Hope Presbyterian Church is a family of intergenerational Christians, bound together by over 250 years of traditional uplifting worship and service 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.