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The Chimes Vol. XXXV No. 2 Web Edition February 2013

Dear Friends,

In recent weeks, I have been immersed in the poetry of Wendell Berry, as I have been preparing to share some of my favorites among his Sabbath poems with the adult Church School class studying his work. Berry is an evocative poet who understands the intricacies and exigencies of the natural world as well as he comprehends the movements of the human heart. His Sabbath poems address both the world before us and the world within us with equal clarity and light.

There has been a wonderful convergence of calendar and task in such preparation, for in less than a fortnight we will encounter Ash Wednesday and once again make our entrance into the Lenten season. Lent is a time often described with the metaphor of a journey, as a disciplined movement into the regular rhythms of reflection, repentance and renewal. There are times on such a journey when we may find ourselves bewildered, either by the complexity of the Christian calling or by our own inability or unwillingness to accept the costs of such a vocation. In Lent, I often come face-to-face with my own reticence and my own brand of disorientation and uncertainty.

One of Berry’s poems seems to understand such moments exactly, yet find therein a richer sense of purpose, or at least some hope in the face of perplexity:

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. (“The Real Work,” 1998)

Reading those lines, I understand why we need poets. They help us see what is right before our eyes, yet often unseen and unnoticed. “The mind that is not baffled is not employed.” Why, yes! Before we can come to our “real journey,” we need to come to the limits of our own capacity for finding the way. In relinquishment and trust, we will best be equipped for the journey into which Lent invites us.

Wendell Berry’s deep sense of awe and reverence before the created order seems to me a good posture with which to begin that pilgrimage. Further, my hope is that he is right, that when we encounter impediments and hesitations along the journey, we then will find our “real work,” so that we may then find our voices of longing and, finally, begin to sing.

Grace and peace to you,

Robert E. Dunham

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Our Church Family 2222

How to Submit Articles for the

Bulletin and The Chimes 2222

Presbyterian Youth Connection:

February Calendar 3333

A Special Presentation: February 3 3333

Second Sunday Lunch: February 10 3333

DivorceCare Seminar and Support Group 3333

We Celebrate Our New Members 4444

A Tribute to Phyllis Koehnline 4444

Dinner Theater Production: February 7, 8, 9

Preview for Spring Musical 5555

2013 Montreat Worship and Music

Conference: Register by February 10 5555

Adult Christian Education: Terms 4 – 5 6666

Deep and Wide for UPC Parents 6666

Daily Bible Reading FaithCirclesFaithCirclesFaithCirclesFaithCircles 7777

Friday Women’s Bible Study 7777

Save the Dates: 2013 Women’s Retreat and

2013 Vacation Church School 7777

Presbyterian Campus Ministry 8888

Habitat for Humanity: Volunteers Needed 8888

Sunday Evening Lenten Study:

Starting February 10 9999

Session Digest 9999

New Hope Camp and Conference Center:

February News 10101010

UPC Church Staff, 2013 10101010

Global Outreach News 11111111

Music Scholarship Opportunity 12121212

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The Chimes Volume XXXV, No. 2 February 2013

The Ch imes i s a publ i ca t ion of Univers i ty Presbyter ian Church

The Chimes is published monthly. Deadline for submission of articles is the 15th of each month for the following month’s

edition (with a few exceptions to accommodate holiday schedules). Please include your name, phone number and email

address. The newsletter is posted on the church’s Website (www.upcch.org) and on www.issuu.com/upcch. Send article

submissions and inquiries to Newsletter Editor, University Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 509, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0509,

or email [email protected].

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** Deadline for the March edition is noon on Friday, February 15, 2013.

University Presbyterian Church Staff: Robert E. Dunham, Pastor; Anna Pinckney Straight, Associate Pastor; John Rogers,

Associate Pastor for Campus Ministry; Heather Ferguson, Staff Associate for Education; Kim McNeill, Staff Associate for

Youth and Congregational Life; Thomas Brown, Minister of Music; Beth Auman Visser, Youth and Children's Choir Director;

Ellen Parker, Director, UPPS; Jeanette Schmidt, Office Manager; Cristen Mugford, Financial Administrator; Karen Fisher,

Director of Membership; Jennifer Potts, Publications Coordinator; Dennis Dallke, Property Manager; Rob Kurtz, Sexton.

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Our Church Family

The UPC congregation and its pastors

take seriously the call to pray and be

present with those who are in need, so

we encourage you, a friend or a family

member to let us know if you have

scheduled surgery or have been admitted

to the hospital. During the week, please

call the church office at (919) 929-2102,

and over the weekend, please call one of

the pastors. Thank you.

“Are any among you sick? They

should call for the elders of the

church and have them pray over

them, anointing them with oil in the

name of the Lord,” James 5:14.

Due to privacy concerns and HIPAA laws,

there are no notifications or lists at any

local hospitals or clinics which would in-

form the church if you are hospitalized,

receiving treatment or undergoing surgery.

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Volume XXXV, No. 2 February 2013 The Chimes

Presbyter ian Youth Connec t ion in February All 6th-12th graders are invited to attend PYC from 6-8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall (drop-off at 6 p.m.) and Youth Center (pick-up at 8 p.m. in the parking lot). This amazing group of teens meet every week as they help one another strive to be faith-ful Christians in the world. For more information contact Kim McNeill, Staff Associate for Youth and Congregational Life, at [email protected]. We invite youth and parents to follow our Twitter page @UPCPYC. Go to https://twitter.com/upcpyc

PYC February Calendar PYC is held on Sundays from 6-8 p.m. and begins in the Fellowship Hall unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, February 3: It’s a Miracle! Or is it?

Sunday, February 10: Youth Musical Weekend; No PYC this Sunday. Enjoy Miss Persia on Thursday night (2/7) for free in the Fellowship Hall!

Wednesday, February 13: Ash Wednesday Service at UPC

Thursday, February 14: Delayed opening breakfast for High Schoolers, location TBA

Sunday, February 17: Wonderfully Made: Body image and our life of Faith. HS Don Lee Retreat fee and forms due; ASP forms and fees due.

Sunday, February 24: Youth Sunday Planning. Deep and Wide for UPC Parents, 7:00 p.m., Sanctuary.

A Specia l Presenta t ion

The Adult Education Committee invites you to attend “Mission Hospitals in Malawi (Southeastern Africa)—A Pho-tographic Presentation,” by Jack Benjamin, on Sunday, Feb-ruary 3, at 12 p.m. in Vance Barron Hall, following the 11:00 a.m. service. Please RSVP by emailing Heather Ferguson at [email protected]. Childcare is available upon request.

Jack, a retired pediatrician and avid photographer, was invited to visit Malawi this past November by the Medical Benevo-lence Foundation (MBF), a Presbyterian-based group responsi-ble for supporting medical programs in needy countries. His photographs of the patients and facilities of mission hospitals in Malawi are now being used by MBF to raise awareness about the needs of the people in that country.

Second Sunday Lunch

Second Sunday Lunch this month will be held February 10 in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the 11:00 a.m. worship service. The Children’s and Youth Ministry Commit-tee and the Personnel Committee will serve as co-hosts for the gathering.

Everyone is invited! Those who attend are asked to bring a vegetable dish, a salad or a dessert to share. Please bring enough for 12 people as our attendance has increased significantly. All new members, visitors and students are welcome without this contribution. The main course and bev-erages will be provided by the co-hosts. We encourage you to come, visit and enjoy the warm fellowship and delicious food on Sunday, February 10!

University United Methodist Church is sponsoring a thirteen-week DivorceCare Seminar and Support Group. The group meets on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. at the church, located at 150 E. Franklin Street.

DivorceCare is a video series featuring some of the nation’s foremost experts on divorce and recovery from a Christian per-spective. The video seminars are combined with facilitated support group discussion of the materials presented and any other pertinent issues the participants wish to bring up within the group setting.

All are welcome, regardless of religious affiliation. Childcare may be provided upon request. To learn more or to register, con-tact Lianne MacGregor at (919) 942-1990 or [email protected].

Seminar and Suppor t Group


In January, University Presbyterian Church welcomed the following new members into the life of the church. The neighbor-hood assignment is designated within brackets.

We Celebra te Our New Members

Susan Jackson (Morgan, and Cooper)—Susan and her hus-band, Ryan, came back to Chapel Hill last year after eight years in Rochester, New York, where Susan was a member of the Third Presbyterian Church. She transfers her

membership from that congregation. She is a clinical trials pro-ject director in the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology at UNC. The Jacksons’ daughter, Morgan, is a fifth grader at Sea-well Elementary; she enjoys swimming. Their son, Cooper is in third grade at Seawell; he looks forward to playing football next fall.

Martha and Vince Tollers—The Tollers are Susan Jackson’s parents and Morgan and Cooper Jackson’s grandparents. They moved to Fearrington Village last year after forty years in Roches-ter. They also come to us by transfer from the Third Presbyterian Church of Rochester, where both Martha and Vince served as elders and active members. Martha is a retired marriage and family therapist; Vince is a retired English professor, whose entire teaching career was at the State Uni-versity of New York’s Brockport campus.

Ashley Rouse—Ashley comes to us by transfer from the First Pres-byterian Church of Lexington, North Carolina. Ashley received her undergraduate education at UNC and then moved to the Do-minican Republic for a year, where she served as a teacher. She re-turned to UNC for her Master of Social Work degree, which she finished last spring. She now serves in two positions – full-time

as a child and family therapist working with Latino families through Carolina Outreach, and a part-time position as social worker for the Student U program that works with the Dur-ham Public Schools.

Carroll Scott (Ford)—Carroll comes to us by transfer from another church in the community. She is an executive assis-tant in the Chancellor’s Office at the University of North Carolina. Her son, Ford, is a third grader at Frank Porter Graham and received the Sacrament of Baptism on Sunday, January 13..

The Reverend Phyllis Koehnline was the heart of a group of Bible students who met with her on Thursday afternoons in the Garden Room at UPC. She started this class after she and Bill retired to Chapel Hill about 17 years ago from Skokie, Illinois, where she was pastor of Evanshire Presbyterian Church.

Over the years, there have been many members of the Thursday afternoon Bible study, which met in fall, winter and spring sessions, and Phyllis was the inspired teacher who guided us through Genesis, Judges, Joshua, Samuel, Ruth, Job, Kings, Isaiah, the Psalms, the parables, the Gospels and the Epistles! All this was in addition to her ministries at Carol Woods and Carolina Meadows.

Goodbye, dear friend. We miss you. ~Betty Stieglitz

Betty was not only a participant in the Thursday afternoon Bible study through the years, but also a very close friend to Phyllis, the two of them bonded together in sisterhood. The loss of Phyllis was felt deeply throughout the church community, most especially

amongst her closest friends and loved ones. We’d like to thank Betty for this special tribute.

A Tr ibu te to Phyl l is Koehnl ine


2013 Dinner Thea ter Product ion

Miss Persia, The Story of Esther

Presented by the UPC Youth Choir and Congregational Life Committee

Mark your calendar for the Junior and Children’s Choirs’ Spring Musical, Are We There Yet? The Story of Moses and the Exodus, by Tom S. Long and Allen Pote. Performance dates are April 12 and 14, 2013. The first rehearsal for the Junior and Children's Choir spring musical is Sunday, February 10. The Junior Choir will have an extended rehearsal from 4:15 - 6 p.m. with a snack! At this rehearsal, we will preview our musical. All children (kindergarten to sixth graders) are invited to join us on the journey with Moses to the Promised Land, in Are We There Yet?

It’s a classic tale of heroism, self-sacrifice and the battle for equality—filled with great songs for you and your family to enjoy!

Join us for free on Thursday, February 7. On this night, no ticket is needed, and no food is served. Or purchase tickets and join us on Friday, February 8, or Saturday, February 9, for a delicious meal catered by Diane Dodge of Home on the Range Catering Company.

Tickets for the Friday and Saturday performances are on sale Sunday, February 3, in the church office between worship ser-vices and following 11 a.m. service.

Ticket Prices: $15 for adults $10 for 10 years and under

Performance Dates: February 7, 8, 9, 2013

Time to sign up for some Montreat Fun!

Registration $253

Due February 10, 2013

Open to all active UPC Choir Members

Rising fourth graders - High School graduates!

Don’t miss Montreat this summer!

Montr ea t Worship and Music Conference : June 16-22, 2013

“A New Heaven and a New Ear th”


Adul t Chr is t ian Educa t ion

Term 5: Feb. 17 - March 24, 9:45—10:45 a.m.

All are welcome to adult education classes at UPC!

If you missed a previous term or week, no worries! Participation and enjoyment are not dependent upon previous classes. Watch for more details for each class and a detailed reading list in the Weekly E-News, the Sunday morning bulletin and the UPC website. Visit www.upcch.org and click “Education.” To sign up for E-News, click “Subscribe to E-News” at the bottom of the Website. You can also find information about upcoming education opportunities on the UPC Facebook page. Visit www.facebook.com/upcch and click “Like” to join.

Mental Health, Movies and Our Faithful Response: February 3: Psychosis (Movies: A Beautiful Mind, Mr. Jones),

discussion with Barbara and Gove Elder; participants are invited to meet in the Stephen Ministry Room at 12:00 p.m. to view A Beautiful Mind

February 10: Dementia and Brain Injury (Movie: Iris), discussion with Clay Stalnecker; participants are invited to meet in Vance Barron Hall at 12:00 p.m. to view Iris.

Facilitator: Jay Williams Location: Vance Barron Hall

The Faith and Wisdom of Wendell Berry: February 3: The Sabbath Poems, led by Bob Dunham February 10: “The Mad Farmer” Poems, led by Cotton Bryan

Location: Terrace Room Feasting on the Word: February 3: Jeremiah 1:4–10. February 10: Luke 9:28–36 (37–43).

Facilitators: Variety of Members Location: Education Office

Understanding and Practicing the Season of Lent: What is the history of Lent and where did it originate? How does this season differ between Catholic and Protestant traditions? What practices can families and individuals engage in during this time to more fully understand our highest holy day, Easter? These are some of the questions that will be explored during this six-week series. We will also learn the significance of Ash Wednesday and the observances during Holy Week. This class is for anyone who has longed to understand the power and mystery of this season of reflection.

Poverty: The Local Outreach Committee is sponsoring this adult education class concerning the subject of poverty. Through these sessions, we hope participants will gain a better understanding of the realities of poverty, our church’s down-town ministry, agencies working with those in poverty and how we might minister to those in need.

Connections: This class widens the circle of conversation and brings different forms of media before us to explore faith. Connections was created for those who seek God in everyday life and long to build the community of faith. Each week, we will discover the subtle and not-so-subtle messages of faith and spirituality in films and/or the written word. Adults of all ages and stages of the journey are welcome.

Feasting on the Word: Feasting on the Word is a resource that incorporates the uniqueness of the award-winning Feasting on the Word commentaries to explore one of the weekly Lection-ary passages in ways that engage participants in faithful learn-ing and discussion. The lessons provide comprehensive, acces-sible biblical background for facilitators from four theological perspectives. Most often, the passage for study is the same text to be used in Sunday worship and offers even more reflection and conversation.

Deep and Wide for UPC Parents For a few years now, Deep and Wide has been a gathering of folks who long for a quiet moment to listen to God. Within mu-sic, silence, prayer and the reading of scripture and other holy texts, God offers us nourishment for the journey of faith.

Over the next few months, UPC parents of youth and children will continue to gather in the Sanctuary from 7:00 - 7:45 p.m. for a Deep and Wide experience designed with you in mind. We will use themes from Anne Lamott’s newest book, Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers.

Please put these dates on your calendar: Sundays, February 24, March 24 and April 28. Join us for these gatherings and experience the deep, wide and refreshing presence of God.

Term 4: Through February 10, 9:45—10:45 a.m.


What is a FaithCircleFaithCircleFaithCircleFaithCircle? The purpose of a FaithCircle is

to gather a variety of individuals for a regularly scheduled time of reading, praying, reflecting, sharing and then moving back into the world as God’s hands, feet, eyes, ears and mouth. The cy-

clic nature of a FaithCircle flows in three basic movements.

The first movement is a time of gathering to read, study and share a particular topic. The second movement involves con-necting our lives with the topic and asking the question, “What does this have to do with my life, with my community, with my world today?” In the third movement, we invite God into the conversation by reflecting on God’s presence in the topic and how God might be calling us to action. We might conclude this movement with the prayer, “God, help me to reflect your love and compassion in all that I do and say to-day.” This third movement leads us back to the first move-ment and the cycle begins again.

The Daily Bible Reading FaithCircle (DBR FaithCircle) will

use the NRSV Daily Bible as their weekly focus, reading and re-flecting personally on a brief portion of scripture (2-4 pages) for seven days and then meeting for group discussion on the week of texts. The Bible is formatted to be read daily followed by a verse on which to Meditate; a brief reading by a classic theolo-gian or contemporary writer on which to Contemplate that draws our attention to our every day life; 2-3 questions for Re-flection and/or journaling; ending with a brief Prayer.

It is suggested that participants either journal or jot notes as a part of daily reading for the purpose of sharing insights, con-nections with previous readings, life experiences and/or cur-rent events at the weekly gatherings. There will be no “leader,” per se, though each gathering will need an “Initiator,” a differ-ent person each week to open with prayer, initiate the discus-sion questions and bring the gathering to a close. Ideally, this

group will have no more than 8-10 participants. The following is a suggested format for weekly gatherings. Feel free to shape the gatherings based on the desires of the group.

Opening Prayer: A handout for suggested prayers is available

Movement One: “What did you find to be particularly intriguing in the readings this week?” Certain themes will arise as being particularly engaging or intriguing as you all have read and reflected on seven days of text. Allow for participants to voice those themes. Choose one or two of those themes for your focus for the day.

Movement Two: “What does this theme have to do with my life, with my community, with my world today?” What is happening in the real world around us that is reflected in this theme? Look at the writing to Contemplate for insights or food for thought. The idea is to bring the theme of the text into our lives today.

Movement Three: “What might God be calling us to do in light of what we have learned and shared?” Invite God into the conversation by reflecting on His presence in the topic and how He might be calling us to action. This movement might conclude with a prayer like, “God, help me to reflect your love and compassion in all that I do and say today, ” or “God, help me to consider forgiveness as you have forgiven.”

Closing prayer or benediction: Conclude the gathering by assigning a volunteer to be the next week’s Initiator.

Several DBR FaithCircles have already formed. If you are in-

terested in joining a DBR FaithCircle or in purchasing the

NRSV Daily Bible for yourself, please contact Heather Ferguson at [email protected]. If you know of others who wish to join you, please invite them.

Daily Bible Reading FaithCircle: FaithCircle: FaithCircle: FaithCircle: Suggestions for Groups

Fr iday Women’s B ib le S tudy

An Altar in the Wor ld

The Friday Women’s Bible Study has resumed as we welcome our new group leader, Amy Bowers Heit. The group will meet each Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Garden Room. for a discussion using Barbara Brown Taylor's book, An Altar in the World. Childcare will be available.

Amy Bowers Heit is an ordained PC(USA) minister and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary. Amy and her husband spent several years in Glasgow, Scotland where Amy served as an associate pastor. She is very excited about joining the group and is a huge Barbara Brown Taylor fan.

If you are interested in learning more about this study group, please contact Heather Ferguson at [email protected].

Save the Da tes !

2013 Women’s Retreat: Save the date for UPC’s 2013

Women’s Retreat to be held April 19-21 at Laurel Ridge Con-ference Center in Laurel Springs, NC. Learn more about the conference center at www.laurelridge.org.

Vacation Church School: Save the date for the 2013 UPC Vaca-tion Church School! We are already beginning plans for the 2013 VCS. Please mark your calendar today for June 24-28.

Watch your emails for more details about the 2013 Women’s Retreat and UPC Vacation Church School!


PCM students spent part of their winter break at Montreat for the Annual Collegiate Conference. Students from all over, mostly the southeast, gathered to be in worship and discussion around the image from John's gospel, “... the Word became flesh.” What a blessing it is to work with students who sit around a dinner table and the fire until wee hours of the morning talking about the topic of incarnation and how they consider “putting on” or “being robed in” the clothing of Christ. One pre-

senter offered, “That God is so inclined towards us, God has condescended to clothe God's self in us…” And to think some would suggest they are just home catching up on their sleep over break. Thanks be to God for the many ways we are help-ing our college students at PCM live out their faith and discipleship. Also, don't forget to check out PCM's new image screen on the Henderson Street hallway. Thanks to the UPC Endowment, we are able to share more photos, videos and announcements with you!

~John Rogers, Associate Pastor for Campus Ministry

Presbyter ian Campus Min is t ry

Presbyterian Campus Ministry (PCM) offers programming for undergraduate, graduate

and professional students and welcomes new participants at any time. The programming

is supported by the outreach of University Presbyterian Church. For more information

see www.uncpcm.com or contact John Rogers at [email protected] or (919) 929-2102.

On February 9, we will start our next Habitat build! This year we are partnering with SHAC, University United Methodist Church and Christ United Methodist Church to work alongside Maung Kyar and Moeh Kaih building their new home. They are the proud parents of three sons: Kaw Ku Thoo, 13; Ohkler, 11; and Thekler Moo, 7. The family, originally from Burma, has been in the United States for five years. They attend University United Methodist Church. They are all looking forward to the future and to the stability that a permanent home to call their own will provide. We will need your help as a volunteer with the building and/or to provide meals during the building process.

The UPC build dates will be February 16 afternoon shift; March 2 afternoon shift; April 6 afternoon shift; May 4 morning shift; May 11 both morning and afternoon shifts; and May 18 afternoon shift. UPC will provide lunches on February 16, March 2, May 4 and May 18. Please contact Brian Curran at [email protected] or John Rogers at [email protected] if you are interested in signing up and/or learning more about the 2013 Habitat for Humanity spring build.

Habita t for Humani ty Spr ing Bui ld Volunteers Needed

Spring 2013 Partner Family


Sess ion Diges t

At the January meeting of Session:

• we listened to a devotion and prayer by Chip Sudderth on the small daily interactions showing compassion that make such a difference in people’s lives—based on Matthew 25:34-40;

• we approved the 2013 UPPS Budget;

• we received a preliminary year-end financial report with lower revenues (for 2012) than expected. However, pledges for the 2013 operating budget were very positive;

• the Faith Forward campaign reported $3,450,000 in pledges to date. The Administration Committee will consider the options on proceeding with our plans and make recommendations to the Session at our February meeting;

• Congregational Life reported 400 people attended the Christmas Brunch;

• Kim McNeill reported most of the 15 member Eighth Grade Confirmation Class will be going on retreat to Montreat soon for a time of introspection and service to the community;

• a Social Media Mission Statement and Policy for UPC was approved;

• the baptism of Ford Anthony Scott was approved; and

• the Building Committee reported the proposed expansion has been presented to the Downtown Historic Commission with positive results and the Chapel Hill Town Council (as of 1/23/13). Our contractor, C.T. Wilson, is currently working with our design team at DTW to propose the cost estimates for the project.

~Mary Ellen Olson, Clerk of Session

Lent is coming soon. During this time, do something special for God and for yourself by being part of our Evening Lenten study, Presbyterianism 101: An Introduction to the Reformed Tradition. Come and learn who we are as Presbyterians and how we are similar and different from other Christian traditions.

Those who participate in this study will

• Be introduced to the lives of the major leaders of the Protestant Reformation

• Find out how each of these leaders sought to resolve their own life crises

• Learn why we are called “Protestants” and “Presbyterians”

• Discover how we are related to Lutherans, Episcopalians, Baptists and Mennonites

• Share with and learn from others

Presbyterianism 101 will be held Sunday evenings, February 10 – March 17, 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. at UPC and will be led by Bill and Mickey dePrater, retired PC(USA) ministers.

If you plan on attending this special Lenten study, please call the church office at (919) 929-2102. For more informa-tion, contact Heather Ferguson at [email protected].

The season of Lent is about doing something special for God. Please join us. Even better, bring a friend or neighbor so that we may all learn together.

Sunday Evening Lenten S tudy Pr esbyter ianism 101: An In t roduc t ion to the Refor med Tradi t ion

February 10 – March 17, 5 :15-6:45 p.m.


UNIVERSITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Church Staff, 2013

Robert E. Dunham, Pastor Anna Pinckney Straight, Associate Pastor John Rogers, Associate Pastor for Campus Ministry Thomas Brown, Minister of Music Beth Auman Visser, Youth and Children’s Choir Director Heather Ferguson, Staff Associate for Education Kim McNeill, Staff Associate for Youth and Congreg. Life

PROGRAM

Amanda Craft, Guatemala Frank and Nancy Dimmock, Malawi Nuhad Tomeh, Middle East

MISSIONARIES

Al Field, Treasurer (Volunteer) David Biswell, Assistant Treasurer (Volunteer) Bob Mosteller, Assistant Treasurer (Volunteer) Nan Van Der Puy, Assistant Treasurer (Volunteer) Jerry Wilbourn, Assistant Treasurer (Volunteer)

Cristen Mugford, Financial Administrator Karen S. Fisher, Director of Membership Jennifer Potts, Publications Coordinator Jeanette Schmidt, Office Manager Dennis Dallke, Property Manager Rob Kurtz, Sexton Ellen Parker, Dir. of University Presbyterian Preschool

ADMINISTRATION

SESSION: Class of 2013: Lee Ann Buck, Eleanor Costley (Youth Elder), Courtney Edwards, John Frick, Bob

Johnson, D. G. Martin, Kari Marvin, Tim Taft, Bill Whisenant; Class of 2014: Sandy Alexander. Jim Copeland,

Elizabeth Gibson, Randy Kabrick, Day McLaughlin, Nancy Oates, Donna Van Engen, Karen Vandersea; Class

of 2015: Patty Baum, Nancy Benjamin, Jeffrey Hart, Mary Ann Klompmaker, Kelly Moore, Ruth Moose, Chip

Sudderth, John Wilson; Clerk of Session: Mary Ellen Olson

BOARD OF DEACONS: Class of 2013: Shelley Adams, Mark Bozymski, Jean Carpenter, Catherine

DeMaere, Bruce Henschel, Virginia Joines, Kristin Mitchell (Youth Deacon), Joyce Moshier, Anne Scaff,

JoAnna Younts; Class of 2014: Beth Burns, David Bursiek, Christy Cappelletti, Lisa English, Frances Hess,

Granville Hill, David Lane, Sara Nicholson, Pam Perreault; Class of 2015: Woody Coley, Ellyn Courts,

Stephanie Duncan, Vicki Lotz, Fred Lybrand, Jean Moses, Lou Pons, Bonnie Simms, Sharon Stevens

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Class of 2013: Nancy Preston, Jim Schultz; Class of 2014: Brent Chambers, Ken

Krzyzewski; Class of 2012: Davin Stewart, Rod Visser

It’s already February, and as we begin 2013, we can already tell it’s going to be a busy spring! One of the things that will keep us busy is that a member of our long-term office staff, Judy Brown, is leaving us. Judy has been with us for 15 years and has stayed through thick and thin. Thank you, Judy, for the way you showed your love and commitment to New Hope. Judy’s absence will be felt for a long time, and we are now in the process of searching for her replacement. We need someone with office and computer skills who can work three days a week for the bulk of the year and five days a week from May through July.

The other big spring happening will be our 10th Annual Auction and Appetizer event on April 6. Please start thinking about items you can donate to the cause. We generally raise around $11,000 with this and that money has allowed us to make some wonderful progress in the last few years. Don’t miss this great evening of fun, food, fellowship and fundraising!

New Hope Camp and Conference Center : February News


During church each week, Bob, Anna or John share the con-cerns and celebrations of our church family, bringing us to-gether to rejoice or mourn. As Christians, we know our family extends outside the walls of UPC, as we have brothers and sisters across the nation and around the world. This week we share some of the celebrations and concerns of our partners.

Our friends at Family Health Ministries, who provide health care and education to women and children in Haiti, received a fantastic Christmas gift this year. When the Walmers first vis-ited Haiti years ago, they recognized the impact cervical cancer has on women and families. Lacking access to the simple pre-ventative testing available in the United States, almost 5 per-cent of the Haitian women they saw already had advanced cer-vical cancer and were doomed to die and leave their families alone. They worked with the biotech company Qiagen to pio-neer HPV screening in Haiti.

Their pilot program has been a success, and just before the holidays, they learned that they have been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Clinton Bush Haiti fund to significantly expand their effort, in partnership with the Haitian reproductive health organization the Fondation pour la Santé Reproductrice et l'Education Familiale. We rejoice with them as they enter this exciting new era.

We also rejoice with some new partners, IntraHealth Interna-tional, FUNZOKenya, and faculty at the Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC), who are helping transform the health care workforce in Kenya. UPC’s Sonda Oppewal, through her visits to Kenya, has become familiar with the chal-lenges in maternal and neonatal health faced by the medical profession there, and the strong desire to update skills and training to meet this challenge.

Using funds granted by UPCs Endowment Committee, we will fund the purchase of four “MamaNatalie” birthing simulators. Kenya has a rate of maternal death 40 times that in the US. These birthing simulators will help improve the training of nurses and other health care workers at regional hospitals in rural Kenya, so they will be better prepared to identify and intervene early with complications including postpartum hem-orrhage. We are excited to see these put to use later this year.

While these celebrations bring us joy, we also share in the struggles others in our larger family face. Nuhad Tomeh, whose work as a PC(USA) liaison with the Middle East Coun-cil of Churches UPC helps support, is in a region facing monumental challenges. As most know, the war in Syria has been devastating for its people. The UN estimates that

600,000 refugees have fled to Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, and those left in Syria face deprivation and violence on a scale that is hard to imagine. Christians in Syria, Nuhad’s home nation, face special challenges, as the war exposes sectarian and ethnic divides the previous government kept suppressed.

In a report written for the Presbyterian Synod in the region, Nuhad exposed me to a view not seen in our media, reminding me that “The Christian community existed in Syria as early as the day of Pentecost. It has survived tragedies and drastic changes throughout its long history. The question now is, what hopes for the future can the church have in the midst of all the challenges that the Arab Spring has brought to the entire re-gion?... Syria has twenty Presbyterian churches, one in every major city (e.g., Damascus, Aleppo, Homs) and in twelve other towns scattered across the country.”

The war has fueled tensions among communities that had lived in peace. The Synod reports, “‘Alawites must be killed and Christians must leave to Beirut’ is a slogan written on many walls in Homs, the ancient city that has been de-stroyed…. The tragic events that hit the city of Homs did not spare our church, nor the Synod’s office and the pastor’s home. While the roof of the church was destroyed in the fight-ing, the church members scattered into different areas where they had to rent temporary homes. Those who stayed in safer parts of the city decided to continue worshipping every Sunday in the ‘Old People’s Home,’ which also belongs to the church. However, even this home has suffered minor hits.”

UPC’s Outreach Committee, using funds from the Alternative Market and our 2013 budget, is trying, in a small way, to help Nuhad and his partners throughout the region provide services to refugees who have fled the violence.

We ask you to add all of the people of the region to your prayers, both friends and enemies, those on all sides in this complex conflict. We also ask you to think about how we as a nation can help return peace to the region.

Join with the Presbyterian Synod of Lebanon and Syria, who ask us to “Please pray for peace and justice! Pray for God’s mercy and care! Pray that the church will not lose heart! And to God be the glory now and always.”

Mark Peifer, Global Outreach

For more information about how you can help UPC’s Global Outreach efforts, contact Mark at [email protected].

Global Outreach News: Celebra t ions and concerns f rom Hai t i to I raq

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The family of Pauline Harrop Montgomery started a Musical Scholarship in honor of her memory three years ago. This schol-arship, open to UPC members, the children of members, family members of UPC members, active Presbyterian Campus Min-istry (PCM) members or to UNC Students active in the UPC Choir, aims to help fund the college/tuition fees of the award winner at the university to which they are/will be attending.

Polly loved music, especially classical music, all her life. She started playing the piano at a young age and continued through college where she obtained a BA in Music from Salem College, in Winston-Salem, NC. She had the pleasure of playing accompaniment to the German baritone, Herman Prey, with the Charleston, WV Symphony Orchestra. She later obtained a Master’s Degree in Christian Education from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education (now a part of Union Theological Seminary) in Rich-mond, VA. Polly married the Rev. Robert L. Montgomery; together they were missionaries to the aboriginal people of Taiwan for 16 years. While in Taiwan, she was able to transcribe folk music; she then harmonized it. Polly felt strongly that her children would have an appreciation for classical music, encouraging musical education via playing of an instrument or singing in the choir. She cofounded the Ridgewood Concert Band in Ridgewood, NJ in the early 80’s, which performs several times a year in the US and has toured through Europe and China. Learn more at www.ridgewoodband.org. Polly passed away in August, 2007.

The recipient for the 2010-2011 school year was Bobby Gollmar and the two recipients for the 2011-2012 school year were Kei Kurosu and Whitney Hughes. For the 2012-2013 school year, the recipient was Sean McWeeny. The deadline for applica-tions for the Pauline Harrop Montgomery Musical Scholarship is April 1, 2013. The award will be June 1, 2013. The suc-cessful candidate will need to be involved in a music related field of study or extracurricular activity including but not limited to band, orchestra, choir, choral group, acapella group or other musical/acting group.

Award criteria will be based on the following: musical aspirations (what does the applicant want to do with music in their life-time?); musical ability/aptitude; affiliation with UPC; a strong GPA; and letters of recommendation (optional). Interested candi-dates and those with questions or wanting more information, may contact Tom Brown, Minister of Music ([email protected]), or call the church office at (919) 929-2102.

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