“Home is where one starts from.”

It is a line from a T.S. Eliot poem, but for me, it is the sentence written on a painting that hangs next to my bedside table, a painting of downtown Charleston painted and given to me by a family friend in honor of my graduation from high school in 1989.

Home, for me, is Charleston. It evokes images of the sun shining on the water and of the tides that governed summer day activities. Mention Charleston to me and I can almost taste salt water mixed with the metal weights of the cast net I learned to throw in order to catch shrimp. Ask me about my home and I will most certainly call to mind a family of faith, generations deep, that taught me about Jesus, faith, and a rebellious hope.

I was the sixth generation of my family to be a part of the Second Presbyterian Church. (Did you know that I’m not the first minister at University Presbyterian Church from Second Presbyterian? Second Presbyterian is the congregation Vance Barron served before being called to Chapel Hill and UPC.) Second Pres. was many things for me. It was a safe place where I could explore my faith with faithful people of all generations. It was a family that encouraged me. And, it was where I first began to discern a call to ministry.

Charleston has, of course, been in the news in recent days for the horrible, violent attack that happened at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. I’ve not ever worshipped with this congregation or visited their sanctuary, but I grew up worshipping less than 600 feet away from this historic congregation—less than 600 feet away. For comparison, that’s less than the distance between my office and the front doors of University United Methodist Church. It is a stunning truth.

When I first heard the news, it was hard to do anything but cry for those families, for that community of faith that has and continues to demonstrate such a bold and Biblical faith. But, more recently, I’ve been asking myself how a community of faith could be so close to where I grew up and, simultaneously, such a world away.

A few weeks ago I preached a sermon on the topic of forgiveness that included this quote from John Patton: “Human forgiveness is not doing something but discovering something.... I am more like those who hurt me than different from them.”

This past week has been a reminder to me of the importance of being honest with myself on the topic of race and racism. To pray for forgiveness for the ways in which I have neglected to get to know (and therefore love) my neighbor. What lessons from my home do I want to carry with me, and what lessons should be unlearned and forgotten? How am I accountable for the continued racism in the world, and how can I be a part of making the world more like the Kingdom of God which Jesus described and lived?

These are not easy questions or tasks, and there is still much grieving and listening. But there are also actions to take in order to welcome God’s help, making tomorrow more faithful than today. One thing is for sure; we can’t do it alone. We need each other, and we need the God who created, redeemed, and sustains us all. Thanks be to God. Amen.

Anna Pinckney Straight, Associate Pastor

P.S. Thank you to the many of you who have reached out to me in compassion and prayer in these difficult days for my hometown. I’ve also heard from many people asking about the connection between my middle name, “Pinckney,” and the name of the pastor of Emanuel AME, Clementa C. Pinckney. I’ve written something in an attempt to answer that question and it is linked on my Facebook and in the Weekly E-News from June 26. If you would like to read it and don’t have access to either of those platforms, let me know and I will be happy to share it with you.

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JULY

Capital Campaign

Construction Update

3

Introducing Kirk Club:

Coming this Fall!

3

Welcome, New Members! 4

Sign Up: Meal Service for

UPC Families

5

Enjoy Punch on the Porch:

Volunteers Still Needed

5

PYPs 2015-2016 Calendar 5

Montreat Youth Conference 6

Montreat Worship and Music

Conference

7

Pastor on Call 8

Session Digest 8

Presbyterian Campus Ministry:

Summer at PCM

9

Summer Sermon Series

Continues

9

Local Outreach News 10

CROP Hunger Walk Update 11

Global Outreach News 11

Hymn Sing: Sunday, July 5

9:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary

12

Send Us Your Family Photo

this Summer

12

U n i v e r s i t y P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h i s a f f i l i a t e d w i t h t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h ( U . S . A . ) a n d i s a S t e p h e n M i n i s t r y C o n g r e g a t i o n .

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The Ch imes i s a publ ica 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. 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 publications@upcch.org.

The church office may be reached by telephone at (919) 929-2102, by fax at (919) 929-7669 or by email at upcch@upcch.org.

Visit the UPC Website (www.upcch.org) or the UPC Facebook page (www.facebook.com/upcch) for more information.

** Deadline for the August edition of The Chimes is noon on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

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

Associate Pastor for Campus Ministry; Kate Fiedler Boswell, Associate Pastor for Adult Ministries; Kim McNeill, Staff

Associate for Youth Ministries; Nancy Myer, Staff Associate for Children’s Ministries; Thomas Brown, Minister of Music;

Beth Auman Visser, Youth and Children’s Choir Director; Ellen Parker, Director, UPPS; Katharine Yager, Controller;

Jeanette Schmidt, Office Manager; Jennifer Johnson, Publications Coordinator; Kaitlin Dunn, Administrative Assistant;

Dennis Dallke, Property Manager; Rob Kurtz, Sexton.

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How to Submit Ar t ic les for The Sunday Bul le t in’s Announcements

Or for the Month ly Newslet ter, The Chimes

Our Church Family

going surgery. 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. After normal office

hours, call the church office and dial

extension 133 for the pastor on call.

“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 of

the local hospitals or clinics which would

inform the church and its staff if you are

hospitalized, receiving treatment or under-

Visit our Website: www.upcch.org

Please submit articles for the monthly newsletter (The Chimes) or announcements for the worship bulletin (Weekly Announcements) to

our Publications Coordinator, Jennifer Johnson. Email her at publications@upcch.org or call (919) 929-2102, extension 113.

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Capi tal Campaign Const ruc t ion Upda te The demolition of the church-owned house at 212 East Rosemary Street signals the beginning of site work to lay new sewer and utility lines, construct a new parking lot, and realign Robertson Lane—all as prelude to the construction of the new addition to the church. The unexpected need of a state permit before sewer and road changes can be made has caused a delay in con-struction. We will keep you updated as we learn more.

That new addition will add 5,500 feet of space that will provide a dedicated choral rehearsal room, two new adult classrooms, additional restrooms, an elevator, and an accessible entry into a new atrium that will afford a warm welcome to visitors and church members alike. Town review boards—including the Historic District Commission—and the Town Council have given en-thusiastic endorsement to the new facility, which we hope to complete within the next twelve months.

During the construction there will be no on-site park-ing at the church for staff or visitors. Staff members will be parking with permits at several locations down-town, and visitors are encouraged to utilize on-street and deck parking.

The total cost of the new construction and related site work will be around $2 million. It would be very help-ful if those who have not yet completed payments on their campaign pledges could do so in the next few months. It would be likewise helpful if anyone who has not made a pledge or a gift to the Building Fund would consider doing so. We hope to minimize the debt service a loan would impose on the church budget.

We have done very, very well in meeting our obligations in this campaign and building project, and the campaign leadership, the Building Committee, and the Session thank the congregation for its diligent and faithful stewardship.

For updates, keep an eye on the bulletin announcements and Weekly E-News. Visit www.upcch.org to sign up for Weekly E-News and click “Subscribe to E-News” from the bottom of the page. To view pictures and updates, visit www.facebook.com/upcch or search #BuildUPC. If you post about the Capital Campaign construction on Facebook, we encourage you to include #BuildUPC.

In t roducing Ki rk Club

Kirk Club, for 4th and 5th graders, will meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., starting on Wednesday, September 16. Our time together will include snack, fellowship, recreation and a lesson tai-lored to the needs of this age group. These young people will learn how to approach their faith in new ways as they engage in thought-provoking discus-sions, wrestle with deeper questions and grow in community with one anoth-er. This program will prepare our 4th and 5th graders for the transition to middle school and Presbyterian Youth Connection by encouraging regular participation in a faith community and helping them understand how faith plays a part in everyday life.

Look for registration information in the August edition of The Chimes. If you have questions about Kirk Club, please contact Kim McNeill, Staff Associ-

ate for Youth Ministries, at kim@upcch.org or Nancy Myer, Staff Associate for Children’s Ministries, at nancy@upcch.org. Or you may call them at (919) 929-2102.

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In June, University Presbyterian Church joyfully welcomed the following new members into the life of the church.

Please join us in welcoming the newest members of our congregation!

We Celebra te Our New Members

Bill and Barbara

Pohlman: We

welcome Bill and

Barbara Pohlman,

who are transfer-

ring their mem-

bership from Sec-

ond Presbyterian

Church of Louis-

ville. Bill and Bar-

bara moved to

Chapel Hill from Louisville about a year ago, but they are not

new to North Carolina. Before living in Kentucky, they lived

in Wilmington, Greensboro and the Raleigh area. They are

enjoying retirement by spending time with two grandsons who

live here in Chapel Hill and making the trip to visit their three

grandchildren in Detroit.

Christine Ferrell

(Maria and Anna):

We welcome Chris-

tine Ferrell and her

daughters, Anna and

Maria, who come to

us by reaffirmation

of faith. Christine

grew up in Charlotte

and first came to

Chapel Hill in 1995

as a UNC student.

She returned about

10 years ago after

marrying her hus-

band Brian, a fellow

Tar Heel and Chapel

Hill native. Christine

works as a marketing director for NC State University’s

Poole College of Management. Anna is seven and just fin-

ished up first grade at Estes Hills Elementary (“second-

grader in training” as she recently told her mom), and Maria,

four, attends Chapel Hill Cooperative Preschool. Christine,

Anna and Maria have been attending University Presbyterian

for more than a year and are excited to become officially part

of the congregation!

Kristen Levens: We welcome

Kristen Levens, who is transfer-

ring her membership from West-

minster Presbyterian Church of

Greensboro. Kristen is a second

year student at Princeton Theo-

logical Seminary, where she is

working towards an M.Div. and

an M.A in Ministry with Young

People and is pursuing ordina-

tion in the PC(USA). After re-

ceiving her BA in English and

Religious Studies in 2012 from UNC- Greensboro, Kristen con-

tinued discerning a call to theological education and ordained

ministry. Before heading to Princeton last August, Kristen was

employed by several churches in the Piedmont area, including

two years of ministry here at UPC as intern for PCM. She will

be serving as Food and Faith Intern for Urban Promise Minis-

tries in Camden, NJ this fall.

Jenny and

Daniel Tauber

(Carolyn): We

welcome Danny

and Jenny

Tauber and their

daughter, Car-

olyn. Danny and

Jenny both

grew up in the

church (Danny

here at UPC

and Jenny at

Holy Trinity Lutheran), and come to us by reaffirmation of

their faith. Danny grew up in Chapel Hill, went off to UNC-

Asheville for college and came back. Jenny also grew up here,

left to attend St. Olaf’s College in Minnesota and came back.

Danny and Jenny were married here in 2012. They are both

employed by UNC Hospitals. They have a daughter, Carolyn,

who was born in April, and who was baptized here in June.

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Enjoy Punch on the Porch th is Summer Please plan to join us this summer after each worship service on the porch outside Vance

Barron Hall for lemonade, punch and cookies.

We still need volunteers to serve in August and September! If you are able to volunteer,

please visit http://goo.gl/a3wX0C to sign up online. Thank you to everyone who has signed

up to serve so far.

All supplies are provided. It’s an easy and fun way for families and/or your group of friends

to volunteer and serve the church, and children of all ages really enjoy serving!

Sign Up: Meal Service for UPC Famil ies We are compiling a list of members who would like to take a meal to families with newborns. We en-

courage you to sign up if you have not already done so.

Bringing home a newborn is an exciting time, but it also comes with anxiety and exhaustion. In those

early months, having a meal delivered is a real gift. We would like to provide that for UPC families.

If you’d like to participate in this important ministry, please contact Lou Pons at (919) 967-1809 or

lou_pons@hotmail.com. You’ll be contacted as needed to choose dates that work for you. Thank you

for this service to UPC families!

PYPs 2015-2016 Calendar

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PYPs (Parents of Young Presbyterians) is a group for parents of children who are infants through fifth grade. PYPs sponsors a variety of events throughout the year; some are family-oriented and some are intended specifically for parents.

Below is the PYPs calendar for the 2015-2016 year. Specific times, locations and details will be announced closer to each date. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us!

Friday July 10: Fridays on the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn, 5:00 p.m. - We will gather to the right of the band.

Saturday, August 8: Family pool party at the YMCA at Meadowmont, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. A snack will be provided. (Rain date will be Sunday, August 9, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.)

Saturday, September 19: Tailgate and UNC football game (Tickets will be $10 each)

Saturday, October 10: Playground Event

Sunday, November 1: Sexuality/Body Image (for parents of young children)

Saturday, December 12: Parents’ Night Out

Saturday, January 23: Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, February 28: Potluck Dinner with child-friendly recipes

Sunday, March 20: Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday, April 24: Playground Event

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The week in Montreat was all about our story as individuals, as children of God and as a church. Each day, through keynote, worship, recreation and small groups, we explored a different theological focus. Sunday we started with the idea that God is the Author of Life. We moved through the week and fo-cused on how our stories are unique and sometimes our stories can get really messy. Wednesday and Thursday we talked about how our stories are still being written and God’s story is still being written. Friday’s events helped our youth understand the importance of telling their story of faith to others.

This year, Kim McNeill led recreation for the conference (ENERGIZERS!) while Bob Dunham and Kate Boswell kept tabs on our youth and helped them process what they heard in worship and keynote. Lee Ann Buck and Myra McVicker served as our cooks for the week keeping us fed and showing hospi-tality in faithful ways. Thanks be to God for the adults who care for and walk alongside our youth.

Montreat Youth Conferences bring youth and adults together to study scripture, play, connect, explore their faith and grow in relationship with God and one another. What a wonderful week spent in worship, recreation and fellowship!

Montrea t Youth Conference (June 14 - 20, 2015)

This i s Our Story

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Montrea t Worship and Music Conference (June 21 - 27, 2015)

You are My Beloved: Bapt i sm to Transf igura t ion

The theme of the 2015 Montreat Worship and Music Conference took us on a journey through the time after Epiphany, from the Baptism of the Lord to Transfiguration. Through daily worship, workshops, classes and rehearsals, we studied this period of the church’s year. Each summer we come together as children of God to seek rest, renewal, inspiration and support. It was another wonderful week of music and fellowship at Montreat! A special word of thanks to the volunteers who lovingly lead our youth and children.

Attending the conference this summer from University Presbyterian Church were:

UPC Staff: Beth Auman Visser, Tom Brown and Kim McNeill

Leaders: Elizabeth Moshier, Ben Straight, Laura Baxley, Jim Baxley, Jen Singleton, Kristen Stewart, Steve Kennedy, Christie Osborne, Catherine Duncan, Sarah Owen, Peter Gollmar, Michael Peel, Frances Hess, Elva Small and Sharon Edmiston

Singers: Monty Swafford, Ella Kavanaugh, Josh Singleton, Hannah Ford, Sarah Bozymski, Bella Moshier, Sarah Allan Straight, Rachel Vandersea, Ben Baxley, Zane Buckner, Charlie White, Carly Tremaine, Enecy Francis, Ada Stewart, Maddie Minton, Ethan Merklein, Eva Buckner, Anna Blythe, Nicholas Osborne, Reid Barker, McIver Mann, Anna Soderling, Jay Baxley, Jonathan Osborne, Alex Ford, Matt Singleton, Sam Merklein, Jake Krzyzewski , Sam Sisk, Chad Osborne, Garrett Pearce, Taylor McGee, Chad Osborne, Ben Soderling, Grace Gollmar, Chandler Younts, Ben Edwards, Julia Sisk and CC Owen.

“Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,

the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove.

And a voice came from heaven,

‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’”

~ Luke 3: 21-22

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At the June Session meeting, we:

listened to a devotion by May Martin Bryan on music and how it can connect us in a memorable and spiritual way. May shared with us music of the Indigo Girls and parts of an NPR interview with them on faith, along with a poem by Mary Oliver;

approved the baptisms of Kelsey Anne Howard, the daughter of Jeff and Amelia Howard, on June 14, 2015, and of Car-olyn Althea Tauber, the daughter of Danny and Jenny Tauber, on June 21, 2015;

approved the weddings of Matt Connor and Sarah Carithers on June 20, 2015; Rob Hale and Mackenzie Slaney on June 27,

2015; and Taylor Harris and Catherine Deibert on July 11, 2015;

approved requesting donations for the Presbytery of New Hope via the Weekly E-News and the bulletin announcements to aid Presbyterian churches in the Northeast following a difficult winter;

gave feedback on a new financial reporting system, including reserve amounts and long-term trends;

received an updated list of officer and committee nominations from the Nominating Committee;

received a report from UPPS on the hiring of three new teachers: Stephanie Nally, Myrah Jester and Mary Bozymski. There will also be a new position (floater) shared by Jane Holroyd and Virginia Purcell to aid in arrivals and departures during the construction;

approved a Security Task Force to work on security for the preschool and for the entire church building once the new en-trance is complete;

learned the Global Outreach Committee will be sending $1500 to the Latin Patriarchate School in Zababdeh, Palestine for

student scholarships;

approved a recommendation from the Administration Committee to include an online payment portal as part of the Web-site updates;

elected John Wilson, Kelly Moore, Ruth Moose and Betty Bouldin (alternate) as commissioners to the July 28, 2015 New Hope Presbytery meeting at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Durham, NC; and

learned of another unfortunate delay in construction—the unexpected need of a state permit before sewer and road chang-es can be made.

~Mary Ellen Olson, Clerk of Session

Sess ion Digest

Contact ing the Pastor on Cal l

When there is a sudden shift or happening in your life, whether crisis, illness, concern or celebration, one of the things we hope you will do is reach out to your church family. It is a privilege to listen, pray and be present with you when there is a need.

During the week, when you need to speak with one of University Presbyterian Church’s pastors, it should be easy to find one of us through a phone call or an email.

But, it’s not always obvious how to get in touch at night or during the weekend. And, because urgent needs rarely (if ever) happen at a convenient time, we want you to be able to get in touch with one of us.

If you need to speak with one of the pastors or to let us know about something that is going on in your life, but it is after nor-mal office hours, call the church office at (919) 929-2102 and dial extension 133. This extension will automatically forward your call to the cell phone of the pastor on call, either Kate Fiedler Boswell, Bob Dunham, John Rogers or Anna Pinckney Straight. If we don’t answer your call immediately, know that we are in town, will be checking our messages and will call you back as soon as we can.

Pastor on Call

(919) 929-2102

Extension 133

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I ’d L ike to Hear a Sermon About . . . Please join us as we continue our special summer sermon series suggested by members’ completing the sentence, “I’d like to

hear a sermon about ______.” Below are the list of topics we’ll be addressing through September 6. Special thanks to all mem-

bers who contributed suggestions.

July 5 A Sermon about the Lord’s Prayer

July 12 A Sermon about the Problem of Evil

July 19 A Sermon about Heaven and Hell

July 26 A Sermon about Persecution and Privilege

August 2 A Sermon about Mental Illness in the Gospels

August 9 A Sermon about Different Understandings of Love

August 16 A Sermon about Marriage

August 23 A Sermon about Making Room for God and Vocation

August 30 A Sermon about Discernment (What does God want us to do?)

September 6 A Sermon about Grace

Note: A few people misunderstood the request and made suggestions of possible series of sermons. We have noted those

requests and will consider such series at another time.

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,

visit the Website at www.uncpcm.com or contact John Rogers at jrogers@upcch.org.

Presbyter ian Campus Minis t ry : Summer a t PCM

Summer at PCM is quieter. Students are all gone, though some are in town working for the summer or taking a class or two. As I type this, I am waiting for some of our alumni to return for a big alumni wedding this weekend that I am presiding over here at UPC. It is encouraging to hear their stories about life after Carolina. I appreciate their nostalgia for their time with us at PCM and I am thankful for how many of them are discovering new faith communities to invest in. The frustration that comes with campus ministry is nothing new—we are given just a few years of a young person’s life to help them wrestle with matters of their Christian identity and how to serve Christ in their life after UNC. It is an interesting model that I know does not work for every ministry. Imagine if UPC only had you for four years before sending you off! Sounds like something as crazy as what Je-sus was trying to advocate for in the first century...

I am thankful for these months over the summer in between the busyness of finishing a year and planning for the upcoming fall. During this time, I am able to be still enough to be thankful for the people who fill our halls over the year; thankful for how God

is giving us the resources to meet our students where they are and send them off with a sense of empowerment and new understanding of their discipleship. It is interesting how this often happens in the still-ness and silence of our space. Our hope is our ministry to college stu-dents looks a little like those early days mentioned in the book of Acts. Who knows what they will do, where they will go, how they will serve? I am sure there were the same unknowns in Jerusalem, but within it all is a great element of trust—trusting the Lord of life both to equip us in serving them and trusting Christ to be their guard as they go out from us. August will be here soon, and we will be amazed with what hap-pens over this next academic year—Thursday night programs, trips, international travel, service, small groups and much more. Lord, we await how You will work through us again.

~ John Rogers, Associate Pastor for Campus Ministry

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Local Outr each News: Inter fai th Pr ison

Minis t ry for Women Thanks UPC

UPC received the thank you letter below for our support of the chaplaincy services provided by Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women. This nonprofit organization “is reducing recidivism in North Carolina’s female prison system through life skills pro-grams and services for incarcerated women.”

To learn more about the Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women, please visit their Website at www.ipmforwomen.org.

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Global Outr each News: Train ing Church and Communi ty

Leaders in La t in Amer ican and the Car ibbean

At the beginning of 2015, UPC’s Global Outreach Committee chose three new Mission co-workers to support, following the retirement from the field of Nuhad Tomeh and Frank and Nancy Dimmock, and the new assignment of Amanda Craft to work at the US-Mexican border. We sought to keep a pres-ence in Central America, among our closest neighbors and the home of many who have come to North Carolina in the last decade. To do so, we did not need to look far. Many of you have met Karla Koll on her several visits to UPC, and she also is supported by our friends at Chapel in the Pines.

Karla serves on the faculty of the Universidad Bíblica Latino-americana (UBL), an ecumenical institution located in San Jose, Costa Rica, that offers programs in Biblical Studies and Theolo-gy. In 2013, UBL celebrated its 90th anniversary of performing Christian ministry by training church and community leaders in many countries of Latin America and the Caribbean for service to the church and as agents of transformation in their communi-ties and countries. Its students and professors come from vari-ous Protestant traditions, as well as Roman Catholic communi-ties. UBL was founded in 1923 as a Bible institute and is now accredited as a university. The students, who come from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, study in both residence and distance programs. UBL offers theological educa-tion that focuses on contextualized learning, helping students affirm God’s desire for fullness of life for all. At UBL, Karla is a professor of history, mission, and religions.

In the UBL’s classrooms, Pentecostal pastors learn next to Roman Catholic nuns. People with years of leadership experi-ence in these faith communities study together with new be-lievers whose intellectual curiosity has led them to study theol-ogy. Students from indigenous cultures and communities of African ancestry share their perspectives. All students are en-

couraged to reflect theologically out of the contexts from which they come. Together with faculty members, they seek to construct theological responses to the urgent challenges facing the peoples of Latin America.

Our strengthened relationship with Karla also inspired a recent proposal to UPC’s Endowment Committee. In 2014, the Uni-versidad Bíblica Latinoamericana launched a new Educación Virtual (Online Education) project, with the goal of developing an online distance learning program to allow students throughout Latin America and the Caribbean access to UBL degree pro-grams. UBL wrote a UPC Endowment grant proposal, request-ing $4,000 for items that will aid in quality instruction, commu-nication, and publicity for the new bachelor’s online programs in Biblical Studies and Theological Studies. UBL has a long history with distance learning; in fact, UBL was one of the first institu-tions in Costa Rica to offer this. At this time, UBL is seeking to incorporate formally current technologies into its distance pro-gram, while at the same time ensuring that socially marginalized groups, such as women, indigenous peoples, and Afro-Caribbean populations, have access to theological education.

Happily, the Endowment Committee was able to fully fund their proposal. The funds will help UBL purchase a MacBook Pro, an HD video camera, and equipment and external storage. It’s exciting to be able to help bring new laborers into the field to help with the harvest, as we begin this new phase of our partnerships in Central America. To learn more about Karla’s work, go to www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/missionconnections/koll-karla-ann.

~ Mark Peifer, Global Outreach

“After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he him-

self was about to come. And he said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the har-

vest to send out laborers into his harvest.’” ~ Luke 10:1-2

Local CROP Hunger Walk Upda te The April 19, 2015 CROP Hunger Walk results show University Presbyterian Church (UPC) as the leading fundraiser with $4,630 in contributions out of a community total of $44,909. Final results are still being tallied by the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Inter-Faith Council (IFC). Church World Services (CWS) co-sponsors the “fight hunger” fundraiser annually with our IFC. Seventy-five percent of the money raised goes to global hunger projects and 25 percent is designated for the IFC community shelters and food pantry.

Church member Eileen Weatherly walked again this year despite the rain. This was her 24th year of participation in the four-mile event. She was joined on foot by several members of the Local Outreach Committee. Eileen’s annual group of dedicated donors is primarily responsible for UPC’s number one standing among local church contributors.

Contributions to the fundraiser are tax deductible. Each donor should have received an acknowledgment letter or email. If this has not reached a participant, please contact shipleyjenkins@gmail.com. Each donation is appreciated, as is the purchase of 2015 CROP Hunger Walk t-shirts. All t-shirt sales went into local anti-hunger efforts. The CROP Hunger Walk is one of sever-al charities the church supports to feed the hungry.

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July 2015 The Chimes Newsle t te r University Presbyterian Church is affiliated with The Presbyterian

Church (U.S.A.) and is a Stephen Ministry Congregation. On Sun-

day mornings, worship services are held at 8:30 and 11:00 and

church school for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Children of all ages are wel-

comed and cherished by this congregation. Childcare for infants

through kindergarteners is provided on Sunday mornings by our

paid sitters and parent volunteers.

The Sanctuary is wheelchair accessible. Handicapped parking

spaces are available, and a parking assistant will be available to

help you out of your car. Assistive hearing devices and large-print

bulletins and hymnals are available during worship. Summer office

hours (Through Labor Day weekend): Monday—Thursday 8:30-

4:30; Friday 8:30-12:30. Call (919) 929-2102 for more information.

Learn more about our programs from the church Website

(www.upcch.org) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/upcch).

Send Us Your Family Photo !

The church directory is still missing many member and family photos, and there

are many more that need updated. If you happen to take a photo this summer of

you or your family, please send it to us so we can update your photo or add it to

our directory.

JPEG images may be emailed to Kaitlin Dunn,

UPC’s Administrative Assistant, at kdunn@upcch.org.

Please join us as we sing national songs and international songs of peace!

Hymn Sing: Sunday, July 5 9:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary