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Director of Christian Ed 2
Director of Music 3
Photo Album 4-5
Calendar 6
Worship Volunteers 7
Birthday / Anniversary 10
Historical Notes 8
Boy Scouts 11
NHCCC 9
Women’s Circle 11
Concerns / Celebrations 11
Mission 11
Pansy’s Corner 9
Youth Calendar 10
Upcoming Events
Wassail and Cookies after worship Sunday December 6 12:15 pm
Youth Love Feast and Dinner Sunday December 6 4:15 pm
Christmas Pageant Sunday December 13 11:00 am
Youth Christmas Caroling & Dinner Sunday December 13 4:00 pm
Christmas Storytelling and Breakfast Sunday December 20 9:45 am
Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols Thursday December24 6:00 pm
December 2015 Vol 4, No 12
During our Lessons and Carols service on Christmas Eve, we read
the story of Jesus' birth, from Luke 2, "In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered." Stop here for a moment. All the world? All the world? Who has authority over all the world? It appears that Emperor Augus-tus believed he had authority over all the world.
To an everyday person, the emperor ap-peared to rule the world. His empire encircled the Mediterranean Sea. The empire had the power to tax, to make war, to draft soldiers, to make things happen. Some regarded the emperor as a god. This registration was a first step in counting all the financial and human resources at the emperor's disposal.
Read further in Luke 2, and you'll no-tice God's decree to the world. "Do not be afraid," the angel tells the shepherds.
"I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people." In verse 14, a multitude of angels sing, "Glory to God ... and on earth peace..."
Do not be afraid.. joy... Joy for all peo-ple ... peace... God's message is a dif-ferent message. Whereas the emperor collects taxes and makes war, God gives joy and brings peace. Whereas the emperor issues a summons to all the world, God decrees good news. Alt-hough everyday people such as Mary and Joseph, you and I live under the au-thority of emperors and senates, we al-so live under the loving and sovereign authority of the One who reigns in highest heaven.
I hope that during Advent, we will all be able to hear God's message to us. Hear these words again in your heart:
Do not be afraid
Good news of great joy
Peace on earth
Alleluia! Christ the Savior is born!
Rev. Kerri Hefner
From the Pastor’s Desk
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A prayer for Advent:
God in the night, God at my right
God all the day, God with me stay
God in my heart, never depart,
God with thy might keep us in light
Through this dark night. Amen. From “Come, Lord Jesus Devotions for the Home” by Susan Briel
It is the season of darkness -thank you daylight savings time-AND rainy weather—and the season of waiting. Little ones wait for the magic of Christmas while adults wait for the madness of Christmas. Or maybe we wait for the magic as well? This Advent season I hope that as you prepare for the Christmas holiday and get your homes ready, that you will also prepare your hearts for the coming of our Lord, Jesus. Preparing our hearts for the birth of Jesus requires us to commit to a daily practice of prayer and devotion. New Hope provides several resources to help you in your daily practice. All you need to do is to provide the time and space!
There are several Advent resources available for daily devotional practice and will be available in the narthex area. If you would rather receive a
devotional as an email or smart phone application there are those as well. I have listed several later in the newsletter. Daily devotion doesn’t have to be fancy nor does it have to take up a lot of time. What it does take is intentionality on your part—creating a time and place where you will spend time in quiet devotion, prayer, reading the Bible, and reflecting on the meaning for your life. I can honestly say that spending time every day in devotion and prayer will improve your outlook on your day—and help guide you to the manger so that you will experience the wonder of Jesus’ birth - God’s most special gift!
Choose Advent as a time to commit to attending worship on a regular basis! Each Sunday will have the traditional lighting of the Advent wreath, special music and special additions to each service such as the Chrismon tree as well as nativities. The children and youth led worship service retelling the story of the birth of Jesus will be December 13. On Sunday, December 22 during the 9:45 Sunday school hour there will be our program of Christmas storytelling for all ages.
May this Advent be a time of waiting, of devoting, of enjoying the time you create to see God with you in each day—guiding you, guarding you, keeping you in the light of His love.
Mary Todd Peters
Director of Christian Education
Christmas Books for Kids and the Rest of Us
Help add memories and traditions to your Advent season by reading stories about Christmas with your family. I will have these books available in the narthex and encourage you to borrow one each week to share as you prepare for Jesus’ birth! Although I believe some books are good to read for all ages, I have added some age ranges to help you in your choosing. Happy Advent! Mary Todd
The Story of Christmas by Stephanie Jeffs and John Haysom
Beautiful retelling of Jesus’ birth narrative beginning with the Angel Gabriel appearing to Mary and ending
with the Wise Men visiting Jesus and his family when he is a little older. A lot of text, but could be summarized for younger children. Could be read over the four Sundays of Advent, saving the part about the Wise Men for Epiphany. Elementary Age
The Christmas Star by Marcus Pfister
The author of Rainbow Fish has a beautiful retelling of Jesus’ birth, and begins with the shepherds in the field following a magnificent star which is also seen and followed by the Kings.
Preschool and up
Wombat Divine by Mem Fox, illustrated by Kerry Argent
This is one of my all-time favorite children’s Christmas stories. Wombat wants to be in the Nativity pageant but
has a hard time finding the perfect part. Preschool
Tonight You Are My Baby: Mary’s Christmas Gift by Jeannine Q Norris
Very beautifully illustrated and written, this book follows Mary talking with Jesus as she cradles him in her arms telling him that although in the
morning he will become King, tonight he is her baby. Kindergarten and up
Winter’s Gift written and illustrated by Jane Monroe Donovan A chance snowstorm brings together two unlikely hearts, one human and one beast, yet both yearning for comfort, companionship, and that
most elusive gift of all, hope. Kindergarten and up
Santa’s Favorite Story by Hisako Aoki and illustrated by Ivan Gantschev
Santa tells the story of the first Christmas, and the animals learn that
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One of the most beautiful hymns we sing during the Christmas season is Silent Night. It was written on Christ-mas Eve in 1818 by Austrian Joseph Mohr, the vicar of the Church of St. Nicholas. The following information comes from Stories of the Christian Hymns by Helen Salem Rizk. Mohr
gave the words of the simple poem to his organist Franz Gruber, who composed the music in time for the Christmas Eve service.
The drama of the first rendition of "Silent Night, Holy Night" was augmented by the fact that the organ broke down, and the first public presentation of this
hymn was a simple duet between the author and the composer with voice and plain guitar accompani-ment. The breaking down of the organ was instru-mental in popularizing the new hymn. Later when the organ was being repaired, Gruber played the new car-ol on it as a means of testing the tone of the instru-ment. The repairman was fascinated and requested a copy to take back with him to his own village of Zillerthal where it was received joyously. Four daughters of a Zillerthal glove maker named Strasse used this song in concerts from town to town and vil-lage to village while their father sold gloves. Soon everyone was singing "Silent Night, Holy Night," and so they have through the generations up to now...
When we stand in the candlelight on Christmas Eve and sing "Silent Night, Holy Night," may we all re-member that Jesus is our light both now and always.
Allen Amos
Director of Music
Christmas comes because of God’s amazing gift of love on the first Christmas. Preschool and up
Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S Buck, illustrated by Mark Buehner
“Rob wants to give his father something special for Christmas this year—something that shows how
much he really loves him. A beautiful story about a farmer and his son and the love they have for each other. Older preschool and up
Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect by Richard H. Schneider
Small Pine wanted to maintain his perfect form to be selected by the Queen as her Christmas tree. But Small Pine also was a kind and
generous tree who reached out to his friends in the forest. Helps us to reevaluate what prefect truly means. Elementary
The First Christmas by Carol Heyer
Beautifully illustrated retelling of the birth story and the meaning behind our Christian tradition of Christmas. Preschool and up
Christmas Books (Continued from page 2)
Staff Holiday Love Offering
One of the Christmas traditions at New Hope
Presbyterian Church is the collection of funds
for a Christmas love offering that is divided
among the paid staff of the church.
It is a custom that
expresses cheer,
affection and
appreciation. Please
consider contributing
to this effort with a
check or cash
envelope designating
the Love Offering.
Simply place it in the
collection plate during Sunday worship.
The personnel committee looks forward to
receiving these gifts by Monday, December 14,
so that the funds are available for distribution
to the staff before Christmas Eve.
If you have questions, please see a member of
the committee: Jane Clarke, Larry Lamb,
Boyd Switzer or Susan VanFleet.
Wassail and Cookies Fellowship
December 6 after worship
The Fellowship Committee is
providing the wassail
and asks that you
bring your favorite
holiday cookies and
join in celebrating
the Advent season
Anniversary
Bible Study
continues in
January 2016
Stay tuned for
more details
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Snake handling at New Hope Presbyteri-an Church? When Stephen Brown was pastor at our church
from 1975 to 1980, Frank Glass was the organist. During the sermon, Frank would sit on a choir pew behind the Allen elec-tric organ and organ bench. When Steve began his conclud-ing remarks one Sunday, Frank looked over to the organ to make sure his hymnal was open on the music stand. He noticed what looked like a piece of dark rub-ber tubing sticking up about a foot above the middle of the or-gan’s pedal board. At that mo-ment, Steve announced the last hymn. Frank turned toward Steve and the congrega-tion and said, “There’s something strange going on with the organ”. Steve replied, “What? What? Organ? What? Wrong? Strange?” To which Frank said,
“There’s a pipe or some kind of hose sticking up through the pedal board.” A few men gathered around the organ. “Oh, that’s nothing”, they said after a quick glance, “just a black snake, looking for a home. It won’t hurt you.” Harmless or not, Frank bent over the organ bench and played the last hymn and postlude without touching the pedal board. And if truth be told, he was never again completely at ease being anywhere near that organ.
After the service, Bob Strayhorn went up and caught the two-foot black snake. The congre-gation gave Bob and the snake plenty of room to leave the sanctuary and release the snake outside.
(Sources: Bob Strayhorn, Elizabeth Lacey, Frank Glass’ sister, Sally Boericke, and Frank Glass)
Boyd Switzer’s
Historical Notes
Advent and Devotional Resources
If you would like to receive daily devotions in your email, go to http://daily.upperroom.org/. Short but meaningful devotions to help start every day with a Christian focus.
You can also subscribe to http://www.d365.org/todaysdevotion/ which will email a link to your email account. Click on the link and you will be taken to their website which has a 5 minute devotional that includes instrumental music. And of course if you would like to receive this devotion on your smartphone, there is an app for that!
To learn more about the season of Advent and ideas for how to be more intentional in your spiritual prac-tices check out Mark D. Roberts blog at:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdroberts/series/introduction-to-advent/
A Prayer for Paris
(and all those reeling from violence) Jill Duffield, (The Presbyterian Outlook, 11/14/15)
How long, O Lord?
How long until we see in each other your image and respond with joy rather than fear?
How long until we understand the depth of your love for all of creation and allow that love to over-flow into our every thought and action?
How long until religion unites instead of divides?
How long until we live out of your promised abun-dance rather than being anxious of scarcity?
How long until our urges to follow you in the ways of peace and justice and mercy and loving kindness are heeded instead of suppressed?
O, Lord, help us. Make of us salt and light. Make us courageous peacemakers. As we look for the helpers make us the helpers others look to for hope.
Do not let us bow our heads in despair without then looking out into a hurting world and entering it to share the love of Christ Jesus our Lord.
Hear us as we pray for people all over the world who are the victims of violence, war, terror and hate.
May our shock and pain be turned into actions that help to heal. Amen
Mickey Efird Lectures in January
Dr. Mickey Efird is the guest lecturer for the 2016 Hughes Memorial Lecture Series at Hillsborough
Presbyterian Church on the four Mondays in January 2016 (4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. The series theme is: The Acts of the Apostles.
Dr. Efird is a dynamic and exciting teacher. He excels at making biblical scholarship understandable
and useful to his listeners.
No reservations necessary, all are welcome!
Camp has been busy for many weeks with our afterschool students coming from many local Orange
County Schools. Intersession camps begin on December 14th 2015, kicking off with our theme for the week, “Snake, Rattle and Roll……”
On December 28th -31st campers will venture into the “Twilight Zone”. Afterschool and Intersession programs are closed the week of December 21st – December 25th, and December 31st. For more information go to our website at www.newhopeccc.org or contact the friendly office staff at 919-942-4716.
Starting mid-December we will have a new web registration for summer camps, pool passes, and afterschool. This system will allow families to register and process their own payments online. Look out for the Summer Camp 2016 brochure before the holiday season.
The renovation of our main building Fleming Lodge is underway with a projected completion date of January 31st, 2016. The renovation will include a larger kitchen, bathroom facilities, storage, and a much larger deck.
This gift-giving season, please consider a tax deductible donation to New Hope Camp and Conference Center. Our camp was built upon the love and support of its founders and donations continue that tradition of generosity in outdoor ministry of the Presbyterian Church.
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Pansy's Corner
Long, long ago in a land faraway, There came the dawn of the first Christmas Day. Each year we see that promise reborn That God gave the world on that first Christmas morn. For the silent stars in the timeless skies, And the wonder in a small child’s eyes, The Christmas songs that the carolers sing, Tidings of joy the Christmas bells ring, Remind us again of that still silent night, When the heavens shone with a wondrous light, And the angels sang “Peace on earth,” And told men of the Christ Child’s birth. For Christmas is more than a beautiful story, It is the promise of life and eternal glory. Wishing you the blessings of Christmas,
Love and blessings, Pansy
Christmas Promise
Thank you for your support !
Let’s Keep Everyone Healthy!
Please assist us in keeping the nursery and Church School classrooms a safe and healthy environment by not bringing your child if they have one or more of the following symp-toms: • Runny nose (anything but clear) • Excessive coughing • Fever (100 or above) • Diarrhea or vomiting • Undiagnosed rash • Drainage in the eyes, conjunctivitis, or pink eye If your child is on antibiotics for at least 24 hours or has been sick during the week but has been symptom free for at least 24 hours, it is considered safe to bring them to the nursery. Please remember that the nursery staff is not permitted to dispense any medica-tion to a child.
December Anniversaries
Betty Ray-Schaub
Elizabeth Prioli
Bobby Collins
Cindy Mouton
Jacob Wittmann
Lucas Selvidge
Larry Lamb
Carole Zinn
Will Hannah
Sara Aycock
Kathy Clifton
Jenny Hawley
Robyn Merrill
J.T. Borkhuis
Matthew Brown
Michael Tapp
Lauren Barrow
Daniel Johnson
Ainsley Burklin
December Birthdays
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Adult Fellowship
Encourages you to attend the last of the Fall Concerts sponsored by Strobilus Arts, the aesthetic en-richment program of the Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill. Admission is free (w/suggested donation). More details are available at http://strobilusarts.tumblr.com/
Saturday, December 5 (3pm) Holiday Handbell Concert by the combined choirs from Chapel in the Pines & Church of Reconcili-ation. (10)
Adult Fellowship has a signup sheet in the Narthex for carpool-ing to the concert. A catered din-ner will be served after the con-cert back at New Hope.
December 6 9:45 am: Pageant Practice (meet in your classroom) 4:15 pm: Moravian Love Feast at Westminster PC and dinner out (bring $10)
December 13 9 am: Youth run through Pageant 9:45 am: Children run through Pageant (meet in classrooms) 11 am: Christmas Pageant during worship 4 pm: Christmas Caroling and dinner at Mary Todd’s house
December 20 9:45 am: Breakfast and Storytelling (for all ages)
Joan & Bill McCormick
Becky & Chris Tobin
On Wednesday November 18, a sym-posium entitled “Aging Well Together: Nurturing the Body- Faith, Aging, and Nutrition” was held in the new Fellow-ship Hall and hosted by of NHPC. This symposium was planned by the Orange County Department on Aging, specifically the Project EngAGE Sen-ior Resource Faith-based and Senior Hunger Teams. There were about 30 participants, including members from at least 6 churches in Northern Orange County and 5 members of the NHPC Compassionate Care Committee who also assisted with set up and clean up (thanks Anna, Dee, Ellen, Meredith, and Yvonne). Thanks also to Boy Scout Troop 449 for helping with the room set up, Louis Maness and Ed Lowdermilk of the Building and Grounds Committee and Andy Collins for assisting with the parking and cleanup . Thanks to Yvonne Maness for greeting participants and directing them to the Fellowship Hall.
The symposium began with a welcome by Pastor Kerri Hefner and an intro-duction to the problem of senior hun-ger in Orange County by Janice Tyler, Director of the Orange County Depart-ment on Aging. The goals of the sym-posium were to: 1) provide training to Faith and Community Based Organi-zations (FCBOs) to use existing senior hunger resources as well as identify gaps in services; 2) enable FCBOs to establish partnerships with the Orange County Department on Aging to ad-dress service gaps and meet the needs
of their aging congregants; and 3) lead a call to action for FCBO leaders to make the problem of senior hunger a priority for their congregations.
There were three panel presentations by community experts on the follow-ing topics- Obtaining Food- where to go and how to get food; Cooking and eating –challenges for Seniors and nu-trition; and Paying- options for those who can and cannot pay and benevo-lence funding. Lively discussions fol-lowed each panel presentation. The program concluded with a call to ac-tion for those faith-based groups at-tending to return to their organizations and share this information and make dealing with Senior Hunger a priority issue for their congregation.
All participants received a Guidebook developed by the symposium team. It identifies some of the issues related to the above panel discussions as well as other topics, describes available ser-vices, and provides guidance, re-sources, and inspiration to FCBOs in-terested in incorporating senior nutri-tion into their care and compassion ministries. In addition, all participant churches received a guidebook for their church resource library or center.
The Compassionate Care Committee of NHPC will be identifying specific needs of our congregation, reviewing the Guidebook, and discussing possible activities that can be enhanced or initi-ated for our congregation.
Faith and Senior Hunger Symposium Held at NHPC
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Concerns & Celebrations
Homebound Members
Men’s Prayer Breakfast
Meets Thursdays at 6:30am at Bob Evans Restaurant. Come enjoy the fellowship, hu-mor, discussion, and spirituality of our early- bird group.
Presbyterian Women’s Circle
Attention – Women of the Church
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 1, 7:00 pm -8:30 pm. Members of the Women’s Circle continue their lessons from the 2015-2016 PW Horizons Bible Study enti-tled Come to the Waters written by Judy Record Fletcher.
Boy Scout Troop 449
Troop 449 has been working on recruiting. Cubs were invited to a meeting in November to view a video of a previous gathering fea-turing campfire cooking filmed and edited by our Scouts. Also featured were a Scout led tutorial on com-puter programming and a planning
session for an upcoming canoeing trip.
We're always working on interesting outings,
promoting leadership, teamwork, and learning new skills. If you know young men from 11-17 years of age who may benefit from the fellowship, training, and leadership skills available in the Scouting Pro-gram, please see our website troop449.org or contact Ed Lowdermilk or Al Townsend for more details.
Online Church
Calendar
http://tinyurl.com/NHPC-Calendar
The Greatest Commandment
Matthew 22: 36-40
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Mission Updates
Thank you Congregation! Your generosity allowed us to exceed our goal to provide Thanksgiving meals to 30 families of New Hope Elemen-tary School students. We will use the additional funds to provide Week-end Power Packs (providing fresh fruits, vegetables, and nuts) to 45 stu-dents of the school. The social worker at the school says, “Thank you so much for the Power Packs! The kids LOVE the fresh fruit and snacks! It's especially heartwarming for me to see how excited the kids are about the fresh fruit. Knowing they get some fresh healthy food over the week-end is a sigh of relief.”
Your donations of tuna and cereal have met the full grocery requests by Meals-on-Wheels for their Holiday Care Boxes to shut-in seniors. Out-standing!
Help brighten a child’s Christmas with a gift from New Hope Presby-terian Church. Sunday November 29, we will have the Christmas Giv-ing Tree in the back of the sanctuary, with 50 gift requests provided by the social workers at the elementary and middle schools on Hwy 86. These gift requests are from 25 less fortunate students in each school. Please grab a tag or two from the tree and brighten a child’s Christmas. The Mission Committee will collect the wrapped gifts by December 13th.
Bible Study Pilot Program
Women of the church participated in a pilot of a new Bible study to be published by Horizons publishing. The study materials are a work-in-progress, and the New Hope Church women are one of eight groups providing feedback to the writer and publisher. The pilot experience was intense but rewarding. Content removed due
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HILLSBOROUGH, NC
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New Hope Presbyterian Church
4701 NC Highway 86
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Church Information
Sunday School 9:45 am
Worship Service 11:00 am
Office: 919-942-4710
Pastor: Rev. Kerri Hefner: 919-903-6172
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: newhopepresusa.org
Calendar: tinyurl.com/NHPC-Calendar
New Hope Presbytery: nhpresbytery.org
Presbyterian Church USA: pcusa.org
Mission Statement: New Hope Presbyterian Church is a family of intergenerational Christians, bound together by over 250 years of traditional uplifting worship and ser-vice to God through our missions and fellowship with one another. We are committed to the ministry of New Hope Camp and Conference Center, and to local, national and
international mission programs. We devote ourselves to support our members and community in need; to be good stewards of financial, natural, and human resources;
and to share our faith in God with those who cross our path.
