The Chapel Herald

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July 2017

Volume 6 Issue 7

Reflecting on Fairness Summer is a time for many of us to

experience an interlude from the "busy

-ness" that can overwhelm us during

the months from autumn through

spring. When our schedules are set on

"decelerate," we can pause, reflect, and

adjust our focus on the world around

us; seeing things that may have evaded

our gaze during more stressful times.

Considering the events of these past nine months - and our

nation's response to last November's elections - I would

measure the level of public unrest and civil strife in America

at the highest since the summer of 1968 (following the MLK,

Jr. and RFK assassinations). Have you noticed? It raises the

question: what is the basic issue that has so elevated the na-

tional blood pressure, spewing agitated throngs into the thor-

oughfares outside our windows and on our screens? In a

word: Fairness– and the differing ways we define it.

Our country was founded upon principles of justice and

equality for all. Thus, it's understandable we would interpret

what happens to us in terms of fairness. So much of our com-

plaining is essentially an appeal for fairness, isn't it? And

more specifically, isn't it about how unfair that something

bad is happening to me, while something good is happening

to someone else?

And yet, in his parables on the Kingdom of God, Jesus illus-

trates that the Kingdom is about grace, which is exactly the

opposite of what we earn and think we deserve. If you're like

most people, you never complain about the grace you re-

ceive, or the blessings you don't deserve; nor do we protest

our escaping a punishment we do deserve. Yet how often are

we upset when someone else is blessed, who we deem un-

worthy of God's gracious mercy?

Here's a reliable indication of how close we are to the King-

dom of God: If we can rejoice and give thanks for the mercy

and grace received by those we consider undeserving (or who

we just don't like), just as much as we are grateful for the

blessings we receive, then - as Jesus might say - we are not

far from the Kingdom of God. And in a world where unfair-

ness is the norm, that's not a bad place to be.

Pastor John

The Body of Christ Grew at Centri-Kid

Summer Camp

by: Pastor Ashley Smith

Pastor Ashley, Vickie, and

Maribel Pena led a group of

3rd-6th grade students to the

annual Centri-Kid Summer

Camp at Campbell Universi-

ty. The students started each

day studying God's word, be-

fore participating in recrea-

tional activities throughout

the day. Each evening the stu-

dents attend a camp-wide

worship service, where they were presented with the

Gospel and given an opportunity to respond. On

Tuesday night, I received a text from Vickie saying

she had just had a "Holy Spirit led meeting" with two

of the students. One of the students, Mateja Tillman,

had decided to be a follower of Christ two years ago

at Centri-Kid camp. The other student, Chloe Bowen,

was attending camp for the first time, and was

brought by Mateja to speak with Vickie about be-

coming a Christian. The next evening at the close of

worship, Chloe went forward in a decision to give

her life to Jesus! The next day, Chloe was found en-

couraging another student, Nora Venable, to also giv-

er her life to Jesus. So at the following evening wor-

ship, Nora (also a first time camp participant) made a

decision to follow Christ! It was a biblical and genu-

ine example of how the Early Church evangelized

and grew exponentially. Two other students, Chloe

Baker and Victor Aguilar, also made decision to be-

come followers of Jesus. We will be scheduling wa-

ter baptisms soon, and we praise God for the souls

He saved! Please help us to pray for the salvation and

spiritual formation of all of our children and youth!

God is Good!

Pastor Ashley

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On Thursday, May 25, Pastor Ashley and Vickie were pre-sent to witness an Army Change of Command Ceremony at Ft. Bragg for Lt. Col. Dean Scaletta. Dean and Andrea Scaletta, with their daughters Alessandra and Brianna, are active members of The Village Chapel. They attend the 9:30 Family Service, where they serve as greeters and ushers on a rotational basis. Dean will be assigned to the Pentagon, which will not require the Scalettas to relocate. We are grateful for Dean's leadership to our nation, and will pray for him and his family for this new assignment. God Bless America!

Welcome New

Members

Caroline Cordell

Betsy Barnard

Jan Jeffress

Patrick & MJ Pizzella

Men's Ministry and Youth Partner for Local Outreach

On June 10th, a "few good men" and an enthusiastic group of children and youth, spent a Saturday in service to

a local school. The team reached out to The Academy of Moore-- a local charter school in Aberdeen. The

school's principal is Allyson Schoen (who is a member of the Chapel). The team spent their time moving

classroom furniture for several classrooms in preparation for the coming school year. The students really

seemed to enjoy serving and when asked, "Why are we here serving?," one student replied, "Because Jesus

served us!" A great day was had by all and we look forward to serving our community in the future for the

Glory of God! A special thanks to Rich Cowell, Doug Sherwood, and Vickie Smith for coordinating the out-

reach.

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Meet The Foxes

Were you ever on an airplane

when the guy sitting beside you

assured you that the only way to

be happy and have a meaningful

life is to have Christ in it? Well,

that guy may have been Fred

Fox, and he meant it. He and

Anne also live it.

Fred and Anne were born less than a month apart and

grew up in the same neighborhood in Baltimore. Their

first date in the ninth grade was an omen of things to

come as they saw the movie The Ten Commandments.

They attended separate boys and girls high schools, but

still managed to work in occasional dates. One of those

dates during their junior year included attending a Pres-

byterian Church where Anne’s brother was a minister.

Fred says, “That evening I became a saved Christian and

my life changed forever.” Everyone who is familiar with

Fred and Anne’s commitment to The Village Chapel

should know that it started very early in their lives.

After high school, Anne entered the Union Memorial

School of Nursing and Fred entered the University of

Maryland. They were married in 1963. After a few years

working in his family business, Fred took a position as

Territory Manager with the Kirsch Company, the

world’s largest manufacturer of Drapery Hardware. He

worked with Kirsch through four mergers and acquisi-

tions for 38 years and retired in 2003 as National Sales

Manager, Commercial & Contract Sales. While Fred

worked for the same company all those years, Anne had

a varied and fascinating series of nursing positions in-

cluding operating room, pediatrics and occupational

health. After obtaining a degree in Health Administra-

tion from the University of Maryland, she spent 16 years

as Heath Administrator for the State of Maryland’s De-

partment of Juvenile Services. She says when you pray,

“Lord, I’ll do what you want me to do, I’ll go where you

want me to go” you have to be prepared for some unusu-

al results. Ask her how she came to operate the Health

Center/ Emergency Room for 800 employees in a

slaughterhouse.

Fred and Anne relocated to North Kingstown, Rhode

Island in 1966 when daughter Lisa was two years old.

Son Jeffrey was born in a snowstorm in 1967. They

moved back to Baltimore in 1970 and later moved into

an old family home in Glen Burnie, Maryland where

they lived until they moved to Pinehurst full time in

2009. Like so many others who have found Pinehurst,

Fred visited Pinehurst to play golf often over several

decades. Sometimes Anne and other family members

came for Thanksgiving visits. When time came to retire,

Pinehurst was an easy choice. They bought their home in

Pinewild from Charlie Jackson in April, 2007. Charlie

and Jane visited them a few days later, and Jane invited

them to The Village Chapel for Palm Sunday. They felt

welcome and began attending when they were here and

joined the Chapel when they moved here in 2009.

Anne says that for the first 36 years of her life she was a

Presbyterian, the next 31 were Methodist, so The Village

Chapel was a perfect fit. Fred was raised Catholic and

never dared miss church and Sunday school. Neither of

them have missed many Sundays at The Village Chapel.

Their service to the Chapel is too long to list in this

space. Here is an abbreviated list. Fred: Interfaith Food

Pantry, Thursday Morning Men’s Breakfast, Chair of the

11:00 Ushers, Long Range Planning Committee and

Worship Committee Chair for the past two years. Anne:

Hospitality Committee, Library Manager, Tuesday

Morning Prayer Group, Pastor Ashley’s Bible Study,

Break Night, and Pastor John’s Thursday Morning Heal-

ing Service. They attend all 3 services, but primarily

9:30 and 11:00. Fred says he plays golf and Anne enjoys

Tai Chi. Where do they find the time?

Daughter Lisa and her husband Stewart live in Monte-

rey, California. Lisa’s son Nima graduated from Radford

University and is now studying to be a P.A. at the Uni-

versity of Richmond. Daughter Maryam is a recent

graduate of Whittier University and is getting ready to

start a Master PhD program in Astrophysics at the Uni-

versity of Austria in Innsbruck.

Son Jeffrey and his wife

Shannon live here in Pine-

hurst, which is a blessing.

Even better, their soon-to-

be eight year-old daughter,

Olivia also lives here. If

you speak with Fred and

Anne, it doesn’t take long

to learn the role Olivia

plays in their lives. Olivia visits often and loves spend-

ing time in Gran’s kitchen cooking and baking delicious

meals and desserts. Anne says her best volunteer job is

being with Olivia.

Fred speaks for both himself and Anne when he says,

“Throughout my life wherever I have been the Lord has

placed me there for a reason, and I am thankful that

Pinehurst and The Village Chapel were on His list.” We

are too. Thanks Anne and Fred for all God’s work you

have done and continue to do at the Village Chapel.

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The Village Chapel Foundation Update Submitted by: Polk Dillon

The Board of Trustees recently selected new members for the Foundation Committee, including the President,

Jim Schneider. The committee now has the following members: Rob Barrett, Kay Goulet, Mike Matthies

(new), Mark Reif (new), Carolyn Smith, and Buck Warren (new). In our initial meeting last month, we agreed

that the congregation at large is probably not aware of the mission of the Foundation and its importance in

supporting the mission and future viability of the Village Chapel. This article is the first of several intended to

make the congregation more aware of the important role the Foundation plays in the life of the Village Chapel.

The committee will conduct the business and administration of the Foundation and inform the congregation

and the Board of Trustees of what they are doing and of any planned activities. The business of the Founda-

tion consists primarily of being sure that the assets are properly managed and that the desires of the donors are

being met.

The Village Chapel has always been blessed by the remembrances of many people. Some feel the need to do-

nate extra money to meet some present needs, which they believe to be important. Some want to establish

practices that might help the Chapel to grow. Others want to donate for the assurance of the long-term solven-

cy of the many aspects of the operations and benevolence of the chapel. This is what The Foundation is for. It

is a consolidation of a number of endowments for the Chapel, some of which are for specific purposes and

some of which are for general usage. We are thankful for those endowments, because over the last few years,

we have relied on funds from it to meet our expenses. This, of course, also satisfies the wishes of the donors.

If anyone has questions about how to be a benefactor of The Village Chapel, please feel free to ask one of the

committee members or the Board of Trustees.

A FREE LUNCH and a chance to learn about

Habitat for Humanity of the Sandhills!

Community Presbyterian of Pinehurst will host

the next Faith Relations noon lunch meeting of

the local Habitat affiliate on Wednesday July 19.

The Village Chapel supports Habitat as an Apos-

tles Build sponsor. For more information and/or

to register for this meeting, please contact Dan or

Susan Joslin at danjoslin2@aol.com or call us at

910-295-1799.

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A Message from the Shepherd Ministry

Christine Warren, Flock Leader Liaison

Have You Got Pink?

Most of us are familiar with the popular ad campaign entitled, “GOT MILK?” Famous people are pictured

with a milk mustache to promote the health benefits of what was thought to be the “perfect” food. Now, the

merits of drinking the milk of another species are being scrutinized. But science continues to substantiate the

health benefits of loving relationships. We need each other. We need hugs, and laughter, and love. We need

to be listened to and understood. We need to give and receive. So, what does that have to do with the color

pink?

Our physical bodies are surrounded by an energy field or aura; logically named the auric field. When we are

giving or receiving love our auric field glows pink! The physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual ben-

efits of loving human contact are undisputable: Orphans left in their cribs without human touch fail to thrive.

Isolated people who live with pets are less lonely. Marriages with a positive to negative interaction ratio of at

least 4 to 1 survive.

Think of everything we do daily to be healthy: brush our teeth, take a vitamin, eat an apple, get a good night

sleep. Let’s be just as intentional about getting pink, and love our neighbor as ourselves. Your flock leader is

listed below and would love to hear from you!

1) Pinehurst Village, Oldtown, Donald Ross Frieda Powers 910.235.9284 Polk Dillon polkd111@gmail.com

Liz Skvarla lizskvarla@gmail.com

2) Village Acres, No.6, Pinehurst Trace FLOCK LEADER NEEDED

3) Midland Rd East: Longlead, Talamore, Middleton Place, Pine Needles, Whispering Pines, St. Joseph, Southern Pines

West of HWY 1 Tisha Edrington docotis@nc.rr.com

4) Forest Creek: FLOCK LEADER NEEDED

5) Belle Meade Yvonne Gale 910.215.5609 ygale@nc.rr.com

6) No. 7 and No. 9 Martha & Jon Devault marthadevault@earthlink.net jondevault@earthlink.net

7) CCNC FLOCK LEADER NEEDED

8) Morganton Road: Doral Woods, Lawn and Tennis Club, Monticello, Quail Haven

Dee and Bro Park deeandbro@nc.rr.com 910.255.6091

9) Pinehurst Lake and Foxfire; South Of Linden and West of McKenzie

Michael and Mary Jo Matthies matthiesmt@earthlink.net 910.295.5501

10) Pinewild and Cotswold Ferrell Ann & Bud Harper (pending co-leaders) budandfa@nc.rr.com

11) Southern Pines East of HWY 1, Penick Village and Aberdeen FLOCK LEADER NEEDED

12) Seven Lakes and West End Cricket & Rich Cowell tlc7840@aol.com cowellr@aol.com

910.673.3779

For questions, information, or to join this ministry please contact:

Christine Warren 704.641.5325 christinewarren10@gmail.com

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July Birthdays 1 Carolyn Smith

2 Seth Whitfield

3 Tom Flanagan

Warren Pardue

Mary-Ellen Morris

4 Bobbie Mumford

Mack Verhyden

Dian Moore

5 Margaret Shaw

Marge Behning

6 Patricia McLean

Sallie Webster

Darlene Reeves

8 Jack Raffaele

9 Nancy McNally

10 Laura Spence

Terry Prince

11 Ann Shoemaker

Marian Maag

Lynn Roberts

12 Donna Traylor

Nathan Vogt

13 Jean Williams

Cricket Cowell

15 Carty Davis

John Breting

18 Freddie Fissel

Gene Horne

Louise Weiss

Ale` Scaletta

Chloe Bowen

Joan Montgomery

19 May Caldwell

Dave Anderson

Bud Fisher

20 Walter Hostetter

Sharon Trail

Shirley Aquino

22 Jerry Townley

Charlotte Cable

23 Nancy Wetmore

Rob Barrett

Tori Valentinas

26 Darlene Skinner

27 Adysen Robinson

28 Charles Clack

26 John Skvarla

Olivia Fox

29 Loyd Nelson

Doug Smith

Jim Schneider

28 Lexi Valentinas

Jean Sundstrom

Marc Granata

1 Rob and Katie Barrett

2 Bob and Florence DeSandy

4 Ron and Jan Kelly

6 Rob and Susan Culp

9 Dave and Tisha Edrington

13 Ron and Ann Whitley

17 Jim and Jane Lewis

Jim and Eleanora Voelkel

20 Mark and Vikki Priest

21 Don and Cecile Hanson

22 Robert and Kathy Hawks

25 Roy and Carolyn Register

28 Ham and Sallie Webster

29 Mike and Kristen Obst

31 Gary and Jean Ann Doern

Please contact the office if your birthday

or anniversary information is incorrect, or if you

need to be added to the list.

VBS Mission

Living Water International exists to demonstrate the love of God

by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water,

and to experience “living water” - the gospel of Jesus Christ–

which alone satisfies the deepest thirst.

More than 840,000 are estimated to die each year from diarrhea as

a result of unsafe drinking-water, sanitation, and hand hygiene.

The deaths of 360,000 children under the age of five could be

avoided each year if these risk factors were addressed*.

Place monetary donations in a sealed

envelope marked “Clean Water for

Peru” in the offertory plates on Sun-

days or in the church office. Online

donations available through the VBS

Registration link on the church’s web-

site (tvcpinehurst.com)

Donations will be accepted

through July 12, 2017

Make A

DONATION

4001 Greenbriar Dr.

Stafford, TX 77477

*WHO Fact Sheet #391, July 2014

The Living Water International: https://water.cc

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Chick–fil-A will host a Spirit night for Christmas for Moore on

Thursday, July 6th from 5-7 PM . A portion of the sales will be

given to Christmas for Moore, the organization who interviews

and links people in need at Christmas with sponsors. Hope to see

you there for dinner and support of this program that The Village

Chapel partners with each year through our Angel Tree Program.