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The Chimes Vol. LVII No. 12 Web Edition December 2014

Dear Friends,

Coming off the celebration of Thanksgiving, with its reminders of God’s abundance

(at least for those of us who see such things), and looking ahead toward the days of

Advent, I have found myself drawn once again to the poetry of Gerard Manley

Hopkins, the master English wordsmith and Jesuit priest of the nineteenth century.

Entering into Advent this year, I have focused on one part of one of his longer

poems; it is the penultimate strophe of his elegiac work, “The Wreck of the

Deutschland.” Hopkins wrote the poem in memory of five Franciscan nuns who

perished in the shipwreck. It stirs and challenges me so, and I offer it to you as an

Advent gift, to frame your waiting and watching in these days. With all the

negativity around us, may we let these words be our reminder together of the heart

of this season:

Now burn, new born to the world,

Double naturèd name,

The heaven-flung, heart-fleshed, maiden-furled

Miracle-in-Mary-of-flame,

Mid-numberèd He in three of the thunder-throne!

Not a dooms-day dazzle in his coming nor dark as he came;

Kind, but royally reclaiming his own;

A released shower, let flash to the shire, not a lightning of fire hard-hurled.

May the wonderful grace of the “released shower” of Bethlehem stir our hearts and

our wills in these days in our world, and renew in us a holy determination and a

kindled hope as this year draws to a close. In this season may we be wrapped in the

most gracious expectation.

Peace,

Bob Dunham, Pastor

DECEMBER

Capital Campaign Update 2

Lessons and Carols Service 3

Christmas Congregational Brunch 3

Christmas Joy Offering 3

Celebrate Christmas Eve:

Services and Offering

4

2015 Stewardship Campaign:

Sharing God’s Abundance

5

Montreat Worship and

Music Conference

5

Montreat Youth Conference 5

Welcome, New Members! 6

Adult Christian Education 6

Choir News: Cotton Patch Gospel

Christmas Caroling

7

Presbyterian Campus Ministry:

Annual Thanksgiving Dinner

8

2014 All Youth Retreat 8

Presbyterian Youth Connection 9

UPC Staff Contact Information 9

A Letter to the Congregation from

Kate Fiedler Boswell

10

Session Digest 10

Gifts of Beauty and Bounty 11

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 .

Celebrate the Christmas season with your church family! To learn more about our special Lessons and Carols worship service and the Christmas Congregational Brunch (both taking place on Sunday, December 21), please see page 3. To learn more about our Christmas Eve worship services and the Christmas Eve Offering, please see page 4. We can’t wait to share the joy of the season with you!

The Chimes Volume LVII, No. 12 December 2014

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 (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].

The church office may be reached by telephone at (919) 929-2102, by fax at (919) 929-7669 or by email at [email protected]. Visit the UPC Website (www.upcch.org) or the UPC Facebook page (www.facebook.com/upcch) for more information. ** Deadline for the January edition of The Chimes is noon on Monday, December 15, 2014.

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, Financial Administrator; Jeanette Schmidt, Office Manager; Jennifer Johnson, Publications Coordinator; Kaitlin Dunn, Administrative Assistant; Dennis Dallke, Property Manager; Rob Kurtz, Sexton.

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

Or for the Monthly Newslet ter, The Chimes

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 [email protected] or call (919) 929-2102, extension 113.*

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Capi tal Campaign Const ruc t ion Upda te The week before the Thanksgiving holiday, the staff moved back into the regular church offices. The office and the upper level classrooms are now accessible. For additional updates for the Faith Forward Capital Campaign construction and renovations, please check the bulletin announcements and Weekly E-News. To sign up for Weekly E-News, visit www.upcch.org and click “Subscribe to E-News” from the bottom of the page.

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.

Visit our Website: www.upcch.org

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Mark your calendar for UPC’s annual Christmas Congregational Brunch! This year, the brunch will be held on Sunday, December 21, at 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

The Congregational Life Committee and Deacons will host this potluck fellowship brunch. Beverages will be provided, and we ask that each member of the congregation bring a breakfast dish to share (quiche, muffins, fruit, etc.). Savory breakfast dishes, as well as fruit, are greatly appreciated as we attempt to balance out our Sunday morning Krispy Kreme allowance. Please re-member to label your dishes and serving spoons with your name if you’d like to have them back. Be sure to pick up anything you brought with you following the brunch. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Christmas with your church family. Please note the Christmas Congregational Brunch will take the place of our Second Sunday Lunch in December and is held on the same morning as our Service of Lessons and Carols (see above).

In order to give children the opportunity to remain in the Sanctuary on December 21 for Lessons and Carols, a Godly Play story will be told during the Christmas Congregational Brunch. Children are invited to join us in Vance Barron Hall at 10:15 a.m. Parents of Godly Play children are welcome, too. This is your chance to see what we do during Godly Play. Story will con-clude by 10:30 a.m. so that children have time to get robed before worship. Please join us!

Chris tmas Congrega t ional Brunch Sunday, December 21

The Christmas Joy Offering of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will be received Sunday, December 21. The offering will bring good news of great joy to the poor in circumstance or spirit.

This special offering provides the opportunity for future leaders of the church, from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, to pursue and fulfill their dreams through Presbyterian-related education. The offering also helps families of active and retired church workers meet unexpected needs through the Assistance Pro-gram of the Board of Pensions.

Chris tmas Joy Of fer ing Sunday, December 21

This favorite celebration of the season traces the story of the birth of our Lord through Lessons from the Old and New Testaments and with favorite music of the season sung by all the choirs of University Church.

The stories of the fall from grace in the Garden of Eden, visions of Old Testament prophets, the announcement of the Incarnation by the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, and the birth of Jesus will be interspersed with Christmas hymns and carols, including music by Thomas Brown, David Willcocks, John Rutter, Herbert Howells, David Music, Georg Philipp Telemann, Greg Gilpin and Benjamin Harlan. Instrumentalists will include Audrey Cook, cello, Lindsay Guamán, flute, Grace Gollmar and Lily McCormick, bells, CC Owen and Weston Barker, percussion, Paul Neebe, trumpet, Elva Small, piano and Tom Warburton, organ.

We join churches around the world in offering this beloved service of scripture and music to celebrate Christ’s birth.

A Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols

Sunday, December 21 , 8 :30 and 11 :00 a .m.

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Come , Celebrate with Us

On Christmas Eve

Worship Services on Wednesday, December 24, Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Offering The Christmas Eve Offering will be received during each service. The monies received from this special offering

will be divided between the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund.

4:00 p.m. UPC invites children, youth, parents, grandparents and all others to a special Christ-

mas Eve worship service that will lift our spirit in the lively ringing of bells. This is a

special worship experience intended especially for children and their families, giving

us the opportunity to watch the nativity story unfold before our very eyes.

7:00 p.m. Candlelight Service. The candlelight service at 7:00 p.m. will be more traditional. The

Youth Choir will lead the music for this service.

11:00 p.m. Candlelight and Communion. The UPC Chancel Choir will lead the music for the

traditional service at which Communion will be served by intinction.

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Thank You for Shar ing God’s Abundance ! UPC 2015 Stewardship Campaign

Thank you for your enthusiastic and prayerful response thus far to University Presbyterian Church’s 2015 stewardship cam-paign. Both Dedication Sunday services on November 16 were very well attended, with large numbers Sharing God’s Abun-dance with their prayers and pledges on that day and during the two weeks since. As of November 24, we have received 323 stewardship pledges for 2015 totaling $1,239,371.

If you haven’t yet pledged, please do so as soon as possible so the Session can set the 2015 church budget and plan ministry and mission for the coming year.

In order to pledge, you may:

1. Fill out a pledge card and place it in the offering plate on Sunday. 2. Email your pledge to the finance office ([email protected]). 3. Mail your pledge to the church office at 209 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 4. Visit the stewardship page on the church’s Website (www.upcch.org) and pledge online.

The stewardship page also contains updated campaign results, links to Bob Dunham’s recent stewardship sermons, transcripts of “Moments for Stewardship” shared by four UPC members, a worthwhile (and short!) stewardship video, and a down-loadable version of the colorful, four-page stewardship brochure.

We again invite you to consider your support for this year, during which construction negatively impacted attendance, offering plate giving and the church’s budget. Please bring your current pledge up to date if it is not, and prayerfully consider giving even more than you pledged if possible before December 31.

As the 2015 Sharing God’s Abundance stewardship campaign concludes, we would like to express our sincere appreciation for the many gifts and prayers that have built, sustained and grown University Church, and for pledges that will enable it to contin-ue doing God’s work next year.

2015 Stewardship Campaign Chairs

Kelly Ross and Bill Whisenant Ashley and John Wilson

UPC Stewardship Committee Perry Aycock, Kirsten Barker, Jim Baxley, John Falletta, Don Hunter, Jay Klompmaker, Daphne Little, Susan Ross, Bonnie Simms, Scott Singleton,

Ashley Wilson and John Wilson

Montrea t Worship and Music Conference The theme for this year’s Montreat Worship and Music Conference (June 21 - 27, 2015) is You are My Beloved from Baptism to Transfiguration. The conference is open to all active UPC Choir members from rising fourth grad-ers to graduating seniors. Experience Montreat this summer. Recharge, renew, let the music fill your heart.

This year, the Presbyterian Association of Musicians is offering a price reduction for early registration. The price until January 1, 2015 is $233 for rising fourth to sixth graders, $235 for rising seventh to twelfth graders and $234 for graduating seniors. After January 1, the price increases by an additional $25 dollars. Please contact Beth at [email protected] to find out more about this excellent conference, or check out the conference Website at mybeloved2015.wix.com/home.

Montreat, a place to encounter God through relationships, renewal, recreation, music and rest. Join us!

Montrea t Youth Conference Montreat Youth Conference (June 14 - 20, 2015) helps faith come alive for our youth (current 8th-12th graders) each summer. We spend a week in beautiful Montreat with over 1,000 other teenagers, exploring faith, playing, praying and listening for God’s call. This week plays an integral role in the faith formation of our young people across the nation. The deadline to sign up for Montreat is Sunday, December 7. Contact Kim McNeill at [email protected] to let us know you’d like to be a part of this incredible week! You can pay the $100 deposit online at www.upcch.org/info/paypal_pyc_trips.html or put a check in Kim’s box in the office.

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Adul t Chr is t ian Educa t ion Term 2: Through December 14

All are welcome and encouraged to attend Adult Education classes on Sunday mornings from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Term 3 will

begin on Sunday, January 4.

Connections: This class will continue to feature Holy Land Revealed video lectures by Dr. Jodi Magness, an archeologist and

religion professor at UNC., a continuation of our summer program about the historical setting of the Holy Land. Facilitators:

Lee and Myrah Scott. Location: Vance Barron Hall.

Faith Issues in Literature: The Spiritual Journey of Kathleen Norris: Join us as we explore the writing and presentations of the

best-selling poet and essayist, Kathleen Norris. We will explore her faith journey by focusing on three of her major works and

through video presentations. Her books include Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Amazing Grace:

A Vocabulary of Faith and Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life. Facilitator:

Randy Kabrick. Location: Terrace Room.

Feasting on the Word: Expands our understanding of the lectionary scripture for each

Sunday. This curriculum is coordinated with the children’s ministry planning. Facilitator:

Bob Dunham. Location: Fellowship Hall/Stephen Ministry Room.

In November, 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

Mary Kimmel and Ryan Romkema (Jack) – Mary Kimmel, Ryan Romkema and their son, Jack (4 years old), come to Universi-ty Presbyterian Church by trans-fer of their mem-bership from Sec-ond Presbyterian Church in Balti-more, Maryland. Ryan and Mary

met during the coffee hour fellowship time at Fourth Presby-terian Church in Chicago, Illinois. Ryan is a freelance videog-rapher (www.ryanromkema.com), and Mary is a Clinical Assis-tant Professor and Medical Director of the Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit at UNC. Both Mary and Ryan taught Sunday School and were deacons at Second Presbyterian. Welcome, Ryan, Mary and Jack!

Mike and Judy Dorezas – Mike and Judy Dorezas come to University Presbyteri-an Church by transfer of their membership from the Zion Luther-an Church in Hol-lidaysburg, Pennsylva-nia. Mike and Judy lived in Hollidaysburg for more than forty years—it’s where Mike grew up and where

they raised their children. Judy is a retied French teacher, and Mike is a retired attorney. After they retired, they moved to Cary to be closer to their children and grandchildren. One of their daughters, Jeri Oliaro, and her family are also members at University Presbyterian Church. Mike and Judy also have tri-plet grandchildren who live in Washington, D.C. Welcome, Mike and Judy!

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Page 7 For more information about UPC choirs, contact Beth Auman Visser, Director

of Children’s and Youth Choirs, at (919) 929-2102 or [email protected].

The first full cast Cotton Patch Gospel rehearsal is Saturday, January 3, from 3 - 6

p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The Cotton

Patch Gospel Tech Team will also meet

that Saturday afternoon to get organized

building the sets for the show.

Check your emails for your specific re-

hearsal calls. Performance dates are

February 5, 6 and 7, 2015.

Choir News

Christmas Caroling

Chi ldren’s, Junior and Youth Choirs

The Children’s Choir will go Christmas caroling on Sunday, December 21, at 3:00 p.m. at the DuBose Center at The Cedars. Immediately after caroling, the Children’s Choir and their families are invited to Ben and Carter Lovelady’s home for a caroling party.

The Junior Choir will go Christmas caroling on Sun-day, December 14 . Immediately after the Junior Choir’s regular rehearsal at church from 4:15 - 4:55 p.m. on December 14, singers will carpool over to Caroline and Rachel Vandersea’s home for dinner and caroling in the Vandersea’s neighborhood.

The Youth Choir and PYC will go Christmas caroling on Sunday, December 21. Please meet at 5:00 p.m. at UPC to arrange carpools for caroling to Carol Woods Health Center and to church member’s homes. After caroling, the choir will go to Emma

Lanford’s home for dinner and a white elephant gift exchange. Pick-up will be at the Lanford’s home.

Cotton Patch Gospel

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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 [email protected].

Presbyter ian Campus Minis t ry

2014 All Youth Ret r ea t Montr ea t Confer ence Center

Special thanks to Jim Baxley for taking such amazing photos at the Youth Retreat!

Annual Alumni Event Annual Thanksgiving Dinner

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Presbyter ian Youth Connect ion (PYC)

Sunday, December 7: Was Advent in the Bible? Celebrating Advent brings us some of our most meaningful tradi-tions. But how did we go from a babe in a manger to wreaths, candles and Jesse Trees? We’ll talk about how these things came to hold so much meaning for us as we anticipate Christmas.

Sunday, December 14: PYC Christmas Gala! Join PYC for our annual Christmas party. Wear your craziest Christmas or Advent clothing and join in the celebration.

Sunday, December 21: Caroling with Youth Choir - Make a joyful noise with your friends from PYC! We’ll carol at a few houses and join together for a meal afterward. 5 - 9 p.m. Watch your weekly PYC email for the loca-tion.

Sunday, December 28: Merry Christmas! PYC is on Christmas break tonight. We’ll start again with a family meal on January 4 at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

Presbyterian Youth Connection is a place for all youth in 6th-12th grades to come together in the name of Jesus Christ. PYC is a place where every youth belongs and is welcome. Youth do not need to have certain grades, go to a certain school, dress a certain way, or hang out with a certain crowd to belong. We seek to create a Christian community that values each person as a child of God and to help one another understand what it means to live a life of faith as youth transition through adolescence.

December Calendar

Stay in touch with all things PYC. Be sure you’re receiving the weekly PYC email from Kim McNeill, Staff Associate for Youth Ministries. It will tell you all you need to know for the coming week. And sign up for text reminders, as well! Text “@UPCP” to (919) 267-2577 and you’ll be signed up to receive last minute reminders about PYC. For more information, please contact Kim McNeill at [email protected]. We also invite youth and parents to follow us on Twitter @UPCPYC. Go to https://twitter.com/upcpyc.

Contact Informa tion for the S taf f a t

Univers i ty Presbyter ian Church

Program Staff:

Robert E. Dunham, Pastor [email protected]; Ext. 111

Anna Pinckney Straight, Associate Pastor [email protected]; Ext. 112

John Rogers, Associate Pastor for Campus Ministry [email protected]; Ext. 119

Kate Fiedler Boswell, Associate Pastor for Adult Ministries [email protected]; Ext. 130

Thomas Brown, Minister of Music [email protected]; Ext. 131

Kim McNeill, Staff Associate for Youth Ministries [email protected]; Ext. 114

Nancy Myer, Staff Associate for Children’s Ministries [email protected]; Ext. 125

Beth Auman Visser, Youth and Children’s Choir Director [email protected]; Ext. 118

Administrative Staff:

Jeanette Schmidt, Office Manager [email protected]; Ext; 129

Jennifer Johnson, Publications Coordinator [email protected]; Ext. 113

Kaitlin Dunn, Administrative Assistant [email protected]; Ext. 110

Katharine Yager, Financial Administrator [email protected], Ext. 117

Dennis Dallke, Property Manager [email protected]; Ext. 115

Rob Kurtz, Sexton [email protected]; Ext. 115

Ellen Parker, Director of University Presbyterian Preschool [email protected]; Ext. 124

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A Let ter to the Congrega t ion f rom Ka te F iedler Boswel l

Dear UPC family,

Many thanks for your warm welcome! Marc and I are excited to call Chapel Hill home. We look forward to getting to know each of you. Thank you for introducing yourselves and wearing your name tags. It may take more than one introduction for us to connect so many names and faces. We appreciate your graciousness and patience.

I am thrilled to join you during such an exciting time of growth and new opportunity. Life is busy at University Church! While the dust settles, I look forward to learning your rhythms and favorite qualities of such a dynamic community of faith. As we get to know each other, please share your favorite moments as a member of this church family. I love a good story, and I am eager to listen to your stories of faith and fellowship at UPC.

As the reigns of adult education, congregational life, and membership are passed on from the current staff, I look forward to continuing what is working well and imagining how we can fine-tune the great things already happening. Please feel free to share your thoughts and observations with me. Together we can take the church from great to greater.

While we move back into the renovated building and prepare for the new construction phase, I look forward to unpacking our hopes and possibilities for an exciting future ahead. Thank you for extending this call to an enthusiastic, outgoing, double-preachers’ kid who has always loved the church. Already, my heart feels at home.

Warmly,

Kate Fiedler Boswell, Associate Pastor for Adult Ministries

At the November meeting of Session, we:

listened to a devotion by Karen Vandersea on how to start simply to help others you encounter, with excerpts from Margot Starbuck’s book Small Things with Great Love;

welcomed Kate Fiedler Boswell, our new Associate Pastor for Adult Ministries;

approved the baptisms of Catherine Grace Rogers, daughter of John and Trina Rogers on November 23, 2014; and Daphne Laine Morales, the daughter of Jason and Sarah Morales on November 30, 2014;

received a report from the Endowment Committee presented by their Chair, James Smith, including their recommendations for the fall disbursements from the Endowment Fund and approved the following proposals:

$1500 for the McLaughlin Endowment Preacher; $1150 for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels program; $1150 for the John Skeel Missionary Foundation to help build a new Christian Church Sanctuary in Kenya; $2000 to the Children and Youth Ministry Committee for a training workshop for volunteers working with the Godly Play program; $5000 for new UNC Inpatient Hospice Facility;

received a report from the Stewardship Committee detailing events leading up to Dedication Sunday and follow-up plans, noting the importance of pledging for budget and planning purposes

received a report from the Building Committee with renovations to the existing building almost finished. The Town Coun-cil should vote on approval of the special permit and rezoning needed on January 12, 2015. Demolition of the Rosemary Street house would be the next step, possibly occurring in April, 2015, followed by construction of the new wing;

previewed a new UPC Visitors Brochure from the Membership Committee;

listened to a report from our commissioners to the October 25, 2014 New Hope Presbytery Meeting, at which they heard plans for reorganizing the Presbytery to increase the connectedness of smaller churches and use a more passion driven ap-proach to mission. They were able to welcome Kate Fiedler Boswell to the Presbytery and hear an overview of campus min-istry in the Presbytery from our own John Rogers; and

received a report from Kim McNeill and Jake Krzyzewski about the amazingly awesome recent All Youth Retreat to Mon-treat. The retreat was planned and carried out by the high school youth and was attended by 45 middle and high school youth, as well as 18 adults!

~Mary Ellen Olson, Clerk of Session

Sess ion Digest

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Please order __________ poinsettias at $12.50 each. Please make check payable to “University Presbyterian Church,” marked

“Poinsettias.” Any amount received in excess of the cost of the poinsettias will be used by the Flower Committee occasionally

throughout the year to provide arrangements in the sanctuary. Amounts received in excess of the Flower Committee needs will be

donated to the Inter-Faith Council for Social Services.

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Join us this year as we honor and remember the special people in our lives in one of two ways. You may

give a poinsettia, which will be used to decorate the chancel during Christmas, or you may make a

contribution to the Inter-Faith Council for Social Services, which will be used to provide support to those

in our community who are in need. You may choose to do both! The names of those we honor or

remember will appear in the Sunday Worship Bulletin, December 21, 2014. If you would like the church to

send a postcard notifying the person or family being honored, please check the box and print clearly the

address of the honoree beside the name.

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December 2014 The Chimes Newslet ter 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. Office hours:

Monday—Friday 8:30-4:30. Call (919) 929-2102 for more infor-

mation. Learn more about our programs from the church Website

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

May blessings and peace be with

you and your families this Christmas

and holiday season!

~ With love from the staff of

University Presbyterian Church