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Dear Friends,

I find it hard to believe that May is here and we are approaching the end of yet

another program year in the life of University Church, but what a good year it has

been! I know you share my enthusiasm over the wonderful additions to our church

staff this year, and we are deeply grateful, too, for our music, education and campus

ministry programs. Worship attendance has been particularly strong, even during

the mess of all the building renovations last year. There is so much for which we

can and should give thanks.

We have enjoyed a relative hiatus from the construction chaos, but that is about to

change, as we prepare to enter into Phase Two of our capital improvements. Within

days the church’s property at 212 East Rosemary will be demolished, signaling the

beginning of the process of relocating Robertson Lane and the church’s parking lot

and the eventual construction of our new addition. The entire process will take up

to a year, but in the end it will afford us better accessibility, new choir, classroom,

and meeting space, along with an attractive entry on the east side of the property.

During the entire process the church’s small parking lot will be closed. The staff

will bear the brunt of that inconvenience, but we know the congregation will feel its

effects as well. Once again we ask for your patience and understanding, as we

believe the long-term gain will justify the shorter term disruptions.

You have made gifts and fulfilled pledges to the building project in a very timely and

helpful manner, and we thank you. It is nonetheless possible that the church will

have to acquire a construction line of credit in order to meet our payment schedule.

So, if it is possible for you to accelerate your final year of building pledge payments,

or if you are able to make an additional payment above the pledged amount—

indeed, if you haven’t yet made a pledge or a gift to the campaign and would like to

do so now—such gifts and payments would be very helpful in decreasing the

amount of money we need to borrow.

The adventure continues! I’m grateful we can make the journey together.

Grace and Peace,

Bob Dunham, Pastor

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Summer Sermon Topics 3

Presbyterian Youth Connection 3

Welcome, New Members! 4

A Letter from Nancy and Kate

to the Congregation

4

Choir News 5

Youth Choir Benefit Concert 6

Adult Christian Education 6

News from New Hope Camp

and Conference Center

7

Session Digest 7

Presbyterian Campus Ministry 8

Local Outreach News:

The Inter-Faith Council

9

Global Outreach News:

Dental Mission Trip

9

Global Outreach News:

2015 Haiti Mission Trip

10-11

Message from the

Mental Health Task Force

11

Volunteers Needed at Church 12

Presbyterian Women’s

Spring Dinner

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 .

Our special series of sermons chosen by members of the congregation will begin on Sunday, May 24, and will continue

through Sunday, September 6. We asked you what you’d like to hear a sermon about, and we received many great

suggestions. Thank you to all who contributed! To view a full list of sermon topics, see page 3.

The Chimes Volume LXII, No. 5 May 2015

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 June edition of The Chimes is noon on Friday, May 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, Financial

Administrator; 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

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

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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I ’d L ike to Hear a Sermon About . . . Thanks to all for your suggested ways of completing this statement. Here are the dates and the topics your pastors will be ad-dressing this summer:

May 24 A Sermon about the Holy Spirit

May 31 A Sermon about Food and Fasting

June 7 A Sermon about Forgiveness

June 14 A Sermon about Jesus and Economic Justice

June 21 A Sermon about Encountering Panhandlers

June 28 A Sermon about Prayer

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.

Sunday, May 3: Youth Choir Benefit Concert for TABLE. Join us for dinner at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall and at 7 p.m.

in the Sanctuary for a combination choir concert from the youth of UPC and University United Methodist Church. An

offering for TABLE will be collected. Bring $5 for dinner and money for our offering if you’d like to contribute.

Sunday, May 10: Last official PYC at Maple View Farms. Meet at Maple View Farms (6900 Rocky Ridge Rd.) at 5 p.m. Pick up is at 7 p.m. at Maple View. Bring a football or Frisbee and money for dinner and ice cream. We’ll enjoy our last PYC of the year and send our seniors off with our prayers.

Friday, May 15: Confirmation dinner for confirmands, their mentors and parents and the UPC Session. Our 8th grade confirmation class will be examined by Session, and we will all celebrate their accomplishment and commitment with dinner together. Parents will have the opportunity to ask God’s blessing on their child and on their faith journey.

Sunday, May 17: Senior Dinner for seniors and their families, hosted by juniors and their families: 6 p.m. in the

Fellowship Hall. This night is a special celebration just for our oldest PYCers as they head off to college and begin a

new chapter in their life of faith.

Keep our youth in your prayers this summer as they travel together,

grow in their faith and develop a stronger community.

Montreat Youth Conference: June 14-20 Montreat Worship and Music Conference: June 21-27 Appalachia Service Project: July 12-19

Presbyter ian Youth Connect ion (PYC) Join in the fun, fellowship and faith development at Presbyterian Youth Connection! We meet each Sunday starting at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. After dinner (bring $5 to help with the cost of food), we enjoy a program and time for sharing our joys and concerns with one another. Pick-up is in the UPC parking lot at 8 p.m. PYC is for any youth in 6th-12th grades. Email Kim McNeill, Staff Associate for Youth Ministries, at [email protected] to learn more.

May Calendar

Be sure you’re receiving the weekly PYC email from Kim. It will tell you all you need to know for the coming week. And sign up for text reminders, too! Text “@UPCP” to (919) 267-2577 and you’ll be signed up to receive last minute remind-ers. We also invite youth and parents to follow us on Twitter @UPCPYC. Go to https://twitter.com/upcpyc.

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In April, 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

Sarah Lineberry: Sarah comes to

us by transfer from Wake Forest

Presbyterian Church and grew up in

Wake Forest, NC. Sarah is a UNC

graduate student in the School of

Social Work, and she did her under-

graduate work here, too. As an un-

dergraduate, Sarah was involved in

the PCM program, and she has re-

cently worked in our nursery. Sarah spent a year in Scotland

before beginning her graduate work.

Sophia and Michael Munson: Sophia and Mike come to

us by reaffirmation of

faith. They recently

moved to the area from

Washington D.C. Both

are attorneys, and they

met in law school at Wil-

liam and Mary. Mike

grew up here at UPC and Chapel Hill; Sophia is a native of

Northern Virginia.

Beulah (not pictured) and Glenn Tate: Glenn and Beulah

come to us by letter of transfer

from the St. Andrew’s Presbyter-

ian Church of Lakefield, Ontario.

Glenn worked in the tool and die

manufacturing business, both in

Canada and in Royal Oak, Michi-

gan. While in Michigan, he also

worked as a contractor for

NASA. Glenn and Beulah have

been married for 63 years; they have two grown children, three

grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. They moved to the

area to be close to their daughter, Cheryl.

A Specia l Le t te r of Thanks

f rom Nancy and Ka te to the Congrega t ion

Dear UPC Church Family,

It is hard to believe that we have already been here half a year! This transition has been so smooth for both of us. We feel like we have known and loved all of you for much longer.

We are grateful for your patience as we continue to learn your names and recognize your faces as we get used to the rhythms of this congregation. We are grateful for how the entire staff has welcomed us and shown us the ropes. We are grateful to have journeyed alongside you through Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, and we are already looking forward to and planning for next year! We are grateful for your hospitality, humor, and the call to serve together in this community.

There is so much for which to be grateful. Our hearts are full!

With JOY,

Nancy and Kate

Nancy Myer and Kate Fiedler Boswell

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Choir News

Page 5 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 Junior and Children’s Choirs

cordially invite you to

The Sailor’s Bible S a musical by

Tom Long and Allen Pote

The musical is about three high sea adventures in the Bible: The Story of Noah and the Great Flood, The

Story of Jonah and the Big Fish and

The Story of Paul’s Shipwreck.,

“In all things we have victory through God who loves us.”

Senior Sunday: May 17

The Youth Choir will lead the music at 11 a.m.

worship, singing the anthem Emerald Stream,

by Seth Houston, an original composition

written by CHHS senior Grace Gollmar and

performed by the UPC High School Ensemble.

Congratulations

Class of 2015!

Montreat Worship and Music Family Meeting

May 31: 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Please bring a check for $225 made payable to “UPC”

and your completed forms.

Countdown to MONTREAT: June 21 - 27, 2014!

Time to graduate another great class of seniors at UPC!

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Adul t Chr is t ian Educa t ion Term 5: Through May 17

Connections: Exploring Islam: Recent events in Chapel Hill and around the world leave us desiring to understand and collab-orate with our Muslim neighbors. This class offers time to explore Islam and discuss how we can work together with those from

different faith traditions. Facilitators: Kate and Marc Boswell. New Location: Fellowship Hall.

Senior Life Planning: In this class, we explore the relation-ship between faith and aging, as well as the role of faith in mak-ing decisions about the final stages of life, both practically and spiritually. Facilitators: Joe Buckner and Anna Pinckney Straight. Location: Vance Barron Hall.

Feasting on the Word: This class expands our understanding of the lectionary scripture for each Sunday. This curriculum is coordinated with the children’s ministry planning. Facilitators: Young Adults (Mac Gilliland, Chelsey McElwee and Patty Baum). Location: Room 228.

Sticky Faith: Family Guide: Sticky Faith gives parents and leaders both a theologi-cal/philosophical framework and a host of practical relationship and programming ideas that develop long-term

faith in kids and teenagers. Discover new ideas that work and create a personalized plan for integrating those ideas into your own family routine. Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Direc-tor of the Fuller Youth Institute and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. Facilitators: Martha and Will Al-dridge and Leslie May. Location: Terrace Room.

Coming in June: Dr. Vince Tollers will be teaching a class on the Psalms in Vance Barron Hall. Look for more information in

the June edition of The Chimes, the Sunday morning bulletin announcements and the Weekly E-News. To sign up for E-News,

click “Subscribe to E-News” from the bottom of the UPC Website (www.upcch.org).

Youth Choir Benef i t Concer t : Sunday, May 3 On Sunday, May 3, at 7 p.m., the Youth Choirs of University Presbyterian Church and University United Methodist Church

will be holding a choral concert to benefit TABLE, a local organization that provides food for local children at risk for hunger.

The concert, which will be held at University Presbyterian

Church, is open to the public and will feature choral works

by Mark Miller, Harry Chapin, Seth Houston, Grace Gollmar

and Peter C. Lutkin. Instrumentalists will accompany the

choirs and there will be congregational singing. The concert

will be a musical celebration of life and service. Ashton Tip-

pins, Executive Director of TABLE, will speak briefly about

the important work TABLE does in our community. A col-

lection will be taken at the close of the concert. All donations

will go to support TABLE’s work in Chapel Hill and

Carrboro. To learn more, please visit www.tablenc.org.

The TABLE Benefit Concert will be the first collaboration of these two Youth Choirs and the first time the UPC and UUMC

Youth Choirs have performed together. The concert is designed to showcase the talents of both groups in support of a worthy

local cause. Tim Baker directs the UUMC Youth Choir and Beth Auman Visser directs the UPC Youth Choir. Both Youth

Choirs’ membership is made up of middle school and high school singers from Chapel Hill/Carrboro, Orange and Durham

Counties. Both Youth Choirs rehearse weekly and sing in worship often. Coincidentally this year, both Youth Choirs have or

will perform the musical, Cotton Patch Gospel, by Harry Chapin. Several of the musical selections from the musical will be per-

formed at the concert. All are welcome! Please join us!

University Presbyterian Church Youth Choir

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At the April Session meeting, we:

listened to a devotion by Scott Singleton on wealth and equality, based on the example of the apostles sharing their resources as told in Acts 4:32-35;

approved the baptism of Anna Gray Duncan, the daughter of Richard and Stephanie Duncan on April 19, 2015;

learned about Nancy Myer’s Christian Educator certification process and her planned project on family and faith practices in the home;

reviewed the types of reserve funds UPC has and their current balances and also “Major Session Policies and Practices Regarding Financial Operations;”

approved the 2015 Outreach Budget and discussed the possibility of using any 2015 surplus funds for Outreach—with that decision delayed until later in the year;

set an aspirational goal that 20 percent of the UPC operating budget would be used for Outreach within five years, if possible;

discussed a possible Outreach Task Force and what goals might be set for it;

approved a $1,000 donation from the Global Outreach discretionary fund to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance for aid to Vanuatu;

approved the 2015 UPPS budget;

received a report from the Stewardship Committee announcing Daphne and Crowell Little will be joining John and Ashley Wilson as co-chairs of the 2016 Stewardship campaign; and

received a report from Personnel noting Elva Small, long-time accompanist for the Children and Youth Choirs, would be retiring at the end of July.

~Mary Ellen Olson, Clerk of Session

Sess ion Digest

News from New Hope Camp and Conference Center Thank you for your support of our 10th Annual Fundraiser, “Tastes and Tunes!” Thank you to all the volunteers and staff who worked tirelessly to help create a thoroughly enjoyable and successful evening. See you next year!

Hiring is nearly complete for summer staff and we are excited to meet returning counselors and meet some bright new faces. Camp starts on June 15, 2015. Spaces are starting to fill up, so we encourage everyone to submit their registration forms as quickly as possible. It’s going to be a fun-filled summer. Janet Borel is planning more weaving and felting activities for the chil-dren, and Walt Beckwith will be back again for more interesting woodwork projects.

Pool passes are now available. Applications for passes are available online at www.newhopeccc.org or at the office. Applications can be faxed, mailed, dropped off or scanned and emailed. Please remember that pool passes are not sold at the pool; they are only sold through our office. Our office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

All are welcome to our camp Open House on May 16, 2015 from 2 - 5 p.m. The pool will be open, and you will have a chance to meet our summer staff.

We are always in need of scholarship money. The population New Hope serves includes a wide range of economic levels. There is a great need for

children of lower income families to experience a week of summer camp. A donation to our scholarship fund is help-ing to make summer camp a possibility for a child who may not have otherwise been able to attend!

~ Suzanne Blankfard, Afterschool and Summer Camp Registrar

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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

2015 Beach Ret rea t

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Local Outreach News: The In ter -Fai th Counci l

and the UPC Local Outreach Commit tee

John Dorward, Executive Director of the Inter-Faith Council (IFC), briefed the Local Outreach Committee (LOC) at its March 2015 meeting. John thanked UPC for its longstanding support of IFC, which is a top recipient of UPC’s community outreach funding. UPC also provides volunteer support, in-cluding the UPC Circles that support the Community Kitchen and LOC IFC liaison Shipley Jenkins. John reported that last year, IFC received more than 40,000 total hours of support from community volunteers.

John shared aerial photos of construction of the new IFC Community House building and discussed the agency’s major programs, which include:

Community House homeless shelter for men, serving 50 men per night

Home Start homeless shelter for women and children re-ferred by Orange County DSS, serving 50 people per night

Community Kitchen, serving three hot meals a day 365 days a year

Food Pantry, serving 1,400 bags of groceries a month to 4,000 households that are eligible every 30 days for grocer-ies

Crisis Unit

Free Medical Clinic, providing medical services and a men-tal health clinic

Four Support Circles, transitioning homeless folks back into daily independent living

The Local Outreach Committee also learned the following:

SECU Community House will open later this year and serve all the men now served by Community House. Presently about twen-ty men per night are finding places on the floor. Participants in an IFC homeless program have to follow the rules, which include securing employment. Stephanie Kilpatrick has been pro-moted to the position of Residential Services Director.

IFC hopes to move all of the food centers into one loca-tion. The Community Kitchen will move to Carrboro. John reported that during the bad weather this winter no pro-grams missed a meal or night of service.

The new health clinics will be part of Piedmont Health Clinic.

There is a search committee looking for John’s replacement upon his retirement. Candidates are in the phone interview phase. IFC hopes to hire a new executive director this summer.

To learn more about the Inter-Faith Council, the services they provide and how you may be able to help, please visit their Website at www.ifcweb.org.

~Mary Arnold, Local Outreach

Global Outreach News: Dental Miss ion Tr ip

In July 2015, six UNC School of Dentistry students and a faculty member will travel to Nepal for a month in partnership with the Nepalese Health and Development Society. Our goal is to promote oral hygiene and disease prevention as well as to pro-vide oral health care to Nepalese who otherwise would have no access to it, as well as providing oral hygiene, education and supplies to villages.

We are motivated by the adventure of entering a new culture, welcoming the insight and unique friend-ships it brings to us and our families. We’re confident that this dental mission trip will be complemented by a profound sense of personal joy and a craving to express our faith in a very tangible way.

Thank you for the donation to the UNC Nepal Project team, your support is greatly appreciated. Your donation gives us the opportunity to reach, inspire and connect with Nepalese through our gifts in den-tistry and our faith.

~ Kwame Gyampo, UNC School of Dentistry, Class of 2017

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Impressions of Haiti

Christopher Columbus’ paradise turned upside down The rusty anchor from the Santa Maria looms specter-like in the Port-au-Prince museum Haiti, recovering but still so many problems Some very dedicated Haitians trying to make a difference Kay says the story of Haiti is complicated. Pastor Leon believes first the church, then the school, followed by the clinic— an incredible legacy built over time, lived out in Blanchard, Repatriate, and Cite Soleil; Street scenes: people carrying enormous burdens on their heads—washtubs, six levels of plastic bottles, coolers, food, even one woman with live chickens A man takes a public bath on the street by pouring water over his head from a bucket Farmers’ markets, impromptu eateries with food cooking and a place to sit Most of the rubble piles from the quake removed; most of the piles of garbage remain Art deco tap-taps filled with people; there is always room for one more On a motorcycle, a man zooms by in a blue Gucci t-shirt, an enormous, glittering gold cross, and a New York Yankees baseball cap Like New York, the horns make the cars and motorcycles go In the night, lights sprinkle across the hillside, while at intervals music, snatches of conversation in Creole, barking dogs, pounding rain, a rooster crowing and a Ra Ra Band punctuate the stillness St. Joseph’s Home for Boys, a haven for boys off the street, rebuilt after the earthquake, The teacher workshops, Haitian teachers seeking knowledge and skills Lisa and Annette, the lead vocalists, providing wonderful content about butterflies and how to teach the material, and the backup singers, others signing certificates, assembling teacher bags, snacks, materials The spontaneous song from the teachers in unison to start the day Greetings from old friends, drivers, interpreters, administrators Reserved at first, the teachers warm up like sunshine through the morning engaging in music, activities, interaction The soft, musical sounds of Jude’s Creole float across the room Blessings, thankfulness, and embraces of the end of the day; gifts received and given The teachers at Repatriate sing Happy Birthday to me in Creole, the best birthday song ever Lunch is served at David’s home on a white lace tablecloth under the trees, music provided by his girls on clarinet and flute; a feast of great sacrifice; plantains, goat, tomatoes, prepared just for us The remarkable nursing school at Leogane Dean Alcindor tells us God prepared her to be here, where thousands of Haitians flocked after the earthquake; overnight they became a hospital A new wing and a guest house have replaced the tent city that once engulfed the grounds Trinity House, the new site of Wings of Hope in Jacmel, CODEP, the birthing center, the proposed GOALS community center in Destra, life skills built around soccer All of them partnerships with Haitians All of them offer new possibilities, new hope; bright dabs of color on a canvas that is mostly grey The young man trying to sell us souvenirs near the site of the destroyed Capitol in Port-au-Prince backs away from the van, opens his arms wide, flashes a beautiful Haitian smile in a dark brown frame and says, ”Haiti is for you!” Yes, yes, it is!

Marla H. Dunham ©2015

Global Outreach News:

UPC Hai t i Mission Tr ip, Spr ing 2015

From March 27 - April 4, 2015, a group from University Presbyterian Church and Westminster Presbyterian Church in Durham

went to Haiti to do teacher workshops with 110 local Haitian teachers. This year marked the tenth anniversary of this trip to build

partnerships and share skills. The group included Lisa Lord, Annette Munson, Kay and Sam Leaman and Marla Dunham from

UPC and Pat Gunter and Dorene Palermo from Westminster. Below is a poem, Impressions of Haiti, written by Marla Dunham.

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Below are a few of the photos taken during the teacher workshops. Also pictured is a certificate that was awarded to the UPC

workshop team in honor of the 10th anniversary of UPC’s teacher workshops in Haiti by the teachers and staff of Wings of

Hope and Duplan School.

Statistically, one in five people live with a diagnosable mental health condition, yet only about 40 percent seek treatment due to stigma surrounding mental illness. The month of May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and the first week of May is National Children’s Mental Health Week. There will be many opportunities for you to attend an event and learn more, as well as support local non-profit organizations working to fill gaps in mental health services. We hope you will plan to join us as we work together to educate our community and support one another to combat stigma around mental illness.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the UPC Mental Health Task Force, please contact Susan Pegg at [email protected]. Thank you!

Message f rom the Mental Heal th Task Force

UPC Hai t i Mission Tr ip, cont .

Learn More About Global and Local Outr each a t UPC

The Global Outreach Committee coordinates the mission and outreach work we do with partners around the world and works

to educate the congregation about the lives of people in other nations. To learn more, contact

Carolyn Karpinos at [email protected]. UPC also has a long tradition of extensive local

outreach, including work with the Inter-Faith Council, Habitat for Humanity, the CROP Hun-

ger Walk and more. If you would like to become a member of the Local Outreach Committee,

adding your voice and vision to the group, contact Bart Phillips at [email protected].

You may also visit the “Outreach” page of the UPC Website (www.upcch.org) to learn more

or contact the Outreach Committee Chair, Susan Ross, at [email protected].

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May 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 Sunday

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

School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Children of all ages are welcomed and

cherished by this congregation. Childcare for infants through kinder-

garteners 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 information. Learn more

about our programs from the church Website (www.upcch.org) and

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

Please join us for our annual Presbyterian Women’s Spring Dinner on Tuesday, May 12, from 6-8 p.m. All women of the

church are invited! We’ll have time for fellowship with one another, and we’ll share gifts and enjoy a delicious dinner. And our

own Kate Fiedler Boswell, UPC’s Associate Pastor for Adult Ministries, will be our speaker

for the evening!

The cost for the catered meal is $12. Please send your $12 to the church office at P.O. Box

509, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, or you may place your check in the offering plate on Sunday

morning. Please mark “PW dinner” in the memo and make checks payable to “UPC.” Pay-

ment for the dinner will serve as your RSVP and is due by Sunday, May 10. Scholarships are

available; please contact Kate Fiedler Boswell at [email protected].

Presbyter ian Women’s Spr ing Dinner

Please consider volunteering for one or two shifts a month to help out the church office staff, and share this information with any church members who may be interested. Shifts need to be filled ASAP!

Monthly shifts we need filled:

- 1st and 3rd Friday afternoon (12:30-4:30)

You may volunteer for a few shifts per month or just one. Responsibilities include welcom-ing visitors, answering the phone and simple clerical tasks. If you’re available, or if you’d like to volunteer as a substitute instead, please call Shelley Adams at (919) 942-2525, or you may email Jennifer in the church office at [email protected]. Thank you!

The Church Of f ice Needs Volunteers !