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The Presbytery of New Hope
Mission Statement
 In RESPONSE to God's call in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the mission of the Presbytery of New Hope is to ENABLE local congregations, and Presbytery as a whole, to FUNCTION effectively as the body of Christ by actively EXPLORING, FACILITATING, EQUIPPING, and ESTABLISHING appropriate ministries with the covenant community and beyond.
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Over the years, I've heard a lot of people say a lot of interesting things about technology in the church.
There's one big problem with all these statements: they forget that the church has already been saved by Jesus. They repeat the classic problem of the church for a new generation, forgetting that all our human tools of language, translation, and even technology are only instruments through which we are empowered to join in making God's work known to the world.
A former "digital missioner" put all this in helpful perspective:
If you want to learn to minister online, the challenge is to align your existing ministry instincts with this new environment.... Technology is comparatively straightforward and continues to get easier to use. It's people who are complicated, and your training and experience indicate that you likely already know something about connecting with people. Moreover, technology isn't the source of the power of these ministries. It's true that the method of interactive communication online allows us to reach more (and more varied) people. But it's the message of the gospel, of God's transforming love, that will matter for those people. (
Kyle Matthew Oliver)
The Presbytery of New Hope has invested in supporting this kind of technology work in inviting me to take up this work among you, helping our congregations deepen their practice of living out the gospel by using God's gifts of technology to connect us to our world and one another in new ways.
- Is your session or congregation exploring how technology can be a tool for ministry and yet missing the point of how it needs to connect to the life of the congregation?
- Are you wondering how to revamp or revitalize some element of your congregation's technology to help make it a better instrument of God's mission?
- Does your church seem too small/too rural/too old for technology to matter? (Wayne Sankarlal would certainly disagree with you.)
- Are you intimidated by all the options before you and need help finding the best way forward?
If I can help you make better use of the gifts of technology in your congregation to deepen your ministry there, please let me know. I will be planning some workshops and conversations in the coming months so that we can explore some of these questions together as a presbytery, but I especially want to hear from you about what might be useful in those workshops-and how I can assist in your work in the meantime. Drop me an email at
[email protected], give me a call at 919-322-0143 x. 108, or find me whatever way is easiest for you!
Andy
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Hurricane Matthew Information and Cancellations
Many of us throughout eastern North Carolina have been closely watching the development of Hurricane
Matthew over the last few days. Several events planned for this weekend in the presbytery have been cancelled or postponed:
- The Middle School Retreat at Camp Don Lee this weekend has been cancelled.
- The Presbyterian Women Fall Gathering at Unity Church in Newton Grove has been cancelled. The women of Unity are unable to reschedule for the fall, but they will host a future gathering.
Please hold in your prayers in these days all those whose lives are affected by this storm.
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99th STATED GATHERING OF PRESBYTERY
OUTER BANKS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, KILL DEVIL HILLS
OCTOBER 22, 2016
Registration closes TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18 at noon.
All ministers, ruling elder commissioners, and visitors should register ahead of the meeting. This is tremendously helpful to your host church when planning lunch (the vegetarian option must be pre-ordered through the on-line registration page).
Ministers not able to attend and churches not sending a ruling elder commissioner - please request an excuse at the following link: http://nhpresbytery.org/excused-absence/. (Honorably retired ministers do not need to request an excuse.)
We look forward to seeing everyone on October 22!
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Accommodations
Days Inn Wright Brothers Oceanfront
201 North Virginia Dare Trail
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
252-441-7211
Shutters on the Banks (oceanfront property)
405 South Virginia Dare Trail
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
252-441-5581
Ramada Plaza Hotel Oceanfront
701 South Virginia Dare Trail
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
252-441-2151
$129 per night (street view)
$159 per night (Ocean view)
For longer stays in more spacious accommodations in vacation rental homes for a partial week (if available) or week, contact the following:
Pirate's Cove (Gated Marina Community)
Pirate's Cove Realty
252-473-6800
Oceanfront or Oceanside Homes
Joe Lamb, Jr. & Associates
252-261-4444
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Parking
Parking is available at the church and in a satellite parking lot just north of the church. However, the church respectfully requests that all persons who can walk one block use the parking lot at Captain George's Seafood Restaurant located at 705 South Croatan Highway, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948. Directional signage will be placed to direct you to this parking lot, and parking attendants will be available to assist you. The restaurant has generously offered its parking lot to the Presbytery on October 22, and this is the same location where lunch will be served and where breakout sessions will be held. However, please also feel free to park in the church lot or the satellite lot if that is more convenient for you.
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Pastors/Educators Retreat - Save the Date!! ~  October 17-19, 2016
LAST CALL for this year's pastors/educators retreat. The Trinity Center wants the list of registrants and room assignments
(and any dietary necessities) by World Communion Sunday (hey, it's Episcopalian!).
It's the best continuing ed deal you can get, with plenty of down time for recharging your batteries for stewardship and Advent.
Please let René Baker know if you can attend...and get your $50 to her to secure your room.
See ya Monday October 17 for dinner at The Trinity Center...and to meet John Vest, evangelist for today and tomorrow!
The retreat is underwritten by The White Fund at Union Presbyterian Seminary.
Click here to register
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Bob Inskeep, Coordinator and Food Committee
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News and Other
Happenings Around
the Presbytery!
FaithTrust Institute Conference
Safe and Healthy Churches Training: Ending Family Violence
Saturday, October 15, 2016
at MAHEC-121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803
Providence Presbyterian Church 89th Homecoming Celebration
Sunday, October 9, 2016, we joyfully invite you and your family to join us for worship at 11:00 a.m. and fellowship at 10:25 a.m. Please plan to stay for a covered dish dinner on the grounds afterwards and festivities to follow!
Please join us for our fall 2016 retreat "Stillness in the Presence" with David Partington, our retreat leader. We will gather at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center. For more information and to register check out our website:
APCE Mid-Atlantic Regional Retreat 2016
Monday, October 24 - Tuesday, October 25
St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, Stoneville, North Carolina
Program Leader: Rev. David Partington
NC Women's Preaching Festival
October 13-14, 2016
Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC
Theme: "Her Voice Through the Seasons"
A festival of clergywomen gathering to inspire and be inspired as we pray, eat, worship, learn, and celebrate our ministries!
To register, click
HERE
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Westminster Presbyterian Church of Raleigh and its neighborhood partner, 5 Points Moms n Dads, invite you to the 5th Annual Five Points Fall Festival and Food Truck Rodeo on October 16, 4:00-7:00 p.m. As part of the event, we are holding a Blessing of the Animals worship service at 4:30 p.m. To learn more about this event,
visit the church's website or
find us on Facebook.
The St. John's Bible Is Coming to the Kirk of Kildaire in Cary
In 1998,
Saint John's Abbey
and University in Collegeville, Minnesota, commissioned renowned calligrapher and senior scribe to Queen Elizabeth, Donald Jackson to produce a hand-written, hand-illuminated Bible in the English language - the first of this monumental size to be commissioned by a Benedictine monastery in more than 500 years. All 73 books from the Old and New Testaments (NRSV) were made using the traditional materials such as vellum, ancient inks, gold and silver leaf and platinum, and were written with quill pens fashioned from goose, turkey, and swan feathers. The project took 15 years to complete, with a team of 7 artists and 7 calligraphers, under the direction of Donald Jackson.
We will have the Gospel/Acts volume of the
St. John's Bible at the Kirk on
Sunday, October 30. Reverend Dr. Ann Laird Jones, arts ministry director at Montreat Conference Center will lead a program from
4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The program is suitable not only for adults but for children who are in elementary school and older. Since materials are needed, please RSVP to the Kirk office (919-467-49440) by October 23. Plan to bring friends and neighbors or a group from your church to this very special event. Light refreshments will be provided. If you have questions, contact Melinda Merkley King at
[email protected].
Youth Council News
 The Presbytery of New Hope 2016 Directory
is available on the website.
For the privacy of our members it is password protected. Please contact René Baker at 919.322.0143 ext. 109 or [email protected] for the password.
If you would like to have special events from your church posted in the e~News, send them to René Baker by 12:00 noon on Thursdays.
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 Joys and Concerns
- Prayers for Tama and Bob Eller and her family upon the death of Tama's mother this past week.
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The Presbytery of
New Hope
Calendar
October 22 99th Stated Presbyterian Gathering @
November 3 Committee on Preparation for Ministry ~ 9:30 a.m. @
November 10 Commission on Ministry 10:00 a.m. @ White Memorial
Farm Church (SEEDS, 706 Gilbert Street, Durham)
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