The Chapel Herald

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March 2020

Volume 9 Issue 3

A Lenten Season for Giving

As we are invited this year to the observance of a holy Lent, it is un-fortunate that this penitential season has become associated with gloom and deprivation, conjuring up imag-es of sackcloth and ashes, lugubri-ous music, and pseudo-pious absten-tions from "life's necessities," i.e. ice cream, chocolate, whisky, etc. Thus, our focus is misdirected and affixed on our poor, put-upon

selves, while our Lord's ordeal in the wilderness is di-minished and trivialized.

Why not consider that Lent is a time to celebrate the risen Christ -and not ourselves- who is our Beginning and our End. Can we rejoice that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not about us, but rather the God who loved us first? Is there comfort in knowing that the Great Com-mission is not dependent our faithfulness and resources, but on the abundant, saving grace of God?

Lent is not about what we can give up; but rather what we can give to others. Our focus in Lent is not on our-selves, but on those we are privileged to serve. As Peter Chysologus, Bishop of Ravenna, wrote in 450 A. D.: "When you fast, see the fasting of others. If you want God to know that you are hungry, know that another is hungry. If you hope for mercy, show mercy. If you look for kindness, show kindness. If you want to receive for-giveness, forgive others. If you ask for yourself what you deny to others, your asking is a mockery. When you fast, if your mercy is thin your harvest will be thin; when you fast, what you pour out in mercy overflows into your barn. Therefore, do not lose by saving, but gather in by scattering. Give to the poor, and give to yourself. You will not be allowed to keep what you have refused to give to others." May the Holy Spirit, who leads us into all truth, speak to us words of pardon and peace.

Pastor John

Greece & Turkey: In the Footsteps of Paul (October 14 - 24 2020)

By Pastor Ashley N. Smith

Ephesus

Mykonos

Santorini

Athens

Corinth

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The Women’s Discussion Group

The Women’s Discussion Group will meet at 10 a.m. in the choir room at The Village Chapel on March 12. All interested women are invited to attend. Select chapters of The Time Is Now, by Joan Chittister, will be the discussion topic.

Easter Flowers Deadline April 1

You are cordially invited to be a part of one of the loveliest traditions of the church year—the placing of Easter Flowers in the Sanctuary of our Chapel—by making a memorial or honor-ary gift.

Names of donors and loved ones remembered or honored will be published in the Easter Sun-day bulletin. Easter is April 12 this year and the deadline for gifts is April 1. Mark your check for Easter flowers. Please include your memorial or honorary gift information for in-clusion in the Easter Sunday bulletin. Thank you.

Welcome New Members

The Village Chapel welcomes the newest members!

Julia Albert John & Alyssa Brosch

Kevin & Donna Brundage Bryan & Danna Carter

Adam, Paula, & Cooper Crocker Bob & Kathy George

John & Connie Hopkins Bob & Maggie Ihde

Diane Lisevick David Oppen

John & Allison Orban Jeanie Riggins

Stephen, Nancy, & John Sebastian Nancy Smith & Millard Welch

If you have questions about joining The Village Chapel, contact Pastor John or Pastor Ashley

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2020 Annual Music Report

Our music ministry remains a vital component of not only this church, but the mu-sical climate of Moore County as well. Our Chapel Choir, Handchime Choir, and Children’s Choir have all played a role in representing The Village Chapel in the community. Below are some highlights from the past year.

2019 May – Village Chapel Music Series 5th Season finale concert with orchestra

June – Community Concert benefitting the Arc of Moore County

September – Village Chapel Music Series: Sixth Season Kickoff with violinist

Amanda Ferguson

November – Duke University Chorale 50th anniversary performance

December 12 – Chapel Choir participates in community Lessons and Carols

service at the Fair Barn benefitting Moore Literacy Council

December 22 – Annual Christmas music offering with Carolina Brass

December – Christmas caroling to homebound members

2020 January – Chapel Choir participates in community worship service honoring

Martin Luther King

February – Chapel Music Series event – cabaret show featuring Barron

Maness, Claire Fields, and Shirley Proctor; Chapel Hall filled

to capacity

April 26 – TVC will host Moore County Choral Society 45th anniversary concert

May 2 – The Raleigh Ringers perform as the closing concert of the Village

Chapel Music Series sixth season

May 17 – Music Celebration Sunday

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March Birthdays

4 Landen Smith

Brook Totten-

Lancaster

5 Phil Martinello

Phil Mullis

Dianne

Cole-Hall

7 Anne Fox

Arlene Knapp

8 Mary Delauter

Char Rohr

9 Lawson Barrett

12 Russell Zumwalt

Jeff Fox

13 Cam Cantelou

14 Ferrell Ann Harper

15 Amy Corcoran

Nathaniel Walker

16 Harriett Riley

17 Gwen St. Clair

Walter Blackwell

18 Sybil Del Bueno

Ford Grimshaw

Millard Welch

19 Henry Bahr

20 Roy Register

Abigail Smith

Eva Shumski

21 Chandler

Adams

Andrew Wilson

22 Janis Nestor

24 Barbara Barnes

George Drengler

26 Buck Adams

Maribel Pena

29 Jackie Garris

Jennifer

Imperial

Mary Barranti

31 Joe Oxendine

3 Nick & Cherryl Nickerson

4 Dave & Lin Cook

Greg & Mandy Grimshaw

5 Jerry & Yvonne Taylor

13 Mike & Irene Bradley

19 Bill & Nancy Wetmore

31 Marjorie & Jan Ludwig

Please contact the office if your birthday

or anniversary information is incorrect, or if

you need to be added to the list.

Union Pines High School presents

Mamma Mia Friday, March 13 (7pm), Saturday, March 14 (7pm), Sunday, March 15 (3pm)

Tickets at the door: $15; Presale: $12; Children (under 12) $10

Musical Direction by Elizabeth Shaver, one of TVC Staff Singers

TVC is also represented in the orchestra pit by Claire Fields and Stephen Gourley

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SAVE THE DATE

Break Night, April 15

Special Screening

For more information, visit www.mybeautifulstutter.com.

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Patricia “Patty” Vickers

was called to the Lord

February 6, 2020. She

was 82 years old.

Born Patricia Sue

Shamblen on January

29, 1938 in Prenter,

West Virginia, Patty

graduated from Sherman High School

where she played the saxophone in the

band and performed as a majorette.

She also met her future husband,

George Vickers, who hailed from Bloom-

ingrose, West Virginia just a few miles up

the road from Prenter. After graduating

from high school, she earned a bache-

lor’s degree in Home Economics and

Education from Concord College in Ath-

ens, West Virginia (now Concord Univer-

sity) in 1958.

Patty and George were married that

same year and embarked on a 62-year

journey that brought them eventually to

Pinehurst and the Village Chapel.

George was a career army officer

whose assignments took the couple to a

variety of postings. They figure that they

moved 29 times! Patty was the epitome

of the strong, self-reliant, resilient army

wife.

While George was soldiering, Patty was

frequently the single parent responsible

for keeping the home fires burning and

raising their three daughters. She was a

strong role model for them and God

and church were always top priorities in

their journey as a military family. Despite

frequent moves, she continued to teach

school and somehow she completed a

Master’s degree in Learning Disabilities

at Kansas State University - while working

full time.

In 1977, the Vickers moved to Hawaii

where George completed his army ca-

reer and they made their home for the

next 29 years on the island of Oahu. Pat-

ty continued to teach, expanding her

elementary focus to teaching soldiers.

Eventually, she became the manager of

all the Army Child Development Centers

in Hawaii, further serving the military by

ensuring quality care and education for

their families.

The couple settled in Pinehurst in 2005

where Patty quickly became active in

the Women’s Community Bible Study

and made friendships in her neighbor-

hood, the Village Chapel and through

George’s involvement in Rotary Interna-

tional. She particularly enjoyed the mu-

sic program at the Chapel and rarely

missed an opportunity to hear perfor-

mances by our choir and organists. Pat-

ty leaves behind her loving husband,

George, three daughters and sons-in-

law, six grandchildren and two great-

grand daughters.

She also leaves a wonderful legacy of

love and caring, memories of an abun-

dant life and an indelible record of lov-

ing her neighbor as herself. Can there

be a finer legacy as she leaves this

world for the loving arms of her Savior?

FAREWELLS

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There are many ways to get to Pinehurst. And the routes that many of our members at the Vil-lage Chapel have taken are varied, with many stops along the way. And often, the travelers did not know that Pine-hurst was there ulti-mate destination. That

is pretty much the case with Mary and Emmett Callow, who settled here in 2017 and almost immediately became active members of the Village Chapel. Here’s their story.

How the Callows met is no great mystery. They were both born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia (anyone who was raised in Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania or Virginia within radio distance of Wheeling heard broadcasts from WWVA, Wheeling, West Vir-ginia!) and they went to elementary school to-gether - Mary remembers saving a seat for Emmett on the school bus when she was in 5th grade. Both attended high school in Wheeling, graduating in 1964 (Emmett)) and 1965 (Mary). Then they went their separate ways - for a while.

Mary went off the West Virginia University in Morgantown where she did both her under-graduate and graduate work and earned a Mas-ter’s degree in Speech Language Pathology, specializing in pediatric speech therapy. Em-mett, meantime, joined the U.S. Army, where he served in the Medical Corp, including de-ployment to Vietnam. They were married in Wheeling in 1968 while Mary was still com-pleting her studies at WVU. They moved back to Wheeling, and Emmett graduated with a BS Degree in Biology in 1971 from West Liberty State College (now West Liberty University), after which he and Mary began a 35 year pro-fessional partnership - she teaching, he with

the chemical industry - that took them to sev-eral different states from Maine to Texas, Iowa to Florida.

Emmett began his career with Olin Corpora-tion where his responsibilities for environmen-tal health and safety required close co-ordination with the federal EPA and OSHA or-ganizations. After twenty years with Olin, he joined the International Paper Company with whom he worked for another 15 years. Mary’s teaching credentials allowed her to find pro-fessionally challenging employment wherever they happened to find themselves as Emmett’s assignments took them all over the eastern part of the United States.

They retired in 2012 to West Palm Beach, Florida primarily to be close to their daughter and grandchildren. As they traveled back and forth between Florida and places north, they stopped in Pinehurst to visit Mary’s cousin and they liked what they saw here. One Sun-day, when Emmett was playing golf, Mary told her cousin that she would like to go to church and they came to the Village Chapel. Mary liked what she saw there as well. She recounts how she was greeted so warmly by Cricket Cowell that they didn’t bother looking at other churches in the area, even though they had belonged to and attended mostly Episco-palian during their working years. Thanks, Cricket!

The Callows moved to Pinehurst in June 2017, and joined the Village Chapel as soon as they were settled. They did not waste time in get-ting involved at the Chapel. Emmett attends men’s Bible study and has been a volunteer on the very popular and important Angel Tree program. Mary also works with the Angel Tree program, helps with the flowers and vacation bible school, helps facilitate a women’s bible study and does home communion. In 2019, after just two years at the Chapel, Mary was elected to the Board of Trustees.

MEET THE CALLOWS

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Funny how such a long and circuitous trek should wind up at the Village Chapel. But then maybe is wasn’t just coincidence. What-ever the case, we are the beneficiaries of the Callows’ talents and the positive, Christian attitudes they bring to the Village Chapel.

And we’ll give Cricket a KUDOS for helping God bring them here!

Kudos Korner

Music Director Stephen Gourley has done it again! The exciting music pro-gram at the Chapel Hall on Friday, Feb-ruary 7, was a smash hit before a full house of 200. The annual Chapel Music Series just seems to get better and better. Not only was the music first class; Chapel Hall was a terrific venue - felt like a real cabaret and was a superb con-tribution to the community's musical op-tions.

New Directories Are In! If you participated in The Village Chap-el directory photography sessions or submitted a photograph to be added to our directory, you may pick up your copy in the office. If you have changes to make, would like to participate in our next update, or have questions about getting involved in the next directory production, please contact Heather Dunn in the office at (910) 295-6003 or heather@tvcpinehurst.com.

Save the Dates!

Friday, March 6th

Friday, March 27th

6-8pm

The Village Chapel

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, April 11th 1:00pm

Volunteers Needed

Please See Ms. Vickie

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Worship Opportunities During Holy Week

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Meditative organ music will be offered from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon, with appropriate scriptures during those times. All are invited to attend and reflect on Christ’s impending suffering on the cross.

Maundy Thursday Service Meditative music beginning at 11:00 a.m., our service will consist of Holy Communion followed by the stripping of the altar.

Good Friday Service Meditative organ music will be offered from 11:00-11:45. Claire Fields will sing He Was Despised and Rejected (from Part 2 of Handel’s Messiah) as a prelude to our service, which will begin at 12:00 noon.

Easter Schedule 6:30: Sunrise Service at the Carolina Hotel (in the South Room)

8:15: Holy Communion 9:30: Family Service 11:00: Traditional Service