Annual Block Party
Sizzlin’ Summer Week in Our Own Parking Lot! by Sarah Reder |
CHPC is gearing up to host the Summer Block Party for the fifth year in a row. The event will be free to attend and will take place in the parking lot of the church from 6 - 9 p.m. on Tues., August 4, and Wed., Aug. 5th through Fri., Aug. 7, 6:30 - 9 p.m. It will conclude with a Sunday morning Worship and Praise Service on August 9 at 10 a.m. (also in the parking lot). The following is a breakdown of what the week will look like:
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Tuesday: National Night Out
August 4
Hosted by Amy Finnegan, Vice President of The Forum, College Hill’s Community Council. Cook-out dinner and games and prizes for the young ones. News 5 weather will be broadcasting live, and Mayor Mallory is expected to make his annual appearance this evening. |
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Wednesday: Jazz Night
August 5
Hosted by P. Anne Everson-Price and the Young Jazz Messengers. A cookout for dinner and dancing the night away with jazz music.
Thursday: Fitness Night
August 6
Hosted by Ron Whitt of Teen Impact and Richard Sharoer of the College Hill Recreation Center. The evening will include a 3–on–3 Basketball Tournament, cornhole, and, for the first time ever, a talent show. The talent show is open to anyone, so start practicing those routines and get ready to show off your skills! Montgomery Community Church will cook dinner this evening. |
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Friday: CHPC Praise and Worship Night
August 7
We encourage churches throughout the College Hill area to attend this evening in particular, as the night will be filled with singing by Cornerstone Baptist Church led by David Minor. We will be serving Sloppy Joes, chips, and freezer pops for dinner (yum!), and have games for the kids including four square, cornhole, and jacks. |
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Sunday: Community Worship Service in the parking lot at 10 a.m. We will praise God for the week of fun that we had together,and then enjoy a concert by Aretha Chapman, Kaleidoscope Worship Leader at 12 noon with a picnic lunch. This will be in place of our 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. services.
Every Night: The "As I See It" contest will provide youth from Winton Hills Elementary and Aiken High School with an opportunity to tell their stories by documenting their lives on camera. The photos will be judged in the Atrium, a winner will be chosen, and his or her work will on sale. Half of the proceeds will go towards continued funding of the project, and the other half to the winner for future endeavors.
Galen-Bailey, caricature artist, will also be joining us. Get your picture sketched! |
We still need volunteers to make all of this happen!
There will be a Volunteer Meeting on Mon., Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m. in the Fireside Room.
Think about how you would like to contribute, fill out a volunteer card, and turn it into Chris Miller or Tom Seith. |
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| Free Health Exams Coming to Llanfair |
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There will be free height, weight, vision, audio, blood pressure, skin cancer, asthma, and other screenings available from 2:30-6:30 p.m. on Mon., July 13 at the Llanfair Retirement Community. The screenings will be available in College Hill for the first time as part of the Mobile Health Fair, sponsored by Synod of the Covenant, a regional body of the PC(USA), comprised of almost 800 congregations, as well as local presbyteries, mission groups, and churches. The mobile ministry sends six health care professionals in a van stocked with displays, pamphlets, and other hands on materials to communities throughout Ohio and Michigan. Participants are educated on how to become their own best health advocates and then examined by nurses/physicians who make referrals to low cost or free clinics for further treatment on a need basis. |
In addition to sponsoring the Mobile Health Fair, the Synod of the Covenant also offers grants and scholarships to organizations and individuals, sponsors campus ministries that are associated with the PCUSA, and works with other Christian organizations such as the Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services and Hope Homes, a joint effort of the Presbyterian congregations of Eastern Ohio and the United Church of Christ to provide housing, day care, and other services to the developmentally challenged.
We encourage all of you to come to Llanfair for this opportunity. Not to mention, there will be complementary food and gifts for anyone who comes for testing! See you on the 13th (meet in Llanfair's Campus Center). ~Sarah Reder |
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College Hill Presbyterian Church: Across the Street and Around the World
by Sarah Reder |
CHPC is not about hiding within its own walls. Last spring, Marybelle Chapman wrote an article reflecting on Pastor Drew’s Black and White Series at CHPC. This article was featured in The Presbyterian Outlook, a national publication. The article discussed how CHPC has been working to become an integrated body as part of God’s perfect plan. While College Hill itself is nearly 60% African American, the College Hill Presbyterian Church remains around 95% Caucasian, a discrepancy that is continuously being addressed. We know that it takes more than sitting in the pews every Sunday and talking about becoming more culturally integrated to bring us together. That is why we walk the walk at CHPC and, as a result, College Hill Presbyterian is becoming more diverse. We have the various programs that go on here to thank for this, due in part to the work of Chris Miller, Director of Community Relational Outreach. We are approaching a day when we will be able to celebrate truly being one church of Jesus Christ, no longer separated by misunderstanding and resentment.
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However, racial integration goes beyond that. We are called to join with Christians across the globe, not just with those in our own backyard. One group helping us do this is The Iraq Partnership Network (IPN), an organization that opens up dialogue between American Christians and those in Iraq, building new understanding. Last October, Pastors Drew Smith and Harold Chappie Chapman attended a conference in Syria where Iraqi Christians shared their challenges and hopes in a post-911 world as well as their commitment to their community with representatives from the IPN. Pastor Drew was part of a group photo in an article entitled “Partners with Iraqi Christians”, from the Spring 2009 edition of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s publication Peace Notes.
If you would like more information about the IPN, contact Larry Richards at lrichards@comporium.net.“As followers of Jesus, we are called to support our Iraqi partners, wherever they are located”. The same can be said for our Christian brothers and sisters around the world, as we come together to unite the world for Jesus. |
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| Six Acres Concert Series: Music and Hope! |
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Six Acres Bed and Breakfast is hosting six concerts to raise money for The Six Acres Kenya Project during the months of June, July, August, and September. The project helps fund Lucy Gacheru’s Hope Center in Kenya which exists to keep women out of the harsh working conditions and houses more than 250 orphans.
Additionally, the Six Acres Kenya Project has provided a well in one of the country’s poorest villages that serves as the only source of clean water. Before the well was established, drinking the same dirty water as cows and donkeys was a way of life for many Kenyans.
The first concert was on June 21. The remaining five concerts will all take place on Sunday evenings from 7 - 10 p.m. (doors close at 7:30 p.m.).
Concerts are free of charge, but attendees are strongly encouraged to make a donation to the Kenya Project. There will also be food available for purchase. Be sure to arrive early because the maximum seating capacity is 200. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy a pleasant summer evening and provide a glimmer of hope to the disadvantaged.
The schedule for the concerts is as follows:
July 5: Triage (jazz)
July 20: Tracy Walker (folk, rock, country, jazz and blues)
Aug. 9: Sabrina Tutstone (jazz)
Aug. 23: Souse (funk / jazz / fusion music)
Sept. 13: Marvin and The Experience (funk, reggae, hip-hop, R&B, and soul)
Contact Six Acres with any questions: Six Acres Bed & Breakfast, 5350 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45224, Phone: (513) 541-0873. Website: http://www.sixacresbb.com |
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