Volume 27, Issue 2, 2017 The Liberty Hill Connection From the Desk of the Interim Pastor... "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31 NIV) Dear Liberty Hill Family and Friends: We have been richly blessed over the past several weeks with the beauty of our celebrations. Thank you for your generosity and your hospitality demonstrated by sharing fellowship and hope with one another, and with those whose lives are challenged by life's circumstances. We begin this new season together with the promise that God's abundant love and mercy are with us. We are bound together in a tapestry of faith that propels us to seek and to know and to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. During the next few months we will embark upon a journey of discernment. We will share stories, and dreams, and hopes, and anxieties. We will seek to know where God is calling Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church to go. We will examine our mission and our purpose, and by the Holy Spirit, we will be led to join God in the work that God is already doing. I invite you to continue to pray fervently for the church, that we may be strengthened and equipped to do the will of Almighty God. Even as we discern the future, it is important to remember the glorious history of this community and this congregation. We will be careful to honor those traditions that shape us and sustain us. We will be ever mindful of our members and friends who are sick and shut-in. We will do all that we can to share the love of Christ with them. In all that we do, we will celebrate the grace and love of Jesus Christ. We have been given this rich heritage, this amazing opportunity to be the children of God. Wherever he leads, let us go. Blessings, Dot
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Volume 27, Issue 2, 2017
The Liberty Hill Connection
From the Desk of the Interim Pastor... "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31 NIV)
Dear Liberty Hill Family and Friends: We have been richly blessed over the past several weeks with the beauty of our celebrations. Thank you for your generosity and your hospitality demonstrated by sharing fellowship and hope with one another, and with those whose lives are challenged by life's circumstances. We begin this new season together with the promise that God's abundant love and mercy are with us. We are bound together in a tapestry of faith that propels us to seek and to know and to believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. During the next few months we will embark upon a journey of discernment. We will share stories, and dreams, and hopes, and anxieties. We will seek to know where God is calling Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church to go. We will examine our mission and our purpose, and by the Holy Spirit, we will be led to join God in the work that God is already doing. I invite you to continue to pray fervently for the church, that we may be strengthened and equipped to do the will of Almighty God. Even as we discern the future, it is important to remember the glorious history of this community and this congregation. We will be careful to honor those traditions that shape us and sustain us. We will be ever mindful of our members and friends who are sick and shut-in. We will do all that we can to share the love of Christ with them. In all that we do, we will celebrate the grace and love of Jesus Christ. We have been given this rich heritage, this amazing opportunity to be the children of God. Wherever he leads, let us go. Blessings, Dot
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Adult & Youth Sunday School .......................... Sundays at 10:15 AM
BSG Bible Study ................ Begins Saturday, February 4 at 10:00 AM
Unified Worship Service .................. Sunday, February 5 at 10:00 AM
Sunday School will be at 9:00 AM
The 2017 Souper Bowl of Caring Offering will be received
A Soup Luncheon will follow the service in Miss Bettie Richards Hall
Jones Family Baby Shower .................... Sunday, February 12 at noon
Soaking Prayer ............... Wednesday, February 15 from 5:30-6:30 PM
Dinner and a Movie ........................... Friday, February 24 at 6:30 PM
Fat Tuesday Pancake Supper .......... Tuesday, February 28 at 6:00 PM
February Activities & Events
March Preview
Ash Wednesday Service .................... Wednesday, March 1 at 6:00 PM
Unified Worship Service ....................... Sunday, March 5 at 10:00 AM
Sunday School will be at 9:00 AM
Soaking Prayer Service ........ Wednesday, March 15 from 5:30-6:30 PM
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LHPC Lakeside Ministries
LakeStride 2017 5K Run ∙ 1K Fun Walk ∙ 1K Color Fun Run
Onsite Registration begins at 7:30 am; Race begins at 8:30 am;
LakeStride will be held Rain or Shine
Entry Fees: 5K Run: $15.00
(includes a sports bag for participants who register by June 1st )
1K Fun Walk and 1K Color Fun Run : $10.00
Food and Drink will be served after the event.
Awards in 5K: Top 3 male finishers Ages 13 and Above;
Top 3 female finishers Ages 13 and Above; Top 3 male
finishers 12 and Below; Top 3 female finishers Ages 12 and
Below; Oldest Male and Oldest Female Finishers; Youngest
Male and Youngest Female Finishers
Please complete the Official Entry Form for advance
registration and mail to: Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church,
P.O. Box 170, Liberty Hill, SC 29074; checks should be made
payable to Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church.
Proceeds will benefit LHPC’s Lakeside Children’s Ministries.
Our Children’s Ministry includes the annual summer
Camp In a Van, LHPC Youth Group, and
Lakeside Ministries Summer Kid’s Church.
Camp in a Van will be held
June 18-22, 2017. Call the church office (273-9191) for
more information.
OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM NAME: _______________________________________________________Male _____ Female ______ Age on Race Day _________ ADDRESS: __________________________________________________City: ________________________ SC ________ ZIP __________ PHONE NUMBER: __________________________________________ EMAIL: ______________________________________________ EVENT: ___________ 1K FUN WALK ______________ 5K RUN ___________________ 1K COLOR FUN RUN Waiver: In consideration of your acceptance of this entry, I state that I am in proper physical condition to participate in this event. I hereby grant full permission to use my name and photographs for this event purpose. I understand the entry fee is non-refundable and numbers are non-transferable. If entrant is under 18 years of age, parent or guardian must sign entry form. Signature of participant or parent/guardian: ___________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________________
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"Long Ago at Liberty Hill"
By Sylvia Hudson
WATEREE MESSENGER: February 17, 1938 Miss Margarette Richards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Richards, teacher of music in the Columbia College, has been granted a six months leave of absence to take a course of instruction in New York. She left last week to take up her studies. {Editor: Born in Liberty Hill on August 21, 1901, Miss Richards graduated from Winthrop College in 1922 with a
degree in music. She taught music there after graduating and later moved on to serve on the faculty at, Queens’s College in Charlotte and later Columbia College. She served as the organist for LHPC from 1972-1991. Our beloved Miss Margarette died in April 2001. - See “A History of Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church 1951-2001 by Aileen Greer Norris’ available from our church office.} WATEREE MESSENGER: February 28, 1938 The recent spell of fine spring like weather has enabled farmers to do a lot of work on their farms and also encouraged early gardeners to prepare and plant some of their vegetable seeds sooner than is usually done. However, winter seems to have returned in real earnest. Ice and frost were plentiful some mornings last week and fears are that the fruit crop will be ruined or greatly damaged. CAMDEN CHRONICLE: February 20, 1939 Sunday last was a pleasant spring like day, and people were taking advantage of the pleasant weather for automobile riding. In the evening cars on Highway 97 were passing so often that one was in sight almost continually. The John G. Richards Highway No. 97 has some splendid scenery and is getting to be a much traveled route. CAMDEN CHRONICLE: February 20, 1940 “Believe it or not,” during the recent very cold weather something killed a chicken in the small fowl house of nearby resident Henry Bailey. A night or two later he heard a disturbance among the chickens and went to see about it. An owl had a chicken in its claws. He killed the owl with a stick and went back to bed. Some hours later he heard the chickens again and went out and found another owl had a chicken in its claws. He killed it with a stick also. Both chickens were alive and not much hurt and both owls were of the small kind, known as screech owls, and not generally supposed to kill large chickens. {Editor: The Robinson and Hudson families should take note!} CAMDEN CHRONICLE: February 18, 1941 There was a Valentine story hour for small children held on Friday afternoon. On account of the bad weather it was held at the community house instead of at the Liberty Hill library. CAMDEN CHRONICLE: February 11, 1944 The family of the late R.C. Jones, who served the Presbyterian church for many years as deacon, Ruling Elder and Sunday school superintendent, in honor of his memory, had high-grade book racks installed on the {back of the} church seats.
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Josh Kershner Harold and Ruby Kershner’s grandson
Daniel Scruggs and his shipmates on the USS Carl Vinson Neal and Delisa Clark’s son
Lynne Barfield Lloyd and Mary Douglas Tony & Millie Plyler Merilyn Roll
Patricia Barrett Dell and Jodie Elliott Carol Meckstroth Billy and Carolyn Nowlen Tony and Millie Plyler Walt and Betty Riggin Mary Cunningham Henrietta McWillie Polly Davis Tony & Millie Plyler
Jenny Singleton Jim and Sylvia Hudson David Taylor Tony & Millie Plyler William K. Thompson, Jr. Mary L. Thompson
Pat Bunch Royce Clark (Mike and Linda Clark) Tracy and Dillon Hice (Donna Hunter) Daryl Horne (Terry Hoffman) Mica, Rob, Sebastian and Piper Victoria
Bridger Knight (Millie and Tony Plyler) Hans Laufer (Walt and Betty Riggan) Sandy Thomas (Harold and Ruby Kershner) Jimmy Thompson (G Moore) Pam and Buck Warnock (Donna Hunter) Harold Williams
Prayers For Our People Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (Romans 12:12)
Prayer requests will remain on the list for 4 weeks. Please call or email the church office to place someone on the prayer list or re-list someone at the end of 4 weeks.
Congratulations Rob, Mica, and Sebastian Jones
and Grandparents Gene and Carol Ghent On the birth of Piper Victoria Jones
January 31, 2017 at 7:49 am. She weighed 4 lbs and was 19 inches long
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Joan Clark and I will serve as your elders for Education and Outreach in 2017. I am grateful to be a member of a church that does so much to help others. As I put my thoughts together for this newsletter article, these outreach ministries came to mind.
We are very fortunate to have two elders, Gwen Starnes and Doug McDonald, involved in very important ministries the past several years. Gwen has spearheaded donations of clothing and toiletries to organizations that assist persons who live in very destitute circumstances. Doug has travelled with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance across the country to lend his expertise and knowledge to help people whose lives have been uprooted by natural disasters. Even though Gwen and Doug have completed their present terms as elders, they will continue to be committed to the ministries they hold most dear. Our church family and friends have been generous in their contributions in other ways. The Angel Coat project provides warm clothing for children at Baron DeKalb Elementary. We raise funds for local food charities with Dimes for Hunger and Souper Bowl of Caring. There is a donation box in the fellowship hall for donations of canned goods. The summer’s Camp in A Van program would not be possible without our church’s commitment to children who live within and also beyond the boundaries of our community. One of our new outreach programs will be the printing of postcards that will have the times of our church services (both on the Hill and at Lakeside). The dates of our six unified services will be included as well as church contact and website information. We encourage church members and friends to pick up a few of the cards to share with folks in the community. As I composed this article, the words of the following hymn came to mind. Let’s challenge ourselves to sing (or even hum) a few lines of it each day to express our resolution to strengthen our outreach efforts. Joan and I hope you will contact us with new outreach ideas.
Give of your best to the Master; Give Him first place in your heart; Give Him first place in your service; Consecrate every part. Give, and to you will be given; God His beloved Son gave;
Gratefully seeking to serve Him, Give Him the best that you have.
With Much Love to You All, Laura Horton
A Message from the Clerk of Session… Greetings from the session of Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. As the new Clerk of Session for 2017, I have been asked to write a summary of the January 15th session meeting. First, I would like to say I am honored and humbled at the responsibility given to me by the session and I ask for each member to continue to pray for your session as we try and discern God’s will for Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. The session met with members of the church and community concerning the future of the Country Store which has for some time needed repairs. Sylvia Hudson, John Thompson, and Lisa Towell met with the session to discuss options including forming a committee to develop a plan for restoration and use of the country store building. The session moderator presented the session with an opportunity to have Dr. David Leininger (former pastor of LHPC) come and visit our church to lead a worship service and talk to us about his book A Color Blind Church in a panel discussion to follow worship. His book is available on Amazon or you could borrow it from one of the session members when we get done reading it. ☺ Dr. Leininger’s book is a brief history of his attempt to merge LHPC with Messiah Presbyterian Church in the 1980’s. The 5k LakeStride and Fun Run will be held at the Lakeside Pavilion on April 22nd. Please clear your schedules and get those running shoes warmed up. All proceeds from the Lake Stride event will go to help fund the Camp in a Van summer day camp for the youth of Liberty Hill and surrounding area. This is a great way for us all to do a little outreach ministry, any and all volunteer help is welcome. You may also notice a change in the bulletin with the prayer list. The session has started to implement a few changes to help those who use this list for prayer. As we continue in this time of transition please know that your session is working for you through the Holy Spirit. If you have any concerns, please contact a member of the session, our Interim Pastor, Dot, or the church office. As the Clerk of Session I am available via email: [email protected] or phone 803-804-4342. Thank you for the opportunity to give the highlights of the January Session Meeting. See you in church on Sunday, and remember Sunday school is help in the education building and Miss Bettie Richards Hall at 10 a.m.
