It is 8am onSunday, September 8th in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The team is waking up to a beautiful morning at the Eubank’s ranch. We have been blessed on this trip so far. Flights were as scheduled, and when we arrived in Chiang Mai at 10:30pm, the head of the airport and customs escorted us through […]
The Climb of Your Life!
Biblical Israel celebrated three annual festivals: Pentecost, Tabernacles and Passover. These were festivals of pilgrimage because every Jew within a certain distance of Jerusalem was required to stop what they were doing and travel to the Holy City to join with hundreds of thousands of other Jews in those great celebrations. Because Jerusalem is built […]
GO Team to Thailand
GO Teams (Global Outreach Teams) are made up of members and friends of Chapel Hill. These are the members of our 2013 Thailand GO Team. Left to right: Jennifer Nickels, Linda Po, Brad MacKinnon, Jesse MacKinnon, Melodee MacKinnon, Molly MacKinnon, Sarah Hunt, Betsy Hunt, David Hunt, Laurie Dawson Not pictured: Sheri Fillmon, Katie Stanley The […]
GO Team to Cambodia
GOTeams (Global Outreach Teams) are made up of members and friends of Chapel Hill. These are the members of our 2013 Cambodia GO Team. Back row: Jonathan Lawson, Maurie-Lynn Lawson, David Fisher, Betsy Hunt, Craig Baldwin, Buck Frymier; Front row: Kathy Eliasen, Kevin Williams, Dan Griswold, Julie Hardin, Anita Baldwin Not pictured: Randy Cook Our GO […]
Buzz…
Around the church and around the community, everyone is getting ready. The air is filled with the buzz of busyness. Kids are preparing to go back to school after what I hear to be one of the most beautiful summers we have had. Parents are hurrying to gather school supplies. College students are embarking on […]
my story: key free clinic
One primary care physician for 18,000 people? Fact or fiction? […]
What a Night!
I don’t remember whose idea it was. Someone in one of our leadership groups said, “What if we had a baptismal service in the harbor?” Then came all the reasons it might not work. We have never tried it before. It will be cold. Where can we hold it? Will anyone come? How will we […]
A Church Worth Visiting on Vacation
If you’ve been around CHPC for a while, you know that the Toones take vacation mid-summer. We did and it was a wonderful, restful time. Thank you for that gift. But, you might ask, why did we see you guys sneaking around here on Sunday morning and Monday nights in July and August? Because, we […]
Discovering Cherries & Prison Ministry
You know what’s the best thing about settling into a new home? Finding all the undiscovered treasures the owner left behind. Guess what we have found? Rainier cherry trees–2 of them! An apple tree, a pear tree (which I initially thought was a “suck-uh! tree.” I’m glad I didn’t chop it down), and huckleberry bushes. […]
Summer Reading
Frog and Amy Orr-Ewing, friends from Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, have been encouraging conversation about the adventurous life of the Christian and the questions of those seeking God. I know many of you have picked up the books they have written about these same things as you dig deeper to make God known yourself! We […]