CEDAR MOUNTAIN NEWS FOR 8-14-2025

HUNGER COALITION MONTHLY FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITES

1st Thursday, Old GO Grocery parking lot (1232 Asheville Hwy), 2:30-4:00 pm.

2nd Thursday, Rosman Town Hall Pavilions, 2:30-4:00 pm.

3rd Thursday, Cedar Mountain Community Center, 2:30-4:00 pm.

4th Thursday, Quebec Community Center, 2:30-4:00 pm.

FAITH MEMORIAL CHAPEL welcomes folks of all denominations to our services, held on Sundays at 11:00 AM.  We meet only in the summer and have no membership roll, so you won’t feel like a guest.  Each Sunday, we have clergy from different churches that visit us to lead the service and we are blessed to also have great music to accompany the great message!  On August 17th, we welcome the Reverend Thomas C. Brown to lead our worship service and proclaim the gospel. Rev. Thomas “T” Brown is the Rector of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Greenville, South Carolina.  This Sunday, we also welcome Kelsie Barrineau. Kelsie Barrineau is a rising senior at Furman University, studying Vocal Performance under Dr. Bronwen Forbay for a Bachelor’s of Music as well as a minor in Linguistics. She is a soprano with a passion for singing Opera and Classical music. She currently sings as part of the Furman Singers Choir and the Sanctuary Choir of First Baptist Church of Greenville as a Choral Herring Scholar. 

Submitted by Earle Oxner

SEE OFF HOMESTEADERS COMMUNITY CENTER by Doug Poad

Greetings, neighbors and friends.

As summer marches on… please join us for our August potluck this Sunday, August 17th.

Our program speaker will be Maury Bandurraga.  It promises to be a very colorful program, as she tells us about how she grows and maintains beautiful Dahlias like this at their place in Slick Rock.

Bring a friend and bring your dish at 5:30 pm and we’ll socialize for a bit before eating at 6:00 pm. Michael & Nancy Rosenthal, Dana Greenberg, and Lesin Dippold are our hosts for this potluck (thanks, folks).  Bring your own plates & utensils if you are of a mind to do so – it reduces our contributions to the landfill. 

If you haven’t seen any of the videos of the work to rebuild/repair Becky Mountain Road that Heath Cowart and Melinda Hendershott have been making, you can see them here.  The first one is after the storm and the others show several days in the life of the project.  It’s still scheduled to be open for traffic in early-mid October.  We plan on having some sort of event to celebrate regaining this convenient way on and off our mountain, so watch for more info about it.

·       10 FEB 25 - Five months after the storm - www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUHJ1q6ZQo

·       22 July 25 - The day repair work started - www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYlaD56GWZ4

·       24 July 25 - Two days and showing progress - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DgcDzQxqlY

·       25 July 25 - Not sure how the structure will work yet - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKj52wgE7CI

·       29 July 25 - Lots of drilling and pumping of concrete - www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6p9eZjgm74

·       30 July 25 - Soil nailing continues - www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE025A-2GG8

If you see work starting across from Holden cemetery on the land owned by Transylvania Habitat for Humanity, it’s to start grading for two homes that will be built for families displaced by Hurricane Helene.  We’ll get word out when it’s possible to go help build them and welcome the new neighbors to our community.  In the meantime, Habitat has also started prep work on the Leviskia’s house a little down from the Slick Rock mailbox row.

Doug Poad 828-883-5673 (H) / 330-323-0316 (C)

SUPPORT & RENEWAL AT TERRA NOVA CENTER:

The Terra Nova Center, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, is hosting a fundraiser Indian dinner and cultural event on August 23rd.  Located on Reasonover Road in Cedar Mountain, the center sustained significant damage from Hurricane Helene, including building damage and over 100 fallen trees across the property. Your support is vital to clear and restore the trails for visitors, repair the cherished spaces, and to ensure the continued preservation of the 105-year-old chapel. A dedicated team is honored to continue serving this sacred land that touches everyone who visits.

Fundraiser Indian Dinner and Cultural Event itinerary options:

This special evening will nourish your body, mind, and soul, leaving you with a truly enriching experience. Joyce Baila shares, "The sound bath, Indian food presentation with a delicious buffet dinner and Tibetan art presentation culminating with a heartwarming dance concert moved me to tears! The entire experience was magical and we all felt it."

Evening Program: 2:30 - 7:30 PM ($65/guest)2:30 - 4:15 PM | Sound Bath: A deeply relaxing session led by Kim Johnson.4:30 - 5:30 PM | Indian Dinner: A captivating food presentation and delicious Indian buffet dinner by Tanamayi.5:45 - 6:45 PM | Perspectives on reality through Art: A concise exposure to shared truth through the medium of Buddhist Art by Yogesh.7:00 - 7:30 PM | Dance Concert: A heartwarming Indian classical fusion dance concert by Tanamayi.Full-Day Experience: ($85/guest)In addition to the evening program, this full-day option includes a variety of fun workshops and activities, including a special creative workshop offered by Melissa Martin Julien, the founder of Properflower.com; but please feel free to attend only the workshops that fit your schedule.

10:00 - 11:30 AM | Classical Yoga: Learn Brain Yoga and gentle Breathing practice to help with Alzheimer's, ADHD and anxiety, a session led by Yogesh and Tanamayi.

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lake Activities & Guided Hike: Enjoy leisurely lake activities facilitated by Joyce Baila and a guided hike by Kamala Beissinger in the property.1:00 - 2:00 PM | Foraged Woodlands Design: Join Melissa Martin Julien from Properflower.com for an exciting creative workshop.Complimentary for all:8:00-9:00 PM | Campfire, storytelling and star gazing if weather permits.Dress Code:

10:00-2:30 pm | Morning Activities: Casual comfortable clothes, bringing your options for yoga, swimming, paddle boarding, kayaking and guided hike.

2:30-7:30 pm | Evening Program: Festive mode like club house dinner attire but not mandatory.

Your participation will help us restore Terra Nova's beautiful space and continue its legacy of inspiration, healing and support of local artists.

To register, please contact 615-900-4320 | info@terranovacenter.org | originintegrative@gmail.com.

ROCKY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

SINGING SCHOOLS AND CONVENTIONS submitted by Patricia Stahl

Homecoming will be held on Sunday, August 24 at 10:30 am.  Our guest singers this year are brothers Travis, Justin, and Jared Burns and their father Jim Burns of South Carolina. They are leaders of music in their churches and descendants of Street Burns, one of the original trustees of Rocky Hill Baptist Church.  Dr. Mike Whitson, also a descendant of Street Burns, will bring the message.  In the early 1900’s, all day or week long singing schools were held in the mountain churches for young and old alike. These schools taught the “Rudiments of Music, Sight Singing, Ear Training, Voice Culture, Harmony and Composition, and Method of Teaching and Conducting.” This description of the instruction was taken from a first-grade certificate of proficiency awarded to Miss Nellie Lee of Rocky Hill Baptist Church in Cedar Mountain in February of 1916 by the Eagle’s Normal Musical Institute. Interdenominational singing conventions of the county church choirs were also held with J.W. Burns of Cedar Mountain presiding over the competitions between the choirs. Mr. Burns also taught singing schools in the churches of the area. In May of 1921, an all-day open air singing for Carr’s Hill, Glady Branch and Rocky Hill Baptist Churches was held at Connestee Falls with dinner on the grounds and another all-day singing was held on Easter Sunday of 1919 on the grounds of the Brevard Institute.  Please join us in worship as we celebrate the 150th year of Rocky Hill Baptist Church.  We, too, will have dinner on the grounds.

CEDAR MOUNTAIN CANTEEN announces Community Storytelling on Friday, September 26 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm a year after Helene. Share your stories of love and community resilience.  There will be a potluck dinner too. As we near the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene we hold in our hearts the love and community we experienced and continue to experience.  The Canteen would not be open if it wasn’t for all the volunteer labor, help and donations our community provided and continues to provide.  We still have a lot to do to get back to where we were.  We want to take a moment and celebrate how far we have come in the past year because of our community.We are hosting an evening of storytelling on September 26th and a community potluck.  We will be recording the stories and will share them on our Canteen TV station.  Please join us and share your story and listen to others as we celebrate the strength and love of our precious village.With deep gratitude. 

The Cedar Mountain Canteen

An employee-owned cooperative

A “BEAR WISE” PROGRAM FROM NC WILDLIFE will be held at the Cedar Mountain Community Center on Saturday, August 30th at 2 o’clock. Hosted by the Sequoyah Woods Homeowners Association and the Community Center, the program is free and open to everyone.

AROUND THE HOUSE by Linda Packer Young

The Cedar Mountain News broadcast can be seen on CMCTV

 https://streamyard.com/i3pxgk6ysgzp this week and can also be seen at The Cedar Mountain Canteen website cedarmountaincanteen.com.  Tod and I shared the Cedar Mountain News this last week so be sure to check it out. 

Excellent program at the Cedar Mountain Community Center Tuesday nite.  Habitat for Humanity educated us on the things Habitat does to help people.  More than I ever imagined.  Thanks Habitat.