CEDAR MOUNTAIN NEWS FOR 8-20-26

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 23rd, we welcome the Rev. Toni Pate. Toni is the founding Pastor of Trinity Church, an interdenominational church in downtown Greenville, SC. She has a special place in her heart for Faith Memorial Chapel-which has been a highlight of her summers for fifteen years. Music this Sunday will be provided by Amara Campanini. Amara is a rising sophomore at Furman University pursuing degrees in Vocal Performance and English. She grew up in Brevard, North Carolina, where she was a proud member of the Brevard High School choir as well as the BHS theater department. She is thrilled to be continuing her musical journey at Furman with Dr. Craig Price, and is so grateful to Faith Chapel for giving her an opportunity to share her singing and her faith.

HOMECOMING AT ROCKY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

The 151st year of worship at Rocky Hill Baptist Church will be celebrated this Sunday, August 24th at 10:30 am. Pastor Cliff McKnight and the church family would like to invite all to join with us. The Rev. Ralph Lee, Jr., will bring the message. He is a descendent of the original church trustees – Ralph Wellington Lee, Jackson Heath, Sr. and Street Burns, Sr. After serving fifty years as a pastor, Ralph retired last year from Great Swamp Baptist Church in Ridgeland, SC and is currently the interim pastor at Gillisonville Baptist Church in Ridgeland. Special music will be provided by the Rocky Hill Choir, members of Ralph’s family and visiting musicians. As always, a delicious potluck Cedar Mountain meal in the Family Life Center will follow the service. Fried chicken, fresh green beans, homemade potato salad, deviled eggs, heirloom tomatoes,

chocolate cake, peach pound cake, banana pudding and the Jones/Burns walnut cake will be just a few of the dishes on the tables. Come and join us!

NEW ICE CREAM PARLOR IN DOWNTOWN CEDAR MOUNTAIN

The Cedar Mountain Canteen Appalachian Cultural Center has opened a pop-up hand-dipped ice cream parlor! It is currently set up in our future music hall while we finish putting together the bakery and ice cream parlor. It will be open during Canteen hours, for now.  We are serving Artesana Ice Cream from Marion, NC. Delicious, wholesome and local! We currently have 8 dairy flavors, 1 no sugar added flavor and 3 dairy-free options. Come on by! We are excited to share. Bring your own bowl and spoon and save!

FALL CANTEEN GOLF LEAGUE STARTS SEPTEMBER 1 @ 5:30 PM

The Canteen’s Tuesday evening golf league is back for Fall.  The league will begin September 1st and will run through October 27th.  All levels are welcome for a relaxed walk around Sherwood Forest Golf Course. Weekly blind draw 2 person teams with daily and season winners.

When:  Tee off at 5:30 pm every Tuesday Starting:  September 2nd.

Where:  Sherwood Forest Golf Club, 129 Cardinal Rd, Brevard, NC 28718

REPAIR CAFE WITH TRANSYLVANIA SHARES AND BLUE RIDGE REPAIR CAFE

SEPTEMBER 26 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Have something that needs repaired? Bring it to the Repair Cafe hosted by Transylvania Shares and the Cedar Mountain Canteen on September 26 at 4:30 pm.  We are prepared to mend clothing, repair household appliances, furniture, tools…

Are you handy and able to repair things? We need you to help us staff our clinic. Everything is free and based on volunteers.

We are honored to be recognized and inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Trail.

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CEDAR MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CENTER RENTAL

To make a reservation, contact Caroline Chambers at 828-290-9662 or explore the details and booking options available at cedarmountaincommunitycenter.com/rental.

AROUND THE HOUSE by Linda Packer Young

I have been working on clearing out unneeded items so we took a box of books to the Transylvania County Library on Monday.  They seemed thrilled to get music and “how to” books.  Monday, August 31st, will be the final day to donate books for the upcoming October sale. The library requires this time to organize the inventory. Donations will be accepted only on Mondays between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM leading up to the deadline.

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