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Reading Race Book Group Begins New Book 6-21

Southport Presbyterian Church Posted on June 7, 2022 by SPC NewsJune 7, 2022

The Reading Race book discussion group will be offering a three-week study on All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles, winner of the National Book Award 2021 for Nonfiction. The book can be ordered from Amazon or other book stores. We invite church members and friends to join us Tuesday, June 21, June 28, and July 12, from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. on the Rocking Chair Porch at Southport Presbyterian Church. For more information, contact Carol Snyder – carolbernardsnyder@gmail.com, 910-253-4536

Tiya Miles is a professor of history, Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University.

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May Forum Classes Focus on Caregiving for Those with Dementia

Southport Presbyterian Church Posted on April 5, 2022 by SPC NewsJune 10, 2022

“Sharing Experience and Hope about Caregiving for a Person with Dementia” will be the topic for our May Adult Forum Classes. We will meet in the Session Room from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, 8, 15, and 22.
The first three Sundays, Carol Snyder will make a short presentation from ”The Savvy Caregiver Manual” (a caregiving system developed by the Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University and taught as a six-week class by Lower Cape Fear LifeCare (LCFLC). Following the presentation, we will break into small groups to share ideas, strategies, and hope.
On May 22, we will have a guest, Erin Gora, Memory Care Partners social worker with LCFLC. Erin will talk about the work of Memory Partners and resources offered, and she will answer questions or help us find answers.
Please note: There will be no Forum Sunday School class on Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 29.

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Join Us for the “WilmingtoNColor” Tour March 26

Southport Presbyterian Church Posted on March 8, 2022 by SPC NewsMarch 9, 2022

Want to learn more about the history in Wilmington? Join us, Saturday, March 26th for a bus tour with WilmingtoNColor. The cost is $35 per person, and the tour is two hours. WilmingtoNColor is the only shuttle tour that shares the stories of African American achievements and legacy in the city of the only successful Coup D’etat on U.S. soil.
Contact Pastor Joanna to find out more information and sign up. For more information about WilmingtoNColor, go to https://www.wilmingtoncolor.com/.

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Book Discussion Group Changes to Sun., Jan. 30, 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Southport Presbyterian Church Posted on January 19, 2022 by SPC NewsMarch 5, 2022

You are invited to join a six-part discussion group on the 2021 Pulitzer-Prize winning non-fiction book, Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino. Learn about our local history and be challenged by a different and broader perspective on the present. We will read, discern, and grow together.

The discussion group will meet on six consecutive Sundays beginning Jan. 30. Before the meeting, please read the Prologue and Chapters 1 through 4 (30 pages). If you have questions about the book and/or you would like to be part of this discussion group, please contact Associate Pastor Joanna Hipp, who will provide you with the Zoom link.

Book Summary, Grove/Atlantic, Inc. , publisher:

“By 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina, was a shining example of a mixed-race community-a bustling port city with a thriving African American middle class and a government made up of Republicans and Populists, including black alderman, police officers, and magistrates. But across the state-and the South-white supremacist Democrats were working to reverse the advances made by former slaves and their progeny. They were plotting to take back the state legislature in the November 8th election and then use a controversial editorial published by black newspaper editor Alexander Manly to trigger a “race riot” to overthrow the elected government in Wilmington.

With a coordinated campaign of intimidation and violence, the Democrats sharply curtailed the black vote and stuffed ballot boxes to steal the 1898 mid-term election. Two days later, more than 2,000 heavily armed white nightriders known as Red Shirts swarmed through Wilmington, terrorizing women and children and shooting at least sixty black men dead in the streets. The rebels forced city officials and leading black citizens to flee at gun point while hundreds of local African Americans took refuge in nearby swamps and forests. This brutal insurrection is the only violent overthrow of an elected government in U.S. history. It halted gains made by blacks and restored racism as official government policy, cementing white rule for another seventy years. It was not a “race riot” as the events of November 1898 came to be known, but rather a racially-motivated rebellion launched by white supremacists.

In Wilmington’s Lie, David Zucchino uses contemporary newspaper reports, diaries, letters, and official communications to create a gripping narrative that weaves together individual stories of hate, fear, and brutality. This is a dramatic and definitive account of a remarkable but forgotten chapter of American history”–

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Barrie Shepherd Publishes New Collection

Southport Presbyterian Church Posted on November 18, 2021 by SPC NewsNovember 18, 2021

Just in time for Christmas, J. Barrie Shepherd has written and published “A Way With Words: A Poetic Path Toward Christmas and the Days Beyond,” a collection of recent verse, beginning with Advent – Epiphany themes, and continuing through the year. The book sells for $10 per copy (plus $2 for postage etc.), and all proceeds, beyond cost, will be donated to the Scarborough or Chebeague Island Maine food pantries. This sample poem, below, gives a preview of the contents. To order, contact barrieshep@aol.com, 207 510 1637, or 15 Piper Road – K 325, Scarborough, ME 04074. Here is a sample from the book:

Nativity Play
Amid sheepish shepherds,
embarrassed kings, awkward angels
with their bent-coat-hanger wings –
my most unforgettable character
is the tender-hearted lad
assigned to play the inn keeper,
who undid the whole production
when he assured the wandering couple,
“You folks are so, so lucky.
We just had a cancellation.”


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“Being Presbyterian” Course Begins Oct. 31

Southport Presbyterian Church Posted on October 25, 2021 by SPC NewsNovember 7, 2021

Pastors Robb and Joanna are teaching a course called “Being Presbyterian” in which we combine officer training with new member orientation and adult education. It is a six-week course starting Sunday, October 31 at 9:45 am. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall. This is for new members and officers to learn more about the history of the PC(USA), Southport Presbyterian Church, and each other.

We also invite anyone in the church wanting a refresher of Presbyterian history/polity or anyone who is just interested in being together to join us.

Session 1: October 31 “Who We Are”
Session 2: November 7 “Church History”
Session 3: November 14 “Reformed Beliefs”
Session 4: November 21 “Presbyterian Polity”
Session 5: November 28 “SPC Mission Statement”
Session 6: December 5 “Officer Examination”

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Southport Presbyterian Church

1025 East Moore Street
Southport, NC 28461
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Rev. Robert H. Lapp, Interim Senior Pastor
Rev. Joanna E. Hipp – Associate Pastor
Laurie Russ – Music Director

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