The Liberty Hill Connection
Volume 26, Issue 8
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
Last Sunday @ Lakeside
Sunday, Sept. 4 @ 9:00 AM
Communion will be served at the Lake and on the Hill
Adult & Youth Sunday School Begin Sun, Sept. 11, 10:15 AM
We’ll all be back on the Hill on Sunday, September 11th
for Worship (at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM)
and Sunday School at 10:15 AM
Bible Study Girls Field Trip
Saturday, Sept. 17
Beth Moore Simulcast at Malvern Hill Baptist Church in
Camden. Please turn to page 10 for details.
September Soaking Prayer Wed., Sept. 21 @ 5:30 PM
LHPC Sanctuary, 20 Meeting Lane, Liberty Hill
Dinner and a Movie
Friday, Sept. 30 @ 6:30 PM
The Macdonalds will host the event and plan the menu. The
movie will be The Blind Side. Please call the church office by
Wednesday, September 28 to RSVP.
Dorothy Jean Killian, “Dot,” is a native of Rock Hill, South
Carolina. She has lived all of her life in the Carolinas, but
enjoys travel both inside and outside the United States.
Dot was baptized when she was 8 years old at Boyd Hill
Baptist Church. In 2000, she joined Hermon Presbyterian
Church (USA) where she currently serves as Ruling Elder.
Since June 2007, Dot has been a member of the staff of
Providence Presbytery where she serves as Associate
Presbyter (part-time) for Congregational Development &
Mission. She also serves as staff liaison to the Mission & Outreach Ministry
Team, Committee for Racial and Religious Reconciliation (CRRR). Dot has served
as Commissioner to the Synod, and as a member of the Mission Discernment
Task Force, Capital Campaign of Providence Presbytery, and the Permanent
Judicial Commission for the Presbytery and the Synod.
In April 2015, Dot received the Master of Divinity degree from Union Presbyterian
Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina. Dot was ordained as Minister of Word &
Sacrament on Sunday, August 14, 2016. For the last two years she has served as
pulpit supply in several of the churches in Providence Presbytery, and looks
forward to serving Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church as Interim Pastor beginning on
October 1, 2016.
Dot received her undergraduate degree in English and a Master’s Degree in
Teaching from Winthrop University. After teaching high school and college
English for 12 years, Dot enrolled in law school. She received her Juris Doctorate
from North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina.
Dot has practiced law since 1988, and is admitted to the South Carolina Bar, the
Bar of the Federal District Court for the District of South Carolina, the 4 th Circuit
Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. In 1997, Dot joined the
staff of the South Carolina Department of Social Services as a Regional
Attorney. In 2000, she was promoted to Assistant General Counsel where she
served until her retirement in 2014.
Dot has served as part-time municipal judge in Rock Hill, and as an adjunct
professor in the Political Science and Sociology Departments at Winthrop and in
the English Department at Clinton Jr. College. She is also a Certified Family
Court Mediator.
Welcome to LHPC, Dot! We are looking forward to your ministry here.
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May 15, 2016 Stated Meeting
Visitors and Session enjoyed fellowship over lunch and heard a testimony from Jessica Faulkenberry about her
“Chrysalis experience.”
July 17, 2016 Stated Meeting
The LHPC Wedding Policy was added as Section IV and the Sexual Misconduct Policy was added as Section V to the
LHPC Manual of Operations.
All Providence Presbytery Session clerks meet yearly so that Session Minutes can be reviewed by another Church’s
Clerk. The LHPC minutes were approved with no exceptions.
Session approved the May 24, 2016 Session Poll (Bicycle Tour des Trees Rest Stop):
Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church has been contacted by the coordinator of a group of cyclists of the STIHL Tour des
Trees to benefit the TREE Fund. On Friday, October 14, with nearly 500 miles of cycling behind them, (20 of those
miles logged that morning), about one hundred cyclists will be passing through Liberty Hill on their way from Camden
to have lunch at Andrew Jackson State Park.
As their request stated, "the riders will have logged 600 miles by week's end, planted a couple dozen new trees in North
and South Carolina, donated 500+ children's books to schools and libraries, and raised more than $300,000 for
research administered by the TREE fund that will extend the life span of trees living in urban environments. Just as
important, [they'll] have met countless people who share [their] love for this planet and [their] concern for its
welfare. [Their] hope is to build a sense of common cause with those [they] meet, and inspire them to stewardship of
the trees in their communities." The coordinator also shared that "[she] was impressed by the welcoming language on
[our] website, and hoped that [our] willingness to embrace diversity might extend to a gaggle of tree-crazy cyclists for a
morning."
They are asking if LHPC would "welcome [their] riders, applaud the good work they're doing, share some refreshments,
and accept [their] gift of a new tree on [our] site and some books for [a] local library."
I am asking you Elders to vote as to whether or not you would agree to LHPC welcoming and hosting the cyclists on
October 14. If you agree to welcome them then you are also agreeing to take part; i.e. help provide the refreshments,
serving and cleaning up, and being present, if at all possible, to be "the face of the church."
Session approved the minutes of the June 5, 2016, Called Session Meeting. (Pastor’s Retirement) and the Minutes of the
June 19, 2016 Congregational Meeting. (Pastor’s Retirement)
Session approved the Minutes of the June 26, 2016 Called Session Meeting. (Pastoral Care in interim). Brother Gene
will provide Pastoral Care and we will seek to find an Interim Pastor.
Session approved a poll to replace the HVAC unit in Bettie Richards Hall that ceased functioning properly.
July 31, 2016 Called Meeting
Two visitors addressed Session on concerns about the direction the church has taken and will take during the transition
to an interim and then called pastor.
Session approved the July 22, 2016 Session Poll, Gift for Mary D. that is the larger of donations or $1000.
August 10, 2016 Called Meeting
Session voted to offer a call to Rev. Dot Killian as our interim pastor. Monetary terms would be the same as Dr. Hutch
Hutchison’s. Her ministry at LHPC would begin October 1, 2016. Her first Sunday in the pulpit could be October 2,
2016.
Approved Gene Ghent to cover pastoral and preaching duties through September.
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Joan Allen (Richard Van Ooyen)
Pam Granger Anderson (Sandy Granger)
Charlie Bailey
Doug and Lynn Barfield
Susan Beth (Richard Van Ooyen)
Charles Blackmon (Lisa Knight)
Rachel Blackmon (Lisa Knight)
Cory Blackmon (Harold and Ruby Kershner)
Braylon (Ken and Elaine Maree)
Brother Gene
Brenda Brown (Evelyn Finch)
Chris and Brenda Burns
Rose Calder (Ed and Pat Bunch)
Gladys Catoe (Carol Catoe)
Sandra Catoe
Agnes Cauthen
Joan Clark
Polly Davis (Terry Hoffman)
Jim and Jackie Delozier
Bud and Arlene Eldreth
Rick Eldreth (Bud and Arlene)
Maurice Fore (Jenny Hernandez)
Nicholas Hallman (Jerry and Trish Flynn)
Tommy Hammond (Bob and Carole Cook)
Joanne Hartley (Ed and Pat Bunch)
Glenda Harper (Belle Bailey)
Paul and Armalee Hinson
Maxine Hunter (Bernice Branham)
Sandra Ives (Walt and Betty Riggan)
Rachel Lee (Page Kardack)
Johnny and Suzanne Jackson (Sandy Granger)
Allie Jeffords (Gene and Carol Ghent)
Donna Johnson (Terry Hoffman)
Angie Matthews (Caroleene Couick)
Christine McCallion (George and Alexandria
Harkins)
Dana Couick McGuirt (Caroleene Couick)
Pat Moree (Pat Bunch and Jeanette Robinson)
Lee Morris (Bernice Branham)
Andy Morrison (Bernice Branham)
Susan Mosley (Harold Williams)
John Mullis (Terry Hoffman)
Deneen Neubauer and her family (Neal and Delisa
Clark)
Colleen Ogburn and the Ogburn Family (Ina Horton)
David Ogburn (Ina Horton)
Darlyn Owens (Ruby Kershner)
Douglas Owens (son of Jack and Barbara Owens)
Alan Patterson
Elaine Plyler (Bernice Branham)
Lisa Pratt (Joan Ward)
Lee Riffle (Chet Riffle)
Elaine Robertson (Benny and Vivian Ray)
Morrison and Jeanette Robinson
Janice Rogers
Hope Rollins (Sandy Granger)
Steve Rothrock (Peggy Sneed)
Sunshine Smith and the Smith Family
Bonnie Sullivan (Ina Horton)
Kendall Trudeau (Merilyn Roll)
Margaret Truesdale (Merilyn Roll)
Doug Tyndall (Joan Ward)
Margaret Tyndall (Joan Ward)
Ed Valentine
Unnamed Family (Sandy Granger)
Unspoken Request (Terry Hoffman)
Joseph Wages (Jim and Jackie Delozier)
Van White (Page Kardack)
Carol Wallace (Bonnie Jones)
Pam and Buck Warnock (Donna Hunter)
Betty Young
Our sympathies are with Sunshine, Don and the Smith family on the passing of
Sunshine’s brother, Marvin L. ‘Chip’ Smith on August 20, 2016.
Josh Kershner
Harold and Ruby Kershner’s grandson
Daniel Scruggs and his shipmates on the USS Carl Vinson
Neal and Delisa Clark’s son
Please call the church office with answered prayers or prayer requests so that
the list can be updated regularly.
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Memorials
Nell Steele Carter
Gudrun Agnes Goebel (continued)
Charlie and Belle Bailey
Mickey and Melinda Clyburn
Caroleene Couick
Del and Jodie Elliott
Donna Hunter
Bonnie Jones and Perry Watford
Tony and Millie Plyler
Walt and Betty Riggan
Morrison and Jeanette Robinson
Betty Young
Jim and Sylvia Hudson
Donna Hunter
Corrie and Todd Hurst
Michelle, Stewart, Charlie and Jacqueline Hurst
Sonny, Shirley, Keith and Kevin Hurst
Bonnie Jones and Perry Watford
Carol Meckstroth
John and Laura Motis
Grady and Sylvia Mullis
Tony and Millie Plyler
Walt and Betty Riggan
Morrison and Jeanette Robinson
Merilyn Roll
Baxter and Gwen Starnes
Thomas A. Thomas
Betty Young
Kevin John Dornblaser
Jane West
Gudrun Agnes Goebel
Charlie and Belle Bailey
Ben Hill Griffin, Inc.
Elliott S. Close
Caroleene Couick
Kenneth and Sandra De Vane
Del and Jodie Elliott
Marvin L. ‘Chip’ Smith
Tony and Millie Plyer
Walt and Betty Riggan
Morrison and Jeanette Robinson
A Special Thank You to Jim and Sylvia Hudson
From Richard Van Ooyen:
Thank you for all your help and support over
the past 5 years. You are more than
neighbors… you are family.
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The words of “Jesus Loves the Little Children” without fail prompts
me to stop for a few moments to offer a prayer of thanksgiving for the
love and support our church shows for the children in our church
family and in our community. Over the past few months Liberty Hill
Presbyterian Church has demonstrated that love and support in some
very important ways.
In June we hosted our third Camp in a Van program. Many of our
church members contributed snacks, made financial contributions, and
volunteered time and talents to make this camp the best experience to
date. During the camp there was concern raised about the condition of
the playground equipment. Thus, a fundraising effort was begun in
late June. In less than two months approximately $7200.00 has been
collected to create an area that is more purposeful and with equipment
that is more durable. In the pre-school area, we are grateful for the
work that Mike Clark, Lloyd Douglas, and George Harkins have done
to the surface area. We are awaiting the arrival of two interactive panels that will be installed
as quickly as possible. The plans are to budget approximately one-half of the funds for the pre
-school area and to use the remaining funds to purchase a commercial grade swing set for all
ages.
Once again we have answered a need of socks and underwear expressed by Baron DeKalb
Elementary School. A large box, overflowing with those clothing items, was delivered to the
school this week.
Our next outreach event for our children and their families will be the annual Fall Festival on
Sunday, October 23rd. After the 11:00 service we will enjoy a hot dog lunch before the games
and activities begin. Last year’s Cake Walk was a very successful addition and we will be
calling on volunteers to provide the cakes and cookies for the Cake Walk. Proceeds from the
Cake Walk will be added to our Dimes for Hunger collection.
I am so very grateful for every contribution that has been made. These outreach efforts to our
children and their families will touch lives for many, many years. The little white church on
the hill makes an amazing difference in our community and far beyond. There is no greater
gift than the love we bestow upon a child of God.
Laura Horton, Care Team Elder for Children and Youth
Children’s and Youth Sunday School Begins on Sunday, September 11
Our Fall Children's and Youth Sunday School curriculums range from Preschool through
High School. Miss Izetta will lead the Preschool Sunday School. Laura Horton will lead
study for the older children. Sunday School begins at 10:15 each Sunday morning.
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August 5, 2016 - A Very Special Day for Wateree Lake, Liberty Hill and LHPC
Representatives from the SC Department of Natural Resources, Duke Energy, SC Conservation Bank,
local politicians and numerous other agencies met with the family of Austin Sheheen, Sr. at the
Liberty Hill Wildlife Management Area on the morning of Friday, August 5, 2016. The gathering was
to formally dedicate more than 3,400 acres as the Austin Sheheen, Sr. Natural Resources Area at
Liberty Hill Wildlife Management Area.
Mr. Sheheen, who died in 2000, began his love affair with Wateree Lake in 1948 when his rented
cabin was one of only three on the lake. In 1964 he and his family gained title to the property with
five generations now having grown up on these shores. With Sheheen’s grandson Sen. Vincent
Sheheen’s initiative and help from many individuals, state and federal agencies, the site will be
preserved for families to enjoy for generations to come. It is open (per the Chronicle-Independent’s
August 9, 2016 article), for public recreation, including hiking, hunting, bird watching and fishing.
Following the dedication event, Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church served as the venue for a luncheon
for family, friends and business associates in Miss Bettie Richards Fellowship Hall. The room was
decorated beautifully, the caterer’s food filled the air, and as guests arrived, I was blessed with the
task of greeting and welcoming each to LHPC. They were all so appreciative and grateful that we
shared our facilities with them. They especially appreciated the air conditioning as it had been a very
warm morning on the lake! Many had never been to our church on the Hill and were amazed at the
beauty and serenity they found here. Once again, friend and stranger alike are touched by this little
historic church. It just warms my heart each time I see people’s reaction.
I am deeply appreciative that SCDNR offered to leave me the poster boards that were on display
during their luncheon that feature photographs of the dedication site, a history of Mr. Sheheen’s
involvement with preserving the lake, as well as an aerial depiction of the property. One of the posters
is on display in the Gene Rollins Ministry Library. When our Sunday Lakeside members and friends
return to Sundays on the Hill, you are encouraged to stop by the library. From time to time, I will
change out the posters for all to enjoy.
To visit the newly dedicated area, turn off Hwy 97 in Liberty Hill onto Singleton Creek Road (near
the Post Office). Take the first right onto Wildlife Road and travel 3 miles to a split rail fence on the
left with an informational kiosk surrounded by a parking area.
Sylvia Hudson, LHPC Historian
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Merilyn Roll
Ed Valentine
11:00 AM- Worship Service, LHPC
10:15 AM– Adult and Youth Sunday School
9:00 AM– Worship Service, LHPC
11:00 AM- Worship Service, LHPC
10:15 AM– Adult and Youth Sunday School
9:00 AM– Worship Service, LHPC
11:00 AM- Worship Service, LHPC
10:15 AM– Adult and Youth Sunday School
9:00 AM– Worship Service, LHPC
Chris Burns
Anne Thompson
11:00 AM- Worship Service, LHPC
9:00 AM- Worship God at the Lake, Lakeside
Pavilion (Last Sunday at the Lake)
COMMUNION
Sunday
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Art Shealy
Phylis Elliott
Joe Todd
Ron Small
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LHPC Office Closed
Monday
Lee Ann Parker
Betty Riggan
Tuesday
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7:00 PM
Choir Practice
7:00 PM
Choir Practice
5:30-6:30 PM
Soaking Prayer
7:00 PM
Choir Practice
Benny Ray
7:00 PM
Choir Practice
Wednesday
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9:00 AM
Thursday
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6:30 PM
Dinner and a Movie
The Blind Side
Miss Bettie Richards
Hall
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Lakeside Reserved
Campbell Rehearsal
Paul Hinson
Lakeside Reserved
Gainey/Kelly
Rehearsal
Friday
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Birthdays are italicized.
Lakeside Reserved
Campbell Wedding
BSG Field Trip
Malvern Hill Baptist
Donna Hunter
Nancy Macdonald
Lakeside Reserved
Gainey/Kelly
Wedding
Saturday
"Long Ago at Liberty Hill"
By Sylvia Hudson
(The following statements come from “Liberty Hill News” articles as
reported in the Wateree Messenger and Camden Chronicle by
correspondent G. R. Clements and later, by Miss Louise Johnston.)
WATEREE MESSENGER: September 5, 1938
Kansas is known as the Sunflower state, but we think Liberty Hill is
due some distinction also in the production of the beautiful yellow
flowers. They are to be seen in many places here and a lady friend tells
of one plant at her home 14 feet high, the stalk 7 inches in circumference, with 200 blooms.
We think this is quite a record. Can anyone surpass it? (THAT is some sunflower! SCH)
CAMDEN CHRONICLE: September 24, 1940
A costly fire was no doubt prevented by the timely discovery of smoke issuing from a bale of
cotton on the platform of the Mackey-Jones company late Saturday evening. The bale had
been ginned, bought and put on the platform late the same day with thirty or forty other bales
CAMDEN CHRONICLE: September 23, 1941
Flying Cadet C.D. Cunningham, Jr., spent the week end with his parents here. He was due to
return Tuesday for one week more of instructions and practice when he will receive his wings,
and become a full-fledged member of Uncle Sam’s flying corp. Everybody here is wishing for
him a safe and pleasant period of service when he goes on duty for the United States.
CAMDEN CHRONICLE: September 30, 1941
Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Cunningham and twin daughters, Misses Mary and Sarah, attended the
graduating exercises of their son and brother, C. D. Cunningham, Jr., at the aviation school in
Selma, Ala., on Friday last. They saw him receive his diploma and wings. He was
commissioned a second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Craig Field, at Selma,
Alabama, on September 26.
CAMDEN CHRONICLE: September 2, 1949
On account of the stormy weather on Sunday morning, there was no Sunday school or church
service. Rev. McDowell Richards, D.D., president of Columbia Theological Seminary at
Decatur, Ga., preached on Sunday evening to a large and attentive audience.
CAMDEN CHRONICLE: September 3, 1954
The South Carolina Highway Department has begun the work of grading and top soiling the
Church Hill road, preparatory to paving. (Presume this to be Meeting Lane. SCH)
CAMDEN CHRONICLE: September 18, 1957
The Thompson’s bird dog, Mary, was pulled out of an old well in the Thompson’s yard by the
Rescue Squad of Camden Sunday afternoon. The dog seemed to have no serious ill effects
from her accident.
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The Bible Study Sunday School Class will be studying 1 and 2 Peter this
year. Some of the themes will be "A Faith in the Fire" and "Holding Fast.” For
those who studied Ephesians last year, Peter’s books will solidify and come
alongside Paul’s book to the Ephesians. These two pillars of the early church
taught the same principles and are in agreement in what they say...
Come be with us. There will be a workbook that you can use or just refer to...
I know I always say, "It's just wonderful; it's the best yet!" I can't help myself!
Gods love letter to us… The Word is precious beyond explanation!
Gwen Starnes
The Discussion Sunday School Class will be titled "Martyr: A Christian
History.” It will be a series of discussions based on early Christian martyrdom. I
am focusing on biblical characters in the New Testament and how the acts of
these people affect our modern lives. There will be no book to buy. I am using
several different types of texts. I have been studying and preparing for this all
summer. Rob Jones
Bible Study Girls Fall Events and News
Bible Study Girls will kick off this year with the Beth Moore Simulcast at Malvern Hill Baptist Church
in Camden on Saturday, September 17. It is just about an all day event, usually lasting from about
9:00 in the morning till about 4:00/4:30 in the afternoon.. For those of you who have signed up, we
will be getting details on transportation and times to leave church next week.
We will meet once a month this fall, hopefully on the third Saturday morning of each month. Our
goal is to meet in a BSG home with food, fellowship, and Bible Study. Nancy is firming up all of the
arrangements and we will get out emails as soon as everything is finalized.
The first of the year, we will begin weekly Bible Study. Be considering which day would be best for
you....Tuesday evenings or Saturday mornings. Right now, the study that looks promising is Kelly
Minter’s All Things New. It is a study of 2 Corinthians.
Please be in prayer for our BSGs as we move forward. God has a plan for us and I know we all want
to be right in the middle of what He is doing.
Much love many prayers, Betty and Gwen
And, remember… “Any girl with a Bible is a Bible Study Girl.”
Dinner and a Movie Returns in September
On Friday, September 30th at 6:30 PM we will meet in Miss
Bettie Richards Hall to share a wonderful meal and watch the
inspiring The Blind Side. Our gracious hosts, Doug and Nancy
Macdonald, are still working on the menu.
Please call the church office by Wednesday, September 28 if you plan to attend.
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Liberty Hill Civic & Improvement Association
Quarterly Meeting
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Community Building
2386 Peays Ferry Road, Liberty Hill
President Jack Towell, Presiding
Terry’s Cleaning &
Organizing Service
704-576-2831
[email protected]
Tired of looking at the clutter?
Is it time to clear the cobwebs?
Let Terry do the all those things you keep putting off.
She’ll get you straight in no time!
She can be your own personal Girl Friday by:
Pet Sitting
 Gardening
 Caregiving
Deep cleaning for home sales &
closing up for the winter
 Monthly cleaning
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