Pastor Mark Toone: My wife Cyndi loves old murder mysteries like Columbo. And I’ll watch them with her, but I find the commercials on those channels equally entertaining. Retired game show hosts (who are obviously financial experts) are pitching gold or silver or reverse mortgages or insurance or something else they promise is going to […]
Living Life Backwards
On our vacation, Cyndi and I played a lot of golf. But one hole we played was especially memorable. Terrifying, in fact. It was steep and the grass was wet. Cyndi said, “Shouldn’t we stay on the cart path? I said, “Nah…they’d have signs up if it were cart path only.” So, I started straight […]
Lord of the Sabbath | Luke 6:1-11 | Chapel Hill Church
During the height of Covid a ruling came down from Orthodox Jewish leaders regarding hospital visitation on the Sabbath. They declared that the use of a handheld thermal monitor at the entrance to the hospital constituted work and therefore, was a violation of the Sabbath. Consequently, observant Jews were not allowed to visit the sick […]
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Don’t Miss the Mission
This past summer I had the privilege of visiting St Andrews, Scotland, for the first time. Of course, we did the golf thing, getting to walk the Old Course only days after the pros had finished the 150th Open tournament. But we were really there to experience first-hand the location where our Presbyterian tradition was […]
St. Andrews Sunday 2022
St. Andrews Sunday is a uniquely Chapel Hill tradition in which we celebrate our Scottish, Presbyterian, and Reformed heritage, and also remember those from our church family who have passed away, and on whose shoulders we stand. Enjoy all the music, prayers, and the time of remembrance as you watch this full service held Sunday, […]
The Call of Christ
“You learn more from failing than you ever learn from winning” Ellis said to our son Ezra as we walked away from his soccer game this weekend. “Quit while you are ahead” was more my motto growing up, I thought to myself. I never allowed myself to fail. Never failed a test, never failed a […]
Unexpected Jesus
“Expect the expected.” That was what Seattle Mariners’ manager Scott Servais said earlier this week when asked about this weekend’s wildcard playoff game between the Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays. And yesterday afternoon when l checked the score at the top of the 6th to see that the Mariners were down by 7 runs, […]
Robust Faith
Read more about Rev. Michael Davis here: https://epconnection.org/2022/08/25/michael-davis-named-epc-assistant-stated-clerk/ […]
Conquering the Splitter
A few days ago, I was dead asleep when my alarm went off. I almost always wake up before the alarm…and it was really loud…so I rolled over quickly to turn it off. What I didn’t realize was how close I was to the edge of the bed. I rolled right out of the bed…and […]
Finding Your Voice
Good morning, my Sweetheart Church! I’m Pastor Mark Toone and it is great to welcome you to the kickoff of another program year at Chapel Hill. I saw a lot of cheek-kissing going on in the foyer this morning so I assume you must have been here last week to hear Pastor Ellis’ sermon on […]