Hinton Rural Life Center is home once again to a group from our church from July 30 - August 5. The Hinton Center is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. Click here for more information on Hinton.
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| The lake view from Hinton's porch. The porch is a gathering place and home to Sue Mitch's favorite rocking chairs! |
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| Hinton's chapel adjoins the porch - work site teams gather together to praise God and ask for blessings for their work each a.m. before going to work. |
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| One of the retreat houses - home-away-from-home at Hinton |
Sunday
Last night the KUMC bus and several cars arrived at the Hinton Rural Life Center in Hayesville, NC. This morning the group divided in two, with some on the lake boating and others worshiping at Oak Forest United Methodist Church. After a few hours of fun, we returned to Hinton and gathered with other churches for orientation. Once we learned our work groups for the week, we went to dinner and heard about the homes we would be working on. The night concluded with worship in the chapel and fellowship in the retreat house.
Monday
Morning came early, with groups packing lunch as early as 7:30. Fifteen minutes later, all of the churches gathered, participated in "morning exercise," and engaged in devotion. Breakfast followed, and soon KUMC's four work teams were loading cars to leave Hinton hill. It was a full day of work, but the teams returned to an excellent dinner prepared by the Hinton staff and the anticipation of the evening's devotion.
