International Friends

Come join us for our last Friday dinner of the semester this week at Chapel of the Cross on Franklin St at 6pm!  We’ll enjoy a delicious home cooked meal together and then learn how to make several American desserts.  There will also be a cooking contest, so bring a dish from your home country to enter.  If you are entering the cooking contest, please arrive with your dish at 5:45pm at the Chapel of the Cross.  There are microwaves available to reheat your food if necessary.  Prizes will be awarded for the best dishes!

This will also be Katelyn Dougherty’s last Friday dinner at UNC.  She is moving to London to continue working with international students there, so come tell her goodbye!

Hi everyone!  Did you know that Easter is this weekend?  This is the day that Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, and is a great day to visit an American church!  If you are interested in attending an Easter service this sunday, you can email International Friends at uncinternationalfriends@gmail.com and we’ll find you a ride.

There are also a couple of other opportunities this weekend…

Easter Lunch at an American Home

At Easter it is common for Americans to gather with friends and family for a meal.  Bonnie and Marty Schneider would like to invite you to their home this Saturday for an early Easter lunch (since Easter is Sunday).  We’ll enjoy a delicious home-cooked meal together and then talk about what Easter really is about.  If you would like to go, please email uncinternationalfriends@gmail.com.  

Space is limited, so please email soon.  We will meet at the ATMs on Raleigh Rd at 11:30am on Saturday and will drop you off in Chapel Hill after lunch by 3:30pm. 

Chapel Hill Bible Church Easter Festival

Come join members of the Chapel Hill Bible church as they celebrate Jesus’ resurrection at the annual Easter Festival from 4-7:30pm this Sunday. This is a great chance to see what Easter is all about.

The Easter Festival aims to give everyone “a taste of heaven” as we rejoice in the hope the resurrection has won for us. And in the festival we are especially looking forward to the day called  the Wedding Supper of the Lamb when we will be united with Jesus in heaven and will spend eternity with him! TheEaster Festival looks forward to that day with a theme of a wedding reception and includes:

• Live music cafe
• Art exhibit
• Pilgrim’s progress obstacle course for children
• Greek and Jewish dancing
• Children’s crafts
• Fine potluck dining
• Fellowship
• Group worship

If you would like to go, email us at uncinternationalfriends@gmail.com!

Come join us for dinner this Friday at 6pm as we celebrate Easter at Chapel of the Cross!  After dinner we will be making “resurrection cookies,” which is an edible Easter craft.  We will also be dyeing and decorating eggs, and a student will share briefly about the meaning of Easter.

The church is located at 304 East Franklin Street, beside the Morehead planetarium, at the corner of Raleigh street and Franklin Street.

There are a lot of bus routes that will take you to downtown Franklin Street – you could take the A route, the G route, the HS route, the N route, the NS route, the T route, or the NU route.  For more information about different bus options, click here.

We’ll see you tomorrow!

Come join us for dinner this Friday night at 6pm at the Chapel of the Cross Church!  We’ll enjoy a delicious home cooked meal and then participate in a special challenge night – a time to test your ingenuity, creativity, teamwork skills, and ability to think outside of the box!  Will you and your team be faster, higher, and stronger as you complete tasks?  Come on Friday to find out!  You will be tested, you will be challenged, and you will have a blast doing it!

This will also be Kate Hagborg’s last Friday dinner.  She is moving to Seattle to work with a church serving international students, so come tell her goodbye!

The church is located at 304 East Franklin Street, beside the Morehead planetarium, at the corner of Raleigh street and Franklin Street.

There are a lot of bus routes that will take you to downtown Franklin Street – you could take the A route, the G route, the HS route, the N route, the NS route, the T route, or the NU route.  For more information about different bus options, click here.

See you Friday!

The UNC group at last year’s discovery retreat!

Spring break isnt’ too far away – make plans now to join International Friends for a fun retreat at Camp Hanes in the beautiful foothills of North Carolina.

This retreat will take place on March 8-10, which is the first weekend of spring break.  That means that you could come with us and still have a whole week to travel or hang out with your friends afterwards!

There will be music, teaching from the Bible, a talent show, and much more!  This will also be a great opportunity to meet other international students who are studying in the Carolinas and Virginia and to enjoy some hiking!

The theme of the retreat is “finding your identity.”  Together we will see what the Bible has to say about who we are and how we can live lives full of meaning and purpose.

To register, please email Jim Herman at jherman7@bellsouth.net.  The cost is $67 for a single student, and $130 for a couple.

We hope to see you there!

Hi everyone!  We’re looking forward to this week’s Friday dinner, and we really hope to see you there!  Come join us this Friday, February 15th at 6pm as we celebrate two awesome holidays – Chinese New Year and Valentine’s day!  We’ll enjoy a delicious dinner and then play some really fun games, like chopsticks olympics!  

Just a reminder: we are no longer meeting in the school of public health.  They have changed their policy, and non-academic groups are no longer allowed to use their building.  However, we have a great new location: the Chapel of the Cross Church!  The church is located at 304 East Franklin Street, beside the Morehead planetarium, at the corner of Raleigh street and Franklin Street.  

There are a lot of bus routes that will take you to downtown Franklin Street – you could take the A route, the G route, the HS route, the N route, the NS route, the T route, or the NU route.  For more information about different bus options, click here.

See you on Friday!