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Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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Efland Presbyterian Church completes its first building
Two years after twenty charter members organized the church under M. C. Arrowood, the congregation finished its first church at Efland.
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Women of Little River Presbyterian Church organize
The church's women first organized in 1927 with the help of the minister's wife, Mrs. J. W. Mann, forming three circles with about fifty members; the circles lasted until 1948.
Civil rights era · 1945–1975
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Efland Presbyterian Church dedicates a new sanctuary
A large bequest from a member's estate in 1952 let the congregation replace its worn 1910 church with a new building, dedicated on January 25, 1959.
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Bethlehem Presbyterian Church builds a manse
The Bethlehem congregation, which has shared ministers over the years with Hawfields, Cross Roads and Efland, built a manse in 1961.
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Buie Seawell preaches to a new Presbyterian congregation in Chapel Hill
University Presbyterian Church had hired Buie Seawell in 1965 as an associate minister to start a second Presbyterian church in town. He preached his first sermon to about 100 people in the Phillips Junior High School cafeteria, the beginning of the Church of Reconciliation.
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Orange Presbytery organizes the Church of Reconciliation in Chapel Hill
Presbytery formally organized the congregation that had been meeting since September 1966. Orange Presbytery and University Presbyterian Church later gave it a nine-acre site with an old house and barns.
Recent decades · 1976–2026
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The Church of Reconciliation worships for the first time in its own building
Almost eight years after receiving its land, the congregation built three units on the site and held its first service there on March 6, 1977.
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Fire damages the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church
An early-morning fire badly damaged the church's education building, and smoke and water damaged the sanctuary and Strudwick Hall; a commission was overseeing the rebuilding in 1988.
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New Hope Presbyterian Church installs a Brombaugh tracker organ
A mechanical-action organ built by John Brombaugh, his Opus 31B, was installed and voiced at New Hope Presbyterian Church on December 1, 1987.
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