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CityViewNC.com | 51 Personalized service from our team of professionals Traditional funeral services Cremation funeral services Cremations performed in our on-site crematory Chapel seating for over 200 people Pre-arrangement of funeral plans Family owned and operated Highland Funeral Service & Crematory SULLIVAN'S 910.484.8108 | 610 Ramsey Street | Fayetteville, NC with Brunswick stew or chili at Hay Street Methodist Church. Family members at Operation Inasmuch help glaze the donated pottery before the final firing at Greg's Art Pottery & Gis. "Our folks love to see somebody buy their bowl," Sue says. "'at's my bowl!' 'ey chose mine!' ey're so proud. To know somebody picked theirs above all the oth- ers—they realize another sees something 'in them.'" Tim McMillan of Green Springs Pottery, located outside Parkton, talks about the importance of "centering" when he begins to throw a pot. e centering of a bowl is at the heart of community—radiating love and focus. "It's the first step aer the air bubbles and debris have been kneaded out and the clay put through the pug mill," Tim says. Senior Pastor Rev. Rob James at First Baptist Church says centering a pot is criti- cal. "You have to wet your hands, ease out the wobbles. If it's off-center, the problems only get worse and it slings onto the wall or falls in on itself." But a centered pot can withstand the fire of the kiln, and a cen- tered community can withstand "all those adversities we meet." M.C. Richards, author of the book Cen- tering: in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person, writes, "Centering: that act which precedes all others on the potter's wheel. e bring- ing of the clay into a spinning, unwobbling pivot, which will then be free to take in- numerable shapes as potter and clay press against each other…. It is like a handclasp between two living hands, receiving the greeting at the very moment that they give it. It is the speech between the hand and the clay that makes me think of dialogue." Dialogue, the beginning of connection; connection, the beginning of community. Now in its tenth year, Bread 'n Bowls is a reflection of our community. Many come year aer year—seeing old friends and meeting new ones, checking out the pottery and giving back. At Cape Fear Studios, Nancy Edge, Jill Dieffenbach and Guy Jenks will throw, glaze and fire at least fiy pots for Bread 'n Bowls. Kelly Hathaway assumed respon- sibility for her busy father Greg Hathaway of Greg's Art Pottery & Gis, who has sup- plied hundreds of bowls over the years. I met Tim McMillan of Green Springs Install a fun, new addition to your outdoor property, with competitively priced in-ground pool installation services. Reliable pool technicians are skilled and experienced with the ins and outs of the business, so you'll be able to have fun in the water in no time. Serving Fayetteville and surrounding communities, they also provide pool repair, maintenance, and cleaning services. 910.229.7963 • 6527 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC www.affordablepoolsoffayetteville.com A F F O R D A B L E P O O L S NEW LOCATION NOW OPEN

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