Exclude Categories from Homepage

I am the webmaster for Day4Ministries.com.

I am trying to edit the home page so that a certain category won’t show up in the “Latest Content” section, but will still show up in the slider at the top.

Here is the code for the Latest Content section:

<div class="bloghead"><h2 class="homeblog">Latest Content</h2></div>

<?php $count = 0; ?>

<?php

     $hcount = get_option('role_hcount');

     $new_query = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page='.$hcount.'' );

     while ( $new_query->have_posts() ) : $new_query->the_post();

?>

<div class="box <?php if (++$count % 4 == 0) { echo "lastbox"; } ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

     <div class="boxim">

          <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><img id="boximg" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php get_image_url(); ?>&h=95&w=210&zc=1" alt=""/></a>

     </div>

     <div class="btitle">

          <h2 class="hometitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

     </div>

     <div class="excerpt">

          <?php wpe_excerpt('wpe_excerptlength_index', ''); ?>

          <div class="clear"></div>

     </div>

     <a class="bmore" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More</a>

</div>

<?php if(++$counter % 4 == 0) : ?>

Here is the code for the slider, cycle.php:

<div style="position: relative;" id="cycle">

	<?php
		$slide = get_option('role_slide_cat');
		$count = get_option('role_slide_count');
		$slide_query = new WP_Query( 'category_name='.$slide.'&posts_per_page='.$count.'' );
		while ( $slide_query->have_posts() ) : $slide_query->the_post();
	?>	

	<div class="slide">
		<div class="slide-content">
			<h2><a class="sl-title" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
			<?php wpe_excerpt('wpe_excerptlength_index', ''); ?>
			<div class="clear"></div>
			<a class="sl-more" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More</a>
		</div>

		<div class="slide-banner">
		<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><img class="slidepic" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php get_image_url(); ?>&h=250&w=550&zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>"/></a>
		</div>
		<div class="clear"></div>
	</div>
	<?php endwhile; ?>

</div>

Here is all of index.php:

<?php get_header(); ?><div class="home-widget clearfix">

     <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('Services widgets') ) : else : ?>

     <?php endif; ?>

</div>

<div id="home-content">

<div class="container">

<div class="bloghead"><h2 class="homeblog">Latest Content</h2></div>

<?php $count = 0; ?>

<?php

     $hcount = get_option('role_hcount');

     $new_query = new WP_Query( 'posts_per_page='.$hcount.'' );

     while ( $new_query->have_posts() ) : $new_query->the_post();

?>

<div class="box <?php if (++$count % 4 == 0) { echo "lastbox"; } ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">

     <div class="boxim">

          <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><img id="boximg" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/timthumb.php?src=<?php get_image_url(); ?>&h=95&w=210&zc=1" alt=""/></a>

     </div>

     <div class="btitle">

          <h2 class="hometitle"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

     </div>

     <div class="excerpt">

          <?php wpe_excerpt('wpe_excerptlength_index', ''); ?>

          <div class="clear"></div>

     </div>

     <a class="bmore" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More</a>

</div>

<?php if(++$counter % 4 == 0) : ?>

<div class="clear"></div>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

</div>

</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>