Sunday Announcements
Note: Personal phone numbers are removed from the Web version of the Sunday announcements. Please consult your Parish Directory, use e-mail if an address is given, or call the parish office at 919-929-2193 to find out more about the news.
Archives
Today, August 29,The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17)
7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Frazelle
11:15 a.m. Baptism and Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Frazelle
5:15 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Frazelle
9:30 p.m. Sung Compline
Readings: Sirach 10:12-18; Psalm 112; Hebrews 13:1-8,15-16; Luke 14:1,7-14
Worship Services
Mon., Tues., Wed. & Fri.
5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer
Wednesday, September 1
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 1928
Mr. Elkins-Williams
Thursday, September 2
5:15 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II with Healing
Mr. Frazelle
Next Sunday, September 5, the Fifteenth Sunday
after Pentecost (Proper 18)
7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I
Dr. Morley
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
(Carolina Meadows)
Mr. Keith
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
5:15 p.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
9:30 p.m. Sung Compline
Readings: Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 1; Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Luke 14:25-33
Events and Meetings
Tuesday - Thursday
9:00 a.m. English as a Second Language Classes
Today
5:00 p.m. Episcopal Youth Community
7:00 p.m. Al-Anon Meeting
Monday, August 30
7:00 p.m. Website Committee Meeting
7:00 p.m. UNC Habitat for Humanity Partnership
7:30 p.m. Spiritual Life Committee Meeting
Tuesday, August 31
5:00 p.m. Centering Prayer
Wednesday, September 1
10:45 a.m. Parish Communications Committee Meeting
Thursday, September 2
7:00 p.m. AA Meeting
Friday, September 3
1:00 p.m. SAA Meeting
Saturday, September 4
6:30 p.m. NA Meeting
IFC Needs
The IFC request for this week is toothpaste. Donations may be left in baskets at entrances to the church.
Environmental Stewardship Green Tip:
Wash your clothes in cold water. You will reduce your carbon footprint and save money.
Adult Education Today
Youth Mission Trip Presentation (chapel)
Letter-Writing Event (dining room)
Today
Youth Mission Trip Presentation and Letter-Writing Event
Please join the 2010 Youth Mission Trip participants in the chapel today following the 9:00 a.m. service to hear about their experiences. This year, the group traveled to Tennessee where they worked in the struggling communities of Sherwood and Nashville. We plan to share a slideshow and have individuals share poverty and challenges to the distribution of education they witnessed. There will also be a letter-writing event in the dining room. We will be providing copies of a letter to either use or edit to send to President Obama thanking him for his recent plan to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 and seeking his continued support of the Global Fund to combat TB and malaria. Information on the Obama plan, entitled Celebrate, Innovate and Sustain, and the Global Fund will be available at the program.
EYC Is about to Begin!
The Episcopal Youth Community will kick-off today from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. All youth from sixth through twelfth grades are invited to attend. Our first meeting will include middle school, high school, and parents. Please bring a potluck dish to share. This night will be a great chance to meet some new folks and catch up with old friends. Parents - your presence is important, so please make time to be here!
Today Kick off!
Everyone from 5:00 - 7:00
9/5 No EYC!
9/12 Parish BBQ (EYC is happy to cover youth tickets)
9/19 Third Sunday. Middle and High school together from 5:00 - 7:00
9/24-25 High School Lock-in with St Paul’s in Cary
9/26 Middle School will meet from 5:00 - 7:00.
Information about special events (lock-ins, retreats, off-site adventures) will be coming out soon! Please keep your eyes peeled for new information!
Compline Resumes Today at 9:30 p.m.
Compline will be held every Sunday night during the Fall semester (except Oct. 31): today--Dec. 5. If you would like to sing or assist in some other way, please contact Dr. Quinn. Rehearsal for the first service will be held at 8:00 p.m. in the Choir Room.
This Week
Campus Ministry Meeting
Welcome students! We are glad you are here! All university students are invited to join Episcopal Campus Ministry Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Campus Center. Weekly meetings consist of fellowship and a hot meal. We look forward to seeing you!
Cantus Choir Holds First Rehearsal This Wednesday
The Cantus Choir, our beginning choir for first and second graders, will hold its first meeting in Rooms 4 and 5 in the Parish House this Wednesday. Rehearsals begin at 4:15 p.m. and conclude at 5:30 p.m. At the first rehearsal there will be a parents meeting beginning at 5:20 p.m and choristers will be registered and fitted for vestments. The Cantus Choir is open to all children in the first and second grades. Letters have been sent to the parents of children who are preregistered for church school. If you didn’t receive the basic information and would like to have it, please write or call Dr. Quinn. Elizabeth Terry, doctoral student in musicology at Duke, will conduct the choir again this year. If you would like to contact her before Sept. 25, write her at a.elizabeth.terry@gmail.com.
Parish Notes
Youth and College Acolytes and Youth Readers
All junior and senior high youth and all college students are encouraged to consider serving as an acolyte. Trainings for new and returning acolytes will be Sunday, Sept. 19 at 7:00 p.m. (following EYC) and Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. (following ECM). Contact David Frazelle (929-2193) with questions. All youth grades 6 through 12 are encouraged to consider serving as a lay reader. A training with David Frazelle for new and returning youth readers will be held Thursday, Sept. 23 at 4:15 p.m. Contact David with questions.
Youth Saints Needed
Youth Saints (youth ages third grade and older who are not members of the Jr. Choir) are an important part of our Children’s Chapel service. Youth Saints prepare the children’s altar and chapel, assist the adult leaders, encourage young parishioners to participate fully in worship and clean the chapel following the service. Assigned to teams, youth saints volunteer approximately once a month during the 9:00 Children’s Chapel service. Applications to serve as youth saints are available outside the Christian Formation office and on the Chapel of the Cross website. All interested youth saints must submit an application. Please contact Boykin Bell (929-2193 ext. 37) with questions.
Registrations for Church School
To update and improve our records, we are asking all Church School students to register this year even if they have registered in the past. Registration forms are available outside the Christian Formation office and on the Chapel of the Cross website, “Children” or “Youth.”
Liturgical Calendars Available
Calendars for those who have been assigned liturgical roles this fall are available in the dining room and on this parish website (click on the “Worship” tab). Calendars will not be mailed in order to save on postage and printing costs. Please contact the parish office if you are not able to access the calendar online.
Parish Census 2010
A key component of effective parish communication is accurate information about our parishioners. Please take a few minutes to update your contact information for the parish database, even if you think we already have it on file. You can complete the census form by clicking on the link on this parish website. If you have questions about the survey itself, send a note to info@thechapelofthecross.org. Paper copies of the form will be available in the parish office after all services and can be deposited in the wooden box. We would like to have this project (including contact with parishioners who do not have email access) completed by September 1. Please be assured that we will keep all answers confidential as this information is to be used for contact and pastoral purposes only. Thank you so much for your help!
Millenium Development Goals Update
The United Nations Summit will bring world leaders together in New York on September 20-22 to recommit to the 8 goals set in 2000. Today there will be a parish wide letter writing campaign in support of the MDGs between morning services. Copies of the 4 part DAY 1 series, underwritten by parishoners Charlie and Margaret Browning, are available in the dining room on the Adult Education bulletin board. The final DAY 1 capstone message will be delivered by former President Jimmy Carter on Sept. 12. Copies will be available. For additional information reference http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/.
New Support Team Forming
An existing support team is looking for new team members. Q: What’s a support team? A: a group of volunteers who are organized and trained to provide practical, emotional, and spiritual support to a person undergoing a prolonged health crisis. This is a very fulfilling, meaningful ministry. (Just ask any who have served on prior support teams.) Orientation is required. Contact Vicky Jamieson-Drake at 929-2193 if you’d like to join the team.
This Week’s Parish-Supported Ministry in the Prayers of the People
–––––– Student Health Action Coalition
SHAC is a student led organization whose mission is to: provide free health services to local underserved individuals and communities, partner with communities to develop and implement sustainable programs, and create an interdisciplinary service learning environment for students in the health science programs at UNC. The program is under the supervision of UNC medical care providers, but SHAC is run entirely by student volunteers. Most patients earn less than $15,000 per year or are unemployed.
Mark Your Calendar
Mary Harris Bible Study
The Mary Harris Bible Class resumes meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 7 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the parish library. The class will begin to read The Song of Songs, a book in the Bible both unique and controversial. The question has been raised how such a frank and uninhibited love poem came to be included among the sacred books of the Bible. As one scholar has written, “the voice of love in the Song is a woman’s voice. This feminine voice speaks profoundly of love, its beauty, delights and overwhelming power, a love which burns with the intensity of a blazing fire and draws a man and woman together. It is the Lord’s gift and such love is a wonderful part of marital life in God’s good creation.” All are invited to join us as we explore The Song of Songs. For more information, please write Mary Schoenfeld or call the parish office for her phone number.
Matthew’s Gospel: Many Questions
The Rev. Dr. Richard Pfaff is offering a class on Tuesday evenings September 7, 14, 21, 28, and October 5 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. It is intended to elicit as many questions as possible—many more questions, certainly, than answers about the Gospel according to Matthew. Not envisaged as “Bible Study” or “Introduction to Matthew” in anything like the conventional senses, the five sessions will take up matters like the state of this Gospel before it became part of the “New Testament,” how it relates to other gospels (canonical or not), transmission, and translation. Participants will be expected to have read through the entire Gospel before the initial meeting: swiftly, if possible at one sitting, and (if possible) in the Revised Standard Version. Signing up for the classes will be through the parish office—in person, by telephone or electronically. Please supply a usable email or phone number. Although a lot of spirited individual participation is hoped for, those who wish to take a less active part in discussion are equally welcome.
Annual Parish Barbeque
The Annual Parish Barbeque will be held on Sunday, September 12, at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend! Tickets will be on sale following the 9:00 and 11:15 services this Sunday and again on Sunday, September 5. Prices of the tickets are: Adults - $10.00; Children - $5.00; UNC Students – no charge. Please contact Presley Wagoner (or call parish office for number) for more information.
Fall Quiet Day
On Saturday, Sept. 25 from 9:30 a.m. till 2:30 p.m., St Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 210 St. Mary’s Road, Hillsborough will host our joint retreat. Using the theme, “Flowering from Within of Self-Blessing,” Fall Quiet Day participants will ponder how they can renew and direct the holy gift of vocation, which “flowers within” and connects them more deeply to God and the world. The theme will be explored in meditations led by the Rev. Susannah Smith, combined with time for personal reflection and worship. A simple lunch will be served.
2011 ABC Sale
The 2011 ABC Sale will be held on Saturday, April 9. If you’re interested in a department chair or co-chair position, please contact Reg Carver or Mary Sullivan. It’s never too early to sign up!
Community Notices
Volunteers Needed for FVPC
Family Violence Prevention Center of Orange County is recruiting volunteers! FVPC volunteers serve victims of domestic violence and their families and friends as well as the Orange County community at large. Volunteers serve as hotline advocates, interpreters, community educators, childcare providers and court advocates. Our next volunteer training session starts Tuesday, Sept. 7. The 48-hour training (hotline advocates only) includes both classroom and real time “shadowing.” Prior to training, a completed application and interview are required. For more details on any volunteer opportunities or to download the application, please visit www.fvpcoc.org.
Prison Ministry Opportunity
An Orange County Episcopal Prison Ministry event is planned for Friday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Family. A documentary featuring local men called "Against the Tide" will be shown. Please join our friends from the Church of the Advocate and Holy Family, along with other interested parties, to discuss the progress of church based transition work for the 200 Orange County residents who annually are released from our prison system and return home trying to avoid recidivism.
Bible Study Fellowship
BSF, an in-depth Bible study with focus on life applications, will start classes on Sept. 13 at 6:55 p.m. This year we will study Isaiah. Please note the new location: Church of the Good Shepherd, 3741 Garrett Rd, Durham 27707. Our first class will also be an introduction class where new members can register. BSF includes a school program for children grades 1-12. Please call Sandra McClaskey (ask the parish office for her number) for more information.
Before Worship
"O Almighty God, who pours out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and of supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
Book of Common Prayer, p.833
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