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, Nov. 15 - The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 28
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Elkins-Williams
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Frazelle
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Frazelle
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Frazelle
9:30 pm Sung Compline
Readings: 1 Samuel 1:4-20; Psalm 16; Hebrews 10:11-25; Mark 13:1-8
Services This Week
Mon., Tues., Wed., & Fri.
5:15 pm Evening Prayer
Monday, Nov. 16
7:30 pm Special Worship with People with Developmental Disabilities
Dr. Joyner
Wednesday, Nov. 18
10:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite 1928
Mr. Elkins-Williams
Thursday, Nov. 19
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Elkins-Williams
Next Sunday, Nov. 22 - The Last Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 29
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Frazelle
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Elkins-Williams
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Elkins-Williams
4:00 pm Holy Eucharist Rite I (Carol Woods)
Mr. Frazelle
5:15 pm Baptism and Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Elkins-Williams
9:30 pm Sung Compline
Readings: Samuel 23:1-7; Psalm 132:1-13,(14-19) Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37
Events and Meetings
Today
5:00 pm Episcopal Youth Community
7:00 pm Orange County AA Group
Monday - Thursday
9:00 am English as a Second
Language Classes
Monday, Nov. 16
7:00 pm Boy Scout Troop 9
Leaders Meeting
7:00 pm Parish Choir Rehearsal
Tuesday, Nov. 17
8:30 am Mary Harris Bible Study
4:00 pm Girl Scout Troop 1714
5:00 pm Centering Prayer
5:30 pm Episcopal Campus Ministry
6:30 pm Youth Inquirers’ Class
6:30 pm Boy Scout Troop 9
Wednesday, Nov. 18
12:15 pm Bach’s Lunch Organ Recital
4:15 pm Cantus Choir Rehearsal
4:15 pm Junior Choir Rehearsal
6:00 pm Girl Scout Troop 378
7:30 pm Senior Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, Nov. 19
6:00 pm Vestry Meeting
Friday, Nov. 20
9:30 am Servant Leadership Training
1:00 pm SAA Recovery Group
Saturday, Nov. 21
1:30 pm Eagle Scout Award
Ceremony
6:30 pm NA Meeting
Today
IFC Needs
The IFC request for this week is rice. Donations may be left in baskets at entrances to the church.
Adult Education Today
The Creeds with the Rev. Stephen Elkins-Williams (Chapel)
Adult Education Next Week
The Creeds with the Rev. Stephen Elkins-Williams (Chapel)
The Autumn Bach’s Lunch Recitals
November 18 12:15 pm -12:45 pm. James Moeser, Chapel Hill.
Free (donations accepted) and open to the public. Bring your lunch.
First and Second Grade Worship Class
The monthly educational program for children in the first and second grade will convene this morning in Room 2 in the basement. Parents are reminded to come back for children at the time in the service when the ushers begin to direct people to Holy Eucharist.
Christmas Wreaths
A Student Chaplain from ECM will be available for the next two Sundays (Nov. 15 and 22) to sell wreaths. Please find them outside the church (in inclement weather, in the dining room) between the end of the 9:00 am and the beginning of the 11:15 am services and then again after the 5:15 pm service. Wreaths can also be purchased in the church office during the week. Wreath sales will finish before Thanksgiving to allow time for delivery.
One World Market Here Today!
Our Fair Trade Sundays conclude with One World Market featuring products made in developing countries. Without support from developed countries, these artisans would not have a market for their products. One World Market is located in Durham and has brought wares to our church in past years for our convenience. For more information click here.
Episcopal Youth Community
Tonight all EYC will meet together from 5:00 pm till 7:00 pm in rooms 4 & 5. We will get crafty and make gifts for friends and family! Wear clothes that can get messy and get ready to let your creativity flow!! Please contact Caren Parker with any questions!
Attention Young Adults
A group of graduate students, professional students, and other young adults from the Chapel of the Cross and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will go out on Franklin Street for our regularly-scheduled post-Compline refreshments. Look for John Derrick in the cloister after the service. We hope to see you there!
This Week
Episcopal Campus Ministry
Episcopal Campus Ministry meets in the campus center at 5:30 pm most Tuesdays during the academic term for fellowship, music and a hot dinner. This Tuesday, we will be having a Thanksgiving dinner. Come out and enjoy some turkey and be thankful for friends, family, and ECM!
Next Week
Advent Book Table
Next Sunday following all four services, the Book Table will be available in the parlor to offer books in keeping with the Advent season, as well as Advent calendars, church-themed gifts and other surprises. This sale is a way to support the parish library as well as find seasonally appropriate gifts. Please bring cash or your checkbook, since all sales must be completed on that day.
Parish Notes
Project 5000
Project 5000 food boxes provide emergency food for local families. The IFC is grateful for our donations. Today is the last day to return your Project 5000 boxes to the church.
Snack-Bakers Needed
College students love home baked cookies! Exam time is coming up and we would like to offer you the opportunity of supporting our student community with “the gift of sugar” during exams. Last year, many parishioners offered their time, talent and treasure to make the day of beleaguered students. We thank them enormously for this gift and ask that you please consider offering your culinary talents as well. Make as many as you like of the kind you like and deliver them to the church office by Dec. 2. We will package them with an encouraging note. We thank you and look forward to the bounty that will arrive!
Greens Needed
It is time again to ask parishioners to share evergreens from their yards to use in creating wreaths at an intergenerational event on the Sunday after Thanksgiving! Members of the Children and Family Ministry Committee are willing to come to your yards to clip. Please let us know by either contacting Gretchen Jordan or signing up on the Children and Family Ministry bulletin board in the dining room. List your contact number so we can arrange a time on Friday or Saturday to clip. Greens can be dropped off outside the door leading into the dining room near the playground before 10:00 am on Nov. 29. There will be large containers with water for earlier drop-offs.
Advent Devotionals & Offering Boxes
A display of devotional resources for the season of Advent is on the credenza in the dining room. There are new options from previous years: a guide for adults based on writings of C. S. Lewis entitled A Grand Miracle; a booklet for youth entitled This Is So Embarrassing!; a two piece set with a chart and sticker book entitled Symbols Tell the Story for children and an assortment of Advent calendars with the doors to open each day; wreath lighting weekly guides based on Year C scripture. Resources from previous years are also available. All these resources are offered by the parish at no cost. Suzanne Sauter’s wonderful Jesse Tree booklet with ornament patterns to make at home is on display as well. Offering boxes for the special Advent collection are to be returned between Christmas Eve and Epiphany. This collection will benefit a variety of children’s programs in the community.
Being a Greeter
How do you feel when a friendly person smiles at you and makes you feel welcome? Being a greeter is a lot of fun. You get to meet a lot of people, not necessarily newcomers! If you are interested, please contact Frank Holt at (call office for number).
Mark Your Calendar
Tinker Toy Wreaths For New Families
New families with young children who do not have an Advent wreath are invited to make a tinker toy style wreath at the intergenerational event on Nov. 29 at 10:20. This wreath can be used from year to year. The center will be in the library. There will be oasis forms for sale at $12.00 each and candle sets for $5.00 a box at the event.
Advent Quiet Day: Advent Reflections With Romanos The Melodious
Join David Frazelle and the Spiritual Life Committee for the annual Advent Quiet Day on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm at Camp New Hope. David will be leading Advent reflections based on the homilies of Romanos the Melodious, a 6th-century Byzantine Saint. Discover this ancient priest who speaks with a marvelously contemporary voice, while welcoming the birth of Christ in your own soul. The day will include readings of his homilies, ample time for quiet reflection by the fire, walks outdoors, and breakfast snacks and lunch ($8 donation suggested). Sign up in the church office or by calling 929-2193. For more information, contact Jan Seabock at or (call office for number).
Christmas Caroling To Homebound Parishioners
Please join us on the Feast of St. Nicholas, Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 pm for our annual Christmas Caroling to Homebound Parishioners. We will gather in the dining room to make a craft for the parishioners, practice our caroling and then depart for caroling to various retirement communities and individual homes. Sign up in advance on the bulletin board in the dining room to help us plan for refreshments. We’ll have rhythm instruments, Santa hats and reindeer antlers to add to the festivities! All are welcome to join us as we spread some holiday cheer this Christmas season. For more information, contact Heather Benjamin at (call office for number).
ABC Sale 2010...Save The Date!
As we enter the holiday season and the end of the year, perhaps you’re thinking of clearing out some of the extra treasures in your life that you don’t need, use or love. It’s never too early to think about setting those items aside for our 2010 ABC Sale! Our sale date is set for Saturday, April 17. We’re looking for your high quality merchandise that we can sell at a good price. Please save your best donations for us! Proceeds benefit well-deserving organizations in our community that really make a difference. Also, we ask that you mark your calendars now because volunteers are the key to a successful sale. Contact sale Co-Chairs Christina Balderson (call office for number) or Perri Kersh (call office for number) with questions.
Stewardship Opportunities
No Live Trees Will Be Hurt
But they don’t last forever, and a 216-year-old university is always carrying pre-enjoyed trees out to its Carolina North wood lot. That’s where The Chapel of the Cross wood cutters, stackers and deliverers will go on one Saturday morning each month this winter. Families in Orange County who heat their homes with wood but can’t afford to buy it really need us. The first date is Nov. 21. We start at 9 am and we’re done by about noon. Anybody can help, and if you have some tools that’s great, but not a pre-requisite. For details, answers to questions about the work, and to get on the mail list contact David Brown or weekdays (call office for number).
Community Notices
Freedom House Recovery Center Needs Our Assistance!
Freedom House, our local Detox, Crisis Facility for Mental Health and Addiction, and Halfway House would like our help with some specific needs. There is need for 2 DVD players for clients to watch a large selection of recovery DVDs, a TV for the outpatient room, flat screen monitors, desktop and laptop computers, sturdy chairs for the break room, and more patio furniture for the new garden area. These items can be new or used. If you would like to make a financial contribution for these items, please mail it to: Freedom House Recovery Center, 104 New Stateside Dr, Chapel Hill NC 27510, Attention: Janaki Nicastro. The Outreach Ministry table also has order forms if you would like to purchase engravable bricks for the patio or trees for landscaping. Please contact Sandra McClaskey (call office for number) or Janaki Nicastro, Director of Operations at 942-2803 ext. 205 for more information.
New Oxford House in Chapel Hill
A new Oxford House (recovery house for those recovering from alcohol and substance abuse) opened on Nov. 1. Mattresses, bed frames, dressers, lamps, dining room table, chairs or any items for a house are needed. Please contact Paula Harrington at (call office for number). Thank you in advance.
Johnson Intern Program Second Annual Jewelry Sale
Go through your jewelry drawers and consider making room by giving your seldom (or never) worn jewelry to be sold at the United Church of Chapel Hill Alternative Christmas Market on Nov. 22 and 23. All proceeds from jewelry donated by members of the Chapel of the Cross will benefit the Johnson Intern Program. Contributions of jewelry can be left at either the Chapel of the Cross or at the United Church of Chapel Hill. For questions about the sale contact Susan Gladin (929-2193) or Rev. Jill Edens (call office for number).
Pauli Murray Events
Two free events celebrating the life of Pauli Murray will take place in November at Lyon Park Community Center in Durham. On Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7:00 pm, there will be a lecture by Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall. On Nov. 22 from 3:00 till 5:00 pm, there will be a Pauli Murray Birthday Party. Contact Barbara Lau.
Speak Out About Rogers Road Landfill
Justice United (formerly OCOC or Orange County Organizing Committee) supports the Rogers Road community in its opposition to placement of the new waste transfer station alongside the current landfill on Millhouse Rd. If you, too, feel that this community has received Orange County’s trash long enough, come to the County Commissioners meeting on Nov. 17 at 7:00 pm at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Rd.
Daniel Ripperton's Eagle Court of Honor
All are invited to attend Daniel Ripperton’s Eagle Court of Honor, in the Chapel on Saturday Nov. 21 at 1:30 pm. For his Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project, Daniel led a team of volunteers in cataloging natural areas in the Chapel Hill vicinity and developing a website to share the information at ThisWaytoNature.com.
For the Right Use of God’s Gifts
Almighty God, whose loving hand hath given us all that we possess: Grant us grace that we may honor thee with our substance, and, remembering the account which we must one day give, may be faithful stewards of thy bounty, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Book of Common Prayer, p. 827
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