Sunday announcements
The Second Sunday of Advent
December 10, 2006
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.
Contents this week:
- Services
- Announcements
- This Week
- Parish Notes
- Mark Your Calendar
- Stewardship
- Community
- Adult Education
- Around Our Diocese
- FAITH IN OUR FUTURE
Services
Services This Week
Mon, Tues, Wed, and Friday
5:15 pm Evening Prayer
Tuesday, Dec. 12
5:30 pm Episcopal Campus Ministry
Wednesday, Dec. 13
10:00 am Holy Eucharist
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Mr.
Zunes
Thursday, Dec. 14
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms.
Jamieson-Drake
Sunday, December 17
The Third Sunday of Advent (Violet)
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr.
Elkins-Williams
9:00 am Lessons & Carols
11:15 am Lessons & Carols
12:45 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Dr.
Pfaff
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms.
Lee
Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-20 Psalm 85 or 85:7-13; or Canticle 9; Philippians 4:4-7(8-9); Luke 3:7-18
Announcements
Letters of Hope
Dec. 10 is International Human Rights Day, and at 10:15 in the library we will be part of Amnesty International's global write-a-thon, sending greeting cards to prisoners of conscience. We may also write postcards or letters appealing to the authorities on their behalf. Writing materials will be supplied, but you may bring your own pen.
The Last Fall 2006 Compline
The last sung Compline for this semester will be held at 9:30 this evening in the church. Compline will resume on Jan. 14.
Caroling to Homebound
Parishioners are invited to join others at 2:30 in the dining room for hot chocolate and hot cider and a bit of singing before we depart to visit parishioners. Please sign up on the listing on the Children and Family Ministry bulletin board in the dining room which has NOW been posted.
12:30 Social Hour Today
Please come to the 12:30 pm social hour after the 11:15 am service every Sunday for a hearty welcome to the Chapel of the Cross and light refreshments. This event is managed totally by parishioners so we welcome new volunteers; please sign up in the dining room.
Alternative gifts Table
Parishioners are urged to browse at the Alternative Gift Table in the dining room after the 9 am and 11:15 am services today and next Sunday. Honor a friend or family member with a gift that will make a difference. Gifts can be made to the Millennium Village Project, Freedom House or to Child Care Network. Information on each group and gift cards are available at the table. We also have small plastic bags which we hope parishioners can fill using the attached list of personal care items. These can be returned to the dining room and will go to IFC for men at the shelter.
Holiday Meals for Families
A $20 donation to the IFC can purchase a meal and brighten the holidays for a family in need. You can send in a check or call with your credit card. Stop by the Alternative Gift Table for all the information you need.
Bishops Blend -EYC Missions
EYC will be selling Bishops Blend Coffee after the 9:00 and 11:15 services on Dec. 10 and 17. Bishops Blend Coffee is 100% organic, shade grown and fair trade. It tastes great and makes a great gift for the coffee lovers you LOVE! Just $10 a bag. Proceeds will support the 2006 Youth Mission trips.
Episcopal Youth Community
Pageant Casting Today!!! We are meeting at 2:00 pm in the dining room to begin preparations for the Christmas Eve Pageants! EYC will join the parish for Christmas Caroling at 2:30 in the dining room. We will return to our regular time and place next week! Please contact Caren Parker at cparker@thechapelofthecross.org with any questions.
This week
Episcopal Campus Ministry
Study Break with pizza for all undergraduates on Tuesday night in the Campus Center at 5:30 pm. ECM is the fellowship group for undergraduates. A ministry of the Chapel of the Cross and an official UNC-CH student organization, we meet every Tuesday at 5:30 pm in the Campus Center for program, worship service and dinner. Undergraduates of any faith or denomination are welcome to join us. For more information visit the website at http://www.unc.edu/ecm.
Children's Pageant
Children 5th grade and below and their parents are invited to the annual "no practice" pageant Saturday, Dec. 16, at 2:30 in the church. You may secure a costume today or simply arrive early enough to choose and dress before the 2:30 enactment. This is a highlight of the children's programs of the parish. All parishioners are invited to come and relish the joy and mystery of the Luke 2 story.
Parish Notes
Parish Web Site
The committee that is beginning to update the parish web site needs some consultation with a graphic designer with web site experience. If you can assist the web site committee, please contact Communications Coordinator, Vivian Harris Varner, at vvarner@thechapelofthecross.org or 929-2193.
Christmas Note Cards
Note cards with Christmas pictures of the Chapel of the Cross are available for purchase between the 9:00 and 11:15 am services. The cost is $5.00 per pack of 8 cards; cards are blank inside, making them useful as regular Christmas cards or for thank-you notes. They are also available in the parish office during the week.
Showering our refugee baby
We are awaiting the arrival of our first "American-born refugee" baby due on Jan. 10. We have had offers for a baby crib. A car infant seat has also been donated. We invite you to help us assemble a large basket filled with new items for the baby. These would include crib sheets, crib blanket or quilt, receiving blankets, changing pads, baby towels, washcloths and toiletries, infant one-piece suits, bibs, infant disposable diapers. baby bottles and bottle brush, diaper bag, baby sling holder, as well as gift cards to supplement purchases. We would like to have the basket ready by Dec. 17 to present to Say Ther and Tha Gay before the holidays. Please drop off your contributions by then to the basket in the dining room.
Mark Your Calendar
Approaching the Eucharist
On Jan. 7 in the library, the Rev. Stephen Elkins-Williams will discuss the Holy Eucharist and the beliefs and traditions Episcopalians hold when approaching the Communion table. This discussion will be especially helpful for parents who are trying to explain the Eucharist to young children, or for parishioners who wonder what the reason is for some of our traditions.
Epiphany Celebration
Epiphany, one of the major feast days of the church, will be celebrated with a service of Holy Eucharist at 10:00 am followed by a catered brunch on Sat., Jan. 6, 2007. The Junior choir will sing at this service. Sign up for the brunch will be in the parish office.
Martin Luther King scholarship Banquet
Tickets to the annual Martin Luther King scholarship Banquet to be held at the Friday Center on Highway 54 on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007, are now available. The cost is $25.00 per ticket and can be obtained from Barbara Pipkin (work). This popular community event is always a sell-out by December, so please order tickets now.
Stewardship
In Mission with South Africa
The Chapel of the Cross will be receiving visitors from South Africa from Feb. 2 to Feb. 5, 2007. Global Missions needs volunteers to invite them to stay in their homes during their visit. Call Martha Dill or by email m.dill@earthlink.net.
Senior High Trip
The Chapel of the Cross is taking a Sr. High trip to New Orleans, LA this summer. This trip is open to rising 9th-graders through just-graduated seniors. We have 20 places for youth on this trip. The dates of our trip are July 28th through August 5th. To secure a place on this trip, the relevant forms and a $50 deposit are due by Feb. 1, 2007 (forms located outside David's office door and in the parish office). A $300 payment will be due March 26, 2007. The remaining balance of $300 will be due June 13, 2007. The cost of our trips to families is $650. This amount helps cover transportation, food, accommodations, work supplies, materials, and activities for the week. There are no hidden costs, and we encourage youth to bring only a small amount of spending money for sodas, souvenirs and airport food. Whatever financial aid you need is available. Contact David Frazelle at 929-2193 to request scholarships.
Thompson Clothing Drive
The eighth annual Thompson Child & Family Focus winter clothing drive will be held through Jan. 7. Thompson CFF is a residential treatment program in Charlotte for neglected and abused children. The display table will be in the dining room. To participate, please choose one or more tags, purchase the items and return them (unwrapped) to the dining room display or parish office. Gifts received by Dec. 17 will reach the children by Christmas. If you prefer, you may write a check to the Chapel of the Cross Rector's Discretionary Fund with a notation for "Thompson Child & Family Focus" and we will shop for you. Thompson is only able to accept new clothing for children in its residential treatment programs. Contact Lorraine Belden McBride at lbmcbride@aol.com or Marsha Pate at map37215@bellsouth.net.
Community
Community chorus
The Chapel Hill Community chorus will present its annual Christmas concert on Fri., Dec. 15 and Sat., Dec. 16 at 7:30 pm in Hill Hall on the UNC campus. General admission is $15, students $6.
Adult Education This Week
The Annual Christmas/Advent Poetry Gathering: with Michael McFee (Chapel)
Letters of Hope: The Micah Group (Library)
Adult Education Next Week
Reception (dining room)
Around Our Diocese
Resource Fair
This regional event for the Greensboro and Winston-Salem convocations (all are welcome), on Jan. 20, 2007, focuses on resources for Christian education and formation. Location to be announced. Contact the School of Ministry visit www.episdionc.org/schoolofministry.
191st Annual Convention
Plans are being finalized for the Annual Diocesan Convention, Jan. 26-27, at Koury Convention Center, Greensboro. The Convention theme is A Missionary Diocese in a Global Society. Special guests are the Rev. Mike Kinman, Executive Director of Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation; and the Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso, Bishop of Costa Rica, our companion diocese.
Wardens' Retreat
Our second retreat, scheduled for March 2-3, 2007, is designed for both senior and junior wardens. The location will be Church of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh. Contact the School of Ministry or visit their website at www.episdionc.org/schoolofministry.
Singing the African American Tradition with Dr. Horace D. Boyer
March 10, 2007 9:00 am to 2:00 pm St. John's Church, Wake Forest. A workshop not only for choir members, but for all to experience the singing of Negro spirituals and develop an understanding of how and why the hymns were originally sung. For information, contact Jessica Graber at by email at jgraber@nc.rr.com.
FAITH IN OUR FUTURE…
Thank you for the generous response to the Annual Giving Campaign. Your pledges and outright contributions enable the vestry to plan the 2007 Chapel of the Cross budget which will support the work of the parish and its worship, music, pastoral, outreach and campus ministries. If you have not sent in your pledge, please do so as soon as possible and assist the vestry in this vital planning process.
I want to express a heartfelt thank you to all who have given their time (and energy!) to this important stewardship initiative - annual giving. Barbara Hastings and the church staff were extraordinary in their willingness to help always with enthusiasm. The Committee of Watty Bowes, Paul Carew, Steve Lackey and Lynn Wilson did not know the phrase: "I can't!" The group of volunteer callers dedicated enormous time to calling fellow parishioners:
Syd Alexander Clare Baum Gail Cloud Archie Copeland
Martha Dill George Evans Bill Farley Dick Farrow
Carolyn Folds Jim Freeman Tom & Gale Gilchrist
Selby & Dorothy Gration Mary Gukes Dorothy Guma
Winston Hagler Larry Hart Charles and Paula Head
Zell Hoole Charles House Fred Irons Terry Johnston
Bert Liverance Sara Malone Charlie McClaskey John McGee
Jim Noonan Debra Pedersen Pat Phelan Gary Poole
Marion Ragsdale Jay Reeves Ken Robinson David Ross
Susan Palmore Don Shaffer Phil Smith Karen Taylor
Everyone involved, whether a planner, caller or pledger, paves the way to a fruitful Annual Giving Campaign shaping the parish ministries for 2007.
Ele Ross,
Annual Giving Chair
This article was inadvertently omitted
from the December 2006/January 2007 issue of Cross Roads.
We are adding it now.
Our apologies to Ele Ross for our error.
The Environmental Stewardship Committee Green Tip :
For Christmas this year, buy cards made from re-cycled paper; make new cards from old ones; phone or send electronic Christmas greetings. You can save trees and transportation fuels.
Sunday Announcenments
The deadline for announcements is 10:00 am on Wednesday.
Announcements should be brief. Parish-related submissions are given priority. Include daytime phone and email address for contact. All submissions are subject to editing; publication of the submission is not guaranteed. Email information to submissions@thechapelofthecross.org or leave paper copies in the Publications Assistant's mailbox in the parish office. Email is preferred.
Last updated: December 8, 2006
