Sunday announcements
Palm Sunday - April 1, 2007Note: 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.
Services This Week
Mon., Tues. and Wed
5:15 pm Evening Prayer
Tuesday in Holy Week, April 3
5:30 pm Episcopal Campus Ministry
Wednesday in Holy Week, April 4
10:00 am
Holy Eucharist 1928
Mr. Elkins-Williams
Maundy Thursday, April 5
5:15 pm
Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mrs. Hart
7:30 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II and Foot Washing
Dr. Joyner
Good Friday, April 6
12:00 pm The Three Hours
Dr. Pfaff and Ms. Lee
7:00 pm Stations of the Cross
Ms. Hart
Holy Saturday, April 7
9:00 am Liturgy of the Word
Ms. Lee
9:00 pm The Great Vigil of Easter
Mr. Frazelle
Next Sunday, April 8
The Resurrection, Easter Sunday
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Dr. Pfaff
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Elkins-Williams
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Elkins-Williams
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist II
Dr. Morley
9:30 pm Compline
Readings: Act 10:34-43; Psalm 118:14-17, 22-24; Colossians 3:1-4; Luke 24:1-10
Announcements
Sung Compline Tonight
Sung Compline is offered on Sunday nights at 9:30. Please join us and "set your mind on the things that are above, where Christ is."
12:15 Social Hour
Visitors, Newcomers, Old-timers! Come join us in the dining room for refreshments and fellowship.
Episcopal Youth Community
Join EYC today as we explore the Labyrinth at Binkley Baptist Church. We will gather at Chapel of the Cross at 5:00 pm and return by 7:30 pm. We will catch dinner on the town. Please contact Caren Parker at cparker@thechapelofthecross.org with any questions.
The Labyrinth is Coming!
For the fifth year, our parish joins with eight other area churches to sponsor a Holy Week labyrinth walk. The 40' by 40' canvas labyrinth, a replica of the 12th century 11-circuit Chartres Cathedral labyrinth in Chartres, France, will be in the sanctuary at Olin T. Binkley Baptist Church at 4:00 pm today. The church opens each morning at 6:30 am and will be open until 8:30 pm. Please refer to the posters around the parish and the upcoming April Cross Roads for specific hours each day. Youth are invited for a special time on Sunday between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm with an orientation offered every half hour. There will be a Tuesday afternoon opportunity for children (recommended for 5 and older) from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm with brief orientations at 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm.
Grad Student Lunch
All graduate students are invited to a "Lunch on God" after the 11:15 service today. Anyone interested should meet outside the tower room immediately following the service. Please contact John Derrick at jderricknc@aol.com with any questions
This Week
The Adult Inquirers' Class
The Adult Inquirers' Class meets Monday nights in the parlor from 7:30 to 9:00. There will be no class tomorrow or next Monday, April 9.
Episcopal Campus Ministry
ECM meets every Tuesday at 5:30 pm in the Campus Center and is open to all students who wish to join in for fellowship. Dinner is served immediately afterwards. This week Ms. Lee will speak on the Holy Week topic, "What is the Passion?"
Parish Notes
Adult Education Brochures
Please pick up an Adult Education Spring brochure outlining all the educational opportunities for March through early June. You can find these in the parish dining room and at the back of the church and chapel. For more information, contact Gretchen Jordan at the church.
Children, Palms & Flowers
Children who attend Children's Chapel will have a choice of participating in a processional with palms today and with flowers on Easter (April 8) either in the Children's Chapel service or in the 9:00 am service. If parents would prefer the processional in the 9:00 am service, they will need to escort children to Children's Chapel and sign them in with Joy Gattis. Children in first grade and higher are encouraged to participate in the 9:00 am processionals on both Sundays. Members of the Children and Family Ministry Committee will meet with children on the lawn in front of the church or in the dining room if weather requires indoor gathering. Parents do not need to accompany the older children but are asked to save a seat in the church so children can join them after processing. Please remember to bring fresh flowers to help decorate the cross for the Easter service.
Lenten Offering
We hope many of you are filling up your purple cans with coins and bills to help purchase furniture and accessories for the new girls' home at El Hogar in Honduras. This special collection will be gathered on Easter Sunday, April 8 and the two weeks following. A priest from Honduras will be visiting our parish on April 29 and will speak during the Adult Education forum. Our children and youth will present him with a check reflecting the amount collected by the parish. Your support is encouraged! Checks are welcome and can be made payable to Chapel of the Cross earmarked "Lenten Offering". For more information contact Gretchen Jordan at the church.
Women's Retreat
A group of enthusiastic women parishioners have initiated planning for a women's retreat at Trinity Center, the Eastern North Carolina diocese conference center at Salter Path. While it is almost a year away, a deposit is due now to insure our spaces. Therefore, women of the parish, pick up a brochure in the dining room to learn more about the retreat taking place February 8-10, 2008 and register to attend with a $20.00 deposit. 12 double occupancy rooms are tentatively reserved and an additional eight are available. Triple occupancy is also an option. The weekend will be led by parishioners and staff and combine study, reflection and play. For more information contact Gretchen Jordan at the church.
Website Update
Work on updating the parish web site continues. The committee sends thanks to everyone who completed the survey in February. Information from the survey has been very helpful in planning for a "new and improved" web site. Continue to send your thoughts and ideas to Communications Coordinator, Vivian Harris Varner, vvarner@thechapelofthecross.org.
Junior Choir
Did you know about the choristers' wonderful post-rehearsal tradition? Every Wednesday evening friends share a potluck dinner in the parish dining room from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. It is an excellent time to grow in the parish community! Please join us for supper and bring your favorite recipe if you can. Please contact Marsha Pate (call church for number) or email at marshapate@nc.rr.com if you have any questions.
Vacation Church School
Registration begins today for our summer VCS program, which will be held July 23-27, 9:00 am -12:00 pm. Registration forms are available in the dining room. Please note that this year's program is for children entering kindergarten in the fall 2007 up through children completing fifth grade this spring. Registration is presently open only to church parishioners and those visiting our parish. If classes are not filled to capacity by May 31, registration will be opened to the wider community.
Emergency Procedures
Emergency procedure instructions for the parish buildings are now posted by the alarm box located in the hallway by the parish office. If you have questions, please see Tom Mander, facilities manager, or call Clare Baum (please call church office for her number).
Presiding Bishop DVD
For anyone interested in viewing the DVD of the November, 2006 Investiture of the Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, Nancy Tunnessen (call church for number) has the DVD which she is willing to loan. Please sign up in the Parish Office.
ABC Sale Fund Requests
The annual ABC Sale will be held on Saturday, April 21st. Proceeds from the sale go to worthy charitable organizations within and outside the community. The social ministry committee is now accepting requests for grants from the sale's profits. Anyone wishing to make such a request may obtain an application from the parish office or get a copy from the parish website www.thechapelof thecross.org. The guidelines for consideration of requests is also on the website. The deadline for receiving applications is April 15th. If you are involved with an organization or know of one interested in submitting a request, please pass this information on to them. Applications can be mailed to the church, attention Social Ministry, ABC. For more information, contact Barbara Tremblay (call church office for number).
Mark Your Calendar
Environmental Stewardship Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Environmental Stewardship Committee is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3 at 6:00 pm in the parish library. All are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Rimer at lbrimer@bellsouth.net or call the church office for her number.
Eradicating Global Poverty
Beginning Tuesday, April 10, for five consecutive weeks, there will be an opportunity for small group study, reflection and discussion using a new curriculum developed by the National Council of Churches on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's). The study is sponsored by the Micah Group as we continue to deepen our understanding of our engagement with the MDG's and is open to all parishioners. The six sessions are structured around the eight internationally agreed upon goals to end extreme poverty, hunger and disease by 2015. The study includes human interest stories, facts, figures, Bible passages, questions for discussion and action steps.
The book's author, Lalli Lloyd, Chair of the Episcopal Church's Standing Commission on Domestic Mission and Evangelism, will be with us at our first session. Copies of the book are $8.50 and can be provided without charge if needed. You may sign up in the church office or by contacting Patricia Watts Hill (Call church for number) or e-mail pawatts@earthlink.net.
Stewardship
IFC: Please "Give" During Lent
The IFC Food Pantry continues to need help meeting the increasing needs of those in our community who lack adequate food. Specific requests are for Ramen noodles, canned fruit, macaroni and cheese, canned pasta, canned pinto beans and dry beans (pinto, black and lentil). As you come to church during Lent, consider bringing a can or two of food. Containers for food offerings are in the tower room at the entrance to the church and in the parish office. More information is available from Alice Cotten at acotten@email.unc.edu.
Episcopal Youth Community
Students from the Chapel of the Cross's EYC will be collecting leftover foreign currency from parishioners' foreign travels to benefit EYC mission activities. All those coins and bills that have been taking up space on top of your chest of drawers can now go to great use! Students will be collecting donations after the 9:00 and 11:15 services April 15 and April 22 and donations will be gladly accepted during ABC sale week. If you have any questions, please contact Margaret Conrad (call office for number).
Good Samaritan Guild
The Good Samaritan Guild needs to replenish our supply of frozen meals for parishioners in need. Containers with recipes for casseroles and soups are available in the dining room this morning. Please take one and return it at your convenience. Feel free to make one of your own recipes instead. Please use smaller sized containers, label the ingredients, and date it. If you have containers in good condition that the Good Samaritans could reuse please put them in a bag, mark it "Good Sams" and leave it in the parish office.
Awakening Heart
Members of Awakening Heart, our parish contemplative prayer group, again invite you to a special prayer session on Holy Saturday. We will meet in Room 1 on the basement floor of the Yates Wing following the 9:00 am Liturgy of the Word service. We will have a half hour silent prayer followed by (optional) reflections on our experience of Holy Week. Come and deepen your participation in this Holy Season. Contact Jane Dyer (call church office for number) with any questions.
Carbon Fast in Lent
Please remember to calculate and report the carbon reductions that you and your family achieve during Lent. There will be a drop-box in the dining room for collecting this information. The Rector will be announcing the Parish total after Easter. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Rimer at lbrimer@bellsouth.net or call the church office for her number.
ABC Sale
Plans for the 45th annual ABC Sale are well underway. We hope that many of you can join in the fun by volunteering, donating and baking. However, if you are unable to make it to the Chapel of the Cross during sale week or have large items that you cannot transport to the sale, we are glad to help. Please contact Nancy Tunnessen (call church office for number), Allison Worthy (aworthy@nc.rr.com) or Ellen Cole (ehc430@aol.com) as soon as you can or by Friday, April 13 at the latest so we can best coordinate drivers with those in need of this service.
Important ABC Dates to Remember:
· Wed., April 11, A Treasured Affair, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm.
· Sun., April 15, ABC Set-Up with EYC and Ice Cream Social, 2:00 pm.
· Mon., April 16, Donations and Sorting, 8:30 am - 7:00 pm.
· Tues., April 17, Donations, 8:30 am-9:00 pm.
· Wed., April 18, Donations, 8:30 am-7:00 pm.
· Thur., April 19, Donations, 8:30 am - 2:00 pm.
· Fri., April 20, Volunteer Luncheon 12:00 pm.
· Sat., April 21, ABC Sale Day, 9:00 am-2:00 pm. Clean up-2:00 pm-4:00 pm.
A Treasured Affair
Years ago, on a Sunday afternoon before the ABC Sale, the ECW held a tea to which treasures were brought and appraised by an expert. It was a lively event that afforded attendees a free appraisal of their donation to the Treasures Room along with a spot of tea and good conversation. In celebration of the 45th annual ABC Sale, this old tradition will be resurrected with a slightly different twist.
This year, we would like to invite parishioners to A Treasured Affair, an early evening gathering to which you are asked to bring a quality item, old or new, for donation to the ABC Sale. David Lindquist, owner of Whitehall Antiques at the Villa, will offer his expert appraisal of your donation. Wyndham Robertson will host the event.
Please Join Us, Wednesday, April 11th, 2007, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
520 Hooper Lane
RSVP by April 4th
Ellen Cole, Ehc430@aol.com (call church for phone number) or
Allison Worthy, aworthy@nc.rr.com (call church for phone number)
Community Notes
Church of the Advocate
The Church of the Advocate invites the people of the Chapel of the Cross to walk the Way of the Cross with us on Good Friday, April 6, through downtown Carrboro. We will gather in front of the Carrboro town hall at 2:00 pm, and will end at the old Carrboro cemetery around 3:00 pm. For further information, please visit our website: www.ouradvocate.org.
Grief Recovery Groups
The UNC Hospitals Bereavement Support Services is offering a Community Grief Recovery Group this spring. This group is free of charge, open to anyone grieving a death regardless of faith background, and will focus on sharing and moving toward healing. We will meet at the United Church of Chapel Hill for seven consecutive weeks beginning on Monday, April 9, from 6:30-8:00 and ending on Monday, May 21. For more information or to enroll, please contact Heidi Gessner, UNC Bereavement Coordinator (call church office for number) or hgessner@unch.unc.edu.
Summer Camp
Camp Fun in the Son is now taking applications for the summer 2007 program. The camp is a fully inclusive program offering a fun-filled summer for rising 6th through rising 9th graders. For more info visit www.campfunintheson.com or call the church office for their phone number.
Million Meals for Eradicating Hunger
On April 21, three local rotary clubs will join forces with other local caring groups and organizations to put together 170,000 meals to be sent to developing countries. Our social ministries committee has committed to this cause both financially and in terms of manpower. The event will be held in Chapel Hill at the American Legion Hall on Legion Road. This is an inter-generational activity which can include family members from ages five and up, so if one of your family members is working the ABC sales, the rest of the family is welcome to work in the assembly line making up bags of meals. Time slots are from 9:00 am - 11:30 am, 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm. Please sign up in the office for one of the time slots and indicate how many in your family wish to work. For more information contact Barbara Tremblay btrem@verizon.net (contact church for number) or Cynthia Crittenden crcrittenden@bellsouth.net (call church for number). We would like to have as many definite commitments by April 4 as possible.
Brian Clemens Memorial
The 7th annual Brian Clemens golf tournament will be held March 31 at the The Challenge Golf Club, 1179 Challenge Drive, Graham, NC 27253. The cost is $67 and includes greens fee, cart, drink cart, driving range (with golf balls), and lunch. For more information got to the website at www.BrianClemens.org and complete a registration form there. All proceeds will support the IFC Community House.
Global Climate Change
A program and workshop entitled, "What Must We Do in the Face of Global Climate Change?" with be held Saturday, May 19 at the Chapel of the Cross. Sponsored by the Committee for Environmental Ministry, the North Carolina Council on Churches, and North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light, this program explores the Christian's response to global climate change. For further information, contact Tom Droppers, Environmental Ministry Chair, tdrops@bellsouth.net.
Club Nova Thrift Shop
Located in Carrboro, Club Nova promotes and provides opportunities for individuals living with mental illness to lead meaningful and productive lives of their choice in the community. As a non-profit organization, Club Nova raises funds for its programs through its adjoining thrift shop. The thrift shop offers quality second-hand goods such as clothing, books, music, household and kitchen items and select furniture. Open Tuesday through Friday from 10 am to 6 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm, Club Nova Thrift Shop gladly accepts both material and monetary contributions during regular business hours ( all donations are tax deductible). The community's support and generosity through volunteering and donating goods is greatly appreciated and always welcome. To learn more information, call the shop coordinator, Camellia Morton (please call the church for her number).
2007 Swindell lecture
The Bishop's Committee of the Swindell Major Speakers Fund presents keynote speaker Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, Episcopal priest, spiritual director and author. The event will take place Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at Haw River State Park. For registration information contact Harrison T. Simons (please call church for number).
CROP Hunger Walk 2007
The Crop Walk links families and communities together to raise money in order to provide food and other resources for people locally and around the world. The event will take place on Sunday, April 15 at 2 pm at the Carrboro Town Commons/ Farmers' Market. Volunteers for the water stop and fundraising, contributors and walkers are needed. This year we are having teams within the church raise money separately. Individuals wishing to solicit donations are free to do so. Otherwise, contributions can be given to one of the teams. For more information, please contact Jimmy Satterwhite: jimmysa@alumni.unc.edu (please call church for phone number).
Sunday Announcements
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.
Adult Education This Week
An Introduction to the Labyrinth (Parlor)
Lenten Question of the Week
During Lent, we are offering to stimulate household discussions every week with the Sunday gospel reading. This week's gospel lesson is Luke 23:1-49. The question is what kind of king does our world need? What kind of king do you need?
Nursery care for infants and young children is available; ask an usher for directions. Children's and Large print bulletins are available from an usher.
The Environmental Stewardship Committee Green Tip :
Reduce your carbon footprint: Drive less! Each gallon of gasoline burned by a car or truck releases 24 pounds of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Last updated: March 30, 2007
