Sunday announcements
Easter Sunday - April 8, 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., Wed., and Fri.
5:15 pm Evening Prayer
Tuesday in Easter Week, April 10
5:30 pm Episcopal Campus Ministry
Wednesday in Easter Week, April 11
10:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite 1928
Mr. Zunes
Thursday in Easter Week, April 12
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
Sunday, Apr. 15
The Second Sunday of Easter
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Frazelle
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Kevin Brown (General Seminary)
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
Kevin Brown (General Seminary)
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
The Rev. Eduardo Monzon
9:30 pm Compline
Readings: Acts 5:12a,17-22,25-29; Psalm 111 or 118:19-24; Revelation 1:(1-8) 9-19; John 20:19-31
Today
12:15 Social Hour
There will be no social hour following the 11:15 service today.
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."
Episcopal Youth Community
Happy Easter! There will be no EYC tonight. Our next meeting will be at 2 pm on Sunday, April 15, in the dining room for ABC Sale set up. Hard work will be followed by ice cream!!! This will be a good chance to earn service hours.
This Week
Living the questions
Stephen Elkins-Williams will offer session eight of the "Living the Questions" series on Thursday, April 12. If you attended this series and plan to attend this make up (for the canceled Feb. 1 session) or if you would like to join in this video discussion program entitled "A Kingdom Without Walls," please call the church office at 929-2193 and indicate your plans to attend either at 10 am or 7:30 pm. The final four sessions facilitated by our clergy will begin on Thursday, April 26, and continue for four weeks, concluding May 17. Evening and morning groups are offered. A sign up sheet is in the parish office.
Rector of San Patricio to visit
We are delighted that Father Eduardo Monzon, rector of San Patricio, our 2007 mission destination, will visit our parish April 14-18. On Sunday, April 15, Eduardo will participate in Children's Chapel at 9:00 am and will preach at the 5:15 service. The Global Mission Committee and the San Patricio mission team extend a warm invitation to parishioners to attend this service and a reception in the parish courtyard immediately following. Eduardo, Canon Vicar at the Good Shepherd Cathedral in San Pedro Sula and Canon on Mission and Evangelism for the Diocese of Honduras, is visiting the US in connection with his work with SAMS (South America Missionary Society). His most recent success in church planting is San Patricio, which began three years ago with a membership of one family and is now an active congregation in the process of building a church.
Adult Inquirers Class
The Adult Inquirers' Class usually meets Monday nights in the parlor from 7:30 to 9:00. There will be no class tomorrow.
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.
Announcements
Parish Office Closing
The parish office will be closed tomorrow and will reopen at 9 am on Tuesday, April 10.
Hospitality Manager Needed
The parish is seeking a person for a part-time position responsible for maintaining the orderliness and hospitality of our facility, especially the kitchen, dining room and parlor as well as serve as a resource for groups using these areas. It may require some flexible hours including weekends and Sundays for special services. For more information and a full job description, contact Barbara Hastings at 929-2193.
Wedding Coordinator
The parish is seeking a person to serve as wedding coordinator. The wedding coordinator assists the clergy and staff at the Chapel of the Cross in planning and coordinating preparations for all weddings taking place here. Persons interested may read more information in the Wedding Brochure on the parish Web site. A printed copy is also available in the parish office. Those interested by contact Barbara Hastings after April 16 to apply.
ABC Sale Funds Requests
The annual ABC Sale will be held on Saturday, April 21. 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 Web site (www.thechapelofthecross.org). The guidelines for consideration of requests is also on the Web site. The deadline for receiving applications is April 15. 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 office for number).
Adult Education Brochures
Please pick up an Adult Education Spring brochure outlining all the educational opportunities 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 929-2193.
Children's Art Project
We want all the children of the parish to participate in the stained glass window art project for Earth Sunday on April 22. Children are invited to make a pencil drawing of a place where he/she feels close to God (preferably in nature) or things in nature that make him/her respond, "Whoa, that is so awesome, how did God ever create that?" A pencil drawing is to be done on a sheet of typing paper turned so that it is 11 inches in length and 8 1/2 inches in width. Return the pencil drawing to Gretchen Jordan to be copied onto transparency. It will be returned for your child to then color with permanent markers. All drawings must be completed no later than Friday, April 20 to be hung in the window overlooking the courtyard.
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 (call office for number).
First Quarter Contribution Statements Mailed
Contribution statements are being mailed to all those who made pledges to support the Chapel of the Cross operating budget for 2007. Please be on the alert for your statement and take the time to check it for accuracy and report any errors to the parish accountant. These statements should include all contributions received through the last Sunday in March. Thank you for your help and for your support of the ministries of our parish.
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 office for number) or email at marshapate@nc.rr.com if you have any questions.
Lenten Offering
We hope many of you are returning your filled cans or offering clearly marked as "Lenten Offering" today. Proceeds will help purchase furniture for the new girls' home at El Hogar. If not, please return them by April 22. The Rev. Richard Kunz, a priest from Honduras, will be visiting us on April 29 and we want to present the offering to him. Your support is encouraged even if you did not collect money during Lent. Checks payable to Chapel of the Cross earmarked Lenten Offering are welcome!
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 office for number) has the DVD which she is willing to lend. Please sign up in the parish office.
Vacation Church School
Registration continues for our summer VCS program. 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.
Mark Your Calendar
Eradicating Global Poverty
Beginning Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 pm 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) in the parish parlor. 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 office for number) or e-mail pawatts@earthlink.net.
Stewardship
Carbon Fast
If you and your family participated in the carbon-fast for Lent, please remember to report your carbon reductions on the form provided in your folders. Please report the carbon emission you did NOT release into the environment during Lent! There is a box in the parish hall where you can turn in your forms. This is important because our rector will be reporting our total reductions soon after Easter. If you have questions about these calculations, please call Linda Rimer (call office for number) or at lbrimer@bellsouth.net.
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.
Community Notes
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 office for number), Allison Worthy (call office for number) or Ellen Cole (call office for number) 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.
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 (call office for 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 or phone (call office for number) or Cynthia Crittenden crcrittenden@bellsouth.net or phone (call office for number). Please respond as soon as possible.
Project Compassion
Because effective legal, financial and healthcare planning requires an integrative approach, Project Compassion will bring together some of the most experienced professionals and community leaders in the Triangle to help you explore the next steps in your planning. The symposium will take place on Saturday, April 28, from 8:30 am - 12 pm at Carol Woods Assembly Hall at 750 Weaver Dairy Rd. Continental breakfast and exhibits begin at 8 am. Registration is $35 or $25 for students and seniors 60+. Partial scholarships may be available. For additional information and online registration by April 20, go to www.project-compassion.org or (call office for number).
Environmental Rally
On Saturday, April 14, people of faith in Orange and Alamance counties are invited to gather at 12 pm on the steps of University United Methodist Church in downtown Chapel Hill, to demonstrate their commitment to caring for God's creation as part of a national effort to demonstrate to legislators support for action that will reduce carbon emissions and the threat of global warming. The rally is scheduled to last about 30 minutes. If you have questions, visit www.stepitup2007.org or contact Alice Loyd of the NC Interfaith Power & Light: aloyd@nccouncilofchurches.org or Linda Rimer: lbrimer@bellsouth.net.
Bach's Lunch
A Noontime Series of Recitals at The Chapel of the Cross
Tuesdays at 12:15-12:45
Tuesday, April 10 - David Jernigan, organist
East Carolina University and St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Greenville, NC
Tuesday, April 17 - Wylie S. Quinn, III, organist
The Chapel of the Cross
Chapel Hill, NC
Tuesday, April 24 - Douglas Leightenheimer, organist
First Presbyterian Church
Wilmington, NC
Tuesday, May 1 - David Arcus, organist
Duke Chapel
Durham, NC
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
No classes
Adult Education Next Week
Conversation with a Seminarian (Library)
The Environmental Stewardship Committee Green Tip :
Conserve water! Use a broom or rake instead of a hose to clear debris from your driveways and other paved areas outside.
Last updated: April 6, 2007
