Sunday announcements
May 20, 2007 - The Seventh Sunday of EasterNote: 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
Wednesday, May 23
10:00
am
Holy Eucharist 1928
Mr. Elkins-Williams
Thursday, May 24
5:15
pm
Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Frazelle
Next Sunday, May 27
Pentecost
7:30 am
Holy
Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Elkins-Williams
9:00
am
Baptism & Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Hart
11:15
am
Holy Eucharist Rite I
Ms. Hart
4:00
pm
Holy Eucharist Rite I
(Carol Woods)
Mr. Frazelle
5:15
pm
Holy Eucharist Rite II
Dr. Morley
Readings: Acts 2:1-11 Psalm 104:25-37 or 104:25-32 or 33:12-15,18-22 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 John 20:19-23
Announcements
A message from the Rector
I want to thank the High School class for their thoughtful suggestions of additions to the Prayers of the People. They have asked that we pray for our enemies, for the mentally ill, and several other petitions. You will hear those added to Forms 1 and 6 today.
Today
Junior Choir concert
A Sacred Concert will be presented by the Junior Choir this evening at 7:00 pm. Affectionately known as "the Junior Choir's Greatest Hits," the concert will be followed by a candlelight reception honoring the choir. All are invited.
Episcopal Youth Community
Show your support for the Junior Choir tonight! The Junior Choir Concert begins at 7:00 pm. We can all sit together! On June 3 we will return to regular time (5:30 pm) and place (dining room) for the last time this school year. We will celebrate the end of the year with a party at D-Frazz's house on June 10. Please contact Caren Parker at cparker@thechapelofthecross.org with any questions.
Next Sunday
Pentecost Picnic
The Pentecost Picnic is next Sunday at 12:45 in Umstead Park in Chapel Hill. Come join fellow parishioners for food and fellowship, birthday cake, music and a dramatic retelling of the story of Pentecost (the church's birthday!) from the Acts of the Apostles. Tickets are $5 each ($20 maximum per family) and are on sale today in the dining room between the morning services.
Parish Notes
Volunteers Needed
Chapel of the Cross is looking for a few good people to volunteer in the office and print center on Friday afternoons. Take the opportunity to get to know your fellow parishioners and serve God at the same time! If you are interested please contact Mary Anne Handy in the parish office at 929-2193.
Search for Director of Stewardship and Development
The Personnel Committee has started the search process for a Director of Stewardship and Development (funded initially through the Capital Campaign). The person in this position will provide vision, direction and staff support for stewardship programs. Initial emphasis will be to implement a successful capital campaign including the advanced and major gifts program. Longer term work will include direction and support for annual budget giving and planned giving programs, develop and coordinate year-round stewardship education, and develop a communications plan for stewardship activities. The person selected will be a college graduate with strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. Campaign experience is essential. If you know a person who has these skills, please forward his/her name to the Personnel Committee.
Youth Readers Needed
We have a few openings for new youth readers at the 9 am service during the 2007-2008 school year. Youth readers typically have the opportunity to read once or twice within a quarterly Liturgical calendar cycle on regular Sunday as well as special holiday services. Training will be offered in late summer in time for the fall calendar. Please contact Mark Pandick at pandick@us.ibm.com or 960-5199.
Email notice for Cross Roads
The recent increase in postage rates applies not only to first class postage but also to bulk mail rates that we use for large mailings. We can now offer the option of sending email notices when a new issue of Cross Roads is available on the parish website, allowing parishioners to read it online. Both PDF and HTML formats will be available. If online reading of Cross Roads is not an acceptable option, we will continue to mail a copy to your home. If you want to continue receiving a mailed copy, you need to do nothing. If you wish to receive an email notice rather than a paper copy of Cross Roads, please notify the parish office and be sure we have your current email address. Similar options will apply to parishioners who receive the Liturgical Calendar. You may receive an email notice when a new copy of the calendar is posted on the web site. It will be in a PDF format only. You may also pick up a paper copy from the parish office. If neither of the first two options is workable for you, a copy will be mailed to your home. As with Cross Roads, please notify the parish office of your preference and be sure we have your current email address. Please send information about your choices for delivery of these two mailings and confirmation of your current email address to our Administrative Assistant Mary Anne Handy at mahandy@thechapelofthecross.org. We thank you for your flexibility and cooperation in helping reduce both postage and paper costs in as effective a manner as possible.
Vacation Church School to be Filled Soon
Registration is ongoing for our July 23-27 morning program, but some classes are nearing capacity and the "completed kindergarten" class is now filled. If you plan to attend, please register now. Forms are available outside the Educators' office and in the dining room. We have changed the week and the ages of participation. Children must be entering kindergarten in the fall to register for this summer.
Men's Prayer Breakfast
The May Men's Prayer Breakfast will meet Wednesday, May 23, at 7:30 am in the dining room. Dr. Richard Pfaff, our own Chapel of the Cross history professor, will be our guest speaker. Dr. Pfaff will be speaking on "Cultural Levels of Worship." Please bring your questions and a guest. Sankey Blanton will be our breakfast cook . All are invited to join us in prayer, share breakfast and fellowship while we listen to Dr. Pfaff's discourse. If you have a prayer request, please forward it to tony@tonyhawkinsre.com.
Graduate and Professional Students
If you are interested in fellowship with fellow Episcopalians, join us weekly for "Fridays on the Front Porch" at the Carolina Inn. The festivities are every Friday during the summer and include bluegrass music and food! We meet at the church at 4:45 and head over to the Carolina Inn (the corner of Columbia and Cameron Streets). We also schedule a variety of other activities. If you would like to stay updated on what we are doing, join our Facebook group, UNC Episcopal Grad and Professional Students, or join our listserv, egp@listserv.unc.edu. You may also contact John Derrick at jderricknc@aol.com or Jimmy Satterwhite at jimmysa@alumni.unc.edu.
Stewardship
UNC Habitat Partnership
UNC Habitat, part of the Chapel of the Cross Partnership, and Bike and Build, have organized a group of 30 cyclists who will complete a coast to coast ride in June and July, stopping regularly to volunteer in building Habitat homes across the country. Their ride starts on May 25 in Manteo, NC and concludes in San Diego. Organizers have committed to contribute $40,000 through the UNC Habitat/Chapel of the Cross Church Partnership to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. You will be able to track the progress, journals, and photos of their trip through the summer at www.bikeandbuild.org/cms. The group, which includes three members of ECM, will be staying at the church from the evening of May 31 through the early morning of June 3. They will build in Durham on Friday and in Orange County on Saturday. We will be feeding them during this time, and parishioner help is requested. If you are able to contribute a dish, volunteer to cook a casserole with a given recipe, or just come and help serve and/or clean up, please contact Jean DeSaix or jdesaix@email.unc.edu.
Thompson Child & Family Focus
Share your heart and resources. Pick up a heart at the Thompson's table in the dining room today. Buy the item listed on the heart and return it UNWRAPPED to the parish office by June 10. Thompson Child & Family Focus (formerly Thompson Children's Home) now offers year-round school and has a great need for summer uniforms - khaki shorts, polo shirts, sneakers, and short socks. They can also use one-piece swimsuits, underwear, other colors of shorts, and solid color t-shirts this year. Regulations require that only new clothing, bed linens & towels be donated, although gently used clothing can be accepted for infants to 5 year olds in Thompson's Day Care Child Development facilities. For more information, please call Susan Thomason or Dina Urquhart.Financial contributions can also be made to "The Chapel of The Cross" with note on check for: "The Rector's Discretionary Fund/Thompson Child & Family Focus clothes."
Community Notes
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. 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). To learn more, call the shop coordinator, Camellia Morton, at 967-6985.
New IFC Food Pantry Needs
Our donations to the IFC food pantry during Lent and the first weeks of Easter were very much needed and appreciated; each delivery was welcomed by smiling faces in the IFC office by staff and clients. As the seasons change, IFC needs change. The following items are now requested in order to help the food pantry continue supporting walk-in requests: soup, tuna, Vienna sausage, applesauce, canned salmon, canned navy beans and snacks. No breakable containers, please. Baskets for our food offerings are located in the parish office and in the tower entrance to the church. Thank you for your continuing attention to this need in our community.
Caring for our Troops
Those who wish to support our troops in Iraq should look to the USO Cares program (www.usocares.org/src/uso_home.htm) and Operation Iraqi Children (www.operationiraqichildren.org) as means of getting resources to US troops and Iraqi citizens.
Art Exhibit - "Strong Women of God"
An exhibit at the Chapel Hill Bible Church from June 3 through August 3 will represent historical or contemporary women of God as well as the abstract ideals of the spiritual strength of women. We are accepting paintings, sculpture, mixed media, collage, photographs, drawings, fabric art, or other media. Children and youth may also submit. All works must be ready to hang and include a paragraph naming the work and giving the reason why this represents a strong woman of God. Entry forms are available at www.bible church.org. Submit entries May 23-May 30 to Cyndi Whisnant. If you have questions contact cyndiw@biblechurch.org ext. 116.
Adult Education This Week
Conversation with the Rector (Parlor)
Talking with Kids about Sexuality and Spirituality with Peter Leone (Library
Adult Education Next Week
Pentecost Picnic at Umstead Park - 12:45 pm
Meet the Missioners
By Ann Henley, Global Missions Committee Chair
A year ago this month, two groups of Chapel of the Cross missioners-a bit wide-eyed and definitely white-knuckled-spiraled out of the clouds, through the mountaintops, and onto the short, busy runway of Tegucigalpa International airport. That exciting arrival in Honduras and the days that followed - of working at El Hogar and exploring mission opportunities with the Diocese of Honduras - seemed at the time a destination, journey's end. But that landing was in fact a launching, one early step in our parish's progress toward establishing lasting friendships and long-range projects in a climate and culture very different from our own.
Tomorrow another plane with another group of parishioners will land-this time far less dramatically-in the broad open sea-level spaces of San Pedro Sula. From there we will travel 25 miles to sprawling, industrial El Progreso and to the neighborhood on its outskirts that's now home to the parish of San Patricio. We'll be welcomed by Father Eduardo Monzon, whom many of you met when he visited us last month, and his congregation.
"We" are a priest, 8 parishioners and 1 Johnson Intern from the Chapel of the Cross:
Vicky Jamieson-Drake
Jimmy Satterwhite
Jerry Cotten
John Richard Taylor
Ted Everhart
Jackie Whitt
Linda Gaines
Margie Will
Ann Henley
Russellie Bongolan
And a deacon and 2 parishioners from St. Matthew's, Hillsborough:
Hugh Tilson
Richard Hicks
Mary-Charles Barrett
Our group is a resourceful one with a wide variety of skills and experiences. Some are young; others are well-seasoned. Four of us are veterans of the 2006 mission trip; seven of us speak moderately good Spanish; all of us are committed to seeking and serving Christ among his people in Honduras. We are strengthened by the presence of Hugh, Mary-Charles, and Richard from St. Matthew's, and we look forward to a continuing mission partnership with that parish. And we ask you, while we are gone, to remember us and our brothers and sisters at San Patricio in your prayers. At our team prep meetings we often use this "Franciscan Blessing" that Bishop Curry included in a recent newsletter. We offer it to you as you pray for us and for our parish's mission beyond our boundaries.
May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and
superficial relationships,
so that we may live deep within our hearts.
May God bless us with anger at injustice,
oppression and exploitation of people,
so that we may work for justice,
freedom and peace.
May God bless us with tears to shed for those
who suffer from pain, rejection,
starvation and war,
so that we may reach out our hands
to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless us with enough foolishness
to believe that we can
make a difference in this world,
so that we can do what others claim
cannot be done. Amen.
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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: May 18, 2007
