Sunday announcements
Trinity Sunday - June 3, 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
Wednesday, June 6
10:00 am Holy Eucharist 1928
Mr. Elkins-Williams
Thursday, June 7
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II with Healing
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
Next Sunday, June 10
The Second Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 5
8:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Ms. Lee
10:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Lee
4:00 pm Holy Eucharist Rite I (Carol Woods)
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist II
Ms. Lee
Readings: 1 Kings 17:17-24; Psalm 30 or 30:1-6,12-13; Galatians 1:11-24; Luke 7:11-17
Today
Episcopal Youth Community
Take some time to relax from exams! Join EYC from 5:30 to 7:30 in the dining room. Bring extra clothes and a towel! Prepare yourself to get gross, soaked, and silly! Please contact Caren Parker at cparker@thechapelofthecross.org with any questions.
Admitting Pauli Murray
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, the Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward Professor of History at Yale University and the John Hope Franklin Senior Fellow at the National Humanities Center (2006-2007), will speak in the Chapel at 10:20 this morning about Durham native Pauli Murray, who challenged segregation at the University of North Carolina in the 1930s, went to jail in 1940 for refusing to move to the back of the bus, followed Gandhi from the Harlem Ashram and led sit-ins in the nation's capital during World War II. She became a lawyer and founder of the National Organization for Women. Deeply religious and a practicing Episcopalian throughout her life, Pauli Murray was among the first group of women and the first black woman ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. For over fifty years, she fought discrimination wherever she encountered it, but her hardest struggle was to reconcile her faith with the fact that she was gay.
Next Week
Graduating High School Seniors
The parish will recognize all seniors graduating from high school on Sunday, June 10. There will be a reception following the 10 am service to acknowledge their achievements. All are invited to come and celebrate!
Announcements
Fundraiser Thank-you
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Foreign Currency Fund-raiser for the Youth Mission trip to New Orleans!!! We were able to make $715. This was nearly enough to provide three half scholarships for our trip.
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.
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 (call office for number).
Youth Help Needed
We need youth who are presently finishing 6th grade and older to help with Vacation Church School the week of July 23-27 from 9 am to 12 pm! If you or one of your children falls into this category and you are available, please contact Gretchen Jordan at 929-2193 as soon as possible.
Summer Book Reading
The Adult Education Committee has chosen Bishop John Shelby Spong's most recent book, Jesus for the Non-Religious, for this year's summer reading group. Discussion will follow a simple supper on the last three Wednesdays in June (13, 20 and 27) starting at 6:30 pm. Craig and Linda Everhart will host the supper and discussion at their home. The book is readily available online. Please sign up in the church office.
Vacation Church School
Capacity for our July 23-27 morning program has almost been reached. We still can accept a few more kindergarten and 1st grade students and a few for the 4th-5th grade combination class, but all other classes are filled. We are happy to add names to the wait list for the other classes. 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.
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.
New Delivery Options for Cross Roads and Liturgical Calendar
Cross Roads and the Liturgical Calendar are now available on the parish website - Cross Roads in both PDF and HTML formats and the Liturgical Calendar in PDF format only. Beginning with the July issue of Cross Roads and the September through November issue of the Liturgical Calendar, those currently receiving these publications in the mail will have new delivery options. If you would be content to look at these documents online or to pick up a paper copy at the church, please notify the parish office and copies will no longer be mailed to you. If you would like to receive e-mail notifications when the documents become available on the website, please notify the parish office of your wishes and be sure that your email address on the parish records is current and accurate. No distribution changes will be made without a specific request. The easiest way to make such a request is to send an e-mail to the Parish Administrative Assistant, Mary Ann Handy (mahandy@thechapelofthecross.org), stating your preferences. Thanks for your consideration of these options and for your help in reducing both printing and postage costs at the Chapel of the Cross.
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.
Loaves and Fishes Guild
The Loaves and Fishes Guild invites you to become a part of parish hospitality. The Guild offers refreshment in a variety of settings, including Sunday morning coffee and parish dinners and receptions. This is an easy and enjoyable way to serve your fellow parishioners and to offer welcome to visitors and parishioners. You will have the fun and camaraderie of working together and the satisfaction of knowing you have performed a vital service for the church. If you would like to help or if you have any questions please call Liska Lackey at (call office for number) or e-mail liska.lackey@gmail.com.
Mark Your Calendars
Play for Par Golf Tournament
Our parish's seventh annual "Play for Par" Golf Tournament is Monday, September 17 at The Preserve at Jordan Lake. Proceeds from this tournament are a critical part of our funding to build Habitat for Humanity houses in Orange County. Registration begins at 12:00 pm with a shotgun start at 1:00 pm. The entry fee is $125 per person, and sponsorships are available. The steering committee is also looking for corporate sponsors to help reach our $25,000 goal. Contact Brian McRae at (call office for number) or mcraebj@gmail.com.
Stewardship
Thompson Summer Clothing Drive
FINAL WEEK!
The Thompson's Summer Clothing Drive ends next Sunday, June 10. If you haven't had a chance to stop by the table in the dining room to pick up a heart and help with our drive, please do so today. Items are due back to the parish office, unwrapped, by the end of the week. Financial contributions and department store gift cards are also welcome. For more information, please call Susan Thomason, (call office for number), or Dina Urquhart, (call office for number). Thank you for your support!
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 (call office for number).
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.
Meals on Wheels
If you or another parishioner could benefit from a hot noonday meal delivered to your home Monday through Friday because of illness or other infirmity, you are urged to contact the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels Program. Contact Jeanie Arnel at (call office for number), Monday through Friday, from 10 am to 1:30 pm.
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: pork and beans, tea, puddings, shampoo, deodorant, tooth paste, toothbrushes, regular sized bar soap, razors and size one and two diapers. No breakable containers, please. Baskets for our 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.
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 thePublications Assistant's mailbox in the parish office. Email is preferred.
Adult Education This Week
Admitting Pauli Murray (Library)
The Environmental Stewardship Committee Green Tip :
Reduce your vacation footprint: walk and bike more; drive less.
Last updated: June 1, 2007
