Sunday announcements

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 11 - July 22, 2007

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Services This Week

Mon., Tues., Wed., and Fri.

5:15 pm Evening Prayer

Wednesday, July 25

10:00 am Holy Eucharist 1928
Mr. Elkins-Williams

Thursday, July 26

St. James the Apostle
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Frazelle

Next Sunday, July 29

The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost - Proper 12

8:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Mr. Elkins-Williams

10:00 am Baptism and Holy Eucharist Rite II
Mr. Elkins-Williams

5:15 pm Holy Eucharist II
Mr. Elkins-Williams

Readings: Genesis 18:20-33; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:6-15; Luke 11:1-13

Today

Get to know our Summer Intern!

There is one remaining opportunity to engage with our summer intern from Duke Divinity School, Ross Kane. Today at the Dinner on the Grounds, Ross will share his experiences as an Episcopal missionary in Sudan with peace-building and human rights advocacy. He will show a brief documentary produced by the Episcopal Church about his work. This is Ross' last Sunday with us, since his final two Saturdays of summer internship he will be with our youth in New Orleans.

Dinner on the Grounds

There are two remaining dinners this summer. Please join us in the fellowship of shared dinner after the 10 am services today and on August 19. Please bring a dish to share. Drinks will be provided.

This Week

Vacation Church School Offering

The children and leaders engaging in this week's Vacation Church School will be collecting an offering for two programs in Jerusalem: the Ahli Hospital in Gaza which is one of the many outreach programs supported through the Diocese of Jerusalem and Shufat Refugee Summer Children's Camps in Jerusalem which our parish has supported in recent years. There is a display in the dining room providing more information about these programs and the ways our offering will be used. If you would like to make a contribution, checks are to be made payable to The Chapel of the Cross, earmarked "VCS Offering".

Parish Notes

Sunday Summer Parish Breakfasts

The Sunday Summer Breakfast was resurrected on Sunday, July 8, with breakfast being prepared and served by the following parishioners: Valerie Bateman, Sankey Blanton, Duane Gilbert, Robert Hook, Dave Scocca, Jay Reeves, Henry Thomas and Tony Hawkins. We'd like to thank our cooks and new Sexton, Ron McGill, for their help and cuisine. A hearty thanks and appreciative hand to Ken Stynes who supplied Tony with the menu and directions for working the breakfast. The next breakfast is scheduled for Sunday, August 5, at 8:30 am.

Contribution Statements Mailed

Contribution statements for the first six months (through June 30) of 2007 were mailed on Tuesday, July 10, to all those who made pledges to the Chapel of the Cross for 2007. Please check these statements for accuracy and contact the Parish Accountant, Debby Kulik, in the parish office if you find any discrepancies or have any questions. Note that these statements include all contributions recorded through June 30 but, because contributions are counted and recorded on Monday mornings, may not include contributions received after the last Sunday in June. Such contributions will be recorded in July and reflected on the next quarterly statement. Note also that payments received in 2007 but credited to a prior or future year pledge are not reflected on these statements.

Seamsters/Seamstresses Needed

We still need people to assist with two sewing projects this week during Vacation Church School. We need someone to come in on Tuesday, July 24 and Wednesday, July 25 and others to do some work at home. Children will make prayer pillows and a large handprint banner for San Patricio parish in Honduras. If you can help us with either of these sewing projects, please contact Gretchen Jordan ASAP at 929-2193.

Rector's Letter copies available

Copies of the Rector's Pentecost letter to the parish about the discernment process concerning gay unions are available in the dining room and in the back of the chapel. Also available (as mentioned in the letter) are copies of his booklet from the series two years ago, "Pastoral Reflections." It may also be accessed online at www.thechapelofthecross.org/2005/PastoralReflections.pdf.

Vestry Discussions

Over the next several months, members of our congregation are invited and encouraged to communicate with members of the clergy and Vestry regarding the question of whether our parish is called to widen our pastoral care to include the blessing of same-gender unions. The Vestry will be organizing more formal opportunities for education and discussion later in the summer or early fall, but do want to hear from you now regarding your concerns or convictions. Contact information for individual vestry members may be found on the back of Cross Roads. Clergy may be reached through the parish office or by email/mail. A resource that the Vestry has found to be very helpful is the book "To Set our Hope on Christ: A response to the Invitation of Windsor Report Paragraph 135" This book is available for $5.00 through Education/Liturgy Resources in Oxford, NC phone (919)693-5547 or may be downloaded from the web at www.episcopalchurch.org/documents/ToSetOurHopeOnChrist.pdf.

Counters Needed

Each Monday morning a group of parishioners meets to count and deposit all money received by the parish during the prior week. We need additional people for this important committee. The group meets at 9:00 a.m. each Monday and is usually finished by 11:00 a.m. If you would be interested in providing this service to the parish please call the parish accountant Debby Kulik at 929-2193.

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 Jimmy Satterwhite at jimmysa@alumni.unc.edu.

Preschool Opening

Preschool at the Chapel of the Cross has a Monday through Friday opening for the 2007-2008 school year for a 4 year old girl, beginning August 6, 2007. She must turn 4 years old by October 16, 2007. If interested, call Laura Gelblum at (call office for number), Dana Campbell at (call office for number) or email pccenrollment@gmail.com.

Mark Your Calendar

Summer Reading Opportunities

Back by popular demand, there will be two book discussion this summer. On Wednesday, July 25 at 7:30 pm we will discuss Marcus Borg's Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. On Wednesday, August 15 at 7:30 the discussion will focus on the UNC summer reading book The Death of Innocents by Sister Helen Prejean. Both meetings will take place in the parlor. Please join us!

Stewardship

Stockholders Wanted!

This is the final week of the EYC fundraiser for mission to New Orleans! Youth will be handing out flyers after the 10 am service today. Grab a flyer and buy "stocks" in the mission trip to support our young adults.

The Orange House Supper

In late July, members of the Social Ministry Committee will again bring dinner to Orange House, the Alliance for AIDS Services residence in Carrboro, and join the residents for supper. If you are interested in participating, please contact Peggy Pratt at pegpratt@nc.rr.com or (call office for number). If there is interest, a monthly cook team could be organized.

Community Notes

Flying Solo Conference

Episcopal Singles Ministry offers this intergenerational conference for single adults August 31 - September 3 at Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville. The theme, "On Pilgrimage," will be led by keynote speaker Dr. Brett Webb-Mitchell, who writes, "We are always either going to something, someplace, somewhere, or leaving it all behind. To go forward means to leave something, someone behind....to go deeper means to get under the surface of the thin, brittle veneer of life in order to see the immense and yet beautiful streams of life's complexities." Brochures and registration forms are available in the dining room in the tract racks.

IFC Needs

The Inter-Faith Council Food Pantry continues to need jelly, cream style corn, oat meal, pork and beans, apple sauce, turnip greens, spinach, collards, stewed tomatoes, salad dressing, macaroni and cheese, vegetable soup dry black and pinto beans, and paper bags with handles (save your grocery store bags and bring them to donate). Our contributions make a difference. When we deliver items from the church to the Food Pantry in Carrboro, these items are used almost immediately to help support walk-in requests. If every person, or every family, coming to a worship service at the Chapel of the Cross each week brought just one item for the Food Pantry, it would make an enormous difference for good in our community. Make it a habit if you can.
Baskets for our donations are located in the parish office and at the tower entrance to the church.

Our Growing Burmese Population

Our two original families who came to us last fall have now split up into two apartments in order to accommodate newly arrived extended family members. They are in need of additional supplies. The list includes large pots with lids, paring knives, large soup bowls and soup spoons, and a sofa, or sofa bed. They also would like to have a computer as one of the young men is working on his GED. Please bring any of these items (except the sofa) to the office. If you have a sofa, please contact Barbara Tremblay at btrem@verizon.net or (call for number) so we can arrange delivery.

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.

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.

The Environmental Stewardship Committee Green Tip :

Reduce your vacation footprint: if you rent a car, ask for the most fuel-efficient model available, e.g. a hybrid.

Last updated: July 21, 2007