Sunday announcements
March 16, 2008 - Palm SundayNote: 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
Monday, March 17
7:00 pm Special Worship with People with Developmental Disabilities
Dr. Joyner
Tuesday, March 18
3:15 pm Episcopal Campus Ministry
Wednesday, March 19
10:00 am Holy Eucharist 1928
The Rev. Ralph Smith
Thursday, March 20
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Lee
7:30 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II & Foot Washing
Mr. Frazelle
Friday, March 21
12:00 pm An Order for Noonday Prayer
Dr. Joyner
1:00 pm A Service of Lessons and Music
2:00 pm The Good Friday Liturgy
Mr. Frazelle
7:30 pm Stations of the Cross
Saturday, March 22
9:00 am The Liturgy of the Word
9:00 pm Easter Vigil
Dr. Pfaff
Next Sunday, March 23
The Resurrection - Easter Sunday
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Lee
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite I
Ms. Lee
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Ms. Lee
4:00 pm Holy Eucharist Rite I (Carol Woods)
Ms. Jamieson-Drake
9:30 pm Sung Compline
Adult Education Today
Introduction to the Labyrinth (Campus Center)
Adult Education Next Week
No Church School
Today
Children's Processionals
Today and Easter offer children the opportunity to participate in the processionals in both the 9:00 service and Children's Chapel. Palms will be provided today. Children are invited to bring flowers on Easter to help decorate the wire crosses. At the 9:00 service on both Sundays, children are to sit with their families. Just prior to the processional hymns, members of the Children and Family Ministry Committee will move down the center aisle inviting children to join them at the front for the blessing of the palms. On Easter, members will invite children to join them in the processional to the front to offer the flowers. If your children are preschoolers and you prefer to bring them into 9:00 worship, we ask that you accompany them in the procession and then take them to chapel and check in with Joy Gattis.
Episcopal Youth Community
Join the Episcopal Youth Community tonight from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. We will meet in the basement at the church for our program tonight. All youth in 6th through 12th grades are invited to attend. EYC meets most Sunday evenings for fellowship, food, and fun. It is always a good idea to come ready for active outdoor play! Please contact Caren Parker at cparker@thechapelofthecross.org with any questions.
Young Adults Post-Compline Refreshments
Our Young Adults group heads out to Franklin Street for church-sponsored refreshments after the weekly 9:30 Sunday night Compline service. This week is no exception and all our graduate and professional students and other such folks, in school or otherwise, are welcome! Contact John Derrick, jd@unc.edu, for further information.
This Week
Walk the Labyrinth
An Ecumenical Holy Week Labyrinth opportunity sponsored by our parish and eight other congregations will open on Palm Sunday at 4:00 pm. This labyrinth is a 40' x 40' canvas replica of the 12th century Chartres Cathedral labyrinth in France. It is laid on the sanctuary floor at Olin T. Binkley Baptist Church at the corner of Hwy. 15-501 and Willow Drive. Please enter at the new front entrance on Willow. The hours vary each day of Holy Week: Sunday, 4:00 pm-8:30 pm; Monday, 6:30 am-8:30 pm; Tuesday, 6:30 am - 7:30 pm; Wednesday, 6:30 am - 6:30 pm; Good Friday, 6:30 am-2:00 pm with a service from noon - 1:00 pm. Bring socks for walking. A love offering will be received. Gretchen Jordan will lead an orientation today in the campus center during adult education.
Episcopal Campus Ministry
ECM will gather on Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 at the front entrance to the basketball museum at the Smith Center to attend Eve Carson's memorial service. We will return after the service to Chapel of the Cross for dinner and reflection. The memorial service is open to the public as well and all parishioners at the Chapel of the Cross who feel a need to be present are invited to attend.
Announcements
Parishioner needs Transportation
A parishioner needs a ride on Easter Sunday for the 5:15 service. The parishioner lives in Carrboro and is in a wheelchair, so will need some assistance getting from the chair to the car. The chair will fold to go into your vehicle. The ride service is not operating on that day due to the holiday. If you can help - even one way - please contact Peggy Pratt at (call office for number) or pegpratt@nc.rr.com or call the parish office. Thank you for your assistance.
Child Mortality Cross
The Child Mortality Cross in the dining room is almost complete. By Good Friday, 15,240 popsicle sticks will have been glued together to remind us of the 15,240 children under the age of five who will die of preventable and treatable causes related to poverty in just one day. Please help glue the final sticks. If you did not use one of the "Seeking to Serve" MDG Devotional guides during Lent, please feel free to take a copy now.
Youth Service Projects
EYC will be participating in a number of service projects in the coming weeks. Our first chance to help out will be with the MILLION MEALS project, a Chapel Hill wide project organized by the Rotary Club. On Saturday, April 5 from 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm we will gather to help prepare meals for relief projects around the world. Each dollar donated will provide five vegetarian meals to people in need. We are donating nearly $600 to this effort. There are ten spots for our parish's youth to work on the project, please contact Caren Parker at cparker@thechapelofthecross.org to save your place. Our second chance to help out will be back at the church. Every year the ABC Sale counts on the EYC's strong bodies and boundless energy to transform our church buildings into the biggest one day rummage sale ever seen. We will be moving racks and setting up tables from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm on April 6. There will be treats to follow! Our third and final opportunity for the beginning of April is on Saturday the 12th. EYC will be in the kitchen preparing and selling lunch. This project is so much fun and we help to raise money for great causes in our community. Please contact Caren Parker at (call office for number) or cparker@thechapelofthecross.org to sign up for any of these great opportunities.
Easter, Flowers & Coin Boxes
Next Sunday, we invite everyone to bring fresh flowers from your gardens or someone else's to create our traditional Easter cross. Small bouquets work very well. You may come forward following the processional to offer your flowers or hand them to one of our children. We will, also, receive the Lenten offering. The offering will be divided with half going to purchase vitamins for children in Honduras and the other half to the parish's Millennium Development Goals Inspiration Fund. Boxes are to be returned on Easter Sunday. Coin boxes and checks made payable to Chapel of the Cross, earmarked "Lenten Offering" may be placed in baskets at the back of the church. The baskets will be brought forward at the offertory.
Web-Site Team Needs Extra Hands
The team of parishioners that has been updating the design of the parish web-site is nearing the completion of its task. We now need three or four more parishioners to join the team that keeps the web-site content up to date by posting Sunday Announcements, Cross Roads, vestry minutes, sermons, etc. Experience working with web sites is desirable, but anyone comfortable with computers would be able to do this work. Team members work in rotation and time requirements have flexibility. If you have interest in helping with this particular parish ministry, please contact Websexton Dwight Smith (DwightSmith@nc.rr.com) or Communications Coordinator Vivian Varner (vvarner@thechapelofthecross.org).
Protect God's Creation! "Fast from Carbon" for Lent
The Environmental Stewardship Committee invites you to "fast from carbon" during Lent and beyond. Carbon dioxide is the dominant "green house gas" that is contributing to the warming of our planet and the disruption of our climate. During the five Sundays of Lent, members of the committee will be stationed in the parish office between the 9:00 and 11:15 services, with computers and Internet access, ready to help you measure your "carbon footprint." By answering a few questions, you will learn the amount of carbon that you are putting into the air in the form of carbon dioxide. You will also receive information on how to reduce that footprint and measure your progress. If you have questions about this, please contact Linda Rimer at lbrimer@bellsouth.net or (call office for number).
Vacation Church School
Vacation Church School will be held June 23-27, 2008. Registration forms for parishioners are available outside the Christian Formation office by the elevator of the Yates Building. Registration will open to the general public May 1. Volunteers are needed, either as lead teachers or extra hands. Please contact Boykin Bell at bbell@thechapelofthecross.org or 929-2193 if you are willing to help.
ABC Sale Funds Requests
The Social Ministry Committee is accepting requests for funds from the annual ABC Sale. The annual ABC Sale will be held on Saturday, April 12. Proceeds from the sale go to area nonprofit organizations that target children, education, mental and physical heath and homelessness/poverty. The 2007 sale profits provided over $26,000 to benefit 22 area organizations. The Social Ministry Committee is now accepting requests for grants from the sale proceeds. Anyone wishing to make such a request may obtain an application from the parish office or from the parish website. The guidelines for consideration of requests are also on the website. The deadline for receiving applications is March 31. 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 Cynthia Crittenden at (call office for number) or crcrittenden@bellsouth.net.
ABC Sale Donations
In planning your donations for the ABC Sale, please note that we accept almost any type of merchandise, from furniture to clothing, household items to antiques, books to toys. Please however do not donate torn, dirty or broken items. Please be aware that some items do not sell well, such as encyclopedias, textbooks, computers, typewriters, large appliances, and exercise equipment. If you have any question about an item, please ask us first. Unfortunately we can not accept mattresses, futons, car seats, oversized furniture or artificial Christmas trees either. We do have a list of agencies that might take some of these items. Feel free to ask for names and numbers if you need them. Unsalable items are offered to agencies helping people in need, but we often have to pay for them to receive the goods. Co-chairs Heather Benjamin (call office for number or habenjam@bellsouth.net and Mindy Morton (call office for number or mortons04@nc.rr.com) hope you are able to join us for the ABC SALE on Saturday, April 12 and are able to donate some time and goods to the sale set up week April 7-11.
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. Last year, in celebration of the 45th annual ABC Sale, this old tradition was resurrected with a slightly different twist. We would like to continue this renewed tradition. This year, we would again like to invite parishioners to A Treasured Affair, an early evening gathering to which you are asked to bring a treasure for donation to the ABC Sale. David Lindquist, owner of Whitehall Antiques at the Villa, will offer his expert appraisal of your special trinkets and treasures. Please join us on Wednesday, April 2, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at #1 The Glen (the Home of Martin and Jane Rody). Please RSVP by March 23 to Mindy Morton (call office for number or mortons04@nc.rr.com) or Heather Benjamin (call office for number or habenjam@bellsouth.net.
Mark Your Calendar
Godly Play Training
Chapel of the Cross will be hosting a three-day training session for people interested in becoming Godly Play storytellers on Sept. 11-13. This is a rare opportunity to become an accredited Godly Play storyteller free of charge (training usually costs $360 per person). Space is limited to 24 participants and the training is open to the public. Because we expect spaces to fill quickly, we want to reserve spots now for any interested parishioners. Please contact Boykin Bell at bbell@thechapelofthecross.org to register.
Attention Music Lovers
Hold the Date and sign up in the church office for the April 5, 5:00 pm presentation by Dr. Van Quinn on Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem". Commissioned for the reconsecration of the Coventry Cathedral after WW II, the text is based on the traditional Latin liturgy and the poetry of Wilfred Owen. The Durham Choral Society will perform this work on April 19 and 20. More information will be included in the April Cross Roads.
ECM Honduras Mission Night
Following the mission team's return from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, the Episcopal Campus Ministry welcomes one and all to attend the ECM Honduras Mission Night on Tuesday, March 25 from 5:30-7:00pm in the dining room. A presentation complete with pictures and personal experiences will begin at 5:30, with dinner following at 6:30. The night promises great food, great stories and great fellowship! If you have any questions, please contact Liz Gilliam at (call office for number or gilliame@email.unc.edu.
Stewardship Opportunities
"I was hungry....."
Last April over 460 people helped package food to be shipped to famine areas in the southern hemisphere. They came from throughout the Triangle: children, teenagers, UNC dental school students, corporations, scout troops, adults, and oldsters, some in wheelchairs and with walkers. A number of our parishioners came to participate in the packaging of meals, and all said, "Let's do it again next year!" Approximately 40% of the world's population lives below or on the edge of survival every day due to lack of food. Each day more than 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes- one child every five seconds. Chapel of the Cross, along with other church groups and the business community, has helped to support this project financially. The date this year is April 5. Place is American Legion Hall. Participate in either of two sessions, 9:00 am - 11:30 am or 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm. To sign up, email crcrittenden@bellsouth.net.
The Johnson Interns Need Your Help!
Please donate new and gently used t-shirts, athletic shorts, socks and sneakers to the marked box in the dining room. Items will benefit participants of PACE, Chapel Hill's first walking group for shelter residents. PACE (Physical Activity Creating Empowerment) cultivates relationships and empowers shelter residents in to improve their overall health and wellness through their dedication to walking as a team. The insatiable power of the human spirit unites us as we move forward one step at a time.
Community Notes
Holy Week Pilgrimage for Peace and Justice
The Carolina Interfaith Taskforce on Central America (CITCA) is seeking parishioner support for their 21st annual Easter Pilgrimage whose aim is to reflect on and dramatize Christ's teachings, especially as they relate to policies affecting the poor and powerless. Events include walks, vigils, discussion programs, meals and overnight hospitality in towns from Asheville to Raleigh beginning Palm Sunday through Good Friday. A central theme this year is examining policy-driven causes of immigration, and remedies that people of faith can provide. The culmination of the Pilgrimage occurs Noon to 2:00 pm at the Old Capitol building in Raleigh on Good Friday, March 21. It is an Economic Justice Way of the Cross observance that our bishops have participated in from the beginning. Chapel of the Cross and many other NC churches and civic groups have co-sponsored this event in the past. The SMC is looking for financial support from parishioners to assist with the expenses of this event. Parishioners may contribute, find out how they can walk, or pick up schedule information at the Social Ministry table in the dining hall. For carpooling or questions, call Jerry Markatos (calll office for number).
IFC Golf Tournament
Saturday, April 26, the InterFaith Council will host the 8th Annual Brian Clemens Memorial Golf Tournament at The Challenge Golf Club in Graham. This event is supported by many local congregations. We hope to have more of a Chapel of the Cross presence there this year. This fun Captain's Choice format tournament offers 18 holes of golf, cart fees, a hot picnic lunch, prizes, awards, and special contests all for just $68 per person while benefiting the InterFaith Council. To learn more, come to the Social Ministry table in the dining room, go to www.brianclemens.org or contact Ted or Peggy Pratt at (call office for number) tedpratt@nc.rr.com.
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.
Last updated: March 14, 2008
