[ECOTA] News and Notes, the week of July 2

[Lisa G. Fischbeck]

Dear People and Friends of the Advocate --

Here¹s what¹s happening at the Advocate (new information is printed in RED)

This week:

Wednesday, July 5  Unscheduled Contemplative Prayer.  (Note: due to the
travels of the Contemplative Prayer convener, Contemplative Prayer will not
take place at Ephesus Place on July 5, July 12)

Thursday, July 6    Lunch at Club Nova. Join the Vicar and others for lunch
with the members of Club Nova. Come at 12:30 for a tour of the clubhouse and
then join us for lunch at 1 pm.

Sunday July 9 ‹ The fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9)

4:15 PM    Set-up of worship space at the Kehillah and Rehearsal of music
for the day.

5:00 PM    Holy Eucharist  The Vicar will celebrate and Miranda Hassett,
Postulant for Holy Orders, will preach. Child Care and Education for 1-5
year-olds during the Liturgy of the Word.

6:20 PM    Advocate Table Fellowship ‹ Please plan to stay for supper
(provided), conversation and fellowship.

7:00 PM     Head out into the world in Peace.


And Beyond

Tuesday, July 11    Community Engagement Group. All are welcome to
participate in discussion about the Advocate Tithe, Club Nova, Hurricane
Relief and more. At Ephesus Place. 7PM.

Thursday, July 20   Evening Eucharist with Prayers for Liberation -- a
hands-on and intergenerational liturgy, the day set aside by the Episcopal
Church for the remembrance of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer,
Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman. We will pray for the liberation of
the world and of the oppressed, and that we may ourselves be liberated from
our despair. At Ephesus Place. 7:00 PM.

Gulf Coast Recovery Continues  The 13 churches that make up the Durham
Convocation are working together to send a semi-trailer load of supplies to
the Christus Victor Lutheran Distribution Center in Mississippi in July. The
supplies that are needed are listed on the attached document. Volunteers are
needed to load up the trailer at St. Luke¹s on the weekend of July 14-16 and
to help with the distribution in Mississippi in late July. In addition to
supplies, donations of money are also welcome. Checks should be made out to
St. Luke's Episcopal Church with "MS supplies" specified on the memo line.
Sallie Moore is coordinating the response from the Advocate. If you have
questions or would like to help, contact Sallie Moore: sbmoore721 at aol.com.

Other News

We welcome our new Diocesan Intern, Sarah Woodard, from St. Philip¹s Church
in Durham. Sarah is in the process of discerning a call to the Permanent
Deaconate She will be serving the Advocate for the next six months or so for
10-15 hours a week.

At the same time, son of the Advocate, Gabe Lamazares, begins his Diocesan
Internship at St. Matthew¹s Church in Hillsborough.

NEW SUNDAY SCHEDULE AHEAD!!
In an effort better to accommodate the Sunday-Monday lives of many at the
Advocate, we will be moving to a new Sunday schedule beginning Sunday,
August 20. We will try it through May 2007 and see how it works for us.
    3:30 ­ 4:00 PM      Set-up and rehearsal of music of the day
    4:00 ­ 4:45 PM      Christian Education for all ages.
    5:00 ­ 6:15 PM      The Sunday Liturgy with Holy Eucharist
    6:20 ­ 7:00 PM      Advocate Dinner Fellowship


The blessing of God,
The eternal goodwill of God,
The shalom of God,
The wildness and the warmth of God,
Be among us and between us
Now and always. Amen.

Lisa+

The Rev. Lisa G. Fischbeck
Vicar
The Episcopal Church of the Advocate
P.O. Box 9
Carrboro, NC 27510

web: www.ouradvocate.org
Cell phone: 919-219-4437
email: lgf at ouradvocate.org


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