[ECOTA] News and Notes, the First week of Easter

Wed Apr 11 15:22:56 EDT 2007

Dear People and Friends of the Advocate:

Alleluia, Christ is risen indeed!

Here's waht happening at the Advocate in the days ahead. Please see  
the attached document for a calendar for the Season of Easter.

Wednesday, April 11            Contemplative Prayer at Ephesus Place.  
Open to all, seasoned and novice alike. Come and dwell with God.  
6:00-6:45 PM.

Sunday, April 15		The Second Sunday of Easter

2:30 PM		CROP Walk starts at the Carrboro Farmer's Market. Gather at  
2PM to register!  Register to walk or give financial support via the  
Advocate Web Site: www.ouradvocate.org. (see the click on the right  
hand panel of the front page).

4:00 PM    Set-up of worship space at the Kehillah and Rehearsal of  
music for the day.
		Note: There will be no Christian Education hour this Sunday, in  
order to encourage walkers to gather at the Carrboro commons at 2:30  
and walk the Walk.

5:00 PM    Holy Eucharist  The Vicar will preach and celebrate.   
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), fellowship and conversation.

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

Other Notes:

A Note About Our Liturgy This Season

As a liturgical and sacramental people, we understand that what we do  
in worship both expresses what we believe and also shapes and forms  
what we believe. At the Church of the Advocate we like to explore  
various liturgical traditions from season to season as we are able,  
within the parameters established by the Episcopal Church and with  
the Bishop's permission, helping us to understand our place in the  
expanse of what is the Anglican Communion today. For example, in the  
Season of Epiphany, we used the Kenyan Eucharistic Rite, and in Lent  
we used the Book of Common Prayer, Rite Two.
In this Season of Easter, we will be returning to the more inclusive  
language of Enriching Our Worship, using Eucharistic Prayer Three  
from that resource. We will also explore other sources of inclusive  
or expansive language, using the newly published St. Helena's Psalter  
for our Psalms each Sunday, and Easter Collects from Women's Uncommon  
Prayers at the conclusion of our Prayers of the People.
As is often the case at the Advocate, while we explore options from  
the contemporary Church, we keep our feet firmly rooted in the  
tradition. Our hymn of Praise each week will be the ancient hymn of  
the Orthodox tradition, the Troparian. And our sequence, the song  
sung before and after the reading of the Gospel, will be the Armenian  
Alleluia.
For the Nicene Creed, we will use a variation published in Enriching  
Our Worship, which professes that Jesus became "fully human", rather  
than saying "and became man". It also neutralizes the gender of the  
third person of the Trinity -- the Holy Spirit -- saying,  "We  
believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds  
from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and  
glorified, who has spoken through the prophets."													Note  
that this version of the Creed also removes the phrase "and the Son",  
often known as the filioque clause. This reflects the way the Creed  
is said in the Eastern Church and can also serve to stimulate a  
lively debate at the Advocate about the relations among the three  
persons of the Trinity.

As is customary throughout the Church, because we focus on life in  
the light of the Resurrection for the Season of Easter, we will not  
have a confession and absolution in our Easter liturgy.
We will respond to the Prayers each week singing "What a Friend We  
Have in Jesus".
At the conclusion of the liturgy itself, after the dismissal, we will  
engage in a simple dance (not as long as last year's), singing the  
Easter Troparian once again.

Small Groups this Season
Conversations on Race. As the Advocate community continues to explore  
the many dimensions of racism and white privilege in our lives and in  
our world, the People of the Advocate are invited to participate in  
three Conversations on Race this Easter Season. Groups will meet in  
Advocate host homes at a time and day convenient to all to share  
experiences and perspectives. Some may share a potluck supper, or  
will include child care for kids. Signup at Church or by email to:  
Tom Fisher <tfisher97 at nc.rr.com>  For further information contact:  
Sissy Holloman, Tom Fisher or Frank Lombard.
The First Conversation: How we experienced race growing up, will be  
held at the home of Sissy and William Holloman. 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Bring  
a dish to share as you are able. Child care provided.
Second Conversation: how we experience race in our workplace, school,  
community or family today. Location(s) and date to be determined.
Third Conversation: How we might bring justice, compassion and  
transformation to bear as we confront racism in our community and  
world. Location(s) and date to be determined.
Christ is Risen  from the dead, trampling down death by death, and  
upon those in the tomb bestowing life!	(The Easter Troparian.)

Go with God.
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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