[ECOTA] News and Notes the week of June 18

[Gabriel Lamazares]

Dear People and Friends of the Advocate:

 

Here's what's happening at the Advocate in the days ahead! New Information
in RED. A calendar for Ordinary Time Part One is posted on our website.

Please see the Advocate Web Site ( <http://www.ouradvocate.org/>
www.ouradvocate.org) for further updates and information.

Sunday, June 17 Year C -- Proper 7 -- Lessons: Isaiah 65:1-9 - Psalm
22:19-28 - Galatians 3:23-29 - Luke 8:26-39

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

Note: In the first part of the Season after Pentecost, a.k.a. Summer, there
will be no Christian Education for kids or adults before the liturgy. There
will, however, be occasional extended fellowship opportunities and
educational offerings. Check your email and the website (
<http://www.ouradvocate.org/> www.ouradvocate.org) for updates.

5:00 PM Holy Eucharist. The Rev. Susan Sherard will celebrate and 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), fellowship and conversation.

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

Mark your calendars!

Covered Dish Brigade! Contact Sharon Ringwalt (ringwalt at mail.fpg.unc.edu) if
you would like to be added to the list of people willing to bring food to
Elisabeth Malphurs, Buck Cooper, and wee Henry Cooper.

 

Summer Advocate Sandwich Feast! Next Sunday (July 1), we'll be celebrating
the beginning of summer by having a Sandwich-themed Advocate Feast. Please
bring a plate of sandwiches (vegetarian or tuna), or fresh fruit, or a
dessert to share. Beverages will be provided.

 

Add Your Square to the Quilt for Gabe and Terry: Please return your quilt
squares THIS SUNDAY. Blank squares and pens will be available at church for
those who forget to bring theirs or have not yet added their signature or
remembrance to the quilt for Gabe and Terry as they leave for New York City.
Barbara Rowan will assemble the quilt during July.

 

A Word from Roxane Gwyn on this summer's Book Study on The Death of
Innocents 

Greetings, Advocate Friends!  I'm looking forward to my return to Chapel
Hill in a few weeks, and to facilitating a book group on The Death of
Innocents:  an Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions by Sister Helen
Prejean.  It's the book that incoming UNC freshmen are reading this year and
is really powerful.  We'll be meeting at 7 p.m. on three Wednesdays -- July
18, July 25, and August 1 at Ephesus Place. Here's part of the blurb from
the book jacket:  "...a brave and fiercely argued new book that tests the
moral edge of the debate on capital punishment:  What if we're executing
innocent men? ...two cases in point...convicted of murder on flimsy
evidence...executed in spite of numerous appeals.  Sister Helen Prejean
watched both of them die...Prejean brilliantly dismantles the legal and
religious arguments that have been used to justify the death penalty..." If
you'd like to join this group -- and bring a friend if you are so led -- let
me know (rgwyn at nc.rr.com) as soon as possible and then I'll purchase some
books and get one to you.

 

Contemplative Prayer Retreat: Save the dates August 3 to 5 if you are
interested in attending the Contemplative Prayer Group silent retreat. It
will take place at Avila Retreat Center which is in Durham, the northwest
corner. In addition to silence and contemplative prayer sessions there will
be discussion of The Cloud of Unknowing for those who are interested in
reading and discussing that spiritual classic. Cost is approximately $125
for two nights, $65 for one night (financial assitance is available form the
Vicar or Sub-Vicar this summer). For further information contact Char
Sullivan at 542-2521 or  <mailto:charsullivan at yahoo.com>
charsullivan at yahoo.com

 

Mountain/Ski Trip Ahead! The Advocate's first ski and mountain weekend at
Valle Crucis and Boone North Carolina has been tentatively scheduled for
February 1-3 2008. Some will ski, some will hike, some will browse the
shops. All will enjoy good fellowship and ldoging in a beautiful setting. If
think you'd like to go, or if you'd like to have input in any of the
planning, please contact John and Sandy Barnhart --
<mailto:johnnsandybarnhart at yahoo.com> johnnsandybarnhart at yahoo.com.

 

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.

 

God bless you in your ministry.

 

Grace and peace,

Gabe Lamazares

919.612.8464

 

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