[ECOTA] News and Notes, Week of September 30

[Lisa Fischbeck]



Dear People and Friends of the Advocate:

Here's what's happening at the Advocate in the days ahead! New  
Information in RED.

Please see the Advocate Web Site ( www.ouradvocate.org ) for further  
updates and information.

Wednesday, October 3 – Contemplative Prayer – 6-6:45 PM at Ephesus  
Place. Open to all - seasoned contemplatives and those who have never  
tried this way of praying before. Come and dwell with God.

Friday, October 5 -- As we remember St Francis of Assissi this week,  
all are invited to view the 1972 Franco Zeffirelli film, Frateo Sole,  
Sorella Luna  (Brother Sun, Sister Moon). This is a dramatization of  
events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his  
conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including  
his friendship with St. Clare.  at Ephesus Place, 7 PM.



Sunday, October 7 -- Proper 22 (19th Sunday after Pentecost)

Lessons (from the Revised Common Lectionary): Habakkuk 1:1-4, Psalm  
37:1-9, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Luke 17: 5-10

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 preach: Liturgy  
Matters -- the first of three on Matters that Matter). Child Care and  
Education will be available for 1-5 year-olds during the Liturgy of  
the Word this Sunday.

6:20 PM Advocate Table Fellowship -- As you are able, please plan to  
stay for diner (provided) conversation and fellowship.

7:15 PM Take-down, put away, and head out into the world in Peace.

Looking Ahead

Matters that Matter. In the recent document Communion Matters, the  
word "matters" serves as both a noun and a verb. The document is  
about things, or matters, related to the Communion, and also makes  
plain the fact that the Communion is important, it matters. Using the  
word in these ways, the Vicar will offer three reflections in the  
context of the Sunday liturgy in the month ahead on Matters that  
Matter to us as individuals and as a faith community. Of course these  
aren't the only things that matter. They aren't even the most  
important things that matter. But they are matters that matter.  
																		Sunday, October 7: Liturgy Matters			Sunday,  
October 21: Money Matters 		Sunday, October 28: Size Matters

Advocacy Leadership Training, Tuesday nights in October. Join the  
Vicar and others from the Advocate and from congregations throughout  
Orange County in four advocacy leadership training sessions. For  
further information, see the flyer attached below and/or contact Jane  
Kornblut <jkornblut at gmail.com>

The Advocate Tithe -- Applications for Grants. At the Advocate, 10%  
(a tithe)  of any funds pledged or given in the plate offering each  
week is given to the work of the Gospel in the community and world  
around us. People of the Advocate are encourage to submit  
applications on behalf of individuals or organizations in the  
community and world, for grants from the Advocate Tithe. Grant  
applications are available at church on Sunday and at the Avocate's  
website: http://www.ouradvocate.org/engaging.htm#advocatetithe. Those  
applying for grants should return the application to Sallie Moore  
<sallie305 at bellsouth.net> by Sunday, October 28, for review at a  
meeting of the Community Engagement Group Those interested in sharing  
in decisions for the distribution of the Tithe for 2007 are  
encouarged to attend that meeting at Ephesus PLace at 7 PM on Monday,  
November 5.

Infants and Toddlers of the Advocate (IATOTA) fellowship meets the  
second and fourth Sundays of the month at Ephesus Place a 11 AM. In  
October the IATOTA will gather for play and Morning Payer on Sunday,  
October 14, and for a celebration of the Holy Eucharist on Sunday,  
October 28. This gathering to pray and play and break bread together  
is open to all, but is especially for those whose nap-time may not  
end by 5 or who need to be in bed by 7, and the adults who care for  
them. Please invite friends too.

Adult Ed Ahead:

	A two-part Series on Church, led by Peter Morris, Sundays at Ephesus  
Place, 3-4 PM:

		Sunday, October 14:  What is Church? 			Sunday, October 21: Why do  
Church?

	A three-part Series on the Gospel of Mark, led by the Rev. Liz  
Dowling-Sendor, Sundays at Ephesus Place, November 4, 11, and 18 (3-4  
PM).

	Book Study on The Color of Water: a Black Man's Tribute to His White  
Mother,  by James McBride. Continuing our conversations on race, we  
will discuss the experiences and implications of the experiences of  
James McBride, who grew up black with a white Jewish mother and 11  
brothers and sisters in the 1960s and 70s. Led by the Vicar. 7 PM on  
Tuesdays, October 30 (Identity, Exclusion and Inclusion), November 6   
(Denial, Suppression and Anger), and November 13 (profiling,  
programs, and Affirmative Action). Ephesus Place.

On our hearts and on our houses,
the blessing of God.
In our coming and our going,
the peace of God.
In our life and our believing,
the love of God.
At our end and new beginning,
the arms of God to welcome us and bring us home. (Iona Blessing)

God bless you each and all in your ministry.

Lisa+

God bless you.
Lisa+

The Rev. Lisa G.  Fischbeck
The Episcopal Church of the Advocate
P.O. Box 9
Carrboro, N.C.  27510
email: lgf at nc.rr.com
phone: 919-219-4437
http:www.ouradvocate.org


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