[ECOTA] news and notes: week of November 25

[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.

Monday, November 26	Holy Eucharist in the library at the Cedars at  
Meadowmont. 11 AM.

Wednesday, November 28 --  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, November 30 -- We will celebrate the Feast of St. Andrew with  
a Holy Eucharist at Ephesus Place at noon




Sunday, December 2 -- The First Sunday of Advent -- at the Chapel  
Hill Kehillah


Lessons (from the Revised Common Lectionary):

Hebrew Bible:

Isaiah 2:1-5


Psalm:

Psalm 122


Epistle:

Romans 13:11-14


New Testament:

Matthew 24:36-44



4:00 PM 		Set-up of worship space and Rehearsal of music for the day.

5:00 PM  	Holy Eucharist. The Vicar will celebrate and The Rev. Canon  
Michael Hunn (Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of North  
Caorlina) will preach. 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 dinner (provided) conversation and fellowship.

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

Looking Ahead

Sharing Christmas: This Advent/Christmas the People of the Advocate  
will be collecting items for a family from El Centro Latino -- a  
newborn, a ten-year-old, a teen-age girl and their mother. No item is  
too small. A basket will be provided at the Kehillah to collect items  
the first through the third Sunday of Advent. More details to follow.

Kids of the Advocate, age 5 and up, and their households are going  
our for fellowship, roller skating and pizza, Saturday, December 8,  
3-6 PM. Further details to follow.

Sunday, December 9 -- The Second Sunday of Advent --

	11 AM Infants and Toddlers of the Advocate (IATOTA) Eucharist and  
fellowship. This gathering to pray and play and break bread together  
is held on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. It 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. 11 AM. At Ephesus Place.

	5 PM Instead of meeting at the Kehillah this afternoon, we will meet  
at the Community Church (across Purefoy Road from the Kehillah). The  
People of the Kehillah will be having a Hannukah Party.

Their Stories Live On:  An Interfaith Study of the Book of Genesis.  
Join us as we meet with the Rabbi and members of the Chapel Hill  
Kehillah to study and discuss the stories of Genesis.  Our interfaith  
group engages together in a Chevrutah study monthly at 12 Noon (bring  
a bag lunch) at the Kehillah Chapel: Wednesday December 12, January 9.

Advent Labyrinth Walk for the People of the Advocate: Saturday,  
December 22. 4-6 PM. details to follow.

Support for our partners in ministry: Give to the St. Innocents  
Church and School on La Gonave Island in Haiti. The Anglican  
Communion, the Episcopal Church USA and the Episcopal Diocese of  
North Carolina have all embraced the United Nations Millennium  
Development Goals and have agreed to "give 0.7 percent of our  
personal, congregational, diocesan and national church budgets to  
projects and organizations which work to eradicate extreme poverty  
and hunger, combat disease, and promote education and gender equality  
throughout the world.”
As you consider how your household might respond, please consider  
helping to pay the salaries of teachers at St Innocents School and  
Church on La Gonave Island in Haiti. There are 8 teachers at the  
school, each with an annual salary of about $1,200. Without our help  
they won't get paid. From the Advocate Tithe, we have sent 1% of our  
pledged and plate offering income for 2007 ($1000) to teachers  
salaries so far. Any gifts given from individual households will be  
wired on December 15. So if you would like to contribute to St  
Innocents this year, please do so by December 14. Checks can be  
written to the Church of the Advocate with a memo for the Haiti  
Partnership Fund.

An Advocate Mission Trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast is being  
planned for the week after Easter (March 24 - 30). It’s been a  
little over two years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the coast of  
Mississippi and brought overwhelming floods into New Orleans. This  
tragedy may no longer be the most pressing thing on our minds, but  
many families in this area are still without homes. So, the people of  
the Advocate are going to do what we can. Join us for a mission trip  
to the Mississippi coast from March 24-30 to help the people of  
Mississippi rebuild their homes, clean up, and help restore the  
beauty of the coastline. We’ll be staying at Mission Bay (Bay St.  
Louis, MS) and Camp Coast Care (Long Beach, MS), sister camps  
associated with the Episcopal church which grew out of the volunteer  
efforts that began in the early days of the clean up. All adults and  
youth in grades 7 and higher are encouraged to join us on this  
adventure!!! Please contact Sallie Moore at sallie305 at bellsouth.net  
or Laurea Glusman McAllister at GLUSL97 at rhodes-alumni.net if you are  
interested.


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+


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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