Cross Roads

Journal of the Chapel of the Cross X October 2011

Blessing of the AnimalsAnnual Giving 2012Saints and the Cantus Firmus of Life

Project Connect in Orange County

Protecting Our Home

Project 5000

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[ Contents ]

For a service schedule and information about the various ministries of the Chapel of the Cross visit:www.thechapelofthecross.org

3 Dear Friends,

4 Household Finances and Church

Giving

6 Blessing of the Animals

8 Saints and the Cantus Firmus of Life

9 Project Connect Orange County

October 1 Fall Quiet Day at St. Matthew’s,

Hillsborough

October 2 9:00 Service - Blessing of Animals

10:20 a.m. Newcomers’ Welcome Session

Project 5000 begins

October 9 Opening Doors (Annual Giving

Campaign) begins

[ Dates to Remember ]

10 Protecting Our Home

11 Project 5000

12 Adult Education Calendar

14 Vestry Actions

15 Altar Flowers Form

October 16 11:15 Service – Blessing of Medical

Hands

November 6 All Saints’ Sunday

9:00 Service – Children Wear Saints’ Costumes

11:15 Service - Solemn Eucharist for All Saints (see p. 8)

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In the scriptures there is a healthy tension between two approaches to the future: 1) prudent and strategic human planning and 2) attentiveness to the Spirit of God, which may call us in unexpected and demanding directions.

On the one hand Jesus talks about the man building a tower,

or the king contemplating a battle, having to assess what is needed to accomplish his goal, comparing those needs to his resources, and then making a wise and realistic decision. But he also called Matthew and Peter, James, and John to leave immediately their tax-collecting tables or fishing boats and be his disciples. He told the rich young man to sell all that he had and come follow him. After his resurrection, he knocked Saul to the ground, turning upside down his strongly held convictions and starting him on a whole different journey.

Jesus extolled being wise as serpents (and innocent as doves), but he also held up as an ideal being ready to sink all our resources into one “pearl of great price.” We are to be shrewd and calculating and yet passionate and committed. As Jesus’ followers we are to love God (and our neighbor) with our whole mind – including all the skills we can bring. But we are also to be devoted to God and our neighbor with our whole heart, following wherever God leads.

As a parish, we have been trying to maintain this healthy tension in planning our facilities for present and future needs. For a decade we have been assessing our growing needs and gathering our resources, and the Vestry has been engaged in a methodical multi-step decision making process. We are doing all that we can to reconcile our needs with our resources and to move forward in a realistic way to meet our goals. [See the ‘roadmap’ for current Vestry decisions at http://www.thechapelofthecross.org/images/stories/pdfs2/2011_misc/june%202011%20

Dear Friends,vestry%20roadmap%2014jun11.pdf]

But we also know that the ministry of the Chapel of the Cross is not merely a “bottom line” business. As the manifestation of the Church in this time and place, we are to listen for God’s call and stretch ourselves individually and collectively to respond to it. We are to be bold for the sake of God’s kingdom. We are to rely on God’s grace “whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.”

None of us know yet what the final decisions will be in terms of how much we can build and renovate or when we can initiate that joyful transformation. See the Senior Warden’s article in the September Cross Roads [http://www.thechapelofthecross.org/images/stories/pdfs2/2011_misc/june%202011%20vestry%20roadmap%2014jun11.pdf] We certainly are determined that whenever that is, we will not have to stop halfway through construction for several years for lack of money – as our predecessors did in building the chapel in the 1840s! Or that post construction it will not take us seventeen years to pay off the debt – as was true for our parish after building our church and initial parish building in 1925! But the single-minded and whole-hearted commitment of these earlier generations ought to inspire us, who have certainly been the beneficiaries of their creative vision and determination.

As we enter into our Annual Giving campaign to support our ongoing common ministry and as we continue to increase the resources needed for “A Light on the Hill: Building to Serve,” I hope that you, too, will struggle with this healthy tension between prudent human financial planning and generous and whole-hearted response to God’s prompting grace. As a parishioner at the Chapel of the Cross, please do fill out an annual pledge card for 2012. That is an important part of your spiritual growth (and that of your household) and crucial to our common effective ministry. In making that pledge, do take into account your own and other competing needs in a realistic way. But do also stretch yourself beyond what feels most safe and secure. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, … and all these things shall be added unto you.”

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of the nicer material things came. But with them came the gnawing realization that this appetite for more and better could never be satisfied. Were there even enough hours in the day for the striving and the stress of earning it all? Would there ever be enough?

One day through my family, friends, and church, God began to show me in subtle ways that I had enough, – more than enough. In fact the more I turned it all back over to him the more he would bless it, provide the things I really needed, and make more of what I had. It was just up to me to take the first step. I had to recognize and express in a personal way my gratitude to God and others. Then I needed

It’s not about the money, and it turns out it never was. In fact it wasn’t even about me and my money; but that’s what I thought for a long time. During a luncheon interview for a better job (never mind that my existing employer cared about me and continued to invest in my development), the interviewing executive contrasted his offer with my current situation. I’ll never forget what he said: “Your current job is okay. The difference here is our people vacation at better places, live in bigger houses, and drive bigger cars.” Why not jump at this offer? I mean, that’s why we study so long and work so hard isn’t it? We want the better job, more money or at least enough to get more stuff, don’t we? I turned down that offer, stayed loyal to my employer and eventually, many

Household Finances and Church Giving:When God Made it PersonalBy Scott Beddingfield

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Opportunity Knocks:

On October 9th We’re

Opening Doors

to acknowledge that none of it was ever really mine anyway – not the savings, the houses, the cars, the bull market, the fortunate breaks, the good employers, or even the talents and skills I believed I had developed. It all came from God, every last bit of it. He put me here, gave me good parents, teachers, mentors, opportunities and a loving, supportive spouse.

Now came the really fun, maybe even a little dangerous part. Having acknowledged it all came from God, his question to me was clear: “Scott, had you rather let me use all this stuff or do you want to keep striving to get more and see what you can do with it?” I took the chance, turned it all back over to God and it’s made all the difference. I finally understood what God was trying to say about budgets, savings, church giving, money, and my relationship to it. He was gently showing me how much more taking that leap of faith, filling out that pledge card, and financially pledging to my church would actually mean, not only for the parish but for me.

We can talk about all the good our parish and its fine staff do for the community with the annual financial gifts we provide. We know first-hand the quality of the clergy and staff that feed us each week. We all hear, read, and maybe even experience the increased need God calls us to address in this community during an economic downturn. Participating in the 2012 Annual Campaign, whether it’s your first time or something you do every year, is really about making a commitment for months that have yet to arrive. It’s a ‘faith thing’. The parish is grateful that you contribute weekly in the offering plate, but is this the year you step out in faith and put on paper an estimate of what you’ll contribute for the whole year? With your financial pledge is God calling you to open doors now that we won’t walk through until later in 2012? Your parish depends on this foresighted faithful commitment in order to budget and plan for the whole year. Beginning on October 9 you’ll hear more about how you too can make a commitment to help plan to do God’s work in 2012 and beyond. Thank you for all you do and thank you for completing a pledge card this year. As you’ve blessed us with your presence, may God continue to bless you, opening doors for you and your family today and always. X

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St. Francis is a very busy saint – in addition to founding the Franciscan order, he lends his saintly patronage to stowaways, merchants, the country of Italy, animals, and the environment. Every year in October when we celebrate his feast day, we particularly recognize him for his love of animals. He was known to preach the gospel to birds, rabbits, and fish; and even more strangely, they would appear to listen, alighting on his shoulders, sitting in his lap or swimming circles around his boat.

One particularly famous legend tells of the saint’s taming of the wolf of Gubbio. In this small Italian town, a wolf was attacking both humans and animals, and any person who tried to go after the wolf was killed by it. St. Francis, who was staying in the village, decided to do something about this. The villagers begged him not to put himself at risk, but he insisted, trusting in God’s protection. Some accompanied

him outside the city walls but soon turned back in fear, leaving the saint and his companion the friar to go it alone. At the edge of the woods, the wolf charged out, fangs bared and hackles raised. St. Francis made the sign of the cross and bid the animal to come to him, promising that he meant him no harm. Pacified, the wolf lay at his feet. St. Francis then brought the wolf to the town to be reconciled with the villagers, who vowed to provide for the animal. In turn, the wolf agreed to do no more harm (using a language of tail-wagging and “hand”-shakes, translated by St. Francis). The wolf lived tamely in the village for the rest of its life, well-loved and cared for. This miracle of the peaceable kingdom is iconic, and perhaps one of the reasons it resounds with us is that a very similar event occurred in our prehistory, before human beings ever left the cave. Many thousands of years before St. Francis was born, the ancestors of these villagers and wolf were also reconciling their differences, during the

Blessing of the AnimalsBy Abby Jamieson-Drake

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first instance of domestication.

One theory goes that as early humans were developing agriculture and building the first permanent settlements, we also started accumulating trash. Those scavengers that were brave enough to approach our settlements could get a free meal, and as long as they were friendly, we’d let them have it. Incidentally, the first animal to pull this off was a canine, probably not unlike St. Francis’s wolf. At some point we started providing the food on purpose, and eventually, we trained these doggie-predecessors to hunt, to guard, and – once we started domesticating livestock – to shepherd. In this way, our relationship evolved from one of benign cohabitation to one of purposeful mutual benefit, friendship, and love. Thus, mankind began its stewardship of the animal kingdom, and it was by accidentally letting a dog into the garbage. It is amazing to me that this first domesticated animal was not a beast of burden, but a companion animal. This enduring practice was not born out of practical necessity, but out of a chance encounter with an amazing creature, and the natural wonder we experienced as a result.

Today, 62% of American households have at least one pet, and will spend an estimated $51 billion on them this

year alone. Since it is more common in this country to live with an animal than not, it’s easy to forget how odd this behavior really is, but in fact, humans are the only life form that practices domestication. There are friendships between animals of different species, often when one or both individuals has been orphaned or otherwise traumatized (just Google “the tortoise and the hippo” or “the bobcat and the fawn” for examples), but no other creature takes it to the extent that we humans do. We LOVE them - we feed them from our tables, sleep next to them in our beds, and fill the internet with video clips of their antics. We mourn them when they die, and even bury them. They are very much members of the family, and daily reminders of the marvelous nature of God’s creation.

At 9:00 a.m. on October 2, following St. Francis’s precedent, the Chapel of the Cross offers its annual Blessing of the Animals service. All well-behaved critters are welcome – in the past, attendees have included the great and the small, from horses to tadpoles, and even teddy bears and photographs of pets. Come help us recreate our own peaceable kingdom, and enjoy the chaos that ensues! (Chairs and speakers will be set up outside the church for all animals, human and otherwise, who might find being inside for the full service challenging.) X

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“There is always a danger of intense love destroying what I might call the “polyphony” of life. What I mean is that we should love God eternally with our whole hearts, but not so as to compromise or diminish our earthly affections, but as a kind of cantus firmus to which the other melodies of life provide the counterpoint.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison)

It is difficult to generalize about the saints, surely as richly variegated a group as could be found within humankind. Some were virgins and martyrs, but certainly not all. Some were learned, but others very simple. Some were gracious and lovable, but many would never have won a personality contest. Perhaps there really were some that one could meet “at tea,” although I have never been absolutely convinced of this.

One of the definitive characteristics of those we call ‘saints’ is their capacity for a sustained focus on God and the things of God, an enduring ability to keep their “eyes on the prize” of the “upward call of God,” to be “in the world but not of it,” to have the music of their lives set forth in glorious array, one fixed melody (a cantus firmus) sounding forth majestically through all the changes and chances of this life. Their love of God, however powerful and controlling, was modulated into many modes, constantly interweaving, sometimes harmoniously and sometimes discordantly, with the other themes and rhythms of life in this world. Sometimes the radical transcendence of their lives is most clearly seen in those moments of dissonance, moments when incompatible notes clash together demanding some higher resolution (in music these are called cross relations): perhaps in a decision to stand up for the truth, to undertake a life of poverty, chastity, or even silence, or to accept martyrdom.

The Mass setting for the All Saints Eucharist at 11:15 on All Saints Sunday (November 6) is a cantus firmus mass. Josquin DesPrez (1450-1521) was arguably the greatest composer before J.S. Bach. Of his music Martin Luther once remarked, “All other composers must do what the notes want, only Josquin can make the notes do what he wants.” Following an artistic convention common at least since the

Saints and the Cantus Firmus of LifeBy Van Quinn

thirteenth century, Josquin bases his polyphonic (many independent musical voices playing off against one another) mass on a cantus firmus, in this case the fourteenth-century plainsong tune for a hymn attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas (the text can be found at number 329 in the hymnal). Josquin begins each movement of the Mass with a quotation of the opening melodic line of the chant, although in many different rhythms. This might seem a little abstract and formulaic for a compositional process, but remember Luther’s assessment that Josquin could make the notes do what he wanted them to do.

Each movement unfolds with great ingenuity and beauty, references to the plainsong migrate effortlessly to melodies of Josquin’s invention with a constantly shifting texture – four independent voices, duos, pairs of voices played off against each other. Rarely Josquin reduces the texture to simple four-part chords, according to convention at the most profound phrases of the Creed: et incarnates est – as if the unutterable mystery of the Incarnation of God required only the simplest musical expression, a kind of musical genuflection. Actually, the most common uses of the plainsong hymn are difficult to pick out of the texture, based as they are on interior phrases of the hymn: fructus ventris generosi Rex effudit gentium. Perhaps it is no accident that this textual reference to the “fruit of the womb” literally fructifies into a rich and dense musical texture. Throughout it all, the listener is again and again called to pange lingua – “sing, my tongue, the mystery telling, of the glorious Body sing.”

The All Saints’ Eucharist will be framed by J.S. Bach’s greatest organ composition, the “Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.” Set in the ultimately “cosmic” key (the lowest key in its minor form), this work exploits the full tonal resources of an organ in a Baroque style. This work itself is an astonishing set of variations on a simple, borrowed melody, stated in single notes at the beginning (the Kyrie from an organ mass by the eighteenth century French composer André Raison). Albert Schweitzer called it a musical embodiment of Jesus’ parable of the mustard seed, in a way the ultimate musical cantus firmus. X

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The Fifth Annual Project Connect in Orange County (formerly known as Project Homeless Connect) will be held at the Hargraves Community Center at 216 N. Robeson St. in Chapel Hill on Thursday, October 13, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Project Connect is a one-day, one-stop center to provide a broad spectrum of services to people who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness. It involves dozens of businesses, several hundred volunteers, local governments, faith-based communities and service providers. It serves as a key strategy of Orange County’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Services provided include assistance with housing, employment, health and dental care, foot care, mental health care, veterans’ benefits, social service benefits, legal services, and more. Guests also receive lunch and are offered haircuts and coats.

The first Project Homeless Connect event was held in San Francisco in October, 2004. It has been replicated in more than 200 cities across the United States, in Canada, and in Australia. Orange County’s first event was held in September, 2007. Since that event, over 700 guests have been served, including 131 guests in 2010, when 1616 individual services were provided.

Major donors for PHC 2010 included a broad range of organizations, including two different retirement centers, four different churches, the PTA Thrift Shop, Orange County Government, the Town of Chapel Hill, United Way of the Greater Triangle, UNC Health Care, UNC School of Nursing, and several different service providers, including Carrboro Family Vision, Chapel Hill Foot and Ankle, and Walmart Vision Center of Hillsborough. Thirty-two contributors are listed on Project Connect’s website, including churches, grocery stores, restaurants, and fraternities. Several members of the Chapel of the Cross will gather on the morning of October 12 to make soup for this event.

Volunteer opportunities for this one-day event abound, including greeting and escorting guests as they visit services, assisting with preparing and serving meals, and interviewing guests to determine their needs. Spanish interpreters are particularly needed. In 2011 contributions are being requested to cover not only the event costs, but also to launch a new program called Job Partners, which is to help homeless individuals in our community connect with employers. Funds will be used to help with assessment tests, background checks, and career portfolios channeled through the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness; all donations are tax deductible. Checks should be made out to Project Connect and mailed to:

The Newman Centerc/o Project Connect – Orange County218 Pittsboro StreetChapel Hill, NC 27516

Project Connect is a truly grassroots event that allows members of the entire community to contribute their efforts, talents, and compassion to end homelessness. For more information, contact Jamie Rohe (jrohe@co.orange.nc.us) or 919-245-2456. To volunteer, contact Megan Wooley (m.wooley@townofchapelhill.org) or Amy Crump at 919-491-7361. X

Project Connect in Orange CountyBy Betsy Champion

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One of the most important charitable efforts, in my experience, is the protection and care of abused children. Having supported the work of the Society for Abused Children for some time, I find these children, besides needing medical care, food, and clothing, crave safety and love – tons of love, most of all. They need verbal and physical evidence of love of every kind. Something as insignificant as “Good job”, or “What a beautiful drawing” accompanied by a hug goes a long way. Above all, finding a home for each child, an environment where love and care fill the lives of the little ones is a primary goal for professional caregivers.

Home is a big word. According to Clare Cooper Marcus in House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Meaning of Home, it is a “place of the soul”, the center for nurturing ourselves, and a dwelling that protects and provides opportunities to form who we are now and who we are meant to be. If Marcus’ definition of home strikes at the heart of our essence, how much more significant is it in relation to the earth. The earth is our only home, after all.

We have done harm to our earth home. To begin, in a film by Yani Arthus Bertrand there is a powerful visual account of man’s negative impact on the world in the last 50 years in contrast to the last millions of years of the earth’s existence. (Go to the trailer on IMDB at www.imdb.com/title/t1014762 or simply type HOME into Google. The trailer is usually the third entry.) The visual record is startling.

And, the wreckage continues. On the editorial page of the New York Times of July 31 in an article entitled Concealed Weapons Against the Environment, Robert Semple lists the latest legislative moves to pollute and destroy the beautiful world given to us as a gift. To describe a few of the riders to legislation:

Protecting Our HomeBy Mimi Kelly

• Greenhouse Gases - to EPA regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other industrial sources is attached a one-year stoppage (which amounts to approximately 5,461,014 tons of carbon expelled into the air during that year)

• Fuel Economy - stops the EPA from spending A DIME on enactment of the agreement between automakers and government agencies to produce cleaner, more efficient cars by 2017

• Mountaintop Mining - prevents the protection of Appalachian rivers from mining company pollution

• Grand Canyon - added to a moratorium to halt mining in order to protect the Colorado River aquifer (source of drinking water for 27 million people) is language to stop the review process which could lead to permanent protection of the aquifer

• Clean Water - stops the EPA from strengthening protections for wetlands and streams under the Clean Water Act

On the state level, seven-term Senator Ellie Kinnaird will address, on October 9 as part of the Creation Cycle lectures, the past success of the NC Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, the recent dismantling of DENR, and what can be done to return the state to a pro-active environmental program.

Any action small or large, political or otherwise, to protect the earth is a grand step toward being good stewards. Our home needs each of us, and it needs constant reminders that we care. To see why our efforts as stewards are worthwhile, see Astronaut Wheelock’s spectacular pictures on YouTube. X

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We all know the marvelous story of Christ feeding the multitudes with only a few loaves and fishes. Scripture tells us there were five thousand in all who were fed, and with just this miniscule amount of food, all were filled – and then there were bushels left over! What a scene that must have been.

Since 2002 the Chapel of the Cross has participated in its own local version of this story – called Project 5000. It is our earnest endeavor to feed five thousand! We are confined, however, to doing it the hard way – one box at a time. Boxes will be available outside the church after all services in October. Everyone is asked to take a box (perhaps one for each family member, if possible) and fill it with the food items listed on the attached sheet. The boxes are then returned the following week to the church and subsequently transported to the Inter-Faith Council (IFC) food bank. Our goal each year is to fill 500 boxes.

We are also proposing two alternatives to box- filling. The IFC has agreed to accept any of the foods on the list in bulk. For example, you may want to bring in a case of canned beans or a six-pack of canned tuna, especially if you shop at one of our many discount stores. Another alternative is to write a check for $25.00 (the approximate cost to fill one box of food), payable to the Chapel of the Cross with “Project 5000” written in the memo line. This money will be used to purchase additional food for the IFC food bank. While the latter two alternatives may be appealing to some, families with small children may prefer the process of using one of the provided boxes as part of outreach ministry education for their children. The process of taking your children shopping to fill the box is an important spiritual growth experience for children. Whichever method you

Project 5000By Chris Ball and Mary Stowe

choose, pray for the people who receive the food you donate. If filling a box is not enough for you to do, you can always volunteer to help transport the goods to the IFC bank in Carrboro. We can load your car up following one of the services, or you can stop by the church on Mondays to transport additional boxes. The boxes will be handed out during the four Sundays in October and are also available at the church office. We will continue to collect food for the first two weeks in November. For more information, contact Chris Ball or Mary Stowe (mary@yarnsetc.com) or stop by the Outreach Ministry Table on Sunday mornings to volunteer. We all know how difficult these times have been for so many of our neighbors. Keeping the IFC food bank in good supply is one way we can share our own blessings with those in need. X

“I was hungry and you gave me food…” Matt. 25:35

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Adult Education

October 2

Creation Cycle - SunDr. Tom Henkel, a Chapel of the Cross parishioner and recipient of the 2009 Hall of Fame award from the NC Sustainable Energy Association, brings his 40 years of experience in the design, development, and management of commercial solar energy heating and cooling systems to his lecture on solar energy systems that are now being deployed. His presentation is entitled “Solar Energy: the Future Is Now”.

Growing with Our Aging Parents Support GroupZoe UlshenTransitions in life are inevitable, and are often accompanied by a range of emotions and challenges. If you have a parent facing transitions due to aging and are finding that you, too, are being asked to change and grow, consider attending this monthly support group. The group meets on the first Sunday of each month in Room 1. Zoe Ulshen, an attorney and clinical social worker, will facilitate this group in the fall. She is an elder law attorney, provides estate planning services for all ages, including estate planning for same sex couples. Zoe received her law degree from Georgetown and her MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Newcomer WelcomeAll who are (or feel like) newcomers are invited to join the Rector and other staff members for a brief discussion of the ministries and history of the Chapel of the Cross.

October 9

“Living in Turbulent Times: Can I Adopt a Theology of Abundance?”Led by the Rector and several parishioners, this discussion will explore how Christians can live out of a theology of abundance even in times of scarcity.

Creation CycleThe Honorable Ellie Kinnaird, seven-term NC State Senator for Orange County and long-time advocate for environmental stewardship (among her many legislative good works) will cover the past success of the NC Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, the recent dismantling of DENR, and what can be done to

return the department to its original mission.

CrossTies Sunday Morning NOOMA SeriesDavid Frazelle

On the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the Fall Semester, David

Frazelle will facilitate a NOOMA series for young adults in their 20s and 30s in Room 1 from 10:20 to 11:00 a.m. NOOMA, the sound of the Greek word, “pneuma” which means both “breath” and “spirit”, is the title of a series of short films by the Rev. Rob Bell, a contemporary theologian and pastor. Each film explores our world from a biblical and theological perspective. In each Sunday session at the Chapel of the Cross, we will view one film and have ample time for discussion. Given the limitations of space, the NOOMA group is limited to 12 people. Please only sign up if you are able to make at least five of the six sessions this fall. Email crossties@thechapelofthecross.org to sign up or be added to

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the wait list. Contact David Frazelle with questions at 929-

2193 or dfrazelle@thechapelofthecross.org.

October 16 – November 20

Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture David Jamieson-Drake

Using Brevard Childs’ book by that name as a basis, the class will include major sections of the Old Testament. The goal of these sessions is to give a flavor of the literary distinctiveness and theological purpose of each book in the Old Testament in its canonical context. The purpose is to enable participants to read and enjoy the Old Testament on their own and to provide context for the Old Testament lectionary readings used in worship. The overall schedule is

below:

• October 16 - The Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy)

• October 23 - The Historical Books (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles)

• October 30 - The Major Prophets• November 6 - The Minor Prophets• November 13 and 20 - The Wisdom Literature and

“Megilloth,” the scrolls read at major worship festivals in Jewish tradition. (Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes,

Song of Songs, Esther, Ruth, Lamentations)

October 16

Old Testament as Scripture - The Torah

The Episcopal Church 101, part 1This two-part presentation is a great way to get your feet wet in the Episcopal Church or review what may have simply slipped your mind over the years. We’ll discuss faith and worship as we experience it here at the Chapel of the Cross. Please bring your questions and ideas. We’ll unpack some of the church’s in-house language, talk about how we’re organized, and even touch on how we can approach Christianity as a three-legged-stool! Come and be a part of

this discussion with members of our parish clergy.

October 23

The Episcopal Church 101, part 2

Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture - The Historical Books

CrossTies Sunday Morning NOOMA Series

October 30

Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture - The Major Prophets

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Vestry ActionsAt its meeting on August 18, the Vestry:

• Met with the new class of Johnson Interns• Approved the nomination of Judy Wyne to the Outreach Ministry Committee• Set the date for the parish’s Annual Meeting for Sunday, February 19, 2012• Received an update from the Finance Committee on a preliminary financing plan for phase 1 of the

building project• Adopted a statement to be used in the “Opening Doors” Annual Campaign• Adopted the 2012 Operating Budget Priorities.

Every Tuesday, 5:00-6:30 p.m.Centering PrayerThis method of silent prayer in the Christian contemplative tradition is designed to help us consent to the presence and action of God in our lives. Facilitated by the Rev. David Frazelle, dfrazelle@thechapelofthecross.org, this open group meets on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the choir rehearsal room.

Every Thursday, 6:00-6:30 p.m.Veni SpiritusJoin the practice of silent meditation that deepens your qualities of wisdom and compassion at Veni Spiritus on Thursday evenings in the chapel at Binkley Baptist Church (corner of 15/501 and Willow Dr. in Chapel Hill). The Rev. Susannah Smith is among the facilitators.

October 6, 13, 20, and November 3, 7:30-9:00 p.m.The Apocrypha – Dr. James EfridThe term Apocrypha refers to those books that are found in the Greek translations of the Hebrew scriptures, but that were not included in its final canon. They were written in the interim between the last written book of the Old Testament and the end of the first Christian century. These documents include many different types of literature and also demonstrate the continuing development of the Hebrew faith.

October 1, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.St. Matthew’s Church, HillsboroughFall Quiet Day - “Be Still and Know That I Am God”Parishioner and professional storyteller Rebecca Ashburn will lead the day through story, discussion, and reflection. Contact the parish office for current information about registration.

Thursdays, 9:15-10:30 a.m. Yoga - Parishioner Rebecca Rogers will offer three 9-week series of classes covering a range of basic poses and proper breathing techniques as well as yoga philosophy, centering, and developing a personal discipline as a means of connecting more fully with yourself, with others, and with God. Contact Rebecca at rebeccaincarrboro@gmail.com with questions. A fee of $45 is requested for each series of classes.

Monday Mornings, October 3 – November 7Biblical WomenGretchen Jordan and Boykin Bell will lead this six-week series initiated by members of CrossTies (the parish young adult group). Child care is provided.

First Wednesdays, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., October – MarchGretchen Jordan will lead this six-session study of the Letter of James addressing topics like riches and poverty, temptation, prejudice, wisdom, quarreling, boasting, patience, and prayer.

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Offerings of flowers for the altars of the Church and Chapel are provided by people who wish to remember loved ones or to give thanks for anniversaries, for the birth of a child, or for other occasions. The names of the persons being remembered are listed in the Sunday Announcements.

This form is to give the Altar Guild an idea of the remembrances we have during the coming year.

The cost of flowers for the church is $75.00 and for the chapel is $40.00.

If you would like to give flowers during the coming year, please complete this form and return it to the parish office by Monday, October 24, 2011, or mail it to:

St. Hilda’s Altar Guild Attn: Flower Chair The Chapel of the Cross 304 East Franklin Street Chapel Hill, NC 27514

This form may also be used later in the year to make an unanticipated flower memorial request. Extra forms can be found in the parish office.

I wish flowers for:

□ The church on the Sunday nearest ___________________________________

□ The chapel on the Sunday nearest ___________________________________

□ In memory of

□ In thanksgiving for

Please list full names without titles: Enclosed is my check for $_______ payable to the Chapel of the Cross marked for Altar Flowers.

□ I would like this to be a yearly remembrance. (The Altar Guild would appreciate your renewing this remembrance in years to come by sending in this form each year with your check).

□ I would like a copy of the Sunday Announcements sent to me.

My name and address: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

Altar Flowers (November 2011 - October 2012)

The vestry regularly m

eets on the third Thurs-

day of each month. A

ssignments, contact

information, and photos of the vestry m

embers

may be found on the parish w

eb site (ww

w.thechapelofthecross.org), and on the board across the hall from

the parish office.

The Vestry

Terms end 2012

Valerie Bateman

James M

oeser Linda R

imer (Junior W

arden) Ford W

orthy (Senior Warden)

Terms end 2013

Alice C

ottenN

ancy McG

uffin

Dick Taylor

Joel Wagoner

Terms end 2014

Joe FerrellH

ugh Morrison

Alan R

imer

Nancy Tunnessen

David Joseph, Treasurer

Nancy K

elly, Clerk

Eugene Dauchert, C

hancellor

The C

lergyTh

e Rev. Stephen Elkins-W

illiams, R

ectorTh

e Rev. Tam

bria E. Lee, Associate for U

niversity Ministry

The Rev. Victoria Jam

ieson-Drake, Associate for Pastoral M

inistryTh

e Rev. D

avid Frazelle, Associate for Parish M

inistryTh

e Rev. D

r. William

H. Joyner, D

eaconTh

e Rev. M

argaret Silton, Deacon

The R

ev. Dr. R

ichard W. Pfaff, Priest A

ssociateTh

e Rev. D

r. William

H. M

orley, Priest Associate

The R

ev. John M. K

eith, Priest Associate

The Staff

Dr. W

ylie S. Quinn III, O

rganist/Choirm

asterG

retchen Jordan, Associate for C

hristian Formation

Boykin Bell, Associate for C

hristian Formation

Caren Parker, Youth M

inistry Assistant

Mary A

nne Handy, Parish Adm

inistratorM

arsha Pate, Parish Administrative A

ssistantN

ick Jaeger, Com

m. and Tech. M

anagerD

ebby Kulik, Parish Accountant

Ron M

cGill, Facilities M

anagerJoy G

attis, Sunday Morning C

hild Care D

irectorElizabeth Terry, C

antus Choir D

irectorSarah M

cRae

Anna Lorenz

Rebecca R

ogers Susan G

ladin, Johnson Intern Program D

irector

Wedding C

oordinators

Parish Offi

ce hours: Mon.—

Fri., 9 am to 5 pm

. Phone: 919-929-2193Fax: 919-933-9187 W

eb: ww

w.thechapelofthecross.org Em

ail: info@thechapelofthecross.org

The R

t. Rev. M

ichael Bruce Curry, Bishop

The R

t. Rev. W

illiam O

. Gregg, A

ssistant BishopTh

e Rt. R

ev. Alfred C

. “Chip” M

arble, Jr., Assisting Bishop

A Parish in the Episcopal Diocese of N

orth Carolina

304 East Franklin StreetC

hapel Hill, N

orth Carolina 27514