Shrove Tuesday and Lent – Now and Then –

A Season for Prayer and Purpose

During Lent at Binkley, members and friends are encouraged to center in God’s presence through prayer, disciplines of your choosing (fasting from certain foods, activities, etc.) and commitments to service or support for God’s creation. Some people pledge to write a note of support to a different person every week while others gather food to support those who live with hunger every day. The Lenten promises you make are entirely up to you. All of these promises are helpful in connecting us to Jesus the Christ who is our servant leader and redeemer. February 12 is Shrove Tuesday. Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the ritual of shriving, when the faithful confessed their sins to the local priest and received forgive-ness before the Lenten season began. As far back as 1000 AD, "to shrive" meant to hear confessions. Historically, Shrove Tuesday also marked the beginning of the 40-day Lenten fasting period when the faithful were forbidden by the church to con-sume meat, butter, eggs or milk. However, if a family had a store of these foods they all would go bad by the time the fast ended on Easter Sunday. What to do? Solution: use up the milk, butter and eggs no later than Shrove Tuesday. And so, with the addition of a little flour, the solution quickly presented itself in... pancakes, lots of 'em. In France, (as well as here in the US - or more famously - in New Orleans) it's known as Fat Tuesday which culminates the Mardi Gras festival with boisterous celebrations just before the Lenten season.

At Binkley, our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is led by the youth of the church and includes a Talent Show. All ages are encouraged to sign up on Dale’s door for the talent portion of our night together. The cost for the meal (pancakes, waffles, sausage, fresh fruit and beverages) is $6.00 for 6th grade and above and $5.00 for 5th grade and below. Any net proceeds

from the meal will support our Baptist Youth Camp scholarships. Our meal begins at 5:15pm and is served until approximately 6:15 pm. The Talent Show will begin by 6:30 pm. Please sign up on Dale’s bulletin board if you have a talent to share. Please join us on February 12 for this night of fellowship through food, fun and frivolity!

The BEACON The Newsletter of Binkley Baptist Church

February 2013

Binkley Baptist Church 1712 Willow Drive

Chapel Hill NC 27514 919-942-4964

www.binkleychurch.org

Church Staff Peter JB Carman

Minister peter@binkleychurch.org

Dale Osborne Associate Minister

dale@binkleychurch.org

Stephanie Ford Minister of

Christian Formation stephanie@binkleychurch.org

Leandra Merea Strope Minister of Music

leandra@binkleychurch.org

Bo Lloyd Organist

GEL1210@aol.com

Duane Gilbert Business Manager

business@binkleychurch.org

Lucy Kucmierz Office Manager

office@binkleychurch.org

Email us at:

office@binkleychurch.org

February 13 is Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent for many Christians. On Ash Wednesday at Binkley we have two types of services where you may worship God and receive ashes on your hand or forehead.

The first opportunity is an intimate gathering for two families at a time scheduled in fifteen minute segments beginning at 5:00 pm. Dale Osborne and Stephanie Ford

lead the children and parents in a time of dialogue, song and prayer as well as an explanation of the ashes. Please sign up on the sheet on Dale’s door or on Tuesday night at the Pancake Supper. This gathering will occur in our beautiful prayer chapel.

The second opportunity for a service of ashes takes place in the sanctuary at 7:30 pm. Peter Carman and the Chancel Choir led by Leandra Strope provide leadership for this worship time. Singing, scripture readings, prayer, special music and the placement of ashes are incorporated into the gathering.

We encourage you to take part in this service which prepares us for the season of Lent.

IFC ITEMS NEEDED!

Tuna, tuna, tuna! Canned pears, oranges, pineapple

Peas & Baked beans Kidney, pinto or black beans (Canned)

Lenten Supper Series: Church, Culture, and Change Wednesdays, February 20-March 20th, 5:30-7:00 p.m.

Even as we look to the Church for its enduring vision of Christ, we know that it is ever changing. What does this changing horizon look like? Our 5-week series will explore the emerging Church movement, the vision of the Wisdom tradition, the gift of new technology, insights from the new monastic movements, and creativity in the global Church.

Join us for supper from 5:30-6:00, and presentation/discussion until 7:00. Child care available.

CHURCH-IN-CONFERENCE

Sunday, February 3

immediately following worship

to vote on the 2013 budget

A SECOND CHURCH-IN-CONFERENCE has been called by Church Council for Sunday, February 10 immediately following worship, for the purpose of discussing several proposed changes to the Binkley Baptist Church Constitution to restructure our Church Council and create new clusters of commit-tees, as previously discussed with the congregation. More information will be made available to church members about the specific changes! This is an important meeting, and we hope you will be part of the discussion and vote.

Intergenerational Game Night Friday, February 1 6-8 p.m., Lounge

Kids of all ages are invited to bring your playful, competitive selves for an evening of pizza, board games, and silly jokes. Bring your favorite game and a dessert to share.

Call the office by noon on Friday, 2/1, to put your name in on the pizza order.

INTERGENERATIONAL FIRST SUNDAYS

3/3 9:45 am Intergenerational Worship 3/31 9:30 am Easter Breakfast 5/7 5 pm Potluck Dinner Theater

WEDNESDAY MORNING COFFEE TIME

Join staff and others on Wednesday mornings from 9:45—10:30 for coffee in the church office. All are invited!

A NEW SEMESTER FOR ADULT CHURCH SCHOOL CLASSES February 3 - May 12

With thanks for an engaging January term, we turn to our Spring 2013 opportunities for the Church School hour (9:30-10:45am). You’ll have a difficult time choosing among the compelling offerings. To help with your decision, come to our Mini-Launch Sunday, February 3, in the Lounge. There, you’ll enjoy previews of each of the adult Church School classes, along with coffee and light breakfast snacks. Classes will begin the following week, February 10.

ESL BIBLE STUDY Maria Palmer, teacher This class is designed for those learning English as a second language and interested in Bible Study. It focuses on stories from both the Old and New Testaments. Participants learn basic English vocabulary and share from their own cultures and histories about why the stories are important. All are welcome.

LEAVING WELL: CREATING A LEGACY Health and Wellness Committee, facilitating This class focuses on opening up the conversation around our mortality by exploring the experiences, feelings, and values that have shaped us—and then considering the legacy we want to leave for our family and friends in the face of illness or death. We will explore topics such as getting our affairs in order, dying with dignity, communicating with families and friends, caregiving, and facing grief. We’ll talk about how to help children and teens. The class is intended for all adults—since it is vital at any age to think about our eventual death from spiritual and emotional perspectives, as well as create the legacy we will leave. Class will end on April 28.

PAUL: CHAUVINIST, ANTI-SEMITE, THEOLOGIAN? Micheal Palmer, teacher In the Fall we began a class on Paul, looking at who he was, and why it matters. It is not necessary to have attended the Fall class to understand this one. We welcome new participants! For centuries Paul’s letters have been used to inspire profound faith, but also to foster misogyny in the church, to build up community but to tear down tolerance, to inspire deep commitment to God but rationalize horrible injustices. Many have argued that it was Paul who founded the church and is the true progenitor of Christianity. What does it mean that such a difficult-to-understand person stands at the origins of our faith? What role should his letters play in the ongoing life of the Church? Join us for a frank discussion of the most enigmatic figure in early Christianity, and learn with us what Paul means for today’s Church.

IT’S NOT JUST ONE WAY Beth Welton, facilitator Are you a recent member of Binkley, perhaps a prospective member, or member of longer standing who has an interest in learning about the personal faith journeys of our ministerial staff as well as others in our commu-nity? Do you have a desire to feel a deeper personal and spiritual connection with those whom you worship with each Sunday? If so, please join us for a time of both sharing and discussion as we engage and appreciate our many different spiritual paths at Binkley.

PROFILES OF FAITH, COURAGE, AND COMPASSION Collins Kilburn, teacher This class explores the lives and thoughts of three fascinating heroic figures, each edifying examples of moral and spiritual excellence. The roster includes Rosa Parks, behind-the-scenes soldier in the fight for racial equality and “mother” of the civil rights movement, the one whose refusal to move to the back of the bus sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott; Marian Wright Edelman, the anti-hunger advocate who initiated the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968, and later founded the Children’s Defense Fund; and William Slone Coffin, Jr., the prophetic voice and activist from the pulpits of Yale University and Riverside Church, whose leadership in the Anti-Vietnam War Movement and as President of SANE/FREEZE made him especially prominent.

PRIMETIMERS February 13th at 12:30 pm

Dale Osborne will show a video of a 1985 "The Newlywed Game,"

when he and Suzy were participants. Lunch cost is $8 Sign up on Dale’s bulletin board.

BINKLEY READERS

Binkley Reader's will meet Friday, February 8, at the home of Collins Kilburn and Martha Hamilton, Carol Woods #247. We will discuss "Adam's Gift" by

Jimmy Creech. Please let them know if you plan to attend: 919 918-3493 or sckilburn@earthlink.net

BINKLEY DAYTIME BOOK GROUP

The daytime book group will meet on Tuesday, February 26th, at 10:30, in the library. Teeta West will be leading our discussion of, “In the Time of Butter-flies”, by Julia Alvarez.

SANCTUARY FLOWERS

There are many dates still available for honoring and remembering a loved one with sanctuary flowers. The sign up board is in the Narthex.

From the Minister’s desk Dear Binkley Friends,

I was moved at a recent gathering by the statements some Binkley members made about why they feel strongly about inviting folk to come and be a part of our life together in this congregation. The gathering was a task force of inter-ested people gathered by Charles Coble to work together on growing the congregation. One member reflected on extraordinary offerings for children and their families. Another spoke of not taking for granted being a member of a church that insisted on racial inclusion from its founding days in the 1950s and for the full inclusion of LGBT people in the years since, an ever widening insistence on full welcome and affirmation. Another spoke of the personal experi-ence of being supported by a church family. And that was just the beginning. The group begun just in the last few months is already starting to feel like a movement! We are discussing issues as wide-ranging as follow-up with visitors to the church, getting to know our immediate neighbors better, outreach to the UNC community—and much more. If you are interested in joining in on efforts to invite and welcome, Charles Coble (or I) would be glad to hear from you! We’ll be back over the months ahead to ask for help on specific tasks—the ones that fit your individual gifts.

In recent months at Binkley Church, we have struggled with hard decisions around whether or not to move forward with an ordination—a process that strained our spirits and caused sharp disagreement. We face financial challenges at the beginning of 2013 that mean we will be looking at difficult budget choices on the first Sunday in February. And we face a host of other challenges as a church. At such a time, I find it refreshing to remember the strengths of this church; the love that binds us; the witness we have long committed to beyond our four walls. And it is encouraging to know that some of you are fired up about inviting others to be part of the ongoing story which is this local church.

What is it that brought you to Binkley church? I came to be part of a community whose values and calling are well re-flected in the little statement crafted a year and a half or so ago. They aren’t easy words, and it is not an easy calling, nor one we succeed at every day. And yet it remains who we are.

Binkley Baptist Church is a community of faith on a journey that calls for questioning, humility and conviction. As followers of Jesus, we embrace spiritual growth, mutual care and service, assured that as we serve our neighbors, we joyfully serve God. Intentionally inclusive, we welcome people of all races, sexual orientations, and cultures, re-specting diverse religious experiences within the church and beyond. We invite others to join us in our commitment to peace, justice, and care for creation.

In Christ’s Peace,

Peter

PRAYER CONCERNS

Church Family Robin Brice Judy Trent Tom McCollough Bob Phillips Elise Goldman Claudia Cannady Martha Henderson Dot Simpson Willard Hamrick

Health Center/Hospital Residents Ann Overton Joan Ewing Marj Boltz Jean Breckenridge Hilda Moffitt Carolyn Wallace Leo and Rusty Wagoner Laurie Freeman

Extended Family Tony Hogue (Lyn Lamont’s son & Tracy Berger’s brother)

Jim & Wendy Pease (friends of the Kings)

Bill Patrick (brother of Rhonda Szostak) Mona Chahine (cousin of Ralph Nissler)

Joan Hammond (sister of Tim Bradshaw)

Kim Carson (friend of Al Wheless)

Cathy Melvin (family member of Libba Wells)

Erma Darnell (Claudia Templeton's mother)

Joel Johnson (friend of John and Yvonne Holt)

Barbara Rovetto (friend of Ginny Lansing)

JoAnna Anderson (Jody Hite's sister) Ellwee Miller and Gail Mills (aunt and mother of Karin Mills) Darryl Kirkendall (friend of Textoris')

Terri Robinson (friend of Billie Cox),

Steve Emrich (friend of Joe and Nan Pardington)

Jackson Grove (Amy Jackson's nephew)

Ruby Switzer (Katherine Walker's grandmother),

Andrew Henley (Carl's son)

Malone and Betty Thomason (Caryl Price's parents)

Linda Sisk (Mark Walters' mother)

Dot Peterson and family (Susan Resnik's aunt)

Carley Pardington (Joe's mother)

Tara Hogan (Talmadge Walker's niece)

Janise Baker (mother of Donna Flattery) Lois Elmore (friend of Julie Lentz)

Tan and Scott Coats (missionaries in Thailand)

Pastor Waldir and Igreja Batista Esperança and Congregação Batista Esperança, in Salvador, Brazil

Lord, please give courage and strength to our friends. Help them to be strong and to heal.

Help them through these difficult times and provide them with your loving support.

Amen.

*please remember to contact the office to remove names from the above lists

ANNIVERSARIES! 2 Deborah Cousins & Ralf Schmid 3 John & Wanda Burton-Crutchfield

14 Nancy Berson & John Woodson 16 Bill & Pat Harriss 18 Bereket & Winta Selassie 23 Matthew & Carol Ripley-Moffitt

BIRTHDAYS!

1 Pat Moore, Thanh Siu

2 Ruth Ann Ross 4 Meredith Bratcher, Robin Brice, Biruta Nielsen,

Ralf Schmid 5 Alice Glover, Verla Insko, Sylvia Par, Carol Rhodes,

Judy Sordean, Don Willhoit 6 Sarah Walker 8 Susan Preston, Linda Textoris, Jennifer VanVickle

10 Ilona Page

11 Isa Ayad, Timothy Bradshaw

12 Amber Forbus

13 Barbara Proctor, Fred Schroeder

14 Jim Dostert, Flavier Ngun Hlown Par

16 Bill Peck, Karen Stout 17 Marlene Dickison, Jeff Jenkins, Rachel Jenkins, Chris

McDougald, Mary Lee Tyndal 18 James Jernigan, Sue Wallace 19 Karen Reinfurt, Susan Resnik 20 Steve Jernigan 21 Russell Hatch 23 Tyler Berger, Kelly Kimple

24 Will Powell

25 Chris Copeland, Kelly Holsopple, Lal Rin Kimi Thanga, Anna Lee Warasila

26 Kay Maltbie

27 Owen Burton-Crutchfield

28 Dean Smith, Teeta West

CONGRATULATIONS We offer warm congratulations to Lillian Lee, who received an award from our local NAACP chapter on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for her years of service and action in the community. The Rebecca Clark Award was given to Mrs. Lee “for Outstanding Service in the Area of Political Activism, Voter Education and Voter Registra-tion.” We are grateful for the many contributions that Lillian Lee and her husband, former Mayor Howard Lee, have long made in working for justice and inclusion, both in the wider community and in their many years of faithful membership here at Binkley.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience,

and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

—Harriet Tubman

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

6 pm Inter-

generational

Game Night,

Lounge

2

3

9:30 Church School

11 Worship

12 Church in Conference

5 Youth Choir

6 Youth Group

6 Chin Worship—17

4

7 pm Diaconate,

Lounge

5

10 am Staff Meeting

1 pm Sermon Shap-

ing, Library

6

9 am Morning Prayer,

Chapel

6 pm Children’s Choir

7:30 pm Chancel

Choir

7

1 pm Health Ministry,

Library

5:30 pm Handbells

8

Youth Choir

Trip, Georgia

9

Youth Choir

Trip, Georgia

10

Transfiguration Sunday

Youth Choir Trip, Georgia

9:30 Church School

11 Worship

12 Church in Conference

5 Youth Choir

6 Youth Group

6 Chin Worship—17

11

7 pm Board of Out-

reach, Library

12

Shrove Tuesday

10 am Staff Meeting

1 pm Sermon Shap-

ing, Library

5:15 pm Pancake

Supper and Talent

Show, FH

13

Ash Wednesday

9 am Morning Prayer,

Chapel

11:30 am Health

Ministry, Library

12 pm Primetimers

5 pm Family Ash

Wednesday Services

7:30 pm Ash Wednes-

day Service

14

5:30 pm Handbells

15 16

2 pm Memo-

rial Service

for Bob

Kreutzberg

17

1st Sunday in Lent

9:30 Church School

11 Worship

5 Youth Choir

6 Chin Worship—17

NO YOUTH GROUP

18

7 pm Church Council,

Sunroom

7 pm Adult Christian

Formation Mtg,

Library

19

10 am Staff Meeting

1 pm Sermon Shap-

ing, Library

20

Newsletter Deadline

9 am Morning Prayer,

Chapel

6 pm Children’s Choir

7:30 pm Chancel

Choir

5:30 pm Lenten Sup-

per Series

21

9:30 am Grounds

Comm, Library

5:30 pm Handbells

22 23

24

2nd Sunday in Lent

9:30 Church School

11 Worship: Barbees at

Binkley

12:15 Lunch

5 Youth Choir

6 Youth Group

6 Chin Worship—17

25 26

10 am Staff Meeting

10:30 am Daytime

Book Group, Library

1 pm Sermon Shap-

ing, Library

7 pm Mostly Music

27

9 am Morning Prayer,

Chapel

6 pm Children’s Choir

7:30 pm Chancel

Choir

5:30 pm Lenten Sup-

per Series

28

5:30 pm Handbells

Dale at Bible Youth

Camp Planning, GA

1

Binkley to

Brazil Trip

Dale at Bible

Youth Camp

2

Binkley to

Brazil Trip

Dale at Bible

Youth Camp

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