NEWSLETTER OF THE CHAPEL OF THE CROSS - January 2008
In This Issue:
- Dear Friends
- Vestry Actions
- Capital Campaign Update
- Vestry Election Schedule
- Undergraduate Scholarship Information
- Millennium Development Goals
- The MDGS And You!
- Is It Relief or Is It Development?
- Prayer for the Millennium Development Goals
- Women Deliver: Meeting Goal # 5 by Saving Women's Lives
- How Can You Help End Poverty?
- Statement of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
- Adult Education, January 2008
- Lenten Offering Registration
- Lenten Offering Registration Form
- ABC Sale
- January Programs and Meetings
- A Song for John Koch
- January Service Schedule
- Adult Inquirers' Class
Dear Friends,
We thought it appropriate to start out the new year with an issue focusing on the Millennium Development Goals. These bold, simple, but comprehensive goals, adopted by the United Nations, individual countries, churches, other organizations, and individuals throughout the world, provide a common approach to reaching out to others and to addressing significant and crushing problems.
The Episcopal Church embraced these goals at the last three General Conventions, culminating in 2006 when they became our top outreach priority. Our diocesan convention in 2005 also adopted these goals as a framework to eliminate extreme poverty. At both levels, congregations and individuals in the Episcopal Church have been called on to underwrite these goals by giving .07% of annual budgets to fund international development. For several years now, both our diocesan and parish budgets have done so, and all of us as individuals are encouraged to make a similar commitment.
We are also urged as U.S. citizens to lobby our lawmakers to support our nation's commitment to fund international aid at this same percentage level of our gross national product. The Millennium Development Goals were first adopted in 2000 as a fifteen year plan. We are now over half way through that time frame, and at this point, only a handful of countries are fulfilling their financial commitments. Our nation, which has been given so much, ought to be providing strong leadership in this effort. But we can only speak with authority to our elected representatives when we ourselves are doing what we are asking others to do.
I hope you will find this issue helpful in fleshing out what is so important about these goals and what a difference they can make, and in some circumstances are already making, in peoples' lives. As Christians, we recognize that whatever we do for those most in need, we do also for God. In our Baptismal Covenant, we promise to respect the dignity of every human being. A basic way to do that is to work, pray, and give to eliminate the poverty and its causes of so many children of God. By embracing the Millennium Development Goals, we live out our love for God and for our neighbor.
- Stephen
Vestry Actions
At its meeting on November 15, the vestry:
- Heard an update on the Annual Giving Campaign
- Learned that John Koch, former director of the Summit, has been hired as Director of Stewardship and Development and will begin work on December 10
- Approved a Letter of Agreement between the Rector and Barbara Hastings as Campaign Administrator to be paid from capital campaign funds
- Set the parish's Annual Meeting for Sunday, February 3, 2008
- Heard a report on proposed changes to the vestry election process
- Approved a recommendation from the Personnel Committee that changes to year end vacation and sick time carry-over allow exempt, non-clergy program directors to carry over of up to four weeks of accrued leave and allow non-exempt staff to carry over two and one half weeks of accrued leave.
- Heard a report from Lisa Fischbeck, Vicar, and Barbara Rowan, Senior Warden, about the Church of the Advocate
- Approved a request from the Social Ministry Committee that funds from the Discretionary Outreach Fund be dispersed in the amount of $500 to Chatham Habitat for Humanity and $500 to People of Faith against the Death Penalty.
Capital Campaign Update
Ted Vaden, Communications Committee Chair
The "Light on the Hill" parish expansion plan passed a milestone in December when the vestry gave the go-ahead for a $20 million fund-raising campaign for the project.
The vestry gave unanimous approval to the target goal recommended by the Capital Campaign Cabinet. Co-Chairs Margaret and Reid Conrad outlined plans for the campaign to the vestry at the December 13 meeting. The expansion plan, called "A Light on the Hill: Building to Serve," provides for a new fellowship hall and new space for classrooms, campus ministry, youth education, outreach, meeting rooms, choir room, meditation chapel, and staff offices.
Projected construction cost for the project is $15 million. Another $5 million will go for planning and design, staff costs, furnishings, town permitting process, transition facilities, and other expenses.
The Campaign Cabinet has been working on the project for the last six months of 2007. The cabinet has begun early fund-raising necessary to enable the project to move forward, and $3.3 million in pledges and planned giving commitments had been raised by the end of December. Fund-raising professionals have advised the cabinet that pre-campaign commitments are necessary to give the campaign a head start before going to a full parish-wide stewardship effort.
Every member of the Chapel of the Cross will have an opportunity to participate and contribute - as well as friends and university alumni outside the parish. The official kickoff for the parish-wide campaign is expected to be in the spring or fall of 2008, depending on how the early fund-raising goes. Given the ambitious goal, the campaign is expected to be a long-term proposition that may take several years, and the Campaign Cabinet is planning accordingly.
The target date to begin construction is spring of 2009, depending on the fund-raising effort. The cabinet already has begun meeting with Town of Chapel Hill officials to begin the permit approval process.
At the Campaign Cabinet meeting in December, treasurer John McGee advised the cabinet to create a separate account to receive campaign funds that will be segregated from the church's operating and other funds. He advised that expenditures be limited to "core expenses" associated directly with the project, such as construction costs, design fees, and staff salary. Spending from the account would be authorized by the vestry upon recommendation of the Campaign Cabinet and Finance Committee.
As part of the planning effort, parishioner Lee Thomas is heading up a transition planning group to determine how parish operations will continue to function during the approximately 18-month construction period. The group is looking at off-site space for offices, Christian education, campus ministry, and other non-worship activities that will be displaced during construction.
The Communications Committee of the Campaign Cabinet has begun working on a video presentation of the plan that will be used for small group discussions and meetings with donors. Bishop Michael Curry and Former UNC President William Friday have agreed to participate in the video, which will feature a variety of parishioners from different constituencies of the parish. The committee also is preparing a campaign website and will publish monthly newsletters as the campaign progresses. On January 20, the Campaign Cabinet will host a discussion of the project during the Adult Sunday School hour.
The Campaign Cabinet welcomes and encourages your questions and input. Campaign co-chairs Margaret and Reid Conrad can be reached at maconrad@mac.com and reidconrad@mac.com.
Vestry Election Schedule
Sunday, January 13, 6:30 p.m.: Nomination period closes.
Wednesday, January, 14: Preferential ballots mailed to "bcc" members (if needed); there will be a notice on office door and in Crossings announcing nominees.
Sunday, January 27, 6:30 p.m.: Deadline for returning preferential ballots; there will be a notice on office door and in Crossings announcing nominees.
Sunday, February 3: Annual Meeting takes place; vestry nominees will be introduced.
Sunday, February 17: Vestry election takes place; results will be announced in the March 25 issue of Crossings and the May issue of Cross Roads.
Sunday, February 24: Run-off vestry election is held (if needed). Results will be announced in the May issue of Cross Roads and the April 1 issue of Crossings.
Friday/Saturday, May 2-3: Spring vestry retreat takes place at Avila. New vestry members' terms begin at the end of the first session.
Undergraduate Scholarship Information
The Blanchard Scholarship is again available to incoming or currently enrolled Episcopal undergraduates. To apply, send a letter of interest to the attention of Dr. Dan F. Thornton, Associate Director, Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, P. O. Box 1080, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 by March 1, 2008. Please include a letter from your parish's rector attesting to your church affiliation, or copies of both baptism and confirmation certificates. Applicants who are currently enrolled at the University must have a 3.0 minimum GPA to be eligible.
The Blanchard Scholarship is a one-time award of $3,000 and is available to both NC and non-NC residents. Priority will be given to individuals demonstrating financial need, as evidenced by the information provided on the CSS Profile and FAFSA, which must be filed each year by March 1.
Millennium Development Goals
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
o Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than one U.S. dollar a day.
o Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. - Achieve universal primary education
o Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling.
o Increased enrollment must be accompanied by efforts to ensure that all children remain in school and receive a high-quality education - Promote gender equality and empower women
o Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015. - Reduce child mortality
o Reduce the mortality rate among children under five by two thirds. - Improve maternal health
o Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio. - Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
o Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/ AIDS.
o Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases. - Ensure environmental sustainability
o Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources.
o Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water (for more information see the entry on water supply).
o Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers, by 2020. - Develop a global partnership for development
o Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory. Includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction-nationally and internationally.
The MDGS And You!
For information, questions or resources on the Millennium Development Goals, you are invited to contact the NC Diocesan MDG Coordinator at debra@dioncmdg.org or visit this web-site www.dioncmdg.org.
Is It Relief or Is It Development?
(Adapted from the Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation Web site www.e4gr.org)
The final two promises of our baptismal covenant have to do with the Body of Christ's commitment to bringing healing where there is brokenness. Relief and development are related and yet there are important differences.
Relief
"Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?"
Broadly drawn, this promise is about relief. When we see a starving sister and give her food, that is us seeking, serving and loving Christ in them. We are bringing immediate Good News that corresponds directly to the critical bad news in her life. Relief is bringing healing to acute crisis situations - you can't do development at that time. The key is to do relief in a way that empowers development - that gets people to a place where they can start using the gifts God gave them to sustain themselves...and not in ways that foster dependency.
In certain situations, relief might be necessary as a precursor to create a context where development can happen. In those cases, relief must be done in ways that promote and respect human dignity and in ways that prepare people not for a life of handouts but for a life of being co-creators of the future that is God's dream for us all.
Development
"Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?"
The Millennium Development Goals are about development, not relief. The MDGs are about striving for justice and peace. They are about effecting permanent and transformative change to systems that allow poverty to exist and thrive.
Development is about addressing the root causes that allow hunger and poverty to happen. It's about dealing with large systems - and we do that by striving for justice and peace. We do that by helping people in ways that rather than create dehumanizing dependency, foster and respect human dignity. We allow the image of God that resides in each person to come to full flower.
Prayer for the Millennium Development Goals
Most loving God, your concern for the poor is unrelenting - draw our concern into yours;
Your compassion for the poor is limitless - draw our compassion into yours.
As you long for justice, may we also strive for it.
Forgive our doubt, forgive our neglect.
Open our eyes to structures of oppression,
and free us from apathy and indifference.
Give us courage to accept our responsibility,
wisdom to chart a sound course amid complexity,
perseverance to finish our work.
And the gift of your Spirit to do what alone we cannot do.
So may we serve to the honor and glory of your Name
and the well-being of your beloved people throughout the world.
Amen.
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation (www.e4gr.org)
Women Deliver: Meeting Goal # 5 by Saving Women's Lives
By Kirsten Sherk
Every year, more than 500,000 women die in childbirth and pregnancy, leaving behind children, families and communities that depend upon them. To understand the scope of this tragedy, imagine if the entire city of Washington, DC, were wiped out every year - but no one did anything about it. Almost all of these deaths occur in developing countries, and many can be prevented.
Millennium Development Goal #5 calls on nations to reduce pregnancy-related deaths by 75 percent by 2015. It will require a remarkable commitment of resources on a community, national, and international level. But in October, nearly 2,000 participants gathered at a landmark meeting in London to collaborate on finding the political will and financial commitment to work together towards these goals.
I attended this conference, and was privileged to hear and meet some remarkable advocates, healthcare providers, and researchers working to save women's lives.
Like many health problems, when it comes to childbirth, huge disparities exist between rich and poor countries. In the United States, death during pregnancy or childbirth is so rare that when it occurs it is a tragedy. In many countries, it is simply a risk that a woman takes to build a family. In Nigeria, one in 18 women will die during childbirth, compared to one in 4,800 in the United States. And when a mother dies, her surviving children are at greater risk for dying as well.
We have the understanding and technology to prevent these deaths; often it is as simple as educating traditional birth attendants about safe delivery practices and ensuring that a community can transport women to the closest emergency facility. But battling social or political attitudes that do not value or invest in women can be greater obstacles.
This is why the Women Deliver conference was so remarkable. Among the 2,000 attendees were 70 members of parliament and ministers of health and finance (including five U.S. members of Congress). In their final statement, they committed to ensuring that Millennium Development Goals were a high priority for their countries' agendas, advocating for greater resources within their countries for maternal and child health, and establishing accountability for meeting this goal through better monitoring and evaluation of health programs.
In addition to the political will committed by politicians attending the conference, a remarkable amount of money was committed by international donors. The United Kingdom pledged $100 million to the United Nations Population Fund for its efforts to prevent maternal mortality. Through the Global Campaign for the Health MDGs, Norway, Denmark, and Holland committed over $1 billion for maternal and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, and gender equality.
Sadly, the United States was not a leader at this conference. However, this year we committed nearly $400 million towards child survival. The U.S. is certainly the largest country donor in this area - although it gives the smallest portion its GNP to foreign development assistance, compared to other industrialized countries.
Partnerships between governments, non-governmental organizations (such as CARE or Save the Children), local health care systems, and communities are crucial to ensuring that maternal health programs are a success. Put simply, these three arms bring together the money, the expertise, the access, and the action to save women's lives.
As Episcopalians and citizens committed to improved maternal health, we also have a role to play. We can donate to organizations like CARE. We can also advocate with our government to increase resources for meeting Millennium Development Goal #5, as well as all the other goals. You can do this through the Episcopal Public Policy Network, www.er-d.org/eppn.htm.
How Can You Help End Poverty?
Join the Episcopal Public Policy Network
Join the Episcopal Public Policy Network
One way in which members of the Chapel of the Cross are working to make poverty history is through the Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN). EPPN is the advocacy arm of the Episcopal Church, and, through the government relations office in Washington, it monitors legislation with a mind to statements and positions of the church and provides parishioners with opportunities to take action on issues that matter to us as Episcopalians. It is particularly focused on legislation that advances (or hinders) our country's contributions to the Millennium Campaign (the campaign to meet the Millennium Development Goals).
For each issue or piece of legislation that EPPN identifies, it will send out an action alert that invites its members to write their members of Congress and encourage them to take action. Or it may simply provide resources for network members to learn more about key issues. For example, in advance of World AIDS Day (Dec. 1, 2007), EPPN sent out an alert that directed readers to statements by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, and Archbishop Emeritus of South Africa Desmond Tutu. It was an excellent opportunity to see the Anglican Communion's commitment to supporting people with HIV/AIDS and their treatment, and to fighting the spread of the virus.
Preventing and treating HIV/AIDS is Millennium Development Goal #6. Previous "action alerts" supporting the MDGs have included "Speak Out with the Presiding Bishop on Global Warming," calling on President Bush to act on behalf of orphans and writing members of congress to take action on the Farm Bill (which provided aid to family farmers in developing countries as well as in the United States).
In addition to supporting EPPN, it also encourages its members to become a ONE Episcopalian. ONE Episcopalian is the Episcopal Church's participation in the international ONE Campaign to make poverty history, an educational effort which engages individual citizens worldwide in the Millennium Campaign. ONE Episcopalian not only educates individuals, it also provides resources for parishes to become involved in the campaign. (Although the Chapel of the Cross is not a yet ONE Episcopalian parish, we have committed 0.07% of our operating budget to the MDGs, similar to the proportion of a country's gross national product that the Millennium Campaign requests of wealthy nations.)
You can leave more about the EPPN and ONE Episcopalian, and how to become a member, at these web sites:
http://www.er-d.org
http://episcopal.grassroots.org
Statement of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007
We are well into the third decade of a scourge that has expanded exponentially beyond a small specific group to almost every corner of the globe. Whilst in some areas, incidence may have turned, prevalence continues to rise and will do so for a long time- more young people will be infected, more orphans will occur.
Yet, today still 70% of infected people don't have access to life saving therapies. Many still face stigma, economic deprivation, and rejection because of their infection. Many still don't have access to basic information or simple interventions that will reduce risk. This is not the time for complacency nor apathy. It is the time for compassionate leadership that recognises that the voiceless are often those who suffer most - who can they turn to if their leaders do not listen and heed their cries?
Adult Education, January 2008
Educational offerings at the Chapel of the Cross are intended to reflect the parish mission statement and to give parishioners a variety of opportunities to discern their walk with God through Christ as a part of our faith community.
Members of the Adult Education Committee are Paul Carew, Ian Dunn, Al Guckes, Gretchen Jordan, Mary Ann Morris, Lila Wolff and Nancy Tunnessen, chair.
Please contact anyone on the committee with your questions or suggestions.
SUNDAY MORNING PROGRAMS
10:20 to 11:05 am
January 6
Epiphany
January 13
The Face of Christ: The Homeless
Chris Moran, Ann Henley, and Joy Turner
Parent Program: Simplifying our Schedules and making Space for the Spirit
Perri Kersh
January 20
Update on the Capital Campaign
Report from the Delegates to the Diocesan Meeting
Here's your opportunity to hear about the diocesan annual meeting held this past week and to get an update on the status of the capital campaign to expand and improve our parish facilities, including a new parish hall. There will be time for your questions and suggestions.
January 27
Confession and Reconciliation
The Rev. Stephen Elkins-Williams
February 3
Parish Annual Meeting
WEEKDAY PROGRAMS
Mary Harris Bible Study
New students are welcome. The group began years ago reading and discussing the Bible and is now reading the Letters of Paul. Group members take turns facilitating the study. Contact Mary Schoenfeld at (call office for number) for more information.
Short Story Reading Group
Sister Imelda by Edna O'Brien
New readers are welcome as we read our way through Faith: Stories, edited by C. Michael Curtis.
Lenten Offering Registration
Lent begins early this year; Ash Wednesday is February 6. For that reason, it is necessary to include information in this month's Cross Roads about three offerings that require registration. Groups are limited.
"Christological Highs and Lows: A Theological Exploration of the Christology in the Gospel of John"
with the Rev. Dr. Marcia Mount Shoop
Monday Night Series, 7:30 - 9:00
February 11, 18, 25, March 3
The Gospel according to John distinguishes itself from the three synoptic gospels for many reasons, not the least of which is that it tells the story of Jesus with a unique Christological slant. The text, as well as the conditions that gave rise to its context, is an important window into what it means to be a Christian. This gospel has helped shape both the development of Christian doctrine and the dynamic that put some on the outside of Christian orthodoxy because of their beliefs about who Jesus was. This course will pay close attention to the Christological content of this gospel with an eye toward exploring its impact on contemporary Christian identities. Participants will be encouraged to engage the material thoughtfully and prayerfully. This gospel invites us to enter into its Christological portrait with our hearts open to our own recognition of Jesus Christ. Your Lenten journey is sure to be enriched by an encounter with this distinctive gospel.
Dr. Shoop holds a Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School and a PhD in Theology and Ethics from Emory University. She has served churches in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Illinois, Florida, and California. She has done work in incarnational theology, interfaith dialogue, world religions, embodiment theology, and multiculturalism. Dr. Shoop recently moved to Chapel Hill with her family.
Christian Yoga
Mondays, 10:30 am - 11:30 am
February 11, 18, 25, March 2 and 9
$30.00
"What makes a particular practice Christian is not its source, but its intent." The intent of this offering is to open oneself to God's presence through bodily practice rather than simply taking on yoga to relieve stress or build body strength. Each participant will receive the book, Christian Yoga by Nancy Roth. Our guide will be Linda Frank, a retired librarian, who has practiced yoga for 30 years. She recently completed yoga teacher training and enjoys teaching a beginning class at United Church of Chapel Hill.
Four Lectio Divina Groups
Sundays, February 10, 17, 24 and March 2 and 9, 10:20 - 11:05 am
Tuesdays, February 12, 19, 26, March 4 and 11, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Wednesdays, February 13, 20, 27, March 5 and 12, 9:00 - 10:00 am
Wednesdays, February 13, 20, 27, March 5 and 12, 4:15 - 5:15 pm
Using passages unique to the Gospel of John, each of the sessions will offer a time of meditating on scripture and responding in a small group setting.
Other Lenten offerings will include a five-part series on the Baptismal Covenant and sessions on the labyrinth on Sunday mornings and an introduction to St. John's Passion Requiem on Friday night, February 17, sponsored by the Spiritual Life Committee and presented by Dr. Wylie Quinn and parishioners who are members of the Choral Society of Durham. The Choral Society of Durham will present this on Sunday, February 24 at Duke Chapel.
ABC Sale
Saturday, April 12 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Mark your calendars and start looking in your
ATTICS, BASEMENTS, and CLOSETS!!
This annual event provides everyone with the best of buys and opportunities for short-term service to the church and our community. It is a wonderful way to raise funds for worthy community organizations and a great opportunity for fellowship in our parish. You can help make this event a success by being a donor, a buyer, and/or a volunteer.
Terrific volunteers have made this wonderful celebration of goodwill a reality for the community for the past 40 years. Last year we raised over $31,000 from the sale. All of the proceeds were donated to well-deserving organizations in our community that really make a difference. What a wonderful thing to be helping so many people in need! Whether you participate to raise badly needed funds, to experience the excitement, tradition, and fellowship that are part of this sale, to empty your closets, drawers or attics, or to shop for an incredible variety of merchandise at bargain basement prices, YOU make it all happen.
Volunteers serve in donating, sorting, arranging, picking up, pricing and selling merchandise, and in preparing the church buildings for, and cleaning up after, the sale. The return each year of our volunteers from prior years really makes the sale possible and successful. Please consider helping in this parish-wide effort. We will be posting specific opportunities in upcoming Sunday Announcements and in the dining room between services, but any way you would like to help is welcome. Just be ready to join this enthusiastic and capable group of parishioners. It is a wonderful event in which parishioners of all ages can be involved.
We will need volunteers in all departments, a few vans and trucks (with drivers) for pick-ups, a strong and hardy clean up crew, and help with storage of donated items until the sale week. We also need plants to fill our garden shop, help obtaining yard signs for a new advertising strategy, and a few strong arms to help with the set up of the sale on April 6. We'll also need everyone to help spread the word of this worthwhile event!
Mindy Morton and Heather Benjamin are the chairs for this year's sale. Please contact Mindy (mortons04@nc.rr.com or (call office for number)) or Heather ((call office for number) or habenjam@bellsouth.net) if you have a specific interest or wish to find out more. There are ways for everyone to be involved!
January Programs and Meetings
Wednesday, January 2
4:00 pm Junior Choir
5:00 pm Centering Prayer
Sunday, January 6
5:00 pm Episcopal Youth Community
Monday, January 7
Tuesday, January 8
3:00 pm Girl Scout Troop 378
5:00 pm Communications Committee
5:30 pm Personnel Committee
7:00 pm Environmental Stewardship
7:00 pm Boy Scout Troop 9
Wednesday, January 9
4:00 pm Junior Choir
5:00 pm Centering Prayer
Thursday, January 10
Saturday, January 12
Sunday, January 13
5:00 pm Episcopal Youth Community
Monday, January 14
7:30 pm Adult Inquirers' Class
Tuesday, January 15
3:00 pm Girl Scout Troop 378
5:00 pm Capital Campaign Cabinet
7:00 pm Boy Scout Troop 9
Wednesday, January 16
4:00 pm Junior Choir
5:00 pm Centering Prayer
5:00 pm Capital Campaign Committee
Sunday, January 20
5:00 pm Episcopal Youth Community
Monday, January 21
Tuesday, January 22
3:00 pm Girl Scout Troop 378
7:00 pm Boy Scout Troop 9
Wednesday, January 23
3:00 pm Cantus Choir
4:00 pm Junior Choir
5:00 pm Centering Prayer
Sunday, January 27
Monday, January 28
Tuesday, January 29
3:00 pm Girl Scout Troop 378
7:00 pm Boy Scout Troop 9
A Song for John Koch
John Koch joined the staff of the Chapel of the Cross on December 10 as its first Director of Stewardship and Development. Prior to John's official arrival the Rector exercised one of his lesser known talents - that of lyric writer for well known tunes. We include the song sung to welcome John at the staff Christmas Party on December 8, 2007 and hope that each member of the parish will welcome him in your own way.
(To Deck the Halls)
1. Lift your glass and drink it down,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
For John Koch is now in town.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
He will help us with financing,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Who can keep from Yuletide dancing?
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
2. We have waited for so long,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
That we break out into song.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Though he has not all the answers,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
He will make us better dancers.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
3. So we welcome you, John Koch.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
We knew you had what it took.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
From now on you're one of us.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
We're glad you got on the bus!
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
January Service Schedule
Sunday, January 6 (White), The Epiphany of Our Lord
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I, Chapel, Dr. Morley
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II, Church, Dr. Joyner
10:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II, Carolina Meadows, Ms. Jamieson-Drake
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite I, Church, Dr. Joyner
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II, Chapel, Ms. Jamieson-Drake
Sunday, January 13 (White), The First Sunday after Epiphany
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I, Chapel, Ms. Jamieson-Drake
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II, Church, Mr. Elkins-Williams
11:15 am Baptism and Holy Eucharist Rite I, Church, Mr. Elkins-Williams
4:00 pm Holy Eucharist Rite I, Carol Woods, Mr. Elkins-Williams
5:15 pm Baptism and Holy Eucharist Rite II, Chapel, Ms. Lee
9:30 pm Compline, Church
Sunday, January 20 (Green), The Second Sunday after Epiphany
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I, Chapel, Mr. Elkins-Williams
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I, Church, Mr. Frazelle
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite II, Church, Mr. Frazelle
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II, Chapel, Mr. Frazelle
9:30 pm Compline, Church
Sunday, January 27 (Green), The Third Sunday After Epiphany
7:30 am Holy Eucharist Rite I, Chapel, Mr. Frazelle
9:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite II, Church, Mr. Elkins-Williams
11:15 am Holy Eucharist Rite I, Church, Mr. Elkins-Williams
4:00 pm Holy Eucharist Rite I, Carol Woods, Ms. Jamieson-Drake
5:15 pm Holy Eucharist Rite II, Chapel, Mr. Elkins-Williams
9:30 pm Compline, Church
Adult Inquirers' Class
Those wishing to join and/or learn more about the Episcopal Church are urged to join the Adult Inquirers' Class, beginning Monday, January 14, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm in the parlor. The class will meet most Monday nights until Bishop Marble comes for Confirmation on Sunday, April 20, 2008. No pre-registration is necessary.
Last updated: December 29, 2007
