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Notes of the Advocate
December 24, 2022
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Christmas
Services on Christmas Eve (today!) will be held at 4pm and 7pm.
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Christmas Schedule
December 24 - Christmas Eve
4pm Christmas Eve service in the chapel
7pm Christmas Eve service in the chapel and on Zoom
December 25 - Christmas Day*
10:30 am Holy Eucharist in the chapel and on Zoom
January 1 - Second Sunday in Christmas*
10:30 am Holy Eucharist in the chapel and on Zoom, Rev. Joe Sroka as preacher and presider.
*please note there is only one service on 12/25/22 and 1/1/23
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Marion on Vacation
Marion will be on vacation beginning December 26 through January 7. For pastoral emergencies, please be in touch, however, either with Marion 704.593.6999 or Nathan Kirkpatrick 919.724.8871. Email will be sporadically checked during this time.
On January 1, 2023, we will welcome the Rev. Joe Sroka as preacher and presider.
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The Cathedral Project
A multi-year project that Advocate John Wall has been working on was recently featured in The Disciple, the Diocese of North Carolina’s magazine. Check out the great article to see and read about John’s work.
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Critical Conversation
The Critical Conversation group will not meet 12/25 or 1/1 and will resume on 1/8 in the Advocate house at 9:30 am.
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Food Distribution at Rogers Road Community Center
Food distribution will continue on January 21!
Come any time between 10 am and 3pm.
All are welcome!
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Sacred Ground
Registration is open for the Advocate's next Sacred Ground circle, which will start in January and end before Memorial Day. We'll meet on zoom, every other week on Monday evenings, with the first and last sessions in person at church. Together, we'll walk through the chapters of America's history of race and racism as we weave in the stories of our own family history and discern how to move ahead as God's people. Sacred Ground is Episcopal Church's film- and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith. To register, email Day Smith Pritchartt. If you have questions, reach out to Day or to co-facilitator Kathleen Sullivan. Or speak to any of the familiar faces in this video, which features our first Sacred Ground circle.
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Advocate Tithe
Earlier in December a meeting for the Advocate Tithe was held. At this meeting members of the Advocate looked at this year’s applicants and were able to fulfill, and even exceed, the requested amount. This year, the Tithe went to the following organizations:
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| Club Nova | $1000 | | Carolina Abortion Fund | $1500 | | Episcopal Farmworker Ministry | $1750 | | InterFaith Council | $2000 | | Johnson Service Corp | $2000 | | Justice United | $1500 | | Occonneechi Band of the Saponi Nation | $1750 | | PeeWee Homes | $2500 | | Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association | $3000 | | Vicar's Discretionary Fund | $3054 | | |
For more information on the Advocate Tithe and to see how the tithe has been distributed in the past few years click here. | |
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Annual Meeting Date
Our annual meeting date this year is January 29th. At this meeting, which will be held at 9:30 am in the chapel, we will hear reports on 2022 from the Treasurer, the Senior Warden, the Vicar, and also vote on the 2023 budget and new vestry members.
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Advo-Dinners: Every Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm, at the Advocate House
Advo-Dinner will not be held on Thursday, December 29th and will resume on Thursday, January 5.
For the sake of the members of our community, we ask that all refrain from
bringing wine or other alcoholic beverages.
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Soup Makers! We are looking to add a new element in our weekly Sunday salad potlucks….soup! Continuing Sunday, January 8, we will move to soup and salads and we need some help from you. See the signup here if you would like to show off your culinary skills and bring a pot of soup on Sunday mornings! The salad pot-luck will continue as per usual, we are just adding this new element. | |
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Continuing on Sunday, January 1, a team of lay ministers will offer healing prayer once a month, during the communion time at the 10:30 service. Here at the Advocate we have a strong tradition of praying with and for each other and the world, and healing prayer has been part of the ministry of the Advocate in the past. Healing prayer is an extension of the Prayers of the People, and another way that we can offer our prayer and presence.
Prayer will be offered by a team of two lay ministers. If you would like the healing prayer team to pray with you, simply make your way to the Narthex (the bell tower) after receiving communion. And if you would like to be a part of the healing prayer team, contact Marion or Kerry Bullock-Ozkan.
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Compline each evening at 8:30pm via zoom.
What is compline? Compline is the last set prayer service for the day. It is typically prayed before bed or when settling down for the evening. You can check out the liturgy here.
Contemplative prayer meets each Wednesday at 6pm with a group in person in the chapel (wearing masks and distanced) and on zoom. (Contact Marion to get the zoom link)
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Collect
Christmas Day
O God, you have caused this holy night to shine with the brightness of the true Light: Grant that we, who have known the mystery of that Light on earth, may also enjoy him perfectly in heaven; where with you and the Holy Spirit he lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
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Children’s formation
Both the Godly Play group and the Tweens/Teens of the Advocate group will not meet on December 25 and January 1. Both classes will resume on January 8th at 9:30. Godly play for ages 3-7 will meet in the Advocate house and TOTA will meet by the Wellhouse.
Critical Conversation
The Critical Conversation group will not meet 12/25 or 1/1 and will resume on 1/8 in the Advocate house at 9:30 am.
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Sunday Worship Schedule, December 25, 2022
10:30 am Holy Eucharist in the chapel and on zoom (masks required)
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LINKS for worship
These links are always available at TheAdvocateChurch.org (click in the red banner on the website)
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Meeting ID: 438 568 2876
Passcode: Whitby
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Masking and other items
Please continue to wear a well-fitting mask (N95, KN95, double masked surgical masks) when inside the chapel and the Advocate house. Inside the chapel, the masks should only be removed (if you are comfortable doing so) if you are reading a lesson or prayers of the people, and briefly removed to receive communion.
If you have COVID symptoms or have been exposed, please stay home that day and plan to return upon testing negative.
While it is important that we gather as the Body of Christ in worship, prayer, and praise, it is also important to do so wisely and as safely as possible.
And always, as a reminder, if you would like Eucharist brought to your home, please be in touch and it will be brought to you within the week.
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