December 21, 2011
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A Christmas Message from the Bishop

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This week's Please Note includes a Christmas message. Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Keep the faith,
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See, Your Salvation Comes:
The Presiding Bishop's Christmas Address


"Jesus comes among us to remind us of a world living together in peace, to reclaim and make real that vision of creation for all humanity and all God's creatures," Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says in her 2011 Christmas message.

Read the rest of the Presiding Bishop's Address here

You can also find the Archbishop of Canterbury's Pause for Thought Christmas message here

Upcoming Diocesan EventsUpcoming

Find more information about events here, or view the diocesan calendar here.           

 

December

 

22-26 - Diocesan offices closed for Christmas  

 

January

 

2 - Diocesan offices closed for New Year's  

 

4 - Durham Pre-Convention Convocation Meeting, 7:00pm, St. Luke's, Durham.

 

5 - Outreach Weekend early registration deadline 

 

5 - Fresh Start, held regionally. Contact Canon Hunn

 

5 - Rocky Mount Pre-Convention Convocation Meeting, 7:00pm, Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount.

 

5 - Sandhills Pre-Convention Convocation Meeting, 7:00pm, Emmanuel, Southern Pines.  

 

6 - Spring Youth Event team early registration deadline  

 

7 -  Environmental Ministry Meeting, 10:30-2:30, St. Stephen's, Durham. The public is invited and should bring a bagged lunch  

if they plan to stay for the whole meeting.   

 

9 - Happening #58 team late registration deadline

 

9 - Greensboro Pre-Convention Convocation Meeting, 7:00pm, St. Andrew's, Greensboro.

 

9 - Raleigh Pre-Convention Convocation Meeting, St. Michael's, Raleigh.  

 

10 - Charlotte Pre-Convention Convocation Meeting, 7:00pm, Holy Comforter, Charlotte.

 

10 - Winston-Salem Pre-Convention Convocation Meeting, 7:00pm, St Paul's, Winston-Salem.  

 

11 - Charlotte/Sandhills Area Youth Leaders Meeting, 1:00pm, Holy Comforter, Charlotte. Email Pam Hatley to RSVP. 

 

20-22 - 196th Annual Diocesan Convention, Benton Conference Center, Winston-Salem. 

 

 

Applications for Young Adult Service Corps (YASC) Service Adventures for those aged 21-30 are now being accepted.    

 

Applications for the Fellowship Partners Program through the Episcopal Church Foundation are now being accepted. The deadline is March 15, 2012. 

 

Episcopal Relief and Development is currently collecting handmade arts and crafts to be sold during the 196th Annual Diocesan Convention. All proceeds will benefit the NetsforLife campaign. If you would like to donate, please contact  Reid Joyner or Kathy Gregg. Click here for donation guidelines.

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Outreach Spotlight
The Johnson Intern Project and Episcopal Service Corps 

The Johnson Intern Program, based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, blends social ministry, intellectual inquiry and intentional community into a year that enables young adults to explore their spiritual lives within the context of intentional living. Each year, eight young adult men and women are recruited for an eleven-month hands-on service placement with Partner Organizations, Servant Leadership training and spiritual formation.
Read more about The Johnson Intern Program here.


This is program is one of 21 in the Episcopal Service Corps (ESC) program for young adults ages 21-30. Read more about ESC here.  
 January Around the Diocese bulletin inserts are available here. 
Clergy Changes
You can view recent changes of cure (clergy changes) on the diocesan website by clicking here. 
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Members of King Moravian repaired, repainted and renovated St Elizabeth's Church in King, NC as part of their outreach to their neighbors. I'm here with some of them and with the Rev. William McEllven of the Moravian Church and Canon Trawin Malone. We celebrated the Eucharist together as one dimension of the full communion relationship between out two churches. But that full communion relationship in Christ was there before today when one neighbor helped another. Thank you to our Moravian brothers and sisters. "With God nothing shall be impossible.' Luke 1:37

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Events from Around the DioceseAround  

January


5 - Old Christmas: Lee Smith & the St. Matthew's Women's Singing Circle Readings & Carols, 7:30pm, St. Matthew's, Hillsborough. This celebration of the Scotch-Irish "Old Christmas" (the Eve of Epiphany) will feature readings from local author Lee Smith and carols old and new from the Women's Singing Circle. Admission is $10. 

11 - Steadfast Hope: The Palestinian Quest for Just Peace, 6:30pm, St. Philip's, Durham. This is the first of six Wednesday evenings for Bible study, historical background, discussion of events on the ground, meeting people in Palestine and Israel (via DVD) and discerning some action in response. Contact Donna Hicks at [email protected] or at 919.688.3419.

Through January 22 - RACE: Are We So Different?, The North Carolina Museum of Life and Science. The Bishop's Committee on Racial Justice and Reconciliation commends this award-winning exhibit developed by the American Anthropological Association.

 

For Sale: Wurlitzer organ, two full manuals and full pedal-board, 66 stops, in perfect condition. $1,000 or best offer. Contact St. Barnabas at 336.294.1282 or 336.292.8587.

  

Preparing early for Lent 2012? The Anglican Communion has published a five-session Lenten Bible Study available here.   

   

  

Announcements will normally be posted for the four weeks prior to the event. If there is something that you would like to announce here, email us and please give title of event and no more than 100 words in description.      

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