April 10, 2013
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Episcopalians Witness in the 

Streets of Greensboro

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This week's Please Note features a Good Friday worship with clergy and laypeople from many denominations gathered in downtown Greensboro, all walking the Stations of the Cross using local landmarks. Their 1.5-mile walk took them to family gathering places, public buildings, parks and bars. Their example is one that we can all follow as we witness to the world. 

 

 

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Register now for the 16th Annual Youth Choir Camp at Trinity Center, August 15-18. 

 

April

 

10 - MRST grant applications due

 

11 - NC Council of Churches Legislative Seminar8:30am-3:45pm, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Raleigh. This event provides information concerning critical issues facing the General Assembly and equips grassroots activists for social justice. Cost, including lunch, is $10 for students, $25 for all others.

 

11 - Durham Clericus meeting, 12:00-1:30pm, St. Luke's, Durham. Elective contemplative prayer begins at 11:30am.  

 

12-14 - Spring Youth Event, Haw River State Park, Browns Summit. 

 

13 - Feeding Our Souls for the Journey: A Feast of Faith, Fellowship & Fun for All Ages, 8:301m-3:00pm, St. Paul's, Winston-Salem. This event that will broaden our ideas about traditional church and give us some tools to help enhance our spiritual lives, as well as the courage to journey to Galilee, wherever that may be.     

 

13 - Discovering the Diaconate, 2:00-5:00pm, All Saints, Concord. Learn more about the diaconate; the differences between priests, ministry and deacons and getting a deacon in your parish.   

  

15 - Standing Committee meeting  


16 - Chartered Committee for Hispanic Ministry meeting, 10:30am-12:00pm, St. Mary's, High Point. Lunch and fellowship at a Mexican restaurant will follow.    

  

20 - History Day 2013: The Borrowed Bishop, 10:00am-4:00pm, St. John's, Fayetteville. This year's History Day examines the episcopacy of Bishop Moore, the "first" bishop of North Carolina.      

20 -  Latino Music Workshop with Julio Cuellar, 1:30-5:00pm, St. Cyprian's, Oxford. Music directors, choirs, clergy, and parishioners young and old are all invited to attend this free event. Co-sponsored by the Diocese, the Chartered Committee on Hispanic Ministry and local churches. Contact the Rev. Harriette Sturges to register.   

 

26 - Deadline for submitting grant requests to the NC Episcopal Church Foundation. Grants provide up to $10,000 of assistance to mission or historic congregations. 

 

May

 

2 - Fresh Start, held regionally. Contact Canon Buerkel Hunn.    

 

4 - Committee for Environmental Ministry, 10:30am-2:30pm, St. Mary's, High Point. Ayliffe Mumford of the School of Ministry will be with us. Visitors are welcome. Please bring a bag lunch.

   

9 - Durham Clericus meeting, 12:00-1:30pm, St. Luke's, Durham. Elective contemplative prayer begins at 11:30am.    

  

 

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Sunday Morning Sustainability highlights the ways that individuals and congregations can transform their regular Sunday morning activities in order to better care for God's Creation and God's people.  
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Register now for SOUL (Spiritual Opportunity to Unite and Learn) 2013 Conference, May 23 - 27, 2013, at St. Augustine's University, Raleigh.The SOUL Conference provides a safe place for 
Episcopal youth and young adults of African descent from across the church to meet and grow together in relationship with one another and Christ while participating in workshops toward leadership development. The registration deadline in April 19.     

April

10 - The Faith Voice in Environmental Advocacy: A Conversation with GreenFaith's the Rev Fletcher Harper, 7:00-8:30pm, United Church of Chapel Hill. Fletcher is an Episcopal priest and the Executive Director of GreenFaith. Commended by the Committee for Environmental Ministry.

12 - Peter Ostroushka and Danny Gotham in Concert, 7:30pm, St. Matthew's, Hillsborough. St. Matthew's Faith and the Arts series presents Peter Oustroushka. Peter has spent more than 25 years as a frequent performer on A Prairie Home Companion, and he did a stint as Music Director for the show. He is regarded as one of the finest mandolin and fiddle players in acoustic music.

13 - St. Augustine's Spring Open House, 9:00am, Enery Gymnasium, St. Augustine. Register to attend at admissions.st-aug.edu/open-house.

13 - Faith, Food and Farming, 11:00am, Campus Cinema in Witherspoon Student Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Join Dr. Norman Wirzba, research professor of theology, ecology and rural life at Duke Divinity School, for conversation and a free lunch. This event is co-sponsored by the NCSU Episcopal Campus Ministry. Register here.

14 - The Quest for a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine: U.S. Military Aid and Human Rights, 2:00-5:00pm, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The Abrahamic Initiative on the Middle East invites faith leaders and human rights activists to a consultation. Four presenters will speak to the spectrum of opinions on the efficacy of U.S. aid.

19-21 - Hope and Love: The Jack Gray Lecture Series Presents the Rev. J. Pittman McGehee, St. Timothy's, Wilson. The Rev. Dr. J. Pittman McGehee, Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychology and Spirituality, will deliver a lecture entitled "Hope for the 21st Century" at 7:00pm on Friday and a second entitled "The Paradox of Love" at 9:15am on Saturday. Tickets are required for both events. The Saturday lecture, including lunch, costs $10.

20 - Acolyte and Verger Festival, 9:00am-3:00pm, St. John's, Charlotte. This festival, a celebration of our Anglican identity and of lay ministers, is for acolytes and vergers of all ages. The day includes workshops, Episcopal Jeopardy!, Liturgical Olympics and a Festival Eucharist. Register here.

 

21 - Good Shepherd Sunday, 11:00am, Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount. At the Holy Eucharist, the Good Shepherd Choir will sing Schubert's "Mass in F (German Mass)" and other choral works celebrating our patronal feast day.

24 - Latino Legislative Day, 9:30am-3:45pm, Raleigh. Join the NC Congress of Latino Organizations, elected leaders, religious leaders and advocates for a day of advocacy related to immigration reform.

25-27 - 55th Annual Book Sale, St. Francis, Greensboro. This sale features more than 50,000 volumes. The book sale supports a variety of organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Guilford Interfaith Housing Coalition, Barnabas Furniture Ministry, Room at the Inn of the Triad, Horse Power, Stop Hunger Now and Crop Walk.

 

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