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Monthly Archives: June 2012

What’s Happening: June 26 – July 11

By Lisa | Published: June 27, 2012

  Dear People and Friends of the Advocate:    For more information on any of the following calendar notes, visit our website.                                                     Weekly Calendar:  Wednesday, June 27 Holy Eucharist at [...]

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Being Wrong in all the Right Ways: A Sermon by Sam Laurent

By Lisa | Published: June 17, 2012

Being Wrong in All the Right Ways A sermon given by Sam Laurent At The Episcopal Church of the Advocate, Chapel Hill NC on June 17th, 2012   Before I begin in earnest, today is of course Father’s Day, and I’d like to blatantly exploit this pulpit for a second to say thanks to my [...]

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This Week: June 13

By Lisa | Published: June 14, 2012

June 12, 2012 News and Notes   Dear People and Friends of the Advocate:    For more information on any of the following calendar notes, visit our website. Lisa+ Weekly Calendar:  Marilyn McCord Adams June10 sermon Omnibus Benediction, can be found here. Wednesday, June 13 Holy Eucharist at noon; contemplative prayer at 6 PM.Because of the sand [...]

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Episcopal leaders push to abolish death penalty across the country

By Lisa | Published: June 14, 2012

[Episcopal News Service] When Gov. Dannel Malloy signed a bill in April making Connecticut the fifth state in five years to abolish the death penalty, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut Bishop Suffragan James Curry’s attendance at the ceremony testified to the influence of Episcopal leaders on ending capital punishment in the state. Curry and other members of the diocese [...]

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Omnibus Benediction: A Corpus Christi Sermon by Marilyn McCord Adams

By Lisa | Published: June 10, 2012

OMNIBUS BENEDICTION Corpus Christi 2012   Today’s worship is all about real presence, mutual recognition and commitment.  For starters, we observe the medieval feast of Corpus Christi (transferred from the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday), instituted as an occasion to give special thanks for the rite of Holy Eucharist, in which Christ becomes really present [...]

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Weekly Calendar and Notes

By Lisa | Published: June 6, 2012

June 2, 2012 News and Notes   Dear People and Friends of the Advocate:    For more information on any of the following calendar notes, visit our website. Lisa+   Weekly Calendar:   Sunday, June 3        Trinity Sunday 5 PM Holy Eucharist followed by dinner. Unity Center of Peace. Note that this Sunday [...]

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Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Made New

By Lisa | Published: June 5, 2012

Benediction! Every Sunday at the Advocate, we announce that “liturgy is the work of the people.”  We want to ward off any notion that it is something the clergy do for you and to insist instead that everyone is involved.  “Everyone” includes God.  Liturgy is important because it is a scene of Divine-human trafficking, a [...]

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Advocate Picnic and Eucharist at Camp New Hope June 10

By Lisa | Published: June 3, 2012

                    Save the Date!     June 10, 2012, 3:00 – 8:00 p.m., EDT

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