So now the building waits, and we do to. This photo taken December 4 on Highway 86, three miles north of Highway 70 in Hillsborough. The footers are being oared Thursday. Current plans have the building moving to the Chapel Hill border at 86 and I40 on Saturday morning. At noon it will … Continue reading Getting a Move On: Down the Road
Prayers for the move of the church building
For the People of St. Philip's in Germanton O God, You made human beings to be rooted in histories. Israelis look back to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Americans remember Washington and Lincoln, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. O God, thank You for the people who founded St. Philip’s, for all of those over the … Continue reading Prayers for the move of the church building
The Advocate Begins Move of Historic Church Building to Chapel Hill
The Episcopal Church of the Advocate has begun work on the move of the St. Philip's chapel, currently in Germanton, NC, to the Advocate's Homestead Road campus. Work on the building move began on Monday, October 1st, and will culminate in the arrival of St. Philip’s in Chapel Hill in several weeks. Blake Movers, of … Continue reading The Advocate Begins Move of Historic Church Building to Chapel Hill
Moving Tradition: St Philip’s Germanton to the Advocate Chapel Hill.
In late October 2011, the Historic Properties Commission of the Diocese realized that St. Philip's Church in Germanton, long without a congregation, no longer had an organized committee to tend to it, either. Plans were in the works to sell the building as well as the land on which it stands. Determined to save the church … Continue reading Moving Tradition: St Philip’s Germanton to the Advocate Chapel Hill.
Why We Are Here, Part One (eight reasons)
The Episcopal Church of the Advocate Why are we here? Part One The Rev. Lisa G. Fischbeck, Vicar September 25, 2011 (Note: For the complete text of the homily from which these eight point come, click here.) 1) To place ourselves in the heart of the Biblical story – the story of creation, fall, exodus … Continue reading Why We Are Here, Part One (eight reasons)