At the Episcopal Church of the Advocate, we welcome people from every kind of household, at every stage of life and faith and doubt.

We believe that through liturgy, contemplation, and community, God transforms lives for bold faith, compassionate service and social justice.

We are profoundly intentional about what we do, because here we co-create a space, a place that allows belief and bewilderment, hope and hesitation, statement and question, faith and not-yet-faith, to mix and mingle, without assumption or judgment.

—Nathan Kirkpatrick, Priest Associate.

Sankofa: African-American History on Wheels MLK weekend

Sunday, January 19 and Monday, January 20
Noon – 5:30 PM.
At the Rogers Road Community Center
101 Edgar Street, Chapel Hill.

This MLK weekend, The Church of the Advocate joins the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, Community Center, the Marion Cheek Jackson Center, the Town of Carrboro, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NCAAP Branch 5689, in bringing the Sankofa African-American History on Wheels to our region.

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This Week:

Need help finding us? Directions are here.
The Advocate Chapel is open for prayer and meditation daily,
8 AM – 8 PM
See more about our Sundays here

Monday, January 20 Martin Luther King Day.
Noon – 5:30 PM Sankofa: African-American History Museum on Wheels. At the Rogers Road Community Center.

Wednesday, January 22
5:30 PM A simple Holy Eucharist
6:15 PM Contemplative Prayer
7 PM House Dinner

Sunday, January 26, the Third Sunday after the Epiphany. Our regular service scheduled returns. Readings for the day may be found here.
9 AM   Holy Eucharist, Rite Two from the Book of Common Prayer, with hymns from the 1982 Hymnal.
10 AM  Christian Formation in The Advocate House, including Teachable Moment (this week we will hear from David Stanford from Re-Entry and William Ingram and Calvin Trollinger from the Orange County Correctional Institution), Godly Play, and Rite 13.
11 AM A 75-minute Expanded Holy Eucharist with hymns and songs from a variety of sources. Followed by lunch (provided). Child Care Provided during the Eucharist.
5 PM Candlelight Evening Prayers, with poetry, silence and chant.

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News & Events

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Where Did the Chapel Come From???

  

In December 2012, the Advocate moved an un-used carpenter gothic Episcopal church building from Germanton, North Carolina, 130 miles along back roads of the piedmont for adaptive re-use in Chapel Hill. This move was very much in keeping with the Advocate’s commitment to environmental sustainability, and also to our experience as a new old church, cherishing the past, while making it new for a new generation.

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