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The Episcopal Church of the Advocate

where tradition, liturgy and reason meet compassion, justice and transformation

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      • The Vicar: Marion Sprott
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      • A Brief History
      • The Homestead Site — How it came to be
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      • Where Did the Chapel Come From???
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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.

This Week:

Join us in person or online in the season ahead

Join us online, in the chapel or pondside in the season ahead.

In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, many church activities are online while other offerings are outdoors, indoors with masks, or hybrid. Our 10:30 a.m. Sunday service is hybrid: join us via Zoom or attend in person. Details about online worship and community gatherings will be posted week by week.

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Our Campus

The Advocate campus is 15 acres at the northeast corner of Homestead and Merin Road, in the heart of north Chapel Hill. Our neighborhood includes the historic Rogers Road as well as several new developments and neighborhoods. It also includes several non-profit services, such as transitional housing for women and for men, a high school, a senior center, the human services center for the southern part of the County, as well as the highly anticipated Carolina North campus for the University of North Carolina.

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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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In our beginning in 2003, The Advocate embraced a call to be "an Episcopal Church for a new generation in a new millennium in Orange County, North Carolina." Nomadic, without land or building for 11 years, we were clearly "new," rooted in the tradition but not bound by it, discovering new ways of welcome, of interpreting the ancient liturgies, of engaging with the community around us. Then, in 2014 we not only landed, we landed with a traditional-looking 19th century chapel. Now we are very much a "NewOld Church." We are Anglican in that we are a liturgical and sacramental church, with a rich tradition, a compelling spirituality, and a desire to be transformed into the likeness and Body of Christ through our worship and our life lived in community. And we are very much borne of the 21st century, with 21st century awareness of the global community, a commitment to do what we can to sustain our environment, and a passion to help restore the torn fabric of our world.

What’s New

  • Lent, Holy Week, and Easter 2023 Schedule
  • Lenten Book Study: “The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism” by Carter Heyward
  • Shrove Tuesday (Feb. 21) and Ash Wednesday (Feb. 22)
  • It’s Annual Meeting Time!
  • Christmas Season at the Advocate

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Elsewhere on the Internet

  • Chapel Hill News on the Pee Wee Homes at the Advocate
  • Moving Church (Collegeville Institute)
  • North Carolina Church moves Historic Chapel

Our Location

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Contact Us

The Episcopal Church of the Advocate
8410 Merin Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

The Rev. Marion Sprott-Goldson, Vicar
Phone: (984) 999-1819
marion@TheAdvocateChurch.org

People of the Advocate

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Our Larger Community of Faith

  • Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
  • The Anglican Communion
  • The Episcopal Church

Worship & Prayer

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  • The Revised Common Lectionary
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