December 3, 2-4 p.m.

If you are looking for something meaningful to do this weekend, there is still time and room to join the diocesan pilgrimage to Historic Stagville.

Historic Stagville comprises the remnants of the largest plantation in North Carolina. “The picture that most people probably get in their minds when you say ‘enslaved person' is a field worker somewhere being beaten by an overseer,” says Beverly McNeill, president of the Historic Stagville Foundation. “And yet in North Carolina there [was] a fairly large community of very, very skilled artisans that most people probably don’t know anything about.”

The pilgrimage is an offering aligned with the mission strategy goal of developing and offering pilgrimages as part of our collective and ongoing education around dismantling racism.

CLERGY/LAY LEADERSHIP SUPPORT CALLS

Every first and third Tuesday, 8:30a.m. via Zoom. To join the call, use this link or call in by phone at 1-646-558-8656 (Meeting ID: 515 271 142). To receive a weekly update including notes from the call, please email the communications department, or find an archive of notes on the diocesan website.

FOR YOUR CALENDARS

• Dec. 10, 11a.m. - Ordination to the Sacred Order of Priests, Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill
• Jan. 21, 2023, 11a.m. - Ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons, St. Michael's, Raleigh

FROM THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA

• A Collect for the First Week of Advent

FROM THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

• New film explores Episcopal Church’s groundbreaking history of ethical investing
• Episcopal Church 2021 Parochial Report data now available

As Advent is now officially underway, there are a number of resources available to help you celebrate the season:

• The Episcopal Church
• NC Council of Churches Advent Guide
• VTS: Advent Meditation Workshop
• American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: Holy Land Advent Calendar

Other offerings:

• AdventWord - The Diocese of North Carolina is once again taking part in AdventWord, the digital global advent calendar created to build an international community that together explores the mystery and wonder of Advent. This year's offerings are being shared by members of the diocesan staff; enjoy them on the diocesan Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram (@episdionc). You can also sign up for daily meditations from AdventWord itself.

• A New Way of Being: Light, Wind, Healing, Home; An Advent Series Toward Racial Justice and Healing. The series features reflections by Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, in the Diocese of Atlanta, which she shared with 75 Moravian clergy on a Racial Justice Pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama, in September, 2022. On Dec. 7, Dr. Meeks will speak in person on the Zoom session. The Moravian Northern Province Racial Justice Team welcomes Episcopalians to join them in this series. Portions of the series will be recorded and posted for those unable to attend. Learn more and join.

Monthly Offering | Second Tuesdays, 9 p.m. | Next meeting: December 13

Colors of Hope is a monthly meeting for LGBTQIA+ youth in the diocese. We use the book The Colors of Hope: Devotions from LGBTQ+ Christians as a starting point for our conversations. The discussions are facilitated by LGBTQIA+ young adults and are a safe space for fellowship, community and conversation. Pre-registration is required to get the Zoom link, but there is no commitment to attend every month. Come when it works, but hopefully often!

As our siblings in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Florida and South Carolina continue their work to recover from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, your help is still needed. Please consider supporting the work of Episcopal Relief & Development's hurricane relief efforts.

PUBLICATIONS

• The Disciple

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• Weekly Update for Clergy and Lay Leaders (Email the communications department to subscribe.)

PODCASTS

• Roundtables on Race