Shrove Tuesday and Lent Then and Now A Season for Prayer and Purpose

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1 BINKLEY BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY SCHEDULE 8:45 AM EARLY WORSHIP (1ST & 3RD SUNDAYS) 9:30 AM CHURCH SCHOOL 11:00 AM WORSHIP FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER CHURCH OFFICE HOURS M-F 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Shrove Tuesday and Lent Then and Now A Season for Prayer and Purpose Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the ritual of shriving, when the faithful confessed their sins to the local priest and received forgiveness before the Lenten season began. As far back as 1000 AD, "to shrive" meant to hear confessions. Historically, Shrove Tuesday also marked the beginning of the 40-day Lenten fasting period when the faithful were forbidden to consume meat, butter, eggs or milk. However, if a family had a store of these foods, they all would go bad by the time the fast ended on Easter Sunday. What to do? Solution: use up the milk, butter and eggs no later than Shrove Tuesday. And so, with the addition of a little flour, the solution quickly presented itself...pancakes and lots of 'em. In France, (as well as here in the US - or more famously - in New Orleans) it's known as Fat Tuesday, which culminates the Mardi Gras festival with boisterous celebrations just before the Lenten season. During Lent at Binkley, members and friends are encouraged to center themselves in God s presence through prayer, disciplines of your choosing (fasting from certain foods, activities, etc.) and commitments to service or support for God s creation. Some people pledge to write a note of support to a different person every week, while others gather food to support those who live with hunger every day. The Lenten promises you make are entirely up to you. All of these promises are helpful in connecting us to Jesus the Christ who is our servant leader and redeemer. At Binkley, our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on February 17 is led by the youth of the church and includes a Talent Show. All ages are encouraged to sign up on Dale s door for the talent portion of our night together. The cost for the meal (pancakes, waffles, sausage, fresh fruit and beverages) is $7.00 for 6th grade and above and $6.00 for 5th grade and below. Any net proceeds from the meal will support our Baptist Youth Camp scholarships. The meal begins at 5:30pm and is served until approximately 6:15 pm. Please join us for this night of fellowship through food, fun and frivolity! Committee Meetings INSIDE THIS ISSUE OUR CHURCH FAMILY 2 OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY OFFICE NEWS GROUP MEETINGS Diaconate 2/2, 7 pm, Lounge Children s Team 2/8, 6 pm, Library Peace and Justice Action 2/9, 12 pm, Library Outreach 2/9, 7 pm Library Finance 2/12, 7 pm, Library Adult Christian Formation 2/16, 6 pm, Lounge Church Council 2/16, 7 pm Sunroom Grounds 2/19, 9:30 am Library February 18 is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent for many Christians. On Ash Wednesday at Binkley we have two types of services where you may worship God and receive ashes on your hand or forehead. The first opportunity is an intimate gathering of two to three at a time scheduled in fifteen minute segments beginning at 5:00 pm. Dale and Stephanie lead the children and parents in a time of dialogue, song and prayer as well as an explanation of the ashes. Please sign up on the sheet on Dale s door by Tuesday night at the Pancake Supper. This gathering occurs in our prayer chapel. The second opportunity for a more formal service of ashes takes place in the Sanctuary at 7:30 pm. Marcus McFaul and the Chancel Choir led by Daniel provide leadership for this worship time. Singing, scripture readings, prayer, special music and the placement of ashes are incorporated into the gathering. We encourage you to take part in one of these services to prepare for the season of Lent.

2 PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER STEWARDSHIP UPDATE Guess what! Four more people remembered to turn in their pledges in the last two days! And here s another thing, it s still not too late for you either. If you have been sorting out paper after the mad holiday rush and turned up your uncompleted Binkley pledge card, you can still turn it in to Duane and help us make our goal. As you will soon read elsewhere, the Church Council adopted a budget at its meeting on Monday night. In that budget, they anticipate that we will reach at least last year s pledge level, which we have not yet done. But we are so close! As of Tuesday, we have committed 94% of the pledge goal for Please be a hero and make a pledge as soon as possible. And many thank you to all who have given with such love and enthusiasm for Binkley Church. The Stewardship Committee. OUR CHURCH FAMILY BIRTHDAYS 1 Pat Moore, Thanh Siu 2 Ruth Ann Ross Meredith Bratcher, Robin Brice, 4 Biruta Nielsen Alice Glover, Verla Insko, Jennifer Mahoney, Carol Rhodes, 5 Judy Sordean, Don Willhoit 6 Sarah Walker 8 Susan Preston, Linda Textoris 11 Isa Ayad, Tim Bradshaw 12 Amber Forbus, Vicki Shafer 13 Barbara Proctor, Fred Schroeder 14 Jim Dostert, Anna Roberson 17 Marlene Dickison, Jeff Jenkins, Rachel Jenkins, Chris McDougald 18 James Jernigan, Sue Wallace 19 Karen Reinfurt 20 Steve Jernigan 21 Russell Hatch, Lynne O Brien 23 Tyler Berger, Kelly Kimple 24 Will Powell 25 Chris Copeland, Kelly Holsopple 26 Kay Maltbie 28 Dean Smith ANNIVERSARIES 1 Tonya Hamm & Susan Wells 14 Nancy Berson & John Woodson 16 Bill & Pat Harriss 18 Bereket & Winta Selassie 23 Matthew & Carol Ripley-Moffitt PRAYER CONCERNS Church Family Condolences Rachel Avery Judy Sordean Claudia Cannady Mike Berkut To the family of Willard Hamrick, Martha Henderson Jo Flair who died January 8. Allen Davidson Jayne Howard To the family of Maggi Boyer, Swanson-Boyd family Fred Eaker who died January 8 Shirley Hamrick Bob Phillips Terry Huneycutt Tony Lea To the family of Lou Ann Hellmers, who Kara Richards-Baker Bill Bodkin died December 31. Lou Ann will be Norma Willhoit remembered for planning wonderful day trips for seniors in our church with delicious picnic lunches which she prepared. Health Center/Hospital Residents Marj Boltz Ernie Roberts Lou Ann was a native of California and Ann Overton Joan Ewing will be buried in a family cemetery Rusty Wagoner Don Hamm alongside her husband, Henry, in the Ginny Lansing Sacramento Valley. Extended Family To the family of Chuck Hinnant, Tan & Scott Coats (missionaries) who died 1/18. Andrew Henley (Carl Henley) David Houser (Lynn Houser) To Marilyn Metcalf, whose father, Bill & Hilda Moffitt Arthur Jeffries Metcalf, died 1/26. Aaron Perkinson, USAF (Nape Baker) To Ashley & Ralph Nissler, whose David Baddour (Judy Scott) father, Werner Nissler, died 1/24. Kathleen Brown (Stacy Shelp) Jodi Wallace (Maribel Bruno) Marie & Tommy Preston (Susan Resnik) Congratulations Luann Martin (Connie Gates) Jim & Mary Alice Kearley (Christine Jernigan) Steve & Lisa Emrich (Nan Pardington) Susan Surratt (Stewart Bankhead & Stuart To Ron Simmons and Chris McDougald, who ended a thirty-eight year engagement by getting married in a private Cantrell) ceremony in Binkley s Prayer Chapel on Kristi Kiger & Susan Grose (Stewart Bankhead January 9th. & Stuart Cantrell) Jean & John Bankhead (Stewart Bankhead & Stuart Cantrell) The Mitchell Family (Aneisa Blair) *names will remain on extended family list for two months and then be removed unless church office is contacted. To Haih Siu, who will become a citizen of the United States on January 30 at 1:30 pm at the USCIS, 301 Roycroft Drive, Durham. Friends and family welcome. We are very proud of you, Haih!

3 FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 This wonderful blessing is from John O Donohue s book To Bless the Space Between Us. I offer it to you as both my prayerful hope and confident belief that the arrival of a new dawn at Binkley is on its way. The last lines of the blessing make it clear that this isn t a quick or easy journey but the more faithfully you can endure here (the interim time), the more refined your heart will become for your arrival into the new dawn. May it be so. When near the end of day, life has drained Out of light, and it is too soon For the mind of night to have darkened things, No place looks like itself, loss of outline Makes everything look strangely in-between, Unsure of what has been, or what might come. In this wan light, even trees seem groundless. In a while it will be night, but nothing Here seems to believe the relief of darkness. You are in this time of the interim Where everything seems withheld. The path you took to get here has washed out; The way forward is still concealed from you. The old is not old enough to have died away; The new is still too young to be born. You cannot lay claim to anything; In this place of dusk, Your eyes are blurred; And there is no mirror. FROM OUR INTENTIONAL INTERIM MINISTER Everyone else has lost sight of your heart And you can see nowhere to put your trust; You know you have to make your own way through. As far as you can, hold your confidence. Do not allow confusion to squander This call which is loosening Your roots in false ground, That you might come free From all you have outgrown. What is being transfigured here in your mind, And it is difficult and slow to become new. The more faithfully you can endure here, The more refined your heart will become For your arrival in the new dawn. FROM THE GROUNDS COMMITTEE Mulching and Munching! Please join the grounds committee for a morning of munching on bagels and coffee followed by mulching the Binkley grounds. We are planning to mulch the area alongside the Harris Teeter entrance on Friday, February 20, if weather cooperates, beginning by 8:30. With enough volunteers, this can be a light work day for everyone. Please me to say you can offer an hour or more as soon as possible. Skip the gym and work out with Binkley on February 20th! Please contact Janet O Neal, grounds chairperson, at joneal23@nc.rr.com or Thank you. Winter News Winter is a time when the Binkley landscape rests for winter but is that really what is happening? In fact, new plantings are busy putting down roots near the entrance to the education wing. Daffodil bulbs planted by the children are starting to push up green shoots in the courtyard. The maple tree at the church entrance shows off its beautiful red bark. Birds are checking out our boxes and trees for nesting sites. The apricot tree at the Meals on Wheels entrance is preparing to bloom. The Lenten roses near the choir room and labyrinth are starting to bloom. The witch hazel along the entrance driveway will be showing its yellow winter flowers soon. There seems to be lots of activity during winter s rest! Nature offers us an example. Take a walk around Binkley and enjoy the winter beauty. Best wishes in the New Year from the Grounds Committee! PRIMETIMERS: 2/11 We are delighted that Howard Lee, having been cancelled in January due to weather, is available to present our February program. We will meet at 12:30 on Wednesday, 2/11, in the lounge for lunch ($8) followed by the program. A signup sheet is located on Dale Osborne's door, or contact the office at office@binkleychurch.org. If you wish to come but don t want to eat, sign up anyway so we can have a chair available for you. For more information contact Barbara Harris at barbharris99@gmail.com.

4 FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 MUSIC NOTES Children s Choir Workshop Weekend: It is official the Children s Choir Workshop Weekend is happening February 27- March 1. The weekend has several goals. First, this weekend is to act as a catalyst for the energy, involvement, and enthusiasm we need to revitalize our Children s Music Program, while also being an outreach to families in Chapel Hill. Second, it is to engage our current children and families, as well as, newcomers in such a way that they are compelled to return not only to Children s Choir, but to be more fully involved in the rich life we share here at BBC. The weekend will find at its center a Saturday morning and early afternoon full of music education, games, crafts, and of course, food. We will begin on Friday night the 27 th with a kick-off party for the children and their parents, and the weekend will culminate with the glorious result of the children singing on Sunday morning March 1 during 11:00 am worship. We are fortunate to have two guest clinicians coming from Atlanta, Georgia, to lead this workshop. While the Church Council has been very generous in regard to funding the event (which is free to all participants), we need volunteers to prepare some of the food/beverages, and also to be chaperones, craft workers, logistics helpers, and most importantly, friendly and engaging greeters for our guests. Contact Daniel if you are willing to help, but above all please keep our Music Ministry leaders and volunteers in your hearts and prayers as we prepare for this exciting event. Dinner, Children s Choir, and Adult Education: Historically speaking, when Children s Choirs/Music Programs are most successful they usually center around an evening where there is a dinner, and where there are educational and fellowship opportunities for parents, while children are rehearsing and learning about music. GOOD NEWS: This is typically our pattern each spring and autumn, and this year during Lent will be no exception. Thanks to the Christian Formation and Outreach Committees, each Wednesday during Lent there will be a dinner at 5:30 followed by a time of learning that coincides with Children s Choir. Let s be thinking about how we can maintain this pattern after Easter Day. Workshop Clinicians: Colleen Keith Kingston and Kristen Gwaltney Colleen Kingston has been teaching music in the public schools of metro Atlanta for 18 years. She earned a B.A. in Music from Emory University, but her music education began long before college as a member of a community children's choir, the Atlanta Young Singers. She has continued to sing in choirs as an adult, including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the Britten Choir, the Atlanta Singers, and as a Staff Singer in the choirs of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Her participation in choral music has taken Colleen all over the world: to 16 countries and counting. She currently serves as the Assistant for Children's Music at St. Luke's, where she directs a children's choir and leads a music exploratory class for very young children. Kristen Gwaltney enjoys making music with a variety of organizations around Atlanta. After graduating with a Bachelor of Music Education, she began teaching elementary school music. During the first years of her career, she completed a Master of Arts in Music. She sang Benjamin Britten s War Requiem with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and with the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin, Germany. She has traveled with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Chamber Chorus to the Ravinia Festival in Chicago and Carnegie Hall in New York. She was a Staff Singer for Peachtree Road United Methodist Church Chancel Choir during their residency with Southwark Cathedral in London and has also served as a Staff Singer for Peachtree Christian Church. Kristen currently is the Director of the Carol Choir (1st and 2nd graders) at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and also teaches music at Lilburn Elementary School, where she directs a large chorus, an Orff ensemble and teaches classical guitar.

5 FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER PAGE 5 MUSIC NOTES CONT. Children s Choir: Children s Choir currently meets every Wednesday at 6pm in room 15. After our workshop, the goal is to move the choir toward two groups: one for 4 year olds first grade, and another group for 2 nd -5 th grades. If you haven t been bringing your child/children to choir, please know that they are welcome, and please use the workshop weekend as a way to introduce them to the joy of music, and the great privilege of singing in church. Please call me (Daniel Cherrix) at x24 or me at daniel@binkleychurch.org. I would LOVE to talk to you, and to have you and your child involved in the Music Program. Youth Choir: There is a talented group of young people that meet at 5pm every Sunday (right before Youth Group) in the Choir Room. The group is the Youth Choir, and if you are in grades 6-12, you are invited to join us. Currently we are working on a Renaissance period Kyrie that will be sung antiphonally with the Chancel Choir on the first Sunday in Lent (February 22 nd ). Please join us. Instrumentalists: If you play an instrument please let Daniel know. There are opportunities for you to play here at BBC. Daniel may be reached at x24 or me at daniel@binkleychurch.org. Chancel Choir: There are currently openings for all voice parts of the Chancel Choir. For casual voice placement interview, please contact Daniel Cherrix at x24 or via at daniel@binkleychurch.org. SAVE THE DATE Women s Retreat April Avila Retreat Center, Durham, NC Blessing Our Bodies SAVE THESE DATES FOR SUMMER Vacation Bible School, June Church-Wide Retreat, August 7-9 Baptist Youth Camp, June 28-July 3 LENTEN SUPPER SERIES: FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF JUSTICE WEDNESDAYS, 5:30 7:00 PM FEBRUARY 25, MARCH 4, 11, 18 AND 25 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. (Matt. 25:35-6) Join us on a 5-week journey of learning about Binkley s outreach connections to our local, state, and global communities. Each week, we ll sit down to a simple soup supper, 5:30-6:00 pm, followed by a presentation by one of our outreach partners, 6:00-7:00 pm, such as the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC), Josh s Hope, and the NC Council of Churches. You ll be inspired by the speakers, and you may discover new ways to get involved. Families with children are welcome. Take advantage of this opportunity for your child to explore Children s Choir (ages 4 through 5th grade). ~ The Adult Formation Team and The Outreach Committee

6 FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER PAGE 6 SPRUCING UP THE NURSERY Thanks to funds received from the 2014 earnings of Binkley s Endowment Fund and the labor of love of our Children's Team Chair, Nancy Cheek: we have several new toys and items in the Nursery. Among many new items, you may notice a grand doll house, newborn dolls of varied ethnicities, new kitchen accessories and food, a classic wooden barn with animals...and soon to come, a classroom basketball hoop! If you are not three years old, you ll wish you were again! [The Endowment Fund is separate from the general budget; know that your giving there makes a difference.] CONGREGATIONAL BOOK READ & DISCUSSION: 1/28, 2/4 & 2/11 Please join us January 28, February 4 and February 11 from 6:15 8:00 pm in the Lounge to discuss Amy Simpson's book Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church s Mission. In this book, the author shares her family s experience with the trauma and bewilderment of mental illness, and reminds us that people with mental illness are our neighbors and members of our faith community. This informal discussion group is open to all, and will also act as an introduction to Amy Simpson - guest speaker at the Faith Connections on Mental Illness seminar on April 10 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Books are available for purchase at Amazon.com. Please call the church office, or , office@binkleychurch.org to let Lori King know of your intention to attend and purchase a book before the first session. BARBEE S/BINKLEY WORSHIP: 2/15 Our friends from Barbee s Chapel will share a worship experience and lunch with us on February 15. Plan to bring your favorite casserole, fried chicken, meat, vegetable, salad or dessert and prepare for wonderful fellowship on this day. FORWARD TOGETHER, NOT ONE STEP BACK! Join the Binkley/Barbee s Racial Reconciliation Group at the MORAL MARCH on RALEIGH AND HK ON J People s Assembly on Saturday, February 14. The Pre-Rally begins at 9:00 am, and the March begins at 10:00 am. You can reserve a seat on one of the Barbee s/binkley vans for $10 and ride over with our group. Reservations must be in by February 7. You may reserve your seat by registering after worship in the Binkley narthex on January 25 and February 1, or by contacting Tom Fewel at tfewel@gmail.com. Check out the website for more information: NAMI FAMILY-TO-FAMILY A series of 12 weekly classes structured to help family members understand and support their family member suffering with a mental illness will be offered this spring. There is no cost to participate in this NAMI Family-to- Family Education Program. January 11-March 29, :30 pm Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC Contact Nancy Brickman at (919) or nbrickman@nc.rr.com INTERGENERATIONAL GAME NIGHT: 2/20 Kids of all ages are invited to an evening of pizza ($3 per person), fellowship, playing games, and sharing dessert on Friday, February 20 in the Lounge, 6 8 pm. Bring a favorite game and a dessert to share. Please call the office by noon on Friday (2/20) to get your pizza order in or office@binkleychurch.org.

7 FEBRUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER PAGE 7 TIME AND TALENT SEARCH Your diaconate is entering the season of recruitment for church leadership positions. At the February 2 meeting deacons will be nominating individuals to fill such positions as Church Moderator-elect (who will serve as moderator the following year), Outreach Committee Chair, Worship Committee Chair, and Members-at-Large on the Church Council (2). If now is the time in your life when you would like to serve in one of these or other leadership capacities, or if you would simply like to know more, please take the time to contact your deacon or the Chair of the Diaconate, Claudia Templeton ( , claudiatempleton4@gmail.com) Various committees will also need new members and individuals to volunteer for specific tasks. For example, here are examples of jobs that need doing at Binkley Church: Grounds Contact, Janet O Neal Grass mowers (2) On-call helpers to weed once a months for an hour, dig holes for new plantings, water new plants weekly during dry spells, help spread mulch, etc. Library Contact, Laura Davidson Convener (1) and members (2 to 3) Committee members to process materials, select materials, organize materials, make displays Church History/Scrapbook Need a committee (both chair and members) to collect and archive materials Worship Current contact, Jane Walters Plants Indoor coordinator, plant watering Communion elements preparer Assisted Hearing Devices hand out devices, collect after worship and wipe ear pieces Sound System Contact, Steve Jernigan Two members to run the console on select Sundays Membership Current contact, Charles Coble Welcome to the neighborhood volunteers (5 to 10) Hospitality table volunteers on Sunday morning Deacons Current contact, Claudia Templeton Greeters Greet those attending SS and/or worship on set Sundays Members assisting deacons monthly visit to a shut-in Communion elements prepare every other month In the coming weeks, deacons will be stationed in the Narthex to tell you more about these needs. It takes a village to run a church. Please find what you love doing and sign up!

8 FEBRUARY GROUP MEETINGS (FULL CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT BINKLEYCHURCH.ORG) WEEKLY GROUPS Sermon Shaping Tuesday 1 pm Library Morning Prayer Wednesday 9 am Chapel Youth Group Sunday 6 pm MUSIC GROUPS Chancel Choir Wednesday 7:30 pm Children s Choir Wednesday 6 pm Handbells Thursday 5:30 pm Youth Choir Sunday 5 pm MONTHLY GROUPS Binkley Readers Friday 2/13 7:30 pm Church Library Daytime Book Group Tuesday 2/24 10:30 am Church Library People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks led by Marge Miles PREACHING SCHEDULE 2/1 Marcus McFaul 2/8 Marcus McFaul 2/15 Gene Hatley 2/22 Marcus McFaul Carol Woods Worship 2/1 4 pm, Dale Osborne Old Time Gospel Band 2nd & 4th Sundays 9 am Primetimers Wednesday 2/11 12:30 pm Lounge Carolina Meadows Worship 2/19 2 pm, Dale Osborne BINKLEY BAPTIST CHURCH 1712 Willow Dr Chapel Hill, NC office@binkleychurch.org We re on the Web! Binkleychurch.o rg CHURCH STAFF Intentional Interim Minister Marcus McFaul marcus@binkleychurch.org Associate Minister Dale Osborne dale@binkleychurch.org Minister of Christian Formation Stephanie Ford stephanie@binkleychurch.org Minister of Music Daniel Cherrix daniel@binkleychurch.org Business Manager Duane Gilbert business@binkleychurch.org Office Manager Lori King office@binkleychurch.org FINANCIAL NEWS Gen Fund ARTICLE SUBMISSION & DEADLINES Submit articles for the newsletter, Friday Update, or the Sunday announcement page to: office@binkleychurch.org. Newsletter: The 20th of the month Bulletin and Friday Update: Wednesday 12 noon The Beacon is published monthly and is posted on our website: binkleychurch.org, and it is ed through constant contact. To join our list please send a request to: office@binkleychurch.org Pastor Discretionary Fund Actual $610,270 Balance $4,063 Budget $604,998 Received $5,738 Difference $5,272 Disbursed -$2,998 Ending $6,803 Include your name & .