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Former Duke Chapel dean takes literary leap

Publishing a book is no new experience for Will Willimon, a retired bishop in the United Methodist Church now teaching at Duke Divinity School. Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Chapel of the Cross set for expansion

iqbj6h89 Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp will join Rector Stephen Elkins-Williams, members of the Vestry and parishioners at Chapel of the Cross on Sunday for the official ground turning for construction of a new parish hall. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Church fish fry celebrates fellowship

Paul Caldwell watched his sons roll the fish and drop them in the fryer Wednesday. Caldwell, who grew up in a part of Northside that used to be called Potter’s Field, has been providing the fish for First Baptist Church’s anniversary for about 10 years, though, at 72, he’s passed most of the rolling and dropping to sons Chris, 47, and Shawn, 51. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Concert Saturday to aid released inmates

The Chancel Choir and brass ensemble of United Church of Chapel Hill will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, celebrating the themes of birth and rebirth. Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Muslim documentary screening Thursday

The public is invited to attend a free screening of the documentary “Faith, Fear and Freedom,” followed by a panel discussion on North Carolina’s growing Muslim population, Thursday in Durham. Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Zen Center to show documentary about Buddhism

The Chapel Hill Zen Center will show the documentary “Souls of Zen Buddhism, Ancestors and the 2011 Tsunami in Japan” at 11:15 a.m. Sunday. Everyone is welcome and there is no charge. Published: Apr. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Church to hold Good Friday walk in Chapel Hill

A Good Friday walk of the Stations of the Cross around Chapel Hill will highlight Holy Week worship services and activities at University United Methodist Church, 150 E. Franklin St. Published: Mar. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Groups sponsor Passover seders for community

Passover, which marks the birth of the Jewish people as a nation, led out of slavery in Egypt by Moses more 3,000 years ago, begins next week. Published: Mar. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Play with Holocaust theme has relevance today

New York actress Susan Stein will perform her one-woman play “Etty” at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Levin Jewish Community Center, 1937 W. Cornwallis Road. Published: Mar. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Walk the Labrynth, but bring your socks

Walking the labyrinth, an ecumenical Holy Week opportunity sponsored by seven area congregations, will be available in the sanctuary at Binkley Baptist, 1712 Willow Drive, beginning on Sunday, March 24. Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Chapel Hill pastor has a vision that goes beyond his church

The Rev. Thomas Nixon wants to see the future site of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Chapel Hill become an anchor for a “village” that includes a daycare center, basketball court, senior and affordable housing and more in the historically African-American Rogers Road community on the north side of town. Published: Mar. 4, 2013 1:12 PM | Full story

St. Paul to hold 5K Walk/Run

The first St. Paul AME 5K Walk/Run will be held at McDougle Middle School in Carrboro on Saturday. Published: Feb. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

New Hope to install new pastor

The Rev. Kerri Mock Hefner will be installed as pastor at New Hope Presbyterian Church, 4701 N.C. 86, during Sunday’s 11 a.m. worship service. Published: Feb. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Gathering to review Jewish burial customs

When a Jewish person died thousands of years ago, volunteers emulated what the Bible says God did when Moses died: they washed and prepared the body and sat with it until burial – an ancient tradition still honored in the Triangle. Published: Feb. 16, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Forum to examine ‘post-religious’ America

Diana Butler-Bass, a Christian historian, along with the Revs. Roger Ferlo and William L. Sachs will look at the church in the 21st century from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Chapel of the Cross, 304 E. Franklin St. Published: Feb. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Hodges-Copple elected assistant to bishop

A Durham clergywoman who has been a community organizer, ran shelters for battered women in both Wake and Orange counties, who was the Episcopal chaplain to Duke University for 13 years and who most recently has been the rector at Durham’s St. Luke’s Episcopal was elected Bishop Suffragan during the annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina last week. Published: Jan. 29, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Organist to give free recital at United Church of Chapel Hill

Organist Alexander Anderson will give a recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday at United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Published: Jan. 22, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Author, ambassador highlight MLK week

Special events are planned for Martin Luther King Jr. weekend at United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Published: Jan. 15, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Choosing a new pastor

I recently was given the opportunity to serve with six other people on New Hope Presbyterian Church’s committee to choose our next minister. There was far more to the process than I had expected. Published: Jan. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Kehillah Synagogue appoints new director

Kehillah Synagogue has appointed Anne Manor as its new executive director. Published: Jan. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Documentary films to focus on Israel ‘inside out’

Duke University professor Shai Ginsburg and Rabbi Jennifer Feldman at Chapel Hill’s Kehillah Synagogue will lead discussion for a documentary film series on the subject “Israel from the Inside Out: A Human Perspective.” Published: Jan. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Advocate vicar a candidate for bishop post

The Rev. Lisa Fischbeck, vicar of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate, the local congregation that recently acquired a historic church building moved from Germanton to Chapel Hill, is one of five candidates for Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Published: Dec. 18, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Consecration is usually – but not always – a solemn occasion

The Rev. Gary Gloster did a bit of clowning around when he was elected bishop in 1996. Published: Dec. 18, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Church celebrates 10th anniversary of its nave

The Church of the Holy Family, located off 15-501, south of Estes Drive, celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its nave, or worship space, last week. Published: Dec. 11, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Choir to present Christmas concert

The 34-voice Mount Carmel Choir will present “Tidings of Christmas,” an evening of carols, hymns and anthems at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9 in the sanctuary of Mount Carmel Baptist, 2016 Mt. Carmel Church Road. Published: Dec. 4, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

She discovered her family history, and you can, too

Inspired by what she learned, Chapel Hill real estate instructor formed the Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society to teach others how to do their own family searches. Published: Dec. 1, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Lecture series explores aspects of Advent

University United Methodist, 150 E. Franklin St., will hold its annual Mary Henley Lecture Series on three consecutive Wednesdays, starting Nov. 28, near the beginning of Advent, the season in the church calendar in which Christians prepare themselves for the coming of Christ. Published: Nov. 21, 2012 5:17 PM | Full story

Alternative Gift Market opens

The Alternative Gift Market at United Church of Chapel Hill on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17 and 18, is affirmation of both joy and justice, says the Rev. Richard Edens, pastor. Published: Nov. 13, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story

Workshop addresses interfaith holiday issues

With the holiday season fast approaching, interfaith couples may already be thinking about how to navigate the upcoming holiday season, Published: Nov. 6, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story

Won-Buddhism temple to hold bazaar

The Won-Buddhism Meditation Temple at 8021 Old N.C. 86 will hold its sixth Temple Bazaar from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. Published: Oct. 17, 2012 10:43 AM | Full story


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