Capital Campaign Countdown

You continue to make great strides to meet the $300,000 matching grant.  We have received 101 gifts and pledges totaling $279,917 from both new pledgers and increased pledgers.

Only $20,083 to go on the Building to Serve challenge!  Make your pledge of any amount by the end of the year with payments through 2016.  Make and pay your pledge online at thechapelofthecross.org. Now accepting credit cards! Call Walker Mabe at 919-929-2193 to make your pledge by phone or with any questions regarding your pledge or pledging online.

We continue to receive faithful payments on standing pledges.  Please be reminded that our project financing roadmap is based on payment of 2012 pledges by December 31.

 

Capital Campaign Countdown

It’s been an amazing week for pledges to the $300,000 matching grant.  We have received 93 gifts and pledges totaling $263,549 from both new pledgers and increased pledgers.

Only $36,451 to go on the Building to Serve challenge!  Make your pledge of any amount by the end of the year with payments through 2016.  Make and pay your pledge online at thechapelofthecross.org. Now accepting credit cards! Call Walker Mabe at 919-929-2193 to make your pledge by phone or with any questions regarding your pledge or pledging online.

We continue to receive faithful payments on standing pledges.  Please be reminded that our project financing roadmap is based on payment of 2012 pledges by December 31.

Dear Friends

Recently we lost a devoted member of the parish.  Judy Watkins died at the age of 94 after long years of service and participation at the Chapel of the Cross.  I thought I would share with you part of my remarks at her service at Carol Woods, not only as a tribute to a former Sr. Warden, but also to give you through her eyes some perspective of the continuing vital ministry of this parish to which she was so dedicated.

Faithfully,

Stephen Elkins-Williams

… Judy was a long time member at the Chapel of the Cross, faithfully attending services way before I arrived 30 years ago.  After her retirement in 1981, she began to take an even more active role, serving on the Altar Guild and being elected to the Vestry.  In 1989, I asked her to serve as Sr. Warden (which is the chair of the lay board).  For two years, she and I and the Jr. Warden met weekly to keep our finger on the pulse of the parish (to use a nursing analogy!) and to make needed decisions.  I developed a deep appreciation for Judy’s wisdom and kindness during those years and a strong affection for this devoted woman.

Alternative Giving

Alternative giving or virtual giving is a form of gift giving where the donor, instead of buying a gift for the recipient, makes a donation to a charitable organization in the recipient’s name and the organization provides an “alternative gift” or “virtual gift” – usually a certificate or card – for the recipient. This concept is said to go back to the time of Benjamin Franklin. Our parish has a history of featuring organizations, local and international, as opportunities for alternative giving. This season, the Outreach Ministry and Global Mission Committees have selected the Episcopal Farmworkers Ministry and Kwasa Centre for your consideration.