
{"id":3024,"date":"2008-07-17T07:02:37","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T15:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2008-07-17T07:02:37","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T15:02:37","slug":"mission-on-weaver-st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/07\/17\/mission-on-weaver-st\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission on Weaver St."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/resizedadvocate0717082.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/resizedadvocate0717082.jpg\" alt=\"Reverend Lisa Fischbeck, right, discusses passages from the Bible with Alane Kasrawi, far left, and Lauren Kilbourn Gaudett at a relaxed service at The Episcopal Church of the Advocate on Weaver Street Wednesday morning. Photo by Jordan Timpy.\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><em>by <strong>Catherine Rierson <\/strong><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been on Weaver Street at all in the past four months, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve probably seen a sign that reads, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Episcopal Church of the Advocate.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Curious as to what that is? <\/p>\n<p>The Episcopal Church of the Advocate is a mission church and an extension of the Episcopal\/Anglican tradition, but the building on Weaver Street is just the vicar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office. The Advocate doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a permanent place to hold worship services yet, so it rents out space in the Chapel Hill Kehillah synagogue \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an arrangement that advances one of the church\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s primary objectives: reaching out to those drawn to less traditional worship.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe house on Weaver Street and the space in Chapel Hill Kehillah are only temporary, though. According to the church\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vicar and its website, on April 1, 2008, with an initial payment of $500,000, the Advocate entered into a contract to buy land in Orange County on Homestead Road. <\/p>\n<p>The 15-acre site includes a modest brick house, a small pond and thick woods. The remaining $445,000 is to be paid by closing in April 2010 and the church is fundraising for an additional $300,000 for other improvements on the site.<\/p>\n<p>The Episcopal Church of the Advocate was established by three surrounding Episcopalian churches: Saint Matthew\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Church in Hillsborough and the Chapel of the Cross and the Church of the Holy Family, both in Chapel Hill. According to the Advocate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vicar, Rev. Lisa Fischbeck, the three churches wanted a new type of Episcopalian presence in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area that reflected the unique culture of the community.<\/p>\n<p> She said the words printed at the bottom of the Advocate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sign \u00e2\u20ac\u201d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Compassion, Justice, Transformation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201d are at the core of the Advocate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s values, with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Advocate\u00e2\u20ac\u009d denoting the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Radical hospitality\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is equally important to the Advocate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s purpose, Fischbeck said. The church focuses on community involvement, like the English as a Second Language classes they offer Tuesdays and Thursdays or the collaboration it has with Club Nova, where congregation members work with mentally ill citizens to understand their needs and to participate in efforts toward mental health care reform. <\/p>\n<p>Advocate members are also involved with the Orange County Organizing Committee, an organization also in its embryonic stage, working together for change in areas such as affordable housing, reducing the achievement gap in the school system and environmental racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We engage in advocacy for the community \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but engaged more as individuals with other individuals rather than an organization,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fischbeck said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a different way to support those in the community, because everything we do is based on relationships.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/resizedadvocate0717083bw.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/resizedadvocate0717083bw.jpg\" alt=\"Members of The Episcopal Church of the Advocate gather Wednesday morning on the front porch of the congregation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office building on Weaver Street. The church, lead by Reverend Lisa Fischbeck, center, recently purchased land on Homestead Road to construct a more permanent place of worship. Photo by Jordan Timpy.\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" align=\"left\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Catherine Rierson Staff Writer If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been on Weaver Street at all in the past four months, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve probably seen a sign that reads, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Episcopal Church of the Advocate.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Curious as to what that is? 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