Chapel of the Cross Sermon Podcast: Recent Episodes
Chapel of the Cross
September 22
Mother Elizabeth Marie Melchionna
The Rev. Keith Esposito
Kimberly Sanchez - Executive Director, Community Home Trust
In this episode, Mother Elizabeth Marie Melchionna sits down with Cameron & Roberto Vivanco, who serve as missionaries through the Society of Anglican Missionaries in Quito, Ecuador. Cameron serves as the co-founder and Ecuador director of Education Equals Hope, a global mission partner, and Roberto leads music and worship at the English Fellowship Church in Quito.
On Monday, May 13, The Chapel of the Cross and St. Paul's AME joined to welcome The The Very Reverend John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry Cathedral. Coventry Cathedral is the hub of the Community of the Cross Cross of Nails network of churches around the world devoted to reconciliation. The Chapel of the Cross and St. Paul’s AME churches in Chapel Hill were named a Cross of Nails Reconciliation Center in 2001.
This week, members of the Seed Fund Committee sit down with Mother Elizabeth Marie to discuss the Seed Fund at The Chapel of the Cross. They share the background of this project and some of their hopes in launching the program.
Mother Elizabeth Marie Melchionna discusses the upcoming MLK Day of Service with Outreach Ministry Committee Member Allison Worthy. The MLK Service will be held on Monday, January 15, and include activities for parishioners of all ages and abilities to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by serving our community.
In this week's episode of The Chapel of the Cross Podcast, Chaplain Mary Cat Young sits down with Mother Sharron Dinnie, Founder Rector of Kwasa College in Springs, South Africa. Kwasa has been partnered with The Chapel of the Cross for over a decade.
This discussion was originally presented as a part of the My Spiritual Awakening Speaker Series
This week Mother Elizabeth Marie sits down with Dr. Joseph Causby, Music Director of The Chapel of the Cross to discuss several upcoming trips and events for the music program here. Dr. Causby is being named as a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music this week at Chester Cathedral, UK. He discusses his time as RSCM America President, and later discusses an upcoming residency The Chapel of the Cross Choir will have at Ely Cathedral, north of Cambridge. That and more updates from the music program are discussed in this conversation.
Join us this week as Chaplain Mary Cat interviews the three interns from our Episcopal Campus Ministry who served in Quito, Ecuador this Summer for Education Equals Hope, a global mission partner of The Chapel of the Cross.
This week, Mother Elizabeth Marie discusses the Weavers Grove Habitat for Humanity development with Orange County Habitat Board Chair and parishioner Betsy Blackwell. Later, Jeff Crawford discusses The Chapel of the Cross's involvement in this project with Claire West, a parishioner who is helping plan the Community Building Day, which involves work at Weavers Grove as well as The Chapel of the Cross.
This week Mother Elizabeth Marie discusses ways to find your place at The Chapel of the Cross, and is joined by Parish Life and Worship Coordinator Ellen Cole, Director of Christian Formation Boykin Dunlap Bell, and the Rev. Keith Esposito. They discuss opportunities to join in to our parish life this fall.
This week, we catch up with Mother Elizabeth Marie as she returns from her summer sabbatical, and hear about her experiences and thoughts as she returns for the fall.
Join staff members and parishioners as we outline what is coming up this summer at The Chapel of the Cross. An update on music and the organ project, fellowship opportunities, Vacation Church Camp, and the Refugee Support Center School Supply Drive are some of the subjects discussed.
This week the Rev. Mary Cat Young, Associate Rector for University Ministry, sits down with three seniors from the Episcopal Campus Ministry. Seniors Bella Dunn, Maggie Hall, and Simon Palmore reflect on their college experiences as members of the Class of 2023 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and at ECM at The Chapel of the Cross.
Jackson Adams & Adele Harris, Episcopal Youth Community members, share messages at the 9:00 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. services.
This week Mother Elizabeth Marie sits down with Geoffrey Hoare, who will be serving as sabbatical priest this summer. Geoffrey brings with him a weath of experience, including as rector of three large parishes, with a story that leads back here to The Chapel of the Cross.
This week Elizabeth Marie passes the microphone to Gail Perry, a member of the Vestry, who interviews her on different aspects of the role of Rector, The Chapel of the Cross, and her upcoming sabbatical.
This week, Elizabeth Marie Melchionna interviews The Rev Dr. Carter Heyward, an Episcopal priest, professor, theologian, activist, and writer who was a member of the Philadelphia 11, the first group of women ordained as priests in the Episcopalian Church. Dr. Heyward is joining us in person on March 18, to discuss her latest book, The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism A Call To Action, in an event hosted by Orange County Episcopalian churches.
Join The Rev. Mawethu Ncaca as he discusses a pilgrimage to Botswana in Fall 2022 with Joy Shillingsburg, Director of Outreach at St. John's Episcopal Church in Wake Forest and the Founder and Director of Wake Forest Community Table and Henry Kennelly, a member at St. Titus Church in Durham and a former Johnson Service Corps member.
Join The Rev. Elizabeth Marie Melchionna, Joe Causby, and Organ Committee Chair Brian Coggins for a discussion of the Casavant Organ Project, a multi-year campaign to bring a new hand-crafted pipe organ to The Chapel of the Cross
This week on the podcast Elizabeth Marie Melchionna has a discussion with Fr. Mawethu Ncaca, Assistant to the Rector through the Lilly Endowment Funded Reimagining Curacy Program and Jill Conrad, who serves as chair of the Global Mission Committee at the Chapel of the Cross. The three discuss the relationship of The Chapel of the Cross and Kwasa College, a school outside Johannesburg, South Africa.
In this episode Elizabeth Marie Melchionna interviews Paul Ferguson, Bishop of Whitby (UK). Bishop Ferguson was at The Chapel of the Cross for the week of October 10-16, serving as Bishop-in-residence.