cathedral times The Weekly Newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip, Serving the City and Diocese of Atlanta
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
May 15, 2016
Excerpted here is the sermon from last Sunday by our youth preacher, Joe Loughran. Find the complete sermon online at stphilipscathedral.org/sermons. It’s that time of the year: warmer weather, pollen allergies, and the ending of the school year. ... While the future appears rosy and bright, there was another graduation in my life that appeared much less certain. When I completed the moving up ceremony, the moment that marks the transition of a child from the Lower School to Middle School at Pace Academy, the future was dark and murky in a time when things should’ve been promising.
We had just been informed that my brother Jordan’s leukemia had returned. The news was devastating. It came with a sense of hopelessness that hadn’t been there the first time cancer had reared its ugly head. ... In many ways our family felt like the disciples after Jesus’s crucifixion, we didn’t know what to think, only to hope and pray that everything would be all right.
... Now, not only was our family experiencing stress at this point, but I was also starting middle school, a time of instability and uncertainty in the life of a young adult. You remember those days don’t you? ... That fall, we joined to the Cathedral of St. Philip. First, I started by going to Sunday School.
Then, I decided to walk across the street to Fellini’s for a Wednesday night bible study, and then things started changing. ...Participating in youth group changed my life, showing me how dynamic a common faith could be among a group of young people.
In Acts, Luke describes the ascension of Jesus and how two men in white robes appear and say, “Men of Galilee ask why are you standing and looking?” Now who here wouldn’t have been standing and looking? It isn’t every day you get to watch someone ascend! In all seriousness, the men in white want them to do something else. What should they have been doing?
Well, here is what they do next. The rest of the Book of Acts is about the disciples coming together to create a Christian community. Jesus gives them the power of the Holy Spirit, to spread the message of the gospel and create communities grounded in the resurrection.
And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. From this week’s lectionary Acts 2:2-3
This is our call as Christians, and this is what I have experienced at the Cathedral. It is what brought me, and many of my friends into this community of faith. The past few years I have made friends in this community that have become a second family; they are a group of friends who are always there for me and cared for me more than anything. As my faith ascended in this parish, my brother’s health also ascended. Each day he was stronger and stronger, and you could tell just by looking at him, that he was ascending to a new way of life.
Jordan is healthy and happy now, getting ready to complete his own moving up ceremony in a few weeks, as he heads to the sixth grade next year. ...To all of the younger kids in the community, such as you, Jordan, I urge you to find a deeper level of community. Go to bible study and the retreats; really get to know the other members, youth leaders and clergy.
To the older kids in this room, and to those who are kids at heart; my message to you is go a little deeper in this community of faith. Let me say it this way: “Men and women of Galilee, why are you standing there? Go and seek out community!”
Join Dean Sam Candler this Sunday, May 15 for part two of “Spiritual Leadership Principals from Moses” in the Dean’s Forum, 10:10 a.m. in Child Hall.
PROGR A MS DUR ING THE WEEK T U E S DAYS The Dean’s Men’s Bible Study: 7–8 a.m., Room 319. This group meets consistently to read and study scripture, share faith stories, and support each other in prayer. A light breakfast is available. We finish by 8 a.m. so those gathered may go into the world to carry on their ministries.
2016 CH APTER Rob Adams (Junior Warden), Mary Bondurant (Executive Committee At-Large), Josh Borden, Kate Brewer, Matt Caine, Mary Caroline Cravens (Senior Warden), Joan Gilbert, Austin Hall (Secretary), Jason Hultgren, Lindsey Hardegree, Wade Hooper, Eric Mininberg, Doug O’Bryan (Treasurer), Brad Reeves, Julie Rief, Ruth Russ, Susan Troutman, George Watson, Anne Young
CLERGY A ND SENIOR STA FF The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler Dean Dale Adelmann, Ph.D. Canon for Music The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr. Vicar The Rev. C. Wallace Marsh IV Canon for Worship and Parish Life Mary Hunter Rouse Canon for Education The Rev. Catherine Zappa Canon for Spirituality and Mission The Rev. John William Harkins III, Ph.D. Priest Associate The Rev. Todd D. Smelser Canon Associate for Pastoral Care The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D. Priest Associate The Rev. Carolynne G. Williams Canon Associate for Pastoral Care The Rev. Juan Sandoval Deacon for Hispanic Ministries
Early Morning Women’s Bible Study: 7–8 a.m., Walthour Library. Canon Cathy Zappa leads this group. Women of all ages are encouraged to join us for good fellowship and lively conversation. W E D N E S DAYS The Dean’s Women’s Bible Study: 10:45–11:45 a.m., Room 319. This group meets consistently to read and study scripture, share faith stories, and support each other in prayer. We close promptly at 11:45 a.m. in order to get to carpools and lunches! Eat Your Word Bible Study: Noon, Room 239. Canon Cathy Zappa leads this Bible study. Centering Prayer: 6:30 p.m., Lanier House Chapel. Contact Jeannie Mahood at jmahood@ stphilipscathedral.org. T H U R S DAYS Centering Prayer: 4 p.m., Lanier House Chapel. Contact Ann Hickman, mannhick@aol. com.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
MUSIC
Sunday, May 15, 2016 / Pentecost Sunday, Year C
Sunday, May 15, 2016 / Pentecost Sunday, Year C
Liturgy of the Word Lesson: Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 Epistle: Romans 8:14-17 Gospel: John 14:8-17, 25-27
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Mikell Chapel Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins
8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist / All Choristers Kenneth Leighton, “God is ascended” from An Easter Sequence Will Todd, The Call of Wisdom 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choir Gerald Finzi, God is gone up C.V. Stanford, Coelos ascendit hodie
8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Celebrant: Canon Cathy Zappa Preacher: Dean Sam Candler
4 p.m. Choral Evensong / Cathedral Schola Philip Radcliffe, Preces and Responses William Mathias, Jesus College Gerald Finzi, God is gone up Ralph Vaughan Williams, O clap your hands
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Dean Sam Candler
CHILDREN
9 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Mikell Chapel Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins
11:15 a.m. La Santa Eucaristía, Mikell Chapel Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval 4 p.m.
Evensong and Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith
The Nurturing Center is open for children three and younger from 8:30 a.m. through the end of the 11:15 a.m. service each week. Children’s Chapel takes place during the 8:45 a.m. service as an option for parents and children who are not yet ready to experience the full liturgy together, though children are always welcome in “big” church. Children three years through third grade begin in church with their parents, follow the children’s acolytes and leaders out at the Sequence Hymn, then rejoin their parents at the Offertory. Two-year-olds attend their own chapel service, which begins at 8:45 a.m. Parents who would like their children two years old and younger to join them for communion may go pick them up from Room 227 at the Peace.
ADULT EDUCATION Adult classes meet Sundays at 10:10 a.m., unless otherwise noted. Find out more at stphilipscathedral.org/learn. THE DEAN'S FORUM– Child Hall Led by Dean Sam Candler Join Dean Sam Candler as he presents part two of “Spiritual Leadership Principals from Moses” in the Dean’s Forum. OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL – Room 133 Led by Canons Cathy Zappa and George Maxwell This Sunday, Canon George Maxwell will lead the class. As always, you will find those things that we think matter most: a light heart, a broad welcome, and good coffee. We look forward to seeing you there.
SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY – Room 122 Led by Jim Bingham and Gordon Mathis This ongoing small group Bible Study focuses on a particular book of the Bible for several months at a time. We read one chapter each week. Bring your study Bible or favorite translation. CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE RELATIONSHIPS WORK Led by Canon Wallace Marsh — Concludes Sunday, May 22 This series will look at how to bring some of the most important Christian principles into our personal relationships. We will draw upon scripture and the Book of Common Prayer as we examine the concepts of growth, reconciliation, and incarnation. This course will be based upon John Gottman’s Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. All are welcome.
WOR SHIP
ELDER MINISTRY
DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE? Readers are needed for Pentecost Sunday services on this Sunday, May 15 at 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Anyone who can read and speak in a language other than English is invited to join the reading of the Gospel. You do not have to be an expert, you do not have to find your own translation, and you do not have to read alone! If you are interested, please contact Jeannie Mahood, 404-365-1034 or jmahood@stphilipscathedral.org.
A ARP SAFE DRIVER CLASS The Cathedral is offering the AARP Smart Driver safety class on Thursday, May 26, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The class will include the effects of aging on driving, changes that we encounter as older drivers, and a number of other topics that will help us become safer drivers. At the completion of the class you may be eligible for a discount on your automobile liability policy. Lunch is not provided, so feel free to bring a bag lunch. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. You may pay at the door by cash or check. Please bring your AARP card if you are a member. Sign up by contacting the Information Desk, 404365-1000.
ECW OUTR EACH ST. VERONICA'S SEEKS TOILETRY DONATIONS St. Veronica’s Guild would like to thank all those who have participated in this year's toiletry drive for four Episcopal ministries in the Atlanta area, which serve homeless and near homeless persons. Each ministry has expressed profound appreciation for our donations. Now that the weather is warmer and more people are traveling, the guild would like to remind everyone that we still need new, unopened, travel-sized or regular-sized, personal care items. Having recently visited most of these ministries, guild members report that the most requested items are bar soap, washcloths, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, and feminine hygiene products. Donations may be left at the Information Desk. For more information, contact Lucy Perry, 404350-9494, or Dianne Otwell, dochaplain@gmail.com. THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY St. Clare’s Guild would like to thank the Cathedral community for its overwhelming generosity during the detergent drive in April. We collected more than 2,100 laundry “pods” and 400 loads worth of liquid detergent for the women and families at City of Refuge! That’s a lot of laundry! City of Refuge will use our donations to defray laundry costs for the 200 women and children sheltering there. Typically, a single mom and her family receives three or four pods per week for laundry. As they move into the financial independence program there, they must budget for household expenses including laundry. Every dollar not spent on household items goes towards all-important savings for the women when they graduate and go out on their own.
UTO SUNDAY IS JUNE 5 Every day we have so many blessings that come our way. Let us rejoice and give thanks this spring by participating in our Cathedral’s United Thank Offering (UTO). UTO has been a tradition since 1889 and supports the missions and ministries of the Episcopal Church. Every cent collected fulfills diocesan grant requests, and each year over $2.5 million dollars is received through UTO offerings. Here are some ways you and your family can participate: • Pick up a Blue Box this Sunday and place it in a prominent place in your home like the kitchen counter or wherever you keep your keys and wallet. • Every night during dinner, go around the table and share one thing for which you are truly grateful that day. Pass
around the Blue Box and insert some coins or dollars to express your gratitude. • When saying prayers in the morning or at night, make a ritual offering to thank God for being there to hear your prayers. • Let the children put a coin in the box for every accomplishment they can share from their day at school. • Ask every family member to make a donation in thanks for a person they love who has brought joy into their lives. Ingathering day is Sunday, June 5. Having spent several weeks adding daily offerings of thanks to your Blue Box, on June 4, you can open it and count your offerings. Write a check for your total amount, payable to the Cathedral of St. Philip (with UTO in the memo line), and bring it to church where you will receive a UTO envelope for the offering plate. Then, take your empty Blue Box and keep the tradition alive at home until the fall ingathering day!
MUSIC SOUTH CAROLINA ORGANIST TO PERFORM This Sunday, May 15, we welcome organist Louis Shirer as our Sunday afternoon recitalist. A graduate of Winthrop University and Westminster Choir College, Shirer currently serves as organist at Washington Street United Methodist Church in Columbia, South Carolina. His recital will include works by Fanny Mendelssohn (sister to Felix), Bates, and Reger. Come and enjoy some rarely heard works for organ in our marvelous acoustic.
Louis Shirer, organ Washington Street United Methodist Church, Columbia, South Carolina Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Präludium in F Major William H. Bates, Partita on Crucifer Max Reger, Introduction and Passacaglia in F Minor, Op. 63
PARISH RETREAT MAY 27-29
Enjoy fellowship, relaxation, and the perfect setting for Memorial Day weekend in the North Carolina mountains. Highlights will include a bluegrass band, ice cream social, kayaking and lake swimming, Saturday morning programming, and Sunday morning chapel service. Cathedral members of all ages are welcome! Please contact Carrie Philpott, carrie_elson@hotmail.com, or Mary Hunter Rouse, mrouse@stphilipscathedral.org, with questions.
Pricing includes lodging, meals, and programs. Adult: $195 Youth (11-18): $100 Child (3-10): $85 Infant/Toddler (0-2): $60 If this is your first time at the parish retreat, take 50% off your total fee!
LOOK WHO’S GOING! ALLEN
ANDERSON
AULL
BARTON
BATEMAN
BENEDICT
BLOCK
BREWER
CANDLER
CRAVENS/ SUGDEN
CROSSLEY
DEWBERRY
DIERDORFF
ECKELS
GORDON
GUILBERT
GURLEY
HALL
HOLMES
HUGHEY
JONES
KIBLER
MARSH
MAXWELL
O'BRYAN
PAUL
PHILPOTT
POE
POTTS
PRIESTLEY
RAHMANI
ROUSE
ROWLEY
SANDYS
WATKINS
PR AYER S For those who are ill or recovering Harriet Hoskyns-Abrahall Priscilla Beale Karen Bellaire Virginia Bicksler George Bird John Blair Josh Borden David Collins Sally Coulter Lawrence Cowart Terry Dornbush Sarah duBignon Kitty Dukehart Angela Ellis Mary Elrod Mary Ann Frazier Rebecca Gorman D. Louis Gruver, Jr. Jane Hannah Caroline Hatcher Richard Hill Connie Hoar Tommy Lanier Karen League Jack Lyle Herb Matthews Reilly McClain Carol McDonald Dick Miller Marian Palmore Stuart Peebles Garry Pryor
Jennifer Rankin Joe K. Steele Roy Unkefer Chandra Westafer Dick Wilson Hollis Youngner Julia Alston Steve Auerbach Rodger Beatty Campbell Beckwith Marcia Block David Boone Annaliese Bortner Joan Brooks Keith Brooks Meredith, Adam, and Leo Bugenske Denise Carlson Andrew Clark Joann Claypoole Jackson Culbreth John Dunn Carleton Fuller Susan Gill Peggy Govan Eudelle Lanier Graham Stan Haines Patricia Hentz Debanhi Hernandez Annemarie and Ante Jazic Dorothy Lanier Kenerly Kelly Kolak Lisa Krysiak Margaret Winders Kuhn
L ABYR INTH A ND TAIZÉ Get your week off to a peaceful start with a labyrinth walk and Taizé on Monday, May 16. The labyrinth will be available from 7–8 p.m. in Child Hall, then the Taizé prayer service starts at 8 p.m. in Mikell Chapel. Originating in Taizé, France, this simple service of scripture, music, and candlelight will bring a beautiful and prayerful close to your Monday. The labyrinth and Taizé take place the third Monday of each month at the Cathedral. Come to one, or both – and bring a friend!
Barbara Massey Janie Mathis Bonnie Shields McCormack Lorraine McKnight Jan McPherson Julia and William Moye Andy Nelson Libby Powell Ronnie Pryor Whitney Kemble Robbins Logan Shannep Michelle Simmons Lara Smith Sitton Roush Vance Ed Vogel Meredith Wallace Caroline and John Westerhoff Ronald Winders Lu Worrell Joanne and George For those who have died Charles Irving Loraine Williams For all those serving their country away from home, for their safe return, and for their families who wait for them For all expectant parents
MEMBERSHIP NEW MEMBERS Jordan Hutchison, from Huntsville, Alabama Bill Peck, from Atlanta RETURNING MEMBER Betsy Loyless, from Chevy Chase, MD BIRTH Louise Parrish Lynott, daughter of Anna and Rich Lynott, born February 26, 2016 WEDDING Andrea Amar and Tom Lewis, married on May 6, 2016
LETTER S TO A YOUNG EPISCOPALI A N Dear Anna, I laughed out loud when I read your letter about the prankster in your youth group who celebrated the Feast of the Ascension by putting a rocket inside of a plastic figure of Jesus and sending it soaring into the sky. The Feast of the Ascension often passes without notice, since it falls on the Thursday between the Sixth and Seventh Sundays of Easter. The prank does point out, though, the struggle we often experience with the claim by the Apostles Creed that Jesus “ascended into heaven and is seated on the right hand of the Father.” It sounds like a story stuck in a prescientific view of things. Once you stop believing that there is a physical place above the clouds, you assume that you can stop thinking seriously about the Ascension. The Ascension, though, is more about what’s happening here on earth than what might be happening in the heavens. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul says
that Christ “ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things” (Ephesians 4:10). Brian Taylor, an Episcopal priest, describes the movement of the Ascension as being like the evaporation stage of the water cycle. Water is taken up out of the earth in order to be gathered in the clouds and then returned to the earth in the more diffused form of rain. Brian also notes that it’s an illusion to think that we are independent beings, separate from each other. We are more like processes than things and our lives are interconnected and interpenetrating, as if we are all part of one living organism of creation. Scientists are reaching the same conclusions in areas as diverse as quantum physics and epigenetics. They have determined, for example, that they are changing the nature of some systems just by observing them. Some are now suggesting that individual cells in our bodies acquire different identities based on
what we actually need at a given time. All of this has profound implications for our faith. We have always known that our identity is a function of what we pay attention to other than ourselves. But, now we know that our lives are not even really our own. We belong to each other, which is why, I suspect, Jesus’ last words to his disciples were to go out and proclaim repentance and forgiveness of sins in his name to all nations. (Luke 24:47) Your affectionate uncle, Ames This letter is part of a series of fictional letters by Canon George Maxwell intended for Episcopalians young and old who wonder what it means to be faithful in the world today. Read previous letters in the series at stphilipscathedral.org/letters.
DID YOU KNOW? In addition to Sunday services in the Cathedral and Mikell Chapel, we also worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness every weekday? Join us for some midweek refreshment or a lunchtime boost, 12:15 p.m. in St. Mary's Chapel.
POSTMASTER: Dated Material. Please deliver by May 14, 2016
C AT H E D R A L T H R I F T H O U S E Treasure of the Week Fabulous collection of wonderful wedding gowns including a beautiful handmade gown in linen. This gown has been preserved for over 50 years and truly exquisite.
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CHILL ON THE HILL Concert in the Cathedral parking lot
Join us once again for Chill on the Hill, Memorial Day, May 30. Atlanta's own YACHT ROCK REVUE will play your favorites from the 70s and 80s, live on stage in the Cathedral parking lot! And Dean Sam Candler will open the show! All proceeds benefit the Cathedral Without Walls outreach ministries. Bring your own dinner and beverages, or contact Lauren Raymond of Flora and Flour, floraandflour@gmail. com, for dinner options.
Tickets on sale now: stphilipscathedral.org/chillonthehill
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