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MOVING MOUNTAINS IN HAITI
July 2, 2017
By the Rev. Cathy Zappa Canon for Mission and Spirituality
This month, I went to Haiti with twenty other Cathedral members, on our first mission-pilgrimage. Haiti is not an easy place to visit. The moment you step into its airports, you’re entering what feels like a whole different world with different rules. Then, when you exit the airport, you have traffic, dirt roads, food- and water-born parasites, and a steady flow of people to navigate. But perhaps the hardest part about visiting Haiti is seeing its many signs of poverty: poorly built shanties that will wash away at the first heavy rain; trash lined up along the streets because there is no public sanitation; children so sick and hungry; parents so poor that the only way they can imagine a better life for their children is to give them up. Our visit was centered on the important but difficult work of Eternal Hope in Haiti, which runs mobile medical clinics and an orphanage for medically fragile children. It was a lot to take in, and it felt overwhelming at times. Once you've seen it, and held and worked with children affected by it, you can't un-see, and you can't not care. You would move mountains to help them, if you could.
Jesus said, “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
From this week’s lectionary Matthew 10:40
We learned something about moving mountains, though—something that this picture represents to me. At first glance, all you see is a huge mountain of rocks, dumped in the middle of the orphanage. With no truck, it was going to fall to the older children to move these rocks to the boundary of the property, where they would be made into a wall to keep out intruders. So we were asked to help. Sure, I said, though what I was thinking was that it was very hot, the pile was very big, we were very tired, this was a very menial and boring task, and we would never finish. Fortunately, someone with more energy and imagination suggested that we make an assembly line. If you look more closely at the picture, that’s what you'll see: a line of people in the background—old and young, Haitian and American alike—working together and passing rocks to each other (for hours!), with music playing in the background, some dancing, and a whole lot of laughing. You see people paying attention to each other and taking care of each other. I realized that this is what we had come for: not to move mountains for Haiti or for these children, but to spend time with them, get to know them, learn and listen, and offer ourselves—ourselves, not just our labor and goods, but ourselves. We had come to bear witness, both to the poverty and pain, and to the resilience, strength, and beauty of this land and its people—and to the work that God is already doing among them. So I cherish this picture, and I want to remember it, whenever I'm faced with an impossible mountain that I want to move: the hope and faith of those who need it moved; the generosity and humility of those willing to help move it; and the relationships that are built, the joy that is discovered, and the hearts and minds that are opened, along the way.
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL A LITTLE HISTORY OF
NEW MEMBERS Nancy and Dan Carithers, from Atlanta
RELIGION Sundays, 10:10 a.m., Child Hall Led by Canon George Maxwell. See back page for more. SUMMER SMALL GROUP
2017 CH APTER Matt Anthony, Carol Baker, Mary Bondurant, Kate Brewer, Matt Caine, Mary Caroline Cravens (Senior Warden), Joan Gilbert, Austin Hall, Lindsey Hardegree, Jason Hultgren, Bridget James, Jenny McClure, Eric Mininberg, Doug O’Bryan (Junior Warden), Cyrus Philpott, Brad Reeves, Matt Richardson, Julie Rief, Anne Young
CLERGY A ND C A NONS 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 Pastoral Care and Worship The Rev. Catherine Zappa Canon for Spirituality and Mission The Rev. John William Harkins III, Ph.D. Priest Associate The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D. Priest Associate The Rev. Carolynne G. Williams Canon Associate for Pastoral and Elder Care The Rev. Juan Sandoval Deacon for Hispanic Ministries
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BIBLE STUDY Sundays, 10:10 a.m., Room 356 Join a small group at 10:10 a.m. to read and probe interesting features of the Sunday lectionary, June 18 – July 30. The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith and Jim Bingham will lead this class. CONTINUING BIBLICAL GREEK Sundays, 1:15 p.m., Room 356 This class, led by the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, is for anyone who wants to learn the basics of Greek translation using grammar aids, lexicons, and commentaries.
WOR SHIP SCHEDULE
MUSIC
Sunday, July 2, 2017 / Proper 8, Year A
Sunday, July 2, 2017 / Proper 8, Year A
Liturgy of the Word Lesson: Genesis 22:1-14 Psalm 13 Epistle: Romans 6:12-23 Gospel: Matthew 10:40-42 7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Mikell Chapel Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith 8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Celebrant: Dean Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Leigh Preston
9 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Mikell Chapel Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Celebrant: Dean Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Leigh Preston
11:15 a.m. La Santa Eucharistía, Cathedral Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval
8:45 and 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choir (Cantoris) William Bradley Roberts, In all these you welcomed me Harold Friedell, Draw us in the Spirit’s tether
All are invited to experience a foretaste of the Cathedral Choir’s pilgrimage on the two Sundays prior to their departure, as they offer the magnificent musical settings of Holy Communion that they will sing in England: Sunday, July 9, 11:15 a.m. Zoltán Kodály, Miss Brevis Sunday, July 16, 8:45 and 11:15 a.m. William Byrd, Mass for Five Voices
CHILDR EN 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.
CATHEDR AL STAFF A NEW FACE. A NEW JOB. A NEW APPROACH. The good news is that we are taking our commitment to serve Atlanta and the world seriously. The Cathedral calendar stays full—with our own parish events, of course, but also with outside groups using our space for meetings, retreats, and special services. The challenge is that we have to keep getting better at what we do in order to maintain our traditional commitment to our virtues of grace, excellence, and hospitality. At the beginning of this year, we formed a task force to review and improve our event services capability. Based on the work of this task force, we are starting to use our technology in a new way, and we are starting to reorganize our staff functions. You will see one of the benefits of these changes in the face of Sandra Ortega. Sandra is our new supervisor of housekeeping and sextons. She comes to us with more than a decade of experience managing Class A commercial office buildings and the teams that care for them. You will also see David Harris taking on a new job. David has been promoted to the position of maintenance technician. He will be focused on keeping our systems up and running, sometimes fixing things himself and sometimes managing outside vendors. In the midst of these changes, Reuben Ivy has decided to take another job. We are thankful for the faithful service that he performed as a sexton, and we wish him well. We will be announcing more changes soon. But, for now, please join us in welcoming Sandra and congratulating David. A new face. A new job. A new approach. We are excited about what these changes are going to mean for us in moving forward in our ministries with grace, excellence, and hospitality. —The Rev. George Maxwell, Vicar
PR AYER S For those who are ill or recovering: Immediate Needs Kaye Cairney
For those who have died: William Brinton
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GUEST PR EACHER THIS SUNDAY THE CATHEDR AL WELCOMES BACK THE REV. LEIGH PRESTON The Rev. Leigh Preston will preach at the 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Cathedral services this Sunday, July 2. A former Cathedral member, Leigh sang in the St. Cecilia Choir and was an active participant in the
youth group and diocesan youth activities. Over the years, she was confirmed, married, and ordained at the Cathedral.
Leigh attended the University of Georgia, graduating with degrees in religion and psychology. She then
went to Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, where she received a Master of Divinity. She was ordained to the priesthood on July 1, 2007.
Following her ordination, Leigh spent a year as a missionary in El Salvador. She returned to Connecticut
to serve as hispanic missioner, then priest-in-charge, of a bilingual parish in Hartford. Later, she served as associate rector of St. Stephen’s in Richmond, Virginia, then St. Paul’s in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the
fall, she will be joining the faculty of the School of Theology at Sewanee as an instructor in Latino/Hispanic Ministry.
Leigh is married to Andy Thompson, who teaches ethics at the School of Theology, and they have two
young sons, Cabell and Cullen.
PEACHTREE ROAD RACE Everyone is invited to the Cathedral to watch the annual Peachtree Road Race on Tuesday, July 4! If you’re not running, bring your family and friends, and chairs or blankets. We will cheer the runners and celebrate with prayer together on the lawn. Dean Sam Candler will once again bless the 60,000 runners, walkers, and wheelchair racers as they pass the Cathedral. And, Dean Candler will give the invocation at the starting line at the beginning of the race! Or if you or a loved one is running, email Dan Murphy, dmurphy@stphilipscathedral.org, so we know to look out for you and cheer you on!