The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · August 20, 2017
THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS HOMECOMING SUNDAY! By the Very Rev. Sam Candler Dean of the Cathedral This past Sunday was both glorious and awkward, full of joy but also touched with anger and pain. I loved being here, and I enjoyed preaching about bobbing canoes! (See our website for the text of that sermon.) At least some of what I said bears repeating. Acknowledging Homecoming Sunday, I asked the question, “So, what is ‘Home’?” Maybe “Home” is that place where we fall out, and then we get back in. Remember, despite our pleasant memories of what home is, homes—families—are also difficult. Home is where families sometimes do throw us off the boat. “Home” can be a complicated place. Some of us may think we have pleasant memories of home, but others of us do not. Why would Joseph, for instance, ever have wanted to go back home, to where his brothers had abused him? Would someone call his family a “biblical example” of happy family life? Yet, “Home” is also where families pull each other back out of the water. Remember, there were two brothers of Joseph, Reuben and Judah, who persuaded the other brothers not to do more harm to poor young Joseph. So, here at the Cathedral, we do something else on this “Homecoming Sunday.” We baptize people. We plunge people into the water, and we pull them back out. (This little font does not give us enough room to fully immerse people into the water, but we would if we could.) Because baptism shows us what true “home” is. Home is where we fall in the water. Home is where we get wet and sloppy and messy. Home is where our family members, our community, bob us up and down on canoes. We are dancing elegantly one moment, and then being thrown off crazily the next moment. Home is where we fall off. And home is where, when we fall off, our loved ones fall off, too. Yes, when we fall off, our partners and loved ones fall off, too. We all do. Home is where we have the courage to bounce around, up and down, back and forth. Furthermore, home is also where we have the courage to step deliberately out of the boat, and try to walk on the water, like Peter did. Home is where Jesus fully knows that we will get wet. We will sink. Home is where Jesus lifts us up out of the water. Home is where we lift each other up out of the water. Some of you know that I was also recognizing another issue there. For a lot of Americans, this country does not feel like home. How can some of our country’s great diversity of people feel at home, when hate groups and racist groups mass upon Charlottesville? Last weekend, we were painfully reminded that racism and violence still seem determined to kick people out of the boat. So, even though we witness to inclusion and community here at the Cathedral, even though we welcome all people home to this holy place, we also acknowledge the anger and pain of those who are being reviled and excluded by various hate groups. I am looking forward to a tremendous and powerful year here at the Cathedral of St. Philip. We are baptizing and thriving. We are dying to the old life and being reborn into a new one. That new life includes the full diversity of all God’s people. This cathedral parish is a home, a house of prayer, for all people. Join us!
This SUNDAY
AUGUST 20, 2017 · The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 15, Year A Genesis 45:1-15 · Psalm 133 · Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 · Matthew 15: 10-28
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval
8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon George Maxwell Preacher: Canon Cathy Zappa Cathedral Choir (Tenors and Basses): Johann Sebastian Bach, Der Herr segne euch Zoltán Kodály, Tantum ergo No. 1
9 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith Preacher: Canon Cathy Zappa Cathedral Choir (Tenors and Basses): Johann Sebastian Bach, Der Herr segne euch Zoltán Kodály, Tantum ergo No. 1
11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCHARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval
CHILDREN’S CHAPEL IS BACK! 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, then follow the children’s acolytes and leaders out at the sequence hymn. Children will 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.
The CATHEDRAL of ST. PHILIP
The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music The Rev. C. Wallace Marsh IV, Canon for Pastoral Care and Worship The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr., Vicar The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Spirituality and Mission The Rev. John William Harkins III, Ph.D., Priest Associate The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate The Rev. Carolynne G. Williams, Canon Associate for Pastoral Care and Elder Ministry Mary Caroline Cravens, Senior Warden Doug O’Bryan, Junior Warden
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CREATIVITY AND SPIRITUALITY BOOK GROUP Join us to explore our creativity using the book Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert (available at the Cathedral Book Store). We’ll meet on Wednesday mornings, September 6 – October 11, 10–11:30 a.m. in Room 120. In addition to exploring what the book illuminates for us, we’ll also use our time together to engage in a variety of spiritual and creative practices. If possible, plan on a $10 materials fee. Please sign up by September 1 by contacting Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@ stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1034.
CATH E DR AL TH RIF T HOUS E Treasure of the Week Wonderful collection of beautiful coffee table books in art history, architecture, gardens, fashion, cookbooks, photography, etc. 1893 Piedmont Road | 404-876-5440 Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS NEW MEMBERS Flint and Val Huff, and their son, Jackson, from St. Simons Island, Georgia
Education for Ministry groups meet
weekly starting Tuesday evening, September 12. For more information, contact Rick Tyler, 404-375-6470, or Deirdra Glover, 770-865-2141.
DEATH Martha Reeves Smith, died August 7, 2017
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED:
IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Robert Eckhardt
Kaye Cairney
David McCarthy
Martha Reeves Smith
Amy Feuss
LONG TERM PRAYERS Julia Ballard • Virginia Bicksler • Cornelia Bird • George Bird • John Blair • David W. Boone • Josh Borden • Pat Brinson • Catherine Carson • Louisa Chapman • Ginny Collins • Lawrence Cowart • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Kitty Dukehart • Angela Ellis • Randy Farmer • Jane Hannah • Caroline Hatcher • Shirley Heermann • Richard Hill • Tommy Lanier • Elaine Lyon • Robert and Aggie Maddox • Carol McDonald • Georgia Meagher • Dick Miller • Carrick Mollenkamp • Charlie Neal • Hall O'Neal • Marian Palmore • Walter Perrin • Beth Pitzer • Brenda Pruitt • Garry Pryor • Jennifer Rankin • Emily Richardson • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Martin Ruegsegger • Jeanne M. Smith • Joe K. Steele • Julie Sutton • Cindy West • Chandra Westafer • Hollis Youngner
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Henry Altenbach • Steve Auerbach • Gayle Ball • Bettina Bass • Rodger Beatty • Darrell Boyette • Joan Brooks • Keith Brooks • Meredith, Adam, and Leo Bugenske • Jake Cantrell • Denise Carlson • Andrew Clark • Faye Comer • Timothy Paul Condrey • Bea Cowan • Lonieze Cranshaw • Jackson Culbreth • Ashley Debelbot and Brenda Jones • Robert Eckhart • Joshua Felder • Ann Carol Followill • Carleton Fuller • Susan Gill • Peggy Govan • Eudelle Lanier Graham • Darrell and Gail Grimmett • D. Louis Gruver, Jr. • Doyce Gunter • Dottie Gwynn • William Ham • Helen Hammond • Chris Hardy • Greg Hentz • Liz Grant Hilton • Annemarie and Ante Jazic • Sun Ja Kim • Kelly Kolak • Lisa Krysiak • Margaret Winders Kuhn • Pat Martin • Janie Mathis • Michelle Maxwell • Michael McClelland • Bonnie Shields McCormack • Anne McMullan • Darel Moe • Lyn Moore • Meg Moye • Andy Nelson • Barrett Nichols • Jay Orr • Betty and Bill Poole • Libby Powell • Margaret Robinson • Al Rogers • James Sands • Donald Schooley • Patricia Schooley • Logan Shannep • Michelle Simmons • Lara Smith Sitton • Gwendolyn Slack • Lyda Sorgini • Tina Susco • Carla Sweetwood • Hubert Tate, Sr. • Janiece Townshend • Peter Veverka • Nina Vila • Ed Vogel • Meredith Wallace • Ron M. Wallace • Jacqueline Watkins • Caroline and John Westerhoff • Marion Wilson • Althea Wolf • Whit A. Wright • Patricia Young
POSTMASTER: Dated Material. Please deliver by August 19, 2017
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Canon Cathy Zappa will discuss how and why we engage in outreach at the Cathedral this Sunday, August 20, at 10:10 a.m. in Child Hall. All are invited!
HART READERS TO MEET IN SEPTEMBER The Cathedral Book Store invites you to participate in Hart Readers, a community reading group that discusses contemporary books and issues from a theological perspective, with participants and discussion leaders from various churches in our community. Carroll Keen, a member of the Cathedral of Christ the King, will lead the next session on Thursday, September 7, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in Walthour Library. The book being discussed is Between Heaven and Mirth, by James Martin, which explores how a healthy spirituality and a healthy sense of humor go hand-inhand with God’s great plan for humankind. For more information, visit cathedralbookstore.org and click the News & Events tab.
HELP STOCK BCM’S FOOD PANTRY August is food drive month at the Cathedral as St. Anne’s Guild reaches out to you for donations of food and/or checks of $20 or more in support of Buckhead Christian Ministry (BCM). Please stop by our table in the Atrium Sunday mornings for a shopping list of food items or make your check payable to “Cathedral of St. Philip” with “BCM Food Drive” on the memo line. BCM helps families of the working poor in our community who do not have adequate resources when faced with emergencies, illness, or layoffs. The semiannual food drives undertaken by its founding churches provide 60% of the food they need. They receive approximately 175 calls an hour for help and provide on average of 2,000 bags of groceries to more than 1,600 people each month.
“I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” We welcomed 15 children into the Church on Homecoming Sunday!
Sometimes in this loud, busy world, you just need a little...
...quiet.
L A B Y R I N T H A N D T A I Z É 6:30PM INTRO AUGUST 21 7PM WALK / 8PM WORSHIP