The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · September 10, 2017
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO I don’t know the exact history of the “Labor Day” holiday. Perhaps we are supposed to pause and intentionally honor “labor,” both our own and others’. But I doubt that most of us follow those rules. Instead, Labor Day has become the mark of all sorts of things. It is the unofficial end of summertime. It (or the Saturday before it) is the beginning of dove hunting season. Its weekend begins the college football season. Usually, ragweed pollen is in the air, and allergies start. Many of us, I daresay, don’t do much at all on Labor Day. And that “nothing,” I suggest, is a good thing. I think of the old Chuck Berry words: Ridin’ along in my automobile My baby beside me at the wheel I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile My curiosity runnin’ wild Cruisin’ and playin’ the radio With no particular place to go. Of course, the singer in Chuck Berry’s song may indeed have had particular activities in mind, but his words ring true. Having “no particular place to go” can be a deeply satisyfing ride. I, too, had no particular place to go this past Monday. And the book I was reading on Monday, “A Gentleman in Moscow,” described at that point a man—a poet, in fact—who was walking through the city in the early morning: And with no destination in mind, I crossed the Moika and Fontanka Canals, I passed the shops, and the rose-hued facades of the grand old homes until, at last, I reached Tikhvin Cemetery, where the bodies of Dostoevsky and Tchaikovsky slumber a few feet apart. (Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, page 182). No destination in mind. The end of summer, and the beginning of the school calendar, is also regarded as a welcome return to routines. Over and over at church, I talk with people who are glad for routines to resume, glad for classes to start back, glad for practices and rehearsals and schedules to get back in order. Yes, there is something good and necessary about having something to do. We need that order and those schedules. We need those appointments and places to go. But we also need to schedule time in which we have absolutely nothing to do, and no particular place to go. Labor Day, then, can be that loving reminder, occurring just as routines have resumed, that we still can have no particular place to go. And that time with no particular place to go can be a fruitful and loving time. Church, also, can actually be that place, where we have no destination in mind, and no particular place to go. Of course, we have to make church a destination when we take time to wander over here. But, once we do, our time can be best spent by NOT trying to make something in particular happen. By NOT trying to pray the right way, or trying to talk to the right person, or trying to learn the greatest spiritual truth. And Church is certainly not about trying to get into the particular place we think of as heaven. At its best, Church is that place where we need no other destination. Yes, it is good to have times when we have no particular place to go, when we have no destination in mind. Some of us also call those times “hanging out,” with no need to determine a purpose at all. Come join me, at church one day, come hang out, when you have no particular place to go, no destination in mind. God might just have heaven in mind for us.
This SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017 · The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 18, Year A Exodus 12:1-14 · Psalm 149 · Romans 13:8-14 · Matthew 18:15-20
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Carolynne Williams
8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Cathy Zappa Preacher: Dean Sam Candler Cathedral Staff Singers: Benjamin Britten, Jubilate Deo in C David Hurd, Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes
9 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Carolynne Williams
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Carolynne Williams Preacher: Dean Sam Candler Cathedral Schola: Benjamin Britten, Jubilate Deo in C David Hurd, Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes
11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCHARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL Celebrant: Canon Cathy Zappa Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval
4 P.M. EVENSONG AND HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL THE FEAST OF ST. CUTHBERT, OBSERVED Celebrant and Preacher: Canon George Maxwell Philip Radcliffe, Preces & Responses Charles Villiers Stanford in B flat Stephen Paulus, Pilgrims’ Hymn John Joubert, O Lorde, the maker of al thing
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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Sunday ADULT EDUCATION These adult Sunday school classes begin this September 10. Unless otherwise noted, they meet from 10:10–11 a.m.
TRANSITIONS: NAVIGATING LIFE CHANGES WITH CONFIDENCE AND GRACE
OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL Child Hall To accommodate the growing interest in the class, Old Fashioned Sunday School will meet in Child Hall this year. Canon George Maxwell will lead a series of discussions during the fall term about the Christian Vision of C. S. Lewis. The important things—like the promise of a warm welcome and good coffee—will remain the same! After a brief introduction to Lewis, we’ll talk about his Christian vision: the truth of life that is proclaimed and celebrated in Christian scriptures and worship; and then we will look at how his vision plays out in his fictional work. It will be fun to see how he brings his abstract arguments to life in his storytelling. And, it will be fun to see where we find Lewis’ insights at work in our own lives.
LIVING FAITH Room 120 Join Canon Wallace Marsh and Canon Cathy Zappa as we explore what it means to live out our faith through conversation with scripture and tradition, contemporary books, and, most important, one another. This fall, we will be using three popular books as starting
points for our conversations: Essentialism: The Art of Pursuing Less, by Greg McKeown; Daring Greatly, by Brené Brown; and The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg.
BIBLICAL GREEK Room 356 Beginning Biblical Greek is offered on a drop-in basis on Sunday mornings at 10:10 a.m. Continuing Biblical Greek classes are offered on Sundays from 1:15–2:45 p.m. for anyone who wants to learn the basics of translation using grammar aids, lexicons, and commentaries. For more information, contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith at thee.smith@emory.edu.
Walthour Library Change can be difficult and even frightening, but periods of transformation and transition in life also present opportunities for growth and reflection. Canon Carolynne Williams will lead this six-week class geared toward anyone navigating life changes, regardless of age.
SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY Room 122
Jim Bingham and Gordon Mathis lead an ongoing small group Bible Study focusing on a particular book of the Bible for several months at a time. This year, we will read the book of Genesis. For more information, please contact Jim Bingham at 404-373-3273 or binghamjim@bellsouth.net.
YOUTH Sunday School WELCOME TO THE BIBLE: WE'VE GOT FUN AND GAMES Room 382 This year, our middle school class will be asking questions like: Why should we bother with a book that’s 2000 years old? What does the Bible have to do with me? We will explore these questions, and many others, by playing with clay, sinking model ships, competing in games, and much more! This class is taught by Clayton Harrington, Meredith Bateman and Rob Walton.
FINDING OURSELVES IN THE STORIES OF FAITH Room 368 High school students are invited to wade through tough questions of faith, ethics, and identity, with some popular and not so popular biblical characters. What can Abraham and Hagar, Moses, Rahab, and Ruth teach us about living out our faith in the age of Instagram? This class is taught by Nicole Lambelet, Stephen Culp, and Meg Jones.
GODLY PLAY CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AGE 2 THROUGH FIFTH GRADE ARE IN CLASSROOMS UPSTAIRS, NEAR THE ATRIUM.
MUSIC EVENSONG RESUMES THIS WEEK
NEW ORGAN INSTALLATION BEGINS MONDAY
Choral Evensong, sung Evening Prayer, is one of the jewels of the Anglican tradition. Having taken the summer respite and fresh off their pilgrimage to Durham and Salisbury Cathedrals in England, the Cathedral Schola resumes its regular 4 p.m. Sunday Evensongs this Sunday, September 10. Most of the service is sung by the choir. At the conclusion of Evensong, a traditional “liturgy of the table” is offered for those in our Cathedral community who desire Holy Communion.
The Thomas Ruben Jones Memorial Organ will be installed in Mikell Chapel in the coming weeks, thanks to a gracious gift from Cathedral member Lowell Jacks. It will be the first pipe organ in the Cathedral’s oldest worship space! Built by Schoenstein & Co., the two manual and pedal organ will include nearly 1000 pipes, which will be housed primarily in the loft above the Mikell Chapel narthex. Pipes will also grace the wall directly behind and above the console. Schoenstein has been building the console and pipe cases to the exact specifications of our chapel and loft for the past 18 months, having designed the instrument for the chapel’s acoustic. It is being transported from California this week.
Dr. Patrick A. Scott Organ recital Sunday, September 10 3:15 p.m.
Photo by Jo Reeves
This Sunday, September 10, our own Dr. Patrick A. Scott will open the Cathedral’s Sunday Afternoon Recital Series with a program featuring works by Dubois, Arne, Bach, Stanford, and Alain, and closing with one of Dr. Scott’s magnificent improvisations. This afternoon presents the opportunity to hear him perform works that we don’t normally hear. Don’t miss the chance to come and listen to one of Atlanta’s best organists, from our own music staff !
On the morning of Monday, September 11, all are invited to assist in unloading pipes from the moving truck, the first stage of installing an instrument that will be part of the life of the Cathedral for years to come! As workers are installing the organ until September 21, viewing areas will be set up so that all may also come observe. Sunday services that ordinarily take place in Mikell Chapel will move to new locations on the two Sundays during installation. On Sunday, September 17, the 7:45 a.m. service will move to the Cathedral, the 9 a.m. service will join the 8:45 a.m. service in the Cathedral, and the 11:15 a.m. La Santa Eucharistia will move to St. Mary’s Chapel. This instrument is sure to please for generations!
OUTREACH HELP CROSSROADS IN A TIME OF TRANSITION
HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS THROUGH ERD
Where in Atlanta could you go if you suddenly found yourself without a place to live? Every month Crossroads Community Ministries greets about 350 newly homeless men, women, and children with kindness and effectively links them to services that can restore their lives to productivity. And, about 45 % are women and children! Crossroads offers a warm morning meal, and service connections, but not overnight shelter – that has been provided by other organizations, including the PeachtreePine shelter, Atlanta’s largest emergency overflow shelter.
In the wake of the damage of Hurricane Harvey, how are we called to offer aid? To make a financial contribution to the work of Episcopal Relief and Development in Texas, visit stphilipscathedral.org/harvey or send a check with a memo indicating “Harvey Relief.”
St. Veronica’s Guild channels toiletries that you so generously give so Crossroads staff can offer personal care items to guests in their daytime ministry. One St. Veronica’s work session generates over 100 pounds of personal care items for Crossroads staff to distribute in a two month period. Now Crossroads has stepped forward as Peachtree-Pine is closing, and will help manage the overnight shelter in the interim as they work with other organizations to provide ongoing overnight services. It will take many more pounds of personal care items, and cleaning supplies to meet needs in the overnight shelter. The Cathedral has committed to support Crossroads in this major work with the large amount of additional supplies. And, Crossroads still needs the personal care supplies for their welcoming daytime ministry. Please review the list below, give generously, and bring your gifts to the marked collection bins in the Atrium. Or, shop online with Crossroads’ Amazon wish list, linked at stphilipscathedral.org/serve.
NEEDED ITEMS FOR CROSSROADS • • • • • • •
Cleaning supplies (Pine Sol, Bleach, Clorox Wipes, Disinfectant) Cleaning cloths (new or gently used) Bath towels (new or gently used) Bio-degradable disposable cups Coffee Trash-can liners (kitchen and 30-gallon+) Travel-size toiletries (unopened shampoo, conditioner, soap, hand sanitizer, deodorant, toothpaste, disposable razors, etc.)
Cathedral BOOK STORE JANE BAIRD LECTURE TO FEATURE CARL MCCOLMAN The Cathedral Book Store is pleased to welcome Carl McColman as the 2017 speaker for its annual Jane Baird Lecture on Thursday, September 21 at 7 p.m. The title of his lecture is: “The Christian of the Future Will Be a Mystic.” A reception will preceed the lecture, beginning at 6 p.m. The 20th century Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner famously predicted that in the future, Christians will be mystics—or will not exist at all. What does this mean, for the ordinary person of faith? Drawing on a variety of sources including Evelyn Underhill, Thomas Merton, and the great mystics of the past, Carl McColman reflects on this challenging statement from Rahner and offers some insight into how ordinary Christians today just might become the mystics of the future. There will be a book signing and refreshments following the event. The event is open to the public and free but reservations are requested. RSVP to cbs3@mindspring.com or 404-237-7582.
Congregational LIFE SUPER FOYERS Do you enjoy eating good food and meeting new people? Then Foyers is for you! Experience friends, food, and fellowship in
small groups of 8 to 10 each month beginning with Super Foyers on Sunday, September 24 at 6 p.m. in Child Hall. This year, we’ll offer a group that meets during the day for those who are unable to participate at night. Please contact Jackie Hollingsworth at 404-281-8282 or jackiech03@gmail.com with your name, address, phone number, and email to sign up.
Dear Anna, I enjoyed spending the summer with you. I’m missing you now that you have gone off to college. You are a long way from home! A friend died unexpectedly last week and one of the stories shared at her funeral made me think of you. A young Episcopal priest was leaving to spend her summer working in a Kansas hospital. She was worried about being so far away from home, and how she was going to react to the pain and suffering that are part of the daily life of a hospital chaplain. Apparently, my friend bought her a pair of red shoes and painted them with glitter. Then she gave them to the young priest with a note quoting The Wizard of Oz, “If you ever feel too lonely, just click your heels together, say, ‘There’s no place like home,’ and you’ll be there.” I wish I had been creative enough to give you a pair of ruby red slippers before you left. You haven’t moved to a hospital in Kansas, but you have set out on an adventure that promises to change you. You are going to meet so many new people, learn so many new things, and have so many new experiences. It’s exciting. As you learn to see things through their eyes, your vision of the world will expand.
Yet, you will have to think critically about these new ideas in order to make sense of them. After all, ideas are not good just because they are new. The cutting edge of today will be the old fashioned of tomorrow. Ideas are not true just because someone else believes passionately in them. And, as you reminded me this summer, something isn’t right just because everyone else is doing it. I have always admired the deep instincts that you have developed about what is right and what is wrong. Trust those instincts. As you are learning to see the world through the eyes of so many new people, remember that you are still seeing the world through your eyes as well. There will be times when you find yourself standing uncomfortably alone. Don’t worry. All you have to do is close your eyes, click your heels together, and say, “There’s no place like home,” – and you’ll be there. When you open your eyes, you will find all of us who know and love you standing there, right by your side. us for an evening of local food, live music, YourJoin affectionate uncle,
dining, and dancing as we celebrate ten amazing years of memories.
Ames
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Thank you to Hyatt whose commitment to thoughtfully sourced and carefully served foods has supported so many of our farmers and food creators.
MOTHERS MORNING OUT
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS NEW MEMBERS Garrett Murphy, from Atlanta Chandler Warren, from Atlanta
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DEATHS Julia Brewer Ballard, died August 25, 2017
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED:
IMMEDIATE NEEDS
Julia Ballard Doris Bracken McEachern Christeaner Jones Allison Pritchett
Randy Chatham Joan Couch
Susan Dunn
Patty Gifford
Norma Pitzer
LONG TERM PRAYERS Virginia Bicksler • Cornelia Bird • George Bird • John Blair • David W. Boone • Josh Borden • Pat Brinson • Kaye Cairney • Catherine Carson • Ginny Collins • Lawrence Cowart • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Kitty Dukehart • Angela Ellis • Randy Farmer • Amy Feuss • Jane Hannah • Caroline Hatcher • Shirley Heermann • Richard Hill • Tommy Lanier • Elaine Lyon • Robert and Aggie Maddox • David McCarthy • 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 • Jim Segars • Jeanne M. Smith • Joe K. Steele • Julie Sutton • Tommy Truesdale • Cindy West • Chandra Westafer • Hollis Youngner
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Phoebe Haffner Andrew • Steve Auerbach • Gayle Ball • Bettina Bass • Rodger Beatty • David Boyd • Darrell
Boyette • Joan Brooks • Keith Brooks • Beverly Brownlee • Meredith, Adam, and Leo Bugenske • Jake Cantrell • Denise Carlson • Nancy Lanphier Chapin • Andrew Clark • Faye Comer • Timothy Paul Condrey • Bea Cowan • Lonieze Cranshaw • Gabe Crieger • Jackson Culbreth • Ashley Debelbot and Brenda Jones • Joshua Felder • Ann Carol Followill • Carleton Fuller • Tom Gardner • Susan Gill • Peggy Govan • Eudelle Lanier Graham • Bonnie and Jane Green • Darrell and Gail Grimmett • D. Louis Gruver, Jr. • Doyce Gunter • Dottie Gwynn • William Ham • Helen Hammond • Chris Hardy • Bobby Hearn • Greg Hentz • Liz Grant Hilton • Annemarie and Ante Jazic • Sun Ja Kim • Selma • Kelly Kolak • Lisa Krysiak • Margaret Winders Kuhn • Betty C. Lyons • Pat Martin • Janie Mathis • Michelle Maxwell • Michael McClelland • Bonnie Shields McCormack • Anne McMullan • Eric S. Merrifield • Darel Moe • Lyn Moore • Malcolm Moore • Andy Nelson • Barrett Nichols • Jay Orr • Betty and Bill Poole • Libby Powell • Robert Turnage Reynolds • MacGregor Robinson • Margaret Robinson • Al Rogers • James Sands • Donald Schooley • Patricia Schooley • Logan Shannep • Katy Shoemaker • Michelle Simmons • Lara Smith Sitton • Gwendolyn Slack • Lyda Sorgini • Tina Susco • Carla Sweetwood • Hubert Tate, Sr. • Janiece Townshend • Jenna Van Gelderen • Christi Vasquez • 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 September 9, 2017
MIKELL CHAPEL IS GETTING A NEW ORGAN! See page 4 for details.
ALLEGRO MUSIC CLASSES FOR CHILDREN Using play, movement, singing, and instruments, Allegro and Musikgarten classes help younger children develop musical skills and knowledge as well as an appreciation for music. Brenda Pruitt teaches these classes for infants and children through age 8 with care and expert knowledge. With new, reduced prices this year, you and your kids will love to sing, clap, and play along with others each week.
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LUNCH AND LEARN ON RELATIONSHIPS Join us in the Gould Room at noon on Wednesday, September 13 when Christy Gituku of the Cathedral Counseling Center talks about the ministry of presence in
relationships. How can we better create and maintain space to be more present for our partner? Christy is going to not only share the most common challenges facing couples today, but offer a practical model on how we can rise above these difficulties. Whether you are looking for a partner or been with yours for fifty years, our hope is that you walk away with tools to either build a strong foundation, a beautiful addition or a needed renovation. Bring your lunch or stop by the Cathedral’s kitchen to buy lunch from Flora & Flour. RSVP to Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1034.
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