The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · February 18, 2018
“I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE!” By the Very Rev. Sam Candler Dean of the Cathedral Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday? About twenty years ago, a musical comedy appeared off broadway with the rather brilliant title, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” with words and lyrics by Joe DiPietro. For me, it is still one of the great titles of all time, because no one needs to have actually seen the musical in order to appreciate the phrase! “I love you, you’re perfect, now change.” Ha! I thought of that line this past Sunday while listening to Canon Wallace Marsh preach a sermon that I especially liked, on change and love and loss. (You can find the sermon at stphilipscathedral.org/sermons/ living-with-change.) Well, I also admit that another reason I loved his remarks was that he mentioned me! He said that I was a great fan of the quotation of John Henry Cardinal Newman, “to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” Yes, I am a happy proponent of that truth. Living, inevitably, involves change. In fact, I tell people further: “the only things that are not changing are dead.” I preached a sermon back in 2011, titled, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” (You can read it at stphilipscathedral.org/sermons/I-Love-You-Youre-Perfect-Now-Change.) During this week, when Valentine’s Day collided with Ash Wednesday, it is worth reflecting more on that delightful phrase. Yes, the phrase describes the way we love one another. Any one of us who has ever been in love knows that our love for another person develops in stages. The first stage, inevitably, is about ourselves. Yes, about ourselves. The first flush of love is usually something inside ourselves. We are aware of desire. Something rises up in us, some rush of hormones or adrenaline; and we call it love. The next stage, often immediately following the first, is about the object of our desire. “Wow,” we say, “You are perfect. You are the very ideal of perfection. Not a blemish on you!” Now, if we are on the receiving end of love, we really like that stage. Someone is calling us “perfect.” That feels pretty good! Someone has actually been able to look beyond our faults and been able to call us “perfect.” We tend to start believing that projection. Then. Then ... the third stage. First stage: I love you. Second stage: you’re perfect. But third stage: now change. Any of us who has ever been in love knows what this stage means, too. Yes, I love you. Yes, you are wonderful. But, the way you do such and such really has begun to bug me. In fact, it has always bugged me. Can’t you change that habit? And what about that other boring thing you do…? And that disgusting thing…? Do you realize you are always…? Grow up! Change! I love you. You’re perfect. Now change. Well, on Ash Wednesday, and during Lent, God might be saying a similar thing to us. But God would say, “I love you, you are being perfected, now change.” For, when God calls us to be perfect, God is really calling us to “be perfected.” We are on our way somewhere with God, on a journey. God has an “end” for us. The Greeks called it a “telos.” We are meant to be growing toward the goal of union with God. But that journey requires change! There is no way to grow, and no way to grow in love, without changing. And there is certainly no way to grow towards God without changing. Some of that change is inevitable (“to live is to change”), and so the Church, in her wisdom, offers us grace during those inevitable and momentous continued on back page ...
This SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 18, 2018 · The First Sunday in Lent, Year B Genesis 9:8-17 · Psalm 25:1-9 · 1 Peter 3:18-22 · Mark 1:9-15
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Lauren Holder
8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Canon Cathy Zappa Cathedral Choir: Henry Purcell, Remember not, Lord, our offences Richard Farrant, Call to remembrance
9 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Lauren Holder
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Canon Cathy Zappa Cathedral Choir: Henry Purcell, Remember not, Lord, our offences Richard Farrant, Call to remembrance
11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval
4 P.M. CHORAL EVENSONG, CATHEDRAL Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Lauren Holder The Choir of Christ Episcopal Church, Winnetka, Illinois (Richard Clemmitt, director): Richard Farrant, Hide not thou thy face from me, O Lord John Barnard, Preces and Responses Thomas Kelway in B minor Fred Gramann, Do not fear Fred Gramann, The Lord is my Light
The CATHEDRAL of ST. PHILIP
The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music The Rev. Lauren R. Holder, Canon for Outreach and Congregational Life 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 Education 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 Austin Hall, Senior Warden Doug O’Bryan, Junior Warden
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Sunday ADULT EDUCATION Unless otherwise noted, these adult classes meet from 10:10–11 a.m.
OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL
LIVING FAITH
Child Hall This Sunday, Canon George Maxwell will begin a series on The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis that will continue through Lent. As always, we’ll offer a warm welcome and great coffee. We look forward to seeing you there.
Room 120 Through the season of Lent, we will explore what Ignatius of Loyola, a Spanish mystic and founder of the Jesuits, has to say to us today. We will use his Spiritual Exercises as a guide to explore Ignatian practices of prayer and discernment and to seek to hear God’s call for us. This series is led by Dr. Kyle Lambelet, a new Cathedral parishioner who teaches at Candler School of Theology, with Canons Wallace Marsh and Cathy Zappa.
HOLY SCRIPTURES IN ENGLISH AND GREEK Room 239 This New Testament Greek class selects key verses from each Sunday's scripture readings and provides user-friendly translation aids so that even first timers can enjoy fresh insights in Bible study.
THE ENJOYMENT OF BIBLICAL GREEK Room 356 (1:15 p.m.) Also open to beginners, this class includes long-term members who use translation aids including lexicons and commentaries to enjoy how probing the Greek of New Testament texts adds nuance and depth to reading Holy Scripture. For more information on either Greek class, contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, thee.smith@emory.edu.
YOUNG ADULT LENTEN BIBLE STUDY Room 240
Young adults are invited to a special Bible study led by seminarian Caroline Carson and parishioner David Boyd. Join them as they take a look at the Gospel of John.
SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY Room 122 Jim Bingham and Gordon Mathis lead an ongoing small group Bible Study focusing on the book of Genesis. For more information, please contact Jim Bingham at 404-373-3273 or binghamjim@bellsouth.net.
Episcopal Church WOMEN On Saturday, March 24, the Episcopal Church Women of the Cathedral and Northside United Methodist Church’s Women’s Ministry present Awake to Wellness, a women’s retreat with Dr. Cathy Snapp and Kitty Crenshaw, authors of The Hidden Life Awakened. Cathy and Kitty will awaken our deep desire to live as God designed us, wholehearted and well-balanced—body, mind, and spirit. In our three sessions throughout the day, we will talk about brain and body health in the context of awakening; about the
brain’s capacity for renewal and transformation through focused attention; and about how a deeper awakening to our true self—our life hidden with Christ—will integrate within us a powerful spirit in its truest form. The cost is $50/person ($45/ person for tables of 8) and includes lunch from Simply Fresh. All proceeds go to Ignatian Spirituality Project, non-profit offering spiritual retreats to homeless women. Register online at stphilipscathedral.org/awake or contact Caroline Wallace, cfwallace2@comcast.net, for more information.
SPIRITUALITY LENTEN QUIET DAY IS THIS SATURDAY WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS – WITHOUT GETTING LOST The Lenten Quiet Day, led by Canon George Maxwell, will take place in the Lanier House, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., this Saturday, February 17. The cost is $20 and includes lunch. Please register at stphilipscathedral. org/quietday or by contacting Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@ stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1031. We are called during the season of Lent to follow the Spirit into our own wilderness. It’s a time to think again about the choices that we are making in our lives. Are they drawing us closer to God or driving us farther away? Canon George Maxwell will lead us in several contemplative practices that are designed to guide us in this discernment.
FEBRUARY 19 LABYRINTH WALK AND TAIZÉ Get your week off to a peaceful start with a labyrinth walk and Taizé this Monday, February 19. A labyrinth introduction will take place in Child Hall at 6:30 p.m., followed by a facilitated walk from 7-8 p.m. 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 walk and Taizé take place the third Monday of each month at the Cathedral. Come to one, or both – and bring a friend!
PRAYER CORNER DURING LENT During Lent this year, the Prayer Corner will feature stories of ways we are present to God and others. Many of these features will include stories about activities that happen during the week, outside the services on Sunday mornings. If you inquire, parishioners will share how important these interactions with their fellow Cathedral members are. How they shape their faith and spiritual journey in meaningful and sustaining ways. The theme is taken from the Wednesday evening series “Present over Perfect” as we explore and learn of ways to be present to God and to the people who matter most to each of us. —Kimberly McOmber
A DAY WITH CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT PRESENTED BY THE CATHEDRAL AND CONTEMPLATIVE OUTREACH ATLANTA On Saturday, March 17, modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader Cynthia Bourgeault will explore the themes of her book, The Heart of Centering Prayer, at the Cathedral. This day-long conference will include lectures, discussion and question and answer, and of course, time for centering prayer itself. The cost is $50/person and will include lunch. Register online at stphilipscathedral.org/spirituality or contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@ stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1031, for more information. Cynthia has been a long-time advocate of the meditative practice of centering prayer and has worked closely with fellow teachers and colleagues including Thomas Keating, Bruno Barnhart, and Richard Rohr. Cynthia has actively participated in numerous inter-spiritual dialogues and events with luminaries and leaders such as A.H. Almaas, Kabir Helminski, Swami Atmarupananda, and Rami Shapiro.
2018 WOMEN’S LENTEN RETREAT Icons Of Grace: Shining the Light of God’s Love Through Our Stories Join the women of the Cathedral on the 2018 Lenten Retreat, March 2-4 at Kanuga in Hendersonville, North Carolina, as we use the stories of scripture, our own lives, poetry, images, a contemplative art offering, and silence to more deeply cull the graces God gifts us. The retreat leader will be the Rev. Beth Knowlton, Rector of St. Mark’s in San Antonio (and former Canon for Liturgy and Worship here at the Cathedral!). Register online at stphilipscathedral.org/lentenretreat or contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1031, for further information.
OUTREACH JOIN THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TEAM
HELP STOCK BCM’S FOOD PANTRY IN FEBRUARY
Our next Habitat home will be built on Saturdays (and one Thursday) from March 10 through April 28. We welcome past builders and new builders. If you have never built, come be part of this exciting ministry. No skills required, just your enthusiasm. We will give you the tools and training that you need to make a contribution. You can sign up in the Atrium on Sundays or contact John Champion, 404 3070817 or jchampion@bellsouth.net, to get additional information. Also, you can sign up online through our Habitat site at www. stphilip.atlantahabitat.volunteerhub.com. If you don't want to build, but would be interested in being part of the food team preparing lunches for our builders, contact John Champion for more information. We'll kick the season off with a dinner in the Gould Room on Sunday, February 25. Join us and meet some of our team.
February 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 any Sunday in February between 9:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. for a shopping list of food items or make your check payable to the Cathedral 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. In addition to food, BCM currently has a tremendous need for cases of bottled water, personal hygiene products, and baby supplies such as disposable diapers—all in sizes that can easily be carried on public transportation. BCM provides various forms of assistance to an average of 40 to 50 clients per day. Your help makes a difference in so many lives!
ERD LENTEN MEDITATIONS AVAILABLE JEWELRY DONATIONS NEEDED FOR BENEFIT St. Veronica’s Guild is collecting vintage, estate, and contemporary costume jewelry for a glitzy and glamorous sale in September. This is an opportunity to clean out your own jewelry box as well as pass along any old pieces from your grandmothers, mothers, and aunts. Even damaged pieces, single earrings, and broken items of sterling or gold will be used. While the sale will not take place until September, we need your donations now. Guild members are preparing for the sale by collecting, cleaning, repairing, and pricing jewelry in the coming weeks. The jewelry sale will benefit Good Samaritan Health Center Friday Clinic, dedicated to helping persons in the homeless community achieve well-being and stability. The sale also benefits St. Veronica’s ongoing projects of donating personal care items to four ministries: Church of the Common Ground, Crossroads Community Ministries, Emmaus House, and Church of the Holy Comforter. Jewelry donations can be left at the Information Desk, given to a guild member, or picked up by contacting mary.rankin2652@gmail.com, pattiparker@gmail.com, or barbarafrolik@gmail.com.
For over 75 years, Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) has served as a compassionate response to worldwide human suffering. In particular, the agency collaborates with local church and ecumenical partners in nearly 40 countries to help communities create long-term development strategies and to rebuild after disasters. In 2009, the General Convention of The Episcopal Church designated Lent as a time to support, remember, and pray for ERD’s work and witness. You can connect more deeply with their ministry by using ERD’s Lenten Meditations, available in Spanish and English, which will be distributed on Sundays in the narthex.
Pastoral CARE JOURNEY OF GRIEF: THE PATH FROM LENTEN MOURNING TO EASTER HOPE This workshop, led by Meg Moye from the Cathedral Counseling Center, is for those who have lost a loved one and are experiencing the feelings and challenges of grief. On Wednesdays, February 21, March 7, and March 21, from 11:30 a.m. –1 p.m., we will offer a supportive, confidential space to learn about the process of grieving and to share our individual experience and journey with others who are seeking physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. The cost of the workshop is $60 for all three sessions; contact Meg Moye, 404-483-3711, to register.
Dear Anna, You’re right. It’s easy for a Lenten discipline to turn into a self-improvement project. I can see why just giving up your after-school Coke doesn’t feel like it has much to do with God. Many years ago I settled into giving up sugar and alcohol every year. It made me ask myself questions, like why I thought I needed an oatmeal raison cookie in the middle of the afternoon to perk up, or a glass of wine at the end of the day to calm down. Giving up some of my vices as a Lenten discipline made me pause and reflect, and I had the opportunity to look for God in those moments instead of filling them with the next easy fix. Over time, though, the discipline became a routine and I was no longer reflecting on my habits. Mostly, giving up cookies and wine made me feel better. I slept better, lost weight, and felt more energetic. It had become all about me. The Christian mystic, John Chrysostom, said, “No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh
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continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.” There’s nothing wrong with selfimprovement, of course, but when we’re paying attention to God, we realize that it’s not an end unto itself. My Lenten discipline felt purposeful again once I found ways to use the energy that I gained from cutting out sugar and alcohol to do something for someone else. I don’t know what your ultimate response to God might be this Lent, but I think you should look for it at the moment you would have reached for the Coke. It might be that you set aside the money you would have spent on the Coke for a specific cause – or use the time to write a letter to your dear old uncle! Whatever it is, you’ll know that you are responding to God when you are, as Chrysostom says, “doing good to others.” I look forward to hearing about how it goes. Your affectionate uncle, Ames This letter was originally published on February 21, 2016.
CONGREGATIONAL Life
KAREN MARSH AT THE CATHEDRAL BOOK STORE
INFORMATION DESK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Author Karen Marsh will sign her newest book on Saturday, February 24 from 10:30 a.m.–noon in the Cathedral Book Store. Saints are people too. The word saint conjures up images of superstar Christians revered for their spectacular acts and otherworldly piety. But when we take a closer look at the lives of these spiritual heavyweights, we learn that they also experienced struggle, doubt, and heartache. In fact, we learn that in many ways they're not all that different from you and me. Narrating her own winding pilgrimage through faith, Karen Marsh reveals surprising lessons in everyday spirituality from these “saints”—folks who lived and breathed, and failed and followed God. Told with humor and vulnerability, Vintage Saints and Sinners introduces us afresh to 25 brothers and sisters who challenge and inspire us with their honest faith. Using the included conversation starters, you can join Karen on her journey with the likes of Augustine, Brother Lawrence, and Saint Francis, as well as Amanda Berry Smith, Søren Kierkegaard, Dorothy Day, and many more. Let their lives and their wisdom be an invitation to authentic life in Christ.
Perhaps you have noticed the light is always ON at the Information Desk in the Atrium, signifying that the Cathedral is always open and welcoming. Volunteers staff the desk, now referred to as the Welcome Center, to extend greetings to parishioners and visitors, providing information and direction. Additionally, general calls coming into the Cathedral are answered here and directed as needed. Join this fun ministry by contacting Ivory Richardson, irichardson@stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1037. Volunteers are needed to work a shift from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The desk is covered Monday through Friday, so volunteers can pick the day that best suits their schedule. We can be very flexible and work out a plan that works best. Please consider joining this team of wonderful volunteers.
MUSIC CLAYTON STATE COLLEGIUM VOCALE TO PERFORM This Sunday afternoon, February 18 at 3:15 p.m., we welcome the Collegium Vocale from Clayton State University as our Sunday afternoon recitalists. A nine-member vocal ensemble, the group will perform a rarely heard work, Robert White’s Lamentations of Jeremiah, under the direction of Dr. Michael Fuchs.
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS NEW MEMBERS Laura and Eli Scott, and their daughter, Perry, from Waco, Texas
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Brooks Drake Ann Carol Followill
LONG TERM PRAYERS Virginia Bicksler • Cornelia Bird • John Blair • David W. Boone • Josh Borden • Pat Brinson • Kaye Cairney • Heather Clark • Elizabeth Coil • Lawrence Cowart • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Kitty Dukehart •
Susan Dunn • Angela Ellis • Randy Farmer • Jane Hannah • Caroline Hatcher • Shirley Heermann • Richard Hill • Jack Jennings • Bob Johnson • Elaine Lyon • Robert and Aggie Maddox • Carol McDonald • Elaine
McEachern • Jim McKenzie • Wynetta McNeill • Georgia Meagher • Carrick Mollenkamp • Mary Elizabeth
Morgan • Charlie Neal • Marian Palmore • Brenda Pruitt • Garry Pryor • Pamela Reid • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Jim Segars • Jeanne M. Smith • Julie Sutton • Tommy Truesdale • Cindy West • Andy Westafer • Chandra Westafer • Anne Willingham • Hollis Youngner
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Bart Anderson • Shaun Amos • Bettina Bass • Kathy Beard • Rodger Beatty • Richard Blumenthal • David Boyd • Denise Carlson • Andrew Clark • Faye Comer • Timothy Paul Condrey • Sally Coulter • Gabe Crieger • Jackson Culbreth • Ashley Debelbot and Brenda Jones • Judy Eggers • Carleton Fuller • Phyllis Gareis • Peggy
Govan • D. Louis Gruver, Jr. • Doyce Gunter • Tod Gunter • William Ham • Alecia Hamilton-Dunnom •
Helen Hammond • Chris Hardy • Bobby Hearn • Greg Hentz • Butch Higley • Liz Grant Hilton • Hardy
Johnson • Sun Ja Kim • Sang Ho Kim • Lisa Krysiak • Margaret Winders Kuhn • Betty C. Lyons • Pat Martin • Janie Mathis • Michelle Maxwell • Michael McClelland • Tommy McCook • Bonnie Shields McCormack •
Andy Nelson • Irene Nesper • Christopher Petty • John Plunkett • Betty and Bill Poole • Ginny Quinn • Harold Reynolds • Margaret Robinson • Frank Roth • James Sands • Patricia Schooley • Katy Shoemaker • Jeff
Straw • Tina Susco • Hubert Tate, Sr. • Yvonne Tate • Roger Traylor • Janiece Townshend • Christi Vasquez •
Peter Veverka • Nina Vila • Frank Villa • Meredith Wallace • Ron M. Wallace • Jacqueline Watkins • Susan Wellman • Caroline and John Westerhoff • Coralie Severn Wilson • Marion Wilson • Claire Wofford Frazier • Althea Wolf • Whit A. Wright • Patricia Young
...continued from front page. changes in life: birth (baptism), illness, marriage, and death (funerals). The pastoral offices of the Church are meant to touch those inevitable changes of life with God’s grace.
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Note well the pastoral services of the Church! We are here to touch one another with grace during the changes of life. In fact, one of my other descriptions of the role of the Church is that “the Church is supposed to show us how to change gracefully.” The Church further invites us to live through change in the more routine liturgical services of the church. Our weekly Eucharist invites us to change. Our daily confession of sin invites us to change. And, you know what? Our valentines invite us to change, too. I mean, our lovers invite us to change, too. And God is the one who loves us most. If you missed Valentine’s Day, there is still time. If you missed Ash Wednesday, there is still time. To live is to change, and to love is to change, daily, towards the glory of God.
Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion CHOIR & SCHOLA
Dale Adelmann, conductor
RUFUS MÜLLER evangelist CLARA ROTTSOLK soprano
Julie Andrijeski, artistic director & concertmaster
MISCHA BOUVIER baritone, Pilate MEG BRAGLE mezzo soprano
DANIEL FRIDLEY Jesus JASON MCSTOOTS tenor
Friday, February 23 v 7:30 p.m.
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LENTEN WEDNESDAY PROGRAM Join us from 6–7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, February 21 and 28, and March 7, 14, and 21 for dinner and conversation. Wednesday nights in Lent, Canon Lauren Holder will facilitate a book study of Shauna Niequists’ Present Over Perfect. The book is a series of essays that invite us to consider what life might look like if we strip away the self-perpetuated pressure to excel in all things, and instead to truly excel in what we deem most important. Lent is an ideal time to be introspective and intentional about what is running us into the ground, and what we can chose to run after instead. Find Present Over Perfect in the Cathedral Book Store, or listen on your commute with Audible. Join us, even if you have not read the book. Dinner is $8 for adults and youth, and $5 for children ages 4–12. Children 3 and under eat free. RSVP at stphilipscathedral.org/present. 6 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m. Programming • Adults will meet in the Gould Room. • Youth will color through the Psalms. • Children will talk about present-but-not-perfect biblical characters in Godly Play. • Infants and toddlers will enjoy childcare. 7:15p.m. Closing Prayer • Led by our children and youth.
The Cathedral of St. Philip v 2744 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta 6:30 P.M. PRE-CONCERT LECTURE BY DR. KENNETH MILLER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHURCH MUSIC AT THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AT SEWANEE: THE UNIVERSIT Y OF THE SOU TH
Saturday, February 24 v 4 p.m. Roswell Presbyterian Church v 755 Mimosa Boulevard, Roswell TICKETS AT STPHILIPSCATHEDRAL.ORG/CONCERTS AND THE CATHEDRAL BOOK STORE, 404-237-7582
Attend a tour of the Cathedral during Lent and learn the history of the parish and the stories in the windows. Jean Morris will lead the tour on Wednesday, February 28, at 5 p.m., before dinner and the Lenten program. Meet in the narthex, near the back of the Cathedral nave.