The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · July 15, 2018
BLESSINGS ON PEACHTREE By Canon Cathy Zappa
Canon for Education and Worship On this Independence Day, I had the privilege of participating in Dean Candler’s tradition of blessing runners in the Peachtree Road Race. And it was a privilege indeed, and a whole lot of fun, too! With fellow clergy and some younger helpers, I got to fling holy water and proclaim blessings on thousands of people who walked and ran and crawled by. I was asked if agnostics were allowed, if the blessings were for Presbyterians too, and if they would work on Baptists. “Yes, yes, yes!” I was able to answer. Many runners were more confident. They came out of their way, making costly extra steps on this hot morning, just to claim their blessing and to be sprinkled with holy water. “I look forward to this every year!” I heard. “This is my favorite part of the race! I really need this!” Some asked for extra blessings; one asked for the whole bowl of holy water. One man kept saying, “Can I get a knee? Can I get a knee?” I thought he wanted to kneel, or wanted me to, so I just smiled and nodded and hoped he would run on. But then I realized that he was asking me to bless his knee, so I sprinkled holy water on it, too. Several men took off their caps as they approached; many people crossed themselves. “Bless me,” I heard several times, “for I have sinned!” “Bless me,” others called, “because I’m going to sin!” Yes, aren’t we all! We blessed all kinds of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, agnostics, atheists, and I’m not sure what else. We blessed fast runners and slow walkers. We blessed the young and the old and everyone in between. We blessed the hesitant, the reverent, the flippant, the wounded, the desperate. We blessed people who ran with a can of beer in their hands, at 7:30 in the morning. And we cheered on the people who zoomed by before the crack of dawn in wheelchairs, and the street sweepers and sanitation workers who came at the end. Behind me, I heard a Cathedral member say, “Aren’t people beautiful?” Yes! Yes, they are! As Dean Candler has reminded us often, this is part of our witness in this city: we are to go out into the streets, into public places, into prisons and hospitals and shelters and schools, looking for the beauty in each of God’s people and blessing, blessing, blessing. [It’s not our job to withhold God’s blessing, after all, but to scatter it widely and indiscriminately, as the sower does in Jesus’ parable (Matthew 13:1–9).] After all, as the psalm for Independence Day, Psalm 145, says, “The Lord is loving to everyone, and his compassion is over all his works.” Let us bless the Lord!
This SUNDAY
JULY 15, 2018 · The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 10, Year B 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 · Psalm 24 · Ephesians 1:3-14 · Mark 6:14-29
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Cathy Zappa
8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: Dean Sam Candler Cathedral Choir (Tenors and Basses): arr. Mack Wilberg, The Morning Trumpet Pablo Casals, Eucaristica
9 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Cathy Zappa
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Cathy Zappa Preacher: Dean Sam Candler Cathedral Choir (Tenors and Basses): arr. Mack Wilberg, The Morning Trumpet Pablo Casals, Eucaristica
11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL Celebrant: Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS Richard Stallcup
LONG TERM PRAYERS Dr. T. Mayo and Pat Atkins • Virginia Bicksler • John Blair • Pat Brinson • Dick Burgin • Kaye Cairney • J. Franklin Clark • Heather Clark • Lawrence Cowart • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Kitty Dukehart • Randy Farmer • Jane Hannah • Caroline Hatcher • Katie Harris • Richard Hill • Louise Kan • Elaine Lyon • Robert and Aggie Maddox • Carol McDonald • Jim McKenzie • Bob McNeill • Charlie Neal • Paul O'Connor • Marian Palmore • Garry Pryor • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Pamela Reid • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Jane Skogstad • James Scott Jr. • Jim Segars • Andy Westafer • Sandy Williamson • Hollis Youngner
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Bettina Bass • Janet Bennet • Bill Campbell • Patricia Campbell • Andrew Clark • June Davis • Helen Nixon Fleming • Carleton Fuller • Peggy Govan • Doyce Gunter • Chris Hardy • Bobby Hearn • Greg Hentz • Liz Grant Hilton • Sun Ja Kim • Betty C. Lyons • Patricia Madison • Pat Martin • Michelle Maxwell • Michael McClelland • Karen K. Moore • Andy Nelson • Irene Nesper • Peter Michael Payne • Betty and Bill Poole • Frank Roth • James Sands • Patricia Schooley • Jeff Straw • Tina Susco • Hubert Tate, Sr. • Roger Traylor • Janiece Townshend • Christi Vasquez • Peter Veverka • Nina Vila • Ron M. Wallace • Jacqueline Watkins • Susan Wellman • Marion Wilson • Whit A. Wright • Patricia Young
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Elijah Knight
Episcopal Church WOMEN
Cathedral BOOK STORE
ST. VERONICA’S CONTINUES TOILETRY DRIVE
NEW BOOK STORE HOURS!
As you travel and shop this summer, please collect unopened individual or regular personal care items to donate to St. Veronica's Guild. Your donations of soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, feminine hygiene products and hand sanitizer will be organized by guild members and donated to assist Episcopal ministries in Atlanta. Crossroads Community Ministries, Emmaus House, Church of Common Ground and Holy Comforter Friendship Center use these donations to help people in need retain their dignity by remaining clean and healthy. Leave your personal care donations at the Information Desk in the Atrium. St. Veronica’s Guild will organize and get the supplies to the four ministries.
The Cathedral Book Store is pleased to announce new store hours effective August 12: Sunday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Monday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tuesday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wednesday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Friday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. These new hours provide extra evening and weekend times for our fabulous shoppers! As always, you can visit us on our website 24/7 at cathedralbookstore.org.
CATHEDRAL TOWERS ART SHOW Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is Free ~ Public is Welcome Featuring one-of-a-kind artworks created by Cathedral Towers’ talented residents. Media includes oils, pastels, acrylics, drawings, portrait sculpture, jewelry, and more.
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. George M. Maxwell, Jr., Vicar The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Education and Worship 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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BLOOD DRIVE Thursday, July 19 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Child Hall No reservation needed. Help save a life!
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SPIRITUALITY JULY 16 LABYRINTH WALK AND TAIZÉ Get your week off to a peaceful start with a labyrinth walk and Taizé this Monday, July 16. A labyrinth introduction will take place at 6:30 p.m., followed by a facilitated walk 7-8 p.m. (outdoors by the Lanier House, weather permitting; otherwise in Child Hall). 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 every third Monday of the month. Come to one, or both – and bring a friend!
Sunday ADULT EDUCATION FAITHFUL CONVERSATIONS TO REFLECT ON HAITI MISSION-PILGRIMAGE
Saturdays
8:30 am - 12 noon
Join Canons Cathy Zappa and Lauren Holder as we engage in Faithful Conversations at 10:10 a.m. Sundays in Child Hall. Each week, we invite a member of our community to sit down with us and talk with us about faith and society in a real and personal way. This Sunday, July 15, Canon Zappa will interview Elie Haynes, a representative for Eternal Hope in Haiti, and Natalie Spangler, a rising senior at the Cathedral, about their experiences with ministry in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. Our hope is that the courage our conversation partners bring to our discussions will equip us to go “out into the world to do the work God has given us to do.”