The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · November 3, 2019
ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY IS ALSO A PROCESSION OF PLEDGES – FOR THE GREATER GOOD!! By the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral This Sunday, November 3, is All Saints’ Sunday, when we remember the deceased saints among us, and when we also baptize new saints among us. It’s a great feast of the Church! But, at the Cathedral, we also do something else. We process our pledges of financial support for 2020! At our morning services, our usual Offertory Procession will be much longer. As usual, we will process with our gifts of wine and bread, and with our financial gifts. But, this Sunday, everyone in the congregation may also join the procession. We will process with our completed pledge cards for 2020 – how we commit to supporting God’s work through the Cathedral of St. Philip in 2020. Thank you for pledging enthusiastically and generously. For The Greater Good! If you do not have a completed card, you may still process. We will make available “Intention Cards,” by which you can signal your intention to pledge for 2020. We do not want to omit anyone! This procession is also a procession of saints, saints committed to God’s work here at the Cathedral in 2020. Please join us!
TWO CANONS FOR THE GREATER GOOD! Speaking of The Greater Good, I am pleased to announce two new staff positions – in fact, two new Canon positions! However, let me hasten to add, they do not involve two new people! Effective this week, the Reverend Cathy Zappa will be our new Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care. As such, she will oversee all our liturgical and prayer services. In addition, she will organize and oversee our activities and programs of pastoral care in the parish. With the assistance of Hillary Jones, she will tend to prayer lists and concerns, too. Thank you, Cathy! In addition, the Reverend Lauren Holder will be our new Canon for Community and Education. Her oversight will be our Christian education programs for children and youth; and she will also oversee community and congregational life groups, which include outreach programs and committees. Thank you, Lauren! Most veteran parishioners know that the Canons of the Cathedral can do anything! The reason we hire great priests is because they have the ability to be excellent generalists, able to move to different programs of oversight, all the while continuing our ministries of celebrating, teaching, preaching, and pastoral care. Each of us, and other clergy, do all those things. It is our Canons who have particular areas of program oversight. Our Canon – and Vicar, the Reverend George Maxwell, will oversee adult Christian education programs and spirituality programs. I am honored to serve with these clergy, and with all the other clergy of the Cathedral, too. God does wonderful things in this community, and I look forward to an even Greater Good!