The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · June 28, 2020
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL By the Rev. Canon Lauren Holder, Canon for Community and Education Two days after protests began in Atlanta, Jay and I packed up the car and our children to make our way to Virginia. We had planned this trip weeks before, eager to give my mom the first hug she’d had in three months. The change of scenery was good for my mountain-girl soul and a welcomed “classroom” change for our children who spent hours playing in the creek and learning about tadpoles. Those were the easy lessons. We faced hard lessons that week as well. Jay and I woke up to the truth that despite our best efforts to make intentional choices about buying a home in a racially diverse neighborhood, sending our children to a religiously diverse preschool, purchasing books and toys representing oppressed populations, and supporting antiracist causes with our time and money… we still didn’t know how to talk to our kids about race. I agonized over how to tell our daughter that people with black skin, like her favorite baby doll Cathy, were often mistreated by people with white skin like us. Would she see baby Cathy differently? Or how to respond to our son proclaiming, “but I like how I’m made!” sullen faced, like we had implied something was wrong with him. Or how to make sure our children feel safe when they return to school and see Officer Jackie, an avid Eagles fan who loves to talk football with our little Packers. We attended a non-violent gathering in my hometown as a family, each child choosing the words for their protest signs. We visited the R. E. Lee memorial in Richmond, talking about all the colorful words people had painted to express their pain in the face of oppression. I am sure we made countless mistakes, but we’re doing the best we can. Throughout the week, I thought continually about the children and youth of the Cathedral of St. Philip, and the adults—parents, teachers, mentors—raising them. As followers of Jesus, we are called to share God’s redemptive love boldly and abundantly. We are called to enter into uncomfortable spaces and uncomfortable conversations for the sake of being transformed into something closer to the likeness of God. This requires a lifetime of learning, meaning we have to teach our children, youth and adults well. If you have attended Canon Maxwell’s Old Fashioned Sunday School classes these past several weeks, I hope you have felt moments of transformation and equipping for these days of reckoning. If not, you can listen to the podcasts and receive food for the soul. I hope our midday meditations and Sunday sermons help provide moments of centering oneself on the life and love of Christ as the Holy Spirit calls us forward. During July, I will offer a 3-week study of Jennifer Harvey’s book Raising White Kids. This adult Sunday School class will be offered both Sunday mornings and Sunday evenings. If you are a parent of littles, you may have seen Dr. Harvey on Sesame Street’s Town Hall Meeting. I heard Dr. Harvey speak at Emory years ago, and I took copious notes as she spoke uncomfortable truths with humility, scholarship and love. I commend her to you! And I hope all people who contribute to raising children will join me in this 3-week conversation. I also want to share with you how we are equipping the saints among us—the volunteers who teach our continued on back page...
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JUNE 28, 2020 · The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 8, Year A Genesis 22:1-14 · Psalm 13 · Romans 6:12-23 · Matthew 10:40-42
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PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS Al Bailey
LONG TERM PRAYERS R. Huntley Allen • T. Mayo and Pat Atkins • Margarito Barragan • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Mindy Boggs • Josh Borden, Jr. • Kat Bowling • Bernice Burton • Corey Cashion • Connie
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Elaine Lyon • Patricia Madison • Carol McDonald • Glenn Miller • Ashley Minear • Royce Mitchell • Bud and Emily Murphy • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Linus Nickel • Edith Oliveros • Marion Palmore • Garry
Pryor • Rowland Radford • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Tommy Ripley • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Julie Thompson • Tommy Truesdale • Faye Van Winkle • Karen Young
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Eileen Abeyesundere • Bill Aycock • Karyn Bacon • Bettina Bass • Tom Bingham • David Bond • Lynn
Chandler • Andrew Clark • Leonard A. Cobb • Marie Corrigan • Sally Davis • Carleton Fuller • Tom Ingegneri • Stephen Jones • Bernard A. Kan • Susan Kuzia • Pete Livezey • Pat Martin • Michelle Maxwell • Bonnie Shields
McCormack • Bob McGill • David Mickle • Malcolm A. Moore • Steven Norman • Sally Taylor Rogers • Frank
Roth • James Sands • Patricia Schooley • Clark Shelton • Milton Shiver • James Marion Smith • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Jeffrey Thomas • Janiece Townshend • Roger Traylor • Ron M. Wallace • Whit A. Wright • Patricia Young • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Emile Fisher • Joseph McNamara • Mac Smith • Wesley Lupton Wallace
ORDINATIONS CONGRATULATIONS, CLAYTON HARRINGTON!
CONGRATULATIONS, NICOLE LAMBELET!
Clayton Harrington, who served the Cathedral as seminarian and program coordinator for youth ministries, will be ordained a priest this Saturday, June 27 at 2 p.m. The service will be livestreamed at episcopalatlanta.org. Clayton worked at the Cathedral from 2015-2018, during and after his time at Candler School of Theology. He now serves as Associate Rector for Youth and Young Adult Ministries at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Athens, and as the Episcopal
Nicole Lambelet came to the Cathedral in September 2017, as a seminarian from Candler School of Theology. She will be ordained to the priesthood this Saturday, June 27 at 10:30 a.m. in the Diocese of Northern Indiana. The service will be livestreamed at facebook.com/ EDNINvirtualworship. Nicole will be returning to Atlanta to serve as Associate Rector for Family Ministry and Outreach at the Church of the Epiphany. Congratulations, Nicole!
Campus Missioner at UGA. Congratulations, Clayton!
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...continued from front page children and youth throughout the year. Director of Children’s Ministries, Lisa McNamara, and Associate Priest for Youth and Young Adult ministries, Nate Huddleston, will join me in providing anti-racism trainings for all our volunteers this August and September. These trainings will be required, no matter how schooled volunteers may already be, because we learn from each other in community. We learn every day of our lives. I thank you, Cathedral of St. Philip, for all the ways you are teaching me well. I pray the things we teach one another will help answer our daily prayer that God’s kingdom would come on earth as it is in heaven. Amen.
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ADULT EDUCATION 10:10 AM VIA ZOOM This Sunday in Old Fashioned Sunday School, Canon Dale Adelmann will teach a class titled, “Praying the Psalms: a spiritual practice.” Scott Russell, Kathy Loomis, Jeff Cunningham, and Michelle Perkins lead Parenting Unscripted. Contact the Rev. Nate Huddleston for more information.
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teaming up to reach out to children whose education was abruptly curtailed this spring –and you can help! In this photo, Emmaus House Executive Director Greg Cole and Director of Education Services Ann Fowler are seen receiving 75 books from our guild for the 40 participants of the Vision 2020 online reading program. The goal is to provide reading enrichment to rising second- and third-graders who otherwise might have no opportunity to continue academic work over the summer. The online program is a COVID-19 response to replace the past in-person summer Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program sponsored by Emmaus House. Brittany Young, a reading specialist at the Obama Academy, is one of the teachers who will be working with Vision 2020 this summer. “When students begin reading, they can make a connection with something that interests them,” she said. “They also develop vocabulary and storytelling skills. It increases their creativity.” Teachers will do interest inventories at the beginning of the program to learn what kind of books each child might enjoy most. Besides daily online reading with mentors, all children will receive a book of their choice each Friday. Students who have books in their homes perform better academically. The Cathedral Book Store has established a program to make gift cards ($10 paper backs and $15 hardbacks) easily available online at cathedralbookstore.org/emmaus-house-summer-reading-donation. html. Simply select ‘store pick up” and the Cathedral Book Store will hold the cards for Emmaus House. Thank you!