The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · February 14, 2021
FIRE AND ASHES By the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa, Canon for Liturgy & Pastoral Care The penitential season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on February 17. However, many of us feel like we have been in a kind of Lent for the last eleven months! The Ash Wednesday liturgy expresses and contains some of the holy questions, longings, and realities of this last year—and of our lives. In this penitential service, after hearing the Word of God, we are invited “to the observance of a holy Lent.” Then, as a mark of our repentance and our mortal nature, we kneel before God, receive ashes on our foreheads, and pray together the Litany of Penitence. This year, we will hold this liturgy outdoors, in person, as well as online. All winter, we have been worshipping outdoors around a fire. Fire is not only a source of warmth and light; it is also a powerful image in scripture and in our liturgy. God encountered Moses in a burning bush, led the Israelites through wilderness nights with a pillar of fire, swept Elijah up to heaven in a chariot of fire, and delivered Daniel’s friends from a fiery furnace. In the New Testament, Jesus will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire; precious things like gold and faith are “tried” in fire; and chaff is burned in fire, making way for new life. The story of fire continues in our liturgical year. Lent ends with the new fire of Easter and the Paschal candle, from which light spreads through the entire congregation. The light of Christ burns through the Easter season and at every baptism and funeral. It descends in tongues of fire at Pentecost. And it flickers tenaciously throughout what we call “ordinary time.” It shines light into the darkness in Advent and Christmas, and it shines into the world—we carry it out into the world—throughout Epiphany. Then, Ash Wednesday comes around again, and we enter into another Lent. Therefore, it seems especially appropriate to remember this year, in our minds and bodies, where ashes come from: fire. To that end, I encourage you to make your own ashes to bring to whichever Ash Wednesday service you attend! Traditionally, ashes are made from palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday. But you can make ashes from anything, including the fires we have been gathering around in this pandemic. We will be distributing containers for them at our Koinonia services on Sunday, February 14, and at our Shrove Tuesday celebration on February 16. That evening, we will gather in the parking lot to pick up to-go meals and decorate our cars for a vivacious parade around the neighborhood! Turn to the back page for registration and more details about Shrove Tuesday. Containers for ashes will also be available for pick-up at other in-person gatherings and at the Information Desk. If you prefer not to make your own ashes for the online service, you can pick up ashes at the Information Desk, too. In our online and in-person Ash Wednesday services, the celebrant will bless all the ashes and guide you as you impose ashes on one another or on yourself. It is a powerful experience, and I trust that it will lead you to hear the words and experience the ritual in a new and profound way.
Ash Wednesday February 17
Outdoor Services of Koinonia in English at 8 a.m., 12 noon, and 5 p.m. and bilingual English/Spanish at 5 p.m. Register at cathedralATL.org. Online services at 12 noon and 7 p.m.
This SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 14, 2021 · The Last Sunday After the Epiphany, Year B 2 Kings 2:1-12 · Psalm 50:1-6 · 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 · Mark 9:2-9
REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON SERVICES OF KOINONIA AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, OR BY CALLING 404-365-1009 STARTING WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. THESE SERVICES ARE LIMITED TO 50 ATTENDEES, WITH MASKS REQUIRED.
7:45 A.M. SERVICE OF KOINONIA, CLOISTER GARDEN 8:45 A.M. SERVICE OF KOINONIA, LABYRINTH 11:15 A.M. SERVICE OF KOINONIA, LABYRINTH 1 P.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA EN ESPAÑOL, CLOISTER GARDEN REGISTER BY CONTACTING DEACON JUAN SANDOVAL, JSANDOVAL@CATHEDRALATL.ORG. CONTINUE TO WORSHIP WITH THE CATHEDRAL ONLINE AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/STREAM, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, AND ON THE CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
8:45 A.M. AND 11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST Celebrant: The Rev. Canon George Maxell Preacher: The Rev. Julia Mitchener Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in C Major, BWV 564 Hymn 137, “O wondrous type! O vision fair” Wareham Psalm 50:1-6 (Plainsong Tone I.2) Hymn 133 “O Light of Light, Love given birth” Elmhurst Gwyneth Walker, Dazzling as the Sun Craig Phillips, Sanctus & Benedictus from Festival Eucharist Morten Lauridsen, O nata lux from Lux Aeterna Hymn 618, “Ye watchers and ye holy ones” Lasst uns erfreuen Théodore Dubois (1837-1924), Toccata in G Major (No. 3 from Twelve Pieces)
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: LONG TERM PRAYERS R. Huntley Allen • Penny Barnett • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Heather Clark • Sharon Crews • Lynne D’Huyvetter • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Deborah Ellington • Dan Elson • Jenny Ham • Jane Jones • Louise Kan • Lisa Krysiak • Sandy Land • Carol McDonald • Glenn Miller • Ashley Minear • Royce Mitchell • Laura Moore • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Linus Nickel • Marion Palmore • Jameson Parker • Beth Pitzer • Sam Polk • Randy Pollard III • Brenda Pruitt • Garry Pryor • Rowland Radford • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Marjorie Singley-Hall • Linda Stallcup • Tommy Truesdale • Faye Van Winkle
FAMILY AND FRIENDS Bettina Bass • Bella Bond • David Bond • Lynn Chandler • Andrew Clark • Vickie and Bob Coffman • Marie Corrigan • Robyn Kim Crennan • Konrad Darling • Carleton Fuller • Lamont Glover • Betsy Hunt-Pike • Cadel Ingraham • Vivian Johnson • Stephen Jones • Robin Kemp • Grace Lawson • Pete Livezey • Lauren Makhlouf • Pat Martin • Marge Massey • Michelle Maxwell • Pat McEntire • Judy McLeroy • John Mitchell • Betsy Moore • Mary Nelson • Steven Norman • Domini Re-Darling • Courtney Rosenthal • Doug Ross • James Sands • Patricia Schooley • Cindy Snell • Paul Sturtz • Caroline Southerland • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Jeffrey Thomas • Wayne Thurman • Roger Traylor • Ron M. Wallace • Diane Woods • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Charles Bedford • David Blackburn • Larry Lee • Walker McCune • Jessie McGill • Nitin Patel • Tom Thomson
OUTREACH BCM FOOD DRIVE February is food drive month at the Cathedral in support of Buckhead Christian Ministry’s “Client-Choice” pantry. While Covid-19 has caused the temporary pause of pantry operations, BCM’s work to assist the working poor in our community is ongoing and more important than ever. Much of its current focus is delivering stable, safe housing support as clients cope with layoffs, job losses, and evictions from their homes. Certainly, battling food insecurity remains a priority. St. Anne’s Guild has for many years coordinated the Cathedral’s semi-annual food drives and cherishes its role as ambassadors for BCM. In usual times, guild members would be stationed in the Atrium each Sunday to gratefully receive your monetary
donations. Our Cathedral youth would be coordinating and conducting their “Souper Bowl” Sunday collection and Sara Chapman would be teaching her Sunday School children about service and sharing through her “Children’s Chapel Store.” Our Cathedral Preschool children would be learning to count to 100 by bringing in hundreds of food items, in celebration of their 100th school day in February. But these are not usual times and all of this Spirit-led activity cannot physically take place this month. What can take place in February is your “virtual” support of our traditional BCM drive for the Cathedral. In our first online drive last August, your contributions totaled $9,000, a beautiful testament to what can be done in Christ, even in these hardest of times. St. Anne’s thanks you for your tremendous history of support for BCM! We ask you to continue this record of giving for our neighbors in need! Your “virtual” support in February can be made easily by check or through the Cathedral’s website: www.cathedralATL.org/ contribute. Again, our heartfelt thanks for your giving at this time!
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITAL THIS WEEK: CAROLINE ROBINSON, ORGAN Jean-Louis Florentz, Laudes — Kidân za-nageh (Op. 5, 1983-1985) I. Dis-moi ton nom… II. Prière pour délier les charmes III. Harpe de Marie IV. Chant des fleurs V. Pleurs de la Vierge VI. Rempart de la croix VII. …Seigneur des lumières STREAMING LIVE AT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS AND ON FACEBOOK
YOUNG Professionals WINTER BOOK STUDY Our Young Professionals Winter Book Study meets on Wednesdays (except Ash Wednesday), 6–7 p.m., by Zoom. We are discussing Michael Curry’s book, Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times, along with holy scriptures. Come as you can, and when you can—and come even if you don’t have time to read the book! We read excerpts together, so that everyone can participate in the conversation. No preparation required! To find out more, contact Canon Cathy Zappa at czappa@ cathedralATL.org.
SAVE THE DATES Wednesdays — Winter Book Study at 6 p.m. on Zoom Sunday, February 21 — Happy Hour at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 20 — Lenten Retreat at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 17 — Hiking at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 23 — Pentecost Brunch at 1 p.m. *In-person events are dependent on the status of the pandemic.
The CATHEDRAL off ST. PHILIP The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music The Rev. Lauren R. Holder, Canon for Community and Education The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr., Vicar The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care The Rev. John William Harkins III, Ph.D., Priest Associate The Rev. Nathan G. Huddleston, Priest Associate for Youth and Young Adult Ministries The Rev. Julia B. Mitchener, Priest Associate The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate Del King, Senior Warden Samuel T. Wilmoth, Junior Warden
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SOMETHING SWEET FOR NEWCOMERS! The Newcomer Committee would like to invite friends who have joined the Cathedral in the past year to “Desserts with the Dean” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24. The event will be on virtual, but the desserts will be real! Register here to pick up your dessert from Chef Lauren Raymond, compliments of the Cathedral. Then Zoom on over to join Dean Sam Candler in a conversation about our sacred (and sweet!) community. Register at cathedralATL.org/dessert.
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CONGREGATIONAL Life AA and Al-Anon groups meet weekly at the Cathedral or on Zoom. Contact Canon Cathy Zappa, 404-365-1043 or czappa@ cathedralATL.org, for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS “Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem." -AA.org Monday, 7 p.m.—online via Zoom Meeting ID: 872 9234 7573; Password: 281214
Tuesday, 7 p.m.—Lanier House Wednesday, 7 p.m.—Lanier House
AL-ANON: “Al Anon is a mutual support program for people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. By sharing common experiences and applying the Al-Anon principles, families and friends of alcoholics can bring positive changes to their individual situations, whether or not the alcoholic admits the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.” -Al-Anon.org Tuesday, 10 a.m.— online via Zoom Meeting ID: 112 810 247 Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.—Room 133
Thursday, 10:30 a.m.—online via Zoom Meeting ID: 394 790 612