The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · March 21, 2021
WAKING UP AND BEING PRIESTS On 14 March 2021, the Cathedral of St. Philip convened an inside worship service for the first time after a complete year of Social Distance for the Common Good. We had cancelled services last year, on 15 March 2020. The service on 14 March 2021 was the Holy Eucharist, but we began with a Gathering Silence, the Lord’s Prayer, a reading of Psalm 126 (“When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, then were we like those who dream”), and a Reflection from Dean Sam Candler. Here is a portion of Dean Candler's sermon; read the full text at cathedralATL.org. Psalm 126 and “Welcome Happy Morning” are not part of the assigned lectionary for today, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, but these last two readings are, from the Book of Numbers and the Gospel of John. And this Numbers lesson is a bit weird. ...It’s about Moses and his people out in the wilderness, and about snakes going around biting people everywhere. In order to heal them, save them, Moses puts up the bronze image of such a snake, on a stick, above the people. If people are bitten by a snake, they can then take a small look at this bronze serpent, and they survive. Yes, it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Until. Until, we examine vaccines. And inoculations. As we are all aware these days, vaccines enable our bodies to resist disease by introducing a very small dose of the disease into our body and thus teaching our body to resist it. Maybe like gazing upon a small image of a snake and thus becoming immune to its bite? With vaccines, when one part of the body learns to resist the disease, the entire body can learn to resist the disease. And then the people around us don’t get the disease either! Communities are bodies, too! Communities become resistant, when enough of us are vaccinated! It’s beautiful science, and the same is true for the spiritual life. Here is what I mean. We are meant to practice the encountering of spiritual disease, too, especially when we take on spiritual disciplines and retreats. We are supposed to face the spiritual diseases in our own lives, too, not avoid them. I mean things like greed, envy, hate, bitterness, apathy. Evil. These diseases live inside each of us, even to the smallest degree. The way to defeat them is to learn to acknowledge them, even the slightest touch of them, before they grow into more deadly diseases. Our admission and confession is what can inoculate us from their larger expressions! ...Love, and the love of God, means no condemnation. It is one of the principles I have been trying to practice since this pandemic began. It is true today, more than ever. “First, no judgement,” I tell people. No condemnation. People have been struggling and managing throughout this past year in all sorts of different ways; I do not condemn those ways. People, all of us, are already feeling judged and condemned daily this past year, in all sorts of ways. I do not want to be adding to the judgement and condemnation. In a world of condemnation, God loves. That’s the kind of God I want to follow. In a world of condemnation, the Church is to be a different kind of presence in people’s lives. You know, for so much of my ministry, I have been trying to teach people that Christianity, and the Church, is not an insurance policy, and it is not a police officer. We are not a place where you get some heavenly insurance policy. And we are not a place that simply administers laws over and over again. The Church is not meant to be the perpetual police officer! You know, the system that is always saying, “You’ve done this wrong. You’ve crossed that line. You’ve broken that law.” Now, of course, our world does need police officers, of course, to enforce laws. I believe in them! But that is not our role, as a church. Too many people have grown up seeing the church as a police officer instead of as a priest. continued on back page...
This SUNDAY
MARCH 21, 2021 · The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year B
Jeremiah 31:31-34 · Psalm 51:1-13 · Hebrews 5:5-10 · John 12:20-33
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7:45 A.M. SERVICE OF KOINONIA, CLOISTER GARDEN 8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL NAVE 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 Very Rev. Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Christ, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670 Hymn 495, “Hail, thou once-despised Jesus” In Babilone Trisagion S-102 after Alexander Archangelsky Psalm 51:1-13 Plainchant Tone IV.1 Hymn 442, “In the cross of Christ I glory” Tomter arr. Michael Sitton, Wondrous love Franz Schubert, Sanctus & Benedictus S-130, from Deutsche Messe Colin Mawby, Jesus Christ the apple tree Hymn 448, “O love, how deep, how broad, how high” Deus tuorum militum Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Aus tiefer Not, schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITAL THIS WEEK: JACK MITCHENER ORGANIST & ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP A RECITAL IN HONOR OF THE 336TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH’S BIRTH Fuga à 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno, BWV 552, 2 (‘St. Anne Fugue’)
Valet wir ich dir geben, BWV 736 – choralis in pedale
Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot, BWV 678 – à 2 Clav. et Ped., Canto fermo in Canone
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 – à 2 Clav. & Ped.
Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 655 – à 2 claviers et pédale
Movements 2 and 3 from the Pastorella, BWV 590 Toccata in F Major, BWV 540, 1
STREAMING LIVE AT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS AND ON FACEBOOK
Adult EDUCATION OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAYS AT 10:10 A.M. ON ZOOM This year in Old Fashioned Sunday School, we’re taking a more eastern approach to the season of Epiphany by exploring the Jesus Christ that is manifested in the Gospel of John. It isn't like the reading of the fourth gospel that you are used to hearing, though. We are reading it from the center. We’re assuming that the story of the sea-crossing (6:16-21) is the structural center of the gospel and talking about what the gospel might be telling us about Jesus if this is true. Much of the approach taken in the course is from The Good Wine: Reading John from the Center by Bruno Barnhart.
HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO GOD’S PEOPLE SUNDAYS AT 1 P.M., OUTSIDE AT THE LANIER HOUSE
A SIMILAR SEASON: AN INTERFAITH CONVERSATION ON OUR SPRING HOLIDAYS OF REFLECTION & RENEWAL As our Christian and Jewish faith communities approach the spring holidays of Easter and Passover, we take an opportunity to reflect and learn together in this interfaith conversation. In this online group hosted by the Temple on Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m., Canon Lauren Holder and Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus will lead a discussion on how these holidays function spiritually and theologically in our respective faiths, and have the opportunity to learn more about our neighbors' celebrations as we enter this holy season. Register at www.the-temple.org/tamid-classes or contact Canon Holder for more information.
This group provides a space for people to engage in different spiritual practices. Each meeting, we learn about a new practice together, engage in this practice, and then split into small groups to talk about our experiences. Practice-based interaction with God is a defining characteristic of Anglicanism. In this group, we hope to quiet the mind and invite the Holy Spirit into our presence. All are welcome and no experience is required! Cathedral Seminarian Will Drosos leads this class, along with Canon Cathy Zappa.
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. 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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HOLY WEEK with th From the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care Let us pray… together! Yes, this year, we at the Cathedral of St. Philip have continued to pray together—we have persisted in praying together—throughout this pandemic and this season of “social-distancing.” We have prayed online; we have prayed with family and friends in our homes; we have prayed at the church, in the Cloister Garden, in the Memorial Garden, and on the Labyrinth, and in several other holy places outdoors. With God’s help, we have prayed our way through an entire church year, and we will pray and walk with Jesus through this Holy Week, too. On Palm Sunday, we will gather in-person at our regular worship times: 7:45 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 1 p.m. (in Spanish), for the Liturgy of the Palms, the Passion Gospel read by Cathedral Youth, and Holy Eucharist. Online services will be at 8:45 and 11:15 a.m. For our online Palm Sunday procession, please send a picture and/or a short video of you or your family waving any kind of branch that is native to where you are (by Thursday, March 18)! Then, with Maundy Thursday, we will enter into the high holy days of the Christian year, the Triduum. This is a singular liturgy that stretches over three days: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. On Maundy Thursday, we remember Jesus giving his disciples and us the Mandatum, to share in the Eucharistic feast and to love one another. With its focus on foot-washing and a shared meal, this liturgy is especially suited to homes. We will have an online service at 7 p.m., with guidance for observing these liturgies in the intimate setting of your home. On Good Friday, we will have online services at noon and 7 p.m., as well as in-person liturgies at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. In addition, we will pilgrimage around our campus for the Stations of the Cross at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. (in Spanish). And after three days, alleluia!, we move from the darkness of Good Friday and Holy Saturday to the new light of Easter, beginning with our Easter Vigil—online and in-person at 6 a.m. on Easter Sunday. There also will be online services at 8:45 and 11:15 a.m., and in-person services at 8:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 1 p.m. Please join our online vigil procession by sending in a picture or short video of you and/or family or friends holding a candle. One of the beloved traditions of our Easter services is the dogwood asperges, or blessing through the sprinkling of holy water, with dogwood branches! To celebrate the blessing of new life in Christ, please send a picture or short video of your own “dogwood asperges”—sprinkling water with dogwood branches or whatever branches you can find. (By Monday, March 29.) In addition, for online celebrations of specific holy days, you may want to prepare the following and have them on hand during the liturgy:
PALM SUNDAY—any kind of branch that is native to where you are, including palm and dogwood. MAUNDY THURSDAY—bowl of water and a towel for foot-washing, and bread and wine (or your drink of choice) for a sacred meal.
GOOD FRIDAY—a cross. EASTER SUNDAY—candle(s), a bowl of water, dogwood branches.
he Cathedral of St. Philip REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON SERVICES AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/HOLYWEEK, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, OR BY CALLING 404365-1009. THESE SERVICES ARE LIMITED TO PRE-REGISTERED ATTENDEES, WITH MASKS REQUIRED.
PALM SUNDAY Sunday, March 28
because our holy week liturgies are a community affair, please send a short video or photo of you or your family waving palm branches, or any kind of branch. post to cathedralatl.org/upload by thursday, march 18. Online:
In-person:
8:45 a.m. Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist
7:45 a.m. Service of Koinonia (Cloister Garden)
11:15 a.m. Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist
8:45 a.m. Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist (Cathedral)
4 p.m. A Meditation on the Passion of Christ, with Carols
11:15 a.m. Service of Koinonia (Labyrinth) 1 p.m. Servicio de Koinonia en Español (Cloister Garden)
MAUNDY THURSDAY Thursday, April 1
prepare a bowl of water and a towel for footwashing, and bread and wine (or your drink of choice) for a sacred meal. Online: 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday Liturgy
GOOD FRIDAY Friday, April 2 bring a cross.
In-person:
Online:
Noon Good Friday Liturgy (Labyrinth)
Noon Good Friday Liturgy
2 p.m. Stations of the Cross (Labyrinth)
7 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy
5 p.m. Via Crucis (Labyrinth) 6 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy (Labyrinth)
EASTER DAY Sunday, April 4
send a short video or photo of you or your family holding a candle, and one of you or your family sprinkling water with dogwood or other branches. post to cathedralatl.org/upload by monday, march 29. bring candles, a bowl of water, and dogwood branches. Online: 6 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil & Holy Eucharist 8:45 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil & Holy Eucharist 11:15 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil & Holy Eucharist
In-person: 6 a.m. The Great Easter Vigil & Holy Eucharist (Cathedral) 8:45 a.m. Service of Koinonia (Labyrinth and Cloister Garden) 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Cathedral) 1 p.m. Service of Koinonia (Labyrinth) 1 p.m. Servicio de Koinonia en Español (Cloister Garden)
YOUNG Professionals
Cathedral BOOK STORE
REFLECT AND CONNECT LENTON MINI-RETREAT FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Saturday, March 20, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Young Professionals (20s and 30s): We hope that you will join us for this Lenten miniretreat, a day of reflection, connection, and spiritual renewal. Drawing on insights from Parker Palmer’s Let Your Life Speak and other sources, we will be listening for God’s call through our lives and through the stories of others. Whether you grew up at the Cathedral or are brand new, this retreat is a great opportunity to “observe a Holy Lent” and connect with other Cathedral YP’s in meaningful way. The retreat includes lunch and the cost is $10; you can pay at cathedralATL.org/payments or on the Atrium kiosk. Please RSVP to Canon Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org.
CONGREGATIONAL Life KIM JACKSON TO SPEAK AT UBE MEETING To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Union of Black Episcopalians – Diocese of Atlanta Chapter (UBE-ATL) invites you to its monthly meeting on Sunday, March 21 at 3 p.m. on Zoom to hear Senator Rev. Kim Jackson. Kim serves as Senator for Georgia State Senate District 41, representing portions of Dekalb and Gwinnett counties. As the Vicar of the Church of the Common Ground, Kim co-creates Church with people who are experiencing homelessness in downtown Atlanta. For more information, contact Canon Carolynne Williams, cwilliams@ cathedralATL.org.
The Cathedral Book Store proudly announces our special four segment virtual mental heath series, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Topics are centered around how to improve the state of our mental health. All segments are free to attend. Join us on Zoom; meeting ID: 94409098041
Please consider making a donation for flowers, in memory of or thanksgiving for a loved one, for Easter Day by Sunday, March 28. Complete and return the form below, or make your donation online at cathedralATL.org/easterflowers.
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CHILDREN'S Ministries
OUTREACH CONCERT TO BENEFIT CROSSROADS
WEEK OF WONDER 2021
JULY 26–30, 9 A.M. - 1 P.M.
THE FLOOD
Crossroads Community Ministries, one of the Cathedral’s community partners, will benefit from Concert With A Cause on Friday, March 26. The event will consist of a virtual food and wine pairing and online concert featuring Mari-Yan Pringle, soprano, and Cyrus Chestnut, piano. Suggested giving levels for the event range from $250 to $1000, all in support of Crossroads, which seeks to provide access to resources that empower people experiencing homelessness to progress on the road toward economic and personal stability. Food orders should be placed by Friday, March 19 and will be available for pick up at the Cathedral on the afternoon of the concert. Register at crossroadsatlanta.org/concertcause.
REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 31 AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS BIRTH Louise Alexis Chapman, daughter of Sarah Alexis and Hunter Chapman, granddaughter of Sara and Donnie Chapman, great-granddaughter of Edyth Shadburn, born March 13, 2021
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Joann Lewis Pobst 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 • Beth Pitzer • Garry Pryor • Rowland Radford • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Louis “Skip” Schueddig • Linda Stallcup • Tommy Truesdale • Susan Tucker • Ron Wallace • Faye Van Winkle
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Bettina Bass • Bella Bond • David Bond • Ethan Bortner • Andrew Clark • Vickie and Bob Coffman • Marie
Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Apryl Roberts Cox • Robyn Kim Crennan • Carleton Fuller • Cadel Ingraham • Vivian Johnson • Stephen Jones • Robin Kemp • Grace Lawson • Pete Livezey • Lauren Makhlouf • Pat Martin • Marge Massey • Michelle Maxwell • Katie McRae • Betsy Moore • Mary Nelson • Steven Norman • Jack and Cindy Pike • Courtney Rosenthal • Antonio Pablo Sandoval • James Sands • Cindy Snell • Paul Sturtz • Caroline Southerland • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Jeffrey Thomas • Wayne Thurman • Roger Traylor • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner • Michael and Barbara Zakel
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Hazel Foss • Dell Peek Rearden
...continued from front page Yes, I said “priest.” Our role, as a church, is to be priests. I mean all of us, not just the people we ordain as official priests, like this wonderful clergy staff here at the Cathedral. I mean everyone who is in this room today, or hearing these words. We are to be priests, all of us.
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A priest is someone who bears the pain of another, who endures the illnesses of others. Like a serpent lifted up on a stick. Like Jesus. A priest is someone who even takes on the illnesses of others, becomes infected with them, and for them, so that they—and the world—can be healed. That is the ministry of Jesus, and it is the ministry of each of us. We are to be holy serpents for each other. We are to be priests for each other. We are to be like Jesus for each other, willing to be lifted up so that the world itself may be saved. Every time we bear another person’s burden, we are being the vaccine for that other person. Like Jesus, every time we bear another person’s burden, we are being a vaccine for that other person. In acknowledging the burdens of that other person, sharing them, we are somehow enabling that person, that body, that system, to become healthy. It’s a holy miracle, like setting up an image for someone in need to gaze upon. And when we help that other person to be healthy, even just one other person, we are helping the entire world to be healthy. We are saving the world. Just like an effective vaccine…. “For God did not send the son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” That is our ministry, too, the ministry of each us. We are waking up today, and we are being priests. Thank you.
The Very Rev. Sam Candler Dean of the Cathedral
YOUTH Ministries WELCOME KEITH DUMKE! Imagine dedicating 15 years of your life to the care and formation of youth, volunteering countless hours to both your parish and the diocese, becoming one of the most familiar faces at diocesan youth events, watching youth grow, graduate, start careers and families… responding to others asking, “Have you considered full-time ministry?” Asking yourself, “Is this my call?” The Cathedral of St. Philip is excited to confirm such a call in hiring Keith Dumke to be our Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. Even though Keith and his family have worshiped and served at St. Catherine’s in Marietta for years, Keith is a known leader to the youth of St. Philip’s. Having served multiple times as the lay director of Happening high school retreat and as a leader at New Beginnings middle school retreat, Keith is known to be an especially trust-worthy presence, committed to healthy long-lasting relationships. Keith says, “I am excited to be joining the Cathedral family and getting to know all of you. As a vibrant faith community with a rich history, I know that together we can continue to build strong youth and young adult ministry programs founded in the all-inclusive and unconditional love of Jesus. I am eager to get started.”
SATURDAYS 8:30 A.M. – NOON IN THE CATHEDRAL PARKING LOT
And we are eager to welcome Keith! His first Sunday will be April 11.