The CATHEDRAL TIM TIMES ES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · April 11, 2021
ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN IN YOU! THE LORD IS RISEN IN YOU INDEED! ALLELUIA! Well, that’s the way I concluded my Easter sermon last Sunday: Christ is risen in you, and in you, and in you! Alleluia! Thanks so much, to all of you, for being part of the risen Christ this past Easter Sunday. The Cathedral Parish of St. Philip had an extraordinary Sunday of excitement and new life this past Sunday. Indeed, we gathered in so many different ways! Our primary service continued to be our online presence, pre-recorded, and filled with the beautiful people of this parish; Bishop Wright was our celebrant and Dean Candler preached. And, during the hymn, “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light,” we showed photographs of the twenty-seven (27!) people we have baptized safely at the Cathedral since All Saints Day of last year! Welcome! Speaking of welcoming, did you catch the Welcome of that service, filmed from the top of the belltower! Check it out! Did you continue watching, to see the dogwood branch asperges from the top of the belltower? We were celebrating Easter in extravagant style! But we celebrated in two additional ways this past Sunday. We also had outdoor, in-person services at the labyrinth, which has become an even holier place in the past six months. Services there are beautiful and intimate and true. Thanks to those of you who joined us there! And we had still more additional services outside in the Cloister Garden! Finally, the THIRD way we celebrated Easter this past Sunday morning was indoors, inside the holy Cathedral nave itself, safely distanced, and with reverence and awe. Those times were beautiful! The 6:00 am Great Vigil started outside (with our traditional huge fire!) but it moved inside after the Exsultet and Readings and Blessing of the Baptismal Water. We also celebrated safe indoor services at 8:45 and 11:15! Thank you for joining us carefully and safely! Yes, Easter was complicated this year. It took a lot of preparation and flexibility. But it was also holy. It was holy because it involved all, ALL, of you, the faithful parishioners of the Cathedral Parish of St. Philip. You have been everything: fire builders and candle lighters, readers and acolytes, flower arrangers and altar tenders, chair movers and sign makers, preachers and singers, organists and musicians, ushers and vergers, priests and deacons, videographers and technology producers, children’s chapel leaders and pianists, security officers and sextons, housekeepers and assistants, liturgy planners and leaflet developers, printers and digital wizards, and monitors of the complex in-person registration lists! And you have all been Easter saints who wanted to gather and to pray and to serve. All of you have been holy people of prayer and action. It was an honor for me to celebrate Easter 2021 with you! Thank you! Thank you for being the Risen Christ in Atlanta this year! Love!
The Very Rev. Sam Candler Dean of the Cathedral
This SUNDAY
APRIL 11, 2021 · The Second Sunday of Easter, Year B Acts 4:32-35 · Psalm 133 · 1 John 1:1-2:2 · John 20:19-31
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7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CLOISTER GARDEN 8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL 8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, LABYRINTH 11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL 1 P.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTIA, CLOISTER GARDEN 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. Julia Mitchener Preacher: The Rev. Thee Smith Music: Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Scherzo (from Symphonie II in E minor) Hymn 206, “Alleluia! O sons and daughers, let us sing!” O filii et filiae Hymn 242, “How oft, O Lord, thy face hath shone on doubting souls” Jacob Craig Phillips, We walk by faith William Mathias , Sanctus & Benedictus S–128 Luca Marenzio, Quia vidisti me, Thoma Hymn 193, “That Easter day with joy was bright” Puer nobis Nicolas Lebègue (1631-1702), Voluntary Offertoire sur le chant d’O filii et filiae
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Francis Powers 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 • 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 • Joann Lewis Pobst • 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 • Patricia Plummer Glowatsky • Cadel Ingraham • G.K. Johnson • 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 • Bella Emerson Plummer • Courtney Rosenthal • James Sands • Pansy and Mitch Simonds • Cindy Snell • Paul Sturtz • Caroline Southerland • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Family of Steven Taylor • Pierson Thames • Jeffrey Thomas • Wayne Thurman • Olive Toy • Roger Traylor • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Charles Chastain • Duke Wetzel
SPIRITUALITY SPRING LABYRINTH WALKS The Cathedral outdoor Labyrinth will be open for two facilitated walks in the coming weeks to celebrate the hope of this Easter season in the midst of Covid-19: Thursday, April 15, and Tuesday, May 18, from 7–8 p.m. Our labyrinth is modeled after the famous labyrinth constructed in the floor of Chartres Cathedral, France around 1200. The meditative walk to the center allows our minds to empty and help us experience silence, joy, and celebration; or grieving the loss of a loved one or those affected by Covid-19. Two trained facilitators will be on hand to assist you. All walkers must follow Covid-19 guidelines, wear a mask, and register online in advance. Instructions for passing others on the labyrinth will be provided that night. Space is limited so sign up soon! Register at cathedralATL.org/spirituality.
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS BIRTH Isabelle Buchanan Champion, daughter of Haley and Forrest Champion, granddaughter of Alice Gage born March 18, 2021
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITAL THIS WEEK: JEFF JOHNSON PASTOR, FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS Peter Planyavsky, Toccata a la Rumba Nicholaus Bruhns, Praeludium in G Major Louis Vierne, Pastorale from Vingt-quatre pièces en style libre César Franck, Pièce Héroïque STREAMING LIVE AT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS AND ON FACEBOOK
United Thank OFFERING REFLECTING WITH GRATITUDE UTO Ingathering Day is Sunday, May 9. As we prepare for the May 9 United Thank Offering (UTO), we invite you to participate in a month of gratitude, pausing each week to see God’s blessing in different parts of our lives. This week, we encourage you to give thanks for that which is certain, in a year unimaginable uncertainty. This Week’s Gratitude Prayer: In a year where things changed too much and too frequently, we are grateful for those things that are certain – for God’s unwavering love and forgiveness, for the sun that rises each day, and for the spring that comes each year. (Romans 8:38-39) An Episcopal tradition since 1889, UTO supports the ministry of the whole church, with 100% of this spring’s proceeds supporting grants for COVID-19 healing and recovery. On UTO Ingathering day (May 9), we hope you’ll remember these blessings and give a thank offering. To donate online, go to www.cathedralATL.org/contribute.
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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NEWCOMER TOURS IN APRIL A good number of people have joined our Cathedral parish community while we’ve been worshipping from home or outdoors—we are grateful! And we’re eager to get those same people acclimated indoors. Come let us show you around! Canon Lauren Holder, David Rocchio, and members of the Newcomer Committee will give Sunday tours of the campus on April 11 and 18 at 12 p.m. Tours will begin in Child Hall. Email Melana Dickson, mdickson@cathedralATL.org, to sign up for either date!
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CHILDREN'S Ministries WEEK OF WONDER 2021
JULY 26–30, 9 A.M. - 1 P.M.
THE FLOOD REGISTER AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/CHILDREN
Cathedral BOOK STORE ONLINE EVENT WITH DIANA BUTLER BASS
Peachtree Road Farmers Market has been nominated in USA TODAY as one of the top 20 contenders for the best farmers market in the country. Your vote will help us get in the top 10, which will boost the market and help support our farmers. Vote by Monday, April 12 at peachtreeroadfarmersmarket.com.
Please make plans to join the Cathedral Book Store on Friday, April 16 for a special event featuring Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D., moderated by Dean Sam Candler. They will discuss Dr. Bass’s newest book, Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. The book explores the many images of Jesus we encounter and embrace through a lifetime—and how we make theology from the text of our lives in conversation with scripture and tradition. Freeing Jesus invites us to liberate Jesus and free ourselves when it comes to the ever-compelling and yet often-elusive figure at the center of Christian faith. Go to cathedralbookstore.org for more information and registration.