The CATHEDRAL TIM TIMES ES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · May 2, 2021
A DEEP BOW OF GRATITUDE… By the Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins Among my favorite passages from the Hebrew Bible is Joshua 3: Early in the morning Joshua rose and set out from Shittim with all the Israelites, and they came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing over. At the end of three days the officers went through the camp and commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place. Follow it, so that you may know the way you should go, for you have not passed this way before.” ( Joshua 3:1-4) “For you have not passed this way before…” We have indeed been in new terrain, crossing a metaphorical Jordan River in this season of COVID-19. Indeed, perhaps the word “liminal” is instructive. In anthropology, for example, liminality is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when we have not yet begun the transition across the “river.” We ask what sustains us as we cross over; what spiritual treasures do we carry with us; and what do we leave behind? Recently we celebrated “Good Shepherd Sunday” at the Cathedral, and we were reminded that we are not alone, no matter the nature of our transitions. Like the people of Israel in Joshua, we are on a journey less Odyssean than Abrahamic. We do not know where this will lead us, yet hope, and this beloved community of grace and hospitality, sustains us. During any liminal stage, participants “stand at the threshold” between their previous way of structuring their identity, time, or community, and a new way, which remains open. As I write this, Vicky and I are in our own time of transition. This past Sunday was my final day as a member of the Cathedral clergy staff after some 18 years among you. I am so very grateful to have been on the journey with you all. I will continue to see clients at the Cathedral Counseling Center and my teaching duties at Columbia Seminary. We look forward to more time with our family in Montana and our twin grandchildren, Jack and Alice, and our Atlanta family, including granddaughter Sophia. I give thanks for the good work I am called to do. Freud referred to counseling as “a cure through love.” Perhaps this is what another author meant, when he wrote this during a time similar to ours: “Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. ..Think of love as a state of grace, not the means to anything, but the alpha and omega...An end in itself.” ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Love in the Time of Cholera) Adapting to the “new normal” can be a time to discover something new about our call to be fully present to ourselves, and to one another. Erik Erickson reminds us that the penultimate stage of human development is “Generativity vs. Stagnation.” Vicky and I look forward to finding new forms of generativity as our family grows. We have not passed this way before. As Wendell Berry suggests in this lovely poem: Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient faith: what we need is here. And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What we need is here.
I give a deep bow of gratitude for each of you, and for my beloved Cathedral colleagues down through the years, some of whom are no longer among us. It has been an honor and privilege to serve among you and with you in the ministries we have shared. Yes, we have not passed this way before… but what we need is here. Blessings and Godspeed!
This SUNDAY
MAY 2, 2021 · The Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B Acts 8:26-40 · Psalm 22:24-30 · 1 John 4:7-21 · John 15:1-8
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7:45 A.M. OUTDOOR SERVICE OF KOINONIA, WITH HOLY COMMUNION, CLOISTER GARDEN 8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL 11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL 11:15 A.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA, CON 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 Very Rev. Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa Music: Margaret Vardell Sandresky (b. April 28, 1921), Set me as a seal upon thine heart Opening Hymn 518, “Christ is made the sure foundation” Westminster Abbey William Mathias, Gloria in excelsis S-278 Hymn 529, “In Christ there is no East or West” McKee Gerald Near, Christ hath a garden William Mathias, Sanctus & Benedictus S-128 Thomas Tallis, A new commandment Hymn 379, “God is love, let heaven adore him” Abbot’s Leigh Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Paean (from Six Pieces for Organ)
PRAYER List
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Renea Dunn • Jill Mahaffey • Einar Sagstuen LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Penny Barnett • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Cornelia Bird •
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 • Leticia Justo Serrano • Linda Stallcup • Julie Sutton • Tommy Truesdale • Ron Wallace • Faye Van Winkle
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Bettina Bass • Bella Bond • David Bond • Kerrigan Casey • Andrew Clark • Vickie and Bob Coffman • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Apryl Roberts Cox • The Darmon Family • Marg Denny • David Elmore • Carleton Fuller • Patricia Plummer Glowatsky • Robert Hoder • Cadel Ingraham • 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 • Francis Powers • Courtney Rosenthal • Carol Russell • 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
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Gregory George Hardwick • Don Harp • Elizabeth James Earnest • Hailey Watts
MUSIC
OUTREACH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITAL THIS WEEK: RICHARD GRESS, ORGAN MMUS STUDENT AT YALE UNIVERSITY Jehan Alain, Trois Danses Healey Willan, Introduction, Passacaglia & Fugue STREAMING LIVE AT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS AND ON FACEBOOK
Intown Collaborative Ministries, in partnership with the Cathedral has received a capacity-building grant of $15,000 from the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia to implement a new database which will allow ICM to increase efficiencies in its programming and ongoing fundraising efforts. The Cathedral partners with Intown Collaborative Ministries to gather food for the ICM pantry, including a partnership with the Cathedral Farmers Market to offer shoppers the opportunity to purchase fresh produce to be donated to families in need.
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 God’s creation and the world around us. This Week’s Gratitude Prayer: Dear God, we are grateful for our minds, bodies, and souls, allowing us to connect with you and all that is good in this world. We thank you for your sustaining love that nourishes our souls, even when our bodies and minds may tire. (Philippians 4:7) 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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CHILDREN'S Ministries WEEK OF WONDER 2021
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SPIRITUALITY SPRING LABYRINTH WALK
This year at Week of Wonder, our Vacation Bible School for ages 4 – 3rd grade, we'll go on a deep dive into how God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. The cost is $150 for the week. This year we will be enjoying the great outdoors and our full Cathedral campus. Following diocesan guidelines, we will wear masks, enjoy small groups, and maintain safe distances. For more information, contact Lisa McNamara, Director of Children's Ministries at lmcnamara@ cathedralATL.org.
Cathedral SCHOLARS The Cathedral Scholars program aims to provide financial, vocational, communal, and spiritual support to members of the Cathedral of St. Philip's community who seek to further their educational goals. The Cathedral's community is far-reaching and includes members of the Cathedral parish, Cathedral staff and their immediate family members, and the larger Cathedral community, including its many parochial entities. Scholarships are awarded each year depending on funds available and the number of applicants eligible. The deadline for applications is Monday, May 31. The application can be found at cathedralATL.org/ scholarship.
Please note the change of date. The Cathedral outdoor Labyrinth will
be open for a facilitated walk to celebrate the hope of this Easter season in the midst of COVID-19 on Sunday, May 16, from 6 – 7 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.
FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENING As part of Skin Cancer Awareness month, visit the Cathedral Farmers Market on Saturday, May 8 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. for an opportunity to receive a free skin cancer screening from a volunteer group of board-certified dermatologists. Come get screened and learn more about how to protect your skin. • No insurance or pre-registration necessary • All physicians will be practicing the highest quality of COVID-19 precautions • A great opportunity to learn skincare best practices