The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · May 23, 2021
FIRST, NO JUDGEMENT By the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral “First, no judgement.” As some of you know, I have tried to observe that maxim while navigating through this past pandemic year. And, like you, I’ve been forced to do a lot of navigating. I have navigated my family life, my friends life, my business life, my political life, and—perhaps most challengingly—my own personal life. In these times of stress, and in these times of true trauma (see my article of last week), our inclinations and tendencies towards judgement have been severe. Under pressure, we tend more quickly towards critique, towards reactive opposition, towards judgement. Then, the person or entity we judge returns the judgement. One of us, one of the parties, has to be the one to break the cycle, to refrain from answering judgement with judgement. “First, no judgement.” I have not always been able to follow my own principle. Still, I remain convinced that it is the healthy way to plod through these strained times. And, as I alluded above, one of the persons I try to keep from judging is myself. Under pressure, it is easy to judge ourselves too quickly, to critique our own weakness, to focus on our own fallenness. For me, the antidote to judgement is grace. And it is grace, more and more grace, that our churches are called to deliver during these pandemic times. We are not out of the woods yet! There are still opportunities for people to critique each other: for being too careful, for not being careful enough, for seeming not to care for the wider community. We are still navigating this pandemic. Lord, please give us the grace to stay patient with each other, and with ourselves. For all of my ministerial life, I have tried to correct two false perceptions of “Church.” The first mistaken perception is that the church is some sort of insurance agent. The unhealthy perception is that the church can guarantee us salvation and heaven if we just say the right things and pay the right price, that being a Christian guarantees us escape from hell. “The Church as Insurance Agent.” In our personal lives, of course we need insurance agents! And insurance agents offer us important services! However, that is not the ministry of the church. Further, I have been sad to sense the institutional Church in bondage more and more to insurance protections as our guides! (And I believe in the institutional church!) The second mistaken perception is that the church is some sort of police officer, telling us what to do and what not to do, and generally trying to enforce some outside law upon us. The Church as “Police Officer,” or the Church as “Scolding Parent.” Again, we need police officers, and we need parents! But I do not believe the church is at our best when we are in the role of law enforcer, when we are keeping score, when we are scolding. For instance, the sooner the church can move out of the business of pandemic protocols, the better all of us will be. (Last week in one conversation, I compared the reading of pandemic protocols to the reading of the Book of Leviticus – all sorts of contradictory purity laws about how we can be clean!) Yes, I know. There are times we need critique, and even judgement. There are times we need good insurance. There are times we need law enforcement. The glorious and life-giving ministry of the Christian church, however, soars far above those necessities. The ministry of the Christian church is to offer grace and not judgement, to offer risky courage and not insurance, to offer freedom from the law instead of bondage to the law. Meanwhile, here at the Cathedral, we were overjoyed to hear our choir singing last Sunday! Safe protocols allow choir members who are fully vaccinated to sing together. Please know that all members of our choirs who are singing in the Cathedral are fully vaccinated (and they have been, for some time!) And, last Sunday, we came to the altar rail for communion! It is glorious to receive notice that fully vaccinated people can safely gather together without masks! continued on back page...
This SUNDAY
MAY 23, 2021 · The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday, Year B
Acts 2:1-21 · Psalm 104:25-35, 37 · Romans 8:22-27 · John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15
TO MAINTAIN SAFE SPACING AND ATTENDANCE FOR OUR IN-PERSON SERVICES, WE ARE ASKING WORSHIPPERS TO PRE-REGISTER AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, OR BY CALLING 404-365-1009, BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AT 10 A.M.
7:45 A.M. OUTDOOR SERVICE OF KOINONIA, WITH HOLY COMMUNION, CLOISTER GARDEN
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder
8:45 A.M. AND 11: 15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Cathedral Choir: Margaret Vardell Sandresky (b. 1921), Veni Sancte Spiritus – Five versets on the Golden Sequence Hymn 225, “Hail thee, festival day”Salve feste dies Sequence hymn 504, “Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire” Veni Creator Spiritus Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918), I was glad when they said unto me Grayston Ives (b.1948), Listen, sweet dove, unto my song Hymn 513, “Like the murmur of the dove’s song” Bridegroom Closing hymn 516, “Come down, O Love divine”Down Ampney Margaret Vardell Sandresky (b. 1921), Toccata: Veni Creator Spiritus
11:15 A.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA, CON LA SANTA EUCARISTIA , CHILD HALL Celebrant: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval 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, ONLINE Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Music: Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703), Veni Creator en taille à 5 Hymn 225, “Hail thee, festival day” Salve feste dies William Mathias, Gloria in excelsis S-278 Psalm 104:25-35, 37 (Anglican chant: Walter Parratt) Hymn 504, “Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire” Veni Creator Spiritus Grayston Ives, Listen, sweet dove, unto my song William Mathias, Sanctus & Benedictus S – 128 Morten Lauridsen, Veni Sancte Spiritus, from Lux Aeterna Hymn 516, “Come down, O Love divine” Down Ampney Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703), Veni creator: Dialogue sur les grand Jeux
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITAL THIS WEEK: JACK MITCHENER, ORGAN CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP, ATLANTA Music of Margaret Vardell Sandresky (b.1921) Helena’s Wedding March—Organ Solo on the Bride’s Name “Agnus Dei” from L’homme armé Organ Mass (1979) Victimae Paschali Laudes (2021) Veni Sancte Spiritus—Five versets on the Golden Sequence (2017) Toccata: Veni Creator Spiritus (1989, rev. 1992) STREAMING LIVE AT 3:15 P.M. SUNDAY AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS AND ON FACEBOOK
Thanks to everyone who has already responded to the 2021 Stewardship Campaign: Comfort, O Comfort My People. Parishioner pledges are integral to the life of the Cathedral Community. Parishioners of all ages, means, and backgrounds collectively take care of each other by taking care of the church — a transformative act for the giver and the parish. Pledging to the Cathedral is simple: cathedralATL. org/pledge. If you have questions about the campaign, please contact David Rocchio at 404-663-2838 or drocchio@ cathedralATL.org.
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Lisa Bachman 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 • Ruth Fuqua • Jane Jones • Louise Kan • Lisa Krysiak • Sandy Land • Jill Mahaffey • Carol McDonald • Kay McPherson • Glenn Miller • Ashley Minear • Royce Mitchell • Laura Moore • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Linus Nickel • Marian 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 • Sarah Szymke • Tommy Truesdale • Ron Wallace • Elleanor Wilson • Faye Van Winkle
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Bettina Bass • Bella Bond • David Bond • Kerrigan Casey • Andrew Clark • Vickie and Bob Coffman • Marie
Corrigan • Ava Corroon • The Darmon Family • Marg Denny • Bob Deysher • Renea Dunn • David Elmore • Carleton Fuller • Patricia Plummer Glowatsky • Robert Hoder • Cadel Ingraham • Lilliana Isola • 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 • Einar Sagstuen • James Sands • Cindy Snell • Paul Sturtz • Caroline Southerland • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Wayne Thurman • Olive Toy • Roger Traylor • Whit A. Wright • Karen Young • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Walker Candler • William R. Wilkinson
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. 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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...continued from front page However, please understand that not all members of the Cathedral community are even eligible to be fully vaccinated. I am speaking of our members who are under 16 years old. Some of those young members have been incredibly faithful these past few months! They were among the first to gather safely outside at the labyrinth last fall. They have tended fires and read lessons outside! They have kept coming safely to church inside, with masks on, and in social distance. They have carried crosses honorably. Yet, they cannot be fully vaccinated yet. Therefore, with the sensitivity of a loving community, I encourage all of us to continue wearing masks in our inside worship services, except when we are speaking from the lectern or pulpit or steps, even if we have been fully vaccinated. I preached on Easter that the Resurrection is not real yet, until it is real for everyone. And, as a community, we are not fully vaccinated yet, until all of us are fully vaccinated. And, as a community, we are not safe and healthy, until all of us are. May grace be with us all. No judgement, but grace.
The Very Rev. Sam Candler
Dean of the Cathedral of St. Philip
CHILDREN'S Ministries WEEK OF WONDER 2021
JULY 26–30, 9 A.M. - 1 P.M.
THE FLOOD
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CONGREGATIONAL Life GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Beginning Sunday, May 23, the Cathedral will be hosting a grief support group, facilitated by Hospice Atlanta and open to all who are grieving the death of a loved one. The group will meet in the Lanier House on second and fourth Sundays, from 2–3:30 p.m. Feel free to come as you can, and plan to wear a mask. For more information, contact Canon Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org.
YOUNG Professionals MAY 23 GATHERING ON THE LABYRINTH The Young Professionals are hosting a brunch on the Labyrinth, Sunday, May 23, following the 11:15 a.m. service. Please come join us for food and fellowship and get to know the YPs at the Cathedral. Cost is $10 per person. Any questions, please contact Keith Dumke, Director of Young Adult Ministries: kdumke@cathedralATL.org.
MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS
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NEW MEMBERS 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.
Mary Caroline Reynolds, from Lubbock, Texas Anne Averett, from Birmingham, Alabama Regan Brewton, from Nacogdoches, Tennessee
BIRTHS Blair and Elizabeth Lambert, daughters of Elise and Steve Lambert, born April 23, 2021
WEDDING Brandon Nivens and John Hayden, married May 1, 2021