The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · June 20, 2021
VIRTUAL TO REAL IN CHURCH AND HOLINESS By the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, Priest Associate So moved was I by our in-person singing of hymns these past couple of Sundays that I actually dreamt about hymn books last night! Really. Out of nowhere I found myself facing an old library section of shelves. Before me were row after row of hymn books, commentaries on hymn books, illustrated hymn books and more. I remember thinking they must have been donated by missionary societies from around the world, alongside selections from churches across the country. That idea daunted me as I thought: there’s virtually an infinite number of congregations out there. I was about to flee the scene, a victim of library fatigue, when a new section of remarkable volumes commanded my attention. A spectacular row of books featured illustrations of countries where the hymns originated. Each book showed maps so realistic that viewing them was like journeying to exotic lands. Turning pages I was teleported to vivid aerial overviews of different locales: Portugal, Peru, Germany, Africa, on and on. Each page became a virtual reality portal a viewer could enter while browsing the featured hymns. The magic grew so alluring I nearly became a traveler to the lands where the songs were being sung, where composers were producing them, and where the folk and the choirs were engendering and animating them. Just so, in this month when we assemble back in church and sing together again, we ARE the embodied spirit of those songs and aspirations: from varied nations and climes we ARE the people of God arrayed in ranks of pews, and in choir formations, and in scattered clusters of song-singing hearts and minds, yearning for our words to ring true in space and time. “The theme which myths and fairy tales sing of, the force which impels masses into movement, the desideratum of founders of religions, what philosophers have brooded over, the object of the enquiries of scientists, the visionings of poets, the achievements or aspirations of statesmen and revolutionaries . . . ”( Josef Weber, “The Great Utopia,” 1950) The scenario above describes our post-quarantine experience in church June 6 and 13 when we sang hymns so in sync with the scriptures and the occasion that I felt holiness envelope us like an aura. We the Lord’s people, heart and voice uniting, praise him who called us, out of sin and darkness, into his own light, that he might anoint us, a royal priesthood . . . This is the Lord’s day, day of God’s own making, day of creation, day of resurrection, day of the Spirit, sign of heaven’s banquet, day for rejoicing. In the Lord’s service, bread and wine are offered, that Christ may take them, bless them, break, and give them to all his people, his own life imparting, food everlasting (The Hymnal, 1982: 51). Our sermon theme that day featured Howard Thurman’s masterful phrase, “the sound of the genuine.” With customary felicity our Canon for Music selected, and the choir heralded forth, compelling anthems that exemplified our Lord’s authenticity portrayed in the Gospel reading (Mark 3:20-35). Also a passing reference in the sermon found affirmation in our singing: Corpus Christi (Latin: Body of Christ) celebrated by Roman Catholic churches across the world that week. In resonance we sang the following lines from our Protestant
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This SUNDAY
JUNE 20, 2021 · The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 7, Year B 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 · Psalm 9:9-20 · 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 · Mark 4:35-41
7:45 A.M. OUTDOOR SERVICE OF KOINONIA, WITH HOLY COMMUNION, CLOISTER GARDEN
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa
8:45 A.M. AND 11: 15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL WORSHIP WITH US ONLINE AS WE LIVESTREAM THE 8:45 AND 11:15 A.M. SERVICES FROM THE CATHEDRAL. THEY WILL BE BROADCAST AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, AND ON THE CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE. Celebrant: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), from Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes Bryn Calfaria (Hymn 307, “Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor”) Rhosymedre (Hymn 587, “Our Father, by whose Name all fatherhood is known”) Hymn 432, “O praise ye the Lord! praise him in the height” Laudate Dominum Hymn 636, “How firm a foundation” Foundation Richard Shephard, O for a thousand tongues to sing Hymn 411, “O bless the Lord, my soul!” St. Thomas (Williams) Robert Powell, Sanctus & Benedictus S-129 Ola Gjeilo, Ubi caritas et amor Hymn 535, “Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim” Paderborn Eric H. Thiman (1900-1975), A Tune for the Tuba
11:15 A.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA, CON LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA , CHILD HALL
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Cheryl Espenlaub • John Mercer 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 • Douglas T. Grey, Jr. • Rebecca Harris • Jane Jones • Louise Kan • Bennie King • Lisa Krysiak • Jill Mahaffey • Carol McDonald • Kathy McLean • Glenn Miller • Ashley Minear • Royce Mitchell • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Linus Nickel • Marian Palmore • Beth Pitzer • Garry Pryor • Rowland Radford • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Nora Robillard • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Linda Stallcup • Sarah Szymke • Tommy Truesdale • Ron Wallace • Elleanor Wilson • Faye Van Winkle
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Lisa Bachman • Bettina Bass • Bella Bond • David Bond • Darrell Boyette • Pam Breedlove • Kenneth Childress • Andrew Clark • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Marg Denny • Carleton Fuller • Patricia Plummer Glowatsky • Jean Hand • Robert Hoder • Cadel Ingraham • Lilliana Isola • Stephen Jones • Robin Kemp • Rita Lewis • Pete Livezey • Lauren Makhlouf • Pat Martin • Michelle Maxwell • Alex Mercer • Betsy Moore • Steven Norman • The Reynolds Family • Courtney Rosenthal • Sophia Rowe • Juan Carlos Sandoval • James Sands • Timothy Shotmeyer • Paul Sturtz • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Wayne Thurman • Olive Toy • Roger Traylor • Whit A. Wright • Karen Young • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Harry Christian • Rhoda Elizabeth Klingeman Ewert • Billie Ruth Dixon • Ray Melton
MUSIC ATLANTA SUMMER ORGAN FESTIVAL Join us at the Cathedral on Wednesday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. to hear Todd Wilson in the second recital of the Atlanta Summer Organ Festival! Regarded across America and around the world as one of today’s finest concert organists, Wilson serves as head of the organ department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is also Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio and Curator of the E.M. Skinner pipe organ at Severance Hall (home of the Cleveland Orchestra). More information about the Atlanta Summer Organ Festival can be found at cathedralATL.org/concerts. All concerts in the series will be in-person only and have a $15 suggested donation.
OUTREACH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RETURNING! Habitat for Humanity has recently completed the Cathedral-sponsored home for Nilaja Brooks and her two daughters! They are delighted to settle into their new home. The Cathedral will be sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity home in 2021 with construction beginning soon. If you are interested in volunteering please contact John Champion, jchampion@bellsouth.net or 404-307-0817.
DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR CATHEDRAL TOWERS Starting Tuesday, June 22, Intown Collaborative Ministries will be delivering groceries to seven households at Cathedral Towers, and volunteers are needed to collect the groceries and deliver to the Cathedral Towers. To sign up to volunteer for this delivery route, visit cathedralATL.org/ volunteer/ and select “Cathedral Towers.”
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 classic, “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” (The Hymnal 1982: 690): . . . bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore. Thus the synergies became real for us that day: between the sacramental bread and wine on the altar, and ourselves as His incarnate body communing with Christ and each other ‘in spirit and in truth’ ( John 4:24). Beyond all that, the sermon challenged us to carry forth our sacramental reality—the ‘Real Presence’ of Christ in us—into the world also, as we become with Jesus ‘broken bread’ and our lives ‘poured-out wine for the life of the world’ (Oswald Chambers, “The Commission of the Call”). Henceforth, may such holiness endure beyond our worship and prove the truth of this declaration from our ‘presentation hymn’ that day (The Hymnal 1982: 379): God is Love; and though with blindness sin afflicts all human life, God’s eternal loving-kindness guides us through our earthly strife. Sin and death and hell shall never o’er us final triumph gain, God is Love, so Love for ever o’er the universe must reign. The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith Priest Associate
CHILDREN'S Ministries WEEK OF WONDER 2021
JULY 26–30, 9 A.M. - 1 P.M. THE FLOOD REGISTER AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/CHILDREN 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.
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THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 20, WE WILL LIVESTREAM OUR 8:45 AND 11:15 A.M. SERVICES FROM THE CATHEDRAL! WE HAVE BEEN PRERECORDING OUR ONLINE SERVICES SINCE MARCH 2020. NOW, WE ARE EXCITED TO GATHER OUR ONLINE AND IN-PERSON CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER, SO THAT WE ARE WORSHIPPING TOGETHER, LIVE, AT THE SAME TIME. THE LIVESTREAM SERVICES WILL BE BROADCAST AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG, ON THE CATHEDRAL APP, AND ON THE CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
Congregational LIFE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP The Cathedral is hosting a grief support group, facilitated by Hospice Atlanta and open to all who are grieving the death of a loved one. The group meets 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.
Cathedral BOOK STORE BOOK LAUNCH CELEBRATION The Cathedral Book Store is hosting an online celebration of the wisdom of the heart with author Carl McColman (Eternal Heart: A Mystical Path to a Joyful Life) on Tuesday, June 29, at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature music by Caroline Herring, readings from the book, and time for questions and answers. The virtual event is free but registration is required. Registration can be found at anamchara.com/eternalheart. Preorder a signed copy of Eternal Heart from the Cathedral Book Store today at cathedralbookstore.org/eternalheart.