The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · July 18, 2021
LIVING DISARMINGLY IN AN UN-EGOTISTICAL MANNER By the Rev. Carolynne Williams, Retired Canon Associate It can be fun! It’s the same as not taking oneself so seriously that they, perhaps “we” forget how to be joyful and love. Especially love one another as we pray that GOD LOVES US! When this idea becomes a movement, an opportunity for action, an adventure to experience, a point of directing one’s energy, or a goal to reach for the day, we often find ourselves in a place that is unencumbered, a place of mutual respect and perhaps discover where we are in our feeble attempt to consider “other.” “Other,” meaning whatever fills that category for you and me on a particular day, or week or the past few months and a year. It is and provides a place of action, if only for a moment, we find we are more at peace with ourselves, we actually ask someone, “How is it going?” “What’s happening in your world?” or whatever greeting, passing comment you may have that works with and for you… whatever it may be… as long as we recall and quickly reflect upon the line in our creed which states, “Respect the dignity of every human being,” we are reaching in rather than reaching out or avoiding or having a blind eye or tightening our armor or whatever one's defense may be just to maintain a sense of self; we can and will continue to build a place for others in our lives, if only for a moment or we may discover a new set of eyes to reflect upon what we have seen in terms of the essence of that person. Is it worth the risk? Absolutely! Thus, we become more aware of the presence of the holy within others as we are called to do. That is to recognize the humanness of another human being, who breathes just like we do. The breathing is of note because it is what keeps us going. It is connected to our life’s blood and how we move and live and have our being. A new challenge is presented for those who may be called to serve others. Being who we are called to be, yet, serve others has many settings, possibilities, unwritten rules, qualifications, and requirements. Being a Christian and living as a Christian is the goal of those who care about their neighbor and have a desire to love others as we believe God loves us. Living as a Christian has always been controversial and defined with different actions and movements. Historically speaking, reviewing the lives of those who believed that they were serving God during the first century, from the crusades back in the first century A.D. to today, on many different levels is what we have inherited. We have had to stand in a manner in which the disciples over two thousand years later were being judged. Being and living as a Christian is still a point of pause for many who identify as postmodern Christians being called a Christian OR viewed as a Christian, especially for those who are listening to the inner voice and can continue to be life-changing. Think about it for a moment. Consider what and where we are as a people, Christian people on this earth who are making a difference, one way or another or not at all. The guardian of this all is built into our relationship with one another. How we treat one another in the midst of it all. We have a choice. We always have a choice that is not taken from us when it comes to who we are following and why. Many Christians and those who have yet to think about the presence of the holy are involved in complex, challenging, and ethical accountability for doing the work that they believe, that we believe as “Children of God,” we are called to do. Especially for those who have that possibility of thought within oneself. I’m told that the journey of faith, takes a lifetime. I believe that. That is why I also believe the words of the psalms, the good and the not so good, when it comes to serving the goodness in others, whether we are loved and cared about by others. God and God alone is the judge where it matters. Eternally. continued on back page...
This SUNDAY
JULY 18, 2021 · The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 11, Year B 2 Samuel 7:1-14a · Psalm 89:20-37 · Ephesians 2:11-22 · Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CLOISTER GARDEN
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Dean Taylor
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 Lauren Holder Preacher: The Rev. Dean Taylor Cantoris: Louis Vierne (1870-1937), IV. Cantabile from Symphonie II, Op. 20 Hymn 427, “When morning gilds the skies” Laudes Domini Hymn 593, “Lord, make us servants of your peace” Dickinson College Bob Chilcott, Be thou my vision Hymn 653, “Dear Lord and Father of mankind” Repton Robert Powell, Sanctus & Benedictus S-129 Anton Bruckner, Locus iste a Deo factus est Hymn 339, “Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness” Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele Hymn 708, “Savior, like a shepherd lead us” Sicilian Mariners Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Nachspiel in D minor, WAB 126
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: LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Penny Barnett • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Mindy Boggs •
Heather Clark • Sharon Crews • Lynne D’Huyvetter • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Deborah Ellington • Dan Elson • Ruth Fuqua • Rebecca Harris • Jane Jones • Louise Kan • Bennie King • Lisa Krysiak • Jill Mahaffey • Carol McDonald • Kathy McLean • Kay McPherson • John Mercer • Glenn Miller • Ashley Minear • Royce Mitchell • Bill and Janice Morrison • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Linus Nickel • Marian Palmore • 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 • David Bond • Darrell Boyette • Pam Breedlove • Kenneth Childress • Andrew
Clark • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Marg Denny • Cheryl Espenlaub • Carleton Fuller • Theresa Gent • Patricia Plummer Glowatsky • Gayle Higley • Robert Hoder • William Hudson • Cadel Ingraham • Lilliana Isola • Stephen Jones • Robin Kemp • Carole Kline • Rita Lewis • Rose Lewis • Pete Livezey • Lauren Makhlouf • Pat Martin • Michelle Maxwell • Alex Mercer • Betsy Moore • Steven Norman • The Reynolds Family • Courtney Rosenthal • Sophia Rowe • Einar Sagstuen • James Sands • Timothy Shotmeyer • Mike Stone • Paul Sturtz • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Wayne Thurman • Olive Toy • Roger Traylor • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: William Chester Cooke
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 Barbara Moore, barbara.moore@vnhs.org.
FOYERS MINISTRY REKINDLED The Foyers ministry is being rekindled at the Cathedral! All Cathedral parishioners, especially newcomers, are welcome to join the next Foyers session. The Foyers ministry is a great way for adults to connect with others in our congregation, in a small group setting. To kick off this new session, we will be creating small groups to meet together at Super Foyers on Sunday, September 19, at 6 p.m. in Child Hall. At Super Foyers, each group will schedule get-togethers through March 2022. These are hosted by a couple of group members in a home. If you would like to be a part of the fall/winter session of Foyers, please contact Jennifer Dubose, jdubose@ goddard-group.com, by Monday, August 16.
PLAY BALL! The Cathedral men's softball team is looking for players of all levels. Please join us for fellowship and fun and lead our team to be number one again. All players must be 15 and older, all games are played once a week in Buckhead at Northside Drive Baptist Church. The team has been winning games for the past 40 years! Please contact Warren Barnes 404-610-8699 or warrenfbarnes@gmail.com.
OUTREACH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RETURNING! The 2021 Cathedral Habitat project is underway. The project is starting without outside volunteers, but we are hopeful that in the latter stages we will be allowed to send our team to help with construction and lunches. We will be sending out updates as we learn more. If you think you'd like to help work on our 2021 home, please contact John Champion at jchampion@bellsouth.net or 404-307-0817.
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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We all have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of another as we embrace “creation-centered spirituality,” “the recovery of nature,” “Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue,” continue to be crucial as we learn to live and be together.
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How can I serve God through service to others? We are called to be servants to others in whatever capacity our gifts and talents take us. We pass this way but once. The question becomes who or what is calling me to do this work? Is it all in serving others as we are called to do or is the motivation to serve and fulfill the desires and wishes of those who have NOT given us life, salvation and a promise which gives and offers an eternal way of living and having our being? As we move forward in being and carrying the good news, which is always welcomed, it seems, as we re-connect with those that we love and are looking forward to seeing and being with those on our list to see, I am encouraging and suggesting that we as a people continue to seek the good, acknowledge the dignity of others as we grow and learn and commitment to seek a place of peace not so much in our heads, but in our hearts. That is the one place where we connect with all people, whether they are aware or not. Many do not care, and so it is. Regardless of the levels of our state of being, we are protected by God’s love for us and for those who don’t love us. In the eyes of God, we are all the same. The Rev. Carolynne Williams Retired Canon Associate
WELCOME, DEAN TAYLOR! The Rev. Dean Taylor will join us as guest preacher at 7:45, 8:45, and 11:15 a.m. this Sunday, July 18. Taylor is a retired Episcopal priest, most recently serving as interim rector of St. David’s, Roswell. Welcome, Dean Taylor!
SPIRITUALITY
2021 SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE Join us in welcoming Amy-Jill Levine, Ph.D., for our 2021 Spirituality Conference. Dr. Levine is the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies and University Professor of New Testament Studies, at Vanderbilt. Understanding Jesus Means Understanding Judaism Jesus and his first followers were Jews, thoroughly grounded in Jewish Scripture, Jewish ethics and theology, and Jewish hopes. To understand the New Testament is thus to recover part of Jewish history. How has knowledge of this common history become lost? How might understanding the New Testament in its historical context provide not only a new way of approaching Jewish-Christian relations but also a new way of celebrating our common roots? Our topics include the Our Father prayer, the Parables of the Prodigal Son and the Good Samaritan, Jesus’ comments on observing Torah ( Jewish Law), and Jesus’ relations to women and to gentiles. This day-long conference includes lunch, and there will be a booksigning after. For questions, please contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@ cathedralATL.org. Registration and more information can be found at cathedralATL.org/spirituality.