The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · August 22, 2021
PLEASE, WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? By the Rev. Canon Lauren Holder, Canon for Community and Education I have a friend in town who pastors a church called “Neighborhood Church” and they use a lot of familiar Mr. Rogers speak when talking about who they are and what they are about. I listened to this friend give a talk on “neighborhooding” a couple of years ago and loved the way she turned that word into a verb. Neighborhooding is not passively living in your home alongside other people living in their homes, occasionally waving to each other when you take your trash to the curb. Neighborhooding is actively connecting “with the people that you meet when you’re walking down the street, it’s the people that you meet each day…” (That little ditty is actually from Sesame Street.) Well, I have been actively neighborhooding this summer — partly after being inspired by a book our “Word to Your Mother” group discussed early on, celebrating what can happen when we live in our front yards instead of our back yards — and partly out of necessity. Some of you know I was solo-parenting all summer while my beloved was in Tokyo working at the Olympic Games. And while we missed the silliest member of our family considerably, it still somehow managed to be the most fun summer I can remember. Why? Neighborhooding. We got to know our neighbors in new and deeper ways. One neighbor designated Monday nights as a weekly play-date for kids and parents. One neighbor offered to watch the kids one afternoon, which then turned into several afternoons, so they could complete a costume design project start-to-finish. One neighbor responded to a last minute “help” text when I thawed more home-made meatballs than we could eat. And with summer drawing to a close, I’m connecting with neighbors while walking to/from our neighborhood school each day. Strange faces have become familiar and I’m learning the stories of the people I share this little patch of the planet with. The result is that I feel more at home in my home than I have since we moved here. I feel connected. I feel a sense of belonging. All it took was letting my neighbors into my daily life a little more than before. The Cathedral is a lot like a neighborhood. It is a church, yes… but it’s also a school, a farmers market, a bookstore, a senior living facility, a counseling center, a lovely place to walk. It is a place where people gather and connect. And when we do connect, we find that sense of belonging. We find that we are home. My invitation to you this week is two-fold. First, as we continue this Homecoming 2021 celebration, come home to the Cathedral of St. Philip this weekend and connect with people in worship and at the Ministry Fair between services. Practice neighborhooding at church. Consider how you might connect more deeply this year with one of the many ministries that make this sacred community so vibrant and vital in the larger Atlanta community. And second, walk around your own neighborhood with intention. Practice neighborhooding at home. Load up on bug spray and drink your coffee in the front yard in the morning or eat dinner there in the evening. You might strike up a conversation with someone walking by, you might silently pray for them, or you might just notice them. Over time, you will grow to appreciate and perhaps even love them. Fred Rogers once said, “I believe that appreciation is a holy thing – that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something sacred.” Come participate in something sacred in the neighborhood where you live and in the neighborhood where you worship. Come and see how neighborhooding might transform you and transform us. Please, won’t you be my neighbor?
This SUNDAY
AUGUST 22, 2021 · The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 16, Year B 1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43· Psalm 84 ·Ephesians 6:10-20 · John 6:56-69
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, 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 AND YOUTUBE PAGES. Celebrant: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa Cantoris: Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1964), Two Hymn Preludes Hymn 408, “Sing praise to God who reigns above” Mit Freuden zart Hymn 617, “Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round” Song 1 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), O how amiable are thy dwellings Hymn 517, “How lovely is thy dwelling-place” Brother James’ Air Robert Powell, Sanctus & Benedictus S-129 John Gardner (1917-2011), Fight the good fight with all thy might Hymn 301, “Bread of the world” and 302, “Father, we thank thee” Rendez à Dieu Hymn 460, stanzas 1-4, “Alleluia! sing to Jesus” Hyfrydol Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), “Hyfrydol” from Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
11:15 A.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA, CON LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA , MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
The CATHEDRAL off ST. PHILIP The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean
Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music
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MINISTRY FAIR! This Sunday, August 22 10:10 a.m. Child Hall The Cathedral's various ministries will be available to answer questions and recruit new members and volunteers. Come learn about the broader Cathedral community and sign up for service, fellowship, and fun!
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Melana and Nyland Dickson • Sandy Ford • Karen Kauffman • Ginny Quinn • Carson Rengel • Vernon T. LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Penny Barnett • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Heather Clark •
Sharon Crews • Marg Denny • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Deborah Ellington • Dan Elson • Ruth Fuqua • Douglas T. Grey, Jr. • Rebecca Harris • Jane Jones • Louise Kan • Lisa Krysiak • Jill Mahaffey • Tommy Mason • Carol McDonald • Kay McPherson • Glenn Miller • Ashley Minear • Royce Mitchell • Susan Myers • Charlie Neal • Linus Nickel • Dudley Ottley • Marian Palmore • Garry Pryor • Rowland Radford • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Daniel Sherman • 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 • Elizabeth Cannon • Andrew Clark • Vickie and Bob Coffman • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Carleton Fuller • Peter Garbus • Theresa Gent • Patricia Plummer Glowatsky • Gayle Higley • Robert Hoder • William Hudson • Cadel Ingraham • Lilliana Isola • Stephen Jones • Robin Kemp • Carole Kline • Rita Lewis • Pete Livezey • Lauren Makhlouf • Pat Martin • Michelle Maxwell • Betsy Moore • Jovita Moore • Steven Norman • Bill Poole • Ann and Tom Quigley • Carter Randall • Courtney Rosenthal • Lisa and Sophia Rowe • Einar Sagstuen • James Sands • Milton Shiver • Timothy Shotmeyer • Mike Stone • Paul Sturtz • Tina Susco • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Bryson Thomas • Wayne Thurman • Olive Toy • Roger Traylor • Harris Wilson • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
WORSHIP SUPPORT Opportunities There is a plaque at the entrance to the Cathedral Atrium that reads, “The Cathedral of St. Philip: A House of Prayer for All People.” And that is what we are! Worship and common prayer are central to our life together, our ministry of hospitality, and our witness to the world. Many, many volunteers—saints of the church—work together to support our worship, as a way to offer their many, wonderful, and diverse gifts. Behind a single, typical Sunday’s worship service are at least 60 volunteers! We love and give thanks for our volunteers, and we depend on them! Please consider volunteering to support our worship life. Not only is it a meaningful and important way to serve, but it also just might deepen your experience of the liturgy and lead you to new friends.
ACOLYTES (YOUTH) Youth acolytes, sixth grade and above, assist at the worship services at the Cathedral. Our next training is offered on August 29 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Cathedral. For more information about Youth Acolytes see page 6. Please join us!
ACOLYTES (ADULTS) Adult acolytes assist in the 4 p.m. worship services as well as other special services at the Cathedral. Training is offered as needed throughout the year.
ALTAR GUILD If you are looking for a more contemplative way to serve the parish by supporting worship, joining the Altar Guild is an excellent option. Members of the Altar Guild prepare the altar and set the credence table for the celebration of Holy Eucharist on Sunday mornings, for Evensong (during the program year), and for the weekday 12:15 p.m. Eucharists, and then clean up afterwards. Most members regularly serve at one service a month in one or more categories (i.e. Sunday mornings, Evensong, weekdays). We are particularly in need of volunteers to serve at Evensong, and on weekdays (when those services return to the calendar). No previous Altar Guild experience is necessary. We are happy to show you how to do it!
FLOWER GUILD The Flower Guild arranges the flowers for Sunday services, festivals, weddings, funerals, and receptions. Arrangers are part of a team that arranges flowers every three months. The entire guild helps with the Christmas and Easter festivals. Altar flowers in the Cathedral and Mikell Chapel may be given in memory or in thanksgiving of loved ones. The minimum suggested donation is $100 per name. For information on donating, contact Melana Dickson, 404-365-1034, mdickson@cathedralATL.org.
FUNERAL GUILD This group of parish members assists at funerals through hospitality and the altar guild, in addition to ushering and greeting guests. The Funeral Guild provides important assistance, hospitality, and worship support for funerals. Many a mourner has commented about how much this guild’s ministry meant to them.
INTERCESSORS AND LECTORS These confirmed members read the scriptural lessons or lead the congregation in the Prayers of the People during the Sunday morning Eucharist. We are offering a training after the 11:15 a.m. service on Sunday, August 22.
USHERS Approximately 350 men and women serve on usher teams, greeting and welcoming members and visitors, distributing worship leaflets, assisting in the seating of our worshippers, and being attentive to those who need assistance. During Holy Communion they assist people moving to and from the altar rail. The usher ministry is in need of ushers for all Sunday morning services, Evensong and non-Sunday services, Christmas Eve or Holy Week services. Ushers typically serve at seven to nine ushered services a year, two consecutive Sundays at a time. Should you be interested in joining the Usher Ministry, please speak to one of the ushers wearing a white, yellow, or red carnation. They will take your name and contact information. You will be contacted to discuss your availability and assist in selecting a team you may wish to join.
WEDDING GUILD Wedding Guild members work with each couple before their wedding rehearsal, assist the clergy with the rehearsal and coordinate preparations for the ceremony on the wedding day. The guild is the welcoming committee for those getting married as well as their families and guests. We want all participants and attendees of Cathedral weddings to feel welcome, blessed, and have a beautiful experience. The guild welcomes and needs new members. To learn more about our ministry, please stop by our table at the Ministry Fair on August 22.
Please contact Hillary Jones, 404-365-1038, hjones@catheralATL.org, or Canon Cathy Zappa, 404-365-1043, czappa@cathedralATL.org, for additional information or if you are interested in participating in any of these ministries.
YOUTH YOUTH ACOLYTE REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Sign up to be a youth acolyte! We need you! All middle and high school youth are eligible to serve in this very important ministry, which is a good way to participate more deeply in the liturgy, to practice leadership, and to get to know other Cathedral youth. Acolyte teams are led by high school captains and typically serve twice a month. There will be a training/refresher for new and returning acolytes on Sunday, August 29 from 4:30–6 p.m. To that end, we will be monitoring health-andsafety guidelines and modifying our acolyting protocols accordingly. If you would like to acolyte in 2021–2022, please register at cathedralATL.org/ acolyte, so that we have your most updated information. You can also stop by the youth acolyte table at the Ministry Fair this Sunday, August 22, to register.
YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BIBLE STUDY RESUME IN SEPTEMBER Sunday morning youth formation will begin on Sunday, September 12 from 10:10 - 11 a.m. This is for all youth in grades 6-12. Bible Study will begin Tuesday, September 14, at 6:30 p.m. Contact Keith Dumke, kdumke@cathedralATL.org for more information and to register.
Children's MINISTRY CHILDREN'S CHAPEL AND GODLY PLAY RETURN! Children's Chapel will begin this Sunday, August 22 during the 8:45 a.m. service. Children ages 3–5th grade are invited to join the procession out of the Cathedral during the sequence hymn to participate in an age appropriate liturgy in the Cloister Garden. They will return at the offertory hymn for Holy Eucharist. Masks are required. Godly Play will return on Sunday, September 12 at 10:10 a.m. Registration for Godly Play can be found at cathedralATL.org/godlyplay. Please contact Lisa McNamara, lmcnamara@cathedralATL.org, for more information.
ONGOING OUTREACH PROJECTS Every year during the Cathedral's Week of Wonder, the children participate in an outreach project. This year the children's ministry had two. They continued their partnership with Phoebe Ellis and collected books for her literacy cart for the Boyce L. Ansley School. The literacy cart helps connect the classroom to the library and gives the children more access to books. The children also started a collection of school supplies for participants of the La Amistad after school tutoring program. These supplies will help students be ready for the new school year! Both projects are on-going through the month of August. Books and supplies can be left at the information desk in the Atrium of the Cathedral. For a list of books and supplies needed, contact Lisa McNamara, lmcnamara@cathedralATL.org.
SPIRITUALITY 2021 SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE Amy-Jill Levine, Ph.D., is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford Seminary and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, as well as Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. 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 book-signing after. For questions, please contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@cathedralATL.org. Registration and more information can be found at cathedralATL.org/spirituality.
Adult EDUCATION OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL RESUMES THIS FALL SUNDAYS AT 10:10 A.M. IN CHILD HALL AND ON ZOOM Old Fashioned Sunday School will meet every Sunday at 10:10 a.m., beginning September 12, to discuss topics of general interest to the Cathedral community. All are welcome. You will find a light heart, warm welcome, and good coffee! This year the class will, in a sense, be a return to the basics. Each class will address themes that arise in the lectionary readings scheduled to be read in church on that Sunday. Specifically, there will be five separate series. As we conclude Ordinary Time in the fall, the class will open with a series on the Gospel of Mark, focused on the political nature of the gospel. For Advent, the class will study the Gospel of Thomas to prepare us for the wonders of Christmas. The series scheduled for the seasons of Christmas and Epiphany will focus on the feast day liturgies that we typically celebrate during these seasons. The Lenten series will address the spirituality of death and dying with a focus on how hope helps us make sense of suffering. Finally, the Easter series will focus on the psychological dimensions of faith and how they might help us to live into the idea of resurrection now. It’s going to be fun and will help you use your faith to find meaning in your daily life. This class meets in Child Hall and is available online. For more information, contact Canon George Maxwell at gmaxwell@ cathedralATL.org.
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 Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org.
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SEE WHAT'S NEW WITH THE CATHEDRAL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS The Young Professionals group is made up of adults in their twenties and thirties who desire to be part of an active community of faith that will engage in spiritual formation, social gatherings, and service projects. With a new logo designed by YP member Jie Cao (thanks Jie!) and new Instagram page, the YPs are busily planning events for the fall.
LEARN MORE Visit the YP table at the Ministry Fair this Sunday, August 22, for more information about upcoming events or contact Keith Dumke, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, kdumke@cathedralATL.org.
@CATHEDRALATLYP Farmers MARKET Did you know the Cathedral Farmers Market is a Wholesome Wave Georgia Fresh for Less partner? That means that SNAP recipients can double up to $50 in benefits at each visit to the market, doubling their buying power for fresh fruits and veggies, all while supporting local farmers! Stop by the info tent to learn more about Georgia Fresh for Less and other community initiatives at the market.
SATURDAYS 8:30 A.M. – NOON IN THE CATHEDRAL PARKING LOT
CATHEDRAL Grounds Among some of the other campus improvements we’ve made this summer, we recently installed hearing loops in the Cathedral Nave and Child Hall. Hearing loops take a signal from a PA system and transmit it through a discreetly hidden wire loop surrounding a seating space. Anyone with a tele-coil equipped hearing aid can use the system without additional equipment by simply switching their personal hearing aid to the telecoil/T-coil position. This T-coil program has to be activated by your audiologist. Sound clarity is greatly increased because the distance between the speaker and the listener is bridged and background noise is nearly eliminated; there is no echo or distortion produced by room acoustics. It's like wiring the microphone directly into the hearing aid. This newly-installed system covers all seating areas in the Nave and Child Hall. For more information, contact David Rocchio, drocchio@ cathedralATL.org.
NEWCOMER RECEPTION The Newcomer Committee is hosting a reception for everyone who has joined the Cathedral of St. Philip in the past eighteen months. Yes, a good number of people joined our
community during the pandemic! And the Newcomer Committee is eager to get to know you and help you get to know this community. Come to the Gould Room, adjacent to Child Hall, at 10:10 a.m. this Sunday, August 22.