The CATHEDRAL TIMES The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · August 29, 2021
IT FELT LIKE SPRING! By the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa, Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care It felt like spring! Even in the dog-days of an Atlanta August, it felt like spring here at the Cathedral this past Sunday. It wasn’t just the soft, pink and white flowers on the altar or the rich green vestments. It was you! It was the people of this community, gathering together, offering your ministries, and inviting others into them. It has been two years since our last Ministry Fair, and much has happened since then. There has been a pandemic! There is still a pandemic! There have been many, many losses. We have witnessed many tragedies and injustices, close to home and far away. There have been painful divisions. There has been rage and violence and fear. In March 2020, our church building had to close. That marked the beginning of what Dean Candler called a “season of social distance for the common good.” It has been a hard season, like a long, hard, cold winter. For months, we hibernated at home, worshipping and meeting online. Then, in September 2020, some of us began to gather for worship outside. In the colder months, we gathered around a fire, which provided warmth, light, and, at times, lots of smoke! On Christmas Eve, we celebrated Christ’s birth as the first shepherds did, outside, in the cold dark, weathering rain, snow, sleet, and a mighty wind that upended the tent over our altar. Finally, in March 2021, we held our first service in the nave in over a year. We carefully and joyfully made our way back into the building… in masks. A few weeks later, we started singing again, together! And a few weeks later still, without masks! It was as if the first, small signs of spring, of rebirth, were asserting themselves: the blades of a daffodil here, buds on a dogwood tree there. Then another cold front blew through: this latest COVID surge. The masks came back out, and we’re wearing them still. We need to be cautious and vigilant again; some of us will need to stay at home. It is discouraging, to be sure. But what I saw at the Ministry Fair filled me with hope and gratitude. What I saw was life. Resilience. Joy. What I saw was the persistent beauty and faith of this community. What I saw was a commitment to serving God, loving one another, and caring for those who are most vulnerable. As any gardener knows, gardens do not die in the winter. They lay fallow. There is work to be done in those winter months. That is true of this church, too. There has been a lot of work done over this last year and a half. A lot! Remember those online services? They took hours to prepare. One two-minute reading might have ten or more takes behind it. (Thank you, lectors and intercessors! Thank you, Dan Murphy and Brant McCaskill!) Our Altar and Flower Guilds came in to prepare the worship spaces for recording, and then again for inperson services—adapting again and again as things kept changing. (Thank you, Altar and Flower Guilds!) When we were registering for services, ushers ticked off names as worshippers arrived. Volunteers and staff arrived early and stayed late to set up and take down our outdoor altar, sound system, and chairs. (Thank you, ushers, vergers, and sextons!) We held baptisms, weddings, and funerals outside, too, so that we could continue to mark these holy transitions together. (Thank you, Baptism, Wedding, and Funeral Guilds!) Our community—you!—hung in there through all these changes. You have been patient, supportive, and gracious as we all have made—at times fumbled—our way through this pandemic. You kept caring for one another, being intentional about checking in with others and reaching out to those who have been sick, absent, bereaved. You have been persistent in showing, through prayer and material support, loving concern for those in need, in our community and beyond. Thank you, thank you! It has been a long winter. And this past Sunday, I got a glimpse of spring, that vibrant season of growth, rebirth, rebuilding. I saw a vibrant community, which has been busy tending the soil, planting, watering. I look forward to seeing the good fruit we will bear this year, together, in the name of Christ.
This SUNDAY
AUGUST 29, 2021 · The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 17, Year B Song of Solomon 2:8-13 · Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10 · James 1:17-27 · Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CLOISTER GARDEN
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder
8:45 A.M. AND 11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL WORSHIP WITH US IN-PERSON AND 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. Julia Mitchener Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder Cathedral Singers: Alec Rowley (1892-1958), Andante Religioso, Op. 64 Hymn 477, “All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine” Engelberg Hymn 566, “From thee all skill and science flow” Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), We love the place, O God, wherein thine honor dwells Hymn 707, “Take my life, and let it be” Hollingside Robert Powell, Sanctus & Benedictus S-129 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ave verum corpus Hymn 656, “Blest are the pure in heart” Franconia Hymn 382, “King of glory, King of peace, I will love thee” General Seminary Sidney S. Campbell (1909-1974), Gaudeamus
11:15 A.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA, CON LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA , MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
PRAYER List FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Jerri Darnell • Jenny Ham. LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Penny Barnett • Edgar and Judith Beach • Perry Benton • Virginia Bicksler • Heather
Clark • Sharon Crews • The Crossley Family • Marg Denny • Melana and Nyland Dickson • 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 • Debbie Ragen • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Nora Robillard • 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 • Nathan Curry • Sandy Ford • Carleton Fuller • Peter Garbus • Theresa Gent • Patricia Plummer Glowatsky • Gayle Higley • Robert Hoder • William Hudson • Cadel Ingraham • Lilliana Isola • Stephen Jones • Karen Kauffman • 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 • Ginny Quinn • Carter Randall • Carson Rengel • Courtney Rosenthal • Lisa and Sophia Rowe • Einar Sagstuen • James Sands • Milton Shiver • Timothy Shotmeyer • Richard Smith • Mike Stone • Paul Sturtz • Tina Susco • Vernon T. • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Bryson Thomas • Wayne Thurman • Olive Toy • Roger Traylor • Harris Wilson • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Nicholas Clendon Howard
Congregational LIFE DEMENTIA CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Thursdays, 1 – 2 p.m. This group offers emotional support, practical information, and supportive companionship for dementia caregivers. It is led by an experienced facilitator and dementia caregiver, Roy Kerfoot, and sponsored by Piedmont Sixty Plus. The group usually meets at Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church (across the street from the Cathedral); however, for the time being, it is meeting online. For more information and for the Zoom link, contact Canon Cathy Zappa at czappa@cathedralATL.org or Roy Kerfoot at roy.kerfoot@gmail. com.
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.
12 STEP PROGRAMS AA and Al-Anon groups meet weekly at the Cathedral or on Zoom. Contact Canon Cathy Zappa, 404-3651043 or czappa@cathedralATL.org, for more information. Alcoholics Anonymous Group Meeting “Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem." -AA.org Tuesday, 7 p.m., Lanier House Wednesday, 7 p.m., Lanier House Al-Anon “Al Anon is a mutual support program for people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. By sharing common experiences and applying the Al-Anon principles, families and friends of alcoholics can bring positive changes to their individual situations, whether or not the alcoholic admits the existence of a drinking problem or seeks help.” -Al-Anon.org Tuesday, 10 a.m. Peachtree Al-Anon Family Group Thursday, 10:30 a.m., Room 122
The CATHEDRAL off ST. PHILIP The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean
Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music
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WORSHIP Support “CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’RE PRE-QUALIFIED!” The last time someone told you that, they wanted you to buy something. But we have other plans… Now that we have your attention, hold that thought! The title will make sense in a moment. If you have ever been bereaved, you may have observed that some people were able to comfort you by their very presence. They likely had no rare gift or special training; rather, they were just able to share their humanity with you when you needed it. That is what the Cathedral’s Funeral Guild does. It is a ministry of presence. No specialized training is required; the primary activity is making visitors feel welcome in an unfamiliar place. It really is that simple. You’re prequalified! You can serve as frequently or infrequently as you wish, and there truly is “something for everyone” in the guild’s work. Along the way, you will meet wonderful parishioners, hear varied perspectives on love and loss, and perhaps even find comfort and healing for yourself. We would be honored if you joined us. For more information about the Funeral Guild, please contact Trammell Williams, twilliams@cathedralATL.org, 404-365-1067 or Canon Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org, 404-365-1043.
Cathedral ANTIQUES SHOW TAKING A PAUSE FOR A PURPOSE In January 2021 the Cathedral Antiques Show celebrated its 50th Anniversary. This milestone marked our continued commitment of supporting local nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to advancing their missions and broadening outreach. To date, over $5.8 million has been donated to meet the needs of some of our most vulnerable citizens. This year we were pleased to partner with our beneficiary 180 Degree Kitchen at City of Refuge. The pandemic required us to do things differently and we were thrilled with our success, and with the continued support of our faithful St. Philip’s community. We are proud of the Antiques Show and the legacy it represents; we are also aware that the world has changed and new approaches are required to maintain and expand our fundraising efforts. For the past several years an ad hoc committee has studied and evaluated best practices to guide the future of the show. We also formed a new committee, Community Charity Council, to explore future outreach efforts. The research and the work of the combined committees will give us an opportunity to build on our past successes. After careful consideration the decision has been made to take a pause for 2022 as we reflect, redirect, and develop a new and improved show for the next fifty years. We are so grateful for the countless volunteers, church parishioners, antique dealers, designers, sponsors, patrons, and show enthusiasts whose generosity enables the Cathedral Antiques Show to give back to the Atlanta community in meaningful ways. We look forward to your continued support when we return in 2023. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact Anne Matthews, show@cathedralantiques.org,404365-1107, or Nancy Rizor, rizorr@bellsouth.net, 404-606-3011. Visit the CAS website to stay up to date with plans for 2023: cathedralantiques.org
OUTREACH SUPPORTING PARTNERS IN HAITI The loose offering the first Sunday of every month normally supports the Discretionary Fund for the Needy, the Cathedral's emergency funds for our local community partners who support our neighbors in need. The first Sunday of September, however, these funds will be donated to Episcopal Relief & Development in their ongoing support for the people of Haiti, who suffered a devastating earthquake on August 14. The Diocese of Haiti quickly assessed the most urgent needs of vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, mothers with young children, the elderly, and people whose homes were damaged or destroyed. The diocese selected 400 families in hard-to-reach areas that have been affected by the earthquake and Tropical Storm Grace. With Episcopal Relief & Development’s support, these families will receive direct assistance so that they can meet basic needs such as food, medicine, and housing. We ask that you give generously on Sunday, September 5, to support the Episcopal Relief & Development’s efforts to help these families recover from the combined disasters of the earthquake and tropical storm. Online donations made to the Discretionary Fund for the Needy during the first week of September will also go towards the ERD's relief efforts and can be made at cathedralATL.org/ discretionaryfund.
HELP WELCOME AFGHAN ALLIES TO GEORGIA Our friends at Inspiritus have a long history of welcoming refugees and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders to Georgia and accompanying them on their journey from surviving to thriving. When Afghan allies and their families arrive at Inspiritus, they often have little more than the clothes on their backs. In some cases, there can be a 5-7 day gap between the families’ arrivals and the services they are eligible to receive through the United States resettlement program. To help rapidly resettle and support a large influx of Afghan SIVs into the metro Atlanta area, Inspiritus is gathering much needed items for these families including: blankets, clothing (men, women, children, and babies), diapers, baby food, canned goods, rice, and oil. These items will be used to supplement the emergency kit they give each family upon arrival. The Cathedral Young Professionals are also collecting gift cards from grocery stores and general merchandise stores to donate to families so they may purchase additional needed items. Donations can be left at the information desk in the Atrium. (Please make a note that they are for the Inspiritus collection drive). Please contact Sara Craig-Goodell, scraiggoodell@cathedralATL.org, 404-3651049, for questions or more information.
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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 this 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.
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 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.
GODLY PLAY RETURNS SEPTEMBER 12! 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.
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.
CONTINUING BIBLICAL GREEK SUNDAYS AT 1:15 P.M. IN ROOM 239 AND ON ZOOM Open to beginners, this class includes long-term members who translate using grammar aids, lexicons and commentaries, enjoying how the Greek text reveals nuance and depth in scripture. Provided on a drop-in basis, first-time visitors need no previous knowledge of Greek. Initial classes begin with alphabet and pronunciation practice prior to proceeding to translation. This class is Sundays from 1:15-2:45 p.m., in-person in Room 239, and via Zoom. Please contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, tsmith@ cathedralATL.org, 404-365-1093, for more information.
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CATHEDRAL Scholars The Higher Education Scholarship Committee recently held a barbecue in honor of our Cathedral Scholars at the home of Amy and Fred Rudolph. Since forming the committee two years ago, four students have received scholarships. Charlotte Henry (far left) is our newest scholarship recipient, and she will be starting her first year at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Leslie Coronel (second from left) is a continuing Cathedral Scholar and is returning for her sophomore year at the University of the South. We also celebrated the graduation of two of our Scholars: Nicole Baños (second from right) and Rachel Woods (far right). Nicole graduated from the University of Georgia and has accepted a position as a Quality Assurance Supervisor at Birchwood Foods. Rachel received her master’s degree from Georgia State University and will continue as a Cathedral Scholar as she enters the university’s Ph.D. program in English Rhetoric and Composition. We are proud of these students, and we look forward to awarding many more scholarships in the future. To learn more about this program, go to www.cathedralATL. org/scholarship.
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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 or cochlear implant can use the system without additional equipment by simply switching their personal hearing aid to the tele-coil/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.
Cathedral THRIFT HOUSE If you think this is how to shop:
You are WRONG my friend! REAL shopping is at the UTTERLY UPSCALE
CATHEDRAL THRIFT HOUSE TRUNK SHOW
SATURDAYS 8:30 A.M. – NOON IN THE CATHEDRAL PARKING LOT
Wednesday, October 20 2 – 5 p.m. 4655 Lake Forrest Drive Jewelry, Fur, Designer Clothes and MORE!