The CATHEDRAL TIMES

EASTER 2023 ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN!

By the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral

Thank you! Thanks to you who prepared the way for holiness and resurrection this past week. It was a Holy Week for us, a Holy Walk with Jesus through processions and prayers, suppers and songs, crosses and blades of growing grass.

Yes, thanks to you, to each of you! You who served so well know who you are. You carried palm branches and sang. You set up altars with vestments and then you took them down. You rehearsed beautiful anthems and choruses. You sang! You prayed. You cleaned floors and polished brass. You vacuumed and swept. You gathered flowers and arranged flowers. You set up a huge bonfire for Easter morning! You locked and secured the building. You carried sound equipment outside and inside. You turned dials and adjusted lights. You distributed service leaflets, and showed people through the darkness with little flashlights.

You carried more crosses! You took up offerings! You made sure we had enough bread and wine for communion. You made sure the Paschal Candle was properly prepared. You lit people’s candles. You rehearsed some more! You arranged more flowers. You read lessons. You prayed intercessions. You preached. You cared for children. You brought friends and family to church itself.

This past Sunday, Easter of 2023, did not just suddenly happen, like a rabbit jumping out of a hat! The beauty and majesty and power and wonder of Easter at the Cathedral Parish of St. Philip happened because holy and faithful people prepared. Devoted people spent hours of their time in such preparation and work. You are those people!

I know that, properly speaking, this church belongs to God! This is God’s church. But the church also, properly speaking, belongs to the people who give to it. Something is not yours if it is only given to you. Something is yours if YOU have given to IT! And you have given to the Cathedral!

Yes, thanks for giving to the Cathedral Parish of St. Philip this past Easter. And thanks for giving throughout the year. It is a great joy for me to walk with you here. I could walk with you as a child of the light throughout the year!

Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!

This SUNDAY

8:45 A.M., 11:15 A.M., AND 4 P.M.: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE

CATHEDRALATL.ORG / THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP APP / FACEBOOK / YOUTUBE

7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL

Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa

8:45 A.M. AND 11:15 A.M HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL

Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa

8:45 a.m. Cathedral Singers / 11:15 a.m. Cathedral Choir:

Craig Phillips (b. 1961), We walk by faith and not by sight

Howard Helvey (b. 1968), Awake, arise! Lift up thy voice

11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL

Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval

4 P.M. CHORAL EVENSONG, CATHEDRAL

Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener

Cathedral Schola:

Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (b. 1971), Preces & Responses

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in B flat

Craig Phillips (b. 1961), We walk by faith and not by sight

Howard Helvey (b. 1968), Awake, arise! Lift up thy voice

ADULT Education

THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 16

Old Fashioned Sunday School

Child Hall , 10:10 a.m.

How Do We Know God?

We have been talking about how we know what we know. This week, Canon Maxwell will focus on the question of how we know what we know about God. We’ll look at scenes from the 2018 film titled “An Ideal Husband,” which is based on a late nineteenth century Oscar Wilde play that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on themes of public and private honor.

Young Professionals “Coffee & Conversation Cards”

Walthour Library, 10:10 a.m.

On Sunday mornings during the formation hour, the Young Professionals’ Group will gather in Walthour Library using conversation cards to inspire Christian discussions on scripture, faith and life.

Body and Soul: Men’s Health and Spirituality

Walthour Library and on Zoom, 1 p.m.

This Sunday, April 16, Body and Soul will continue with the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith. An associate priest at the Cathedral and Professor Emiritus at Emory University, his academic and teaching specialties include philosophy of religion, African American religious studies, Christian theology, and religion and violence. He is the author of Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations of Black America, and co-editor of Curing Violence: Essays on René Girard

Enjoy Biblical Greek

Room 239 and on Zoom, 1:15 p.m.

This newcomer-friendly class is open to beginners, while including long-term members who enjoy exchanging tips, best learning practices, and coaching points on how to translate the Greek New Testament. Please contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, tsmith@cathedralATL.org, for more information.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITALS KIPP GILL, ORGAN

All Saints Episcopal Church, Warner Robbins, Georgia SUNDAY, APRIL 16 — 3:15 P.M.

IN-PERSON AND ONLINE AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in F Major, BWV 540 Calvin Hampton (1938-1984), Two Movements from 5 Dances for Organ Marcel Dupré (1866-1971), Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No 1

Farmers Market

Flavor Forward At The Cathedral Farmers Market

The Cathedral Farmers Market has partnered with Flavor Forward to find volunteers, recruit chefs, and feed our neighbors in need. Flavor Forward is a community platform which addresses food insecurity in Atlanta. They work with the Atlanta restaurant scene as well as local high school student volunteers to prepare and deliver nutritious, quality, and delicious meals to Free99Fridge and other charitable organizations.

Atlanta chefs recruited by Flavor Forward simply cook. Flavor Forward pays for the ingredients and containers and then packs and delivers the meals to community partners. The Cathedral Towers was a recent beneficiary of 100 meals cooked up by Chef Candy at Soup Belly. All enjoyed the delicious food and community built around sharing a meal together. The market and Flavor Forward plan to continue delivering meals to the Towers and add our partners at Intown Collaborative Ministries to their regular meal deliveries.

If you're interested in donating your time, talent, or treasure to the Cathedral Farmers Market or Flavor Forward, please contact Nancy Qarmout, nancy@peachtreeroadfarmersmarket.com