The Cathedral Times - August 20, 2023

The CATHEDRAL TIMES

The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · August 20, 2023

BUILDING COMMUNITY THREE FEET AT A TIME

By the Rev. Salmoon Bashir, Curate for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations

In 2017, one of the best things happened in my life. I accepted a call to serve as a resident member in the Community of St. Anslem (CoSA) in London. CoSA is an Anglican religious order of young people, and it is one of the priorities of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s ministry. For one year, 15 resident members from different parts of the world come together and dedicate themselves to deepen their relationship with God and one another through prayer, study, and service to the poor. They learn how to be a beloved community by living together, breaking bread together, sharing and receiving, traveling together, and even

arguing about things like what or how to cook.

I was one among those 15 resident members from 9 different countries, and various Christian denominations. We lived on the grounds of the Lambeth Palace which is the residence of Archbishop of Canterbury and a house of prayer for centuries. Brothers and Sisters from Roman Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, nondenominational, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Brethren, Baptist, and Lutheran churches joined this community. In that year, I experienced the power of community, the power of love across differences, when we all came together and shared our lives with one another. When people who are different in so many ways – in their praying styles, theological and political views, social and economic demographics – choose to come together to listen to one another and pray for and with one another, breakthrough happens. The power of such community where things which divide us become secondary and the values which unite us matters the most is transformative. That year taught me the beauty of seeing every person as a beloved Child of God and hearing their stories of joy, sadness, anger, hope, also Cricket, and favorite football teams (or should I say, soccer!) and our common connection to one faith, one Lord, one Baptism. After all, the first two words that come to mind when hearing the word “community” are common and unity.

When we look at the early church (even with all the disagreements they had at the time) we notice that they formed and lived in communities, prayed for one another, continued their fellowship, and opened their doors for each other. As it is written, “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42). The early Church lived according to the model given by Jesus, i.e., in communities. They chose to share their lives with one another irrespective of their disagreements, and by doing so they encountered Jesus on each step of their journeys even in a time of persecution and trials. The examples of these lived communal experiences can be found all throughout Church history.

In my last position as Chief of Staff at Fearless Dialogues, we used to animate an experiment called “3 Feet Challenge.” The challenge was about how we meet and have fellowship with those who come in our proximity of three feet. I wonder as we are entering from this summer season of rest and restoration to the fall season of growth, harvest, and change, how do we reenter into our communal lives. Maybe by opening doors for unlikely members of our communities? How about instead of trying to change the whole world, we see the person who is within three feet from us and build a community centered around love and sharing, of giving and receiving. While one person cannot change the entire world, one person can change the three feet around them by creating communities who care for one another. I wonder what community will be like when we offer unconditional love, break bread, and have fellowship with those who come within the proximity of our three feet, taking one day at a time and building the body of Christ three feet at a time.

Members of the Community of St. Anselm in the Crypt Chapel at Lambeth Palace. (The Rev. Salmoon Bashir, top left)

This SUNDAY

AUGUST 20, 2023 · The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 15, Year A Isaiah 56:1,6-8 • Psalm 67

• Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

• Matthew 15:21-28

8:45 AND 11:15 A.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 Lauren Holder

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

Celebrant: The Rev. Salmoon Bashir

Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder

Cathedral Choir: Malcolm Boyle (1902-1976), Thou, O God, art praised in Sion Paul Mealor (b. 1975), Ubi caritas et amor

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

Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval

Welcome Home

Thank you all for joining us for Homecoming last Sunday! We hope you found fellowship, community, and fun at our Ministry Fair. If you're still looking for ways to get involved at the Cathedral this year, pick up a copy of the Cathedral Handbook, found in the Atrium or check out the website at cathedral ATL .org for groups, events, classes, and more!

All GOD'S CHILDREN

JOIN US FOR THE ATLANTA PRIDE PARADE

All God's Children, the Cathedral's community of LGBTQ+ members, families and friends, will be participating and marching in the Atlanta Pride Parade on October 15, 2023. We will parade through the streets of midtown Atlanta, affirming the lives and dignity of our LGBTQ+ community. Registration is $20 per person, which includes a custom Cathedral Pride T-shirt to wear during the parade! Please RSVP at cathedralATL.org/prideparade by September 22, 2023

Important note: Interested persons who want to participate with All God's Children or the parade, are not required to identify as an LGBTQ+ individual; the only conditional requirement is a loving heart!

For any questions, please contact Canon Lauren Holder, lholder@cathedralATL.org.

PRAYER List

FOR THOSE WITH IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Bill Gray • Graham Mulling • LeAnn Tingle

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:

LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Randy Allen • Lucy Baker • Lizzie Bicksler • Virginia Bicksler • Ed Black  • Miguel Boaz-Contreras • Jeff Bonnell • The Bryant Family • Don Cameron • Connie Chapman • Geraldine Charles • Lawrence Cowart • The Crossley Family • Terry Dornbush • Deborah Ellington • Paul Fekete • Joyce Egan Ferris • Phoebe Forio • Tom Frolik • Ken Griffiths • D. Louis Gruver, Jr. • Suzanne Haerther • Jenny Ham • Karen Howard • Jane Jones • Earline King • Lisa Krysiak • Harry Lamon • Liza Lanier • Sally Llewellyn • Jill Mahaffey • Tommy Mason • Lee Moran • Susan Myers • Jim Myrick • Charlie Neal • Marian Palmore • Al Plummer • The Priestley Family • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Barbara and Joel Rice • Bob Riggins • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Betty Roper • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Gail Morgan Timmis • Tommy Truesdale • Connie Vaughan • Ron Wallace • Michael Wood • Jonathan Wright

FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Josephine Rose Adams • Elizabeth Alexander • Cinforosa Gómez Alonzo • Alison and Jeffrey Armor • Kaneez Khanum Bashir • Shaista Bashir • Bettina Bass • William Beane • Ray and Pat Bell • Eleanor Blount and Justin Blount Murray •

Jason Brady • Chet Brewer • Catherine Brinton • Lila Jo Callaway • Mika Chorey • Anna Clifford • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon •

Apryl Roberts Cox • Bob Crawford • Angela DeRuvo • Megan Dyer • Ron Dyer • Kenneth Farr • Harry Fifield • Peter Foster • John

Gerding • Jim Gregory and Rick Hoyle • Scott Gregory • McKee Hamilton • Don Harp III • Gayle Higley • Jay Horton • Beth Ingle •

Cami Jackson • Patty and Shannon Jafolis • Brendan Jenkins • The Kelly Family • Robin Kemp • Tim Kirkbride • Dick Kustin • Herb Larrabee • Pete Livezey • Cakers Long • Carolyn R. Lusk • Lauren Makhlouf • Susan Mendivil • Elaine Metcalf • Marion Hickman

Meythaler • Betsy Moore • Sharon Morgan • Linus Nickel • Linda Pace • Ronald and Clara Peters • Ginny Quinn • Einar Sagstuen • James Sands • Skip Saunders • Patricia Schooley • Stacey Schuitema • Austin Scott and family • Don Smith • Philip Gregory Smith •

Michael and Kathryn Snider • Christy Strum • Harry F. Sutcliffe • John and Cleary Tanner • Pierson Thames • Donnie and Ann Waller • Jennifer Wright • Whit A. Wright • Marjorie Young • Hollis Youngner

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Rachel Laurin • Sandra Wells Reese • Peter Sanders

The CATHEDRAL of 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. Canon Julia B. Mitchener, Canon for Mission

The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care

The Rev. Salmoon Bashir, Curate for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations

The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries and Pastoral Care

The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate

Ward Bondurant, Senior Warden

Melody Palmore, Junior Warden

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Adult EDUCATION

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 AND 27

Old Fashioned Sunday School

Child Hall, 10:10 a.m., led by John Beane Come sing a hymn or two in Old Fashioned Sunday School. We will also discuss the history of hymnody in the Christian Church in general. Are hymns mentioned in the Bible? What was early hymnody like and how has it developed over the centuries? What is “sacred harp” or “shape note” singing? We’ll also zero in on hymnody in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church in particular. Did you know that the singing of hymns in the Church of England was only sanctioned in 1820, after the parishioners of a church in Sheffield, England, took their parish priest to court when he tried to introduce hymns into Sunday worship? We’ll talk about differences between our Episcopal The Hymnal 1940 and its successor, The Hymnal 1982, as well as review some of the conclusions of the 2012 Hymnal Revision Feasibility Study. As time permits, we’ll learn stories and facts about some of your favorite hymns, including amazing facts about “Amazing Grace”.

Living Faith: Discovering Spiritual Growth with the Enneagram

Room 239, 10:10 a.m.

The Enneagram is an insightful, spiritual personality-typing system that offers another lens into Christian teachings and is a helpful resource for spiritual growth. Join Canons Holder, Mitchener, and Zappa as we explore what it means to live out our faith through conversation with scripture and tradition, contemporary books, and, most important, one another. All are welcome!

NEW BOOK STUDY IN SEPTEMBER

Thursday Evening Book Study with Canon Julia Mitchener

Starting Thursday, September 14

Tracy Kidder’s 2023 New York Times Bestseller Rough Sleepers tells the story of a doctor who founded a medical practice for the homeless citizens of Boston. Kidder’s writing is compelling and highly narrative. Her sharing of the complex issues that have created our nation’s affordable housing crisis and the personal stories of those most impacted challenges and inspires readers to greater personal engagement.

The Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener will lead a four week study of Rough Sleepers on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. beginning on September 14. Join us in the Cathedral Bookstore for light bites, fellowship, and good conversation about things that matter. For more information, or to sign up, please contact Canon Mitchener at julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org.

OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS FALL

Being With: The Road to Reconciliation

Begins Sunday, September 17

Child Hall, 10:10 a.m.

In May of this year, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the United States Surgeon General, issued an Advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country. The Rev. Samuel Wells, Vicar of St. Martins-in-the-Fields in central London, has argued that the first step we might take in dealing with this predicament is to change the way we think about God from one who works for us to one who wants to be with us.

Canon George Maxwell will lead a discussion that looks more deeply at Murthy’s diagnosis and the healing remedy that Wells prescribes.

Murthy discusses his warnings about isolation, loneliness, and lack of connection in his book Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World (NY: Harper Wave, 2020). Wells introduces many of his ideas about being with in his book Humbler Faith, Bigger God: Finding a Story to Live By (Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI, 2022). Copies of both books may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.

Being With: An Exploration Of Christian Life and Faith

Begins Thursday, September 21

6 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

Canon George Maxwell and Mary Hunter Maxwell will lead a small group of between six to fourteen people in a ten-week course that follows a curriculum called Being With: A Course Exploring Christian Faith and Life (2022) that was developed by Sam Wells and Sally Hitchiner. The course will begin on Thursday, September 21 at 6 p.m. and meet weekly thereafter. Each meeting will be in person and will last for 90 minutes. The course will follow a format that is designed to explore in more depth some of the concepts that will be discussed in Old Fashioned Sunday School on Sunday mornings. Please send an email to Canon Maxwell at gmaxwell@ cathedralATL.org, if you are interested in participating.

PASTORAL CARE

AUGUST IS NATIONAL MAKE-A-WILL MONTH

LANDSCAPES OF GRIEF

Sundays, September 17 – October 22, 2023

Lanier House, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

This in-person grief support group is open to all adults working through the death of a loved one and is facilitated by Canon Cathy Zappa and Gillian Renault of Hospice Atlanta. Sessions occur over consecutive weeks. Participants are asked to commit to attending all sessions. After the 2nd meeting the group will be closed to new participants.

For more information and to register, please contact Paulette Slawson via email at Paulette.Slawson@vnhs.org or by phone at 404-527-6558.

The Book of Common Prayer directs us to make prudent provisions, including wills, while we are in good health, to arrange for the disposal of temporal goods, not neglecting to leave bequests for religious and charitable uses. National MakeA-Will Month is the perfect time to make sure your affairs are up to date. We hope that every member of the Cathedral has a will, and that every will includes the Cathedral! Members who have included the Cathedral in their estate plans are eligible for inclusion in the Arbor Society of the Cathedral of St. Philip.

Please contact David Rocchio at 404-365-1033 or drocchio@cathedralATL.org to learn more about the Arbor Society, planned giving opportunities at the Cathedral, and/or for estate planning referrals.

BOOK LAUNCH CELEBRATION: THE NEW BIG BOOK OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM

By Carl McColman

August 31, 7 p.m.

The Cathedral Bookstore

“The Christian of the future will be a mystic—or will not exist.” These words from theologian Karl Rahner uttered half a century ago seem more relevant than ever. Is mysticism necessary for the survival of Christianity? What exactly is Christian mysticism? How can it be relevant in our crisis-ridden world? Questions like these inspire The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism, a newly updated edition from beloved spiritual teacher and bestselling author Carl McColman.

The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism serves as both introduction and practical instruction for a living contemplative practice today. In addition to the overview of mysticism, spiritual and prayer practices, the various types of mysticism in Christian tradition, and influential mystics through the millennia, this second edition offers an embodied understanding of the mystic life and includes a more diverse range of voices and perspectives, including five new chapters covering themes such as mysticism's relationship to eroticism, social justice, and community engagement. This event is free and open to the public.

The Choirs of the Cathedral of St. Philip proudly present Choirs Uncorked! Join us Friday, September 8, as we hang up our cassocks and let our hair down to show a side of ourselves not seen on a normal Sunday morning. We will be showcasing many styles from 42nd Street to the Met. This musical feast will also include snacks and beverages for your enjoyment. We will also have a silent auction with treasures from the vaults of some of our finest parishioners. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the silent auction, and the show will begin at 7:30 p.m. All proceeds from the evening will go to fund the choir's next pilgrimage to England in 2024 to St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and York Minster. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you there!

Tickets:

• General Admission: $40

• VIP Table of 8: $450 (includes preferred seating, available online only)

• Reserved Table of 8: $400 (includes reserved seating only, available online only) Tickets are available online at cathedralATL.org/uncorked and in-person from the Cathedral Bookstore.

This concert is a fundraiser, so if you can’t make it but would like to contribute, you can donate to the choir pilgrimage online at cathedralATL.org/2024Pilgrimage or send your donation to the Cathedral c/o the Music Office. You can also donate items for the silent auction; some highly sought-after items include vacation home rental, theater tickets, airline miles, artwork, gift certificates, collectibles, service vouchers, antiques, etc. Items can be dropped off Sundays between services (10 a.m. -11:10 a.m.) in the Atrium, or during the week at the Security Desk, also in the Atrium. For more information, please call the music office at 404-365-1050.

Calling all women of the Cathedral – join the ECW for tasty beverages and light fare and learn about all the ways you can "plug in" at the Cathedral this year.

The ECW is a wonderful group of women who support the efforts of ALL members of the Cathedral in order to help people find Christian community through service, study, and worship.

Stop by for casual conversation and fellowship and learn about the Guilds of the Cathedral and the other ECW supported groups like Cathedral Giving By Design, Green Aprons, and the Thrift House. We promise there is a place for you! Come find it at our Ladies' Night!

There is no charge for this event, but we ask you to kindly RSVP at cathedralATL.org/ladiesnight. Questions? Contact Kendrick Dopp, ECW President, at kendrick@cookingforlove.net, or Haven Long, ECW President-elect, at havenlong@yahoo.com.

SPIRITUALITY

FACILITATED LABYRINTH WALK AND TAIZÉ

Monday, August 21, 7 p.m.

Please join us for a contemplative Third Monday of August. We’ll begin in Child Hall for an hour of walking the sacred labyrinth path starting at pm. Or come a few minutes early for a brief introduction if you are new to the labyrinth.

Then, come to Mikell Chapel at 8 p.m. for Taizé Prayers for Peace. Originating in Taizé, France, this simple service of scripture, music, silence, and candlelight will bring a beautiful and prayerful close to your Monday.

The facilitated Labyrinth walk and Taizé service take place every 3rd Monday at the Cathedral. Come to one, or both – and bring a friend! Questions? Contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@cathedralATL.org or 404-365-1031.

WATCH “THE CHOSEN” WEDNESDAY EVENINGS

“The Chosen”! It’s a video series of scripture-based Jesus stories that’s energizing viewers worldwide. We resume Wednesday August 23, to watch the last two episodes of season 3!

Join us at 6 p.m. in the Gould Room to enjoy a communal dinner, or arrive at 6:45 p.m. to join the remaining half-hour discussion. Bring a potluck offering to share with 12-15 attendees, or more as you’re encouraged to invite family members or friends, associates, and co-workers.

Watch episodes at watch.thechosen.tv or download “The Chosen” app, and search the internet for reviews and interviews that highlight one of our greatest faith-based breakthroughs in Christian media this century.

For further information contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith at 404-365-1093 or tsmith@cathedralATL.org.