The Cathedral Times - September 24, 2023

The CATHEDRAL TIMES

The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · September 24, 2023

REFLECTIONS ON PATIENCE

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

I don’t always play guitar, but when I do, I play a Joni Mitchell song! Playing guitar, which I do poorly, makes me slow down. In the past couple of months, I played “The Circle Game” a lot. Perhaps you remember its chorus, “the seasons, they go round and round, and the painted ponies go up and down.” Maybe you remember its verses, describing the wonder of a boy growing from young, to 10, to 16, and, finally, to 20 years old.

In the 16-year-old verse, “they tell him, ‘take your time, it won’t be long now, ‘til you drag your feet to slow the circles down.’” The last verse is, “So the years spin by and now the boy is 20 / Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true / There’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty / Before the last revolving year is through.”

For the past forty years, as I have sung this song, I have been disappointed that the song stops when the boy is but 20 years old, as if that is the end of the road! Of course, Joni Mitchell, a real poetic genius, was only about 23 years old when she wrote this amazingly wise song; the song’s ages stopped at 20 years old. Yet, she knew that “it won’t be long now, ‘til you drag your feet to slow the circles down.”

I have been considering patience lately, and the lack of it around our world. It used to be that impatience was a sure sign of youth and immaturity. Well, it sure was with me. I was always impatient in my young days, eager to get here, go there, accomplish this, achieve that. Joni Mitchell was writing to me when she said, “Take your time, it won’t be long now.”

But impatience seems to be a feature of our present culture, no matter what our age. Many of us are still eager to catch up on the time we lost during the pandemic. We want to have everything back, and in a hurry. We want the latest iPhone. We binge watch the latest television shows. We snarl at the traffic that has returned. We gripe at the slow pace of good politics.

“Patience you must have, my young Padawan. Have patience and all will be revealed,” said Yoda. (But Yoda had to live almost 900 years before he could say that!)

I think that patience is the way we are supposed to endure change, to endure especially the unchosen changes that happen to us, the changes that are forced upon us. The word “suffer” itself, means, in some way, to endure change, to go through change. The wise people among us use the word, “patience,” to describe how to live through such unchosen changes, such suffering. Indeed, sometimes the Bible uses the word, “longsuffering” instead of “patience.”

Yes, I know that there are always people clamoring for change. Most of us want change. But we usually want only the change that we choose! We are usually not willing, for instance, to change ourselves. We would rather change someone else!

“Live by the Spirit,” said Saint Paul, “and do not gratify the desires of the flesh” And one of the fruits of the Spirit, he said, is patience. Patience is a sign that we are living in the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23).

How, then, might we cultivate patience in a frantic age? My first advice is always to “stop the urgency.” Most things are not really so urgent as we make them out to be. When I am stuck and stifled and snarled, one of my practices is to stop trying to move! When I let go of the urgent, I often appreciate something else that is present right there. There might be great love there, great joy (two other fruits of the Spirit).

Or, I go sit somewhere. And I practice, again and again, practice stopping the urgency. Church buildings are good places for that. Chapels and naves. Quiet places where there is no urgency. Where prayer has been valid before, and where prayer will be valid again. Slow the circles down. Patience.

This SUNDAY

SEPTEMBER 24 2023 · The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 20, Year A

Jonah 3:10-4:11 • Psalm 145:1-8 • Philippians 1:21-30 • Matthew 20:1-16

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. Dr. Thee Smith

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

Celebrant: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder

Preacher: The Very Rev. Sam Candler

8:45 a.m. Cathedral Singers/11:15 a.m. Cathedral Schola: Healey Willan (1880-1968), Christ hath a garden

Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), Simile est regnum caelorum

11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARIST Í A , MIKELL CHAPEL

Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval

4 P.M. CHORAL EVENSONG FOR THE FEAST OF LANCELOT ANDREWES (OBSERVED), CATHEDRAL

Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder

Cathedral Choir:

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Preces & Responses

Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991), Gloucester Service

Eleanor Daley (b. 1955), Open thou mine eyes

Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), Save us, O Lord, waking

MUSIC

SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITALS

JINHEE KIM, ORGAN

Shallowford Presbyterian Church

Atlanta, Georgia

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 — 3:15 P.M. IN-PERSON AND ONLINE AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS

Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), Comes Autumn Time

Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), “Sicilienne” from Suite pour Orgue, Op. 5

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Organ Sonata No. 1, Op. 65

CORONATION

Works of G.F. Handel & J.S. Bach Atlanta Baroque Orchestra with the Cathedral Choir & Cathedral Schola

Friday, October 13, 2023 7:30 p.m.

Program:

Handel, Zadok the Priest

Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Handel, Organ Concerto Opus 4, No. 2 in B flat

Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major Handel, Overture to Esther

Handel, The King Shall Rejoice

Purchase tickets at cathedralATL.org/concerts

Presented by Friends of Cathedral Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip, the Cathedral’s Moore-Wilkerson Concert Endowment, and the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra.

PRAYER List

FOR THOSE WITH IMMEDIATE NEEDS: The Darnell Family • Tory Hartness • Jackson Pike

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:

LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Randy Allen • Lucy Baker • Virginia Bicksler • Ed Black • Miguel Boaz-Contreras • The Bryant Family • Don Cameron • Chris Cann • Connie Chapman • Geraldine Charles • The Crossley Family • Everett Doffermyre •

Terry Dornbush • Deborah Ellington • Paul Fekete • Joyce Egan Ferris • Phoebe Forio • Tom Frolik • Bill Gray • Ken Griffiths • Steve

Gunter • D. Louis Gruver, Jr. • Jenny Ham • Karen Howard • Jane Jones • Earline King • Lisa Krysiak • Harry Lamon • Liza Lanier •

Jill Mahaffey • Tommy Mason • Rebecca McDonough • Lee Moran • Graham Mulling • Susan Myers • Jim Myrick • Charlie Neal •

Catalina Barragan Oliveros • 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 • Tommy Truesdale •

Connie Vaughan • Ron Wallace • Jonathan Wright

FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Josephine Rose Adams • Elizabeth Alexander • Cinforosa Gómez Alonzo • Kaneez Khanum Bashir • Shaista

Bashir • Bettina Bass • 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 • Mollie Davidson • Angela DeRuvo • Megan Dyer • Ron Dyer • William Erb • Kenneth Farr • Harry Fifield • Peter Foster • 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 • Kim and Matt Kredich • Dick Kustin • Herb Larrabee • Pete Livezey • Cakers Long • Hilda Lukwago • Carolyn R. Lusk • Lauren Makhlouf • Susan Mendivil • Elaine Metcalf • Marion Hickman Meythaler • The Molho Family • Betsy Moore • Anne Morgan • Sharon Morgan • Linus Nickel • Linda Pace • Ronald and Clara Peters • Page Polk • Sandra Polk • Ginny Quinn • Einar Sagstuen • Edward Sajdak • James Sands • Skip Saunders • Patricia Schooley • Stacey Schuitema • Austin Scott and family • Murray Smartt • Don Smith • Philip Gregory Smith • Michael and Kathryn Snider • Christy Strum • Harry F. Sutcliffe • Gretchen Sutton • John and Cleary Tanner • Pierson Thames • LeAnn Tingle • Donnie and Ann Waller • Jennifer Wilson • Whit A. Wright • Marjorie Young • Hollis Youngner

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Lori Darnell • Jane Kradel • Syed Naqi Mustafa

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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pastoral care emergency line: 404-365-1003

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Homeless r equiem

THE REQUIEM IS A SERVICE IN MEMORY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE PAST YEAR WHILE UNHOUSED.

WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL FIND THIS SPECIAL SERVICE TO BE BOTH MOVING AND TRANSFORMATIONAL.

To support the Homeless Requiem, please consider:

? Volunteering to welcome and serve dinner to our guests — many adults and children living without housing in Metro Atlanta. If you can’t attend on November 1, there are other volunteer opportunities leading up to the evening as well.

? Making a donation to help fund this event and year-round Cathedral ministries that support our unhoused neighbors.

? We are also accepting donations of new or gently used hats, coats, jackets, gloves, and scarves for Emma’s Closet, a clothing closet that respects the dignity of choice for our guests. Donations may be made on Sunday mornings in the Atrium. You can also purchase items from our Amazon wishlist at the link below.

To Sign up to Volunteer or Donate, Visit cathedralatl.org/homelessrequiem

PASTORAL CARE

LANDSCAPES OF GRIEF

Sunday, September 24 – 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 this Sunday, September 24, the group will be closed to new participants.

For more information and to register, please contact the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org.

BRAIN INJURY SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP

Begins Monday, October 23

6–8 p.m.

Brain Injury Survivors offers peer-to-peer group therapy led by Cathedral member, author, and aneurysm survivor Denzil Strickland. Starting on October 23, meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. We focus on providing emotional support as well as sharing tools for getting better. Caregivers are welcome. For more information, see braininjurysurvivors.net or contact Canon Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org.

12-STEP GROUPS AT THE CATHEDRAL

All 12-step programs are free and open to the public. For questions, please contact Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL .org.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Lanier House

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who come together to solve their drinking problem.

New Beginnings: Family Al-Anon

Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Room 120

Peachtree Al-Anon Family Group

Thursdays, 10:30 a.m., Lanier House

Al-Anon is a mutual support program for people who are living with–or have lived with–someone whose drinking or drug use created problems for themselves or others.

Families Anonymous

Thursdays, 7 p.m., Lanier House

Families Anonymous is a 12-step fellowship for the families and friends who have known a feeling of desperation concerning the destructive behavior of someone very near to them, whether caused by drugs, alcohol, or related behavioral problems.

Cathedral BOOKSTORE

The Cathedral Bookstore is looking for their next manager. The manager will be responsible for leading and caring for the Bookstore, a parochial entity of the Cathedral and one of the first places most visitors see when they come to the Cathedral. Please read some of the responsibilities and see if this speaks to you!

• Developing and managing a team of paid staff as well as a large team of volunteers

• Managing compliance with applicable state and federal requirements regarding shipping, sales tax, etc. and ensuring the good standing of the store’s retail license

• Overseeing the procurement process of the store, working closely with the assistant manager and volunteer buyers, including working with established vendors, consignment artists and others

• Managing, monitoring, and reporting on the financial performance of the store in conjunction with the store accountant

• Growing the established website business as well as the physical store business

• Cultivating and maintaining the volunteer program who support core endeavors such as the sales floor, register, office assistance, offsite support, marketing, events, inventory tracking and website efforts

The Cathedral Bookstore Manager is a full-time position with work hours consisting of Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., as well as some Sundays and extra hours for special events and holidays. This position works with the Director of Operations and Event Management in setting the overall goals, aesthetics and mission of The Cathedral Bookstore and upholds the virtues of The Cathedral of St. Philip – grace, excellence, and hospitality.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume to Dorsey DeLong, Director of Operations and Event Management at ddelong@cathedralATL.org by Friday, October 13

SPIRITUALITY

BRAVER ANGELS FAITH-SPONSORED WORKSHOP: DEPOLARIZING WITHIN

Saturday, October 7

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Gould Room

For people of faith, civil discourse begins in recognizing the image of God in our conversation partner. Since we are all children of God, our approach should involve mutual respect. Respect, not agreement, is an essential key for a healthy discussion. This workshop addresses how we may inadvertently be complicit in, or possibly even encourage, political polarization. Register at cathedralATL.org/braverangels.

For questions or more information, contact the Rev. George Maxwell, gmaxwell@cathedralATL.org, or Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@cathedralATL.org, 404-365-1031.

Celebrating the Arts and the Spirit

with local artists featured at the Cathedral Bookstore such as Leah Wilkerson, Leigh Kershner, Norma Pitzer, & more.

October 4, 2023 | 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

in the Cathedral Atrium and the Cathedral Bookstore Register at cathedralATL.org/CelebratingtheArts

2023 SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE

DIGNITY and the Authentic

Beth-Sarah Wright, Ph.D.

October 21, 2023

Life

9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The culminating question in the Baptismal Covenant asks, “Will you strive for peace and justice and respect the dignity of every human being?” As core to the authentic Christian life, this question challenges us to look again and see the dignity in our neighbors and in our own lives.

Dr. Wright will use the DIGNITY Lens, a seven-pronged transformative set of strategies inspired by this question to advocate for and address any barriers to authenticity in our communities and in our lives.

EQUITABLE DINNER AT THE CATHEDRAL

Sunday, September 24 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Join us at the Cathedral for our second Equitable Dinners Atlanta.

A short one-person play invites everyone into a shared experience of the pains and the joys of life. Participants are then guided in a facilitated conversation and share together how they can make a positive difference. Guests leave with a deeper connection with others, hopeful about the future and their role in it. Each conversation is designed to help participants engage in conversation with depth, honesty, and mutual respect.

From September 17-24, 2023, Out of Hand Theater, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition and many other community partners will host 1,000 people at 100 tables across Atlanta. This is the second year in which Equitable Dinners hosts engage conversations commemorating the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre. Learn more and register at cathedralATL.org/equitabledinners.

The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing

CELEBRATING LATINX/HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

Saturday, September 30 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Immigration continues to be a critical issue in our country. Learn more and contribute to the panel discussion where The Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing will address recent developments and various challenges faced by the Hispanic/Latinx community. This hybrid session will take place in person at the Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing and on Facebook Live (@centerforracialhealing).

Our very own Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval will be the host for this important dialogue. To reserve your seats, please RSVP to centerforracialhealing@episcopalatlanta.org.

1906 ATLANTA RACE MASSACRE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE

Saturday, September 23

11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

101 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta 30303

The Cathedral’s own Rev. Dr. Thee Smith invites you to the Auburn Avenue Research Library on Saturday, September 23 for an intimate gathering of conversations on remembrance, restoration, reconciliation, and resilience. Representatives for the Metro Atlanta Chapter of African American History and Genealogy Society (AAHGS), Dr. Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Chair of the Fulton County Reparations Task Force, and Dr. Susan Glisson, Executive Director of William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation will facilitate. The keynote will be delivered by Dr. Daniel Black, Professor of African American Studies at Clark Atlanta University and author of Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America. Learn more and see the full schedule of events at 1906atlantaracemassacre.org.

Interreligious DIALOGUE

PRAYER VIGIL

Thursday, September 28

6:30-7:30 p.m.

Mikell Chapel

That they all may be one! (John 17:21)

The Cathedral will be hosting an ecumenical prayer vigil on Thursday, September 28 called Together - Gathering of the People of God. Church leaders and people from various Christian denominations will gather to praise God, listen to the Word and spend time in prayer. There will be special prayers for the unity of the Church and for peace in the world. The service will take place from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in Mikell Chapel. Rev. Monsignor Francis G. McNamee of the Cathedral of Christ the King will deliver the sermon, and we will be blessed by the prayers and chants by Taizé Atlanta. This service is open to all.

To learn more about the Together prayer vigil in Rome, visit Together2023.net. For more information about our service at the Cathedral, please contact the Rev. Salmoon Bashir at sbashir@cathedralATL.org.

This sunday at a glance

7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Mikell Chapel

8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Cathedral

10:10 a.m. Old Fashioned Sunday School Child Hall

10:10 a.m. Living Faith Room 239

10:10 a.m. Young Professionals Sunday School Room 368

10:10 a.m. Youth Sunday School Room 382

10:10 a.m. Godly Play

3rd Floor above the Atrium

11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Cathedral

11:15 a.m. La Santa Eucaristía

Mikell Chapel

1:15 p.m. Enjoy Biblical Greek! Room 239 and online

3:15 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Recital:

Jinhee Kim Cathedral

3:30 p.m. Landscapes of Grief

Lanier House

4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong Cathedral

5:30 p.m. Equitable Dinners

Lanier House

6:00 p.m. Super Foyers Dinner Child Hall

5:00 p.m. Middle School Sunday Evening EYC

6:00 p.m. Dinner for All Youth

6.30 p.m. High School Sunday Evening EYC

All EYC Activities in Room 382

CATHEDRAL FLOWER GUILD WORKSHOP

Saturday, September 30, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Catheral Nave

The Cathedral Flower Guild is offering a class with guild member Josh Borden on Saturday, September 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Cathedral Nave. Josh will cover floral arrangements for our sacred spaces and some of the mechanics used for cages in our festival celebrations! No experience in floral arranging is required. The cost is $100, with a discount for Flower Guild members. Register and pay online at cathedralATL.org/flowerguild by Wednesday September 27