The CATHEDRAL TIMES
The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · August 11, 2024
HOMECOMING! (AND ILLNESS, UGH!)
By the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral
Welcome to Homecoming 2024 at the Cathedral Parish of St. Philip! Thank you for being with us this Sunday, August 11, as we resume our program year of renewed education and community, renewed mission and outreach, renewed worship and music—and renewed health!
I hope that various members of our community have had an opportunity for some rest and renewal this summer. I know that not everyone is able to get away for a few days during the summertime, but many of us do. I hope you return to the Cathedral refreshed!
However, I must admit that my own time away this summer did not go so well. Some of you have heard, correctly, that I became quite sick during the month of July. I returned from General Convention in Louisville with some sort of sore throat and strained voice. Several of you recognized that during the blessing of the Peachtree Road Race. As fun as that event was, it left me feeling a bit drained this year, and my voice got worse. Having tested negative for covid, I traveled to Ontario, Canada, and was ready to be with family. But my throat and voice became much worse. In the space of three weeks, I had to visit rural emergency rooms twice. About two weeks ago, I finally had a severely infected and swollen throat abscess drained. My recovery has not been quick, and my voice is still recovering; but I am not contagious!
Well, so go the illnesses of our lives. None of us welcomes sickness, and we are rarely prepared for it. But illness comes upon us, and we deal with it as we can. I pray that each of us has had a supportive community, a good group of friends, during the illnesses of our lives.
Sometimes, God even speaks a special message to us during our weakness and vulnerability. Though I am obviously a priest, I have as hard a time hearing God as anyone does. Yet, I hope I heard God reminding me of the importance of sacred community during my illness. I was certainly aware of Cathedral staff praying for me. And I was definitely grateful for friends and family driving me long distances to two different hospitals! I was grateful for family tending me, night and day. Weakness reminded me, yet again, that we need each other.
Yes, I know that this summer brought illness to others in our community. Somehow, covid came back! Ugh! So far, I am thankful that none of the covid cases in our community was too severe. But it was still a hassle.
It is time for health! It is time for renewal! I am thankful that the Cathedral of St. Philip, besides being a beautiful community, is itself a ministry of health and renewal. We welcome the sick, and we welcome those who need healing. And, at some point or another, each of us is one of those who need healing.
Our parish, the Cathedral of St. Philip, has a history of being a restorative community. The world needs places that stand for long-term health and restoration. We have gone through various illnesses in our wider community, too. But we have come through, with the strength and energy of truly good faith.
The way we come through illness (and come back from illness!) with good faith is our tradition. Thank you for good faith! Thank you for good health! Thank you for holy community! See you this Sunday, August 11, 2024!
This SUNDAY
AUGUST 11, 2024 · The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Homecoming Sunday: Proper 14, Year A 1 Kings 19:4-8 • Psalm 34:1-8 • Ephesians 4:25-5:2 • John 6:35, 41-51
8:45 AND 11:15 A.M.: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE
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7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: The Very Rev. Sam Candler
8:45 A.M. AND 11:15 A.M. HOLY BAPTISMS AND HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL
Celebrant: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell
Preacher: The Very Rev. Sam Candler
Cathedral Choir:
C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918), I was glad
Paul Mealor (b. 1975), Ubi caritas et amor
Baptisms at 8:45:
Bruce Isbester Crabtree V, son of Erin and Bruce Crabtree
Olivia Carmen Hernandez, daughter of Lisandra Cabrera and David Eduardo Hernandez
Connor Martin Mulling, son of Logan and Chuck Mulling
Marshall Malone Magaro Jr., son of Lindsey and Marshall Magaro
Sophia Blair Magaro, daughter of Lindsey and Marshall Magaro
Baptisms at 11:15:
John Lawrence Burdo, son of Caroline and Ted Burdo
Edmund Walter Burdo, son of Caroline and Ted Burdo
Katherine Celeste Burdo, daughter of Caroline and Ted Burdo
Fletcher James Mothershead, son of Parker and Monica Mothershead
William Andrew Mothershead, son of Parker and Monica Mothershead
Andrew Michael Martinez, son of Sallie and Andrew Martinez
11:15 A.M. BAUTISMOS Y LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith
Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
Bautismos:
Yuliana Laureano Andres, daughter of Martin Laureano and Araceli Andres
Meghan Cango Hernandez, daughter of Cecilia Hernandez Nicanor and Oscar Fredi Cango Jimenez
Dylan Jesus Delgado Garcia, son of Evelia Garcia and Victor Delgado
Next Sunday, August 18, we will celebrate the ministry of Canon Cathy Zappa with a reception at 10:10 a.m. in Child Hall. Please join us in this time of thanksgiving!
PRAYER List
FOR THOSE WITH IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Kim Dixon • Nancy Sanders • Vernon Skiles
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Lucy Baker • Ann and Frank Blackistone, Jr. • Emma Duke Bleke • The Bryant Family • Heather Clark • Elizabeth Coil • The Crossley Family • Rita Daly • Jerri Darnell • Terry Dornbush • Darrell Dyas • Jill Dyas • Ramon Echols, Jr. • Deborah Ellington • Paul Fekete • Joyce Egan Ferris • Phoebe Forio • Tom Frolik • Ken Griffiths • Jenny Ham • Tory Hartness • Gena Inman • Bobby Johnston • Jane Jones • Randi King • Liza Lanier • Olivia Leon • Ralph Lewis • Robert Lewis • Stewart Long, Jr. • Betsy Loyless • Lisa Krysiak • Jill Mahaffey • Camille Martin • Tommy Mason • Sally Menning • Graham Mulling • Susan Myers • Jim Myrick • Charlie Neal • Lori Hegwood Owens • Marian Palmore • Nancy Qarmout • Buddy and Sue Redd • Rubye Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Barbara and Joel Rice • Bob Riggins • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Lisa Rowe • Kay Sanders • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Bill and Julie Sutton • Tommy Truesdale • Ginny Wolf • Jonathan Wright
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Josephine Rose Adams • Bettina Bass • Ray and Pat Bell • Liza Bentley • Jason Borland • Scott Bouchillon • Jason Brady • Trip Bray • Paul Brewer • Darnell Brown • Chaz Brownfield • Lila Jo Callaway • Mika Chorey • Anna Clifford • Ava Corroon • Eliza Darland • Marty Dunn • Veta Durman • William Erb • Sam Fender • Kyle Garcia • Ann George • Melinda Miller Greenough • Kerry Gresham • Larry Hamilton • Christine Hanson • Carole Ann Harris • Gayle Higley • Keith Hinze • Lisa Hoybach • Sarnia Hayes Hoyt • Jane Hunnicutt • Beth Ingle • William Irwin • Kathy Johnson • Pat Jones • Mary Kyle • Pete Livezey • Hilda Lukwago • Carolyn R. Lusk • Lauren Makhlouf • Lisa Reeves Martin • Delaney McGowan • Elaine Metcalf • Marion Hickman Meythaler • William Morris • Sam Muttiah • Rick Nelson • Fred Neuschel • Linus Nickel • Rosemary Palmer • Stephen Pararo • Kimbrooke Pavlich • David Raj • Peggy Reese • Terri Robertson • Patrick Romett • Jean Rudolph • Einar Sagstuen • Joe Salas • James Sands • Skip Saunders • Patricia Schooley • Mary Sittig • Alan Smith • Don Smith • Christopher Smithers • Michael and Kathryn Snider • Esther Rose Spade • Izzy Straus • Brandon Streets • John and Cleary Tanner • Timothy Tew • Pierson Thames • Leopildo Velita • Pat Volpicella • Suzette Walling • Curt Weaver • Callie Weldon • Jay Whitten • Christie Woodfin • Karen Woodward • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
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 Linda Rosengren
The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries and Pastoral Care
The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate
Geoff DeLong, Senior Warden
Melody Palmore, Junior Warden
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Adult EDUCATION
*Most of these classes resume Sunday, September 8. Join us at the ministry fair this Sunday, August 11!
UPCOMING FALL PROGRAMMING
Old Fashioned Sunday School
Sundays, Child Hall, 10:10 a.m.
The fall election season promises to be a trying time for all of us, regardless of political disposition. The heightened energy of the campaigns causes us to feel like we need to have opinions on things we don’t really understand, to argue until the person in front of us concedes that we’re right, and to stop seeing those who don’t. The result is pervasive disconnection. Elizabeth Oldfield, the host of the Sacred podcast and former director and now senior fellow of the think tank Theos, offers a way for us to stay connected. In her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Oldfield explores how religion helps us to develop deep principles and values that help us grow in empathy and curiosity for people different from ourselves. Canon Maxwell will lead a discussion that looks more deeply at Oldfield’s insights and explore how they might play out in our lives. Copies of the book may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.
Living
Faith
Sundays, Room 239, 10:10 a.m.
Join us as we explore what it means to live out our faith through conversation with scripture and tradition, contemporary books, and one another. During the fall of 2024, the class will discuss David Brooks’ powerful How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. All are welcome to join this engaging class! For more information, please contact Canon Julia Mitchener, julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org.
Young Professionals Formation Hour
Sundays, 10:10 a.m., Room 368
Our Young Professionals group meets on Sunday mornings during the formation hour. We gather to explore our Episcopal traditions and discuss various relevant, faith-based and spirituality related topics. All young adults in their twenties and thirties are welcome to join the conversations. No advance preparation is required. During the program year, this class meets Sunday mornings at 10:10 a.m. in room 368 on the third floor. For more information about this class, please contact: The Rev. Salmoon Bashir, sbashir@cathedralATL.org, or Keith Dumke, Director of Young Adult Ministry, kdumke@cathedralATL.org.
Enjoy Biblical Greek!
Sundays, 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. The goal is enhanced Bible study, not language mastery.
Cost-free, online resources are provided, in addition to traditional grammar aids, lexicons and commentaries, that yield immense satisfaction in discovering 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. Classes typically begin with reciting the alphabet, pronunciation practice, and accessible grammar instruction prior to a half-hour or so of collaborative, rewarding translation.
This class meets Sunday afternoons from 1:15-2:45 p.m., inperson in Room 239, and also via Zoom. Please contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith for more information.
Thursday Evening Book Study with Canon Julia Mitchener
Thursdays, Cathedral Bookstore, 6 p.m.
Join us in the Cathedral Bookstore on Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. for good company and good conversation. This fall’s selections will include Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic—And What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Wallace and Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond.
Calling all women of the Cathedral – join us for a glass of wine and light fare and learn about all the ways you can "plug in" at the Cathedral this year.
As a woman in our parish, you are already in the ECW! This 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 other ECW supported groups like Cathedral Giving By Design, Green Aprons, and the Thrift House. There is no pressure to sign up, just come and learn and meet new friends – a perfect way to start the fall.
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 ECW@cathedralATL.org.
PASTORAL Care
THE MINISTRY OF EUCHARISTIC VISITS
Help us stay connected with one another by becoming a Eucharistic Visitor or receiving Eucharistic Visits!
Eucharistic Visitors (known informally as EVs) are parishioners who take the consecrated sacrament from our Sunday morning Eucharists to individuals who cannot currently attend services in person. These trained lay ministers carry with them not only the Body of Christ but also Christ’s Body, the Church. They take with them our prayers for one another and our bonds that transcend space and time.
This is an incredibly meaningful ministry for everyone involved.
Why might someone become a Eucharistic Visitor? This is an important and very meaningful ministry, not only for those being visited but also for the visitors. Eucharistic Visitors find that this ministry helps them put their faith into practice, develop their gifts for pastoral ministry, and deepen their own faith.
Why might someone request a visit from an EV? Certainly some recipients of this ministry have been homebound for a long period. Others, though, might appreciate a visit from an EV because:
• They have a newborn or infant in their household and are sticking close to home for a while.
• They are staying in because they (or others in their household) are immunocompromised and need to avoid large gatherings.
• They have limited mobility for a while due to surgery, injury, or recent illness.
If you would like to learn more about becoming an Eucharistic Visitor or about receiving visits, please contact Hillary Jones, hjones@cathedralATL.org or 404-365-1038, or Canon Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org.
There are many ways in which to get involved with our youth program as a volunteer leader. Please consider volunteering to support our programs and events throughout the 2024-2025 program year. Many hands make for a lighter load for all. Here are a few of the opportunities:
• Sunday School teacher during the formation hour on Sunday mornings
• Sunday evening EYC adult leader
• Tuesday evening Bible Study leader
• Retreat chaperones throughout the year
• Confirmation adult small group leader/teacher
• Parent Advisory Board
• Supply dinner for Sunday evening EYC
Our youth need committed, affirming adults from all backgrounds to serve as mentors, teachers, and role models. Come and share in this rewarding ministry! Please reach out to Keith Dumke, kdumke@cathedralATL.org to ask questions and learn more.
OUTREACH
HELP BEAT THE HEAT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS!
It’s hot on the streets of Atlanta this summer! Help keep our unhoused neighbors hydrated by making a contribution to our partner ministry Crossroads! Bring a package of bottled water and drop it offin the Child Hall breezeway (the double doors that lead outside towards the labyrinth) by Sunday, August 11 and help keep our neighbors safe!
Crossroads helps more than 6,000 individuals in our community each year begin the transition from homelessness to a safer, more stable, future. For more information or to learn about volunteer opportunities, please contact the Rev. Julia Mitchener, julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org.
LAAMISTAD FALL VOLUNTEERS
Do you have a special interest or ability you might be willing to share with students in LaAmistad, the afterschool tutoring program hosted at the Cathedral September–May? This could be knitting, storytelling, arts and crafts, music, food preparation and nutrition, gardening, yoga, even juggling! We are looking for adults willing to commit a few hours a month with these delightful and eager learners from Garden Hills Elementary School. The program is fully staffed; you would simply be sharing your time and talents. Please contact the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener, julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org, to volunteer!
WORSHIPPING WITH CHURCH OF THE COMMON GROUND
Sunday, August 25, 11 a.m., Meet in the Cathedral Kitchen Join one of the Cathedral’s two CCG teams as we worship with our friends at Church of the Common Ground on Sunday, August 25. There are several ways to get involved:
1. Help assemble sack lunches in the Cathedral kitchen from 11a.m.–12 p.m.
2. Bake homemade cookies for 80 individuals prior to August 25 and deliver them to the Cathedral kitchen.
3. Meet in the Atrium at 12:15 on August 25 and carpool with us to worship, pass out lunches, and enjoy fellowship in Woodruff Park.
For more information or to sign up, please contact the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener, julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org.
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PARISH Life
COFFEE AND CONVERSATIONS
Save the date: Saturday, September 21
Come enjoy fellowship, coffee and conversations with members of our LGBTQ+ parish community and allies! All God's Children, the Cathedral's community of LGBTQ+ members, families and friends, exists to welcome all people into the body of Christ, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Cathedral of St. Philip, the Diocese of Atlanta, and the Episcopal Church are welcoming faith communities, affirming that all people - including our LGBTQ+ parishionersare made in the image of God. Interested persons, who want to participate with All God's Children, are not required to identify as an LGBTQ+ individual. The only conditional requirement is a loving heart. Stay tuned for more details and a link to RSVP.
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the Cathedral Farmers Market
Saturdays 8:30 a.m.– noon
The Cathedral Farmers Market aims to provide a place where customers can reconnect with the food that they eat and the community where they live. Each week you will find an abundance of fresh, locally grown produce, meat, eggs, flowers, prepared foods, and artists with wood, glass, textile, and metal arts, and much more. The market also purchases excess produce from the farmers and it is distributed at Intown Cares’ farmers market table on Tuesdays and Saturdays. You can help by purchasing something for you and something for your neighbor! Just let your farmer know you’d like to donate part of your purchase to the Intown Cares food pantry. See you Saturday!
