Volume 13, Number 2
THE MESSENGER
March 2015
C HRIST C HURCH C ATHEDRAL M OBILE, A LABAMA
A Message from the Dean
BISHOP ELECTION The Reverend James Russell Kendrick, Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama, was elected as the 4th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast on February 21, 2015. Please see pages 9-12 for additional details.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME Sunday, March 8 Remember. . . Spring forward one hour.
Dear Cathedral Family, The next-to-last week in February seemed like two weeks—not because it was really longer or harder than other weeks— but because it contained so many things, both exciting and important. We followed our worship adventure on the Last Sunday After the Epiphany (aka, Joe Cain Day) with two full days of Mardi Gras revelry all around the Cathedral here in downtown Mobile. Then came Ash Wednesday, when we remembered our mortality and began our keeping of a Holy Lent, with Bishop Duncan joining us at the noon service. Both noon and 5:30 p.m. were well attended. Thursday of that same week brought the beginning of the annual diocesan convention, held this year at Trinity Church here in Mobile. Canon Wagner and I were joined by delegates Harwell Coale, Carolyn Eichold, Bob Israel, and Rick Mitchell, as we undertook the canonical business of the diocese on Friday and voted in the bishop election on Saturday. I am thankful for our delegates’ good work, and for the stellar work of our own Carolyn Jeffers and her bishop transition team in carrying out the process of the election. As you will see in this issue of The Messenger, our diocese elected The Reverend Russell Kendrick, of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, as our next bishop. Now we begin a new season of transition into relationship with our bishop-elect. He will begin seeking to know us more fully, to hear from us where we are right now, the state of our hearts and minds. And we will begin seeking to know him better. At the same time, we will be saying a fond farewell and thank you to Bishop Duncan and his wife Kathy, as they begin the next chapter of their ministry in retirement. As the Cathedral church of our diocese (and if you haven’t seen it, please do go to
AL.com to see the article there about that), we have a special relationship with our bishop and through him with our diocese. Our commitment to this special ministry requires us to move beyond our sense of ourselves as a parish family; it asks us to give ourselves to the bishop and the diocese; it requires a level of trust that can by risky; it leads us to be vulnerable as we offer ourselves. But God is with us, “inclining our hearts” to live into this relationship, this covenant. Therefore, it is doubly important for each of us, individually, to foster and strengthen our relationship with Christ. This is fundamentally how the Body is strengthened, as we are restored to health and wholeness in Jesus Christ our Lord. In our Sunday worship, we will be considering our reliance on God’s mercy and goodness as we explore the language and theology of Rite One. In adult Christian Formation, Banks Ladd and George Inge will be leading a journey through the Gospel of Matthew. Many of you have expressed you desire to join me in the Bible Challenge of reading the Bible this year, beginning in Lent. I will be posting weekly encouragements to that reading in our eblast and looking forward to conversation with you as we explore God’s Word together. Wednesday Eucharist in the chapel at 11:30 a.m. and music in the church at noon provide yet another way to draw closer to God and to prepare yourself for following in Christ’s way of the cross, leading to sharing in his resurrection. My prayer is that our Lenten experience of God’s love will lead us to new life.
Faithfully, The Very Reverend Beverly F. Gibson, Ph.D., Dean
A M e s s a g e f r o m t h e C a n o n Pa s t o r THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER 2015
Robert Willis Israel Senior Warden
Hetty Cunningham Newell Charles Stephen McKay Junior Wardens
William Kennon Drew Treasurer
Harwell Ellis Coale, Jr. Chancellor
Ronald A. Snider Clerk
Class of 2015 John D. Davidson Mary Esther T. Elliott Banks C. Ladd Alison S. Mitchell Lucy F. Moore Henry R. Seawell IV
Class of 2016 Sage M. Bolt Lewis H. Golden George B. Inge Robert W. Israel Charles S. McKay Hetty C. Newell
Class of 2017 V. Lyn Bennett Cartledge W. Blackwell III Steven B. Hall Barbara L. Mitchell Margaret M. Thigpen Thomas B. Van Antwerp Chapter Members
Mendy Henderson, 2016 St. Agatha’s, deFuniak Springs
Gary Moore, 2017 St. Paul’s, Daphne
The Rev. Aaron Smith, 2018 St. Paul’s, Magnolia Springs
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This month, I want to let you know about our youth happenings. Much has been going on this new year. With the nursery moving to the Brantley House, the old nursery has become the new home for the EYC and the senior high Sunday School. A fresh coat of paint and new carpet have helped the room take shape around our favorite furniture. But we are assessing our needs as to what other items should be put in the room. In late January, our intrepid youth, and a few “older kids” had a blast playing paintball. I can assure you that everyone involved had plenty of fun. In early February, our youth gathered with youth from St. Paul’s, Daphne and St. Luke’s, Mobile for the Neptune’s Daughters Mardi Gras Parade. The event was a lot of fun. We had approximately 25 youth from the other churches and it was a great opportunity for our youth to forge new friendships and have some fun. The youth played “Ninja” in the Chapter House, enjoyed some Al Chow-cooked hamburgers and hot dogs, had a front row spot to watch the parade, and finished the evening in the chapel with Compline. I would like to thank the Chows, the Hoppers, the Jeffers, and Sarah Bolt for making the event go so well! It is my hope that we will continue to partner with area youth groups in the future. With the addition of Sarah Bolt to assist with our youth, we are working to have events twice a month. We are blessed by Sarah’s interest and commitment to youth ministry and her rapport with our youth. Upcoming events include a game night, an instructed Eucharist, a “study break” dinner, and a few other surprises. For more information about upcoming events, see page 16. The Confirmation class continues to meet under the direction of Carolyn Jeffers. I am thankful for her ministry
and that of our mentors. They are spending time getting to know the confirmands and helping them in their spiritual maturation. This month, the kids will learn about service to others, including participating in a foot washing service, and evangelism. Additionally, the confirmands have been challenged to undertake an outreach project. With the help of the other Sunday School classes (FUN Club, Junior High, and Senior High), the confirmands will have a pancake breakfast on March 22, after the church service. The cost is $8 per person. The goal is to raise $800 to donate to the Fuse Project. The Fuse Project is a non -profit that is “dedicated to providing the spark for innovation, funding and implementation of projects benefiting children along Alabama’s Gulf Coast. [It] invests in initiatives promoting the health, fitness, education and social responsibility of our children.” (www.fuseproject.org) The Cathedral’s own Grant and Brie Zarzour have helped found this organization. The youth are excited to assist Fuse and they need your help! Please look for more information about the pancake breakfast on page 14. We are blessed to have plenty going on with our youth. We are very much in need of your help with this ministry. From the new EYC room to the pancake breakfast to chaperoning, there are plenty of ways that you can help our youth help this community of faith and our community. Please consider how you can help and feel free to contact me. Have a great month and I’ll see you at church!
Blessings,
The Reverend Canon Daniel A. Wagner Canon Pastor dwagner@christchurchcathedralmobile.org
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2014: A YEAR OF TRANSITION IN PROGRAMS AND STAFF The Very Reverend Beverly F. Gibson, Ph.D., Dean Our first major staff transition of the year came with the arrival of The Reverend Dan Wagner in July. “Deacon Dan” received his Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology at the University of the South in May and was ordained to the transitional diaconate in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina in June. He was ordained to the priesthood here at the Cathedral by Bishop Duncan, on behalf of Bishop Waldo of Upper South Carolina, on January 10, 2015. On that same day, Bishop Duncan named him Canon Pastor to the Cathedral. He is now canonically resident in the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, which means he belongs to us! Canon Wagner has been doing a wonderful job in working with pastoral care and also with our Christian Education and youth programs. Our music program began a period of transition following the resignation of organist/choirmaster Peggy Lyden in January 2014. We said good-bye to Peggy at the end of May, and then Adam King joined us as our interim organist/ choirmaster. Christopher Powell arrived in August as our “permanent” organist/ choirmaster. He and his talented wife Katie have been planning and working non-stop on our musical ministries. This has been a very exciting time in our musical life here at the Cathedral!
Renovation and relocation of our nursery began in the summer of 2014 and was completed in December, when the new nursery was blessed. We continue to work to make this space an attractive, safe, and accessible place for our youngest members and our visitors. The previous nursery space in the chapel undercroft has been converted into a new home base for our youth. In other staff transitions, Marla Reis came on board as parish secretary in April. Marla is a delightful presence and a real asset; she is positive, capable, enterprising, and funny.
Corinne Betbeze arrived to serve as Children’s Program Coordinator in January of 2015. She is overseeing our nursery, as well as working with Children’s Chapel and helping to coordinate Sunday School for grade 2 and below. Sarah Bolt began her “official” work as Youth Activities Coordinator at the same time, working with Canon Wagner and other youth leaders. We continue to be blessed and well served by the dedicated efforts of Carolyn Jeffers as Provost, Brenda Stanton as Financial Secretary, Polly Garner as Administrative Assistant for Publications and Communication, and Judy Jones as our Housekeeper. Cindy McCrory continues to work with us as an independent contractor responsible for our web presence and our eblasts. Continued on page 4
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Ca t h e d r a l A n nu a l R e p o r t — 2 0 1 4 continued This has been a busy year of episcopal transition, as the search for the 4th bishop of our diocese has continued. Committees for nomination and transition were formed by the Standing Committee in 2013, soon after Bishop Duncan announced his retirement. Dean Gibson has served on the search committee, which concluded its work with the naming of four nominees in December 2014. Carolyn Jeffers, as chair of the transition committee, has been working throughout the year on walkabouts, the election, and saying “goodbye” to Bishop Duncan and “hello” to our next bishop. At the 2014 diocesan convention, the transition committee announced that the consecration of our 4th bishop would take place on July 25, 2015 at Christ Church Cathedral. We look forward with hope and joy to the year ahead and to the opportunities it will bring for furthering our mission as the cathedral church of our diocese.
The Reverend Canon Daniel A. Wagner, Canon Pastor My job at the Cathedral is to assist the Dean and Provost, in an appropriate manner. My areas of work include pastoral care, Christian formation, and youth. I also assist the Dean with the worship, preaching once a month, and attend Vestry meetings, presenting requested reports. Concerning pastoral care, I worked to make forty-six visits to parishioners who are either in the hospital or are homebound. I have visited parishioners in all four local hospitals. Concerning Christian formation, I worked with the Dean and Provost to identify the Christian formation materials used for our Sunday school program. Additionally, I worked to recruit and retain teachers and teach the senior high class. Along with the Provost, I am working with the confirmation class and its outreach project. I am currently working with our committee to plan this year's Vacation Bible School. Concerning the youth (EYC), in listening to the youth and their parents, in August, we developed a list of potential activities and have worked to meet those goals. Our youth spent a day at Camp Beckwith, had a scavenger hunt here at the Cathedral, attended the fair, saw the movie “Jerusalem,” visited homebound parishioners, played
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paintball, and hosted other youth for a Mardi Gras parade party. It is the goal for the youth groupto meet twice a month in the spring and attend the Jonathan Myrick Daniels Pilgrimage in August 2015.
Christopher W. Powell, Organist/Choirmaster Report My first day of work as Organist and Choir Master at Christ Church Cathedral was on August 3, 2014. My first objectives included assessing the entire music program and re-establishing rehearsal schedules, hiring staff singers, and organizing the 2014-2015 concert series, A dvent to Easter: Through music. . . to God. To these ends, the choir grew to sixteen members, we created four new staff singer positions, and we expanded the concert series by adding seven new events for a total of eighteen concerts and special services (including Christmas and Easter) listed in our season booklet (completely revised and reformatted this year). The group, ”Friends of Cathedral Music”, was established at the beginning of my tenure to help fund the concert series and music ministry. To help improve the choir’s blend and vocal technique, I called the first Choir Retreat in recent memory to help prepare special music for Lessons and Carols (new this year as a standalone event) and Christmas. Since my arrival, we have reduced the number of communion hymns from four to two and have begun featuring special anthems, solos, and psalmody during communion in order to increase the diversity of our offering. Plans have been made to restart the Children’s Choir in the fall semester of 2015 with a comprehensive RSCMA program. It became obvious that the Cathedral organ has suffered due to poor use of chamber space and a lack of maintenance. We now have a master plan, developed by Jack Bethards of Schoenstein & Co., for the organ and have enlisted the services of the Milnar Organ Company of Nashville, TN to perform initial tasks and maintenance. Looking forward, my main goal is to discern and establish measurable goals for our music program that figure into a master plan/vision for the future.
M us i c M i n i s t r y Dear People of God, Psalm 51 sets the tone beautifully for our upcoming liturgical observances. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; in your great compassion blot out my offenses. – Psalm 51:1. The bright Epiphany star has bled into the stark light of mid-day, and we find ourselves in the wilderness of fasting and prayer. The season of Lent calls us to a certain sobriety of intent as we consider our call as disciples. Will we turn back to a “comfortable” life of passiveness, or will we dive into the unknown mysteries of our souls? During Lent, we are tempted to ignore the profundity of our calling as Christ’s disciples in the world, and we behold the crucible by which our lives are measured. Wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin. – Psalm 51:2. For me, one thing is certain, the path from the ashes of Ash Wednesday to the baptismal font of Easter is not simply a legend, myth, or a bedtime -like story of Christ the individual. Rather, this journey is a different kind of legend—a map legend. It is the legend by which we interpret the symbols on our life’s map. The seasons of Lent and Easter are our own story, and if we search ourselves deeply enough, we find that the mysteries of these times are already engraved upon our hearts and played out in the movements of our lives, times, and seasons. Our music is here to amplify these mysteries. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. – Psalm 51:3. In the bleakness of Lent, there is a vibrancy, tradition, and hope. We sing the music from
Rite One on Sundays. These texts, in traditional language, connect us with the prayers and songs of our forebears in a palpable way. Our music and lyrics focus on traditional themes of repentance, and we humble ourselves that we might be remade. A gainst you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight. – Psalm 51:4. Our journey leads us toward Palm Sunday when we process into the church with joy, but our liturgy turns to sadness after the reading of the Passion Gospel, the account of Christ’s passion and death on the cross. The choir will sing music of sadness and pain as the altar is stripped bare, and we will leave the church in silence at the end of our Palm Sunday Eucharist. During the stripping of the altar, the choir will sing a new setting of Psalm 22 that blends the psalm text with the seven last words of Christ. In this setting, the words of Christ will be sung by a soprano, and the high tessitura is used to represent the heightened anguish of those words while also emphasizing the purity and redemption of this sacred moment. For behold, you look for truth deep within me, and will make me understand wisdom secretly. – Psalm 51:7. As we continue our journey through Holy Week, we come to the unique celebration of Maundy Thursday. A joyful feast tempered by the shadow of the crucifixion, Maundy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist. Maundy Thursday gets its title from the word, “mandatum,” in English, “mandate.” Jesus washes the feet of the disciples and mandates that they go and do likewise. Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; wash me, and I
shall be clean indeed. – Psalm 51:8. At this service, a small group from the choir will be present to sing a cappella pieces to enhance the beauty and solemnity of the occasion. Listen as the choir sings the ancient hymn, Ubi Caritas. This text, appointed specifically for Maundy Thursday, is translated as follows: “Where charity and love prevail, God is ever found.” How fitting that we celebrate this loving communion with God and neighbor almost in defiance of the darkness around us as Good Friday looms over the horizon. Finally, on Good Friday, the stark mid-day of Lent plunges into darkness as we recall the death of Jesus on the cross. Our V ia Crucis, our Way of the Cross has led us to a place of loss, darkness, sadness, and yet, a place of incredible, terrifying, and mystical joy! Make me hear of joy and gladness, that the body you have broken may rejoice. – Psalm 51:9. On Good Friday, the choir will sing the iconic and touching Miserere mei, Deus (Psalm 51) by Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652). For many years after it was written, this piece was only allowed to be sung in the Sistine Chapel on pain of excommunication. A young W. A. Mozart (1756-1791), aged only fourteen, wrote the piece down by ear and instead of excommunication, gained the high praise and esteem of the pope! Since then, the ban on performing the piece was lifted, and we are thrilled to perform it here at Christ Church. After the emotionally charged experience of Good Friday, our journey to Easter is completed on Sunday morning. Replete with Continued on page 6
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joyful music, Easter celebrates the triumph of ultimate good over the ultimate obstacle, death. Rather than a barrier to be feared, death is now only a doorway through which we reach our fullest experience of joy. Deliver me from death, O God, and my tongue shall sing of your righteousness, O God of my salvation. – Psalm 51:15. Our music ministry will certainly “pull out all the stops” for this festive day, and you won’t want to miss it! Will we really be able to fully participate in Easter joy if we don’t go through the journey of the wilderness and the way of the cross? I invite you help your Lent be truly meaningful this year by attending some of our special events and concerts. To close out our official 2014-2015 concert season, we will offer five noonday concerts on Wednesdays during Lent. Starting on February 25 and continuing until March 25 (the Wednesday before Psalm Sunday), these concerts will feature diverse musical selections that are designed to help us in our meditation. Also, please consider attending our Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services—especially if you haven’t been to one before or if it has been a long while. These special services really help us complete our journey of faith so that we might more fully arise from spiritual sleep into the brightness of Easter dawn. Then you will be pleased with the appointed sacrifices, with burnt-offerings and oblations; then shall they offer young bullocks upon your altar. – Psalm 51:20
Lenten Concer t Series 2015 LENTEN MUSIC AT NOON Lenten noon-day concerts are 30 minutes, followed by a luncheon in the Chapter House. Wednesdays 11:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II, in the Chapel 12:00 p.m. Meditation and Music in the Church
12:30 p.m. Luncheon in Chapter House ($8 donation suggested)
February 25 Dr. Lynne A. Lauderdale and Charles W. York This concert features performances by Dr. Lynne A. Lauderdale, professor of organ at the University of West Florida (UWF) and her son, Charles W. York, a baritone vocalist in the studio of Professor Howard Reddy of UWF. Cooks: Lynn Davis and Hetty Newell
Wednesday, March 4 The Archduke Trio We are pleased to welcome again Mobile’s own chamber ensemble, The Archduke Trio, featuring masterful artists from the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Enen Yu, violinist, Guo-Sheng Huang, violoncellist, and Bob Holm, pianist. Cook: Ken McElhaney
Wednesday, March 11 Douglas Abbruzzese and Kendall Register From the studio of Professor Howard Reddy of the University of West Florida, this tenor and baritone duo will offer a beautiful noonday program featuring a wide variety of music. Cooks: Morning Circle
Wednesday, March 18 Bella Voce Women’s Chorus Again this season, we welcome Bella Voce, the ever-popular “premier” women’s chorus of Mobile. Engaging and innovative, this group of ladies is sure to delight and inspire. Cook: Lissa Watkins, et al
Wednesday, March 25 Brian R. Brown, violinist and violist
Peace in Christ, Christopher W. Powell Organist and Choir Master
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Principal violist of the Pensacola and Niceville Symphony Orchestras, Music Director of the Northwest Florida Youth Orchestra, and Director of Music Ministry at St. Paul Catholic Church in Pensacola, Florida, Brian R. Brown will present a program of incredible beauty. Cooks: Laura Rutherford and Homer McClure
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G o o d F r i d ay O f f e r i n g — A p r i l 3 The Episcopal Church has been in partnership with the Diocese of Jerusalem for a very long time. Since 1922, we have taken an offering in our churches on Good Friday to support the work of the gospel in the Land of the Holy One. That Land is still a place of deep division and conflict, more that 2000 years after the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. He and his earthly family suffered under threat of oppressive regimes, fled as refuge to another land, labored to supply their
bodily needs in the face of economic realities, and he himself was executed as an enemy of the state. All of those realities are present today in the Anglican/ Episcopal Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. […] May our offering this year strengthen the bonds among God’s people, and bless each one with concrete and eternal signs of more abundant life.
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Decorating the Church for Easter Eucharist Saturday, April 4 at 9:30 a.m. High school students are invited to help—by helping, will earn service hours.
Easter Memorial Donations Envelopes for Easter memorial or thanksgiving donations are enclosed in this issue of The Messenger. Donations are $15 each and can be designated for Easter lilies, music, or for seasonal planting in the garden. All designations received by Monday, March 30 will be noted in the Easter bulletin. Additional envelopes are available on the ministry table or in the Cathedral office.
Palm Crosses We will gather following the final Lenten lunch on Wednesday, March 25 to make palm crosses.
Flowering of the Cross Please remember to come a few minutes early on Easter Sunday, April 5 and bring flowers for the Easter Cross.
Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Donations Our Children’s Easter Egg hunt for toddlers through grade 2 will take place in the garden following the Easter service, Sunday, April 5. Please bring a dozen stuffed, plastic eggs (no nuts or chocolate) for each child who will hunt by Good Friday, April 18.
Please join us. No prior experience is necessary. Save your crosses this year to be used in making ashes for Ash Wednesday, 2016!
Stripping The Altar Traditionally, the altar is stripped following the Maundy Thursday service, the last Eucharist in the church until Easter morning. We will strip the altar after Eucharist on Palm Sunday, March 29. Maundy Thursday worship service will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel.
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Fun Club will hide Easter Eggs The Fun Club has a VERY important job on Easter Sunday, April 5! (Shhhh! Don’t tell the little ones.) Please meet at the back door of the church immediately following the processional hymn. You will return shortly thereafter to sit with your parents during the service. We will meet again at the back of the church immediately after communion to guard the garden!
T HE B I SHO P -E LECT OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST O God, by thy grace you have called us in this Diocese to a goodly fellowship of faith. Bless our Bishop Philip and Bishop-Elect Russell, and other clergy, and all our people. Grant that thy Word may be truly preached and truly heard, thy Sacraments faithfully administered and faithfully received. By thy Spirit, fashion our lives according to the example of thy Son, and grant that we may show the power of thy love The Reverend James Russell Kendrick, Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama, was elected as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast on February 21, 2015, pending the required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of The Episcopal Church.
Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama, a position he has held since 2007. In 1984, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in architecture and marketing from Auburn University; and in 1995, he received a Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. Russell is married to Robin. They have two children, Aaron and Hannah.
Kendrick, 54, was elected during the diocese’s 44th annual convention held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Mobile, Alabama. He was elected on the third ballot out of a field of three nominees. He received 97 votes of 163 cast in the lay order and 32 of 53 cast in the clergy order. An election on that ballot required 82 in the lay order and 27 in the clergy order.
Here are Bishop-Elect Kendrick’s answers to questions posed by the Transition Committee:
“I am keenly aware and deeply humbled by the trust and hope that this election carries. Robin and I look forward to returning to The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast and serving our Lord with the people that once formed us and sent us forth into the larger church. I take this election to be a call for collaboration, cooperation and creativity as we seek to be apostles for Jesus in God’s world,” said Kendrick following the election. The Reverend Russell Kendrick is the Rector of St. Stephen’s
What would be your top three priorities for your first 24 months as bishop? How did you select these? “Write the vision.” You’ve done a lot of good visioning; you have profiles, reports and dreams. This will be a remarkable gift to your next bishop; however, it is a daunting amount of work. My priority will be to simplify and clarify your vision, and I will need your help. First, some time is needed to listen. Your next bishop will need for you to tell stories, retell decisions, and offer advice. Secondly, simplifying and clarifying our vision will require us to lean into the rhythm of resurrection—death and life. During this process, I asked your search committee “What in the diocese needs to die?” I am grateful for their honesty. In the next twenty-four
months, we will make some hard decisions. Let’s remember that resurrection is the rhythm in our soul, but it is often resisted in our structures and systems. With God’s help, we can overcome that. “To proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. . .” I have prayed for clarity about this call and for a vision to guide me. I’d love to say I have heard a clear answer from God, but I have only the whisper of one word, “Jubilee.” No, I am not interested in replicating the details of Leviticus, but I am fascinated by the words of Jesus in Luke 4. For me, jubilee is about reconciliation and rejoicing. It is a time to let go; it is a time for gladness. What if we joined together in a year of jubilee? Yes, we will have problems to solve and finances to fix. However, as we begin that work, let’s also take some time to remember who we are and rejoice in whose we are, so that we can then become who God wants us to be. “Rebuild trust.” This is a theme in your profile. Trust takes time, conversation and healing. For me, rebuilding trust will begin with the clergy. As chief pastor, I will focus my efforts on the advocacy and development of your clergy. After all, a chief element to a loving, laughing, and thriving parish is
Fast Facts Born August 2, 1960 Fort Walton Beach, Florida Current Position Rector St. Stephen’s Episcopal Birmingham, Alabama Family Wife: Robin Kendrick Children: Aaron, Hanna Education Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing Auburn University, 1984; Bachelor of Architecture Auburn University, 1984; Master of Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary, 1995 Year of Ordination to the Priesthood 1996 Personal Ministry Statement To share in the work of God’s new creation and to preach the good news of God’s reconciling love.
loving, laughing, and thriving clergy. I inspire us! It led us to host a neighborhood have a couple of ideas to this end: recycling program, inspired us to provide •Reinstate financial support for Christmas gifts for local children, and placement of newly ordained priests. I empowered us to hang a street banner know; this means money. It also means inviting the community to pray for the kidnapped Nigerian girls. It is a remarkably rethinking the discernment process. creative time! •Use the five baptismal promises as a Please describe a time/situation when you framework to foster clergy vitality. have empowered the ministry of other Please tell us about one thing that excites clergy and/or laity. How did you empower you about your ministry now. others in this situation? Last Spring, we completed a significant Not long after arriving as Rector of St. building project. At the dedication, Paul’s, Newnan Georgia, I attended my someone asked, “What’s next?” That first diocesan gathering whereupon I was question became my prayer. Sometime in greeted as if I had been given a death June, between reading two books The New sentence. I later learned that the bishop had Parish and Slow Church and a provocative even considered closing the church. With visit by Shane Claiborne to our parish, that ninety members, barely enough money to first question led to another. “Who is your pay bills, and some very strong neighbor?” “gatekeepers,” we began a remarkable I presented this question to our vestry journey into new life. for discernment; it took hold. We are a In practical terms, new life first parish known for our outreach ministry. required healing from past hurtful events. However, most of our local efforts have Healing became the focus of my preaching been focused in downtown Birmingham. and teaching. Secondly, it meant helping This new question refocused our attention them learn to be “comfortable in their own to the adjacent neighborhood. skin.” Small parishes struggle to meet Our vestry took charge. They unnecessary expectations. Being faithful is interviewed police officers, merchants, and not the same as being successful. George counselors. What we discovered surprised Carey once wrote, “The Church is found us. While we are situated in an affluent where the worship of God is joyful and neighborhood, there is much need. This everyone has a contribution to make.” That simple question allowed the Holy Spirit to became our focus—to be joyful and to encourage participation. We chose to be joyful, celebrating our accomplishments rather than lamenting our shortcomings. Finally, it involved the sacred work of creativity. In Vestry meetings, we spent more time on discernment than decisions. This led to the vision to build our church around a youth program. Even though we did not have the money, we were compelled by an idea—to hire a full-time youth minister. The church became unified around this goal, and the money soon followed. Within a few years our youth program began to thrive, and the parish was transformed.
When I left in 2007, by worldly standards we were a successful parish. I am glad about that, but my joy is that we became a community that had experienced the power of these words with which I frequently closed our worship, “Glory to God whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine....” With all that said, when I first read this question I did not think of a strategic story. I thought about people. I thought about the woman whose 50year old husband died of a heart attack. She wanted to die, too. Five years later, she is a member of our vestry! I thought about the teenager who has endured more pain in her 18 years than most of us will suffer in a lifetime. She was baptized last Sunday! I thought about a young
seminarian I hired. Today he is a wellseasoned priest. Empowerment is the daily work of a priest. Jesus empowered people, one by one, by loving them into whom he wanted them to be. I am trying my best to do the same.
What is the best vacation you have ever taken? Any vacation where my family is together and there is white sand between my toes—is as good as it gets for me.
What is one book (other than the Bible) that has greatly influenced your life? In a bag of goodies at Cursillo, I found a book from my priest titled “The Ragamuffin Gospel” by Brennan What do you enjoy doing for fun? Digging in the dirt of my yard, Manning. Somewhere in the pages of running until I am tired, and trying to that book, I fell into the arms of God’s create the perfect recipe for shrimp grace. and grits. If your life were made into a movie, What is one thing you do to take care who would play you? My life would best be an animated of yourself? I run, bike and swim—not at the same movie adapted into the life of Rafiki from the movie, “The Lion King.” time.
Save The Date! Sunday, April 26 Cathedral Celebration The final Episcopal visit of Bishop Duncan and Kathy to Christ Church Cathedral Sunday, May 10 A Farewell for Bishop Duncan and his spouse, Kathy Holy Nativity Church, Panama City Sunday, May 17 A Farewell for Bishop Duncan and his spouse, Kathy Church of the Redeemer, Mobile
Ordination and Consecration Weekend Events Friday, July 24 Rehearsals at the Cathedral Youth Outreach Event with the Bishop-Elect at Wilmer Hall Celebration Dinner at the Country Club of Mobile Saturday, July 25 Ordination and Consecration of the Fourth Bishop of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast at Christ Church Cathedral, Mobile
After the Election: What’s Next? Upon election, the successful candidate is a bishop-elect. Following some procedural matters including physical and psychological examinations, formal notices are then sent by the Presiding Bishop’s office to bishops with jurisdiction (diocesan bishops only) with separate notices from the electing diocese to the standing committees of each of the dioceses in The Episcopal Church. These notices require their own actions and signatures.
diocesan bishops AND a majority of diocesan standing committees must consent to the bishop-elect’s ordination and consecration as bishop. These actions–done separately—must be completed within 120 days from the day notice of the election was sent to the proper parties.
If the bishop-elect receives a majority of consents from the diocesan bishops as well as a majority from the standing committees, the bishop-elect is one step closer. Following a In order for a bishop-elect to become a bishop, Canon III.11.4 successful consent process, ordination and celebration are in (a) of The Episcopal Church mandates that a majority of order. from: http://www.episcopaldigitalnetwork.com
Outward and Visible Signs Seven specific articles of attire symbolize the Office of Bishop in the Episcopal tradition—the rochet, the chimere, the crozier, the mitre, the ring, the pectoral cross, and the purple shirt. The tradition of the “purple shirt” is widely recognized in Episcopal circles today as distinguishing a cleric as a bishop. It is a relatively new tradition, having come into practice in the mid-20th century. Bishops may choose either a red purple shirt—Bishop Duncan’s preference, or one of a blue purple hue. The pectoral cross (from the Latin “pectoralis” meaning of the chest) hangs from a chain or cord around the neck and rests upon the breast. While many lay and ordained persons also choose to wear such a cross, those worn by bishops tend to be larger. If you see a bishop in a purple shirt but do not see a pectoral cross in evidence, look more closely. It is likely tucked into the left pocket of his shirt. Another telltale sign of a bishop, and a long-standing symbol of the episcopacy is a bishop’s ring. These rings most often are made of gold and are engraved with the seal of the diocese the bishop serves. Bishops as early as St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop of Hippo Regius from 395-430, were known to authenticate documents by imprinting their rings in hot wax upon them. For liturgical occasions, a bishop wears a mitre. The term comes from the Greek “mitra” meaning “headband” or “diadem.” It is mentioned in the Old Testament, in both Exodus 39:27-31 and Leviticus 8:7-9, that High Priests and other priests wore
distinctive clothing, including a special headpiece. The point at which the Church adopted the mitre as a part of a bishop’s garb, however, is unclear. Many artists have depicted the apostles, as well as the earliest saints in mitres, but the first written references appeared in 1049 in the writings of Pope Leo IX. We do know that by the year 1100, the mitre was a customary component of a bishop’s liturgical vestments. Another part of a bishop’s liturgical dress is the crozier. In its simplest form, the crozier is akin to a shepherd’s staff. The crozier symbolizes the role of the bishop as a shepherd of sorts: “You are called to guard the faith, unity, and discipline of the Church; to celebrate and to provide for the administration of the sacraments of the New Bishop Duncan before the 2014 Easter Covenant; to ordain priests Sunday service. He is wearing his mitre, and deacons and to join in a chasuble, and carrying his crozier. ordaining bishops; and to be in all things a faithful pastor and wholesome example for the entire flock of Christ.” The rochet and chimere are two other types of vestments peculiar to bishops. The chimere is a full length vest. The rochet is a white alb. The two are generally paired with a stole. To the left are our first three bishops vested in rochets and chimeres. from The Episcopal Diocese of Western New York
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Dean Gibson and the people of Christ Church, Chris and I want to thank you for hosting the Eucharist during the walkabout. The church is stunning, of course, and the liturgy was deeply prayerful. The historian was also informative and entertaining. As this process moves toward election I pray that God will bless and direct it all. God’s will be done! Peace, Father Chuck Treadwell Dear Mr. Powell and Christ Church Cathedral, Thank you so very much for the Epiphany concert series and specifically the Cathedral Pops: Sacred Favorites concert you performed for the community. We are from Michigan and were visiting during the month of January to move my parents out of their home of 20 years and into a senior community. Needless to say it was a month of hard work for us and your concerts were our only breaks for entertainment! We just loved them and my husband specifically said Cathedral Pops concert was his all time favorite organ concert! It was a rare and special treat to hear all of those favorites so well performed in one concert. We had not heard Widor’s Toccata from Symphony #5 performed live since our wedding 30 years ago! It was inspiring to see that your church has such appreciation for your community that you were willing to offer such a generous, inspiring and Christian gift. No doubt you will all be blessed by this lovingkindness! We feel fortunate to have visited at this time. With every blessing for a joyous and prosperous 2015, Sally and Bruce Cornett
D i o c e s a n N ew s — w w w. d i o c g c . o r g MEN’S CONFERENCE AND RETREAT March 6, 7, & 8 Beckwith Camp & Conference Center Theme: Fully Human & Fully Alive: An Exploration of Prayer and Life in Christ presented by the twenty–fifth Presiding Bishop, The Most Reverend Frank Griswold. A registration brochure is available on the Chapel hallway bulletin board.
CURSILLO #154 March 12-15 Beckwith Camp & Conference Center Lay Rector: Scott Thompson St. James, Fairhope
ANNUAL ADULTS WHO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE CONFERENCE April 16-18 Beachcomber by the Sea in Panama City Beach The Commission on Youth and Young Adults is excited to move this event around the Diocese each year so as to see each region and invite local churches to support the conference. Bronwyn Clark Skov, team leader for Formation and Congregational Development for the Episcopal Church, will be keynote speaker. Workshops will focus on specific topics in working with youth and children. The cost for the conference is $150 for double occupancy. Registration deadline: March 10, 2015. Although the conference will end on Saturday, April 18, you will have the option to stay an additional night for further reflection time. Contact James Lawrence, Diocesan Youth Coordinator at james@BeckwithAL.com or 616-2162 with any questions.
PASTORAL CARE NEW BABY MINISTRY The New Baby Team is looking for knitters and crocheters who would like to make blankets. Please contact Cammie Israel at 478-7322 carolyndisrael@aol.com or Chambliss Brister at 680-8661 chambliss.keith@gmail. com
MORNING CIRCLE Monday, March 9 10:30 a.m. We will cook for the Lenten Lunch Wednesday, March 11 We will cook/serve the Lenten Lunch
For information, call Carolyn Stephenson at 342-5637.
WEDNESDAY HOLY EUCHARIST March 4, 11, 18, 25 11:30 a.m. in the Chapel followed by Lenten music/lunch. Page 13
10TH ANNUAL CATHEDRAL CELEBRATION BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION, AND PAROCHIAL VISIT Sunday, April 26 at 10:00 a.m. Luncheon in the garden to follow. The Right Reverend Philip M. Duncan, II will be at Christ Cathedral for the Cathedral Celebration on Sunday, April 26. If anyone is interested in being confirmed at that time, please speak with Dean Gibson or Canon Wagner. There will be an Adult Inquirer’s Class on Tuesday, March 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the library.
H ow t o Jo i n E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h By far, the most important requirement for joining the Episcopal Church is just showing up. Many Episcopal parishes are intentionally vague about assigning membership. We don’t want to be known as places where weekly attendance is taken, annual contributions are tabulated, and your membership is assigned only if you pass muster. We’re much less concerned about counting the people who are in, than we are about leaving someone out. To serve as a lay minister you
ADULT INQUIRER’S CLASS Tuesday, March 24 5:30 p.m. in the Cathedral library Please contact Dean Gibson or Canon Wagner if you would like to attend.
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(paraphrased from The Episcopal Handbook)
should be baptized in this or any Christian church, confirmed or received by a bishop of the Episcopal Church, attend services, receive Holy Communion, and make a financial commitment. Of course, some people claim membership to our churches because a long-lost relative once attended, and this is fine by us. We believe the church should reflect the open and accepting arms of Jesus. If one is baptized in a parish, he or she automatically becomes a member. If one is already a member of an Episcopal parish and moves to
another, a Letter of Transfer is typically requested. However, the paperwork generally plays second fiddle to the importance of a feeling of belonging to a parish family. A Youth Confirmation Class is currently underway. There will be an Adult Inquirer’s Class on Tuesday, March 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cathedral library. Please contact Dean Gibson or Canon Wagner, if you would like to attend. Confirmation and Reception by the Bishop will be on Sunday, April 26 at the 10th Annual Cathedral Celebration.
Five Questions for the End of Life
(modified for Lenten discipline)
Lent I: What is your understanding of where you are and of your illness (brokenness)? Lent II: What are your fears or worries for the future? Lent III: What are your goals and priorities? Lent IV: What outcomes are unacceptable to you? What are you willing to sacrifice and not? Lent V: What would a good day look like? From Being Mortal: Medicine and W hat Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
C hr i s t i a n F o r m a t i o n M a r c h C a l e n d a r Sunday, March 1 Curriculum for all classes Confirmation Class: Session VI: Into the W orld in W itness (meets in the Cathedral Office) Sunday, March 8 Curriculum for all classes Confirmation Class: Session V: Seek and Serve (meets in the Cathedral Office) Followed by EYC with an Instructed Eucharist
Sunday, March 15 Curriculum for all classes Sunday, March 22 Curriculum for all classes
SUNDAYS IN LENT ADULT EDUCATION A Journey with Matthew
Facilitated by Banks Ladd and George Inge
Meets in the Library during Christian Education time following Sunday Worship.
Copies of text available in Christ Church Cathedral office and online at Amazon.com.
Sunday, March 29 Christian Formation Holiday
Co nf i r m at i o n C l a s s S c h e d u l e March 1 Session VI: Into the W orld in W itness (in the Cathedr al Office)
THE BIBLE CHALLENGE: READ THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
March 8 Session V: Seek and Serve (in the Cathedr al Office) Instructed Eucharist 12– 2 p.m. in the Chapel Attendance required for confirmands. All EYC invited. March 22 Pancake Breakfast fundraiser for Fuse Project April 19 Confirmation Preparation April 26 Cathedral Celebration, Baptism, and Confirmation
E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h Q a n d A ’s What are you celebrating? We are celebrating the love of God made manifest in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus died to save us, to bring us into new life with God. We remember this and celebrate our continuing life together through worship, prayer, and sacraments. The primary act of worship in the Episcopal Church is the celebration of the Eucharist, which is also called Holy Communion, or the Lord’s Supper. ~The Rev. Catherine Anne Caimano
An accompanying devotional, The Bible Challenge: Read the Bible in a Year, by Episcopal priest, The Rev. Marek P. Zabriskie, is available in the Cathedral office for $15. Devotional materials are also available free of charge at: www. thecenterforbiblicalstudies.org. If you are interest in participating as a part of a group here at Christ Church Cathedral, please contact Dean Gibson.
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T he E p i s c o p a l Yo u t h C o m m u n i t y ( E Y C ) In January, the EYC spent the afternoon at Xtreme Paintball. Everyone had a great time, even those “older kids” who came along.
from left: Charlie
Ramo, Leland Moore, Richard Jeffers, Sarah Bolt, Leland Moore, Cheney David, Janie Chow, Will Drew, Tré Mitchell, Banks Griffith, Sykes Ashbee, Sadie Ladd
Richard Jeffers
Tré Mitchell
Leland Moore
In early February, the Cathedral youth welcomed EYC groups from St. Paul’s, Daphne and St. Luke’s, Mobile for the Neptune’s Daughters Mardi Gras Parade Party. Special thanks to: Al and Jill Chow, Josh and Stephanie Hopper
left: Josh Hopper, Jill Chow, Cheney David, Carolyn Jeffers, Janie Chow, Stephanie Hopper, Sarah Bolt from
EYC from both St. Paul’s, Daphne and St. Luke’s, Mobile joined the Cathedral Youth
INSTRUCTED EUCHARIST Sunday, March 8 12-2 p.m. in the Chapel On March 8, the EYC will meet after Christian Formation for lunch and an Instructed Eucharist in the Chapel. This will be a great opportunity for our youth to learn more about “the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord’s Day…” (p. 13 of the BCP) and participate in the service. Members of the Confirmation Class are required to attend this event. For mor e infor mation, please contact Canon Wagner.
SPRING EYC EVENTS All dates are Sundays. We hope you’ll join us!
March 22: 4-6 p.m. at a “mystery location” (not at the Cathedral) April: No events scheduled.
May 17:
4-6 p.m. at a “mystery location” (not at the Cathedral)
May 31:
Time and Location TBD for our “EYC Blow Out”
F u n C lu b The Fun Club had a Floral Parade Party on Monday, February 17. from left: (back row) Charlie Ramo, Jordan Chow, W ill Horn (middle row) Sadie Ladd, Stephens A shbee, Kimberlie Gaillard, W alt Hamil, Sykes Ashbee, Lawson Hamil, Tré Mitchell (front row) A nnabelle Ramo, Julianna Ramo, V irginia Ladd, Joshua Catlett, Marissa Stubblefield, Janie Chow, Trinity Gaillard
Join the Fun Club for March activities! Details will be in the Cathedral Notes in the Sunday bulletins and sent via email.
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V BS 2 0 1 5 — S ave t h e d a t e : Ju n e 9 , 1 0 , 1 1
Go b-a-a-a-ck in time! Bring the whole flock to
Hometown Nazareth: Where Jesus Was a Kid! You’ll travel back into Bible times—without setting foot outside our community. Experience this fun, hands-on Bible-times village. Each day, your family members can become part of history as they see, hear, touch, and even taste what it was like to live in Jesus’ hometown! You’ll explore authentic marketplace shops, visit Jesus’ mom, Mary, take part in games, dance to lively Bible songs, and sample tasty tidbits as you discover more about Jesus’ childhood. These experiences make God’s Word come alive with new meaning for all who participate!
Volunteers of all ages needed: Tribe Leaders, Shop Keepers, Drama Leaders, Outdoor Play Person, Kitchen Helpers, and Pre-event Shoppers
Questions? Contact Alison Mitchell at alisonsmitchell2@gmail.com or 689-7874
REGISTER NOW!! 2015 SUMMER CAMP—CAMP BECKWITH
WWW.BECKWITHAL.COM
NEW: Sailing Camp, Junior Counselor Camp and Family Camp! Early Registration discount of $15 for campers paid in full by March 31, 2015. For any questions about camp programs, please contact James Lawrence, Diocesan Youth Coordinator and Summer Camp Director at james@beckwithal.com or 616-2162. All camps are for the grade the camper would be entering in the Fall of 2015.
Session 1 Sailing Camp (B) Session 2 Junior Counselor Training Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Sailing Camp (A) Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 Session 10
Grades 10, 11 & 12 4th grade and up Grades 2 & 3 14 years and up Grades 7 & 8 Grades 4 & 5 Special Ministries Grades 8 & 9 5th grade and up Grades 5 & 6 Grades 3 & 4 Grades 6 & 7 Family Camp
May 31- June 5 May 31- June 5 June 7-9 June 9-12 June 14-19 June 21-26 June 28- July 1 July 5-10 July 5-10 July 12-17 July 19-23 July 26-31 July 31- Aug 2
$480 $530 $220 $288 $480 $480
$480 $530 $480 $330 $480 $240
**Please notify the Cathedral Office when you register and let us know when your child/ children will be attending Summer Camp.
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Pa n c a ke B r e a k f a s t i n s u p p o r t o f F u s e P r o j e c t — S u n d ay, M a r c h 2 2
Sunday, March 22, 2015 following the 10:00 a.m. Service
Cost: $8 (buy 2, get 1 free) Please see members of the 3rd through 12th grade Sunday School classes to buy your tickets.
This is our spring youth outreach project. We are looking for sponsors who are willing to support the project for $100. If you would like to become a sponsor, please call Canon Wagner or place your check, with the notation Pancake Breakfast sponsor. The goal is to raise money for the Fuse Project, founded by eight young professionals from Mobile with a common belief that a big impact on our area’s children can be created by a small motivated group. In September of 2012, Fuse Project became a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the spark for innovation, funding and
Finance Committee Repor t
2014 Year End Financial Report Endowment Fund $ 857,972.00 Cathedral Foundation $ 270,486.64 Capital Fund $ 96,281.83 (January 2015) Operating Budget Revenue Expenses Surplus
Budget $ 752,265 $ 752,265
CATHEDRAL PRAYER LIST UPDATES Actual $ 741,233 $ 713,748 $ 27,484
2015 Financial Plan Approved by the vestry January 22, 2015 Projected 2015 Revenue: $ 778,272 This increase is based on: Increased pledges for 2015, totaling $ 679,600 Investment income of $ 42,890, an increase from $ 40,672 in 2014. Plate & other income based on last year’s totals, plus pledge payments from previous years, $ 55,782 Projected 2015 Expenses: $ 778,272 January 2015 Financials Operating Budget Month to Date Budget Month to Date Actual
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$ 778,272 $ 64,856 $ 57,565
implementation of projects benefiting children along Alabama’s Gulf Coast. Fuse Project invests in initiatives promoting the health, fitness, education and social responsibility of our children. We support existing philanthropies with specific project ideas and also support grassroots effort by motivated members of our community. Whether it is helping fund an after-school program for under-privileged children or helping a motivated neighborhood revitalize a local park, Fuse Project is ready to help.
Please let us know if you would like to remove or keep the names of Friends and Family you have submitted on the prayer list. Contact the Cathedral Office at 438-1822 or office@christchurch cathedralmobile.org We will update this list regularly.
Ca t he d r a l P r aye r L i s t O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers: Mercifully accept our prayers, and grant to your servants the help of your power, that their sickness may be turned into health, and our sorrow into joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
We Pray for: Members: Brink Brinkley, John Wade Thurber, Nick Nichols, Butch Trawick, Peter van der Giessen, Patti Biel, Alice Carwie, Raymond Fields, Lisa Williams, Fairley Morton, Marolyn Kruse, Katherine Deaton, Carol Rodgers, Bart Elliott, Hank Cobb
Friends & Family: Deborah Beverley, Peggy Naughton, Gary Davis, Harrison Leff, Michael Cameron, Nancy & Don Cameron, Rob & Amy Archer Ellis, Joyce Lee, Davis Nelson, Michael Sumrall, Gwen Cook, Alfred Showers, Michael Daves, Michael Sumrall, Jim Elia, Anne Brown, Mark Brown, Harriett Lillich, Dave Carlyn Block, Rachel McClanahan, Tom Cunningham, Francis Grace Hirs, Norma Beazley, Curtis Bullock, Valerie Boatman, Ann Jones, Hank Wozniek, Lisa Thompson, Stella Phillips, James Thomas, Ted Fraiche, Mark Miles, Susan Guilian, Tot Swanson, Art Swanson, Hayden Jenkins, Maggie Jenkins, Betty Ruth Patek, Carolyn Pryor, Merle Findley, Louise Douglas, Shirley & Dunlap Peeples, Steve Harris, Johnny McLeod, Marian Macpherson Currie, Dianne McCall, Mary Lou Peake, Bill Goodloe, Kit & Roger Geil and the Geil family, Angel & Larry Torres, Kathy Boucvalt, Bill Stevens, Ginger Simpson, Karen Sentilles, Lila Fisk, Tracey Johnson, Joe Lowrey, Temple Webber, Celeste Hall, Betty Browder, Allan Tucker, Wyatt Ison, Curt Kennington, Kathy Sanders, Davis Sarrett, Clarise Waters, Glenn Hill, Leslie Ellis Sharbel, Cora Lemmon, Dewey Hardeman, Marian Hall, Homer Kemp, Jane Behlen, Katie Sippel, Dan Jones, Florence Tucker, Betty Larison, Kathy Brook Palefsky, Mike Barnett, Eleanor Taylor, Carrier Yankie,
Carolyn Graham, Ralph and Catherine Neal, Willie Stanton, Jr., Willie Thomas, Mark Mason, Anita Stead, Gillette Slaton, Alice Jones, Jim McCall, Tim Fulton, Carter Albrecht, Marty Davidson, Bennett Stenger, Gladys Crowson Sara Phillips, Mary’s, Coden
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Brian Caselton, Louis Coggin, Jonathan Duralde, Tyler Gamble, Sam Garcia, Darrien Gibson, Parker Hollinghead, Kelley Hood, Brian Hudson, Abby Hutchins, Randy Johnson, Ron Lansong, Jean-Michael Lemieux, Chris Marslender, Zack Miller, Todd & Jordana Mouthaan, Keith Moss, Michael Nassar, Jerry Olin, Tyler Oubre, Brian Pennell, Josh Power, Daniel White-Spunner Reed, Susan Reniewicz, Evan Sizemore, John Snyder, Conner Thigpen, Ryan Anthony Thomas, Ryan Walker, The Rev. Bowen Woodruff, Angela Brunson Buysman
Birth:
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Catherine (Cate) Fay Snider, daughter of Sara and Chaffin Snider, and granddaughter of Virginia and Ron Snider; Chadwick Burton Slaton, Jr., son of Abby and Chad Slaton
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Souls Departed:
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The Reverend Coleman Inge; David Zimlich; Humphrey Godfroy; Peggy Sanford Garner; Billie Ruth van der Giessen; Bonnie Orillion; Dottie McCord; Marie Harrison; Toni Kalifeh
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Preston Bolt David Adkins Davis Ashcraft David Cooper III Butch Trawick Cleamon Downs Kate Charlton Lesley Charlton Elizabeth Harrison Angus Cooper IV Mark Weeks Debra Baumhauer Joanne Cooper Paul Clinton Chuck McKay David Sanders Jamie Davidson Leslie Stanton-Halley Harwell Coale Thomas Leland Al Chow Laurie Koss Bragg Van Antwerp Wilt Rendfrey B Coale Helen Ann Coale Anne Gaillard Jane White-Spunner Banks Ladd Valrie Vanek Mary Lafitte Buster Gretchen Cooper John Spottswood Judy Henson Sage Bolt Toni Brown George Seawell Parke Brister Walter Alves Susan Garth Brie Zarzour Page 19
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CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL Corner of St. Emanuel and Church Streets 115 South Conception Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602 Established 1822 The Right Reverend Philip M. Duncan, II, Bishop The Very Reverend Beverly F. Gibson, Ph.D., Dean The Reverend Canon Daniel A. Wagner, Canon Pastor Carolyn S. Jeffers, Provost Christopher W. Powell, Organist and Choir Master Brenda J. Stanton, Financial Secretary Marla J. Reis, Cathedral Secretary Polly M. Garner, Assistant to the Provost Deidre and Joe Williamson, Nursery Judy J. Jones, Housekeeping ✠Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday Phone 251.438.1822 Fax: 251.433.3403
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The Cathedral Mission Statement The Cathedral is the spiritual center of the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast. The Cathedral is a dynamic and evolving church that serves as a liturgical, educational, and pastoral center for Diocesan life. It serves as a visible symbol of unity and promotes growth, hope, and a deepening trust in the Lord. The Cathedral is a place where the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be faithfully preached and responded to, and it will model new concepts and ideas for education, evangelism, and outreach to which the Gospel calls us.