Pentecost 2012 Prayer & Action

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A NEW PENTECOST

The significance of community gardens and being good stewards of the earth

THE SUMMER EXPERIENCE The Cathedral Choirs travel to England and our summer worship introduces some new ideas

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Christ Church Cathedral 覺 Lexington, Kentucky

PENTECOST & VISUAL ART Art at the Cathedral welcomes Gallery Hop and the summer exhibit, "Side by Side"

A NEW SEASON OF MINISTRY The installation of Dean Wade: providing glimpses of God's dream

A Parish of

Prayer & Action Prayer & Action I Pentecost 2012 Dean & Rector ɪ The Very Rev. Carol L. Wade > cwade@ccclex.org Deacon ɪ The Rev. Paula L. Ott > paula@ccclex.org Priest Associate ɪ The Rev. Dr. Bob Horine > bobandbecky1@insightbb.com Canon Musician ɪ Canon Erich Balling > eballing@ccclex.org Music Assistant ɪ Kathleen Balling > kballing@ccclex.org Assistant Organist ɪ Lisa Hall > lhall@ccclex.org Minister of Christian Formation ɪ Dr. Elizabeth Conrad > elizabeth@ccclex.org Youth Ministry Coordinator ɪ Amanda Musterman-Kiser > amusterman@ccclex.org Nursery Coordinator ɪ Michelle Dunlap > mdunlap@ccclex.org Parish Administrator ɪ Lesa Schoner > lschoner@ccclex.org Financial Assistant ɪ Bob Lancaster > blancaster@ccclex.org Parish Secretary ɪ Margaret Christensen > mchristensen@ccclex.org Publications Coordinator & Webmaster ɪ Ashley Goodrich > agoodrich@ccclex.org Facilities Manager ɪ John Hodgman > jhodgman@ccclex.org Sexton ɪ Brownell Haddix Vestry C.B. Baize ɪ Chuck Baldecchi ɪ Nancy Bogue ɪ John Brice, Junior Warden ɪ Cissy Collins ɪ Sherry Ferguson ɪ Doug Geddes ɪ Tom Howard ɪ Diane Milburn ɪ Gary Stewart ɪ Carolyn Ware ɪ Jim Ware, Senior Warden ɪ Marc Mathews, Treasurer

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PENTECOST PRAYER Most powerful Holy Spirit, come down upon us and subdue us. From heaven, where the ordinary is made glorious, and glory seems but ordinary, bathe us with the brilliance of your light like dew.

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ABOUT THE COVER The procession heads to the altar under the gorgeous red fabric and decorations on the Day of Pentecost, May 27.

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CONTENTS

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Providing Glimpses of God's Dream

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Art at the Cathedral

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CROSS Ministries

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Youth

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Old Episcopal Burying Ground

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Pieces

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Music Notes

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From the Deacon

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Birthdays

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Bulletin Board

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Christ Church Cathedral:

Providing Glimpses of God’s Dream -- An Excerpt from Dean Wade's Installation Sermon --

By The Very Reverend Carol L. Wade

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oday we are here to celebrate a new season of ministry at Christ Church Cathedral and the Diocese of Lexington, and to commit ourselves to living into the ancient call of all cathedrals as meeting places of the sacred and the secular.

As a sacred space in the public square, our cathedral here in Lexington has a special calling to provide a place where civil conversation and common prayer inspire action on behalf of God’s new world. As a center point for the Diocese, our bishop,

education, and healthcare.

We are called to provide glimpses of that dream.

That is a high calling to live into, yet this diocese is a global leader, and recognized for our innovative and networked approach to ministry and mission--from Harlan and Hazard, to Cameroon and Kenya. Beloved, I am so humbled and blessed to make my home here with you.

With God’s help, your commitment and mine, our cathedral, as mother church and mission center, is prepared to be a servant leader. We are ready to serve together in mission

Our cathedral has a special calling to provide a place where civil conversation and common prayer inspire action on behalf of God’s new world. clergy and people, it is a place of nurture and formation of Christ’s body, the Church.

Our Cathedral, along with our congregation, is called to be a visible sign of this great Diocese: A living example of all that we are, and can be, in ministry and mission together.

God has a dream to heal the world.

Where all have food, shelter, work,

on behalf of God’s new creation.

As a crossroads where we can be together, people of all faiths and none, Christ Church Cathedral is committed to being a vital citizen and creating a place where the human race can become a human family. Through concerts, art, contemplation, and worship, this cathedral becomes a center that reaches pilgrims and seekers who long to be met by God. And perhaps the most profound way in which people who pass through this Cathedral come to know God is through the faithful people who call Christ Church their home— both congregation and faithful staff.

They have welcomed me and, quite honestly, astounded me at every turn with their generosity, creativity and abundant talent. They love each other, their diocese, their cathedral, and most of all, Jesus, and they can turn prayer into action swifter and more powerfully than any Derby Day winner! And so, we give thanks for

the generations of families that have made this Cathedral Church their home for over two hundred years, and who have left an enduring legacy for us.

Jesus has given us a commandment. To love one another as he loves us. Our charge today is to remember that we support and belong to each other. When we do that, we CCCLEX.ORG / 5

will make a differAs we grow from strength ence in the mounto strength, may our faith tains of eastern Kentucky, and rise as if on the wings of an among skyscrapeagle as it soars and dips, ers, horse farms, and community bridging heaven and earth. gardens.

In this new strength, may our faith rise as if on season of ministry at the wings of an eagle as it soars and Christ Church Cathedips, bridging heaven and earth. ĎŽ dral, my hope is for us to be inspired for this holy mission. As we grow from strength to

An Attitude of Gratitude A Thank You Message from Dean Wade

What it joy it was to mark a new season of ministry and mission at Christ Church Cathedral with the joyful Installation service at Christ Church Cathedral and the celebration picnic at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground and London Ferrill Community Garden. I am grateful to all who made this day possible and look forward to sharing with you in God’s exciting mission at Christ Church Cathedral.

Thank you to all who made this day possible!

The Luncheon Celebration Committee, Cathedral Staff, Vergers, Ushers, Hospitality Committee, Cathedral Choirs & Musicians, Diocesan Staff, Acolytes, Greeters, Food & Beverage Team, Episcopal Church Women, Altar Guild, Old Episcopal Burying Ground Committee, OEBG Floral Decorations Team, Diocesan Clergy, Lectors, Intercessors, and Presenters. And a special thank you to our Diocesan, Cathedral and Community representatives, the

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Dean's Search Committee and Vestry Members serving during the search process, The Right Reverend Chilton R. Knudsen, the Vestry and the very special People of Christ Church Cathedral!

With love,

Carol+

The Letter of Institution of a Cathedral Dean Carol Wade, Presbyter in the Church of God, you have been called to work together with your Bishop, the clergy and people as a pastor, priest, and teacher, and to take your share in the councils of the Church.

Now in accordance with the Canons, you have been elected to serve God as the eighth Dean and twentysecond Rector of Christ Church Cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington.

This letter is a sign that you are fully empowered and authorized to exercise this leadership of the Cathedral’s ministry, accepting its privileges and responsibilities as a priest in this Diocese, in communion with your Bishop.

Having committed yourself to this work, do not forget the trust of those who have chosen you. By your words and deeds proclaim the Gospel. Love and serve Christ’s people. Lead and empower them to rise into the fullness of the ministries that you share, and into the mission to which God is calling this Cathedral.

May the Lord, who has given you the will to do these things, give you the grace and power to perform them.

Given under my hand and seal, in the city of Lexington, on the nineteenth day of May 2012, and in the fifteenth year of my consecration.

+Chilton R. Knudsen

The Right Reverend Chilton R. Knudsen Interim Assisting Bishop of Lexington

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ART AT THE CATHEDRAL

Pentecost and Visual Art

By Jesse Mark

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he visual imagery of the First Pentecost is suggestive of the inspiration which an artist might feel when imagining a painting, sculpture, stained glass or collage. The verbal aspect of Pentecost related to the surprise people felt when visitors from different countries spoke and were understood by all. The visual surprise was that the speaking looked like tongues of fire. These are both strange phenomena, whether in seeing or in hearing.

Something similar occurs in a visual art exhibit with a theme. Each artist created a work that is emotionally stimulating to the painter satisfied that the theme has been interpreted properly; yet each work of art is different. Some used acrylic, some watercolor, some pastel, some oil. Some were realistic, some symbolic, some abstract. The theme was the common thread through all the diversity of media.

The viewers left the exhibit stimulated by the address of the theme and the variety of interpretation. Each took away a different experience because of their preference for one art form over the others.

The Gallery Hop on June 15 features “Side by Side,” which is sponsored jointly by VSA Kentucky, Art at the Cathedral and The Lexington Art League. This venture 8 / PRAYER AND ACTION_PENTECOST 12

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pairs artists with children with a handicap and shows their work side by side.

The artist works with the student to create a work together. Then the student and the artist each do one.

The three works are shown side by side. This exhibit will remain up through July.

September Gallery Hop will feature “The Riverkeepers," art which promotes the preservation of our rivers, the source of clean water for our homes and gardens.

All of these exhibits have a message for us. The message is told in different ways through various art forms and by artists of all ages. Some are professional artists, others students. But all bring a freshness to their work that will inspire us. Ϯ

CROSS MINISTRIES

The Catherdal Cupboard's Diaper Drive

By Kathleen Imhoff

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ow can you easily help those in need in our community? Pick up a package of diapers and bring them to Christ Church’s Community Cupboard summer Diaper Drive. When you are in the grocery store, add a couple of packages to your cart and bring them to the church anytime between June 10 and July 15. Haven't purchased diapers lately? Be prepared for some sticker shock as they cost from $5.99 on sale to $12.99 a package depending on the size.

It costs a parent about $500 a year to buy diapers for a child, so it's a very appreciated supply provided at the Cupboard.

The Christ Church Community Cupboard is open every Saturday from 10 until noon. The Cupboard supplies low-income families with not only diapers, but household cleaning supplies, personal hygiene items, clothes and books. The Cupboard families are pre-registered through Fayette County Schools' Family Resource Centers, the Community Action Council, and other social service agencies. Each family can get supplies from the Cupboard only one time a month due to the high demand for Cupboard services. Therefore, our families are in great need of diapers every time they come to

Cupboard. Due to the high cost of diapers, the Cupboard can provide each family with only about a week's supply.

Please help the Cupboard continue the mission to supply diapers to the families in need in our community.

Bring diapers every week or as often as you can between June 10 and July 15. Put them in the specially marked bins “Cupboard Diaper Drive," which will be located near the Welcome Desk and in the Great Hall.

If you cannot purchase the diapers yourself, then let the Cupboard volunteers help you out. We buy diapers every month. Just make a donation to the Church and include “Community Cupboard-Diaper Drive” on the memo line of the check.

Thanks for your continued support for the Christ Church Community Cupboard. Ϯ

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youth camps at the cathedral domain Below are the dates for youth camps at the Cathedral Domain. Some need-based scholarship money is available. Contact amusterman@ccclex.org for more information. Visit www.cathedraldomain.org.

Senior Conference June 17 - 23 Graduates of Grades 9 - 12 Fee: $350.00

Middle School Adventure/Mission July 15 - 21 Co-Ed Graduates of Grades 6 - 8 Fee: $350.00

Mini Camp I June 24 - 27 Graduates of Grades 1 & 2 Fee: $185.00

Girls Camp II July 15 - 21 Graduates of Grades 5 & 6

Mini Camp II June 27 - 30 Graduates of Grades 1 & 2 Fee: $185.00 Reading Camp Graduates of Grades 2, 3 & 4 For dates & fee information contact readingcamp@diolex.org High School Adventure/Mission July 1 - 7 Co-Ed Graduates of Grades 9 - 12 Fee: $350.00 Junior Conference July 1 - 7 Graduates of Grades 7 & 8 Fee: $350.00 Girls Camp I July 8 - 14 Graduates of Grades 3 & 4 Fee: $350.00

Boys Camp I July 22 - 28 Graduates of Grades 3 & 4 Fee: $350.00 Boys Camp II July 22 - 28 Graduates of Grades 5 & 6 Fee: $350.00 Camp Jim Bickford (Environmental Education) July 29 - August 4 Co-Ed Environmental Science for Grades 6 - 8 Fee: $350.00 Co-Ed 3/5 July 29 - August 4 Co-Ed Graduates of Grades 3 - 5 Fee: $350.00

YOUTH

Discover the Cathedral Domain

By Amanda Musterman-Kiser

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or years, church camps have provided youth a basis for a strong faith, communities of unconditional love and support, outlets of positive self-growth, and powerful life-changing experiences of God. Ask adults who experienced a good church camp as a child and they will tell you that those experiences remain some of the most powerful and life-changing events of their lives.

Our Diocese is blessed with such a place that changes lives daily. In the Hills of Lee County on the edge of the Daniel Boone National Forest there are 800 acres where youth Grades 1-12 can play, worship, and be themselves.

Every day at camp youth and children...

• Participate in archery, swimming, rock-climbing, rappelling, hiking, crafts, fishing, games, campfires, snacks at free camp store, and games large and small.

• Worship God in a gorgeous outdoor setting and discover God in everything – themselves, their neighbor, in all that they do, and in all that is around them.

• Recharge, return to their spiritual center, and live as themselves without expectations.

• Live on a simple monastic-like schedule - prayer, breakfast, morning teaching, four square, prayer, lunch, rest time, four square, choice of afternoon activities, prayer, dinner, four square, evening activity, prayer, rest.

• Have real and relevant conversations through small groups, in rocking chairs, or while hiking, finding support and love through friends or adult mentors.

• Gain skills of leadership, self-confidence, discipline, prayer, and service that bring them back to us newer, grown, and stronger.

Church camp is a wonderful and amazing experience. It brings our children closer to God in ways that are extremely powerful and life-changing. Please visit www. cathedraldomain.org to find ways in which camp is changing lives. Help us to continue growing our youth at the Cathedral Domain. Every day June 17-August 8 Christ Church will have campers at the Domain. During Junior and Senior Conference, Christ Church Cathedral may send up to 20 kids to camp! Each week a list of campers will be made available by calling the church office.

You can help support camp by...

• Praying for our campers to experience a waterfall of God’s love and grace.

• Sending our campers mail (a list will be made available Monday of each week).

• Praying for the staff that they might be strong mentors and spiritual guides.

• Encouraging someone you know to attend camp.

• Supporting camp scholarships.

• Volunteering for a camping session.

• Attending camp yourself! (A special adult camp will be offered August 24-26!) Ϯ CCCLEX.ORG / 11

OLD EPISCOPAL BURYING GROUND

Earth Day at the Burying Ground

By Carolyn Ware

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pril 21st dawned cold and wet but as the day progressed the weather dried out and people did gather at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground to celebrate Earth Day. Many activities were planned for adults and children alike - fence weaving, bees, kites, and a Butterfly garden for starters. The smoothie machine was quite popular and in the cottage a cemetery cake could be found for all to enjoy.

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We offer a special thanks to the Christ Church volunteers who worked tirelessly to prepare the grounds for this celebration. It was with grateful appreciation we joined with the Living Arts and

Science Center and Seedleaf for the community celebration of Earth Day. Join us next year on Earth Day to be a part of this experience! ĎŽ

PIECES

SPOTLIGHT

Connecting the Pieces of Our Lives

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Christ Church Cathedral Member in the News: Virginia Newsome

irginia Newsome has been a lover of the arts since she was a young girl — she grew up in an art-friendly household and started

By Saraya Brewer, Business Lexington singing when she was 7 years old.

“My grandmother was actually a Suzuki violin teacher; both my mom and aunt took violin from needed supplies, and Newsome arthe time they could walk,” said ranges for them to get to the schools Newsome, who first discovered in need. her love for performing when she So far, the program has collected Photo by Mick Jeffries started ice skating as a girl. band instruments, art supplies, music As she grew older and more asbooks, theater costumes, writing als for those programs — an effort tute, Newsome — now a 16-year-old pads, dance shoes and other supplies that resulting in collecting more than junior and theater major at SCAPA — for schools in Lexington and abroad 500 needed supplies for the school’s became more and more aware of the — Newsome has long had a passion programs. boundaries that can stand between for helping Africa and has worked on “Within a week we had all the children and their dreams to pursue assembling care packages for Haiti as supplies that we needed,” Newsome the arts. When she realized that budwell. said. Attending a Hugh O’Brian Youth get cuts at Lafayette High School were Leadership program encouraged her As word about her efforts has affecting her school’s art programs, spread, more and more requests for to create a program that could have a she started to think about other lasting impact in her community; with supplies from schools outside Kenschools whose art programs might be tucky have started to trickle in. Newthe help of a family friend and attorgetting hit some is pleased to report that one ney, she eseven harder.

SCAPA high school student; tablished the of her friends from theater camp is When she program as an working on setting up an additional founder and CEO of heARTS heard that official 501(c)3 chapter in Fort Worth, Texas. budget As for Newsome’s future plans? for the Arts, Inc. last year called cuts at the She hopes to attend a Bachelor of Fine heARTS for north Lexington school Deep Springs Arts program for musical theater, get a the Arts. Another friend and SCAPA Elementary had deeply affected its job as a Disney princess, and perform student, Joseph Wrightson, designed band, drama and choir programs, a website that allows arts programs — for the rest of her life — and she plans and that the schools were having to to start a heARTS chapter wherever from Lexington, Appalachia, or anyorganize fundraisers to get supplies, she ends up going. where else in the world — to register she decided to step in and help. She “Each request fulfilled is an actheir needs online. The program relies set up a Facebook page to help rally complishment in itself,” she said. Ϯ heavily on social media to collect support and collect donated materiCCCLEX.ORG / 13

REFLECTION

Feast of Pentecost

By The Very Reverend Carol L .Wade

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n the Feast of Pentecost, the culmination of the Great Fifty Days of Easter, we celebrated the birthday of the church in grand style.

Our Cathedral was “dressed” in her birthday best. Flowers arrayed like flames of fire lifted our eyes to the Spirit’s presence in the form of silken fabric suspended and draped above the nave. As it moved in gentle dancelike waves, colorful streamers and a heavenly dove floated through the air in lively procession. The story of Pentecost, underscored by music and punctuated with

congregational song, was effectively dramatized in a variety of languages as we celebrated God’s Spirit anointing the dignity and vitality of difference—the body of Christ in all its wondrous diversity sharing God’s good news to the world.

On this great day of Pentecost, I am grateful for the gifts we share on behalf of God’s new world. On this birthday of the church, I give thanks for the people of Christ Church, and generations of families that have made this Cathedral Church their home for over two hundred

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years, and who have left an enduring legacy for us.

I am grateful for the many artists who share their astonishing gifts week by week on behalf of our worship and who made this festive day possible. This faithful work makes God’s love real to us and to seekers hoping to be met by the Living God. As we baptized baby Norna, we recommitted our lives to following in the way of Christ, and rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. My prayer for us in this new season of the Spirit, is that we will celebrate the blessing we received at Easter, the gift of new life, as we will fling wide the doors of this Cathedral to follow Christ in praising God and blessing the world God so loves. Ϯ

STEWARDSHIP

A New Pentecost

By Amanda Musterman-Kiser

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uring his March visit to human soul. How will we serve it?

Christ Church Cathe(Chapter XIV). dral, John Philip NewIn May, I had the great privilege of ell spoke of a “New attending a Conference on Food and Pentecost” – a time Faith. The gathering was a grant-fundwhen the realization that all that is in ed event of 40 people from across the the earth, both inhabitants and the Episcopal Church with varied backearth itself, are interrelated and one. grounds and interests on the topic.

In the prologue to A New Harmony he Within this group it was evident that describes it as this: a New Pentecost had indeed arrived This emerging and that one of the A new and vast ways that it was awareness … can be dePentecost is stirring in making itself manifest was through scribed as a the human soul. the work of comfresh outpourgarden projing of Spirit.

How will we serve it? munity ects similar to ours Just as Hebrew at the Old Episcopal Scripture begins with a description Burying Ground/London Ferrill Comof the Wind of God hovering over munity Garden. the chaotic deep at the beginning of time to bring forth creation in its Here are some of the exciting oneness, that same Spirit is hoverthings going on across the nation: ing over the depths of the human Good Earth Farm – An intentional soul today to bring forth a concommunity of Episcopal Common sciousness of life’s oneness that we Friars living and praying together in could never before have imagined.

Athens, Ohio. Through their work Similarly, … in the Christian Scripture together they produce over 10,000 there is the [Pentecost] story of the pounds of food yearly for the poor in Holy Spirit breathing a new passion their community while reconnecting for oneness into the early followto the very earth that sustains them. ers of Jesus. ... That same Spirit is http://commonfriars.wordpress.com/goodbreathing a new vision of oneness earth-farm/ into our awareness today. And it St. Mary’s Garden at Sewanee, TN transcends the narrow boundaries – The Center for Religion and Environthat our nations and religions have ment combines theology studies with tried to place around us. A new gardening by helping students rememand vast Pentecost is stirring in the ber that prayer is in the soil. Through

a community garden they work and pray together. http://www.sewanee.edu/ cre/programs

Camp Stephens – This Episcopal Camp and Conference Center in Julian, California, includes environmental and creation stories in its camp life. It has two large organic gardens and chickens. During camp students harvest the food, which they eat while giving thanks and learning about stewardship. www.campstevens.org In all of these gardens there is a oneness that transcends nationality and religion. Throughout the conference, story after story was told of how gardens were a place for all to gather – poor and rich, local and foreign, old and young. People gather in gardens to grow and give thanks. People gather in gardens to become closer with God and one another. Gardens are indeed a place of New Pentecost.

As we enter into the Pentecost season, Newell’s question remains with us: “A new and vast Pentecost is stirring in the human soul. How will we serve it?”

If you would like to become a part of the work happening with the New Pentecost at the London Ferrell Community Garden at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground contact Andy Werner, volunteer coordinator for seedleaf at andy@seadleaf.org. Ϯ

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MUSIC NOTES

The Summer Experience

By Canon Erich Balling

SUMMER WORSHIP Beginning in June, the Cathedral will offer a twoservice format on Sunday with services at 8:30 and 11:00am. The 11:00 Eucharist will feature choir, hymns and anthems, while the 8:30 Eucharist will feature hymns and instrumental music that highlights the Cathedral organ. The summer format will continue through Labor Day weekend.

VISITING CHOIR On Sunday, July 1, the Cathedral will host the North Star Boys Choir at the 11:00am Eucharist, under the direction of Francis Stockwell. The choir hails from Minnesota and will be in the midst of a three-week tour during its visit to Lexington. Comprised of 24 boys, its singing has been compared to the Vienna Boys Choir in tone and color. Maestro Stockwell held positions in Switzerland and Austria before coming to the United States to teach Viennese choral vocal techniques.

The boys' visit to the Cathedral will require host families on Saturday, June 30. This would include an evening meal and Sunday breakfast. There is a minimum of two boys per host family. If you are interested in hosting, please contact Music Assistant Kathleen Balling at 2544497 ext. 108 or kballing@ccclex.org. For further information about the North Star Boys Choir, please visit its Web page at www.northstarboyschoir.org.

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CATHEDRAL CHORISTER STANDARD AWARDS This spring, eleven of our boy and girl choristers prepared for the RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) Bronze and Silver Awards. These are internationally recognized and administered tests of a chorister’s musical skills, repertoire knowledge, leadership and Christian formation. We are very pleased that each of our choristers passed the examinations with distinction. This marks the first time in the history of the exams that so many choristers from one institution all passed with the highest mark attainable. At our final Evensong on May 20, the following choristers received the Bronze Award: Sarah Anderson, Brennan Burke, Diane Clements, Connor Dellarosa, Zachary Denniston, Eli Dunlap, Davis Fugate, Michael Naish and Abbie Paris. Receiving the Silver Award were Madison Fogarty and Quentin Prewitt. Five more of our choristers will be taking the exam in early June. For more information about the RSCM please visit its website at www.rscmamerica.org. ώ

FROM THE DEACON

Summertime, and the livin' is easy

By The Reverend Paula L. Ott

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s I sit here watching the sun set and listening to the sounds of children still playing outdoors, I am reminded that we have reached Summertime - not particularly summertime when temperatures climb into the 90s as they did recently, but SUMMERTIME - that period when schools are out for the year and vacations beckon us away to other places. The longer days of sunlight entice us to stay up later than usual, to play more golf, spend more time at the pool or read those books we saved for this time of year.

Gone are the frantic mornings of getting the kids ready for school, making sure we have time to scrape the ice off our car windows and walks and wondering if the roads are even clear for us to travel. We have left behind the ordinary days of the calendar that seems to revolve around the school year, heading into, as the lyricist for Porgy and Bess put it, “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy.”

Here at Christ Church, Vacation Bible School is gearing up, choristers are preparing to leave for Choir Camp and summer campers are waiting for their particular camps to occur at the Cathedral Domain. Gardens have been planted at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground in anticipation of delicious vegetables gracing our tables a few months from now.

We joyously celebrated Pentecost in our beautiful Cathedral with floating streamers and balloons, a soaring dove, wonderful music from the combined choirs and the baptism of a smiling baby girl. As we leave Pentecost behind, we enter into the period in the Church year known as Ordinary Time. This term comes from the root word

ordinal, which simply means “counted time,” because we number the Sundays from this coming Sunday up until the first Sunday of Advent, 28 weeks from now.

In some ways, this is ordinary time because we have no high or low points such as Lent or Christmas in this portion of the Church year. We will spend the 28 weeks of Ordinary Time just being where we are and trying to live out our faith in this space of time without the pen-

The presence of the Holy Spirit is not just with us as we walk through valleys of darkness or soar through our periods of greatest joys. ance of Lent or the anticipation of Easter.

I believe what is important about Ordinary Time is that it can serve as a reminder to each of us that God is not with us just in the lows of our penitential season or just with us as we gather for the Christmas Eve service.

God is with us all the time - throughout the highs and lows of our lives. The presence of the Holy Spirit is not just with us as we walk through valleys of darkness or soar through our periods of greatest joys. The Holy Spirit, which glows within each of us, is just as present as we wander down the beach, pull the weeds from our gardens or hear the call of the whippoorwill late at night in the woods at the Domain. Ϯ

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Carol Barr Kenyon Cook Abigail Young Patrick Combs Sandy Snyder Taylor Rains Will Freeman David Blanchett Kody Kiser Michael Mabe Nemour Egana Tabatha Allen John Gillig Amanda Musterman-Kiser

Amy Hall Andrew Dieruf Jack Marletta Margaret Hacker Mary Beth Parker Kimberly Anderson Jack Stewart Libby Mattingly Maggie Clay Benji Headley Caroline Balling Doug Geddes Kaesyn Jacobs Margaret Willingham Tammy Jones Mary Crain Chaucey Slagel Clay Dorsett Emory Sebastian Lynn Lorch Alex Thompson Fred Roughton Eva Chapman Madison Fogarty Russ Bogue Will Jones Joanna Binford Joanne Trammell Trish Voll Lisle Dalton Martha Birchfield Alex Clay

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Jennifer Smith Will Mullins Mary Louise Lorton Sid Kinkead David Aiken Tom Howard Claire Simon Hardy Kikuchi Susan Baird Christina Bell Andy Barr Kristan Thomason Diane Wiles Carolyn Brock Amy Burke Melodye Kinkead Robert Fugate Tom Sturgill Linda Bussell John Stempel Lesli Yates Muffy Stuart Ron Gullett Colin Ferguson Alex Lesueur Darby Jones Mitzi Fugate Cassandra Gray Edward Sellier George Jett James Boyd Jane Pappas Melissa Whitton Shannon Wilson Barbara Hodgman Barrie Hart Drew Logan Tracy Ellis Sylvia Lacefield Samuel Lorton

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Cassie Jackson Gavin Wigginson Wyatt Lutz Garland Barr

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

June, July & August

BULLETIN BOARD

MINISTRIES/// Vacation Bible School, June 11-14 All children are welcome to an interactive week of play and learning, June 11-14, as we explore connections with children close to home and across the globe. In The Abundant Life Garden Project, we learn about programs helping families in other parts of the world. As we learn that we can make a difference at any age, we will grow stronger in faith and in our relationships with God and each other. Contact elizabeth@ccclex.org or visit www.ccclex.org to sign up. Look for your brochure in the mail for more information.

OUTREACH/// Church Under the Bridge, June 17 Christ Church will host CUTB on Sunday, June 17, at the Mission House. Help is needed in transporting the meal from our kitchen to the Mission House and

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Allen Grimes Alex Baldecchi John Geddes Laura Newsome Elizabeth Gambet Betty Flynn Erin Langfels Jay Bright Lain Wilson Zoe Harper Robert Hill David Conrad David Tuttle Michael Westneat Paul Decker Elizabeth Conrad Jeff Jones Lucian Dearborn Len Cox Amme Morgan Elsie Barr Margaret Kannensohn

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serving the meal to those in need. If you are interested in helping, please come to Christ Church at 1:45 pm on June 17. Alternatively, please donate cupcakes, which can be dropped off in the kitchen on the morning of June 17. If you have questions please contact Beth or Caywood Prewitt by email at ehprewitt863@gmail.com / caywoodprewitt@ gmail.com or by telephone at 421-9128 (Beth)/421-8555 (Caywood).

All Ages Mission Trip, August 8-12 All children of God - young, old, youth, and families - are invited to travel with us for a mission to Harlan, Kentucky. During this exciting trip, participants will repair and rehabilitate homes for low-income families as well as convert Harlan Christ Church's Parish House into a functioning home for visiting groups. The group will live, pray, and eat together in a community setting at a retreat cabin with a scenic view of God's beautiful hills of Eastern Kentucky. Children under the age

Graham Thomason Harper Smith Emma Fay Haden Allen Joey Howard Zak Cassidy Nancy Bogue Bob Voll Mary Ann Geddes Laura Lutz Katie Walsh Susan Isaacs Virginia Lane Doris Parsons Vickie Coleman Robin Cook Clay Fugate Emily Barron Smith Catherine Hawley Karen Garrison Chuck Churchill Eliana Greissworth

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of 13 must have a parent in attendance.

All persons welcome regardless of skill set or ability. Twenty spots are available for this trip. A $100 deposit is due by July 1. For more information, contact Amanda Musterman-Kiser (amusterman@ ccclex.org), Elizabeth Gambet, or Nathan Churchill.

CONGRATULATIONS/// Margaret Walker Garrett graduated with a BA in English from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. Marshal Jolly graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He has accepted a call to serve as priest-in-charge of Grace Episcopal Church in Florence, KY. Elise Tucker Davis, granddaughter of Missy and C.B. Baize, graduated from Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN. ĎŽ

Katherine Fitzpatrick Lance Churchill Lanier Whitton Wanda Jaquith Gaile Geddes Anna Bullard Margaret Clifton Chris Watson Hill Maury Tim Lucas Hilary Worne Eric Rouse Allyson Slone Beth Prewitt Linda Patrick Rosa Landrum Brenda Coover Shelby Kinkead Suzanne Segerstrom Joshua Morgan Thomas Kikuchi Marilyn Tudor

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Sharon Brennan Christopher Chi Anna Baumann Elizabeth Schnabel Ralph Bright Erin Baldecchi Rachel Eldridge Carol Rippetoe Marsha Bloxsom Laurance VanMeter R. D. Hall Sam Burchett Brendan Naish Christy Adams Anne Kraus Greg Yeakley Joe Arnold Josh Curtis Shelley Quire

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Holy Eucharist Rite II • Church Coffee Hour • Great Hall Holy Eucharist Rite II • Church Welcome Reception • Garden

WEDNESDAYS 12:05pm Healing Service • Chapel UPCOMING SERVICES & EVENTS June 11-14 Vacation Bible School June 15 Gallery Hop

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Church Under the Bridge DOK Installation & Haiti Tea Ordination of Deacons Visiting Choir: North Star Boys Choir Cathedral & Church Offices Closed General Convention Choir Tour of England Diaper Drive Ingathering Commodores Harlan Mission Trip Bishop Election & Eucharist J2A Urban Adventure Rally Day