The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World ·October 2, 2022
The Feast of St. Francis Blessing of the Animals
Bring your animals to church for the Feast of St. Francis!
This Sunday we remember St. Francis by blessing animals — they are all part of God’s creation. We are blessing creation itself, and the animals represent that!
8:45 a.m.
Animals join us for Festival Eucharist in the Cathedral.
10:10 a.m.
Clergy bless animals in the Cloister Garden.
If your animal does not travel well or get along with others, bring a photograph or a stuffed animal to be blessed instead.
Thank you, Vergers!
THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 12:30 p.m., Child Hall
Join us for a reception after the 11:15 service to celebrate the ministries of senior vergers Richard Perry and Karl Sachsenmaier, who are retiring after many years of faithful ministry at the Cathedral.
During the 11:15 a.m. service, we also will dedicate the Verger Stall, given in honor of Richard Perry’s 50+ years of serving as Chief Verger.
The CATHEDRAL TIMES
This SUNDAY
OCTOBER 2, 2022 · The Feast of St. Francis, observed Genesis 2:18-24 • Psalm 148:7-14 • Galatians 6:14-18 • Matthew 11:25-30
8:45 A.M. AND 11:15 A.M.: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE CATHEDRALATL.ORG / THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP APP / FACEBOOK / YOUTUBE
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder
8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL
Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler
Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder
Cathedral Singers and Cathedral Choristers: Grayston Ives (b. 1948), The Canticle of Brother Sun Andrew Carter (b. 1939), “Butterflies and Moths” from Benedicite
11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL
Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler
Preacher: The Rev. Canon Lauren Holder
Cathedral Schola: Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), Festival Benedicite Grayston Ives (b. 1948), The Canticle of Brother Sun
11:15 A.M. SERVICIO DE KOINONIA, CON LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA , MIKELL CHAPEL
Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
4 P.M. CHORAL EVENSONG FOR THE FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS OBSERVED, CATHEDRAL
Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener
Cathedral Schola: Stephen Caracciolo (b. 1962), Preces & Responses Francis Jackson (1917-2022) in G
Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995), Festival Benedicite Charles Wood (1866-1926), Hail, gladdening Light
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITALS
NATHANIEL GUMBS, ORGAN YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 — 3:15 P.M. IN-PERSON AND ONLINE AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS
Florence Price (1887-1953), Suite for Organ Cesar Franck (1890-1922), Choral No. 1 in E Major John Stoddart (b. 1980), Soon!
PASTORAL Care
LANDSCAPES OF GRIEF
A five-week grief-support group
October 16, 23, 30, November 13, 20 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
This grief-support group, offered in partnership with Hospice Atlanta, is open to anyone in the community who is grieving the death of a loved one and is willing to commit to attending all five sessions. We meet from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. on five Sunday afternoons: October 16, 23, 30, and November 13 and 20. The group is facilitated by Gillian Renault with Hospice Atlanta and Canon Cathy Zappa. To maintain a comfortable group size, space is limited, and registration is required. Contact Canon Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org, for more information.
Adult
WEEKDAY BIBLE STUDIES
Tuesdays
The Dean's Men's Bible Study (7–8 a.m.)
This group meets every Tuesday morning in the Chapter Room (319) to read and study scripture, to share faith stories, and to support each other in prayer. Sam Candler, the Dean of the Cathedral, usually leads the group; all men are invited, whether Cathedral members or not. Contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@cathedralATL.org, for more information.
Early Morning Women's Bible Study (7–8 a.m.)
All women are welcome to this group led by Canon Lauren Holder; drop in when you can. Contact Canon Holder, lholder@cathedralATL.org, for more information.
Wednesdays
The Dean's Women's Bible Study (10:45–11:45 a.m.)
This group meets Wednesday mornings in the Chapter Room (319), to read and study scripture, to share faith stories, and to support each other in prayer. Dean Candler usually leads the group and coffee is available. All women are invited, whether Cathedral members or not. Contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@cathedralATL.org, for more information.
Eat Your Word Bible Study (noon–1 p.m.)
All are welcome to this weekly Bible study, led by Canon Cathy Zappa in Room 239. Please bring your lunch and be ready for a lively conversation! Contact Canon Zappa for more information, czappa@cathedralATL.org
The CATHEDRAL of ST. PHILIP
The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music
The Rev. Lauren R. Holder, Canon for Community and Education
The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr., Vicar
The Rev. Canon Julia B. Mitchener, Canon for Mission
The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care
The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries
The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate
Ward Bondurant, Senior Warden
Samuel T. Wilmoth, Junior Warden
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EDUCATION
PRAYER List
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Dominique DuBose • Jesse Shepard
LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Allison B. • Virginia Bicksler • Gary Bodner • Jeff Bonnell • The Bryant Family • Geraldine Charles • Heather Clark • Paula Cowart • Sharon Crews • The Crossley Family • Rita Daly • Marg Denny • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Deborah Ellington • Thomas and Ruth Erwin • Paul Fekete • Joyce Egan Ferris • Libby Gilmore • Ken Griffiths • James Hawkins • Karen Howard • Jane Jones • Louise Kan • Jane Knight • Lisa Krysiak • Bonnie Lamberth • Jill Mahaffey • Tommy Mason • Carol McDonald • Glenn Miller • Susan Myers • Jim Myrick • Charlie Neal • Marian Palmore • Gene Paradise • Charles Puckett • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Joel Rice • Karen Richardson • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Nora Robillard • Betty Roper • Bobbie and Lisa Rowe • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Charles Walker Sullivan, Jr. • Julie Sutton • Anne France Tremege • Tommy Truesdale • Ron Wallace
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Jim and Julie Allen • The Ayers Family • Kat Ballou • Bettina Bass • Deborah Britten • Lila Jo Callaway • Penelope Plunkett Campbell • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Apryl Roberts Cox • Bob Crawford • Judy Crosby • Barbara Beam Denison • Jeff Donnell • Redell DuBose • Dan Elson • Jack Flanigan • Al Gardner • Mark Goodwin • Linen Miller Greenough • Don Harp III • Martha Heinze • Cathy Hendler • Gayle Higley • Eric Hilkman • Susan Hoskins • William Hudson • Beth Ingle • Cadel Ingraham • Robin Kemp • Rita Lewis • Pete Livezey • Carolyn R. Lusk • Lauren Makhlouf • Gail Marie • Lisa Reeves Martin • Pat Martin • Christopher McCullough • Jan McPherson • Katie McRae • Elaine Metcalf • Ruth Ann Metcalf • Montserrat Miller • The Mills Family • Sam Mitchener • Betsy Moore • Malcolm A. Moore • Linus Nickel • Bess O'Connor • Mary Catherine Ogilvie • Adele Orgill • Drew Paterson • Betty Preston • Paul Reeves • Einar Sagstuen • James Sands • Idemay Shaw • Betty Shelton • Don Smith • Irene Orgill Smith • Michael and Kathryn Snider • John Tanner • Yvonne Tate • Pierson Thames • Frank Troutman III • Bob Wagner • Donnie Waller • Cheryl Waybright • Lyn Ball White • Polly White • Evelyn Williams • Christie Woodfin • Bill Woodring • Elliott Wright • Morgan Wright • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Bill Poole • Sagan Shepard
The Feast of St. Francis
Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Farmers Market!
This Saturday, October 1, the Rev. Julia Mitchener will offer a pet blessing in celebration of the Feast of Saint Francis at the Cathedral Farmers Market. If you would like your animal blessed, gather in front of the music tent at 9 a.m.
* If your animal does not travel well or get along with others, bring a photograph or a stuffed animal to be blessed instead.
CATHEDRAL Chapter
WE ARE ACCEPTING CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION TO THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER
The Chapter Nominating Committee has begun their work of assembling a slate of nominees for the 2023 Cathedral Chapter. They invite anyone in the parish to submit recommendations of qualified candidates.
As the governing body of the Cathedral, the Chapter determines policy issues and provides stewardship of the Cathedral’s complex operations. Each month, the Chapter formally reviews the status of each of the Cathedral’s parochial entities and ministries, and oversees parish financial statements. Unlike smaller parishes, the Cathedral Chapter does not usually get involved in the day-today activities of the Cathedral. In our large and complex system, the Chapter of the Cathedral operates as a board of trustees or board of stewards.
Each Chapter member serves a three-year term. Our Church By-laws allow for members to be: “Any communicant of the parish in good and regular standing, who is not less than eighteen years of age, a regular attendant in Cathedral worship in the year preceding election, and known by the treasurer to have made and maintained a stated financial commitment for church support in the year preceding election.” (A “communicant” is a baptized member who has been confirmed.) The most important quality of an effective Chapter member is an ability to see the larger picture.
Most have held leadership positions in more than one of the church’s ministries or parochial entities.
After recommendations are given to the Nominating Committee, eligibility is verified and candidates are polled to confirm their interest and availability. The committee then chooses six strong candidates to send to the Chapter for approval. Finally, Chapter members are formally elected by the parish at the annual parish meeting in December.
The Nominating Committee reviews candidates who will round out the experience of the continuing Chapter members. We will seek to represent a broad range of age and gender groups, and a broad range of ministries and parochial entities of the Cathedral community.
Members of the committee include: Kathryn Howell, Will Klein, Andi O’Bryan, Hubert Tate, and Sam Wilmoth. The Dean and Senior Warden Ward Bondurant serve ex-officio.
Names of recommendations should be submitted along with a brief supporting statement to any Nominating Committee member or to the Office of the Dean, 404-365-1031, or jmahood@cathedralATL.org by October 23.
OUTREACH
HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT GARDEN HILLS ELEMENTARY!
The Cathedral is partnering with our neighbors at Garden Hills Elementary School to make sure students and teachers have a great year. Several dozen Garden Hills students come twice weekly for tutoring, fellowship, and fun at the Cathedral through our LaAmistad ministry. Now, we have the opportunity to reach even more children—and their teachers—by donating much needed supplies for the school’s “wellness centers,” where individuals can go for help in times of stress.
Please assist in launching this effort by bringing some of the following to the collection bins in the Atrium:
• bottled water
• canned carbonated water (LaCroix, Spindrift, etc.)
• non-perishable “grab and go” snacks
• small sensory toys (e.g., fidgets, “squishies,” stress relief balls, pop tubes, etc.)
FLOWER Guild
LOOKING FOR A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT? Get involved with a fun group of men and women of all ages while providing a beautiful service to the Cathedral. Whether you love flowers or don’t know a thing about them, there’s a place for you on the Cathedral Flower Guild!
The Cathedral Flower Guild arranges all flowers for Sunday altars, weddings, funerals, special services, and receptions. But there is so much more than arranging that goes on behind the scenes and no experience is needed to get started. We have a variety of tasks that we need help with throughout the week with flexible scheduling, and many opportunities to meet and engage with other members. And if you would like to learn to arrange flowers, we will teach you, step by step, about cut flower and greenery varieties and uses, the best way to obtain and prepare them, and how to design and arrange like a pro! We also harvest material from the Cathedral grounds and our own members’ gardens; perfect for those with an interest in plants. We enjoy social and fellowship events too.
A Beginner’s Workshop will be held Saturday, November 12. (Spaces are limited!)
Email one of our co-chairs to learn more about the Flower Guild and how you can become involved: Grace Foster, gfoster418@ gmail.com, or Pam Walz, pwalz@mindspring.com.
WHAT IS AN EV AND WHY MIGHT I REQUEST ONE?
Eucharistic Visitors (known informally as EVs) are parishioners who take the consecrated sacrament from our Sunday morning Eucharists to individuals who cannot currently attend services in person. These trained lay ministers carry with them not only the Body of Christ but also Christ’s Body, the Church. They take with them our prayers for one another and our bonds that transcend space and time.
Why might someone request a visit from an EV? Certainly some recipients of this ministry have been homebound for a long period. Others, though, might appreciate a visit from an EV because:
• They have a newborn or infant in their household and are sticking close to home for a while.
• They are staying in because they (or others in their household) are immunocompromised and need to avoid large gatherings.
• They have limited mobility for a while due to surgery, injury, or recent illness.
If you would like a visit from an EV or simply want to learn more about what such a visit might involve, please contact Hillary Jones, hjones@cathedralATL.org, 404-365-1038, or Canon Julia Mitchener, julia.mitchener@cathedralATLorg.
the cathedral of st. philip has a long tradition of outreach, discipleship, and caring for others in our atlanta community — particularly those in need.
please join us in fellowship and support at our 34th annual homeless requiem on Tuesday, november 1. we know that you will find this special service to be both moving and transformational.
To support the Homeless Requiem, please consider:
? Volunteering to welcome and serve dinner to our guests— many unhoused men, women, and children of Atlanta.
? Making a donation to help fund this event and other Cathedral outreach ministries.
To Volunteer or Donate, Visit:
cathedralatl.org/homelessrequiem
Please contact the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener, julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org, for any questions.
Cathedral Book Store
Monday - Friday:
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday/Sunday:
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
This sunday at a glance
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Mikell Chapel
8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Animals join us for Festival Eucharist Cathedral
10:10 a.m. The Blessing of the Animals
Cloister Garden
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Cathedral
11:15 a.m. Servicio de Koinonia, con la Santa Eucaristía Mikell Chapel
12:30 p.m. Verger Reception Child Hall
1:15 p.m. Enjoy Biblical Greek Room 239 and online
3:15 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Recital: Nathaniel Gumbs, organ Cathedral
4:00 p.m. Choral Evensong Cathedral
6:00 p.m. Sunday Evening EYC Room 382
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STEWARDSHIP
SMALL GROUPS ADD TO LARGE PLEDGES
Thanks to the many small groups at the Cathedral including the Chapter, Endowment Board of Trustees, Funeral Guild, Scholars Committee, Towers Board, and Finance Committee that are (or are very close to) 100% Pledgers. Of course, we hope all parishioners can share their time, talent, and treasure with the parish community. We are particularly grateful for the leadership of these groups at the church. Altogether 628 households have now pledged $3,186,424.
To learn more about getting your small group to 100% status or to make your own pledge, please contact David Rocchio at drocchio@cathedralATL.org or 404-663-2838.
Addiction Panel Event
Sunday, October 16
5:00 pm, Grace Hall Peachtree Road UMC 3180 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30305
A panel of addiction recovery professionals will discuss treatment options and recovery.
The panel will be led by Neil Campbell, Executive Director of the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse (GCSA).
Presented by The One Lamb Initiative
www.prumc.org
