The CATHEDRAL TIMES
EASTER 2023 ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN!
By the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral
Thank you! Thanks to you who prepared the way for holiness and resurrection this past week. It was a Holy Week for us, a Holy Walk with Jesus through processions and prayers, suppers and songs, crosses and blades of growing grass.
Yes, thanks to you, to each of you! You who served so well know who you are. You carried palm branches and sang. You set up altars with vestments and then you took them down. You rehearsed beautiful anthems and choruses. You sang! You prayed. You cleaned floors and polished brass. You vacuumed and swept. You gathered flowers and arranged flowers. You set up a huge bonfire for Easter morning! You locked and secured the building. You carried sound equipment outside and inside. You turned dials and adjusted lights. You distributed service leaflets, and showed people through the darkness with little flashlights.
You carried more crosses! You took up offerings! You made sure we had enough bread and wine for communion. You made sure the Paschal Candle was properly prepared. You lit people’s candles. You rehearsed some more! You arranged more flowers. You read lessons. You prayed intercessions. You preached. You cared for children. You brought friends and family to church itself.
This past Sunday, Easter of 2023, did not just suddenly happen, like a rabbit jumping out of a hat! The beauty and majesty and power and wonder of Easter at the Cathedral Parish of St. Philip happened because holy and faithful people prepared. Devoted people spent hours of their time in such preparation and work. You are those people!
I know that, properly speaking, this church belongs to God! This is God’s church. But the church also, properly speaking, belongs to the people who give to it. Something is not yours if it is only given to you. Something is yours if YOU have given to IT! And you have given to the Cathedral!
Yes, thanks for giving to the Cathedral Parish of St. Philip this past Easter. And thanks for giving throughout the year. It is a great joy for me to walk with you here. I could walk with you as a child of the light throughout the year!
Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · April 16, 2023
This SUNDAY
8:45 A.M., 11:15 A.M., AND 4 P.M.: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE
CATHEDRALATL.ORG / THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PHILIP APP / FACEBOOK / YOUTUBE
7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa
8:45 A.M. AND 11:15 A.M HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL
Celebrant: The Very Rev. Sam Candler
Preacher: The Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa
8:45 a.m. Cathedral Singers / 11:15 a.m. Cathedral Choir:
Craig Phillips (b. 1961), We walk by faith and not by sight
Howard Helvey (b. 1968), Awake, arise! Lift up thy voice
11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL
Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
4 P.M. CHORAL EVENSONG, CATHEDRAL
Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener
Cathedral Schola:
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (b. 1971), Preces & Responses
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in B flat
Craig Phillips (b. 1961), We walk by faith and not by sight
Howard Helvey (b. 1968), Awake, arise! Lift up thy voice
ADULT Education
THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 16
Old Fashioned Sunday School
Child Hall , 10:10 a.m.
How Do We Know God?
We have been talking about how we know what we know. This week, Canon Maxwell will focus on the question of how we know what we know about God. We’ll look at scenes from the 2018 film titled “An Ideal Husband,” which is based on a late nineteenth century Oscar Wilde play that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on themes of public and private honor.
Young Professionals “Coffee & Conversation Cards”
Walthour Library, 10:10 a.m.
On Sunday mornings during the formation hour, the Young Professionals’ Group will gather in Walthour Library using conversation cards to inspire Christian discussions on scripture, faith and life.
Body and Soul: Men’s Health and Spirituality
Walthour Library and on Zoom, 1 p.m.
This Sunday, April 16, Body and Soul will continue with the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith. An associate priest at the Cathedral and Professor Emiritus at Emory University, his academic and teaching specialties include philosophy of religion, African American religious studies, Christian theology, and religion and violence. He is the author of Conjuring Culture: Biblical Formations of Black America, and co-editor of Curing Violence: Essays on René Girard
Enjoy Biblical Greek
Room 239 and on Zoom, 1:15 p.m.
This newcomer-friendly class is open to beginners, while including long-term members who enjoy exchanging tips, best learning practices, and coaching points on how to translate the Greek New Testament. Please contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, tsmith@cathedralATL.org, for more information.
2023 · The Second Sunday of Easter, Year
2:14a,22-32 • Psalm 16 • 1 Peter
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APRIL 16,
A Acts
1:3-9
John 20:19-31
SUNDAY AFTERNOON RECITALS KIPP GILL, ORGAN
All Saints Episcopal Church, Warner Robbins, Georgia SUNDAY, APRIL 16 — 3:15 P.M.
IN-PERSON AND ONLINE AT CATHEDRALATL.ORG/RECITALS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Toccata in F Major, BWV 540 Calvin Hampton (1938-1984), Two Movements from 5 Dances for Organ Marcel Dupré (1866-1971), Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No 1
FARMERS MARKET
FLAVOR FORWARD AT THE CATHEDRAL FARMERS MARKET
The Cathedral Farmers Market has partnered with Flavor Forward to find volunteers, recruit chefs, and feed our neighbors in need. Flavor Forward is a community platform which addresses food insecurity in Atlanta. They work with the Atlanta restaurant scene as well as local high school student volunteers to prepare and deliver nutritious, quality, and delicious meals to Free99Fridge and other charitable organizations.
Atlanta chefs recruited by Flavor Forward simply cook. Flavor Forward pays for the ingredients and containers and then packs and delivers the meals to community partners. The Cathedral Towers was a recent beneficiary of 100 meals cooked up by Chef Candy at Soup Belly. All enjoyed the delicious food and community built around sharing a meal together. The market and Flavor Forward plan to continue delivering meals to the Towers and add our partners at Intown Collaborative Ministries to their regular meal deliveries.
If you're interested in donating your time, talent, or treasure to the Cathedral Farmers Market or Flavor Forward, please contact Nancy Qarmout, nancy@peachtreeroadfarmersmarket.com
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 Salmoon Bashir, Curate for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations
The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries and Pastoral Care
The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate
Ward Bondurant, Senior Warden
Melody Palmore, Junior Warden
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THIS IS THE ONLY KIND OF SLIDING OUR KIDS SHOULD BE DOING THIS SUMMER.
is the Summer Slide?
YOU CAN HELP!
St. Veronica’s Guild, along with the ECW, is raising funds to support summer educational programs at The Boyce L. Ansley School, Emmaus House, LaAmistad, and Appleton Episcopal Ministries that help eliminate the Summer Slide.
1. DONATE!
2. MAKE A PURCHASE!
Please donate, make your purchases, and place bathing suits in the collection bins in the Atrium before Monday, May 15.
STEWARDSHIP
MARCH STEWARDSHIP UPDATE
Pledges through 3/31/2023:
Amount: $3,240,626
Number of households: 708
Thank you, as always, for your responsiveness to the 2023 Stewardship Campaign! The parish added 137 pledges totaling more than $535,000 in the month of March. We are still finalizing the numbers, but it looks like we are almost $1,000,000 ahead of where we were at the end of March last year and we have surpassed our household total for all of 2022. We will need to maintain this momentum in order to reach our Wildly Important Goal of $4,050,000 in pledges for the year. To date, the members of the Stewardship Committee have solicited almost 40 small groups, launched a children’s stewardship campaign, written over 530 thank you letters, and staffed the Atrium table on Sunday mornings. In order to stay on track (increasing rate and amount of pledging), we will support from as many households as possible. Join the fun! Please go to make your pledge today: cathedralATL.org/pledge. Thank you!
I/We, with God’s help, pledge $__________ to the ministry of God in Christ, through the 2023 annual operating fund of the Cathedral of St. Philip.
Name(s): Email: Phone:
Signature: Date:
MAKE
A
GIVING
This commitment, offered in faith, may be increased or decreased due to changing circumstances. CONTRIBUTION
We are all TOGETHER
Scan the QR Code to the right with your phone or visit cathedralATL.org/SummerSlide to donate. No gift is too small!
You can purchase items requested by our beneficiaries, such as books or teacher appreciation gifts, at the Cathedral Book Store. You can also donate a new bathing suit (sizes 5-13, any gender) for the participants of the Emmaus House Freedom School.
What
The summer slide is the term used to describe a decline in reading ability and other academic skills that can occur over the summer months when school isn’t in session
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
7:30 P.M.
The Cathedral Nave
Atlanta Baroque Orchestra players hit it out of the park in the season’s grand finale of concertos by J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi!
Buy tickets at atlantabaroque.org/triple-play
EVAN FEW Guest Director
ANNA MARSH Bassoon ADAM JAFFE Harpsichord
ATLANTA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
PASTORAL Care
Whether at work, at home, with friends or teammates, or in more formal helping roles, many of us have been, or will be, called upon to respond to someone who is experiencing a mental-health crisis or considering suicide. The Cathedral is hosting a two-day workshop in one of the world’s leading suicide-intervention models, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). ASIST teaches individuals to provide a skilled intervention to a person who may be having thoughts of suicide and develop a collaborative safety plan to keep them safe and alive.
The cost is $175 for Cathedral members and $250 for nonCathedral members. Payment in full is required at the time of registration. The payment is non-refundable by April 14; and before that date, there is a possibility of up to a 50% refund.
Register at cathedralATL.org/ASIST. For questions, please contact the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa, czappa@cathedralATL.org.
For many, Mother’s Day can be a complex mixture of joy and gratitude as well as sorrow and regret. The loss of a mother and women whose dreams to become a mother that have been altered due to infertility, miscarriage, or another unwelcome reason can make this day feel heavy. Deep pain often resides beside love. We want to create a space to honor this grief. Please join us on Friday, May 12 from 5–6 p.m. for a support group in the Lanier House led by parishioner and therapist, Carter Monroe, followed by a healing service officiated by Julia Mitchener. We welcome registrations so that we can plan seats accordingly but walk-ins are always welcome. Register at cathedralATL.org/mindful. For questions, please contact julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org.
YOUNG ADULTS Ministry
LANDSCAPES OF GRIEF
A five-week grief-support group
May 14 – June 18 (no meeting May 28) 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Offered in partnership with Hospice Atlanta, this grief-support group 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 at the Cathedral of St. Philip from 3:30 –5:00 p.m. on five Sunday afternoons. To maintain a comfortable group size, space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Canon Zappa at czappa@cathedralATL.org
PRAYER List
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS: Miguel Boaz-Contreras • Daniel Bryant • Penelope Plunkett Campbell • Sarnia Hayes Hoyt • Denise
Mims • Malcolm A. Moore • Barbara and Joel Rice • Freddie DeSantiago • John W. Shroyer • Philip Gregory Smith
LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Randy Allen • Virginia Bicksler • The Bryant Family • Don Cameron • Connie Chapman •
Geraldine Charles • Heather Clark • Sharon Crews • The Crossley Family • Rita Daly • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Deborah
Ellington • Paul Fekete • Joyce Egan Ferris • Phoebe Forio • Susan Frierson • Aidan Gray • Ken Griffiths • Jenny Ham • Suzanne Haerther • Karen Howard • Jane Jones • Lisa Krysiak • Jill Mahaffey • Tommy Mason • Lee Moran • Susan Myers • Jim Myrick •
Charlie Neal • Marian Palmore • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Karen Richardson • Bob Riggins • Agnes Elizabeth
Robertson • Nora Robillard • Betty Roper • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Greg Smith • Gail Morgan Timmis • Tommy Truesdale • Ron Wallace • Jonathan Wright
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Josephine Rose Adams • Elizabeth Alexander • Evelyn Armstrong • Bettina Bass • William Beane • Charlotte
Eloise Bell • Ray and Pat Bell • Jason Brady • Catherine Brinton • Lila Jo Callaway • Kelly Grey Carlisle • Bob Carreras • Mika
Chorey • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon • Bob Crawford • Judy Crosby • Ruth Crow • Redell DuBose • Megan Dyer • Ron Dyer • Harriet Ellis • Joanne Elsey • Kenneth Farr • Peter Foster • Don Harp III • Gayle Higley • Caroline Hooper • Jay Horton • Beth Ingle • Cami Jackson • Kathy Johnson • The Kelly Family • Robin Kemp • Herb Larrabee • Rachel Laurin • Pete Livezey • Carolyn R. Lusk • Lauren Makhlouf • Michele McBride • Susan Mendivil • Elaine Metcalf • Betsy Moore • Nan Nettleman • Linus Nickel • John K. Ottley, Jr. • Einar Sagstuen • Lillian Sandoval • James Sands • Skip Saunders • Stacey Schuitema • Murray and Pryor Smartt • Don Smith • Michael and Kathryn Snider • Christine Still • John and Cleary Tanner • Pierson Thames • Amy Wadsworth • Donnie Waller • Cheryl Waybright • Jason Wilke • Kirk Winterstein • Christie Woodfin • Jennifer Wright • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Robert Hanvey • James C. Hudson, Jr. • Bill Mosley • Anne Sandburg • The Rev. Kit Sherrill
Wonder Week ofJUNE 5–9
Vacation Bible School for ages 4 – 5th Grade
We will follow in the footsteps of the Israelites as God used the Ten Commandments to show them love when they were in the Wilderness.
Register at cathedralATL.org/children
This sunday at a glance
APRIL 16, 2023
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Mikell Chapel
8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Cathedral
10 a.m. Informed First Communion Classes for Hispanic Ministry Conference Room 239
10:10 a.m. Old Fashioned Sunday School Child Hall
10:10 a.m. Youth Sunday School Room 382
10:10 a.m. Godly Play 3rd Floor above the Atrium
10:10 a.m. Young Professionals
“Coffee and Conversation Cards” Walthour Library
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Cathedral
11:15 a.m. La Santa Eucaristía
Mikell Chapel
1 p.m. Body and Soul:
Men’s Health and Spirituality with the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith Room 239
1:15 p.m. Enjoy Biblical Greek Room 239
3:15 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Recital:
Kipp Gill
Lanier House
3:30 p.m. Support for Suicide Grief Lanier House
4 p.m. Choral Evensong Cathedral
4 p.m. EYSeedlings Room 380
6 p.m. Sunday Evening EYC Room 382
SPIRITUALITY
THIRD MONDAY FACILITATED LABYRINTH WALK AND TAIZÉ PRAYERS FOR PEACE
Monday, April 17
7:00 p.m., Child Hall
Please join us for a contemplative Third Monday of April. We’ll begin in Child Hall for an hour of walking the sacred labyrinth path starting at 7:00 p.m. Or come a few minutes early for a brief introduction if you are new to the labyrinth. Carlisle Dent is our Veriditas-trained labyrinth facilitator.
Then, come to Mikell Chapel at 8:00 for Taizé Prayers for Peace. Originating in Taizé, France, this simple service of scripture, music, silence, and candlelight will bring a beautiful and prayerful close to your Monday. Sandra Carey and Barbara Bazzel are our Taizé coordinators.
The facilitated Labyrinth walk and Taizé service take place every 3rd Monday at the Cathedral. Come to one, or both – and bring a friend! Questions? Contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@cathedralATL.org
UTO Ingathering
UNITED THANK OFFERING:
WHAT IS YOUR PRAYER TO SHARE?
At the Cathedral, we celebrate the Episcopal United Thank Offering (UTO) every spring and fall, joining Episcopalians worldwide to raise about $1 million every year to support struggling and impacted communities. UTO encourages us to practice gratitude for all the blessings God gives us, with a wonderful UTO Prayer Book to help that practice. This year, UTO is updating its prayer book, and welcomes you to share a prayer of gratitude to inspire others. What is your prayer of gratitude to share? You can find the prayer book and share your prayer at cathedralATL.org/UTO
UTO Sunday is Sunday, May 7. Consider practicing gratitude intentionally for the next month. Then, reflect on those blessings, and make a thank offering at cathedralATL.org/UTO
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