The Cathedral Times - June 25, 2023

The CATHEDRAL TIMES

CIRCLES WITHIN CIRCLES

By Lisa McNamara, Director of Children’s Ministries

Circles are important in children’s ministries. We sit in circles, we draw circles, we even have Godly Play stories about circles, all making me very aware of the circles of life. There are the daily circles: wake up, get dressed, go to school, eat our meals, engage in afterschool activities, spend time with family, go to bed, wake up. New day–same thing. Then things broaden into a weekly circle. On Sundays, wake up, go to church, go to lunch, attend afternoon sports, eat dinner, and have a mad scramble to finish weekend homework assignments found in the bottom of a backpack. Mondays through Fridays are work- and school-week rituals, and Saturday is a hodgepodge of yard and housework. Then the week starts over again. The circle broadens into monthly routines: paying bills, meeting deadlines, visiting doctors and vets, and checking in with family. The circle expands even wider into annual traditions, like the beginning of a school year, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas, New Year, Lent, Easter, the end of school year, and summer vacations; and it all happens again with a new school year.

A few years ago, at a Cathedral Staff retreat, we did an exercise of each one of us telling our “Spiritual Autobiography.” I keep thinking about how it made me feel to talk about the different milestones that have really impacted my life. Your spiritual life affects the size that your BIG circle of LIFE will become. There are the regular ebb and flow of things, as mentioned above. But there are also things that alter your entire existence, and that is where the circle expands or shrinks. The birth of a child can bring you such joy and happiness: you can see God’s love shining, and your circle gets a little bigger. Opening your heart and life to others, and simple acts of kindness, will cause your circle to grow exponentially. When you lose someone in your life, and you feel debilitating grief, your circle is still growing because you have loved the way God wants us to love one another. Even when we are faced with our own mortality, our circles can grow, as we can feel God’s presence and comfort.

But life’s events can also make our circles shrink. Do we harbor ill feelings towards someone? Do we judge others for their life choices? Do we long for material possessions? Do we cheat to get ahead of others? These are things that cause the circle of our life to become small.

My favorite parable to tell in Godly Play is the Parable of the Mustard Seed. There was once someone so special he said and did amazing things. People would follow him and ask questions. Once he was asked about the kingdom of God. And he responded, “The Kingdom of God is like no other. It is like a tiny seed that grows and grows into something giant, many times greater than the seed it came from.”

We call our 4th and 5th grade youth group “EYSeedlings.” I love this. We are all just tiny seedlings existing in our little circles, trying to grow and grow until we become so big that we can reach the Kingdom of God.

The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · June 25, 2023

This SUNDAY

JUNE 25, 2023 · The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 7, Year A

Jeremiah 20:7-13 • Psalm 69: 8-11, 18-20 • Romans 6:1b-11 • Matthew 10:24-39

8:45 AND 11:15 A.M.: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE

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7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL

Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell

8:45 A.M. AND 11:15 A.M HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL

Celebrant: The Rev. Salmoon Bashir

Preacher: The Rev. Canon George Maxwell

Cathedral Singers: Percy Whitlock (1903-1946), Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585), O sacrum convivium

11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL

Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev. Antonio Brito

STEWARDSHIP

MID-YEAR STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS

ATLANTA SUMMER ORGAN FESTIVAL

Damin Spritzer, organ

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. While a recital by Damin Spritzer always includes staples of the organ repertory – played with precision, elegance, and conviction – it is the notoften-heard works on her charming programs that raise curiosity in a wonderfully refreshing way. She has championed and brought to renewed life the works of René Louis Becker, Pierre Kunc, and Mel Bonis (France), Harvey Grace and Alec Rowley (Britain), and Mary Howe (United States), among other lesser-known organ composers. Her five CDs containing this music are heralded in every major pipe organ publication. And without a single spotlight, she lights up the stage and captures the audience the second the doors open!

Presented by Delbert Lowell Jacks in memory of Thomas Ruben Jones, and Friends of Cathedral Music. Suggested donation $15 at the door.

Statements of Contributions will be sent this coming week to all households with a 2023 Pledge. The statements will provide an update on the Cathedral, an accounting of contributions toward your pledge, and links to make a donation. If you have not already done so, please consider setting up an automated contribution to fulfill your pledge throughout the year. As you probably know, the Cathedral’s expenses are fairly constant throughout the year. But, in most years the Cathedral receives one-quarter of our income in the last month of the year—leaving the parish in a very vulnerable financial position throughout much of the year. Fortunately, more and more parishioners have chosen to establish a bill pay option through their bank or an automated deduction through the Cathedral’s website. More than one-quarter of our pledgers now contribute on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly schedule—please join us. You can set this up by visiting cathedralATL.org/pledge. Need more information? Contact David Rocchio at 404-663-2838 or drocchio@cathedralATL.org. Again, many thanks!

2023 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SUMMER BUILD

Our 35th Habitat for Humanity home build starts Saturday, July 22! Learn more and register at cathedralATL.org/outreach.

PRAYER List

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:

LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Randy Allen • Lucy Baker • Virginia Bicksler • Ed Black • Miguel

Boaz-Contreras • The Bryant Family • Don Cameron • Connie Chapman • Geraldine Charles • Lawrence

Cowart • The Crossley Family • Rita Daly • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Deborah Ellington • Paul

Fekete • Joyce Egan Ferris • Phoebe Forio • Susan Frierson • Tom Frolik • Aidan Gray • Ken Griffiths •

Elizabeth Groseth • D. Louis Gruver, Jr. • Suzanne Haerther • Jenny Ham • Karen Howard • Jane Jones •

Randi King • Lisa Krysiak • Liza Lanier • Jack Lumanog • Jill Mahaffey • Tommy Mason • Lee Moran •

Susan Myers • Jim Myrick • Charlie Neal • Marian Palmore • Al Plummer • Brenda Pruitt • Rubye and Wayne Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Barbara and Joel Rice • Bob Riggins • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Betty Roper •

Louis “Skip” Schueddig • Carter Sessions • Gail Morgan Timmis • Tommy Truesdale • Ron Wallace • George Watson • Jonathan Wright

FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Josephine Rose Adams • Elizabeth Alexander • Cinforosa Gómez Alonzo • Alison and Jeffrey Armor • Shaista Bashir • Bettina Bass • Charlotte Eloise Bell • Ray and Pat Bell • Jason Brady •

Catherine Brinton • Calvin Burgart • Lila Jo Callaway • Penelope Plunkett Campbell • Bob Carreras •

Bayard Stout Chapin • Lois Chapman • Mika Chorey • Anna Clifford • Marie Corrigan • Ava Corroon •

Apryl Roberts Cox • Bob Crawford • Judy Crosby • Angela DeRuvo • Freddie DeSantiago • Redell DuBose •

Megan Dyer • Ron Dyer • Kenneth Farr • Timothy Florence • Peter Foster • McKee Hamilton • Don Harp III • Gayle Higley • Jay Horton • Beth Ingle • Cami Jackson • Patty and Shannon Jafolis • GK Johnson •

Kathy Johnson • The Kelly Family • Robin Kemp • Tim Kirkbride • Herb Larrabee • Rachel Laurin • Pete Livezey • Cakers Long • Carolyn R. Lusk • Lauren Makhlouf • Sarah Louise Maples • Susan Mendivil • Elaine Metcalf • Denise Mims • Betsy Moore • Malcolm A. Moore • Linus Nickel • Todd Reid • Einar Sagstuen •

Lillian Sandoval • James Sands • Skip Saunders • Patricia Schooley • Stacey Schuitema • Austin Scott and family • Don Smith • Philip Gregory Smith • Michael and Kathryn Snider • Christine Still • Christy Strum • Harry F. Sutcliffe • John and Cleary Tanner • Pierson Thames • Amy Wadsworth • Donnie and Ann Waller • Cheryl Waybright • Jason Wilke • Jennifer Wright • Whit A. Wright • Marjorie Young • Hollis Youngner

The CATHEDRAL of ST. PHILIP

The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Dean

Dale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music

The Rev. Lauren R. Holder, Canon for Community and Education

The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr., Vicar

The Rev. Canon Julia B. Mitchener, Canon for Mission

The Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Liturgy and Pastoral Care

The Rev. 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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ADULT Education

THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 25

Living Faith Room 239, 10:10 a.m.

Discovering Spiritual Growth in the Twelve Steps

Most of us have heard of the Twelve Steps so many people have used to live a life of recovery. Many of us may even be familiar with certain steps. Some of us have incorporated all Twelve Steps into our daily lives. The truth is, all of us can benefit from the spiritual growth the Twelve Steps offer, because all of us struggle with various forms of dependency and addiction. Richard Rohr says, “I believe Jesus and the Twelve Steps of A. A. are saying the same thing but with different vocabulary.” Come explore that vocabulary with Canons Holder, Mitchener, and Zappa and discover the freedom of Jesus and the Twelve Steps.

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 at 404-365-1093 or tsmith@cathedralATL.org, for more information.

Newcomers Tour

Peachtree ROAD RACE

Bless and cheer on the runners, walkers, and wheelchair athletes of the Peachtree Road Race at the Cathedral Tuesday, July 4! The Cathedral is at mile 2, and clergy will once again be blessing racers with holy water as they pass by in one of Atlanta's grand and holy traditions. All are welcome to watch the race from the Cathedral lawn along Peachtree Road. The morning concludes with a short prayer service.