The CATHEDRAL TIMES
The weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · July 28, 2024
HEALING
by the Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries and Pastoral Care
Jesus is the ultimate healer and was holistic in his teaching of relationships. The Great Commandment fulfills all relationships. Love your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. We don’t need to separate the spiritual from the physical, it is all one body. Jesus provided the ultimate in care, both spiritual and physical. Jesus met the people where they were and cared and cured them.
The human body is an amazing creation of God. So many intricate organs work together to insure growth, good health and a sound mind. I was and still am amazed at the beautiful and often complicated artistry of our Lord in creating the human body.
I was drawn to a career in nursing. I loved being at the bedside in hospitals and seeing individuals recover, improving day by day and then leaving for home to continue their life or preparing them for transition into the next. I loved helping those in need of physical healing. God gave me the gift of healing and I was able to share this gift with others. I loved using this gift God gave me in critical care units, emergency rooms, surgical units, and even as a nursing director. Each area allowed me to assist others in healing physically. More importantly, prayer was an integral component of healing. Each day and everyday prayers are felt by the recipients of our intercession with and through God.
I often think of how Jesus healed others. Withered hand, 12 years of bleeding, the lame, the blind and even the dead. These were miracles and even today miracles continue. Working in the health care field allowed me to see miracles firsthand. Battle wounds, severe burns, and near-death experiences. These are miracles aided by our prayers and love.
Caring for those who are sick, suffering, or recovering requires time, patience, compassion, love, and knowledge. Often the most important aspect is that of human touch and presence. Holding a patient’s hand, talking and listening to them. This is when we, as human beings, are the most vulnerable. As nurses, we find ourselves in a sacred space and a time of intimacy. While medications, surgery, and therapy assist in healing, human touch and time are so very important in healing physically, mentally, and spiritually.
After forty-five years of nursing, I was guided by Our Lord to continue my work of healing. This healing was not of the physical or mental type, but that of healing the soul. While this healing is more spiritual, it is also a time of great vulnerability and intimacy. As clergy, we are often invited into the faithful’s sacred space. We offer presence, time, compassion, love and spiritual healing. These sacred spaces include time of illness, time of loss, time of loneliness, and time of transition from their earthly journey to their eternal journey. While each has a particular prayerful component, each has a common component of prayer, presence, grace, and blessing. The power of each is miraculous in its own right.
As I consider healing the physical aspect of self and healing the spiritual aspect of self, I believe that God is deeply immersed in all aspects of healing. If we are to follow Jesus’ example, we are to care for, love, pray for, and bless those who care for God’s people physically and spiritually. I often remember that I am an instrument of God. God is the cure giver, and I am one of the care givers.
I believe God has placed us here on Earth to do his will. To love and serve the Lord and all people. I helped in healing the body for many years and now I am honored to help to heal the soul. I thank God for the opportunity to serve others in God’s glorious and precious name.
This SUNDAY
JULY 28, 2024 · The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 12, Year B 2 Kings 4:42-44 • Psalm 145:10-19 • Ephesians 3:14-21 • John 6:1-21
8:45 A.M. 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 Julia Mitchener
8:45 AND 11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL
Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Thee Smith
Preacher: The Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener
Please pray for our choir on their pilgrimage as they serve as choir-in-residence at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and York Minster from July 15—July 28. We invite you to sing joyfully during our services and to “praise God with all your skill!” (Psalm 47:7)
You can watch the Cathedral choir perform this Sunday, July 28, at the 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist and 4 p.m. Evensong services at York Minster by watching the livestream at cathedralATL.org/yorkminster.
11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL
Officiant and Preacher: The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval
Cathedral GIVING by DESIGN
2025
CATHEDRAL
GIVING BY DESIGN BENEFICIARY ANNOUNCEMENT
The Cathedral Giving by Design Beneficiary Committee is thrilled to announce that Wellspring Living will be the beneficiary for our 2025 event. Founded in 2001, Wellspring Living is devoted to providing the critical resources needed to help survivors of sex trafficking recover and to keep those at risk of exploitation, safe. Through life-giving residential and community-based programs, children and young women are provided the opportunity to live and dream again. In 2023, Wellspring Living served over 449 individuals through their trauma-informed, survivor-focused residential and community programs.
Unfortunately, sex trafficking is more common in Atlanta, and in Georgia, than is often realized, and adolescent girls are the most targeted victims. In Georgia, the average age of a girl forced into trafficking is only 14 years old. Traffickers prey on vulnerabilities and use force, fraud and coercion to isolate potential victims and exploit them into performing commercial sex acts against their will.
As a community, through Cathedral Giving By Design, the Cathedral has an opportunity to raise greater awareness about this crisis, to significantly improve the lives of survivors in our city, and to honor our baptismal covenant to respect the dignity of every human being. Though resources for survivors have grown over the years, Wellspring Living is experiencing an urgent need to increase the availability of safe, residential care. Through their 23 years of experience using evidence-based interventions, Wellspring Living knows that residential stability is critical for survivors and their families to successfully reintegrate into their community and to minimize the risk of re-exploitation.
Cathedral Giving By Design, and the Cathedral community, will play a critical role in this mission by using the event proceeds to construct at least three welcoming and healing tiny homes on the campus of Wellspring Living. Cathedral Giving By Design celebrates the joy of home and hospitality, and we are honored to help brave survivors rediscover their joy and their inherent worth as children of God. Please join us, and Wellspring Living, on Sunday, September 8, when we will share more about their important work, and volunteer opportunities, during Old Fashioned Sunday School at 10:10 a.m. in Child Hall.
We are excited for this partnership with Wellspring Living, and look forward to a wonderful event in 2025! Please mark your calendars for January 24–25, 2025. You can stay up to date by visiting our website and if you would like to volunteer to help with the event and support Wellspring Living, please email info@cathedralgivingbydesign.org.
PRAYER List
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING:
LONG TERM PRAYERS: R. Huntley Allen • Lucy Baker • Emma Duke Bleke • The Bryant Family • Heather Clark • Elizabeth Coil • The Crossley Family • Rita Daly • Jerri Darnell • Terry Dornbush • Darrell Dyas • Jill Dyas • Ramon Echols, Jr. • Deborah Ellington • Paul Fekete • Joyce Egan Ferris • Phoebe Forio • Tom Frolik • Ken Griffiths • Jenny Ham • Tory Hartness • Gena Inman • Bobby Johnston • Jane Jones • Randi King • Liza Lanier • Olivia Leon • Ralph Lewis • Robert Lewis • Stewart Long, Jr. • Lisa Krysiak • Jill Mahaffey • Tommy Mason • Sally Menning • Graham Mulling • Susan Myers • Jim Myrick • Charlie Neal • Lori Hegwood Owens • Marian Palmore • Nancy Qarmout • Buddy and Sue Redd • Rubye Reid • Lorraine Reynolds • Barbara and Joel Rice • Bob Riggins • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Lisa Rowe • Kay Sanders • Nancy Sanders • Louis “Skip” Schueddig • Bill and Julie Sutton • Tommy Truesdale • Ginny Wolf • Jonathan Wright
FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Josephine Rose Adams • Bettina Bass • Ray and Pat Bell • Liza Bentley • Jason Borland • Scott Bouchillon • Jason Brady • Trip Bray • Paul Brewer • Darnell Brown • Chaz Brownfield • Lila Jo Callaway • Mika Chorey • Anna Clifford • Ava Corroon • Eliza Darland • Marty Dunn • Veta Durman • William Erb • Sam Fender • Kyle Garcia • Ann George • Melinda Miller Greenough • Kerry Gresham • Larry Hamilton • Christine Hanson • Carole Ann Harris • Gayle Higley • Keith Hinze • Sarnia Hayes Hoyt • Jane Hunnicutt • Beth Ingle • William Irwin • Kathy Johnson • Melanie Johnson • Pat Jones • Mary Kyle • Pete Livezey • Hilda Lukwago • Carolyn R. Lusk • Lauren Makhlouf • Lisa Reeves Martin • Delaney McGowan • Elaine Metcalf • Marion Hickman Meythaler • Aaron and Ally Miller • William Morris • Sam Muttiah • Rick Nelson • Fred Neuschel • Linus Nickel • Sterling Pace • Rosemary Palmer • Stephen Pararo • Kimbrooke Pavlich • Ginny Quinn • David Raj • Peggy Reese • Terri Robertson • Patrick Romett • Jean Rudolph • Einar Sagstuen • Joe Salas • James Sands • Skip Saunders • Patricia Schooley • Mary Sittig • Alan Smith • Don Smith • Christopher Smithers • Michael and Kathryn Snider • Esther Rose Spade • Izzy Straus • Brandon Streets • John and Cleary Tanner • Timothy Tew • Pierson Thames • Leopildo Velita • Pat Volpicella • Suzette Walling • Curt Weaver • Jay Whitten • Christie Woodfin • Karen Woodward • Whit A. Wright • Hollis Youngner
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Judy Crosby
FOR THOSE WHO WERE BORN: Julian Arinze Knoblauch, born to Esther Udoji and Brendan Knoblauch
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. Salmoon Bashir, Curate for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations
The Rev. Deacon Linda Rosengren
The Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries and Pastoral Care
The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest Associate Geoff DeLong, Senior Warden
Melody Palmore, Junior Warden
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Adult EDUCATION
ADULT EDUCATION THIS SUNDAY
Old Fashioned Sunday School: July Speaker Series 10:10 a.m., Child Hall
This Sunday, July 28, the Rev. Salmoon Bashir will lead us in exploring the important topic of ecumenical and interreligious relations of the Episcopal Church. We will discuss the significance of dialogue, mutual respect, and collaborative efforts in addressing common challenges and demonstrating Christ’s love and unity to the world.
Rev. Bashir will also share his personal experiences and reflections that led him to this work and discuss the Cathedral’s involvement in this ministry both locally and in the wider Episcopal Church. Additionally, he will provide insights into the ecumenical and interreligious resolutions presented and passed during the 81st General Convention of the Episcopal Church, along with their implications for the future.
Come ready to participate, share your experiences, and deepen your understanding of how we can work together as one body in Christ. Together, let’s explore how we can contribute to the ecumenical mission and embody Jesus’ prayer in John 17:21, “that they may all be one.”
Living Faith: Book Study
Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond 10:10 a.m., Room 239
Enjoy Biblical Greek!
1:15 p.m., Room 239 and on Zoom
Newcomer classes begin with alphabet and pronunciation practice prior to translation. Led by the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, tsmith@cathedralATL.org.
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JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUMMER SHOWCASE!
Sunday, July 28
3 p.m., Child Hall
The Jessye Norman School of the Arts - Eastside Atlanta (JNSA2) is an after school and summer enrichment program designed to develop and nurture the artistic and creative talents of student artists.
The summer showcase performance at the Cathedral this Sunday, July 28 at 3 p.m. will allow the budding artists to share the hard work and talent they have developed over the 3-week summer camp enrichment program. Find tickets at cathedralATL.org/jessyenorman.
OUTREACH
It’s hot out! You can cool things down by making a bottled water contribution to our partner ministry Crossroads. Bring a case of bottled water and drop it off in the Child Hall breezeway (the double doors that lead outside towards the labyrinth) by August 11 and help keep our neighbors safe!
L AAMISTAD FALL VOLUNTEERS
Do you have a special interest or ability you might be willing to share with students in LaAmistad, the afterschool tutoring program hosted at the Cathedral September–May? This could be knitting, storytelling, arts and crafts, music, food preparation and nutrition, gardening, yoga, even juggling! We are looking for adults willing to commit a few hours a month with these delightful and eager learners from Garden Hills Elementary School. The program is fully staffed; you would simply be sharing your time and talents. Please contact the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener, julia.mitchener@cathedralATL.org, to volunteer!