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cathedral timesJuly 10, 2016

“He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’”From this week’s lectionaryLuke 10:37

DEACONS IN THE WORLD – CALLED TO SERVEBy the Rev. Juan Sandoval Deacon for Hispanic Ministries

As the Church has undergone significant changes, so has the order of deacons; however, the basic functions remain essentially the same. Deacons are heralds of the Word, servants of the church, and agents of the bishop. They embody two concepts of the ancient church, as messengers and waiters. As messengers, they herald the Word and proclaim the Good News of God in Christ and interpret the world to the community of faith. Deacons interpret the needs, hopes, and concerns of the world to the church. They identify the “hurdles” of the marginalized and bring attention to the injustice of the “hurdles,” assisting with pastoral care, healing, food distribution, listening, educating, and loving the community.

As servants or stewards, deacons assist in the liturgy, representing Christ at the altar. Deacons not only “wait at the table,” and “cater at the feast,” but also attend to the needs of others through the ministry of presence. Deacons work in the realm of social justice for change, working for prevention of injustice, encouraging structural and political change, assisting in reshaping institutions and challenging the status quo. They may assist the church in understanding the responsibility of the congregation to assess what the ministerial needs are, how to meet them and who to select as appropriate ministers. Deacons are called to help the church learn that it must adapt its ministry to the changing times.

As messengers, deacons bring the Word to the congregation and especially look for opportunities for the congregation to live out their individual baptismal vows. I particularly emphasize these two parts of the Baptismal Covenant: “Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbor as yourself? Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?”

Outreach is an integral and vital organ of stewardship and fulfilling a deacon’s vows to assist our neighbors. Outreach touches our community, the region, and the world. I thank all who participate in some form of outreach and for all the work they do to assist those in need. This ministry comes from the giver’s heart. This ministry exemplifies the dismissal by the deacon at the end of each Holy Eucharist to go into the world to love and serve. Each of us should consider how we are to love and serve.

My personal ministry of healing continues with nursing at Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center in Jasper. I am so grateful to be available to provide health care to those who otherwise would not receive needed care. This clinic cares for those less fortunate in Pickens County and sees about 14,000 visits per year. My other ministry is serving the Hispanic community and assisting them with their needs, including better understanding Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church. It is an honor to have served several Hispanic communities and to assist each as it has grown.

I am so fortunate to now do my ministry here at the Cathedral of St. Philip. One of the first things to strike me was the virtues of the staff of the Cathedral. They all practice grace, excellence, and hospitality. It is truly wonderful. The other thing that connected me even more was that the Cathedral is named after a deacon, St. Philip. I am so blessed to be here and to be of service to this amazing community.

CLERGY AND SENIOR STAFF

2016 CHAPTER

The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler Dean

Dale Adelmann, Ph.D. Canon for Music

The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr. Vicar

The Rev. C. Wallace Marsh IV Canon for Worship and Parish Life

Mary Hunter Rouse Canon for Education

The Rev. Catherine Zappa Canon for Spirituality and Mission

The Rev. John William Harkins III, Ph.D. Priest Associate

The Rev. Todd D. Smelser Canon Associate for Pastoral Care

The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D. Priest Associate

The Rev. Carolynne G. Williams Canon Associate for Pastoral and Elder Care

The Rev. Juan Sandoval Deacon for Hispanic Ministries

Rob Adams (Junior Warden), Mary Bondurant (Executive Committee At-Large), Josh Borden, Kate Brewer, Matt Caine, Mary Caroline Cravens (Senior Warden), Joan Gilbert, Austin Hall (Secretary), Jason Hultgren, Lindsey Hardegree, Wade Hooper, Eric Mininberg, Doug O’Bryan (Treasurer), Brad Reeves, Julie Rief, Ruth Russ, Susan Troutman, George Watson, Anne Young

WORSHIP SCHEDULESunday, July 10, 2016 / Pentecost 8: Proper 10CLiturgy of the Word Lesson: Amos 7:7-17Psalm 82Epistle: Colossians 1:1-14Gospel: Luke 10:25-37

7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Mikell Chapel Celebrant: Canon Cathy Zappa Preacher: Clayton Harrington, Seminarian8:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral Celebrant: Canon Todd Smelser Preacher: Canon Wallace Marsh9 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Mikell Chapel Celebrant: Canon Cathy Zappa Preacher: Clayton Harrington, Seminarian11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist and Baptism, Cathedral Celebrant and Preacher: Bishop Keith Whitmore11:15 a.m. La Santa Eucaristía, Mikell Chapel Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval

MUSICSunday, July 10, 2016 / Pentecost 8: Proper 10C8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist / Cathedral Choir (Tenors and Basses)Stephen Paulus, The Road HomeMaurice Duruflé, “Agnus Dei,” from Messe cum jubilo

CHILDRENThe Nurturing Center is open for children four and younger from 8:30 a.m. through the end of the 11:15 a.m. service each week.

MEMBERSHIP

DEATHSDavid Watkins,

husband of Betty Watkins, father of Stewart Forsbrand,

died June 24, 2016

Prayer for me is always an enlightening time of reflection and resolution that draws me closer to God. It involves carefully listening and recognizing how God responds to life’s challenges and the ability to recognize the power of his grace whether that be in a momentary experience, a chance meeting, or an enlightening new perspective evolved over time. It involves being alert and keeping my lamp filled with oil.

Prayer involves the challenge to draw on the power of the Holy Spirit that lives in each one of us, to deal with contemporary issues of hatred, injury, doubt, discord, despair, darkness, and sadness. A prayer that models this challenge, and provides me with a powerful starting point and action piece for each issue, is the prayer attributed to St. Francis, found on page 833 of the Book of Common Prayer:

Lord, make us instruments of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt; faith, where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

I use this prayer in an effort to keep my lamp filled with oil and to move forward in my prayer life with a renewed sense of purpose and direction.

—Dick Miller

If you missed previous issues, check out the Prayer Corner archive at stphilipscathedral.org/prayercorner.

SPIRITUALITY

In this summer series, open to all, some of the lights of our Cathedral community teach about saints, historical and contemporary, who have inspired them by the way they lived out the Beatitudes and their faith. This class meets at 10:10 a.m., Sundays in Child Hall. This Sunday, July 10, David Burge will discuss William Wilberforce. Podcasts of previous classes and the full schedule are available at stphilipscathedral.org/learn.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: Julia Alston, Steve Auerbach, Priscilla Beale, Rodger Beatty, Karen Bellaire, Cornelia Bird, George Bird, John Blair, Marcia Block, David Boone, Josh Borden, Joan Brooks, Keith Brooks, Neal Brown and family, Meredith, Adam and Leo Bugenske, Denise Carlson, Josie Carlyle, Andrew Clark, Joann Claypoole, David Collins, Lawrence Cowart, Jackson Culbreth, Terry Dornbush, Sarah duBignon, Kitty Dukehart, Angela Ellis, Mary Elrod, Amy Feuss, Mary Ann Frazier, Carleton Fuller, Susan Gill, Rebecca Gorman, Peggy Govan, Eudelle Lanier Graham, Dianne Griner, D. Louis Gruver, Jr., Ellen Gunn, Stan Haines, Jennifer Ham, Jane Hannah, Caroline Hatcher, Shirley Heermann, Patricia Hentz, Debanhi Hernandez, Richard Hill, Connie Hoar, Annemarie and Ante Jazic, Jon, Dorothy Lanier Kenerly, Kelly Kolak, Lisa Krysiak, Margaret Winders Kuhn, Tommy Lanier, Karen League, Jack Lyle, Robert Maddox, Herb Matthews, Janie Mathis, Michelle Maxwell, Reilly McClain, Bonnie Shields McCormack, Carol McDonald, Lorraine McKnight, Jan McPherson, Dick Miller, Lucius Morton, Julia and William Moye, Andy Nelson, Stuart Peebles, Libby Powell, Garry Pryor, Jennifer Rankin, Jonna Rankine, Whitney Kemble Robbins, Logan Shannep, Michelle Simmons, Lara Smith Sitton, Bill Smith, Lyda Sorgini, Joe K. Steele, Janiece Townsend, Roy Unkefer, Ed Vogel, Meredith Wallace, Chandra Westafer, Caroline and John Westerhoff, Stephen Williamson, Dick Wilson, Marion Wilson, Lu Worrell, Patricia Young, Hollis YoungnerFOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: John Dunn, Roush Vance, Stephen Walker, David Watkins

PR AYERS

MISS A SERMON? FEAR NOT!Subscribe to the Cathedral's podcasts on iTunes or check out the sermon archives at stphilipscathedral.org/sermons.

Or worship with us LIVE online, 11:15 a.m. Sundays at stphilipscathedral.org/stream.

FALL CLASS ON “THE WAY OF PRAYER”If you are interested in going deeper in prayer, with the support of a spiritual community, consider participating in our fall offering, “The Way of Prayer.” This 11-week course, facilitated by Cathedral member and long-time church educator Bonnie Lamberth, will combine the study and practice of prayer with group spiritual direction. The group will meet Wednesday mornings, 9:30–11:30 a.m., from September 7 – November 16. For more information, email lamberthb@bellsouth.net.

SPIRITUALITY

DEAN'S WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY

This summer, the Dean's Women's Bible Study will read Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy-Jill Levine. Levine is a professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. She is an engaging teacher and writer (you might have heard/seen her lecturing here in town or in one of the Great Courses series). The book offers fresh studies of parables we have all heard many times, seeking to show us how to hear these stories “through an imagined set of first-century Jewish ears” (as Jesus’ listeners would have heard them), and how to translate them so that they can be heard still speaking today.

All women are invited to join us in this book study. We meet Wednesdays from 10:45-11:45 a.m. in the Chapter Room. Contact Mary Caroline Cravens, marycarolined@cs.com, with any questions.

ADULT EDUCATION

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PARISH SOFTBALL TEAMThe Cathedral men’s softball team, champions of the North Atlanta Church League (A Division) four of the past five years, is looking for some new ballplayers to join in the fun! All games are either Wednesday or Thursday nights at Northside Drive Baptist Church in Buckhead. We have two requirements: players must be at least 16 years old and they must enjoy winning! For more information, contact Warren Barnes, 404-610-8699 or woobarnes@aol.com.

BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOU AND YOU! BLESSINGS TO ALL!

After giving the benediction to start the Peachtree Road Race on the Fourth of July, Dean Sam Candler blessed the 60,000 or so runners, walkers, and wheelchair racers as they passed the Cathedral at mile 2 of the 6.2 mile race.

The Rev. Dr. Bill Harkins, associate priest at the Cathedral, ran his fortieth consecutive Peachtree Road Race this year. See more photos at stphilipscathedral.org/photos.