The CATHEDRAL TIMESThe weekly newsletter of the Cathedral of St. Philip · Serving Atlanta and the World · February 4, 2018

A WALK IN THE WINTER WOODS

The recent snow and truly cold weather forced many of us indoors for a while. And, for a while, the indoors were wonderful. Maybe there was a fire going somewhere, and maybe we just sat around the warm kitchen and played games. Or read in the den. If one is in a warm indoors, winter can be quite cozy.

But, after a while, I am one of those who has to walk. So, I finally got a chance to walk in the winter woods last week. I get more energy from walking than I do from a cozy fire. Somehow, a walk in the winter woods shows me things, old things that I haven’t seen before, and even new things.

Of course, one of the primary features of the winter woods is the emptiness, the lack of green leaves. But that lack of foliage reveals curious and alluring possibilities, too. First of all, the emptiness reveals amazing shades of brown and gray—yes, colors that we often think rather bland, but which can also be beautiful and rich. Secondly, with no leaves or buds yet, the hardwood trees and limbs look like glorious webs of neurons gliding through the air. They somehow look like roots and tendrils above ground. I can see so much in the winter woods, and at greater distances. I see over the next dip in the valley and up to the next hill. I see the deer and foxes. I can rarely see that far in the summertime.

Of course, what I also see is myself, in just the same ways. As my walk becomes more wonderfully contemplative, I see myself in a more direct and bare way, too. I become aware of my own wounds and emptiness. I notice that even the old brown spots and gray streaks have some wisdom in them. I become aware of my own past and my own future. I see things better: my self, my relationships, the world. It is as if my walk is itself a light in the darkness.

Ah! I get it now! This week brings the Feast of Candlemas, February 2, when the Church lights candles. In fact, the Church celebrates a Walk, too—a Candlemas Procession through the church. Yes, we also remember the Presentation of Christ on this day; but the real energy—I believe—is about walking around and lighting candles in the middle of the winter. February 2 lies just about midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Thus, February 2 is just about the middle of winter, when we are deepest into the dark nights, cold days, and empty woods.

The middle of the winter is the time to wonder about things, maybe even to see our skeletons and nerves and relationships in more direct and bare ways. The middle of the winter is a time for wonder. Our popular culture offers us two other ways to keep this time: Groundhog Day (February 2), and Super Bowl Sunday (usually around this time of year, too!). Those events are fun. But, deep down, they don’t do it; those observances do not see for us.

The real energy of this time of year, the middle of the winter, is to be able to see things more clearly. The real energy occurs when we walk through the empty winter woods and see the world more clearly. The real energy occurs when we light a candle for ourselves, and maybe see our souls a little more clearly.

This Sunday, February 4, is, indeed, a big Sunday for us. The youth will observe “Soup-er Bowl Sunday,” when they ask us to bring canned goods, or checks, to church and put them in the bin of whichever team we think will win the Super Bowl. Please participate! 8:45 is also Scout Sunday! Finally, of course, we will process. The 4 p.m. service on February 4 is our Candlemas Procession – full of light, walking, music, and glory. Join us.

This SUNDAYFEBRUARY 4, 2018 · The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year BIsaiah 40:21-31 · Psalm 147:1-12, 21c · 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 · Mark 1:29-39

7:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Wallace Marsh

8:45 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: Dean Sam Candler Staff Singers and Cathedral Choristers: Jane Marshall, Eternal Light Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ave verum corpus

9 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, MIKELL CHAPEL Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Wallace Marsh

11:15 A.M. HOLY EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL Celebrant: Canon Lauren Holder Preacher: Dean Sam Candler Cathedral Choir: T. Frederick H. Candlyn, Christ, whose glory fills the skies Orlando Gibbons, Almighty and everlasting God

11:15 A.M. LA SANTA EUCARISTÍA, MIKELL CHAPEL Celebrant: Canon Wallace Marsh Preacher: Deacon Juan Sandoval

4 P.M. CANDLEMAS PROCESSION AND CHORAL EUCHARIST, CATHEDRAL THE FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD, OBSERVED

Celebrant and Preacher: Canon Wallace Marsh Cathedral Schola: Thomas Tallis, Nunc Dimittis (Short Service) Thomas Tallis, Missa Salve Intemerata Virgo Johannes Eccard, When to the temple Mary went

The CATHEDRAL of ST. PHILIPThe Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, DeanDale Adelmann, Ph.D., Canon for Music

The Rev. Lauren R. Holder, Canon for Outreach and Congregational LifeThe Rev. C. Wallace Marsh IV, Canon for Pastoral Care and Worship

The Rev. George M. Maxwell, Jr., VicarThe Rev. Catherine Zappa, Canon for Education

The Rev. John William Harkins III, Ph.D., Priest AssociateThe Rev. Deacon Juan Sandoval, Deacon for Hispanic Ministries

The Rev. Theophus “Thee” Smith, Ph.D., Priest AssociateThe Rev. Carolynne G. Williams,

Canon Associate for Pastoral Care and Elder MinistryAustin Hall, Senior Warden

Doug O’Bryan, Junior Warden

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Sunday ADULT EDUCATION

OLD FASHIONED SUNDAY SCHOOL

Child HallWalking Through the Wardrobe: A Discussion About God, as Described in The Chronicles of Narnia

Canon George Maxwell leads this class, which is in the midst of its four-week look at The Chronicles of Narnia. C.S. Lewis wrote the acclaimed children’s series to tell the Christian story without using explicit religious language. We will look at how Lewis depicts God acting in the world, and how we might find and respond to the voice of God that Lewis describes. As always, we’ll offer a warm welcome and great coffee. We look forward to seeing you there.

HOLY SCRIPTURES IN ENGLISH AND GREEK

Room 239This New Testament Greek class selects key verses from each Sunday's scripture readings and provides user-friendly translation aids so that even first timers can enjoy fresh insights in Bible study.

THE ENJOYMENT OF BIBLICAL GREEK

Room 356 (1:15 p.m.)Also open to beginners, this class includes long-term members who use translation aids including lexicons and commentaries to enjoy how probing the Greek of New Testament texts adds nuance and depth to reading Holy Scripture. For more information on either Greek class, contact the Rev. Dr. Thee Smith, thee.smith@emory.edu.

LIVING FAITH

Room 120 Join Canon Wallace Marsh and Canon Cathy Zappa as we explore what it means to live out our faith through conversation with scripture and tradition, contemporary books, and, most important, one another.

This week, Canon Cathy Zappa will lead our continuing discussion of Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit.

SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY

Room 122Jim Bingham and Gordon Mathis lead an ongoing small group Bible Study focusing on the book of Genesis. For more information, please contact Jim Bingham at 404-373-3273 or binghamjim@bellsouth.net.

Unless otherwise noted, these adult classes meet from 10:10–11 a.m.

LENTEN WEDNESDAY PROGRAM

Wednesday nights in Lent, Canon Lauren Holder will facilitate a book study of Shauna Niequists’ Present Over Perfect. Niequist writes: “A few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing for connection, meaning, depth, but settling for busy.” Her book is a series of essays that invite us to consider what life

might look like if we strip away the self-perpetuated pressure to excel in all things, and instead to truly excel in what we deem most important. Lent is an ideal time to be introspective and intentional about what is running us into the ground, and what we can chose to run after instead. Join us from 6–7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, February 21 and

28, and March 7, 14, and 21 for dinner and conversation. Childcare and child-friendly intergenerational programming will be provided.

Shrove TuesdayFebruary 13

Pancake Supper5 p.m.

Ash WednesdayFebruary 14

Imposition of Ashes7 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 7 p.m.

Family Service5:30 p.m.

LENTEN QUIET DAY:

WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS – WITHOUT

GETTING LOST

The first thing that Jesus did after his baptism was to follow the Spirit into the wilderness. He spent forty days there dueling with the devil over whether and how he would engage the institutional powers of his day. His choices would determine what he would do and who he would be.

We are called during the season of Lent to follow the Spirit into our own wilderness. It’s a time to think again about the choices that we are making in our lives. Are they drawing us closer to God or driving us farther away?

Canon George Maxwell will lead us in several contemplative practices that are designed to guide us in this discernment.

The Quiet Day will take place in the Lanier House on the Cathedral campus, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Saturday, February 17. The cost is $20 and includes lunch. Please register before February 12 at stphilipscathedral.org/quietday or by contacting Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1031.

SPIRITUALITY

A DAY WITH CYNTHIA BOURGEAULTPRESENTED BY THE CATHEDRAL AND

CONTEMPLATIVE OUTREACH ATLANTA

Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Cynthia Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a

demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and wisdom path.

On Saturday, March 17, Cynthia will explore the themes of her book, The Heart of Centering Prayer, at the Cathedral.

This day-long conference will include lectures, discussion and question and answer, and of course, time for centering prayer itself. The cost is $50/person and will include lunch. Register

online at stphilipscathedral.org/spirituality or contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1031, for more information.

Cynthia has been a long-time advocate of the meditative practice of centering prayer

and has worked closely with fellow teachers and colleagues including Thomas Keating, Bruno Barnhart, and Richard Rohr. Cynthia has actively participated in numerous inter-spiritual dialogues and events with luminaries and leaders such as A.H. Almaas, Kabir Helminski, Swami Atmarupananda, and Rami Shapiro.

Cynthia is a member of the GPIW (Global Peace Initiative for Women) Contemplative Council and recipient of the 2014 Contemplative Voices Award from Shalem Institute. REGISTER ONLINE AT

STPHILIPSCATHEDRAL.ORG/SPIRITUALITY.

2018 WOMEN’S LENTEN RETREAT

Icons Of Grace: Shining the Light of God’s Love Through Our Stories

Join the women of the Cathedral on the 2018 Lenten Retreat, March 2-4 at Kanuga in Hendersonville, North Carolina, as we use the stories of scripture, our own lives, poetry, images, a contemplative art offering, and silence to more deeply cull the graces God gifts us.

The retreat leader will be the Rev. Beth Knowlton, Rector of St. Mark’s in San Antonio (and former Canon for Liturgy and Worship here at the Cathedral!). Register online at stphilipscathedral.org/lentenretreat or contact Jeannie Mahood, jmahood@stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1031, for further information.

Cathedral BOOK STORE

MUSIC

ORGANIST ALAN LEWIS TO PERFORM

Organist Alan Lewis will perform on the Cathedral’s Sunday Afternoon Recital Series this Sunday, February 4. Currently director of music at Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Dr. Lewis is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory and the University of California at Berkeley. A multiple-time performer on the Cathedral’s series, his recital will include works by Bach and Franck.

Since 1949, the Cathedral Book Store has served the Cathedral of St. Philip, the Diocese of Atlanta, and the community at large. Founded by the Episcopal Church Women, we have grown from being a small book store to a vibrant ministry that serves as a resource to explore faith and values. We strive to be a catalyst for creating an engaged and thoughtful community through educational programs, speakers, discussion groups, and fellowship and outreach programs.

You made it possible in 2017 for us to continue our ministry and to grow as a faith community. Finding ways to strengthen our finances in order to keep our doors open and continue our ministry is not always easy. Please consider supporting the Cathedral Book Store by becoming a 2018 Book Fellow.

Benefits of Being a Book Fellow• Discount shopping days at the

Cathedral Book Store• Special discount coupons• Advanced notice of lectures,

workshops, classes, educational programs or series

• Special receptions to meet the speakers and authors• Reserved seating at major events

Members of the Cathedral Book Store board of directors will be in the Atrium on Sundays, February 4 and 11. Stop by and learn more about Book Fellows or just sign up at cathedralbookstore.org!

Alan Lewis, organ Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude & Fugue in G Major, S. 541J.S. Bach,

Chorale Prelude on Vater unser im Himmelreich, S. 682César Franck, Cantabile & Pièce héroïque from Trois Pieces

Johann Sebastian Bach

St. John PassionDale Adelmann, conductor

Friday, February 23 v 7:30 p.m.The Cathedral of St. Philip v 2744 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta

Julie Andrijeski, artistic director & concertmaster

CLARA ROTTSOLK soprano

MEG BRAGLE mezzo soprano

JASON MCSTOOTS tenor

MISCHA BOUVIER baritone, Pilate

RUFUS MÜLLER evangelist

DANIEL FRIDLEY Jesus

Saturday, February 24 v 4 p.m.Roswell Presbyterian Church v 755 Mimosa Boulevard, Roswell

TICKETS AT STPHILIPSCATHEDRAL.ORG/CONCERTSAND THE CATHEDRAL BOOK STORE, 404-237-7582

CHOIR & SCHOLA

CANDLEMAS PROCESSION THIS SUNDAY

This Sunday, February 4 at 4 p.m., the Cathedral will offer our annual Candlemas procession and service of Choral Eucharist for the Feast of the Presentation. Sung by the Cathedral Schola, music for the service will center around Thomas Tallis’s Missa Salve Intemerata Virgo, along with other works by Tallis and Johannes Eccard. Come worship with us through some of the greatest music of the Renaissance.

Dear Anna,I was planning to write to you today about

Ignatian spirituality.I have become fascinated recently by the

life of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Spiritual Exercises that he worked out. This is the same Ignatius who, with a small group of friends, founded the religious order that we now know as the Jesuits.

Ignatius was a dreamer. Yet, he also had an acute self-awareness. He noticed that fantasizing about his own gallantry, whether in war or romance (he lived in medieval Spain) left him feeling flat and disconsolate. Imagining himself in the life of Christ and of the saints, though, gave him new energy and creativity.

Ignatius used these experiences to develop a new direction for his own life. He came up with a set of meditations that enabled him to envision himself as a companion of Jesus and formulated a set of rules that helped him to discern how to live out that vision in practice.

I am interested in the Spiritual Exercises because they are grounded in experience and offer a way of living in the world in relation to God. The discipline they teach encourages us to pay attention to what rises up to our conscious minds and to trust that they are prompts from God.

I went to sleep last night anxiously thinking about rules, principles, and sample meditations. I hoped that my mind would organize all of this information in some way that would be useful to you. But, when I woke up this morning, I could only think of two words.

Goat-Feathers.

I have no idea where these words came from or why they fixed themselves so firmly in my imagination.

I remembered that Goat-Feathers was the name of a restaurant that we loved when we used to vacation down on the Gulf Coast of Florida, but I couldn’t figure out what that had to do with Ignatian spirituality.

I looked up the restaurant and discovered that name was taken from the title of a

short story written by Ellis Parker Butler, “Goat-feathers are the distractions, sidelines, and deflections that take a man’s attention from his own business and keep him from getting ahead.” Butler contends that he would have been a successful writer on the order of Mark Twain or Scott Fitzgerald if he hadn’t been so easily distracted. He spent too much time, he lamented, collecting feathers and “sticking them on his hide to make himself look like the village goat.”

The feathers he collected, though, were moments in nature and doing favors for others – just the kinds of experiences that make life meaningful, but don’t contribute to worldly success.

So, my project to explain Ignatian spirituality has converted into a warning. Be careful. The last time I tried it I wound up taking on the practice of collecting goat-feathers as my Lenten discipline.

Your affectionate uncle, Ames

Episcopal Church WOMENJEWELRY DONATIONS NEEDED FOR BENEFIT SALE

St. Veronica’s Guild is collecting vintage, estate, and contemporary costume jewelry for a glitzy and glamorous sale in September. This is an opportunity to clean out your own jewelry box as well as pass along any old pieces from your grandmothers, mothers, and aunts. Even damaged pieces, single earrings, and broken items of sterling or gold will be used. While the sale will not take place until September, we need your donations now. Guild members are preparing for the sale by collecting, cleaning, repairing, and pricing jewelry in the coming weeks.

The jewelry sale will benefit Good Samaritan Health Center Friday Clinic, dedicated to helping persons in the homeless community achieve well-being and stability. The sale also benefits St. Veronica’s ongoing projects of donating personal care items to four ministries in our diocese.: Church of the Common Ground, Crossroads Community Ministries, Emmaus House, and Church of the Holy Comforter.Jewelry donations can be left at the Information Desk, given to a guild member, or picked up by contacting mary.rankin2652@gmail.com, pattiparker@gmail.com or barbarafrolik@gmail.com.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR RECOVERING: IMMEDIATE NEEDS

Joan Couch

LONG TERM PRAYERS

Virginia Bicksler • Cornelia Bird • John Blair • David W. Boone • Josh Borden • Pat Brinson • Kaye Cairney • Heather Clark • Elizabeth Coil • Lawrence Cowart • Terry Dornbush • Sarah duBignon • Kitty Dukehart • Susan Dunn • Angela Ellis • Randy Farmer • Jane Hannah • Caroline Hatcher • Shirley Heermann • Richard Hill • Jack Jennings • Elaine Lyon • Robert and Aggie Maddox • Carol McDonald • Elaine McEachern • Jim McKenzie • Wynetta McNeill • Georgia Meagher • Carrick Mollenkamp • Mary Elizabeth Morgan • Charlie Neal • Marian Palmore • Brenda Pruitt • Garry Pryor • Pamela Reid • Agnes Elizabeth Robertson • Louis "Skip" Schueddig • Jim Segars • Jeanne M. Smith • Julie Sutton • Tommy Truesdale • Cindy West • Andy Westafer • Chandra Westafer • Lisa Box Williams • Anne Willingham • Hollis Youngner

FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Shaun Amos • Artemis Lee Ballard • Bettina Bass • Kathy Beard • Rodger Beatty • David Boyd • Joan Brooks • Denise Carlson • Andrew Clark • Faye Comer • Timothy Paul Condrey • Floyd Childs Cooper III • Sally Coulter • Lonieze Cranshaw • Gabe Crieger • Jackson Culbreth • Ashley Debelbot and Brenda Jones • Judy Eggers • Joshua Felder • Ann Carol Followill • Carleton Fuller • Tom Gardner • Phyllis Gareis • Susan Gill • Peggy Govan • Eudelle Lanier Graham • Darrell and Gail Grimmett • D. Louis Gruver, Jr. • Doyce Gunter • Tod Gunter • William Ham • Alecia Hamilton-Dunnom • Helen Hammond • Chris Hardy • Bobby Hearn • Greg Hentz • Butch Higley • Liz Grant Hilton • Bob Johnson • Hardy Johnson • Sun Ja Kim • Sang Ho Kim • Lisa Krysiak • Margaret Winders Kuhn • Betty C. Lyons • Pat Martin • Janie Mathis • Michelle Maxwell • Michael McClelland • Tommy McCook • Bonnie Shields McCormack • Andy Nelson • Irene Nesper • John Plunkett • Betty and Bill Poole • Harold Reynolds • Margaret Robinson • Frank Roth • James Sands • Patricia Schooley • Katy Shoemaker • Lara Smith Sitton • Jeff Straw • Tina Susco • Hubert Tate, Sr. • Yvonne Tate • Roger Traylor • Janiece Townshend • Christi Vasquez • Peter Veverka • Nina Vila • Frank Villa • Meredith Wallace • Ron M. Wallace • Jacqueline Watkins • Caroline and John Westerhoff • Coralie Severn Wilson • Marion Wilson • Althea Wolf • Whit A. Wright • Patricia Young

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIEDJames J.D. Wallace Jr. Emily Ferguson

PRAYER List

NEW MEMBERS

Wally and Margy Darneille, from Montgomery, Alabama

DEATHS

Margery Hutchinson Evans, mother of Linda Hutchinson and

Malcolm Bruce Evans Jr., died November 22, 2017

MEMBERSHIP TRANSITIONS

CLASS FOR DRIVERS 50+

AARP is once again offering its Smart Driver course at the Cathedral, Thursday, February 15. You may sign up by calling the Information Desk at 404-365-1000. If you have additional questions you may contact Stratton Leedy at 404-237-8910.

JOURNEY OF GRIEF: THE PATH FROM LENTEN

MOURNING TO EASTER HOPE

This workshop, led by Meg Moye from the Cathedral Counseling Center, is for those who have lost a loved one and are experiencing the feelings and challenges of grief. On Wednesdays, February 21, March 7, and March 21, from 11:30 a.m. –1 p.m., we will offer a supportive, confidential space to learn about the process of grieving and to share our individual experience and journey with others who are seeking physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. The cost of the workshop is $60 for all three sessions; contact Meg Moye, 404-483-3711, to register.

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OUTREACH

THE GO SUMMIT: LOCAL AND GLOBAL MISSION

IN THE DIOCESE OF ATLANTA

Saturday, February 10 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Child Hall

WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER

ROBERT LUPTON

founder of Focused Community Strategies and author of Toxic

Charity, Theirs is the Kingdom, and Renewing the City

Register at episcopalatlanta.org/Mission-Work/Around-the-World. For more information, contact the Rev. Donna Mote, innovate@episcopalatlanta.org or 770-833-2989. Presented by the Diocese of Atlanta.

SOUP-ER BOWL SUNDAY!

It's time for the SOUP-er Bowl! Help Cathedral youth gather goods and monetary donations for Buckhead Christian Ministry on Sunday, February 4. We will be collecting items before the 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. services at the top of the ramp in between Child Hall and the Court of Gratitude. Help predict the winner of the Patriots vs. Eagles Super Bowl game by placing your donations in the appropriately marked bins. We have correctly predicted the winner for the majority of the past thirteen years! Some helpful items are canned tuna or chicken, canned spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, oatmeal or grits, soup, jam or jelly, and hygiene items. For more information, contact Maggie Paul, mpaul@stphilipscathedral.org or 404-365-1080.

HELP STOCK BCM’S FOOD PANTRY IN FEBRUARY

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat… Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:35-40 February is food drive month at the Cathedral as St. Anne’s Guild reaches out to you for donations of food and/or checks of $20 or more in support of Buckhead Christian Ministry (BCM). Please stop by our table in the Atrium any Sunday in February between 9:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. for a shopping list of food items or make your check payable to “Cathedral of St. Philip” with “BCM Food Drive” on the memo line.

BCM helps families of the working poor in our community who do not have adequate resources when faced with emergencies, illness, or layoffs. Currently, in addition to food, BCM has a tremendous need for cases of bottled water, personal hygiene products, and baby supplies such as disposable diapers, all in sizes that can easily be carried on public transportation. BCM provides various forms of assistance to an average of 40 to 50 clients per day. Your help will make a difference in so many lives!

FEBRUARY 4 IS SCOUT SUNDAY

Scout Sunday celebrates the founding of the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910. In 2018, the Cathedral’s Boy Scout Troop 74 is also celebrating its own 67th birthday. It is a tradition for the Scouts of Troop 74 to observe Scout Sunday on February 4 by worshiping with their families and serving as ushers at the 8:45 a.m. service. All Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Scout leaders are invited to join this service in uniform, regardless of their troop or pack affiliation.