Cathedral Family Mardi Gras Party
Sunday, February 16 at 5:00 p.m.
The members of the Children's and Youth Team invite you to bring the whole family and friends, your lawn chairs, parade food and drinks to enjoy the Neptune's Daughters Parade from our Church Street parking lot.
Parking is on both sides of St. Emmanuel Street.
Remember the barricades close at 5:30 p.m., and no glass containers are allowed during the parades.
Happening # 56
Happening is a spiritual weekend for teenagers led by teenagers. The three-day program involves music, discussions, games, worship, and great people who all share the unconditional love of Jesus Christ and
each other. Happening is at Beckwith this weekend. We ask your prayers
for Maria Napier who is attending, and for Sarah Bolt who is on the adult staff.
Joe Cain Day
Sunday, February 23
Passes for attending church on Joe Cain Day are on the ministry table.
You will not be allowed to pass the downtown police barricades that morning without a pass.
Cathedral Office Closed
The Cathedral Office will be closed for Lundi Gras, Monday, February 24 and
Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, February 25.
Lent 2020 at Christ Church Cathedral
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 26
Noon Holy Eucharist, Rite II with the Imposition of Ashes
5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with the Imposition of Ashes
Wednesday Lenten Weekday Eucharist
Noon Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the Chapel
We are calling this a "Simple Presence" service to emphasize that this will be a time for quiet reflection in God's presence in the middle of the business of life. The service should last approximately 30 minutes. Please come if you can-and invite others.
Lenten Daily Meditations
A variety of Lenten meditations, the daily calendar and Children's materials, are available
on the credenza in the Chapter House. In addition, be on the lookout for a weekly email with links
to readings and meditations available online.
Episcopal Relief & Development
Sunday, March 1
The first Sunday in Lent is the day officially designated to encourage all Episcopalians to remember and support Episcopal Relief & Development's (ERD) life-saving mission. We have ERD envelopes and boxes available for you or your children to use for a Lenten offering.
The Good Book Club: The Gospel of John
It is never too late to join the Good Book Club in reading the Gospel of John. Each day, from Epiphany on January 6 through Mardi Gras Day, February 25, we will read a passage from this compelling gospel. Today's reading is John 7:1-24. There are an array of resources to help you on the journey. The first step is easy: Open your Bible and start reading. To sign up for Good Book Club resources go to:
https://www.goodbookclub.org/.
Lay Eucharistic Visitors
Mike Ballard, our School for Ministry Intern, has been working with Harwell Coale to expand our Eucharistic Visitor program. Skip Archer, Leigh Taylor and Charlotte Taylor are now licensed to serve as Eucharistic Visitors. They will begin regularly visiting members of the Cathedral family who are sick or shut-in. If you would like a visit, please call the Cathedral office at 438-1822 to request one.
Here is a little information about the history of Eucharistic Visitation. Eucharistic Visitation is at once an ancient practice and a relatively new innovation. In the first century, followers of the way of Jesus met together on Sundays, all that were able. They read scripture, prayed, and shared a meal in common, which always included bread and wine, and the remembrance of Jesus' last Supper with the disciples. At the end of the sacred meal, the leftovers were divided up and distributed among those who could not be present and those who were in need. And so, the Bread and Wine from the shared meal were taken out by visitors. As the church grew and developed, the orders of deacon, priest, and bishop took responsibility for the sharing of the Eucharist, and the distribution of food for the poor became separated from the visitation of church members with the Holy Eucharist.
The Book of Common Prayer affirms the place of the Holy Eucharist as "the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts," and thus the foundation of the corporate prayer of the Church. As an act of the whole community of faith, the Eucharist is a summons to all the baptized to share in the table of the Lord. This form for the distribution of Holy Communion by licensed lay persons is intended to foster a corporate sense of the Eucharist among those who, by reason of illness or infirmity, are unable to be present in their church's assembly on Sunday or some other principal feast.
How to Join the Episcopal Church
(paraphrased from The Episcopal Handbook)
By far, the most important requirement for joining the Episcopal Church is just showing up. Many Episcopal parishes are intentionally vague about assigning membership. We don't want to be known as places where weekly attendance is taken, annual contributions are tabulated, and your membership is assigned only if you pass muster. We're much less concerned about counting the people who are in, than we are about leaving someone out.
To serve as a lay minister you should be baptized in this or any Christian church, confirmed or received by a bishop of the Episcopal Church, attend services, receive Holy Communion, and make a financial commitment. Of course, some people claim membership to our churches because a long-lost relative once attended, and this is fine by us. We believe the church should reflect the open and accepting arms of Jesus.
If one is baptized in a parish, he or she automatically becomes a member. If one is already a member of an Episcopal parish and moves to another, a Letter of Transfer is typically requested. However, the paperwork generally plays second fiddle to the importance of a feeling of belonging to a parish family. Adult Inquirers and anyone else interested in learning about joining the Episcopal church should speak with Dean Gibson.
Confirmation and Reception by the Bishop will be on Sunday, April 26 during the 14th Annual Cathedral Celebration.
Last week we welcomed close to 400 of our Episcopal friends to the annual Diocesan Convention and everyone's ears should be ringing from the countless compliments received!
Convention 2020
Our Cathedral and campus glistened and our hospitality was unparalleled. It is with grateful hearts that our Cathedral family thanks our incredible volunteers for a job very well done!
CONVENTION LEADERSHIP TEAM
Audrey Cunningham, Ginny Behlen, Carolyn Eichold,
Caroline Etherton, Cammie Israel, Lucy Wright
CONVENTION VOLUNTEERS
Barbara Archer, Skip Archer, Mike Ballard, Monica Beasley, Ginny Behlen, Preston Bolt, Sage Bolt, Sarah Bolt, Ricky Bradford, David Brady, Lucy Brady, Anne Blake Brooks, John Brooks, Nancy Bryan, Pug Chapman, Jill Chow, Jordan Chow, Harwell Coale, Johnny Cook, Mary Cook, Audrey Cunningham, Carl Cunningham Sr., Carl Cunningham Jr., Jamie Davidson, John Davidson, Lynne Davis, Lisa Drew, Bert Eichold, Carolyn Eichold, Rayford Etherton, Gaye Formanek, Allison Gamble, Elinor Gibson, Lewis Golden, Jeff Grill, Linda Grill, Holly Hall, Jubal Hamil, Lawson Hamil, Magoo Hamilton, Elizabeth Harrison, Valerie Hines, Fred Hoffmeyer, Julie Hoffmeyer, Robbie Lynn Irvine, Bob Israel, Cammie Israel, Richard Jeffers, Richard Jeffers, IV, Sam Jeffers, Lydia Johnson, Jessie Koger, Melvin Koger, Doris Kohler, Gary Kohler, Edward Ladd, Leslie Ladd, John Leach, Susan Leach, Ann Luce, Corinna Luce, Diettra Malone, Bo Mattei, Meg Mattei, Betsy McCafferty, John McClelland, Julie McClelland, Willson McClelland, Homer McClure, Robby McClure, Meg McGovern, Laura McLeod, Anna Middleton, Barbara Mitchell, Ann Moody, Gene Moree, Maria Napier, Mary Pettit, Janet Rich Pittman, Bruce Rockstad, Laura Rutherford, Clayton Ryan, David Sanders, Beth Schramm, Lara Sherer, Bill Skinner, Brenda Stanton, Charlotte Taylor, Leigh Taylor, Lissa Watkins, Paula Watkins, Barry Weeks, Mark Weeks, Wythe Whiting, Lisa Williams, Lucy Wright
