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C H R I S T C H U R C H C A T H E D R A L M O B I L E , A L A B A M A
February 2013
Volume 12, Number 2 THE MESSENGER
Outside my office window I
can see the concession trailers
advertising funnel cakes, jumbo
corn dogs and all the other Mardi
Gras parade food groups. The
barricades are staged, parade
route parking signs are in place
as we prepare ourselves for
Mardi Gras 2013 here on Parade
Route A.
Thousands of people will
make their way down Church
Street during the Mardi Gras
season making as much noise as
possible. Then midmonth the
season will change. Overnight
the food stands will disappear,
streets will get a thorough
cleaning, and the silence of Ash
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
will be upon us.
The quiet of that day is
noticeable against the fading
sounds of the preceding parades.
As God’s people, we are to be
attuned to the overlay of church
seasons. We move from a season
of mission and joyous celebration
into a time of spiritual growth
and examination during Lent.
Enjoy the month of February
with its contrasts in our spiritual
journey. We give thanks to God
for the richness of our life
together here at Christ Church
Cathedral, along Parade Route A.
Faithfully,
The Very Reverend
Johnny W. Cook, Dean
Dear Cathed ral Family,
ASH WEDNESDAY—FEBRUARY 13
HOLY EUCHARIST, RITE II AND IMPOSITION OF ASHES
12:00 p.m. The Right Reverend Philip M. Duncan, II, Officiant in the Church The Reverend Canon Beverly F. Gibson, Preacher
5:30 p.m. The Very Reverend Johnny W. Cook, Officiant in the Church The Reverend Canon Beverly F. Gibson, Preacher
ERD SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17
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 red ERD
envelopes available for you or your
children to use for a Lenten offering.
We will celebrate ERD Sunday on
February 17.
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A Message Fro m The Sub - Dean
Dear Cathedral Family,
"Pastoral Care" is one of those
terms we use in the church without
thinking very concretely about what
it means. And it may mean
something slightly different for each
of us. For many of us, pastoral care
means food: taking a meal to the
family of someone in the hospital, or
making sure that a bereaved family
is fed, or bringing something tasty to
someone recuperating from an
illness. Food is indeed one of the
primary ways we express our love
and care for each other. For some of
us, pastoral care means visiting:
going to see someone in the hospital,
or dropping by the home of an older
person often unable to travel to
church, or viewing a new baby in the
community. To be physically present
with each other—holding a hand,
saying a prayer together, giving a
hug—is a powerful expression of
our life together in the Body of
Christ. For some of us, pastoral care
means keeping in touch: sending
birthday cards; or writing a note of
congratulations, thanks, or
condolence; or making a phone call
to someone who has been away from
church due to illness or infirmity.
Expressing our concern and our
good wishes and reminding others of
our prayers for them is central to the
expression of our faith and reminds
us that we are always connected to
each other. For some of us pastoral
care is helping: doing something
such as driving someone to a
doctor's appointment or home from a
medical procedure, or helping
someone who is homebound with
errands or shopping. Doing things to
help each other reminds us that we
are the hands of Christ working for
his Kingdom here in this world.
To be a "pastor," if we follow the
Latin root of the word, means to be a
"herdsman" or a "shepherd,"
someone who attends to and cares
for the flock. Priests and deacons
(and even sometimes bishops) do
this work in the church according to
their orders. But in a larger sense,
pastoral care is the work of the
church, in the name of Christ, and
we ALL share in that work.
The Christ Church Cathedral
family is a loving community, with a
history of taking good care of each
other and of those whose needs are
known to us. As we grow in
numbers, and as our society becomes
more mobile and able to connect in
diverse ways, we are called to
imagine new ways to extend
"pastoral care" to one another. Our
meeting during the Adult Forum
time on January 13 was a beginning
for re-imagining pastoral care in the
Cathedral family. We will meet
again on February 24 to carry our
conversation further. Please be
prayerful about these new steps
forward in pastoral care, and come
share your ideas.
Faithfully,
The Reverend Canon
Beverly F. Gibson, Ph.D., Sub-Dean
THE CATHEDRAL
CHAPTER
Leslie Patrick Ladd Senior Warden
John Stephenson McClelland Junior Warden
William Kennon Drew Treasurer
Harwell Ellis Coale, Jr. Chancellor
Ronald A. Snider Clerk
Class of 2013
Leslie P. Ladd
Gerry M. Phillips
Leigh J. Rendfrey
William E. Skinner
Ronald A. Snider
Class of 2014
Robert D. Forster
Tray W. Hamil
Ann H. Luce
John S. McClelland, Jr.
Elissa E. Watkins
Wythe L. Whiting
Class of 2015
John D. Davidson
Mary Esther T. Elliott
Banks C. Ladd
Alison S. Mitchell
Lucy F. Moore
Henry R. Seawell IV
Chapter Members
The Rev. Ken Cumbie St. Luke’s, Mobile
Magoo Hamilton St. Thomas’, Greenville
Mendy Henderson, St. Agatha’s, deFuniak Springs
Joy Tway St. Andrew’s, Destin
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C4 Church Dates
Sundays during 10:00 a.m. service C4 Rehearsal Schedule
Wednesdays 4:30-5:15 p.m.
February 13—No Rehearsal
April 3—No Rehearsal
May 8—Final Rehearsal
Wednesday, March 6
A Trio of Men:
Cleamon Downs
Gary Kohler
Josh Hopper
Peggy Lyden, pianist
Wednesday, March 13
A Concert of Spirituals:
Danielle Darrington
Joyce Sylvester
Peggy Lyden, pianist
Wednesday, March 20
Prichard Preparatory School Chorus
Wednesday, February 20
The Flautists:
Andra Bohnet
Danielle Darrington
Susan McKinnell
Wednesday, February 27
The Fabulous Four:
Melanie Zoghby Cummins
Linda Winn Grill
Ann Gunter
Teri Barwick Williams
Peggy Lyden, pianist
2013 Cathedral Co ncer t Ser ies
Sunday, February 17
10:00 a.m.
University of South Alabama Trumpet Ensemble
Lenten Music at Noon
11:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the Chapel
12:00 p.m. Music in the Church
12:30 p.m. Lunch in the Chapter House ($8 donation requested)
The USA Trumpet Ensemble is under the direction of Dr. Peter Wood, brass professor at The University
of South Alabama. This group consists of approximately 12 members. They are competing to attend an
International Trumpet Festival and the funds raised will be used to offset the cost of attending the
festival. Designated donations may be made to the group through Christ Church Cathedral.
C4 Calend ar
February 24—2nd Sunday in Lent
March 24—Palm Sunday
March 31—Easter Sunday
April 28—8th Annual Cathedral Celebration
May 12—Mothers’ Day
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Chr ist ian For matio n
CONFIRMATION
Youth Confirmation Class
Youth Journal completed through page 45.
Reading Schedule:
Luke Chapters 19 - 24
Before Sunday, March 10
Adult Confirmation—April 28
The Right Reverend Philip M. Duncan, II will
be at Christ Church Cathedral for the
Cathedral Celebration on Sunday, April 28.
If anyone is interested in being confirmed at
that time, please speak with Dean Cook or
Canon Gibson.
Sunday, February 3
Curriculum for all youth
classes.
Confirmation: Seek and
Serve
Sunday, February 10
Joe Cain Day - pass
required for downtown
parking
Mardi Gras Courts invited
to attend and remembered
in prayers
Christian Formation
Holiday
Sunday, February 17
Curriculum for all youth
classes.
Sunday, February 24
C4 sings in church
Curriculum for all youth
classes
Adults: Forum
Dai ly Sel f - Examinat ion Guid e fo r Lent , as taken from the “Litany of Penitence” BCP 267
A Daily Lenten Reflections booklet, Imitators of Christ, written by Mark Zimmermann, is included in this issue
of The Messenger. The ERD Lenten Meditations 2013 will not be mailed, but copies are available on the
Ministry Table.
The Children’s Lenten booklet, Footsteps to the Cross and The Journey through Lent calendar, to be used as a
guide to a daily family reflection, are both available on the credenza in the Chapter House vestibule.
Lenten Devo tional Mater ia ls
We have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and strength.
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We have not forgiven others, as we have been forgiven.
We have been deaf to your call to serve, as Christ served us.
We have not been true to the mind of Christ. We have grieved your Holy Spirit.
We confess to you, Lord, all our past unfaithfulness: the pride, hypocrisy, and impatience of our lives,
Our self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our exploitation of other people,
Our anger at our own frustration, and our envy of those more fortunate than ourselves,
Our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts, and our dishonesty in daily life and work,
Our negligence in prayer and worship, and our failure to commend the faith that is in us,
Accept our repentance, Lord, for the wrongs we have done: for our blindness to human need and suffering,
and our indifference to injustice and cruelty,
For all false judgments, for uncharitable thoughts toward our neighbors, and for our prejudice
and contempt toward those who differ from us,
For our waste and pollution of your creation, and our lack of concern for those who come after us.
CALENDAR
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YOUNGER WOMEN’S BIBLE
STUDY
Wednesday, February 20 7:00 p.m.
Home of
Ashley O’Connor 155 Levert Avenue
If you would like to host the Bible Study, please contact Canon Gibson.
MORNING CIRCLE
Cook for Lenten Lunch
9:30 a.m. Monday, February 18
Call Carolyn Stephenson at
342-5637 for information on Morning Circle.
Future Meetings:
10:30 a.m.
Monday, March 18
Monday, April 8
Monday, May 13
The Forty-Second Annual Convention of the Diocese of the
Central Gulf Coast will be hosted by Holy Nativity, Panama
City, Florida, from Thursday, February 21 through Saturday,
February 23.
2013 Convention Delegates: Dean Johnny Cook, Sub-Dean
Beverly Gibson, Provost Carolyn Jeffers, Harwell Coale,
Carolyn Eichold and Rick Mitchell.
For ty- Second Annual Co nvent io n
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Operating Budget
2012 (Actual) 2013 (Forecast) Receipts: $ 657,480 $ 730,265
Disbursements: $ 705,703* $ 725,304
Balance: ($ 48,223) $ 4,961 *Key unbudgeted items: Maintenance, Technology
Pledges for 2013 New pledges: 25 totaling an increase of $ 68,520
Increased pledges: 56 totaling an increase of $ 54,086
Decreased pledges: totaling ($ 10,355)
Cathedral—Capital Campaign Debt: $ 75,000 to BankTrust Line of Credit (5.0%)
$ 312,645 to SBA (30-years at 4%)
~CCC pays $ 30,564 annually
~Original loan amount $ 486,200
Pledges: $ 60,000 in capital pledges outstanding
Other Fund Balances
Endowment Fund: $ 732,977 (2012 yield 12.7%)
Foundation: $ 201,570 (12.5% yield)
Par ish Meeting: Sunday, January 27 , 2013
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW MEETING Saturday, February 16 at 8:00 a.m.
Light Breakfast will be served.
LOAVES & FISH Monday, February 18 at 11:15 a.m. 15 Place
Thank you to January volunteers: Allison Mitchell and Sam Power
If you have questions, would like to volunteer or need more information on
Brotherhood of St. Andrew or Loaves & Fish ,
please call Sam Power at 653-1203.
Outreach
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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS February 1 Patsy Seymour
Alex Hoffmeyer
Page Hoffmeyer
Tommy Taylor
February 2 T. K. Jackson
Anna McClure
February 4 Darden Cooper
Joel Daves
February 5 Bill Stafford
February 6 Jane Adams
February 7 Winnie Nichols
February 8 Henry Seawell
February 9 Louise McClelland
February 10 Sadie Leland
February 11 Cart Blackwell
February 13 Josh Hopper
February 14 Whiting Drew
Kimberlie Gaillard
February 15 Trinity Gaillard
Phillip Harris
February 16 Abbie Carwie
Kate Watkins
February 17 Linda Chandler
Lisa Chestang
February 18 Lucy Wright
John Wade Thurber
February 19 Joy Dean
Nance Stephens
February 20 Hamp Eichold
William Russell
Dwight Williams
February 21 Lucy Rouse
February 22 Chris Alves
Ryan Patton
February 23 Marianne Hall
February 25 Grant Zarzour
February 27 John McClelland III
February 28 Greg Phillips
JOE CAIN DAY PASSES Sunday, February 10
Passes for attending church on Joe Cain Day, Sunday, February 10, are
on the ministry table and included in this issue of The Messenger.
You will not be allowed to pass the downtown police barricades
that morning without a pass.
A Powerful Blessing The Rev. Doug Carpenter has published the biography of his
father, A Powerful Blessing (The Life of Charles Colcock Jones
Carpenter, Sr. 1899-1969, Sixth Episcopal Bishop of Alabama
1938-1968). This is the first biography of any of the eight
clergy addressed in Martin Luther King’s Letter from a
Birmingham Jail. It tells the rest of the story of this
remarkable man who was our bishop from 1938-1968.
For a signed copy send $28 to Doug Carpenter, 3037
Overton Rd., Birmingham, Alabama 35223. Or you may order it from the
Episcopal Book Store at the Church of the Advent, www.episcobooks.com. You
may contact Father Carpenter at [email protected].
Men’s Conference & Retreat
The Cathed ral Read
The Thirty-Second Men’s Conference & Retreat will be held March 1- 3 at
Beckwith Camp & Retreat Center. The focus this year will be Living into
Communion: Learning from Conflict and Growing in Holiness, presented by
The Rev. Dr. Jo Bailey Wells of the Anglican Communion Office in London,
England. To register or for information, contact C. Ray Jones at
Cost: Conference & Meals Only: $140
Conference, Meals and Lodging: $250/Single Occupancy $200/Double
Dio cesan News
The Sense of Ending by Julian Barnes
Tuesday, March 19 (One meeting only.)
5:30 p.m. in the Chapter House
All are welcome to join us in this discussion. A few copies of
the book will be available in the Cathedral office or you may
order online at Amazon.com.
The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and
sophistication of Henry James at his best. This intense novel follows Tony Webster,
a middle-aged man, as he contends with a past he never thought much about—until
his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave,
another maddeningly present. Tony thought he left this all behind as he built a life
for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an
amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her
own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his
estimation of his own nature and place in the world. ~Amazon.com
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Cathed ral Prayer Lis t
We Pray for:
Members: Brink Brinkley, Alice Carwie,
Bubber Carwie, Vic Stanton, Dunn
Chandler, Steve Chandler, Sr., John
Wade Thurber, Jane Inge, Lucy
Rouse, Ed Crowson, Patty Biel
Friends & Family:
Van Davies, Janie Houser, Michael
McMaken, Billy Ezell, Leland
Moore, Sr., Joe Cummins, Bump
White, Merle & Waltha Findley,
Arthur Johnson, Icy Lee Neel, Peter
Sherman, Frances Cayton, Kenneth
Moss, Jim McCall, Neno Ladd,
Nicole Teague, Deborah Beverley,
Hayden Jenkins, Emily Persons
McElhaney, Bill Thompson, Dalton
Thompson, Paula Keith, Peggy
Naughton, Gary Davis, David Leff,
Harrison Leff, Michael Cameron,
Nancy & Don Cameron, Rob & Amy
Archer Ellis, Dottie McCord, Gordon
Moulton, Joyce Lee, Davis Nelson,
Michael Sumrall, Dot Smith
Ditsworth, Sheri Neely, Gwen Cook,
Alfred Showers, Paul Brinson, Jane
Jeffers, George Hoffman, Lois Ann
King, Dianne McCall, Michael
Daves
The Reverends Thack Dyson, St.
Paul's; Mark Wilson, St. James; Jeff
Jencks, Holy Cross; and Nancy
Quitmeyer, Trinity; Pat Hicks, St.
Mary's; Scott Sheppard, St. Andrew's
For Those Serving
in the Military: Brad Israel, Darrien Gibson, Kelley
Hood, Evan Sizemore, Robert
McNeil, The Rev. Bowen Woodruff,
Daniel White-Spunner Reed,
Jonathan Duralde, Ron Lansong,
Brett Granger, Sam Garcia, Chris
Marslender, Jerry Olin, Abby
Hutchins, Tyler Gamble, Todd
Mouthaan, Jean-Michael Lemieux,
Albert Robinson IV, Michael Nassar,
Josh Power, Austin Rexroad, Ryan
Anthony Thomas, Randy Johnson,
Susan Reniewicz, Brian Caselton,
Matthew Harris, Brian Hudson,
Keith Moss, Ryan Walker, Tyler
Oubre, Todd Smith, Brian Pennell,
Jack May, Staples Wood
Births: William Thomasson Sledge, son of
Julia and Will Sledge, grandson of
Kitty and Charlie White.
Souls Departed: Lauda Eleanor Leak Corwin, mother
of Betsy McCafferty;
Dorothy Hooks Minshew, mother of
Donna Moree;
Gwendolyn Wilson, grandmother of
Janet Bell, great-grandmother of
Janaé Wilson;
Audrey Elizabeth Taylor Mitchell,
mother of Rick Mitchell and
grandmother of Robert Mitchell and
Mary Lafitte Buster.
Please contact the Cathedral Office to let us know if you would like to keep the names
of Friends and Family you have submitted on the prayer list. We will keep everyone
who has been submitted within the last month and all others from whom we hear.
O God, the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers: Mercifully accept our prayers, and grant to your servants the help of your power, that their sickness may be turned into health, and our sorrow into joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
✠ WEDNESDAY
HOLY EUCHARIST
February 6 & 13 Noon
February 20 &27
11:30 a.m. in the Chapel followed by
Lenten Music/Lunch
✠ 8TH ANNUAL CATHEDRAL
CELEBRATION CONFIRMATION
AND PAROCHIAL VISIT
Sunday, April 28
The Right Reverend Philip M. Duncan, II will be at Christ Church Cathedral for the Cathedral Celebration on Sunday, April 28. If anyone is interested in being confirmed at that time, please speak with Dean Cook or Canon Gibson.
BECKWITH SUMMER CAMP APPLICATIONS
Now available online at www.BeckwithAL.com.
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CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL Corner of St. Emanuel and Church Streets
115 South Conception Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602
Established 1822
The Right Reverend Philip M. Duncan, II, Bishop The Very Reverend Johnny W. Cook, Dean
The Reverend Canon Beverly F. Gibson, Ph.D., Sub-Dean Carolyn S. Jeffers, Provost
Peggy L. Lyden, Organist and Choir Master Teri B. Williams, Assistant Choir Master Brenda J. Stanton, Financial Secretary
Dunn H. Chandler, Director of Christian Education Candace J. Lister, Cathedral Secretary
Polly M. Garner, Assistant to the Provost Deidre and Joe Williamson, Nursery
Judy Jones, Housekeeping ✠
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday Website: www.christchurchcathedralmobile.org Phone 251.438.1822 Fax: 251.433.3403 E-mail: [email protected]
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
115 South Conception Street
Mobile, Alabama 36602
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