Maintenance work on the Bankhead Tunnel continues this weekend, through Monday, October 1st at 5:00 a.m.
Sunday
September 30, 2012
Flower Guild Meeting
Sunday at 11:15 a.m. in the Chapel
Blessing of the Animals
Sunday at 4:00 p.m. in the Oval Garden
Many people bring their pets to the church to be blessed on or around St Francis' feast day, October 4, because of his love for animals as expressed in his Canticle of Creatures. St. Francis is the patron saint of animals and the environment. The service includes a blessing and is held in the garden where different animals can gather peacefully.
Sub-Dean Attending ARC
Canon Gibson will travel to Wichita, Kansas to attend a meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue on Monday, October 1 and Tuesday, October 2 at the Spiritual Life Center of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita.
Mass Handbell Concert
Saturday, October 6 at 3:15 p.m. Christ Church-Pensacola
Free and open to public. Reception to follow.
Our very own Cathedral Handbell Choir will be playing in this concert which is composed of 18 handbell choirs. The concert is the culmination of the Gulf Coast Handbell Festival that will be taking place the same day.
Vestry Nominating
Now through October 1, the Nominating Committee will consider names of parish members for election to three-year terms of vestry service. The Cathedral Sub-Dean, The Rev. Canon Beverly F. Gibson, facilitates the meetings. Please direct to the Sub-Dean or to the members of the vestry nominating committee names of those you would like to have considered. You may submit names by phone or email, as well. It is not necessary for you to tell those you are suggesting for vestry that you are doing so.
Graduating Vestry Class
Ginny Behlen
Carter Drane
Ken McElhaney
Win Thurber
Laura Warren
Charlie White
Dean's Appointed Members
Gretchen Cooper
Tom Garth
Lucy Lyons
John Ferguson
Chuck McKay
Ashley White
Vestry elections will take place at the Annual Parish Meeting on Sunday, December 2 during coffee hour.
Cathedral Prayers
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.
We pray for:
Members: Brink Brinkley, Dolores Drane, Nick Nichols, Alice Carwie, Bubber Carwie, Vic Stanton, Dunn Chandler, Martha Rose Hester, Steve Chandler, Sr., John Wade Thurber, Amy Butler, Winnie Nichols, Sonny Irvine, Patty Biel, Dwight Williams
Friends & Family: Lois Anne King, Bobby Clark, Van Davies, Blanche Hatter, Janie Houser, Steve Zalopany, Teddy Solomon, Bill Bramer, Michael McMaken, Rob and Amy Archer Ellis, Wright Ledbetter, Amalie Pittman, Elizabeth Moore, Gwendolyn Davis, Libby Powell, Billy Ezell, Daniel Dubina, Patricia Allen, Peggy Barton, Arnell Dubose, Katie Hammond, Ann Tyner, Lewis Tyner, Glenn Hill, Beverly Schubert, Paul Schubert, Ruth Talbott, Lucy Cancienne, Sharon Noell, Jackie Brown, Gorman Schaffer, Leland Moore Sr., Carter and Jane Hale, Emerson Hale, Carter Hale Jr., Aubra Randloph, Debbie Kingrea, Andrea Brewer, Joe Cummins, Cristina Cassin, Lucianne Wilt, Susie Stafford, Bump White, Merle and Waltha Findley, Diane Sylvestre, Frank Brown, Randy Tharpe, Joseph Henderson, Audrey Hasenbein, Art Swanson, Gayle Stafford, Clint Agee, Arthur Johnson, Marilyn Fillingim, Don Maddox, Lyn Latham, Minto Sylvestre, Icy Lee Neel, Curtis Banks, Peter Sherman, Frances Cayton, Mary Searles, Kenneth Moss, Stacie Briggs, Ian Briggs, Jim McCall, Warren Butler, Neno Ladd, Nicole Teague
For Those Serving in the Military: Brad Israel, Darrien Gibson, Kelley Hood, Jensen Basenberg, Evan Sizemore, Robert McNeil, The Rev. Bowen Woodruff, Thomas Key, Daniel White-Spunner Reed, Jonathan Duralde, Ron Lansong, Thomas Middleton, 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, Richard Mann, Brian Hudson, Keith Moss, Ryan Walker, Tyler Oubre, Todd Smith, Brian Pennell
Souls Departed:
Christopher G. Hume, Jr., father of Chris Hume;
Dolores Drane, grandmother of Carter Drane
Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church in Wales
Cathedral Cycle of Prayer: St. Paul's Chapel, Magnolia Springs, Alabama
Ecumenical Cycle of Prayer: The Church in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia, and for Holy Family Church, Mobile
World Cycle of Prayer: For those trying to conceive
Prison Ministry Cycle of Prayer: Coffee County Jail County Complex, New Brockton, Alabama
