June 11,  2015
NEWS from the CATHEDRAL
The Cathedral Office will be closed all day on Friday, June 12th for a Management Workshop that our staff will be attending.  We will reopen again on Monday, June 15th at 9:00 AM.

Bishop Provenzano Announces the Appointment of Newly Ordained Deacon Andrew Durbidge as the first Diocesan Real Estate Manager.
 

The Rt. Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, announced today the appointment of the Rev. Deacon Andrew Durbidge to the newly created diocesan position, starting June 10, of Real Estate Manager for the Trustees of the Estate Belonging to the Diocese of Long Island. 

  

He will also be a resource for diocesan parishes that are reimagining their facility needs; develop educational curricula for parish property administration and development; create a Parish Facilities Audit process; and provide support, encouragement as well as direction for parishes.

  
At the diocesan campus in Garden City, he will work with the Diocesan Director of Facilities, Stuart Newby. 

  
Prior to discernment for ordination, Deacon Durbidge  was founder and principal partner of a real estate consulting business, DBL Property, based in Sydney that provided development and project management services for a range of non-profit organizations including the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, as well as large multi-ational and government clients.  Before that he was director of consulting for a national project management company, and senior project manager for a national construction company.

  

A member of the trustees search committee, Ton Heijman, said, "We are very pleased to have found in Deacon Durbidge someone who is called to ordained ministry and also has a deep and thorough knowledge of real estate management. "

 

Durbidge was ordained by Bishop Provenzano to the Sacred Order of Deacons on June 6 at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City.  He is a transitional deacon.  He was seminary intern at the Cathedral of the Incarnation and completed residency in clinical pastoral care at NY Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center.  He has an MDiv degree from the General Theological Seminary.

 
Stewardship Meditation 
"No One can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despite the other. You cannot serve God and mammon" Matthew 6:24

This passage in many ways lays out the most crucial issue of stewardship, who will we serve? There is a Bob Dylan song that has a line or title that says, "You are going to serve someone." A possible problem with this passage is that it may lead us to believe that the choices are between choosing to live in poverty (Serving God) or choosing to live in a capitalistic society (serving mammon). There is, however another interpretation, that the choice really comes down to not whether we live in the real world, but rather how we live in the real world.

There is nothing in our stewardship principles that suggests that we are called to sell everything we have and give to the poor, indeed Jesus himself prescribed that approach for a very limited number of people. The goal of our stewardship principles is to help us establish the right relationship with money and material possessions. In establishing such a relationship we serve God rather than mammon (money or material things). The combination of making giving our first financial priority and giving the proportion of our income that makes our heart follow our treasure helps us to get our priorities right and make it clear who we serve.

In all the parables and teachings of Jesus that are recorded in the Gospels more focus on this issue than on any other subject. Jesus clearly understood the important role that money and material possessions played in peoples lives and it is certainly no less important today. This is not a question on which we can be a conscientious objector, we take a side either consciously or unconsciously. And this issue is real for all of us regardless of how much or little money that we have.

Lord God help us to see clearly the issue of money and material possessions. Help us to recognize the choices that we must make. Support our faith so that we can take the actions necessary to serve you both in what we do and what we say. Help us to serve you in always.
Amen.
 
Conversations in Scripture will meet this Wednesday, June 17th beginning at 7:00 PM in the Christian Formation Room in Cathedral House. We will continue reading through the Acts of the Apostles. 
For more information, please speak to Kristin Ochtera or Fr Michael.
Please Pray For...
...the Church: Lawrence and Chilton, our Bishops; Bruce and Michael, the Cathedral Clergy; Andrew, Deacon; 
the Cathedral Staff; Shirley, Kristin, Larry, Vince, George and Rafael;

...the Nation: Barack, our President; Andrew, our Governor; and, the members of our Armed Forces, especially Deepak, Raymond, Jason, Philip, Thomas, Liam, Adam, Charles,  and their families; 

...we remember especially, in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Diocese of Okigwe in Nigeria and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer we remember The Church of the Messiah in Central Islip;

...For those who have asked of our prayers, especially Brenda, Pat, Thomas, Marge, Linda, Lauren, Bob, Carey, Judy, Elizabeth, Elinor, Andrew, George, Dorothy, Barratt, Tommy, Ricky, Emma, Rich, Jean, Anita, Louis, Hank, Kerry, Andre, Gregory, Niyjah, Anne, Bridget, and the Rev Percival Browne, may they find healing, patience and strength in the days to come. 

...and for those who have died, and for those who are grieving the death of a loved one, may they find comfort and peace.

We pray to the Lord. 

 


The Third Sunday After Pentecost
Sunday, June 14, 2015

 

  8:00 am: The Holy Eucharist, Rite I

10:00 am: Holy Eucharist and Baptism 

   

Wednesday's

Holy Eucharist celebrated at 12:15 pm (Chapel of the Good Shepherd)

Cathedral Office Hours

   Monday - Friday

  9:00 am to 4:30 pm
50 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York, 11530  516.746.2955