MINISTERS FOR SUNDAY

Celebrant and Preacher
 Dean Gibson

Assisting
 Deacon Wagner

First Reading
 John Ferguson

Second Reading
Grant Zarzour

Intercessor
Ginny Behlen

Chalice Bearers
 Robby McClure, Rick Mitchell

Oblationers
Susan and Ed Crowson

Crucifers
Annabel McKay, Mary Elizabeth Blankenship

Acolytes
 Janaé Wilson, Sadie Ladd, Virginia Ladd, Anna Frances Weeks, Charlie Weeks

Children's Chapel
Brie Zarzour, Jordan Chow

Altar Guild
Perrin Drew, Barbara Archer, Harriet Jean Boughton,
Shannon Harris, Barry Weeks

Flower Guild
Smitty and Valrie Vanek, Lynn Yankie

Ushers
Willson McClelland, Bill Bullock, Bob Dean,
John McClelland, David Sanders

Hospitality Team
Leslie Ladd, Lynne Davis, Robbie Lynn Irvine,Corinna Luce, Barbara Mitchell, Hetty Newellse.

 

 

 

CATHEDRAL NOTES

 

ADVENT WREATHS

 

 

This Sunday all Sunday School classes will meet in the Chapter House to make Advent wreaths. We will be making fresh wreaths out of evergreen, holly, yew, boxwood, and any other long-lasting fresh greenery. Everyone is invited to join in.

  

 

 

FUN CLUB TO VISIT

 

MURRAY HOUSE

 

SUNDAY

 

 

After we make Advent wreaths this Sunday, the FUN Club will deliver extra Advent wreaths to Murray House and then visit with some of the residents. After the visit, our group will stop at Dairy Queen for a quick snack. Please bring $8-10 for the snack.

 

Parents are welcome to join us as chaperones and drive if they have room in their vehicles. We will leave the Cathedral around noon and should be finished at Murray House by 1:00 p.m. Pick up will be at Banks and Mary Carol Ladd's house (106 Levert Ave) between 1:45 and 2:00 p.m.



LESSONS AND CAROLS
Sunday at 4:00 p.m.
Come be part of a service rich with light as we celebrate the season of Advent. This service will contain Advent anthems, solos, and carols interspersed between readings illustrating the first and second comings of Christ. It will feature the musical ensembles of the Cathedral enhanced by the music of violist, Brian R. Brown.
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FAMILY INTERVENTION TEAM (FIT) CHRISTMAS
OUTREACH PROJECT
Deadline: Monday, December 15
The FIT Angel Tree is up and ready! The deadline is Monday, December 15. You may also send cash gifts to the Cathedral office marked FIT Christmas Outreach or you may wait to choose items from the tree.

 

THE ARPILLERAS ARE HERE!
Sunday, November 30th through
Wednesday, December 11th

 

 

BISHOP SEARCH
The names of the Bishop Candidates will be announced on Wednesday, December 3. Look for an e-mail blast from the Cathedral office. More information will also be in the January issue of The Messenger.

 

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
AND VESTRY ELECTIONS
Sunday, December 7
during Coffee Hour.
Please plan to attend.

 

MORNING CIRCLE
Monday, December 8 at 10:30 a.m.
at the home of Carolyn Stephenson
(161-B North McGregor Avenue)
Leader: Mary Cook.
For information or directions,
call Carolyn Stephenson at 342-5637.

YOUNG ADULTS
SUPPER CLUB
Wednesday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m.
at the home of Lucy and Leland Moore
(2509 Muir Woods Drive East)
B.Y.O.B. and a small appetizer.  

RSVP to Lucy at  

lucymoore1110@yahoo.com  

or 251-661-7260  

or text to 251-604-4068.

CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS
AND MUSIC OFFERING CARDS
The deadline for names in the bulletin is Monday, December 15. Requests are $15 each. Cards were enclosed in the December edition of The Messenger. Additional cards are available on the Ministry Table in the Chapter House.

  

 

 

 

CATHEDRAL MUSIC  

 

Music notes for this Sunday:

 

 

Advent is finally upon us! This week, our music reflects the multi-faceted nature of this liturgical season. Although it is a time of joy, Advent is strongly colored by images such as those found in this week's Gospel. "In those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see `the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory. Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven." - St.Mark 13:24-26

 

The coming of Christ is always a tremendous event whether it be his historical birth in Bethlehem, his coming into our hearts, or his coming at the last day. God is love, but also a magnificent spiritual force! Readings like these speak of things that are very mysterious to us, and we are left with the impression of awesome power and glory. This is certainly how the ancient Jewish High Priests must have felt when entering the Holy of Holies - a place they perceived as the earthly throne of God. How often do we feel such a sense of awe and wonder during the liturgy? What a stupefying thought that this tremendous universal force desires a personal relationship with us and does so most profoundly in the form of a simple meal. I write of these things because, while the music on Sunday does include familiar and joyful Advent hymns, there will be undercurrents of immense mystery during the offertory and the organ pieces.

 

The prelude, communion, and postlude music are all from one work by Marcel Dupré (1886-1971). Known as the "Paganini of the organ", Dupréwas perhaps the most renowned French organist of his time. All of the organ music this Sunday comes from his variations on the Gregorian chant, Ave Maris Stella (Hail, Star of the Sea). This chant, proper to the season of Advent refers to St. Mary as the "Sea Star". This ancient title for Mary comes from the idea of the gentiles being the sea beyond the borders of Israel. Hence, as the Theotokos, or God-bearer, Mary is depicted as a light to the gentiles and a navigator of souls. Dupré sets this chant in mind-bending ways; all of which we will hear on Sunday. Hopefully, this will help us enter into the deep mystery of Advent, a mystery as immense as the depths of the sea!

 

During Advent our Psalms will take on a responsorial nature. The Cantor (song leader) will sing the verses, and we will all join in singing the refrain together. Also, instead of the Gloria, we will sing the Trisagion, a text we inherited from the Orthodox Church. While all of these changes may seem jarring to some, it is all about experiencing the fullness of this season. All of these new things will help us to spiritually stay awake and keep watch for the coming season of Christmas.