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The Lessons Appointed for use on

 The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost  
Year B
RCL
 

The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two 

Ten o'clock in the morning 


September 13, 2015
 
 
The Denial of Saint Peter  
Artist: Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571-1610 Porto Ercole)
Date: ca. 1610
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 37 x 49 3/8 in. (94 x 125.4 cm)
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art 


THE COLLECT FOR SUNDAY

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen. 
 

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WORSHIP NOTES FOR THIS SUNDAY


This Sunday will be our "Rally Day," the kick-off for our program year, when Christian Formation, music programs, and all manner of other activities return from their summer hiatus. This year, given the high level of activity during this "Consecration Summer," we really don't need to ramp up and rev our engines to get things going. So, rather than have lots of meetings and sign-up opportunities, this Sunday we will enjoy a "Post-Celebration Celebration." We will give thanks for the many, many gifted servants who made the consecration weekend such a
success, and following our worship, we will enjoy some of the left-over abundance of our celebration.

Of course, we will still commission our Christian Formation teachers, our young people will find their Sunday School rooms, and the EYC will eat lunch together and talk about their upcoming activities. Acolytes and choir will be back in full swing, and our worship will be "bigger" than it has been during the quieter days of August. The most important thing that we will do this Sunday is be together, to be the Body of Christ, to praise God and give thanks for the blessings He has poured out upon us here at Christ Church Cathedral.

Our lessons for this Sunday remind us that it is essential for us to be disciplined in seeking the Wisdom that comes from God and in allowing ourselves to be transformed and guided by that Wisdom. In our Gospel lesson, Jesus tells his disciples that it is difficult to focus on the divine things that Wisdom knows; to do so, we must set aside our own views of what we should do and "take up our cross" and follow Him.

At a practical level, that means being disciplined in shaping our weekly and daily living around worship, scripture reading, and prayer. There is no better time to recommit ourselves to
this kind of discipline than right now, at the beginning of this new program year. If you have fallen behind in reading the Bible or being regular in your prayer life, commit to picking your
discipline up again. Above all, come to God's House to worship and to strengthen and focus yourself for the work God has called you to do!

See you Sunday!

 
 
 
The Very Reverend Beverly Findley Gibson
Ph.D., Dean and Rector, Christ Church Cathedral 
 
 
 
MUSIC NOTES FOR THIS SUNDAY

This Sunday, the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate "Rally Day," the kick-off of our 2015-2016 program year. Our new music season also starts in earnest this week. It is a great time to come to church and join us in prayer, song, and Eucharist! On Sunday, we begin an exciting new chapter in the long history of our parish as we begin traveling down the long road through Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, and Lent, all the way to Easter of 2016. Between now and then, our music ministry will host and present 27 concerts and special services - more than ever before. Hopefully, you received a 2015-2016 Music Season Booklet in the mail. If not, you can pick one up from the office or download it here.
 
This Sunday is a cause for celebration, and we have some music that will help us do just that. At the offertory, the choir will sing You are the Christ, O Lord by Richard Wayne Dirksen (1921-2003). Dirksen was the principal musician at the National Cathedral in Washington D. C. from 1969 until his retirement in 1991. Before that he was an assistant from 1942 until 1964. His piece that we will sing this Sunday extols Peter's proclamation of Jesus as the Christ. This is very appropriate for Sunday's Gospel reading, but it is also poignant as we begin a new program year. We pray that all we do will bear witness to Christ, following the example of not only Peter, but countless other Christians gone before us.
 
Sunday's organ prelude is by the great French organist and composer, Jean Langlais (1907-1991). Born into poverty in Brittany, Langlais grew to become one of the most widely performed and prolific French organ composers of the 20th century. In fact, only J. S. Bach composed more pieces for the organ. Unlike Bach, however, Langlais used Gregorian Chant rather than hymn tunes to inspire most of his works. In Sunday's prelude, Tiento from Suite Médiévale, he uses an old "Kyrie chant" theme in the pedal interrupted by brief contrapuntal episodes in the manuals. The piece is set in an old Spanish musical form, the ricercare, a forerunner of the fugue as we know it today. When listening to Langlais, it is important to realize that you have to listen differently than you would to Bach or Mozart.  Listen for his unique tone colors. Paradoxically, while Langlais was blind, his music is some of the most colorful one can find for the organ. He stood as the last great exponent of the Ste-Clothilde tradition in Paris. In short, Ste-Clothilde was the parish where the course of church music in France had been first turned away from secular ideals and started again to embrace spiritual mysticism and chant themes. There will be more on this in another article.
 
Finally, as you worship with us this week, pray for the success of our ministries here at Christ Church this year. Also, you are more than welcome to join our choir. You don't need to read music, but you do need to commit to attending rehearsals (Wednesday nights at 6:30). We need more choir members to get to our magic number of 20. If you would like to join, simple email me or speak to one of our choir members after the Sunday service. Have a great "Rally Day!"
 
 
Christopher Powell
Organist and Choir Master
 
 
THE MINISTERS OF THE LITURGY
September 6, 2015

Celebrant and Preacher
Dean Gibson

Assisting
Canon Wagner

First Reading
Margaret Thigpen

Second Reading
Henry Seawell

Intercessor
Gary Kohler

Chalice Bearers
Rick Mitchell, Mark Weeks

Oblationers
Carolyn and Richard Jeffers

Crucifers
Charlie Ramo, Annabelle Ramo

Acolytes
 Julianna Ramo, William Russell, Jordan Chow,
Yates Grehan, Elinor Gibson

Children's Chapel
 Corinne Betbeze, Skip Archer

Altar Guild
 Kathy Thurber, Robbie Lynn Irvine, Leslie Ladd,
Lucy Lyons, Hetty Newell, Paula Watkins

Ushers
Kennon Drew, Will Gamble, Brooke Grehan,
Steve Hall, Jubal Hamil, Jay Watkins
 
CATHEDRAL NOTES 

SUNDAY IS RALLY DAY AND A POST-CELEBRATION CELEBRATION LUNCH
Join us for another "Taste of the Central Gulf Coast," thanks to our wonderful Celebration Team!

Our Christian Formation and EYC year begins with our students meeting their teachers. EYC then meets together in the high school classroom
.

K-2 (Kindergarten, Grades 1 and 2) meets upstairs in the large room.    Teachers: Eleanor Inge Baker, Laura McLeod, and Sarah Bolt
Fun Club (Grades 3, 4, 5) meets upstairs in right rear room. Teachers: Banks and Mary Carol Ladd and Lucy Moore
Middle School (Grades 6, 7, 8) meets upstairs in first room on left. Teacher: Alison Mitchell
Youth Confirmation (Grade 6 and up) meets in the Cathedral office. Teacher: Carolyn Jeffers
High School (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12) meets downstairs in EYC Room below chapel. Teachers: Canon Wagner and Carl Cunningham

MORNING CIRCLE
Monday, September 14 at 10:30 a.m.
At the home of Martha Middleton
(3901 St. Andrews Drive, East)
Leader: Sara Phillips. For more information, call Carolyn Stephenson at 342-5637.

STEWARDSHIP LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Tuesday, September 22
5:15 p.m.

YOUNG ADULTS SUPPER CLUB
Thursday, September 24 at 7:00 p.m.
BYOB and a small appetizer.
Home of Eleanor and Stephen Baker
311 South Georgia Avenue
RSVP to Eleanor Inge.eleanor@gmail.com
or 648-6478

VESTRY NOMINATING COMMITTEE
will meet Mondays,  September 21, 28, and October 5
Graduating Vestry Class:
John Davidson, Mary Esther Elliott, Banks Ladd, Alison Mitchell, Lucy Moore, Henry Seawell
The Dean's Appointed Members:
Lucy Brady, Ginny Behlen, Kennon Drew, Tom Garth, Lucy Lyons, Robby McClure
Please speak with the members of the nominating committee and give them names of those you would like to have considered for vestry. 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.

The Nominating Committee is charged with presenting a slate for vestry elections in December, as well as a slate of delegates to our diocesan convention in February.

Vestry and Convention Delegate elections will take place at the Annual Parish Meeting on Sunday, December 6 during coffee hour.

BAYLIGHTS 2015
Friday. September 25 through
Sunday. September 27
A weekend of fellowship and fun in support of Beckwith Camp and Retreat Center.
For more information or to register, visit:
2015 DILL LECTURE SERIES
Dauphin Way United Methodist Church
Sunday, September 27 at 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Walter Brueggemann a renowned theologian will speak on "Truth Speaks to Power: The Countercultural Nature of Scripture."
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, Butch Trawick, Alice Carwie, Katherine Deaton, Hank Cobb, Smitty Vanek, Jordan Moore

Friends & Family: 
Peggy Naughton, Gary Davis, Harrison Leff, Michael Cameron, Nancy & Don Cameron, Rob & Amy Archer Ellis, Joyce Lee, Davis Nelson, Michael Sumrall, Gwen Cook, Alfred Showers, Jim Elia, Anne Brown, Mark Brown, Harriett Lillich, Dave Carlyn Block, Rachel McClanahan, Tom Cunningham, Francis Grace Hirs, Norma Beazley, Curtis Bullock, Valerie Boatman, Ann Jones, Hank Wozniek, Lisa Thompson, Stella Phillips, James Thomas, Ted Fraiche, Mark Miles, Tot Swanson, Art Swanson, Hayden Jenkins, Maggie Jenkins, Betty Ruth Patek, Carolyn Pryor, Merle Findley, Louise Douglas, Shirley & Dunlap Peeples, Steve Harris, Marian Macpherson Currie, Kit & Roger Geil and the Geil family, Angel & Larry Torres, Kathy Boucvalt, Bill Stevens, Ginger Simpson, Karen Sentilles, Lila Fisk, Tracey Johnson, Joe Lowrey, Temple Webber, Celeste Hall, Betty Browder, Allan Tucker, Wyatt Ison, Kathy Sanders, Davis Sarrett, Clarise Waters, Glenn Hill, Leslie Ellis Sharbel, Cora Lemmon, Marian Hall, Homer Kemp, Jane Behlen, Dan Jones, Florence Tucker, Betty Larison, Mike Barnett, Carolyn Graham, Ralph and Catherine Neal, Willie Thomas, Mark Mason, Anita Stead, Tim Fulton, Bennett Stenger, Gladys Crowson, Billy Yost, Noel Fell, the Ward Family, Sybil Willis Rodgers, Hap Myers, Jr., Paul Vickers, Sr., George Robison, Georgia Dominick, Robin Wade, Randy Moore, Rick Nichols, Eric Kosche, Patrick Smith, Kate Heddrich, Julie Brinson, John Aduston Rogers IV, Ceaser Bryant, Moana Karstater, Dianne McCall, Icy Lee Neel, Frances Robison, Jim McCall, Emily Hubbard, Lil Tatum, Mike Dowers, Jason Lockwood, Ainsely McNeely, Ward Faulk, Chip Trawick, Pat Fisher, Bubba Murray, Joleen Patrick, Sally McNeely, Bernice Vickers, Jerry Collins, Grady McMillan, Bobby Moss

For Those Serving in the Military: 
Brian Caselton, Louis Coggin, Jonathan Duralde, Tyler Gamble, Sam Garcia, Darrien Gibson, Parker Hollinghead, Kelley Hood, Brian Hudson, Abby Hutchins, Randy Johnson, Ron Lansong, Jean-Michael Lemieux, Chris Marslender, Zack Miller, Todd & Jordana Mouthaan, Keith Moss, Michael Nassar, Jerry Olin, Brian Pennell, Josh Power, Daniel White-Spunner Reed, Susan Reniewicz, Evan Sizemore, John Snyder, Conner Thigpen, Ryan Anthony Thomas, Ryan Walker, The Rev. Bowen Woodruff

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: 
The Episcopal Church of San Diego

Cathedral Cycle of Prayer: 
Holy Cross, Pensacola, Florida; Sara Phillips, Pastoral Leader, St. Mary's, Coden

Ecumenical Cycle of Prayer: 
The Church in the Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania, and Mount Calvary  
Primitive Baptist Church, Mobile

Prison Ministry Cycle of Prayer: 
Covington County Jail, Andalusia, Alabama

Flowers: 
The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for the marriage of Lucy Pryor Brady and William DeMouy Slaton and in loving memory of Edward Bailey Slaton and John David Brady.

 
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