Week Ahead: Thanksgiving, Advent Services Set; PBS to Air Interview with Presiding Bishop
Episcopal News Service. November 24, 2004 [112404-3-A]
Celebrations and services for Thanksgiving Day and the first Sunday in Advent will be held throughout the Episcopal Church this week.
"Grow in Gratitude" is the theme of this Thanksgiving Day liturgy of Morning Prayer and Eucharist at Washington National Cathedral. The webcast will feature a welcome from Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and sermon by Bishop John Chane of Washington, D.C. Set to begin Thanksgiving Day at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, the pre-recorded webcast will be available throughout the holiday weekend at www.comeandgrow.org.
Prior to the release of the Windsor Report, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold spoke with Religion and Ethics Newsweekly reporter Kim Lawton about the current challenges and opportunities in the life of the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion. The interview will air this weekend on PBS. Information about your local PBS program schedule can be found on-line at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/tv_default.html. To request a transcript of any of these reports, send an e-mail to schultzm@religionethics.org or go to the program Web site at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics where transcripts and streaming video of the featured stories will be available after 8:30 p.m. on Friday.
Advent is the beginning of the Church Year for most churches in the Western tradition, starting on the fourth Sunday before Christmas day -- the Sunday nearest November 30 -- and ending on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24). A selection of services for the first Sunday in Advent are listed below. Please check with your local Episcopal Church for details of services in your area.
ATLANTA, Georgia - St Philip's Cathedral, 2744 Peachtree Road NW, 404.365.1000. www.stphilipscathedral.org, 8:45, 11:45 a.m.; 4 p.m.
BEVERLY HILLS, California - All Saints' Church, 504 N. Camden Drive, 310.275.0123. www.allsaintsbh.org, 8, 9, 11:15 a.m.; 6 p.m.
BOSTON - St. Paul's Cathedral, 138 Tremont Street, 617.482.5800. www.stpaulboston.org, 8, 10 a.m.
BUFFALO, New York - A candle-lit service of lessons and carols, "An Advent Procession: From Darkness to Light," will begin at 4 p.m. at St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo, New York. Sung by the Men and Girls choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, the service will feature music by Palestrina, Ord, Goldschmidt, Britten, Gibbons and Dove.
CENTERVILLE, Utah - An original program of unusual readings and musical selections based on scripture from Genesis to the Gospel of Luke will celebrate the season of Advent at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Centerville, Utah.
"Advent Songs and Stories" was conceived by the Rev. Jane Sigloh, former rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Staunton, Virginia. Mary McDonald was the parish choir director. The two collaborated to tell stories in word and music in a light hearted, yet always reverent look at the events leading to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. It was completed in 1994. The Rev. Sigloh described the program as, "Salvation history in one hour!"
Mary McDonald now lives Kanab, Utah. It was there that she met Virgil Barstad, a gifted violinist, violist and composer. Barstad now shares the narration with Mary and also added a violin part to the musical numbers. With the Rev. Sigloh's blessing, some slight changes in geographical references have been made to accommodate the program's now Western venue. McDonald and Barstad now provide the music for services at St. David's Episcopal Church in Page, Arizona. Some of the non-traditional songs used in the program are from composers like Aaron Copeland, Cole Porter, Benjamin Britten and Felix Mendelssohn. They will bring their Advent program to the Salt Lake area December 1, 7pm, Church of the Resurrection, 1131 South Main Street, Centerville. All are welcome.
CHICAGO - St. James' Cathedral, Wabash and Huron, 312.787.7360. www.saintjamescathedral.org, 8, 10:30 a.m.
DALLAS, Texas - St Michael and All Angels Church, 8011 Douglas Ave., 214.363.5471, www.saintmichael.org, 8:45, 11 a.m.
DENVER, Colorado - St. John's Cathedral, 1350 Washington Street, 303.831.7115. www.sjc-den.org, 7:30, 8, 9, 11:15 a.m.
DETROIT, Michigan - St. Paul's Cathedral, 480 Woodward Ave., 313.831.5000. www.detroitcathedral.org, 8:15, 10:30 a.m.
HOUSTON, Texas - Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Ave., 713.222.2593. www.christchurchcathedral.org, 9, 11 a.m. (1 p.m. español)
MIAMI, Florida - Trinity Cathedral, 464 NE 16th Street, 305.374.3372. www.trinitymiami.org, 8, 10 a.m.; 6 p.m.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - St. Mark's Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove Street, 612.870.7800. www.st-marks-cathedral.org, 8, 9, 11 a.m. An Advent Carol Service will begin at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 28.
MISSISSIPPI - Lessons & Carols on Nov. 28 will begin at 5 p.m. at Trinity Church, Yazoo City, and at 7 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen. Further information about Advent 2004 events in the Diocese of Mississippi can be found on-line at: http://www.dioms.org.
NEW YORK - Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street, 212.602.0800. www.trinitywallstreet.org, 9, 11:15 a.m.
SAN DIEGO, California - St. Paul's Cathedral, 2728 6th Ave., 619.298.7261. www.stpaulcathedral.org, 10 a.m. (9:05 español)
SAN FRANCISCO, California - Advent Procession of Lessons and Carols, sung by the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Nov. 28.
SEATTLE, Washington - St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave., 206.323.0300. www.stmarks.org, 9, 11 a.m.; 9:30 p.m. Compline.
TOPEKA, Kansas - The Cathedral Choir of Grace Cathedral in Topeka, Kansas, will present a Choral Evensong for the First Sunday of Advent on Nov. 28, at 4 p.m.
Music will include: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Thomas Tallis, Preces and Responses by Heathcote Statham, Psalm 113, (chant by Stanley Vann), and Seek the Lord from Julian Wachner's "Three Songs of Isaiah." Grace Cathedral, 701 SW 8th Ave., Topeka, Kansas
WILMINGTON, Delaware - St. John's Cathedral, 10 Concord Ave., 302.654.6279. www.cathedralstjohn.org, 7:30, 10:30 a.m.
Coming up Thursday, November 25, 2004...
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Carolyn Tanner Irish, Bishop of Utah, will preach on 'a truly thankful heart' at Cathedral Thanksgiving Service.
Irish will hold up as an example the Anglicans in Myanmar (formerly Burma) in her Thanksgiving Day sermon at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark.
"People who have so little to be thankful for are often those most appreciative and generous," Bishop Irish says of the Burmese Anglicans she met last year on her visit to Myanmar. She will show to those attending the Thursday morning service a box of money sent by members of the Anglican Church in Myanmar to the United Thank Offering of the Episcopal Church, USA.
The "gift of a truly thankful heart" will be the theme of her sermon. She will be preaching on the story of the ten lepers who come to Jesus to be cured (Luke 17:11-19).
The Thanksgiving Day service will be at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark, 231 East 100 South, Salt Lake City.
Coming up Sunday, November 28, 2004...
HAWAII - The Rt. Rev. Riah Abu El-Assal, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, will be the Speaker at the 2004 King Kamehameha IV & Queen Emma Conversation Series to be held at Christ Memorial Episcopal Church, Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii on Sunday, November 28, 2004 at 6.30 p.m.
This series of conversations named after the Hawaiian King and Queen who brought the Episcopal Church to Hawaii, is sponsored jointly by Christ Memorial Church and St. Thomas' Church, Hanalei and is held every year on Advent Sunday. Speakers in previous years have been the Rt. Rev. J.S. Spong, the Rt. Rev. Richard Shimfky, the Right Rev. George Hunt and the Right Rev. Richard Chang.
Bishop Riah and Mrs. El-Assal will be visiting Hawaii as the guests of the members of the two congregations from November 26 until December 3.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - State Day prayers this Sunday will remember Louisiana in liturgies at Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues Northwest (Mount St. Alban), Washington, D.C., 20016; 202.537.6200; http://www.cathedral.org. The Rt. Rev. Chester L. Talton, bishop suffragan of Los Angeles, California, guest preacher, 11 a.m. Next Sunday, Dec. 5: State Day prayers will remember Mississippi.
ANGLICAN COMMUNION - Following the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, this Sunday (1 Advent) will give thanks for the Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain and the Rt. Rev. Carlos López-Lozano, bishop. The Anglican Cycle of Prayer can be accessed online at: www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/main.cfm.
Coming up Wednesday, December 1, 2004...
NEW YORK - The Ministry for Education of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine presents "Addictions and Consciousness: Honoring the Coming of the Light", led by Marion Woodman, on Dec. 1 from 7 - 9 p.m. at Synod House (located on the NE corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 110th Street).
As an analyst and workshop leader, Marion Woodman has worked with many people who struggle with addictions of all kinds. She is well known for her empathy, warmth and immense hopefulness with regards to working with people suffering addiction.
This evening is free and open to all. For further information please contact the Rev. Patti Welch, Minister for Education at 212.316.7474.
In future:
Anglicans Under Fire:
Living the Hard Questions
Frank T. Griswold, Michael Battle, & Marck McIntosh
Anglicanism fully honors the dynamic interplay between scripture, tradition, and reason. Those three elements are the key to how Anglicans preach and through those lenses one sorts and sifts questions and concerns that arrive in the life of the church. Preaching is less about how one arrives at an absolute answer than about how the various dimensions that come into play as we live the questions.
Featuring Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold; Michael Battle, Assistant Professor of Spirituality and Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School; Mark McIntosh, Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University in Chicago. Double-occupancy room, meals, and program fee $400.
On Sunday, December, 12, 7:00 p.m., in Perry Auditorium of Washington National Cathedral, the three leaders will present: The Anglican Communion: Crucible of Difference. Join in a discussion about the resources we have in our rich Anglican tradition, and how they can assist us as we live the difficult questions of the 21st century. An open conversation will follow presentations by the Presiding Bishop and Professors Battle and McIntosh. This event made possible in large part with support from the St. Alban's Parish Transformation Fund.