8
We are all ministers “Who are the ministers of the Church?” us asks the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer. What would be your answer to this question? Many would likely offer, “priests.” Some might include bishops and deacons, and a few might add missionaries or some other specialized person to the list. is is how the Catechism itself re- sponds: “e ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons.” e first and therefore primary order of ministers in Christ’s Church is the la- ity. In other words, we are all ministers. But what does that mean, exactly? e Catechism sheds further light: “What is the ministry of the laity? e ministry of lay persons is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear witness to him wherever they may be; and, according to the giſts given them, to carry on Christ’s work of reconciliation in the world; and to take their place in the life, worship, and gov- ernance of the Church.” In other words, all those baptized into the death and resurrection life of Jesus are commissioned to the work of extend- ing God’s grace into the world. Our par- ticipation in God’s grand project is not something in which we passively partici- pate for an hour on a Sunday morning. It is, rather, the essential, driving compo- nent of our entire lives. In our homes, at our work, and during our times of recreation, we are ministers. Whenever we open our mouths to speak a word of care and love to one another, we are ministers. We each serve as Christ’s hands and feet. Ours is an awesome and humbling calling! In order to model this reality at Christ Church Cathedral, we are amending the job titles of most lay members of your Cathedral program staff. e program CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL An Episcopal Community in the Heart of Houston, Texas MAY 2013 CHRISTCHURCHCATHEDRAL.ORG THE VERY REV. BARKLEY THOMPSON MINISTERS, inside ere is a palpable connection between faith and food: the crucible of our liturgical experience Sunday mornings exists within the Eucharistic meal itself. As we are nourished by the bread and wine at the altar, so also are our souls sustained and fed. Much of Jesus’ ministry occurred around food, includ- ing the feeding of the five thousand and the Last Supper. Even aſter his resurrection, food was still central to his ministry, as evidenced by his post-resurrection appearance along the Sea of Galilee early one morn- ing when Jesus prepared a meal of fish for Peter and the other disciples. is story of Jesus’ appear- ance to the disciples reminds us that when people gather together for a meal, something SHARING FAITH, back cover Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits As surely as Christ Church Cathedral members can expect the temperature to rise in the spring, so can they expect another May Fete. For more than 100 years the Cathedral has celebrated the arrival of spring with a festival for children and a dance around the maypole. During the event on the first Sunday in May, children and adults eat well and play games, and one very special girl and boy are named queen and king. Last year, Georgia Letchford and Jonas La- sater were crowned queen and king, presid- ing over festivities that included folk music, carnival games and the maypole dance. Coin- cidentally, Letchford and Lasater also played Mary and Joseph in the prior year’s Christ- mas pageant. “I was surprised and happy,” Letchford said of learning she was queen. She was honored with a crown of flowers, once again signaling the arrival of spring. “It’s fun and exciting every year. You don’t know who is going to be king and queen and what new things will be at May Fete.” May Fete is for all generations Emily Scott Shepherd (left) was the Cathedral’s May Queen in 1931 and Georgia Letchford won the crown in 2012. A new king and queen will be named from the fifth-grade class on Sunday, May 5, at the annual May Fete celebration. MAY QUEENS, inside SHARING FAITH DINNERS Thursday, May 16 6:30–9:30 p.m.

The Bulletin: May 2013

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

News and events from Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, Texas.

Citation preview

Page 1: The Bulletin: May 2013

We are all ministers“Who are the ministers of the Church?”

Thus asks the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer. What would be your answer to this question? Many would

likely offer, “priests.” Some might include bishops and deacons, and a few might add missionaries or some other specialized person to the list. This is how the Catechism itself re-sponds: “The ministers of the Church are lay

persons, bishops, priests and deacons.”The first and therefore primary order

of ministers in Christ’s Church is the la-ity. In other words, we are all ministers. But what does that mean, exactly? The Catechism sheds further light: “What is the ministry of the laity? The ministry of lay persons is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear witness to him wherever they may be; and, according to the gifts given them, to carry on Christ’s work of reconciliation in the world; and to take their place in the life, worship, and gov-ernance of the Church.”

In other words, all those baptized into the death and resurrection life of Jesus are commissioned to the work of extend-ing God’s grace into the world. Our par-ticipation in God’s grand project is not something in which we passively partici-pate for an hour on a Sunday morning. It is, rather, the essential, driving compo-nent of our entire lives.

In our homes, at our work, and during our times of recreation, we are ministers. Whenever we open our mouths to speak a word of care and love to one another, we are ministers. We each serve as Christ’s hands and feet. Ours is an awesome and humbling calling!

In order to model this reality at Christ Church Cathedral, we are amending the job titles of most lay members of your Cathedral program staff. The program

Christ ChurCh CathedralAn Episcopal Community in the Heart of Houston, Texas

May 2013christchurchcathedral.org

The Very reV. Barkley

Thompson

ministers, inside

There is a palpable connection between faith and food: the crucible of our liturgical experience Sunday mornings exists within the Eucharistic meal itself. As we are nourished by the bread and wine at the altar, so also are our souls sustained and fed. Much of Jesus’ ministry occurred around food, includ-ing the feeding of the five thousand and the Last Supper. Even after his resurrection, food

was still central to his ministry, as evidenced by his post-resurrection appearance along the

Sea of Galilee early one morn-ing when Jesus prepared a meal of fish for Peter and the other disciples.

This story of Jesus’ appear-ance to the disciples reminds us that when people gather together for a meal, something

sharing Faith, back cover

Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits

As surely as Christ Church Cathedral members can expect the temperature to rise in the spring, so can they expect another May Fete. For more than 100 years the Cathedral has celebrated the arrival of spring with a festival for children and a dance around the maypole.

During the event on the first Sunday in May, children and adults eat well and play games, and one very special girl and boy are named queen and king.

Last year, Georgia Letchford and Jonas La-sater were crowned queen and king, presid-

ing over festivities that included folk music, carnival games and the maypole dance. Coin-cidentally, Letchford and Lasater also played Mary and Joseph in the prior year’s Christ-mas pageant.

“I was surprised and happy,” Letchford said of learning she was queen. She was honored with a crown of flowers, once again signaling the arrival of spring. “It’s fun and exciting every year. You don’t know who is going to be king and queen and what new things will be at May Fete.”

may Fete is for all generationsEmily Scott Shepherd (left) was the Cathedral’s May Queen in 1931 and Georgia Letchford won the crown in 2012. a new king and queen will be named from the fifth-grade class on Sunday, May 5, at the annual May Fete celebration.

may Queens, inside

sharing Faith dinners

thursday, may 166:30–9:30 p.m.

Page 2: The Bulletin: May 2013

Our Cathedral FamilyWe celebrate with

E new members Jonathan and Nancy Brush and their children, Richard and Mary; John Collins; Arianne Staley; and Jeffrey and Makenzie Vitarius.

E the newly baptized: Caroline Jean Hinkley, Brianna Alvarez, Nicolas M. Cabrera, Osman Antonio Deros, Brian Roney Herrera, Kimberly Marinelarena, Alexis Martinez, Eduardo Martinez, Rashida Rehman-Gil, Dylan Gerard Solorzano, Alejandra Paola Tabora, Ilianna Juliette Zavala, and Elvin Javier Rodriguez.

E Leah MacDougal and Steven Jones, who were married April 6 in the Cathedral

We extend heartfelt sympathy to E the family of O.J. Bischoff, who died April 4 in Houston. O.J. was the father

of member Richard Bischoff..

The Flowers on the Cathedral Altar E on May 5 are given to the glory of God in honor of Beverly Maurice

Hindman, Anne and John Flanagan, Freddy Sanches and James Reed Cox. E on May 12 are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Mrs. James

A. Haralson by her daughter, Mrs. Gary P. Pearson, and her grandchildren, Gary, Jim and Mary Bain.

E on May 19 are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Mary Ellen and Stanley Shipnes and William Bourke Cassin by Kristi and Earle Martin.

E on May 26 are given to the glory of God in honor of Abigail Thayer Avery on her birthday by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Avery.

The Flowers in the Floor Vases E on May 5 are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Helen Fisher by

Phil and Tish Drilling, Katie and Jackie. E on May 12 are given to the glory of God in loving memory of their mother,

Elizabeth Hail Smith, by her children, Avon S. Duson and Frank C. Smith Jr.

Additional Lilies at the Rood Screen were given at Easter E in memory of Paul Bayless Harrison, beloved husband of Blanche Harrison. E in memory of their parents, Harold Milton Anderson, Margaret Spencer

Wood Anderson, John Thomas Gwynne and Cornelia Allison Housman Coffin Bracher Gwynne by John and Margaret Gwynne.

E in loving memory of her husband, John D. Kirkland, by Kate S. Kirkland. E in remembrance of Loyce Reed Franks by Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rogas Jr.,

Jordan and Madison. E in memory of her beloved friends, Joan and Charmayn, by Ellen Luby. E in memory of Mike Deily by Linnet Deily. E in  memory of Cindy Dickson, Jim Elkins, Canon Clay T. and Mary Jack

Puckett, and Lois Ann Peckham by Donna Fong. E in memory of their mothers, Lillian and Mary Ruth, by Ellen Luby and

Sterling Minor. E in memory of Harvey Mellor Shepherd and of Joseph Adams Harris Scott

and in honor of Emily Scott Shepherd by Sr. Mary Winifred. E in memory of their nephew, Tyler Bludau, by Shirley Bludau and Mike

Grimes. E in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Grimes Sr. and of Gavin Franco by Shirley

Bludau and Mike Grimes. E in memory of Mossy Ligon and of Lewis W. Pollock by Charles W. Ligon. E in memory of her parents, Lee and Hor Chee Fong, her sister, Rita Lowe, and

her brother, Jack Fong, by Donna Fong. E in thanksgiving for her mother, Mary Barden Worrell, by Melissa Hoiland. E in honor of Robert Richter by Dan Neale. E by Frank Hood.

The following story may sound familiar: A young adult graduates from college and wants to do something good with her life. She seeks an alternative to the conventional track to success. She wants to make a difference, to connect with oth-ers who are similarly navigating through their first few years of adulthood. Where does she go from here? What will she do? How does she move beyond the education of the mind into an experience that teaches the heart and soul?

Bayou City Service Corps, a new initiative of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, seeks to provide an outlet for these questions. As a young adult service year program, it exists to provide the time and space needed to search for truth, work for social and economic justice, live in community and be challenged into a more deliberate way of life.

The program is an eleven-and-a-half month fellowship for young adults ages 18–32. Fellows work 40 hours per week for eleven months in a nonprofit, religious or government organization that works to address the needs and challenges of the Houston community. The fellows live and share meals together and undergo a curriculum rooted in leadership de-velopment as well as spiritual and vocational discernment.

Through Bayou City Service Corps, the diocese aims to equip a generation with both the skills and passion to inspire our communities, congregations and the diocese at large with a hunger for true justice. The first class of fellows will begin their service year August 5, 2013.

How can you get involved? We are looking for a few more fellow placement sites, volunteers to work with the young adults and donations of new or gently used household items for the fellows’ house in Midtown. For more information, visit www.epicenter.org/bayou-city-service-corps or con-tact program director, Nikki Blount, at 919-946-9760 or [email protected].

Bayou City Service Corps: A young adult service year

“Better, not bitter”Kalvin, a Beacon client, now works as a concrete finisher. When asked how his experience being homeless has changed him, he simply said, “I want to be better, not bitter.” Visit the new Beacon blog at beaconhomeless.wordpress.com for more of Kalvin’s story.

Page 3: The Bulletin: May 2013

On Pentecost afternoon, Sunday, May 19, EYC will gather from 4–7 p.m. at the Deanery for an afternoon of spiritual formation, food and fun as Dean Thompson opens the swimming pool to all fifth through twelfth grad-ers for water wars.

In addition, youth will get the chance to “Stump the Dean” with any question about life, religion, faith, social justice and why the Astros can’t seem to win any games.

Parents are invited to come to the Deanery at 6 p.m. for their own hour-long conversation with Dean Thomp-

son while the youth are enjoying the swimming pool.

Parents are invited to share their hopes for the Cathedral’s youth program and ask any questions they may have. This will be a wonderful oppor-tunity to meet the Dean and

hear his vision for our youth.Canon Jimmy Grace will be joining

the party as well … perhaps it will be a Holy Water war. If you plan to at-tend, please contact Jeremy Bradley at [email protected] so that he’ll have enough food for everyone!

The Cathedral is a church known for its storied traditions, but no event has more history than May Fete. The first celebration is thought to have taken place in 1899 on the exact same city block where it is celebrated today. By all accounts, the event was incredibly similar to the festival that is celebrated today.

Emily Scott Shepherd remembers the May Fete celebrations of long ago. In 1931, she was honored as May Fete queen.

“It was a much, much smaller congregation back then,” Shepherd said. “We only had one service. Today we have many more services and many more clergy, but of course we have many more members.”

Although she hasn’t attended the most recent May Fete celebrations, Shepherd knows the tradition well. She recalls her mother running the candy booth in addi-tion to baking a chocolate cake every year. Children in the 1920s and ’30s played musical chairs, with the winner taking home the cake of their choice.

Shepherd even recalls being told stories as a child of the 1913 crowning of fu-ture business magnate Howard Hughes as May Fete king.

“Life has changed so much for young people from what our lives were like,” Shepherd said., “but the tradition of May Fete continues.”

As a youthful 90-year-old, Shepherd has fond memories of growing up at the Cathedral. At certain times in her life, she tried attending other Episcopal churches around Houston that were closer to her home, but she always ended up returning to the Cathedral. She was known to at-tend the early Easter service at the Cathedral and then drive to another church across town to lead the choir.

“It is special to me because my grandparents and my father went to church here as a young per-son,” she said. “And my mother’s family also went to church here, so it feels like home to me. I just don’t want to be anywhere else.”Eight-year-old Emily Scott Shepherd at May Fete in 1931.

may Queens, from cover

Water Wars at end-of-year EYC event

ready for may Fete 2013The maypole dancers are ready to follow the steps

that have been danced here in our courtyard for gen-erations. The May Fete Committee, every council and many other Cathedral groups have been preparing for

the annual festivities. Once an event of pageantry that

graced Houston’s society pages, to-day’s May Fete is a day filled with games, music and casual fun. The

day begins with a special combined service at 10 a.m. followed by an afternoon of merriment throughout the Cathedral grounds. In the Bishop’s Courtyard, see the Sunday school procession, the crowning of the fifth-grade May Fete king and queen, and the traditional maypole dance.

Voted “Best Traditional/Ethnic” band by the Hous-ton Press, Greg Harbar and The Gypsies will take the stage in the afternoon. In the cloister and around the courtyard you can also enjoy caricaturists, an array of crafts, an ice-cold agua fresca or hot dogs and beer.

On the Huffington Courtyard playground, don’t miss the fabulous photo flip books, face painters, wheel of clergy, frogger and all of the other wonderful chil-dren’s games.

The May Fete Luncheon will be served in Reynolds Hall, and be sure to catch our annual Grand Bake Sale and the Cake Silent Auction.

Come sit in the shade, dance around the fountain, play some games, have lunch and take home cake. It’s time for May Fete again!

may Fete

sunday, may 510 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Water Wars

sunday, may 194–7 p.m.

ministers, from coverstaff itself will become the “ministry staff.” Staff members who have previously had the secular job title “director” will instead be designated “minister.” Lisa Puccio will become “Minister for Children and Families,” Jeremy Bradley will become “Minister for Youth,” and so forth. Job descriptions will not, in most cases, change, but these new titles will bet-ter express that we are all ministers of the Gospel, using our best gifts to bring hope and peace to a hurting world.

Page 4: The Bulletin: May 2013

Palm Sunday, Easter Day and the Dean’s Installation

In PIctures Below: The crucifer leads the procession at the 11 o’clock service on Easter Day.

Right: Children adorn a cross with flowers in the Bishop’s Courtyard.

Above: The congregation lines up with palms for the procession on Palm Sunday.

Right: The Rev. Canon Ed Stein and Dean Barkley Thompson present the Liturgy of the Palms.

Far right: A child reads a station at the Children’s Way of the Cross on the morning of Palm Sunday.

Page 5: The Bulletin: May 2013

Latino ministry breaks records“¡Aleluya! ¡Cristo ha resucitado!” With this shout of joy, the members of Christ Church Cathedral who worship in Spanish began their season of the Lord’s Resurrection. It was a grand celebration with twelve baptisms, eleven youngsters recognized for First Communion, and 206 of the faithful in attendance. The 1 o’clock service has never before seen over 200 present, seeking and rejoicing in God’s blessings. For the first time ever, the service had nine acolytes in the processions and at the Lord’s table. All associated clergy — Dean Barkley Thompson, the Rev. Abdias Avalos, and the Rev. Canon Jim McGill — were present as a wonderful reminder that this is truly one Cathedral, worshiping in two languages to God’s great glory.

Above: Parish Choir member Joy Stapp greets others at the dean’s installation service on Friday, April 5.

Left: Dieter Ufer, Jan Barrow and Harry Webb present the Cathedral charter to the new dean on behalf of the congregation.

Far left: Bishop Andy Doyle and the congregation welcome Dean Barkley Thompson and his family to their new ministry at the Cathedral.

Page 6: The Bulletin: May 2013

¡atención hispano-parlantes!Domingo, el 19 de Mayo será para nosotros un día muy especial.

Ese es el Día de Pentecostés. Vamos a reconocer a dos personas jóvenes quienes han pedido la bendición de la Primera Comunión, y ¡el Deán Barkley Thompson ha aceptado nuestra invitación a predicar por la primera vez! El Deán va a predicar en inglés, con un resumen breve en español de parte del Padre Jim. Marquen todos sus calendarios para estar con su familia espiritual, y recuerden a llevar el color rojo, significando el Espíritu Santo. Habrán bautis-mos, y todos renovaremos nuestro Pacto Bautismal. ¡Vengan todos a la celebración del Cumpleaños de La Iglesia Cristiana!

attention spanish speakers!Sunday, May 19, will be a very special day for us. That day is the

Day of Pentecost. We will recognize two people who have asked for the blessing of First Communion, and Dean Barkley Thomp-son has accepted our invitation to preach for the first time! The Dean will preach in English, with a brief synopsis in Spanish by Fr. Jim. Mark your calendars to be with your spiritual family, and remember to wear red, which is the color of the Holy Spirit. There will be baptisms, and we all will renew our Baptismal Covenant. Everybody come to the celebration of the Birthday of the Christian Church!

Fifty days, a mighty wind, a single candle flameWe have kept Lent and celebrated Easter —

now the next big thing in our worship life is Pentecost.

In his Gospel and its sequel, the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke offers a tidy chronology of the events of Eas-ter: Holy Week climaxes in Easter, the Day of Resurrection, and is followed by the risen Christ’s appearances over precisely forty days, ending with the Lord’s Ascension outside Jerusalem. This is followed by nine days in which Christ’s people wait for something promised to hap-pen. (It is the same promised gift that John makes so much of in his Gospel: “I will send to you another Comforter, even the Spirit of truth.”)

Exactly fifty days after Easter comes Pen-tecost, and Luke tells of the gift of the Holy Spirit, coming into the Church like a mighty Wind in tongues of Flame. The story of Christ with us in the flesh continues in the story of

Christ present with his people, the Church.From the very beginning, Christians re-

called that the traditional Jewish Passover celebration was the setting for the gospel story of Christ’s death and Resurrection, and kept that next Sunday as the Christian Passover. By the third century, the Church worked out a yearly cycle of feasts and fasts modeled on Luke’s orderly chronol-ogy. Our calendar took shape. By the

fourth century, the Feast of Pentecost was kept everywhere as the celebration of Christ’s gift of the Holy Spirit to his Church and to every baptized Christian.

For a long time, Pentecost kept its popu-larity in the Christian year, second only to Easter; but in the 19th century, Christmas rose up in prominence. In our modern cul-ture of a summer-vacation season, very often Pentecost vanishes quietly into the summer months. Yet in the liturgy, Pentecost is still

second only to Easter, and we need to remind ourselves of the significance of celebrating Pentecost.

Among other things, Pentecost is a day to baptize, to extinguish the Paschal light, and to drop the Easter alleluias out of the liturgy. In the West, the altars are hung in celebratory red on Pentecost — the only Sunday when the flashiest hangings of the year are really used in Church. We encourage you to join the cel-ebration and wear red clothes to church on Pentecost, which this year is Sunday, May 19.

Most of all, Pentecost is a time to be mind-ful of the presence of the Holy Spirit as Christ’s first gift to us, his people, God not far off nor even near, but dwelling with us. There is a daily prayer in the Eastern rites, both morning and evening, that goes: “Come Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth, Spirit of Power, Spirit of Christ, O Comforter who dwells in all places and fills all things: abide in us, of your good-ness save us from all evil, and save our souls.”

Giving Tree donations to support youth mission trips

The youth at the Cathedral do many things throughout the year, but one of the things that many students look forward to is the op-portunity to go on a summer mission trip. It’s an opportunity to go places that they possibly have never gone, as well as a time of great community building. Most importantly, it’s a time to put their faith into action, which then carries on after the trip throughout their life.

Last year, we started a new fundraiser called the Giving Tree. With this effort, we are able to provide scholarships to many youth who might not otherwise afford a trip. We are also able to bring down the overall cost.

The way the Giving Tree works is that we will have 150 envelopes representing leaves on the tree. Each envelope represents a denomi-nation of $1 to $150. If every leaf is claimed, then we will have raised over $11,000.

Everyone can participate — children, youth and adults. The tree will be located in the cloister on most Sundays in May. Please con-sider helping our youth participate in one of this summer’s mission trips to Houston, Bastrop or New York City.

The reV. Canon ed sTein

Cathedral youth paint the Giving Tree, which they will use to raise funds for summer mission trips to Houston, Bastrop and New York City.

Page 7: The Bulletin: May 2013

may 12 sun

Bishop’s Visit to ConfirmBishop Andy Doyle will confirm at 9 a.m. and also preach and celebrate at 11 a.m.

Blood drive9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., San Jacinto en-trance. Quarterly drive for donations to the St. Luke’s Blood Center.

episcopal youth community (eyc)4–6 p.m., BYC. Gathering of youth for dinner, games, teaching, movies and worship.

uPcomIng June 2 sun

rhythms of graceWorship experience for special needs children and their family resumes with lesson: “Paul Spreads the Good News.”

June 14–16

Fifth-grade mission trip Current fifth-graders experience their first mission trip, serving the under-served in Houston. Sign up by May 1. ($)

tHIs montHmay 3–4 Fri–sat

destination unknown lock-in Middle-school youth will venture to se-cret locations around Houston for fun and fellowship. ($)

calendar of eventsVisit www.christchurchcathedral.org or call 713-222-2593 to learn more about these and other events at the Cathedral.

Registration recommended Registration required Registration closed

may 19 (cont.) sun

Water Wars4–7 p.m. at the Deanery. Youth will try to “Stump the Dean” and will play poolside at an afternoon of spiritual formation, food and fun. Parents will also spend time with the dean.

Pentecost organ recital and evensong4:15 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the Cathedral. Recital by Kathryn Sparks White of Me-morial Drive Presbyterian Church. Choral evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir.

may 26 sun

First day of summer Place10 a.m., Reynolds Hall. Snacks and re-freshments hosted each Sunday by min-istries and councils of the Cathedral, this week by the Pastoral Care Council.

Weeklytuesdays

Women’s Bible study9:30–11 a.m., Jeffers Conference Room. Led by the Rev. Canon Jimmy Grace.

Wednesdays

cathedral 20s & 30s6:30–8 p.m., Mellinger Room. Weekly discussion group and social gathering of young adults. Does not meet May 22 or May 29.

thursdays

Buscando la luz6:45–8:30 p.m., Mellinger Room. Span-ish-language discussion group.

in the Cathedral BookstoreThe 10th edition of Cathedral member

Sarah Gish’s The Summer Book is now available. This guide to Hous-ton’s summer day camps was cre-ated in 2003 out of a personal need to find interesting summer camps for her own children. Since then, it has become her mission to find ways for

all of Houston’s kids to explore their passions and uncover their gifts.

The Forward Day by Day for May through July is now in stock. This quarterly booklet contains a line from scripture and a reflection for each day of the week. It has become a staple for many and could be your

inspirational start to the day. May is a season for celebrations, and we

have greeting cards for Confirmation, Moth-er’s Day and Graduation, as well as beautiful photo cards by Mike McKann and Amy Ufer. Silk scarves with various religious motifs are once again available and would make terrific gifts for mothers.

Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Sunday: 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

may 18 sat

20s & 30s spring celebration4–8 p.m., home of Jeremy Bradley. Cel-ebrate the end of spring with barbecue, drinks and relaxation in the pool.

may 19 sun

last day of spring education10 a.m. Final sessions of spring semes-ter education classes. Dean Thompson will visit Sunday School classes to join students in thanking their teachers.

may 5 sun

rhythms of graceOn break this month to join in the May Fete festivities.

may 9 thu

ascension day12:05 and 6 p.m., Cathedral Chancel. Holy Eucharist marking the final appear-ance of the Risen Lord to the apostles.

may 10 Fri

Ken mazzu opening reception6–8 p.m., Cloister Gallery.

July 21–27

middle-school mission trip Bastrop. Helping those affected by last year’s wildfires. Sign up by May 1. ($)

sePtemBer 25 Wed

come to the table Annual fundraiser and gala dinner in sup-port of The Beacon. Underwriting oppor-tunities are available.

may 5 sunmay Fete10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Cathedral’s oldest tradition offers springtime merriment for all. Combined bilin-gual service at 10 a.m. followed by afternoon celebrations.

June 28 Friepiscopal night at the Ballpark 5 p.m., Bishop’s Courtyard; 7:05 p.m. Minute Maid Park. Pregame cookout and special seating and prices for Houston Astros game vs. Los Angeles Angels. ($)

may 16 thusharing Faith dinners 6:30–9:30 p.m., various host homes. Moderated conversation on faith at small-group dinners with Episcopa-lians from around the diocese.

Page 8: The Bulletin: May 2013

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

Houston, Texas

PERMIT No. 64041117 Texas AvenueHouston, Texas 77002-3183

Did you know you can read the Bulletin on our website? If you’d like to go “online-only,” contact Anne Shepard at [email protected] or call her at 713-590-3301.

in the cloister gallery: Ken mazzuIn MayKen Mazzu’s oil and watercolor paintings investigate ideas of industrial decay and urban detritus.

Summer Place kicks off May 26What’s a parishioner to do in the ab-

sence of Sunday School and adult educa-tion at the 10 o’clock hour? Come to Summer Place in Reynolds Hall, of course.

Summer Place is a warm and an inviting time for fel-lowship and “amplified” refreshments, those that may include but go beyond the customary cookies and doughnuts.

This intentional break, which lasts every Sunday through August 18, is the per-

fect opportunity for you to catch up with friends and to welcome newcomers in a relaxed space.

A different ministry of the church will host Summer Place weekly. Refreshments on May 26 will be provided by the Pastoral Care Council.

incarnational happens. When we break bread together, God is present.

On May 16, Christ Church Cathedral will join with oth-er Episcopal parishes around the diocese for an evening of small group conversations, bringing together members from different Episcopal churches where possible. The evening will begin with a simple meal in parishioners’ homes. Each dinner will have a host, moderator and 8–12 participants. After the meal, a moderator will help to fa-cilitate a conversation in which dinner guests share a bit about their beliefs and their experiences.

Sharing how we experience our faith deepens our spiritual lives and helps others recognize how God is at work in their lives. It is our hope that you will experience a deeper understanding of your own faith as a Christian disciple and as an Episcopalian.

We hope you all will take advantage of this opportunity for an evening of good food and soul-stirring conversa-tion. Register for the Sharing Faith Dinners on the diocese website at sharingfaith.epicenter.org.

sharing Faith, from cover

summer Place

sundays at 10 a.m.may 26 through august 18