In this edition:
Joyful Fellowship
"And who is my neighbor?"
New Assisting Priest
Reading the Cathedral
Creation Care
Ministry Opportunities:
water, usher, greet, donate, volunteer
Half Pint Jars Needed
From the Senior Warden
Upcoming Parish Events
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Joyful Fellowship
Thank you to all who came to the picnic last Sunday with our neighbor church, St. Stephen’s Episcopal!
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"And who is my neighbor?"
Our own bishop, the Rt. Rev. Gretchen Rehberg, wrote and distributed a word regarding the migrant crisis, with a focus on its effect on children, at the end of June. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read it, you can find it
here.
You can learn more about the church’s positions and responses to public policy, including migration, refugees, and immigration, through the
Office of Governmental Relations, which includes the Episcopal Public Policy Network. These bodies take direction from the resolutions passed at General Convention, our denomination’s governing body consisting of bishops, elected clergy deputies, and elected lay deputies from every diocese in the church.
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The Rev. Dr. Jake Andrews, who served as a deacon at the Cathedral for most of the last year, was ordained a priest of the church on June 15. We are delighted that he will continue to serve at the Cathedral as an Assisting Priest. We pray blessings on his priestly ministry!
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Upcoming Formation Series
Faith, Hope, and Love
Please join us for a four-Sunday series beginning on July 28 to learn about our worship space as the beginning of the ongoing formation program “Faith, Hope, and Love,” in which we’ll explore the beliefs, practices, and resources of our Episcopal and Anglican heritage as we walk in the Way of Love. We will meet in the Cathedral at 9:15 AM, and all are welcome!
- July 28: Michel Campbell on the carvings
- August 4: Jennifer Ogden on the architectural style
- August 11: Jennifer Ogden on the windows
- August 18: John Bodinger on the organ
Thank you to Michel, Jennifer, and John for leading us into a deeper understanding of our place of worship!
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The Episcopal Church affirms a commitment to
creation care
. Creation care ministries seek to heal, defend, and work toward justice for all God's creation and to respect the kinship and connection of all that God created through education, advocacy, and action
. In support of these ministries we share resources each month.
Creation Care and the Episcopal Church
Decluttering
Decluttering isn’t just for clothes or books. Believe it or now, deleting old emails and computer files can actually save energy!
There’s a joke that goes around: There’s no such thing as “the cloud;” it’s only someone else’s computer. There’s some truth to that! Every email we archive and every picture we upload to the cloud is stored on a physical server somewhere at Google, Apple, or some other company. These servers use immense amounts of energy—and the more files we put on them, the more servers the companies buy and the more energy they use.
Try going through your email folders to delete old messages – especially those with attachments – and then see if you can find photos or files to cull from your Google Drive or Apple Cloud, too.
Source: Episcopal Climate News
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Ministry Opportunity: It’s so hot!
Do you think it's hot now? Are you thirsty? How about the ponderosa pines planted this spring; how much thirst do they have?
The NE region of the Diocese of Spokane is helping Lands Council and Spokane Ponderosa get newly planted trees through their first summer by watering sessions on Mondays. We are looking for volunteers to carry a cup of water to each of a for each of a few hundred trees. Pick a date, find a few friends to go along and drop an email to
srwarden@stjohns-cathedral.org
to let me know what works for you.
Where
: The cloverleaf of southbound future 395 at the Parksmith exit
When
: 8 am Monday mornings (August 5, September 2, 9, 23 and 30). Lands council/Spokane Ponderosa truck water to the site. Count on one hour.
How
: Bring a bucket or pail. Carry from the hose across open field to each tree.
Why
: planting trees is one of the things we can do to soak up CO2
Who
: as Smokey says, Only YOU!
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Ministry Opportunity: Ushers and Greeters
Please mark your calendars for July 21 and August 25 for Ushers and Greeters training following the 10:30 am service.
Who should attend? Anyone interested in serving in greeting and hospitality ministries through the roles of ushers and greeters
What is the purpose? To review the job descriptions for Ushers and Greeters and how their roles are different and where they are similar. Then to divide into 2 groups for training specific to Greeters (especially how to share information about greeting) and specific to Ushers (safety procedures, medical or mental health emergency procedures, etc.)
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West Central Episcopal Summer Sale
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West Central Episcopal Mission needs funds to purchase a new commercial fridge. The Mission is having a sale on
Saturday, July 27 at the mission (1832 W Dean Ave.). There are opportunities for donations and volunteers!
- Volunteers are needed for: intake, sorting, and pricing on Friday July 26 4-7 pm; set up (6 am), during the sale (8 am-4 pm), and clean-up (after 4 pm) on Saturday July 27.
- Donations for the sale should be brought on Friday July 26 to the Mission (1832 W Dean Ave.)
If you are able to volunteer, please contact Jessica Bondurant directly at
wcemcommons@gmail.com, and thank you!
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Half Pint Jars Needed for Champagne Mustard
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It is almost time for Champagne Mustard! Altar Guild is collecting half pint jars (and rings) for this year’s supply. Please drop off your jars in the collection basket near the Great Hall.
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From the Senior Warden
"Our good friends"
by John Wallingford
Brilliant! Clean. Bright. Spectacular! I don’t know if there is a single word to describe the restored stained glass windows in All Saints Chapel. I do know that the 5:30 congregation Saturday June 8
th sat a while after the service to take in the freshness, the sharp contrasts, the artistry that those reinstalled windows inspire and to contemplate the stories the windows tell. The artisans took good care in their work, beginning to end of the project. I encourage you to take a stroll to visit these good friends, our Cathedral treasures, and sit in the light of their beauty in thanks and prayer.
We hadn’t expected the windows back until fall, so were surprised that scheduling changes pushed our project to the front of the line. Here is an anomaly: a church project came in on budget and ahead of time! When does that ever happen? What is more surprising yet is that the work of maintaining the campus of buildings and grounds of the Cathedral is in the hands of a committee of volunteers. Under Bill Selby’s leadership, the Property Committee has taken on one project after another, small and large, quick and multiple year. Bill’s committee members are parishioners Dallas Hawkins, Ron Morissey, Evita Krislock, Phil Ogden, Rodney Rodriguez, Bill Rafferty, Gretchen Ramey (Chapter Liaison), Doug Spruance, Richie Parsons from staff, and Imelda Williams from the Landscape Association.
The projects on their list include repointing brickwork at the deanery; replacing the broken garage door of the white house; replacing radiator shut off valves in the church and deanery; repair of the welcome center handicap access door opener; improving security with lighting, controlled access and a new phone system; landscaping the jungle on the northside of the Cathedral; carpeting the verger’s apartment and Dean’s office; remodeling the bathroom off the narthex; replacing windows; securing the Cathedral exterior from flaking. Most of these projects don’t get much notice. Sometimes, like with the Connick windows in All Saints Chapel, the work of the Property Committee comes into plain view.
You also should stop in the conference center, with refurbished chairs and new tables, a bookcase, window treatments, carpeting, and paint. Russell Werkman and Missy Willis have steadily pressed through all stages of this delightful renovation, probably the most used square footage of the Cathedral outside the kitchen.
When you stop and look at the windows and Conference Center, think about the lasting expression of love of the Cathedral that the parishioners of long ago had when they purchased and installed the windows. Think about the expression of love of the Cathedral that the current parishioners have. Tell about that love to your friends and colleagues and visitors. Think about the members of each guild and each member of outreach or music or child care or youth programs. Think about the baptized and confirmed. Think about the beautiful works of God’s hand who are the parishioners of the Cathedral, beams of light through clean, colored glass, praising God in our own time.
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Upcoming Parish Events
July 21 and August 25: Ushers and Greeters training
July 21-27: Cathedral hosts Family Promise - contact deacon David for more information
July 28: Beginning of Reading the Cathedral series, at 9:15 am in the church (runs through August 18)
August 4-10: Cathedral hosts College for Congregational Development
August 11: Beginning of Regional Vacation Bible School. This year’s VBS theme is Living Stones: The Path of Jesus. Youth and adult leaders will guide participants through the Holy Land as we dig deep into the life of Jesus, uncovering layers of stories from scripture that will lead us in the Way of Love. This fabulous VBS program is a joint venture with St. John’s Cathedral and all Spokane area Episcopal churches. Children ages pre-kindergarten to 12 years are invited to be a part of this great adventure! Youth in grades 6-12 and all adults are welcome and encouraged to volunteer to help out. Training will be offered prior to VBS week (contact: Elaine Patrick). The program will be held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 5720 S. Perry St. Sunday, August 11-Thursday, August 15. 5pm-9pm.
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Do you have an item that you’d like to see included in the August edition?
Contact the interim editor, Katherine Karr-Cornejo, prior to August 12.
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