Celebrate CAP!

Cathedral Arts Project (CAP) is celebrating 30 years! What began as one dance class in Taliaferro Hall for 10 students has now reached more than 30,000 children in Northeast Florida and beyond. In 1993, Gail Weltsek and a small group of volunteers at St. John’s Cathedral began teaching dance to 10 children residing at a nearby transitional housing facility. Within a few years, CAP services grow to include dance programs at area elementary schools. And by the year 2000, CAP incorporated, received 501(c)(3) designation and elected its first board of directors.

This Sunday, January 22, we will celebrate CAP at St. John's Cathedral. The CAP String Ensemble will play during the 10 a.m. worship service. Immediately after the service, all are invited to view the CAP Art Exhibition in Taliaferro Hall, which features a selection of work by the young budding artists that CAP has served over the years. The exhibition gives the viewer a hint of the exciting history of visual arts that CAP brings to Jacksonville’s young people. Without CAP these young artists might never have produced these exciting works. 

You are also invited to listen to a brief presentation about CAP in Ingram Lounge and enjoy a celebratory coffee hour. Here's to another 30 years of outstanding arts education for students in Northeast Florida.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
CAP Sunday

8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral
Preacher: The Very Reverend Kate Moorehead Carroll

9 a.m. Digital Disciples, Zoom
Our speakers will be Joe O’Shields and other Cathedral members who attended the Southern Lights conference last weekend. Southern Lights is a gathering of progressive Christians held for the 18th time at Epworth by the Sea conference center on St. Simons Island this past weekend. The event was hosted by Brian McLaren and Diana Butler Bass and featured as speakers Padraig O'Tuama (poet and theologian who is well known for his Poetry Unbound podcast), Reggie Williams (theologian whose most recent book is Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance), and Ilia Delio (Franciscan, scientist and university professor, and theologian whose most recent book is Hours of the Universe: Reflections on God, Science and the Human Journey).
Joe and co will share their take-aways from the conference and some suggestions of small group possibilities. No preparation necessary. All are welcome!

9 a.m. The Un-Named Women
of the Gospels, Bernie Dooly Library
An in-person Bible study focusing on the un-named women in the Gospel whose faithful responses to Jesus impact the Kingdom narrative. This week we will look at the woman with the hemorrhage.
Mark 5: 21–34; Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56

Led by the Rev. Eric Kahl.

10 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral*
Preacher: The Very Reverend Kate Moorehead Carroll

Offertory Anthem: The Lord is my light
Arr. Peter Hallock
The Cathedral Choir

10 a.m. Formation for Children and Youth
Birth to 3 years Hakimian Family Nursery
(Main Level-Cathedral House)

4 years - 2nd grade, Lower-level Classroom
(Downstairs-Cathedral House.)

3rd grade - 5th grade, Cummings Chapel
(Entrance to the Chapel-to the right of the pulpit.)

6th grade - High School, Undercroft Youth Room
(Entrance is to the left of the Lectern.)

All ages join the 10 a.m. service at the time of
the Peace.

*This service is live-streamed on our website and
YouTube channel.

1 p.m. Church Without Walls
Dean’s Garden


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8:45 to 11:10 a.m. Hakimian Nursery Open

8:45 to Noon Cathedral Bookstore Open
Upcoming
Free Flower Arrangement Workshop

Start the New Year off by refreshing an old skill or learning a new one. You do not have to have any experience with flowers to attend.

Our flower chair, Martha Davis, will conduct a free demonstration workshop for arranging altar flowers. The workshop is free, but you must register no later than January 25.
Limited to 35 participants.

Saturday, January 28 |10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Holy Communion Chapel
Conversations With Scripture

Beginning Wednesday, February 1, we will be offering an eight-week class reading, marking and inwardly digesting the book Conversations With Scripture: The Gospel of John by Cynthia Briggs Kittredge. The book is part of a series by Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Study. The class will be offered in hybrid form, meeting in Busey Conference Room and on Zoom, and it will be led by Joe O’Shields. Please also bring a copy of a bible of your choice. If you have any questions, please email Owene Courtney at owene_courtney@yahoo.com.

The book is available at St. John’s Cathedral Bookstore and Gift Shop and also online through the store’s bookshop site, use the button below to order a copy or contact the bookstore.
Annual Parish Meeting 2023

All are encouraged to attend our Parish Annual Meeting. This year the meeting will be held both in-person and virtually. We will keep the meeting time to one hour, so plan to join us! Lunch will be provided.


Sunday, February 5 | 11:30 a.m.
Taliaferro Hall
Welcoming EPN

The Episcopal Parish Network will be hosting a major event March 9-11 at the Hyatt in downtown Jacksonville. Speakers such as Jon Meacham, Bishop Thabo Makgoba of South Africa and our own Mari Huraishi, president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, will give keynote addresses. There are numerous workshops on church leadership and discipleship.


As the faithful from St. John’s Cathedral, you are welcome to attend. Registration is expensive due to the nature of the speakers recruited to be here, but it is well worth your time and investment. You can view the details of this conference by clicking the information button below. If you have questions about the conference, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Megan Cochran. EARLY BIRD pricing has been extended to January 31!

Wednesday, March 8-March 11
Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel
Love at the Core
Dean Kate preached at St. Philip's last Sunday. Our neighbors at St. Philip’s are in a prayerful period of discernment for the future of their congregation. For the next several months, clergy from St. John’s Cathedral will serve as supply priests each Sunday. This Sunday, the Rev. Gee Alexander will be serving.
We all had such a beautiful time at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Brunch. It’s always so great to see so many good friends!
 Birthday Blessings
Sunday, January 22
Jennifer Alexander, B.J. Dozier
Douglass Myers, Allen Todd

Monday, January 23
Jim Dobson, Paul Van Wie

Tuesday, January 24
Jack Adams, Chris Bodin,
Matt Chitty, Lilly Swinson

Wednesday, January 25
Barbara Fiser, Laci Holmes,
Beth Langley, Bill Long,
Pamela Searcy
Thursday, January 26
Bobby Darenberg, Audrey Laneve,
Stacia Strickland

Friday, January 27
Bonnie Hardman, Jonathan Leonard, Kristie Milo, Lindsey Riggs

Saturday, January 28
Christian George, Emily Kline,
Taffy Noble, Mike Swann
Prayer Line Always Open
As a Christian community, we want to support you in every way possible. Our clergy and lay ministers visit hospitals, bless babies born and those that are dying, counsel the sick, and offer comfort in any way that we can. Please let us know what you need and how we can pray for you. Call the Church Office anytime (904) 356-5507 and ask for Pastoral Care. If you are calling after hours, just press 4, and your call will be routed to a member of the clergy.
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