Dear Cathedral ʻOhana,
Grace and Peace to you as we enter this wonder-full stretch ahead of us. With Holy Sovereigns’ Sunday, our offering of gratitude for all the blessings in our lives, the beginning of Advent and the holiness of those weeks of preparation, and then the coming of Emmanuel at Christmas, there are many moments of gather for us in the coming weeks.
Here in the mid-November Cathedral Life, we have mapped out our calendar with many invitations and reminders for you early enough, we hope, for you to be able to save-the-dates. Highlights include:
- Ongoing Food Vault collection for UH Mānoa’s student food pantry
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Holy Sovereigns’ Sunday, November 20, with Shining Our Light Stewardship ingathering
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Thanksgiving Worship service update - details below!
- The season of Advent beginning, Sunday, November 27
- Advent Lessons and Carols, Sunday, December 11
- And so, so, so much more!
In just a couple of weeks, you will receive your December Cathedral Life which will carry all the details and fullness of the December and early January plans. I pray you will join us! For any and all of the above and below – Be with us, bring your family, your neighbors, your friends. Share the fullness of our life here as we move through this sacred and special season of gratitude, preparation, and wonder.
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing.
Amen and amen!
Cn Heather+
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Whose kingdom calls all to the love which endures.
So from the beginning the fight we were winning:
You, Lord, were at our side; all glory be yours!
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Shining Our Light - Stewardship 2023 |
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Stewardship Ingathering this Sunday, November 20th! |
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Our Stewardship Ingathering will take place this Sunday, November 20, 2022. During our services on Holy Sovereigns’ Sunday, we will rededicate ourselves, our time, talent, and treasure to the work of the Gospel and pray for God’s blessing on our shared ministry as light-bearers in the world. In making our light visible, we make God’s love visible and available to all. Our willingness to accept the challenge to stretch and grow into the light-bearing mission of our Cathedral holds us to:
Love must act as light must shine and fire must burn.
Prayerfully, I ask all of you to reflect on the gifts you have received and to consider how God is compelling you to bring your light to bear for the world with your time, talents, and treasure. Your Cathedral is most vibrant and alive when all of our light shines as one. As we plan for 2023, we need you! Join us with your commitment to our mission--
Your generosity makes it all possible;
your pledge assures us that our ministry is sustainable.
Most Faithfully in Christ Jesus,
Canon Heather+
Questions about Giving?
Reach out to Julia Jackson, Cathedral Business Manager
808-524-2822 ex. 218
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If you are interested in pledging online, follow this link for more information about the Cathedral’s Stewardship opportunities.
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Diocesan Feast Day - Holy Sovereigns' Sunday
November 20, 2022
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November 20
Diocesan Feast Day - Holy Sovereigns,
King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma
Shining Our Light Stewardship 2023 Ingathering
Gather with Bishop Fitzpatrick and your Cathedral ʻOhana for this festive celebration as we honor the founding patrons of our Diocese. As part of our services, we will also offer a special blessing of the 2023 Shining Our Light Stewardship pledges.
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Thanksgiving Worship Service Update |
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Happy Thanksgiving Hawaiian Style
James Temple
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As you are looking at your schedule for Thanksgiving, please note the following details from the Cathedral:
Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve, November 23
Gather to give thanks at our Noon Eucharist at the Cathedral, complete with healing prayers
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 24 –
Though there is no worship service at the Cathedral on Thanksgiving morning, there are plenty of close-by morning services:
St. Paul’s Church, in Parke Chapel at the Cathedral, 9:00am
St. Peter’s Church, on Queen Emma Street, 9:30am
St. Elizabeth’s Church, on N. King St., 9:00am
Almighty and gracious Father,
we give you thanks for the fruits of the earth in their season
and for the labors of those who harvest them.
Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of your great bounty,
for the provision of our necessities and the relief of all who are in need,
to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
NOTE: Cathedral Office will be closed on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Blessing of Bibles on Advent 1, Sunday, November 27 |
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Join us on the first Sunday of the new church year and bring your Bible with you for this special moment of prayer and blessing during the morning liturgies. It could be the Bible you use for your own devotions, a family Bible, a pocket Bible you carry with you ‘just in case,’ or a Bible you plan to give as a gift – As we enter into the holy season of Advent, may we rededicate ourselves to the path of light and love found in Scripture. |
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Food Vault Hawai'i Thanksgiving Drive |
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The Cathedral continues its collection for Food Vault Hawai'i, with hopes of helping them reach their 5,000lb goal for their Thanksgiving Drive! Drop off your donations near the platform, on the lectern side. Our last day for collection will be this Sunday, November 20!
Mahalo nui for your support of our college students.
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Advent & Christmas are just around the corner... |
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Choral Evensong - Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 11 at 5:30pm
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Join us at 5:30pm in the Cathedral for this special evening service
of scriptures and songs of the season. Please stay tuned for more details!
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Cathedral Looking for Christmas Flower Donations! |
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Calling all red heliconias, red ginger, and red poinsettias
donations for Cathedral Christmas decorating.
to confirm donation. Mahalo!!
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Christmas Flower Envelopes Available now! |
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Christmas flowers, as part of the Greening of the Cathedral, is a tradition at St. Andrew's which expresses our memorials to loved ones and our celebrations of thanksgiving. The Altar Guild is grateful for your help in fulfilling its mission to make the Cathedral a holy place for Jesus' birth.
"Christmas Flowers" envelopes are available now in the pews. You can also mail in or drop off your donations, with the name or names of those you would like listed, under the categories "In Loving Memory" and/or "In Thanksgiving".
To be listed in the Christmas bulletins, we must receive your dedications by noon Friday, December 16.
Please make your donation check payable to: The Cathedral of St. Andrew.
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Forward Movement has announced the 2022 reflection words for AdventWord, a global online advent calendar and community of disciples. For nearly a decade AdventWord has inspired followers of Jesus who wish to add an accessible prayer practice to their daily routine during this holy season.
Daily meditations and images—inspired by a prompt word selected from the daily lectionary readings—will be released at adventword.org, beginning Sunday, November 27.
Participants can sign up to receive this daily message, in English and Spanish, by email or by following AdventWord on social media.
Many followers join the creativity each year by sharing their own personal reflections across social media using #AdventWord. Participants respond with photos, written responses, crafts, drawings, poems, found art, and other creative expressions inspired by the day’s selected word.
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December Cathedral Life will be released on
Monday, December 5!
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Please take note!
The Cathedral Office is closed on Mondays &
open by appointment: Tuesday - Friday, 8am to 4pm
To contact the Office:
Call 808-524-2822
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The Cathedral of St. Andrew
229 Queen Emma Square
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 524-2822
cathedralhawaii.org
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