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April 19, 2024

From the Dean & Rector

Beloved,

As you read this I am at the North American Cathedral Deans Conference in Ottawa, ON. Each year, the deans of all the cathedrals of The Episcopal Church in all of North America and Islands are invited to gather in one of our Cathedral cities for fellowship, worship, and formation. Our topic this year is "Cathedral as Meeting Place." This seems fitting as we, here at our Cathedral, are turning our faces in new directions as we hire a Director of Music and Cathedral Arts - the first time that Cathedral Arts will be under the artistic and administrative direction of a staff member.

This change in the job description (adding Cathedral Arts) will, necessarily, bring change to our programming and our life together. This can be both exciting and nerve-encouraging, as we look at the ways in which we gather together here for worship, formation, and artistic offerings of many kinds.

I look forward to reporting back to you what I learn at this year's conference. Please add me and Wanda to your prayers for safe travel and open hearts and minds.

Beloved, you are beautiful. I love you, and God adores you.

Greta+

Cathedral Church of St. Paul News & Events

This Week in the Adult Forum: Episcopal Church History

Adult Forum this week continues our conversation from last week, moving the Church of England to the American Colonies. Who exactly are the Wesley Brothers and why aren't their followers Episcopalian? How did this church tradition continue after the American Revolution? Why are we called the Episcopal Church and not the Anglican Church of the United States?

Come and see this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Discussion is encouraged. All ages of adults are welcome.

Cathedral Arts Presents Brahms and Beethoven: Romani and Scottish Songs

Cathedral Arts is proud to present a performance by Counterpoint Chorus. For their 2024 Spring program, three of Vermont’s finest classical instrumentalists join the singers of Counterpoint for this fascinating crossing of folk traditions and classical music: Johannes Brahms’s passionate Zigeunerlieder, a collection of Ludwig van Beethoven’s settings of Scottish folksongs, and folksong settings by Béla Bartók, plus piano trio movements by Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann.

Sunday, April 28, 3:00 p.m. Tickets for this performance may be purchased at 7 Days Ticketing.

Help Fill Baskets for Feeding Chittenden

Did you know that Feeding Chittenden has a Community Kitchen Academy that offers a 9-week job training program for individuals to prepare them for work in the hospitality industry? In this program, they are able to rescue and use produce, meat, and other foods that would be otherwise lost to the landfill. Prepared meals are packaged and sent out into the community by way of the soup kitchen and food shelf.

We can help care for our neighbors by keeping Feeding Chittenden supplied in food donations. They can use many shelf stable items including: canned proteins, canned fruits, cereals and oatmeal, feminine hygiene products.

Remember, the individuals served at Feeding Chittenden look just like you and me, only they are hungry.

Please bring any offerings you can to church and deposit them in the baskets at the front door. And it's ok if the baskets are full to overflowing!

Support the St. Paul's COTS Walk Team

Please help St Paul’s Cathedral support the mission of the Committee for Temporary Shelter (COTS) to end homelessness by joining us or making a donation to our church’s COTS Walk Team.

This year the COTS Walk is on Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. The walk is a 3.5-mile trek (a shorter 1-mile route is available) around downtown Burlington that starts from Battery Park and follows the path a person experiencing homelessness might travel to connect with COTS shelter and services. We are participating to support Vermont's largest provider of services for community members who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or marginally housed.

You are invited to participate by walking with us or donating to our team's fundraising effort. The more people that join, the greater our collective impact will be. To donate, you can write a check made out to COTS, give cash, or visit the St. Paul’s Cathedral team page at this link right now. https://secure2.convio.net/tcots/site/TR/Walk/General?px=1017710&pg=personal&fr_id=1110. To join as a walker, please register using the same link.

The process is fast, easy, and secure. If you would prefer, you can send your contribution to the address listed below.

COTS

PO Box 1616

Burlington, VT 05402

Make all checks payable to COTS.

Feel free to share this fundraiser with any friends you think might be interested in supporting this important cause.

Phishing Scam Alert

Beware of emails from clergy or staff impersonators asking for money or gift cards. Church communities are sometimes targets of these scams, in which someone posing as a clergy person or member of staff sends an email request for cash or gift card donations. The return email address is typically similar to but definitely not part of our network (ending in @stpaulscathedralvt.org).

We will never ask for a cash or gift card donation via email! If you do receive these types of requests, please report them to your email service provider. If you aren't sure, feel free to check with the Cathedral office by phone (802-864-0471).

Cathedral Arts Presents Spring Reverie

The Champlain Consort performs Renaissance and Elizabethan music on period instruments. The members of the Consort perform on recorders, sackbuts (Renaissance trombones), cornetto, viola da gamba, capped reeds, and percussion, combining different types of instruments in "broken consort" tradition to recreate the distinctive sound of Medieval and Renaissance music.

With Spring Reverie, the Champlain Consort has selected music from Medieval and Renaissance times that celebrates spring and birds. Although primarily an instrumental group, they will sing as well as play instruments for this joyous occasion.

Tuesday, April 30 at noon. This is a free concert. Donations to Cathedral Arts are always gratefully accepted.

Cathedral Square Portraits Exhibition

An exhibit of portrait photographs by Paul Van De Graaf and Gerry Davis will be on display in the Nave of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, during the months of April and May 2024. Cathedral Square was created in 1977 as a mission of the church and an independent nonprofit corporation to develop Cathedral Square Senior Living, the nine-story, solar-panel-topped building just east of the Cathedral, with 108 apartments for older adults. The project to photograph residents at Cathedral Square Senior Living was undertaken as a service to these subjects and to honor the missions of Cathedral Square and the Cathedral.

Twenty-one residents, including one couple and one staff member, volunteered to participate. Each subject was photographed in color with a modern Sony digital mirrorless camera and in black and white using a Zone VI 4”x5” large format film camera. Each subject received a set of color and B&W prints to share with family and friends in time for the holidays.

This project was helped greatly by the support of Kim Aldous at Cathedral Square, Dean Greta Getlein, and the Cathedral Arts Committee. These photographers have teamed together previously on several projects, are good friends, and enjoy their photography and their work together.

Recognition for Graduates

God has graced us with outstanding young people in our midst who have the potential to be transformative agents in the life of our church, community, and world.

On Sunday, May 19 we would like to recognize the achievements of our high school and college graduates. You can help us celebrate these young people in two ways: First, pray for the graduates and their families as they navigate this time of transition. Second, if you are a graduate or the family member of one, send us their name so that we can be sure to celebrate them.

Names can be sent to the Cathedral office: Admin@stpaulscathedralvt.org.

Thank you!

Justice Speaks: Pollinators and PFAS

It’s time to speak up for pollinators! Legislation (H.706) to end most uses of neonicotinoid insecticides (or neonics) has passed the VT House with a good majority and is now under discussion in the Senate Agriculture committee.

Some ninety thousand acres in Vermont are planted with neonic-treated corn seeds every year. The pesticides are persistent in the soil, run off in surface water, and make the pollen and nectar of the corn plant toxic to pollinators, but don’t provide much protection from soil pests. Results: unnecessary costs to farmers, and significant loss of pollinators needed for food production. The VT law would grant some exemptions if needed.

ACTION:: Please write to Senator Robert Starr (rstarr@leg.state.vt.us) and to the committee assistant Linda Leehman (lleehman@leg.state.vt.us) so she can share your message with the whole committee. Urge him to vote the bill favorably out of Senate Agriculture Committee so that it can be passed this year!

PFAS legislation (S.25) is on its way through the Legislature. This bill seeks to prevent exposure to PFAS (Per- and PolyFluoroalkyl Substances: forever chemicals) in personal care products, clothing and artificial turf.

It passed the Senate last year unanimously, and will be on the House floor for a vote on Wednesday April 10. Then it goes back to the Senate for agreement on changes made in the house.

ACTION: Please thank Senator Ginny Lyons for all her hard work in shepherding S.25 for over a year. vlyons@leg.state.vt.us

Write to your senators to urge final passage of S.25.

To find your senators, visit https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/all/2024/Senate

Thank you for helping! Email me if questions: sknightinvt73@gmail.com

Sylvia Knight

Coming up at St. Paul's

Sunday, April 28: Holy Eucharist, 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Second Candidate for Music Director visiting. No Church School or Adult Forum. Cathedral Arts Presents Counterpoint in Concert, 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30: Cathedral Arts Presents Champlain Consort's Spring Reverie, 12:00.
Sunday, May 5: Holy Eucharist, 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Third Candidate for Music Director visiting.
Sunday, May 12: Holy Eucharist, 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Last Sunday for Adult Forum and Church School until September. Young Adult Picnic, 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 19: The Day of Pentecost Holy Eucharist, 10:00 a.m. Recognition for Graduates, followed by festive coffee hour. Single Sunday worship service schedule begins.
Tuesday, May 21: Cathedral Arts Presents Lynette Combs, Organist, 12 noon.
Friday, May 24: Cathedral Arts Presents Transcontinental Piano Duo Elaine Greenfield and Janice Meyer, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 25: Trinity Eve Holy Eucharist, 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 26: No services, Marathon Sunday.
Sunday, June 2: Holy Eucharist, 10:00 a.m., Cathedral Arts Presents Vermont Choral Union, 3:00 p.m.

Children's Corner

All children ages four to 11 are welcome to join our Church School class, which takes place at 10 a.m. between the two worship services downstairs in the Undercroft.

To view or download the Sunday Paper for this Sunday, click here.

If you have questions, please contact Katie Gonyaw at kgonyaw@stpaulscathedralvt.org.

From Out of Vermont Kitchens: Recipe of the Week

Freshly grated carrots are a must for moist carrot bread. Do not buy the dry, pre-shredded carrots that have been sitting under the florescent light of the grocery produce aisle! Instead, buy fresh carrots and grate them yourself. It’s easy and fun (as long as you don’t grate a finger in the process).

Carrot, Fruit and Nut Bread

Excerpted from the introduction of the 1990 edition of Out of Vermont Kitchens:

St. Paul's Cathedral published our first cookbook, Out of Vermont Kitchens, in 1939. The world and the small corner of it that is Vermont were very much different then, and yet some things stay the same. The values that first book represents - fresh ingredients cooked with pleasure and creativity for family and friends - are with us still today.

Vermont itself is a blend of old and new, a study in contrasts. It is still a rural state with many small family dairy farms and sugarbushes, but in recent years an influx of new residents from "down country" has brought us new life and richness with their interest organic gardening, sheep raising, and the production of a variety of cheeses and homecooked products now sold far beyond our borders. While treasuring our wonderful maple syrup and dairy products, we also welcome the addition of a broadened range of produce, herbs and spices to our shelves.

Vermont is a place of distinct seasons and sometimes harsh climate, but always of outstanding beauty. Much of our life continues to involve church suppers, town fairs, country auctions, and rigorous outdoor activity, along with a penchant for self-reliance and the homegrown. Our more recent neighbors have often settled here because they too love these simper pastimes and values. Those of us fortunate enough to live here wouldn't be any other place.

So come into our kitchens. Sit down and browse awhile through our recipe files and well-thumbed favorites. Then join us around the table to share a dish that, in the universal spirit of kitchen creativity, you have made your own.

Join Us For Worship

Join us for our Worship, in person or via our Live Stream on YouTube.

Holy Eucharist, 9 a.m. in person and 11 a.m. in person and online.

You can view or download the order of worship on our website.

Other Regular Services

All are welcome to join us for our weekday services:

Morning Prayer, Monday - Friday at 8:30 a.m. on Zoom.

Tuesday - Friday at 8:30 a.m. in person

Compline, Sundays and Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. on Zoom.

For Our Prayers This Week

We pray for blessings and joy for those who celebrate birthdays this week: Constance Quinby, Julie Edwards, Ann Giombetti, Rosalie Brown, Kate Maynard.

Let us name before God those for whom we offer our prayers: Debby Galbraith; Stan Walker; Katie and baby; Aimee Viens; Steve Savage; Delores and Vaughn Altemus; Sandy Nicholson; Tom Ely; Alice Van Buren; Jasper Davies; Jim and Linda Larson; Joseph and Abby Gonyaw; Gina Hilo; Ben; Alex Versaw; Steve Burns; Barbara; Genevieve; Terrence; Jaya and Abby Kelly; Fran Carlson, Devin Starlanyl; Karin Davis; Laura Macke; Jay Slobodzian; Thomas McGrade; Ashton Christy; James Booze; Jennifer Jenkins; Michael Fay; Henry Maciejewski; P.J.; John; Lindsey Fay; The Anthony Family in Moscow, Russia; Marie Cole; Kim Martin; Helene; Cole; Nancy Johnson; Ella Baskett; Mary Magot; Jean Erno; Jackie; Lillian Robinson; Peter Adams; Elizabeth Webster; Pat Barra; Debbie Altemus; Vaughn Altemus; Naomi Hodgett; Helen McGrath; and Mary Carter. For Ukraine and those fleeing its borders and for the people of Russia, and the ongoing wars in Sudan, Myanmar and Ethiopia. For peace in Jerusalem and between Israel and Palestine. For all victims of gun violence. For all who grieve.

We pray for those who are in the discernment process, Henry Kellogg; and for Trinity Fellow, the Revd Nitano Muller.

We pray for those who have died: The Rev. Nancy Bloomer

Quote of the Week

“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.

To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul."

-- Alfred Austin

Lessons for April 21: The Fourth Sunday of Easter

O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Community News & Events

Migrant Justice Advocates for Milk with Dignity

Please check out this link from Migrant Justice to learn about their recent networking activities in Vermont and in Netherlands around the annual stakeholder meeting for Hannaford's corporate owner, Ahold Delhaize.

Hannaford has still not joined Milk With Dignity. To learn more about Migrant Justice’s engagement with Hannaford, you can read this letter.

Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses

Deadline is tomorrow, April 20! Eclipse viewers can be brought to Chittenden Solid Waste District drop-off centers. They will collect them, keeping them out of the landfill and making them available for students and others to use at a later event.

You can find locations at www.cswd.net.

Submission Deadline for St. Paul's eNews

This weekly e-newsletter is circulated on Fridays. Please send your submissions to Jennifer Sumner at admin@stpaulscathedralvt.org by noon on Wednesday. Thank you.