Dear Cathedral,
St. Francis is my favorite saint of all time. His life truly embodies the gospel and his message is simple and profound. Francis gave up his life of wealth and prestige to walk in nature and sing to the trees. He rebuilt churches, prayed for those in need, and saw angels. He lived a life of praise for all God’s creation, and he adored animals.
Every year in early October, we celebrate St. Francis. Join us for an outdoor worship service to bless your pets at 9 a.m. on Sunday, October 3. Because we are outdoors, you do not have to wear masks. Come and let us give thanks to God and bless our beloved pets!
In Christ’s love,
Kate+
P.S. Please take a moment to watch this beautiful video made by our own teen Mattie Sacks!
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Cathedral refugee ministry comes full circle |
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St. John’s Cathedral parishioners offered an outpouring of support for a new immigrant/refugee ministry begun by Fr. Raja and his wife Lily back in 2016. After escaping war-torn Sudan, these refugees waited an average of 12 years in Egypt hoping to gain visas to the U.S. While there, they attended All Saints Cathedral, where Fr. Raja was pastor. He and Lily encouraged the refugees to request Jacksonville as their new home once they received their visas. Thus, began the SJC unique ministry in which the refugees already had spiritual guidance and emotional support prior to arrival.
Through resettlement agencies, refugees receive basic survival needs such as housing, access to employment, health care, English language classes, cultural orientation, and school enrollment for children. However, this initial help, known as Reception and Placement, is only a 90-day period. Thereafter, the assistance decreases and the expectation for self-sufficiency increases. The need for community volunteer involvement is great.
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Sunday Worship at the Cathedral |
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
The Feast Day of St. Michael and
All Angels
8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral
Preacher: The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead
9 a.m. Youth & Children's Power Hour
Room 103
9 a.m. Power Hour for Parents
Cathedral House Lobby
9 a.m. Dean's Forum
Taliaferro Hall
10 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Cathedral*
Preacher: The Very Rev. Kate Moorehead
Offertory Music: And I saw another angel
by Charles V. Stanford
The Cathedral Choir
11:30 to 2 p.m. Youth Group lunch/meeting
Burwell Court
12:30 p.m. Church Without Walls
Dean's Garden
*Nursery open 9 to 11:10 a.m. and Children's Chapel in Taliaferro Hall. This service is live-streamed on the Cathedral's YouTube channel and website.
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The Outreach Council is packing lunches for the Church Without Walls on Sunday morning. Items needed are canned Vienna sausages, meat sticks (Slim Jim), beef jerky, granola bars, cracker packages, fruit cups, applesauce cups, pudding cups, fresh oranges, fresh apples, wrapped cookies, and wrapped cupcakes. You may leave your donation on the table labeled "Church Without Walls" in Ingram Lounge before 8:30 a.m. Sunday, September 26.
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Organist Andy Peters will perform
Sunday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. in the Nave
Program: Dudley Buck- "Star-Spangled" variations; Aaron Copland Passacaglia; Kather-ine Davis Pastorale; Florence Price Suite No. 1; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Melody; William Smith "Wade in the Water"; Andy Clarke Two Shaker Settings; Barbara Harbach Fantasy and Fugue on "Swing Low"; Charles Ives "America" variations.
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Glazed Lime Coconut Poppyseed Muffins in the Bookstore |
Using limes Dean Kate picked in her yard (102 limes in all!), St. John's Cathedral's cooking class is making special Glazed Lime Coconut Poppyseed muffins that will be on sale at the Cathedral Bookstore after the 8 and 10 a.m. services this Sunday.
Native Fresh Greens
Also, a reminder that Fresh Ministry salad greens are sold every Sunday at the bookstore. Proceeds benefit the SJC Youth Ministry.
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A World of Quilts exhibit throughout October |
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Taliaferro Hall at St. John’s cathedral will be transformed into A WORLD OF QUILTS, an exhibition of quilts by Jacque Huber opening on September 19, 2021, and running through the end of October.
World of Quilts
The visitor’s eyes will be dazzled by the more than twenty hand-pieced quilts in the exhibition. Surrounded by blazing colors, subdued and subtle designs, traditional and modern patterns, and ingenious quilting, they will be delighted by Jacque’s (a trained engineer and business executive) mastery of an art form that has deep ties to American church-women in 19th and 20th century America but is now available to the wider world of contemporary art.
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2022 Stewardship Campaign continues |
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How will my pledge be used?
Your pledge makes it possible for St. John's Cathedral to create a budget for our staffing, ministries, programs, and outreach for the coming year. In other words, pledging is the primary basis for what we can accomplish as a church. Here's another use that you may not have considered. Pledging is a spiritual discipline. It's one of the vital signs of spiritual life. It provides a tangible way for you to grow in your faith by sharing the resources that God has provided.
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Grateful Gatherings - Wednesday Night Programs are under way
Grateful Gatherings began Wednesday, September 8. Here is the current schedule:
5:30 p.m. Soup and bread supper in Taliaferro Hall
6 p.m. Yoga (Megan Cochran and Laura Lane) Cummings Chapel
6 p.m. Art in the Art Room with Jean Dodd and Fr. Lou Towson
6:15 p.m. Jesus's Provocative Stories: The Parables Busey Conference Room and Zoom, led by EfM cohort members
Schedule for The Parables gathering:
Sept. 29 - The Laborers in the Vineyard
Oct. 6 - The Good Samaritan
Oct. 13 - Lazarus and the Rich Man
Oct. 20 - The Sower
Oct. 27 - The Wheat and Tares
Nov. 3 - The Mustard Seed
Nov. 10 - Lost Sheep & Lost Coin
Nov. 17 - The Prodigal Son
Dec. 1 - The Rich Fool
For information on any course offered by St. John's Cathedral, contact Michael Corrigan.
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Parables gathering with Michael Corrigan. |
Art gathering with Father Lou Towson. |
Yoga gathering in Cummings Chapel. |
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Run/Walk with SJC team at Players Donna 5K |
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Returning in-person Saturday, October 2, The Players Donna 5K welcomes runners and walkers of all levels to experience the most beautiful 5K at The Players Championship Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. Registration is currently open and you can sign up to be a part of the St. John's Cathedral team.
Online registration for the in-person event will close Friday, October 1 at 2 p.m. Virtual registration will remain open through Sunday, October 3 at 11:59 p.m.
The Donna Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in June 2003, provides financial assistance for the critical needs of those living with breast cancer. Its mission is to provide economic assistance and emotional support to individuals living with breast cancer and fund groundbreaking breast cancer research. To date, The Donna Foundation has served more than 14,000 families by providing more than $5 million dollars in relief and research.
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Hunger Fight packing event October 3 |
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Get this multi-generational event on your calendar - October 3 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Taliaferro Hall. The event is free, but registration is required so that we may prepare an organized event!
You are welcome to bring family and friends. Children age six and up may participate. It’s lots of fun. For a few hours, Taliaferro will be an assembly and packing station for meals to feed the hungry as we take part in Hunger Fight!
At 11 a.m., the Outreach Council will provide a light lunch, served in Ingram Lounge. If weather permits, the participants will be encouraged to eat their meal outside. The Hunger Fight Packing Event will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Taliaferro Hall. All participants will be required to wear a face mask, comfortable shoes.
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Annual ECW meeting via Zoom on Oct. 9 |
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This is the call for the 131st Annual Meeting of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Florida to be held on Saturday, October 9 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. The ECW Board has carefully planned the meeting to satisfy the by-laws of the organization. Please register the representatives for your church (2) Delegates and (2) Alternates) for voting on the business portion of the meeting.
Register Here The Zoom link to join the meeting will be emailed to those registered. The Secretary and Treasurer will be elected and installed at this meeting. The nominees from the Nominating Committee are Dee Dugger for Treasurer and Mary Ann Braddock for Secretary. These ladies served to complete vacated terms for these positions that were vacated last year and have been approved by the Bishop to begin a new three-year term, starting January 2022.
The annual meeting is open to all women of the church and their guests. Your priest is invited and encouraged to join us as our guest. The deadline for registration is October 6. Check In/Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. on Zoom.
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Assistance needed in the wake of Hurricane Ida |
On Sunday, August 29, sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ida made landfall in the same region. This Category 4 storm brought flooding and damaging winds that caused a loss of water to hundreds of thousands and a loss of electricity to over 1 million people. Episcopal Relief & Development is working closely with the Diocese of Louisiana and other regional partners in what will be a long-term response. Your generous gift will help alleviate suffering for the most vulnerable residents impacted by Hurricane Ida. Please visit episcopalrelief.org/hurricane-relief to make a gift today. |
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Share a Link to Dean Moorehead's Morning Devotion with a Friend!
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Love at the Core in the Palm of Your Hand |
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The new St. John's Cathedral app is now available to download to your Android and iPhone. You'll be able to hear morning devotions, listen to sermons, watch services, check the worship team schedule, and see what is going on here at the Cathedral all on your phone. Check it out! |
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Donate altar flowers in memory of someone or to commemorate a special day such as a birthday or anniversary. The suggested donation is $65.00, and should be sent to:
St Johns Cathedral
Attention: Accounting/Flower Donation
256 East Church Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Please include the date that you would like the flowers on the altar and any words for the dedication when you send in your donation. Thank you! For more information, contact Teresa Mason.
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Sunday, September 26
Anthony Lingaitis
Monday, September 27
Madge Hazen, Poppy Erwin
Tuesday, September 28
Nancy Purcell, Harold Robeson,
Elle Dominey
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Thursday, September 30
Katelyn Altman, Lauriette Lofton
Friday, October 1
Dan Henry, Patricia Ellis,
Shawn Kates
Saturday, October 2
Lep Stewart
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Diocese of Florida Prayer for the Election of Our Bishop
Almighty God, giver of every good gift, we pray that you would look graciously upon the Diocese of Florida, and so guide the minds and hearts of the Nominating Committee as they prayerfully select candidates for the election of the next bishop of this diocese, that we may receive a faithful pastor who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries: Guide also the minds and hearts of the candidates who will come before the Nominating Committee, that this process will be a time of discernment and growth in their lives and ministries; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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