Dear Cathedral,

The time of our annual meeting approaches! I invite you to come and hear about all the marvelous goings on here at the Cathedral and the incredible ministries we engage in daily. In addition, we will share our finances with you and express our gratitude to our generous donors. We are a healthy, vibrant church, a place of great refuge and worship.

One thing that we usually do at the annual meeting is elect members to the Vestry and Delegates to the Diocesan Convention, which will not happen. The Cathedral's governing documents tie the timing of our election of Vestry members and convention delegates to a schedule defined by Diocesan Convention. Since the diocese has moved its annual convention to an indeterminate date, we cannot elect a new Vestry or convention delegates. The Vestry that is in place now will continue to serve until the next election takes place. We are grateful to them!

Please join me in worship on Sunday, February 5, at 10 a.m. and stay for the luncheon and annual meeting afterward. You will learn not only about the Cathedral but also about the non-profit organizations we have birthed and the urban revitalization we are initiating.

Join us to learn more about who we are and how we serve Jesus.

And may God bless you.

In Christ's love,

Kate⁺

The Big Red Bus will be on Market Street this Sunday, January 29 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Appointments are encouraged. Please use the button below to make one today.

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.

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.

In this Quiet Garden Morning, we will explore the

 sacred in relationships. We will notice how God is present in our deepest friendships and in our committed partnerships. Led by the Rev. Dr. Linda Privitera, we will move through the morning in mindful consideration of the challenges and blessings, the realities and longings of uniting with another and how that affects our

spirituality. The morning will conclude with a

contemplative eucharist. All are welcome to join us.

The Lay Weeder Spring Workday will be on Saturday, February 25, from 8:00 am to 11:00 am, with lunch at 11:00. Lay Weeders will be planting annuals and shrubs, spreading pine straw mulch and doing garden clean-up around the Cathedral. Participants should bring gloves, spades, pruners, rakes, etc. If you are not already on the mailing list, please contact Julia Stark at juliastark@bellsouth.net or 904-563-0349 so we know you are coming and can order a box lunch for you! Help us keep our gardens beautiful for our parishioners and guests!

The Celebration Choir is looking for new members. It is a volunteer choir that rehearses on Thursday evenings from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information contact Pam Searcy at 356-5507, ext. 106.

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!