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SUMMER 2013

Seeking and Serving Christ at Home and Abroad

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Cover Photograph:Christ Church Cathedral pilgrims to Bolivia gather atthe foot of the statute of Cristo de la Concordia, the

Christ of Peace, located just to the east ofCochabamba, Bolivia. Completed in 1997,

the massive sculpture is the largest statue of Christ in the world, weighs 2,200 tons, and stands

at 2840 meters above sea level.Photograph by Sarah Aldejs,

the group’s guide and translator

Welcome from the Dean 3

Summer Happenings 4

40 Reaffirm Baptismal Vows at Easter Vigil 7

Cathedral to Welcome the Vicar of Baghdad 8

A Cathedral Teenager Works for Operation Smile 10

Rooftop and Matthew 25 13

The Acacia Foundation 16

The Bible Challenge Continues 20

Education for Ministry 21

Sixth Graders Celebrate the Liturgy of Light 22

Congratulations to the 2013 High School Graduates 23

Country Music Marathon Water Stop 24

The Amistad Mission and Kantuta House Share the Love of Christ 25

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THE CORNERSTONE IS THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF CHRIST CHURCHCATHEDRAL, 900 BROADWAY, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203.

EDITOR: DIANNE GREENART DIRECTOR: DEBRA COLE, COLE DESIGN INC.

With this issue of the Cornerstone, the Cathedralbegins to roll out a new overall strategy forcommunication. The Cornerstone will be publishedquarterly as a magazine, with feature-length storiesabout the individuals and ministries that embody themission and ministry of Christ Church.

Happenings, our weekly email newsletter, willbe distributed to all inside and outside the parish who sign up to receive it. Happenings will highlight

important upcoming events in parish life. If you are not currently receivingHappenings and would like to be placed on the distribution list, please visitchristcathedral.org/happenings or email us at info@christcathedral.org.

Our website at christcathedral.org, Sunday publications, Facebook page, hallway bulletin boards, video screens, and periodic full parish mailings round out the communications efforts of the Cathedral offices. Please bookmark christcathedral.org in your browser and review daily updates to the Cathedral calendar.

Let the Cornerstone magazine tell the story of Christ at work among us. Read itand pass it along to a friend, a neighbor, a newcomer. Invite them to join you inthe embrace of our common mission to "proclaim the Good News of God inChrist, seeking and serving Christ in all persons."

Peace.

The Very ReverendTimothy E. KimbroughDean and Rector

Summer Worship

Schedule

The following summer

worship schedule began May

26 and will continue through

August 4:

7:30 A.M.

Holy Eucharist Rite II

(with organ)

8:30 A.M. – 9:45 A.M.

Breakfast

9:00 A.M. – 9:45 A.M.

Centering Prayer

(Chapel)

9:00 A.M. – 9:45 A.M.

Bible Challenge

(Wheeler Room)

9:00 A.M. – 9:45 A.M.

Lectionary Bible Study

(Parish Hall)

10:00 A.M.

Holy Eucharist Rite II

NEWLY PUBLISHED HYMN SETTINGSBY THE DEAN

Dean Kimbrough's settings of the Charles Wesley hymns "Your duty let

th'Apostle show" and "Ye pastors hired who undertake" have been included in

the musical appendix to the new publication Radical Grace by ST Kimbrough, Jr.

Please note the foreword to this book has been written by the Cathedral's Canon

Theologian, Dr. Stanley Hauerwas.

Cascade Books is an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers.

ISBN 978-1-62032-143-0.

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F R O M T H E D E A N

Vacation Bible School

Christian Education CoordinatorBecky Rochford and a group ofenergetic volunteers spent manyhours planning the Cathedral’sVacation Bible School, which tookplace June 24-27. This year’s themewas “We Are All Saints of God”, witheach day focused on one of thefollowing figures: Saint John theBaptist, Saint Francis, Saint Thomas,and MotherTeresa.

Activities were designed for childrenage 4 (as of October 1, 2013) throughrising 5th graders. Each day began at9:00 a.m. with a skit in the Nave andcontinued until noon with lessons,crafts, and games. Older children hadan opportunity for servant ministry inthe community. There was a closingEucharist and lunch for the childrenand their families on Thursday.

Vacation Bible School organizersasked for donations of Milk Bone dogbiscuits for the Nashville HumaneAssociation, 16 oz. jars of peanut butter for the Nashville Food Project,

and small stuffed toys for SiloamFamily Health Center. Rising third,fourth, and fifth graders attendingVacation Bible School delivered theseitems during their service time in thecommunity. Many thanks to all whocontributed these items and a biground of applause to Becky and allthe volunteers who helped make VBSa week of fun and learning. DeanKimbrough and Canon Manningprovided clergy support. Theplanning committee included CarterDawson, Diane Meakin, BeverlySanders, and Charlotte Scott.Caroline Bauerschmidt, EmmaBrewer, Gabrielle Starks, and SarahManz were youth volunteers. Adulthelpers included Sam Bessey,Rebecca Bourlakas, Amy Brewer,Glenda Chambers, SusanHilderbrand, Maggie Hope, JohnJennings, Susan John, RandallJones, Juliany Jordan, Liz Robbins,Susannah Scott-Barnes, CharlesSimmons, Kristen Simmons, MollyDale Smith, Eran Stanley, StephanieVlahos, Katie Whiteley, Julie Wible,Varina Willse, and Tyler Yarbro. Su

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Cathedral youth are busy thissummer as they share the love ofGod with and see the face of JesusChrist in our neighbors in Nashvilleand in Bolivia.

From June 3 to June 13, a group ofhigh-school students led by DeanKimbrough, Mary Gail Compton, andChris King went on a pilgrimage toCochabamba, Bolivia, where theyministered to the orphans at KantutaHouse, part of the Amistad Mission.The trip was designed to give thegroup an opportunity to see firsthandthe work of the Amistad Mission andgain insights into Bolivian culture.The group stayed at the Amistadretreat center and guest house inCochabamba, known as La Morada(“The Dwelling Place”), and met dailyfor morning/evening prayer andreflection time. They also participatedin a work project and spent timeplaying with the children at KantutaHouse. On Sunday morning, theycelebrated the Eucharist with thechildren and Amistad staff at the Villa.

The pilgrims also visited theQuechua village of Aramasi, a ruralpeasant village of about 400 people,descendants of the Incas. Aramasi islocated two and a half hours outsideof Cochabamba in an arid valley at9,500 feet, surrounded by toweringmountains. They toured the clinic,day care center, and school run bythe Amistad Mission and shopped atthe women’s weaving coop.Students participating in thepilgrimage include Natalie Reiman,Lucy Fox, Elizabeth Dossett, HopMathews, Simpson Tanner, George

Niarhos, Rob Dobie, Ann WinstonThym, Sarah Ray, Ellie Powers, andShelton Clark. The next issue of theCornerstone will feature photographsand reflections from the pilgrims ontheir experience in Bolivia.

Urban Mission

Throughout the week of June 24-28,rising 8th and 9th gradersparticipated in an overnight "mini-camp" at St. Augustine's Chapel onthe Vanderbilt campus. During theday they worked with variouscharities around Nashville, and in the evening returned to St.Augustine's for dinner, games,movies, and evening prayer. Amongthe organizations they helped werethe Oasis Center, Magdalene House,Matthew 25, Preston TaylorMinistries, Good Food For GoodPeople, Nashville Hope Exchange,and Second Harvest. Participatingyouth include Ted Noser,Bruce Teaford, Jagger Parker, LillyUrness, Leigh Fox, Grace Claybrook, Mary Blake Graves, Katie Watke, andSarah Kirkland.

Rising 6th and 7th graders will alsodo a week of mission work at St.Luke’s July 22-26. The group willbegin each day at 9 a.m. withMorning Prayer and will spend therest of the morning playing with thechildren in the day care, preparingand delivering mobile meals to the

homebound, working at This 'N ThatThrift Store, and doing landscapingprojects around the St. Luke'scampus. After lunch together, they’llreflect on what they have learnedbefore heading home. A donation of$65 is requested and scholarships areavailable. There’s still time to sign up,so if you’d like to participate, contactyouth@christcathedral.org. n

Summer Parish Choir Schedule

You are invited to join the Parish Choir in leading the music at the10:00 a.m. Liturgy on two Sundays this summer. Parish ChoirSundays will be July 7 and August 4. Bring a friend and encourageanyone who might be interested to participate. No experience isrequired! Rehearsal will be at 9:00 a.m. prior to the Liturgy in theChoir Room on the 3rd floor.

Please contact Jon Johnson at jjohnson@christcathedral.org or

615.255.7729 if you have questions.

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We all know how fast summerseems to go by, so make plans nowto join your fellow parishioners forthe annual Parish Weekend Away,August 23-25. Celebrate the waningdays of flip flops, sunburned noses,outdoor barbecues, spitting outwatermelon seeds, and relaxing

on the porch with something cold to drink.

Once again, Parish WeekendAway will take place atNaCoMe ConferenceCenter, an idyllic settingnear Centerville, TN.Featuring climate-controlled

cabins, wooded areas, meandering streams, and a lake, NaCoMeConference Center is a great place to relax and enjoy time with yourfamily and fellowship with otherChrist Church friends. Activities willinclude a zip line, arts and crafts,campfires, music, and more!

The fee for one adult (includinglodging and meals) is $100; for achild between the ages of 3 and 12,it is $75. The rate for families of 5 ormore is $350. n

Parish Weekend Away

To make a reservation, go to eventville.com/pwa. For more information, please contact Tara Steffen at

parishweekendaway@gmail.com.

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Congratulations to the youth and adults who were confirmed, aswell as those who were received into the parish and those whoreaffirmed their baptismal vows, at the Easter Vigil on March 30.

Youth confirmands included James Luke Barrick, Roy Ryan Barrick,Louis Pellerin Brown, Douglas Brooks Corzine, Evelyn Haas Davidson,Anna Elizabeth Hinman, William Thomas Johnston, Elizabeth GrahamLeBleu, Rose Anne Lobelson, Robert Cabeen Hopkins Mathews IV,Adrienne Taylor May, George William Niarhos, Simpson Bobo Tanner V, and Margaret DeBardeleben West.

Adult confirmands included Brent Anderson, Hayley Clay, KristieCole, Evanna Derkach, Laura Lee Dobie, Jason Falk, Jennifer Franklin,Latesa Holder, John Wesley Lasiter, Janet Tudor Leese, RobertMayberry, Brandy Parker, Agnes L. Scott, and Shawanna Snider.

Received into the Communion were Hank Clay, John Haubenreich,Mary McCarthy King, Corey Maynord, Rob McFadden, Sarah BethMyers, Jessica Taylor, and Zachary Zeli.

Adults reaffirming their baptismal vows were Frankie Danly, JulianGarza, Scotty Falk, and Lyle McLevain.

Contact the Rev. Joshua Caler at jcaler@christcathedral.org for moreinformation on the Journey in Faith class that prepares individuals forconfirmation, reception, and reaffirmation into the Christ ChurchCathedral community.

40 Reaffirm BaptismalVows at Easter Vigil

The 67th AnnualLaymen’sConference of theEpiscopalChurchmen ofTennessee will takeplace August 16-18at the DuBoseConference Center

in Monteagle. The three-dayconference will feature threepowerful speakers who haveseen personal suffering orsuffering in others and arebringing hope to others throughthe power of Jesus Christ: PapaJoe Bradford who foundedElijah’s Heart to minister toinner-city children; David Ringwho was born with cerebralpalsy, orphaned at 14, and faceda hopeless future until he cameto know Jesus Christ; and Brian Sellers-Petersen who hasbeen involved in helping thesuffering, the hungry, and thehelpless through his work with Episcopal Relief andDevelopment. The weekend willalso include a barbecue cookingcontest, a bluegrass jam, and avariety of outdoor activities,including golf, fly fishing, skeetshooting, hiking, swimming,and tennis.

For more information, call 931-924-2353 or email

lorrie@DuboseConferenceCenter.org.

You may register online atepiscopalchurchmen.net.

EPISCOPALCHURCHMEN OF TENNESSEELAYMEN’S

CONFERENCE

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anon Andrew White has built an extraordinary ministry of

reconciliation and conflict mediationin the Middle East. Having workedfor many years in Israel andPalestine, including negotiating theend of the Bethlehem siege in 2002,Canon White now works almostexclusively in Iraq, earning him thenickname “the Vicar of Baghdad”. Hiswork is supported by his foundation,the Foundation for Relief and

Reconciliation in the Middle East(FRRME), of which he is president.

Ordained a priest in the Church ofEngland in 1990, Canon White wasappointed a canon at CoventryCathedral in 1998, at the age of 33.Six weeks later, he was diagnosedwith multiple sclerosis. Nevertheless,he became the head of Coventry’s international ministry ofreconciliation and the Archbishop

Cathedral to Welcome the Vicar of Baghdad

Mark your calendars now for September 15, when Christ Church

Cathedral will welcome the Reverend Canon Andrew White, vicar of

St. George’s Baghdad. A remarkable man with a riveting story, Canon

White will preach at the Cathedral that morning and will also lead the

Sunday Forum.

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of Canterbury’s special envoy to theMiddle East, the first to take up theposition since Terry Waite. Heremained in this post until 2005,when he moved to Baghdad tobecome Anglican Chaplain to Iraq,establishing the Foundation for Reliefand Reconciliation in the Middle Eastlater that year.

He sees his role as trying to mediateand re-establish the dialoguebetween conflicting groups and hasforged relationships with Shia andSunni leaders in Iraq, who haveenormous influence in the region.Three years ago, after an attack onthe Syrian Catholic cathedral inBaghdad in which 56 worshipperswere massacred, he chairedmeetings that produced the first everjoint Sunni/Shia fatwa againstviolence in Iraq, which was read outin at least 80 percent of the mosquesthroughout Iraq.

As the vicar of St. George’s Baghdad,Canon White ministers to over 4,000Iraqis. St. George’s, one of the globalmissions supported by the Cathedral,is the only remaining Anglicanchurch in Iraq. It operates outside thesafety of the International GreenZone, at great risk to Canon White,the church staff, and congregants,who rely on 35 Iraqi soldiers to guardthe church. Most of the members ofthe congregation are women and

children—widows and orphans—since many of the men have beenkilled in the decades of violence inIraq. The profession of the Christianfaith subjects these congregants tograve danger, as was brought homeone terrible week when 11 of the 13people who had been baptized onSunday were dead by the end of the week.

In the church compound, the St.George’s Clinic employs medical staffwho set aside sectarian and religiousdifferences to work together indelivering humanitarian relief toneighbors of the church, regardlessof their religious or ethnicbackground. The clinic provides free

medical and dental care to around150 Iraqi patients every day, themajority of whom are Muslim.

Canon White says, “I have beendetained at gunpoint, thrown into aroom with people‘s chopped-offfingers and toes all over the floor,and had my picture posted on wallsaround Baghdad with a noticesaying, ‘Wanted, dead or alive’. Ihave lost many friends. It is verydifficult but we never give up.”

In spite of the constant danger hefaces, Canon White can’t imagineabandoning his work in Baghdad. "I couldn't go back to being a vicar in England," he says. "I'd go mad." n

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In 2011, during the winter of hersenior year in high school, HannahDobie, daughter of Laura Lee and

Bruce Dobie, traveled to India tovolunteer with Operation Smile. This

international charity mobilizes volunteermedical professionals who provide reconstructive surgery andrelated medical care for children born with cleft lip, cleft palate,and other facial deformities. That experience was so rewarding thatHannah decided to delay her college admission to Wake Forest University and

take a gap year, in order to return to India and continue working with the

organization. Over the past year, Cathedral parishioners have prayed for

Hannah in the Prayers of the People, and

we suspect many have not known exactly

what this exceptional young woman was

doing. So when StyleBlueprint, the

popular lifestyle blog written and

managed by parishioners Liza Graves

and Elizabeth Fox, featured Hannah as

one of their “Faces of Nashville” we

asked permission to reprint the interview.

Read on to learn how a vivacious, intrepid teenager has embraced Indian

culture as she has juggled multiple responsibilities at Operation Smile and

volunteered with children in the Guwahati slum.

Adventure in India

Guwahati

INDIA

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A Cathedral Teenager Works for Operation Smile

Are you originally fromNashville?

Yes, I am originally from Nashville.And I just read in the NY Times theother day that it is THE place to be!

You made the decision to defercollege to go work withOperation Smile in India. Why did you make that decision?

I made this decision because Iwanted to learn outside of theclassroom. I wanted to take a breakfrom doing rigorous schoolwork andfocus on something totally different.The year between high school andcollege is a great time to explore.Whether students are exploring theirown city or the world, it’s the perfectopportunity to grow and learn in adifferent way. As my senior yearended, I simply thought, why not? Ihad been very involved withOperation Smile throughout highschool and had been a studentvolunteer on an Operation Smilemedical mission to Guwahati, India, earlier in my senior year.

I loved every minute of that trip. So, I contacted some people who werestill working in Guwahati to see ifthere was a job I could fill. Now, Ifind myself in India doing somethingthat I dreamed of doing.

Can you give us a snapshot ofwhat your day looks like atOperation Smile?

I work at the Guwahati Compre-hensive Cleft Care Centre (GC4),which is a mini-hospital devoted torepairing cleft lips and cleft palates in the state of Assam. This center has completed more than 4,000surgeries and each day that numbergrows larger.

I work primarily as the researchcoordinator, which means Icoordinate research projects so thatcleft care can be improved aroundthe world. In addition to that, I amdeveloping a social media programto promote what we do at GC4 inGuwahati. I am also developing astudent program for local highschool students so that they can raiseawareness and funds for OperationSmile and volunteer their time tofulfill GC4’s needs.

About every other month I go onmedical missions to various places in India where I screen patients andhelp with medical records. Medicalmissions involve internationalvolunteers coming to remotelocations to repair cleft lips and cleft palates.

Day to day, I wake up at 5:30 a.m.and go to a yoga class (when inIndia…) where I find myself chantingwords I do not know and beingencouraged to make yoga a lifestyle.I either walk to work or ride a scooter.I am at work from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.At night, I practice Hindi, which I amlearning while living here.

On weekends, I work with thePratyasha Foundation, which wasfounded by my flat mate.

Each Sunday, we make food for 85kids who live in the very large slumnearby. We take the food into theslum and serve it in front of amakeshift Hindu temple that is partof their community. This is thefavorite part of my work herebecause I really get to interact withchildren in their environment.

They live in very poor conditions, butthey have a lot of joy. I have gottenvery close to some of the kids. InNovember, we provided shoes to all85 children. Next month, the plan isthat I will start taking as many ofthem as I can to school for the firsttime. The hope is that we canenhance their lives beyond theSunday meal.

Whether students areexploring their own city orthe world, it’s the perfectopportunity to grow andlearn in a different way.

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I have made many friends here, andon the weekends I go out withfriends or visit their homes and theirfamilies. The people are so generousand are always welcoming me totheir homes. Usually they feed me somuch that my stomach feels like itwill burst! Other than these meals, Iusually cook my own food and havegotten really good at making my ownhummus… yummy.

What book are you reading right now?

I am reading Behind the BeautifulForevers by Katherine Boo. Irecommend this book to each andevery one of you. It is an incredible, non-fiction description of life in thebiggest slum in Mumbai and willreally open your eyes. You will feel asif you are right in the middle of it all.She has an incredible way of tellingstories and I cannot express howmuch I wish everyone would read this.

What are three things you can’tlive without (excluding God,family and friends?)

• Peanut butter, which accounted for most of the allotted baggage weight traveling here

• Technology that keeps me connected to family and friends around the world

• BBC news, which keeps me up to date on world news, in English!

Hannah returned to the UnitedStates in June and will begin heruniversity studies this fall.

A special thank you to Liza Gravesand Elizabeth Fox for granting theCornerstone permission to reprintthis interview with Hannah Dobie.Thanks also to Ashley Hylbert for thewonderful photographs that captureHannah’s spirit and personality.

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These agencies, both supported bythe Cathedral, are working to restoredignity and hope to families facedwith losing their homes and menstruggling with homelessness andaddiction. The readiness of the Cokesto answer the call to servant ministryis emblematic of the “Here am I”response we see throughout HolyScripture from God’s faithful.

Rooftop

Bill Coke is matter-of-fact whentalking about the genesis of Rooftop.“In the fall of 2005, a number of thechurches around town startednoticing that more and more peoplewere coming to them and asking forhelp with their rent. Some of uscalled the United Way and found outthat there were only a few agenciesoffering that kind of assistance. These

agencies were running so low onfunds that they were having tosuggest that people ask churches for help.”

A few months later, Bill met with representatives from 15congregations to talk about whatchurches could do to fill the gap. The group decided to pool theirfunds and establish Rooftop. CathyLink, who recently retired from theorganization, became the servicecoordinator and was instrumental inimplementing the group’s vision.

Today 45 churches are participatingin an interfaith partnership to supportRooftop’s mission of providingemergency rental or mortgageassistance to residents of DavidsonCounty. Rooftop pools funds from allthe partner churches and serves as a

clearinghouse, sending funds directlyto the landlord or mortgagor.

Rooftop also works with Metro Social Services to screen clients and offerthem information and direction toother services for which they mayqualify. Since April 2006, Rooftop has received more than 8,800applications, assisted some 1,700clients, and paid a total of $741,000to landlords.

Executive Director Julia Gildemeistersays, ”Ninety percent of the peoplewe help are working and they’re thefolks that don’t make much moneyand are struggling to pay for rent,utilities, food, etc. We hope that if wecan help people when they are at thepoint of possible eviction, we cangive a family more stability and keepthem from becoming homeless.”

As long-time Christ Church parishioners know, an unmet community need plusBill and Fletch Coke equals action. It’s a formula that has resulted in numerousinitiatives to help the less fortunate in Nashville, not the least being Rooftopand Matthew 25.

Rooftop and Matthew 25:

Restoring Dignity and Hope to the Homelessand Disadvantaged in Nashville

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BILL AND FLETCH COKE

To apply for Rooftop assistance, anindividual must visit or call one ofRooftop’s partner congregations andtalk with the Rooftop liaison at thatcongregation. The Rooftop liaisonthen fills out a form explaining theperson’s situation and faxes it toMetro Social Services. A socialworker contacts the individual andschedules an appointment for aninterview. If the person qualifies, asecond interview is scheduled todetermine the amount of financialassistance needed. The landlord,rental, or mortgage company iscontacted to verify that an applicanthas not had an ongoing problemmaking payments. Once the amountis determined, a check is sent to therental agency or mortgage company.

An applicant must have a lease ormortgage in his or her name andmust show ability/willingness to paya portion of the rent or mortgage.Applicants must have resided at theircurrent address for at least threemonths and must demonstrate that

the assistance will resolve theircurrent problem.

Individuals and families mustprovide proof of income for anyonewho is working in the household.That includes any type ofgovernmental assistance and cashpayments for services provided. Ifnot working, the applicant mustdemonstrate ability to sustainhimself or herself or his or her familythe following month. Applicants arealso asked to provide information onassistance received from other faith-based organizations. Rooftop willgrant up to $300 in a calendar yearfrom the date of the original paymentto the landlord, rental or mortgagecompany.

Assistance for utility payments canbe provided only if the applicant livesin Section 8 housing. Rooftop’s goalis to prevent loss of housing. Utilityservice interruption for individualsand families living in Section 8housing can lead to eviction and loss

of a Section 8 voucher.Rooftop provides assistance only for permanent housing. It will nothelp with rental payments for motels, hotels, halfway houses, or alcohol and drug treatmentprograms. Rooftop does not provideassistance for any costs related to obtaining housing.

Matthew 25

In 1985, Fletch Coke was deeplyinvolved in the Storefront Ministry,an outreach program for homelessmen. She and several other leadersin the ministry recognized that someof the men needed more than just aplace to spend the night--those whowere working needed more stability,a place to go to every night for awhile, so they could focus onrebuilding their lives. Fletch andanother Cathedral parishioner, AmesDavis, put their heads together withSue Spickard and the late CottonClark from First Presbyterian Churchto come up with a solution. Togetherthey devised a program to addressthe needs of this segment of thehomeless population, and Matthew25 was born.

Deriving its name from the Gospelverse Matthew 25:40 “And the Kingwill answer them, ‘Truly I say to you,as you did it to one of the least ofthese my brethren, you did it to me,’”the new ministry opened its doors at8th and Broadway with 22 beds and aplan for helping the men who werestaying there.

Executive Director Patrick Clemenssays, “Fletch raised most of themoney to start Matthew 25, foundthe first building to house it, andhired the first director. I don’t think there’s any question that there wouldbe no Matthew 25 without her energyand drive.”

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Today Matthew 25 takes up thesecond floor of Vine Hill Towers andits circular floor plan, cinder-blockwalls with a handrail, and vinylflooring hint at the space’s formeruse as a nursing home. With roomsfor 50 men, offices for staff, a kitchenand dining area, a television room, acomputer room where men cansearch online for jobs, and laundryfacilities, it is not a place to hang outbut a temporary home with astructured program to help menwork on improving their lives. Theaverage stay is between three andsix months, during which timeresidents are required to do choresand participate in the variouscounseling and training classes thatare the foundation of the program.

Matthew 25’s “success formula” hasseveral components. Originally, eachresident was required to beemployed, but this rule has beenrelaxed in recent years to meet theacute needs of men who have beendevastated by the recent recession.“We have one resident right nowwho was laid off by his companyafter 20 years of working there. Hewas basically put out on the streetwith nothing. When he was unable to find work quickly, his marriagecollapsed, he lost his home, andthere he was with no job and noplace to live,” says Clemens. “We’re helping him get back on his feet now.”

The staff works with residents to helpthem secure jobs in which they canearn enough to pay for permanenthousing. Residents are encouragedto achieve job stability and tobecome long-term employees attheir workplace.

Residents are not charged rent atMatthew 25 and must participate in amandatory savings program in which75% of what they earn is depositedinto a special account. This ensuresfunds will be available for permanenthousing when they are ready to

move out. The staff providesresidents with assistance in finding affordable permanent housing.Since the problems of the homelessoften involve more than the lack ofjobs and housing, residents are alsorequired to attend classes to helpthem acquire positive work habitsand critical life skills. Classes rangefrom the 10-week Adkins LifeSkills/Career Counseling Program to special classes on topics rangingfrom AIDS prevention to coping skills.

The average age of residents is 48,and about half are veterans, referredby the Veterans Administration. Manyof the residents are battling drug andalcohol problems or mental healthissues. For six to 12 months afterresidents leave Matthew 25, threecase managers follow up with themto ensure that they are notbacksliding into old habits. Staffmembers work with residents to helpthem set goals for their lives andprogress toward reaching those goals.

In 2004, Matthew 25 began providingpermanent apartments to graduatesvia The Progressive HousingProgram. Clemens says a key goal ofthe organization is to expand accessto low-cost housing for residents. n

With rooms for 50 men, offices

for staff, a kitchen and dining

area, a television room, a

computer room where men can

search online for jobs, and

laundry facilities, Matthew 25 is

a temporary home with a

structured program to help men

work on improving their lives.

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How’s Nashville is a community-wide, collaborative, and inclusive effort to endchronic homelessness in Nashville within this decade. It was launched by theMetropolitan Homeless Commission at the beginning of June and has a goal of raising $200,000 within 90 days to house 200 of the most vulnerable andchronically homeless individuals and families in the Nashville community. It takes $1,000 per homeless individual to cover move-in costs. The CommunityOutreach Committee has voted to give $1,000 from the Outreach OpportunityFund so that Christ Church Cathedral can be a sponsor for one homelessindividual to move off of the street and into an apartment. Christ ChurchCathedral joins many other Nashville faith-based communities, businesses, and individuals in this city-wide effort to end chronic homelessness. For further information contact Bill Coke, Community Outreach Committee member,at wcoke1@bellsouth.net

his year, on the recommend-ation of the Global Missions

Committee, the Vestry and Deandesignated the Acacia Foundation as the recipient of Christ ChurchCathedral’s Easter offering.Parishioners responded by donating a total of $18,790 tosupport the foundation. Thefollowing is the story of this smallministry, which is making a bigdifference in the lives of childrenorphaned by AIDS in Umzinyathi, a rural Zulu village in the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.

The Acacia Foundation, named forthe acacia tree so common on theplains of southern Africa, had itsgenesis in a fact finding trip in 2004by the previous dean of theCathedral, who was evaluatingopportunities to expand globaloutreach efforts. During this trip, anevangelical church on the outskirts ofDurban was identified as a candidateprogram. This rural church group wastrying to care for children who wereAIDS orphans. The following year, adelegation from the Cathedral madea pilgrimage trip to South Africa tofollow up. The 2005 pilgrimage groupsaw firsthand the grinding poverty inthe rural areas outside the majorcities and learned that South Africahas the highest HIV/AIDS infectionrate in the world.

Acacia Foundation CARING FOR AIDS ORPHANS IN SOUTH AFRICA

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The group went to Durban and droveout to the church grounds, findingthe children living in the shell of anoutbuilding on the property, in theshadow of an acacia tree. There wasno running water, no toilet, and littlefood. With no beds either, thechildren were sleeping on thebuilding’s concrete floor, and theirtwo caregivers were barely able tocare for them, much less get them toschool or a medical clinic. “When thegroup saw how these kids wereliving, they immediately pooled theirmoney and went back into town to buy food and supplies,” says Brent Teveit,

current president of the board of theAcacia Foundation.

Back in Nashville, it didn’t take muchdiscussion to conclude that theCathedral needed to help theorphans any way it could. “SouthAfrica is an interesting country,” says Brent. “The cities are beautiful,but when you get out into thecountryside, it’s altogether different.We have poverty in this country, but

most Americans cannot conceive ofthe squalor these people live in.”Since the need was so great, a501(c)3 organization was set up andnamed the Acacia Foundation, somoney could be raised from othersources to supplement theCathedral’s grants.

“From the beginning, we’ve wantedto be responsible stewards of asustainable program,” says Brent.Grants from the Cathedral have beenused to pay for stipends for fourcaregivers, food, school fees anduniforms, and some of the cost of

transporting the childrento school.

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The foundation also raised money tobuild a new dormitory, complete withrunning water, electricity, andseparate boys’ and girls’ sleepingand bath/shower facilities. “We hadto get the city of Durban to run waterlines out to the village when we wereinstalling the bathroom facilities,”says Brent. “Then we had to teachthe children how to use the toiletsand showers. They had never seen a bathroom.” When a washer wasdonated by a local organization, it sat unused for a year until someoneshowed the caregivers how tooperate it.

Foundation board members alsolearned that many rural SouthAfricans were resistant to gettingtested for HIV/AIDS because by the

time most people sought testing andtreatment, the disease hadprogressed to such an extent thatthey could not be saved. As a result,they associated getting tested withdying. The seriousness of SouthAfrica’s AIDS epidemic was broughthome to board members when theygot to know the daughter of one ofthe caregivers at the home. Whenthey met the girl, she was a lively,attractive 17-year-old. On their nexttrip, they learned that she had justgiven birth to her first child.

The following year, board membersarrived for their annual visitexpecting to see her chasing after atoddler, but instead found her sickwith AIDS. Three weeks later, she wasdead. Her story illustrated the urgent

“My faith requires me

to serve people and

to love people. What

you get back is the

ultimate joy.”

Sandie Griffith

Acacia Foundation

Board Member

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need for HIV screening, and theboard felt they had passed a majormilestone when they finallymanaged to get all the childrentested. Only one tested positive andis currently receiving treatmentthrough a partnership with McCordHospital in Durban.

There are considerable challenges tofulfilling the mission of the AcaciaFoundation, not the least being thedifficulty and expense of traveling toSouth Africa. The board hasdeveloped relationships withindividuals “on the ground” in thearea, who have provided invaluablehelp in managing day-to-day needsof the home, particularly JuliusLaRoux, owner of Julnic Travel, andThamsanqua “Thami” Goodwill, aformer employee of Julnic Travel andnow an employee of the SouthAfrican Department of Health. Themen came to know and love thechildren at the home as a result ofproviding transportation for theboard members on their trips toSouth Africa. Now they facilitatecommunication between thecaregivers (who do not speakEnglish) and board members.Regular visitors to the home, they

have taken the children onexcursions, introducing them to agame arcade, an aquarium, and amall, all new experiences for childrenwho have seen little beyond theirsmall community.

Two years ago, a chance meetingbetween Thami and the principal ofthe childrens’ school set in motion anunexpected chain of events. As it sohappened, the principal was the wife,or First Lady, of the Zulu regionalchief. Thami told her about the AcaciaFoundation and its work with someof her students. She peppered himwith questions and ended uparranging for Sandie Griffith andTrish Luna, Acacia Foundation boardmembers who were visiting at thetime, to have an audience with thechief. Sandie and Trish told the chiefthe story of the Acacia Foundationand its efforts to help the orphans,and were surprised to learn that thechief was aware of the home. By theend of the meeting, the chief hadofficially re-affirmed AcaciaFoundation’s “PTO” (permission tooccupy) the orphanage buildingwithin his tribal area and was posingfor pictures with Sandie and Trish.This meeting was a turning point for

the foundation and its efforts to helpthe orphans in its care.

Now that some of the older childrenhave reached adulthood and left thehome, the board is making plans to wind down the ministry. “Theyoungest child in the home is 13years old and will be moving on touniversity or a job in five years,” saysBrent. “We now have local people inplace to handle the day-to-dayrunning of the home until this lastchild is ready to leave, and sincewe’re not taking any new children,we felt it was time to shift our focus.Travel to South Africa is so expensiveand time-consuming we decided we needed to do something we canmanage from a distance. For fiveyears, we’re going to fund collegescholarships to help bright,motivated kids who otherwise wouldhave no means of continuing theireducation. Ten students a year willreceive $1,000 each to help defraycollege expenses.” The foundation is working with the University ofKwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), a majoruniversity in the province, to identifycandidates for these scholarships.Foundation board members choosethe 10 recipients and the universityadministers the scholarships. Thescholarship program is currently in its second year.

The Acacia Foundation is managedby a small, dedicated board ofdirectors. “My faith requires me to serve people and to love people.What you get back is the ultimatejoy,” says Sandie. Art Stinson, anotherboard member, agrees. “I see this asgiving to our global community,” headds. If you would like to becomeinvolved in this outreach ministry,please contact Brent Teveit atbrent.teveit@me.com. n

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has been eight months sincethe Bible Challenge began at

the Cathedral, and around 100participants are continuing to readthe Bible every day. The experienceis having a profound effect onparticipants, both in terms of theirpersonal spiritual journey and theirunderstanding of God’s word. AsJerry Snare says, “The BibleChallenge is just that: it's the wholeBible, the complete enchilada,including everything we'd rather notdeal with, nothing edited out like inthe Lectionary, like all the violence,the profoundly touching, the pitiful,the baffling, the unfair, the heartfelt,the unfettered exultation, theunfettered lamentation, and theprofound sense that we've all beenmissing so much in holy writ bybeing too busy to read it.” Joe Ingleadds, “As a minister and seminarygraduate, I have read and studied the Bible. I have engaged individualchapters, different books of the Bible and commentaries. However, it is only with the Bible Challengethat I have attained a perspective on the entire corpus of the Bible. It is by reading it straight throughand sharing it with a group of fellow readers that I’ve attained a clarity and perspective that Ipreviously missed.”

The idea for The Bible Challenge wasborn after Christmas 2010 when theRev. Marek Zabriskie, rector of St.Thomas’ Episcopal Church in FortWashington, Pennsylvania, read in afriend’s church newsletter that hiscolleague was inviting members ofhis church to join him in reading aone year Bible. The Rev. Zabriskiedecided he would read the entireBible in a year as well, and he inviteda few members of his parish to joinhim. What began as a simpleinvitation grew rapidly, with over 180parishioners and morethan 90 of their friendscommitting to read theentire Bible in 2011. Thegroup’s readingsprovoked theologicalquestions and madeparticipants realizehow much the Biblerelates to currentevents. The BibleChallenge began totransform St. Thomas’Church.

Having seen the effectof daily Bible reading on hisparishioners, the Rev. Zabriskiedecided to create the Center forBiblical Studies in order to promotethe Bible Challenge nationally and

globally. Within the first year, theBible Challenge grew from a ministryin one church to a ministry involvingindividuals in over 1,000 churches in15 different countries. Twenty-fiveEpiscopal and Anglican bishops noware leading their entire diocese inparticipating in the Bible Challenge.

The Center for Biblical Studiesdesigned a one-year readingschedule to provide a structure forreading the Bible in a year’s time. To ensure participants remainengaged, each daily read includesthree chapters of the Old Testament,one psalm, and one chapter of theNew Testament, all read in sequence.

Cathedral participants in the BibleChallenge have two opportunities perweek to participate in groupdiscussions of the readings: duringthe Christian education hour on

Sunday morning andon Wednesdaymornings at 11:00 a.m.,both in the WheelerRoom.

Joe sums up theexperience so far,saying, “The BibleChallenge has led me to see that we, like thepeople we read about inthe Bible, are called by God. We are callednot to moral perfectionbut to discipleship.”

For more information on the BibleChallenge, please contact theReverend Canon Gene Manning atgmanning@christcathedral.org or615-255-7729. n

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“THE BIBLECHALLENGE HAS LEDME TO SEE THAT WE,LIKE THE PEOPLE WEREAD ABOUT IN THEBIBLE, ARE CALLED BYGOD. WE ARE CALLED

NOT TO MORALPERFECTION BUT TO

DISCIPLESHIP.”

JOE INGLE

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Education for Ministry (EfM) is aprogram developed by the School ofTheology at Sewanee to educate andcultivate lay leadership for theChurch. EfM is a “three-legged stool”comprising study, worship, andtheological reflection, and eachcomponent balances the others togive participants a 360 degree viewof the faith. Reflection is deepenedby knowledge of the breadth of theChristian tradition and formed by thepractice of regular worship together.The study of Christian tradition isenhanced through prayer with oneanother and reflection on thehistorical and current experience ofChristians. Regular worship togetherdraws from ongoing reflection on the lived life of faith and anunderstanding of how Christianworship has been and is beingshaped by culture and context.

EfM participants meet in groups ofsix to 12 students with a trainedmentor. There are presently threeEfM groups at the Cathedral that

meet for two to three hours onTuesday evenings or Wednesdaymornings during the nine-monthacademic year. The program takesfour years to complete, with eachyear focused on the following subject matter:

• Year One: The Old Testament• Year Two: The New Testament• Year Three: Church History• Year Four: Theological Choices

Karen Meridith, director of EfM,describes the program this way, "EfM graduates become persons offaith who have internalized a way of looking at the world through atheologically informed lens, who can articulate the call to ministry asbaptized members of the Body ofChrist, and who are prepared to work humbly with others withdifferent experiences andperspectives. I believe these are justthe kind of lay leaders the Churchneeds as we move forward inmission together." n

Enrollment is currently

underway on a first-come,

first-served basis for new and

returning participants in the

two Cathedral groups. The

registration deadline is

August 1. If you are interested

in beginning or continuing

EfM, please contact

Becky Rochford at

brochford@christcathedral.org

or 615.255.7729. For more

information, go to

Sewanee.edu/efm.

Education for Ministry

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he sixth graders and theircatechists celebrated the Liturgy

of Light on Sunday, April 21. Theliturgy, developed in the curriculum ofthe Catechesis of the Good Shepherd,appropriates and/or alludes to elementsof worship from the Great Vigil ofEaster—the engraving and lighting ofthe Paschal Candle, the singing of theExultet, and scripture readings. Thehighlight of the liturgy was thespreading of the light of Christ from the sixth graders to the congregation. Catechists for the sixth grade areBeverly Sanders, Shawn Briggs, and

Jan Firek. Assisting with the liturgywere Dean Kimbrough, Greer Broemel,John Whitaker, and Melissa Rose.Members of the sixth grade classinclude Emma Brewer, Elliott Clark,George Corzine, Olivia Dossett, HannahFleming, Cam Kloeppel, Tate Kloeppel,Owen Lowe, Sarah Manz, Brown Myers,Timberlake Pieper, John Preston, LanePritchard, Everett Pritchard, GrahamPritchard, Kathryn Savage, Sarah Stack,Jacob Taylor, and Carter Wilson.Congratulations to all for a beautifulliturgy! n

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"How beautiful ... are the feet of those who proclaim the Good News!"

(Isaiah 52:7)

ALLISON VIRGINIA ARATAGRADUATED FROM

BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Attending the University of Denver

CHANDLER BURGESSGRADUATED FROM

HILLSBORO HIGH SCHOOL

AttendingBelmont University

KATIE CHAPPELLGRADUATED FROMUNIVERSITY SCHOOL

Attending the University of Miami

ZARA CORZINEGRADUATED FROMUNIVERSITY SCHOOL

Attending Middlebury College

ANNA LEBLEUGRADUATED FROM

HARPETH HALL SCHOOL

AttendingDuke University

CONNER QUIGGLEGRADUATED FROM

FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

AttendingBirmingham Southern College

NATALIE REIMANGRADUATED FROM

HARPETH HALL SCHOOL

Attending DePauw University

ANN WINSTON THYMGRADUATED FROM

BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Taking a gap year to do an internship in

Environmental Studies

HANK POWERSGRADUATED FROMUNIVERSITY SCHOOL

Attending theUniversity of Wisconsin

Congratulations to Our 2013 High School Graduates!

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Cathedral Sponsors

Water Stop at the Country

Music Marathon

his year, for the first time, the Cathedralsponsored a water stop at the Country

Music Marathon on April 27. In spite of atorrential downpour, a hardy group of clergy,youth, and adult parishioners braved theelements and road closures to come to theCathedral early on the morning of the race. Asthe first runners began to appear, they held upan eight-foot banner and cheered, while the clergy offered blessings to marathoners whostopped--each even had an aspergillum inhand to sprinkle holy water on those whodidn’t mind getting a little wetter! The waterstop was the brainchild of Anna Grimes Noser,a Vestry member and avid marathoner, whosaw to it that “the show went on” in spite ofthe weather and security concerns in the wakeof the Boston Marathon bombings a scant twoweeks earlier. Many thanks to Anna and allwho showed up to cheer on the runners! n

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Left: Curate Joshua Calerstands ready to bless therunners. Right: Senior WardenScott Viebranz and his wifeCristin cheer on the runners.Below: Canon Gene Manningand Vestry member LawrenceBlank-Cook hold theCathedral’s banner for therunners to see as they go by.

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December 1981, a 44-year-old Trappist

monk named William Wilsondecided leave his monastery inIowa and respond to a call fromGod to live among the poor ofLatin America.

After two years in Cochabamba,Bolivia, Father William built a smalladobe hut on a remote slope highin the Andes, where he spent histime in prayer and contemplation.But when the Quechua natives inthe small village of Aramasí cameto him seeking treatment for theirmany illnesses, he soon realizedthat God was calling him to action.He contacted a friend in the UnitedStates and together they raised thefunds to open the area’s firstmedical clinic. This was thebeginning of the Amistad Mission.

Since then, Amistad (which means“friendship” in Spanish) hasworked with the people of Aramasíto bring clean drinking water,agricultural development,Montessori and primary schools,and a daycare center to the village.

God’s work in Bolivia throughFather William continued when heresponded to another call in 1990and established Villa Amistad, ahaven in Cochabamba whereabandoned, abused, and orphanedBolivian children could find a safe home, nourishing meals,educational opportunities, and the love of Jesus. Beginning with30 children living in three houses, Villa Amistad has grown to includeeight houses, or families, andnearly 100 children.

The Cathedral supports one ofthose houses, Kantuta House, andthe seven girls who live there:Neysa, Noemí, Felicidad, Silvia,Delina, Elsa, and Marina, whorange in age from seven to 17.

In his sermon the Sunday after theCathedral youth and adult leadersreturned from their pilgrimage toBolivia, the Dean said of theirexperience at the Amistad Mission,“We brought news of your lives—those who had visited before us, ofour families, and of those who willvisit in the future. We shared in thejoy of Christ, of the hospitality theyoffered in his Name, and of ourgreetings soaked in the love of thisparish and in our commonbaptismal hope. Pragmatically, weaffirmed a new generation ofleadership from Christ Churchdetermined to stand in solidaritywith the children of Amistad. Wewere reminded of the exclusivebond and intimacy betweenKantuta House and Christ Churchexpressed by the cards, pictures,letters, and photo albums thatoccupy prominent positions in thehouse living room. We werepleased to renew our financialsupport and commitment that paysthe bills for Kantuta Housethroughout the year.”

He continued, “We felt strong andweak. We took great joy in the livesof those that surrounded us. Wewere both proud and ashamed. Wecame as first world visitors, fellowChristians, drive-by missionersfrom the north. But we leftbelieving that somehow we hadcome very close to the emergingKingdom of heaven.” n

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ALICIA QUINTANA, age 21, a former

resident of Kantuta House, recently

graduated from a two-year technical

school in baking. Alicia came to

Amistad at the age of nine. She was

one of the first children to grow up in

Kantuta House, following its

construction (funded by Christ Church)

in 1999. A highly motivated young

woman, Alicia has been able to rent an

apartment on her own with some of

the income that she is earning from

her job in a local bakery and is saving

diligently to fund her future studies in

gastronomy at the public university in

Cochabamba. She sends this message

to our parishioners: “Thank you to the

loving friends of Christ Church who

have prayed for me for years and have

never forgotten me.” Mamá María

Eugenia is particularly proud of Alicia’s

success and her aspirations for the

future. “It is wonderful to see Alicia

grow in confidence and faith,” she

says. Alicia regularly returns to visit

Mamá María at Kantuta House. n

The Amistad Mission and KantutaHouse Share the Love of Christ

A NEW KANTUTA HOUSE

GRADUATE

Parking at theCathedralPleaserememberthat onSunday

mornings allunmarked spaces

in the A lot on the westside of the church are reserved forpersons with mobility problems.Parking for the able-bodied isavailable in the B and C lots off 9thAvenue, behind the Frist Center, inthe Lifeway lot behind the HolidayInn, and in the Lifeway lot acrossCommerce from the C lot. Please donot park in the handicap spaces atany time, unless your car has ahandicap tag.

Wireless Network A wireless network may now beaccessed by parishioners and visitorsto the Cathedral. Be aware that this isan unsecured public wirelessnetwork just like those offered athotels and restaurants. The networkname is christcathedral.org. To accessthe network, select the“christcathedral.org” network onyour device. You will be presentedwith a short access policy with an“Accept” button. Click “Accept” toconnect to the network.

Cathedral Webcast and Podcast If you are unable to attend a SundayEucharist at the Cathedral, a webcastof the 11:00 a.m. liturgy (10:00 a.m.

during the summer months) isavailable at christcathedral.tv. Otherspecial events are also webcast.

When the webcast is not live, itreplays the most recent recording.There is also an Archive section onthe Cathedral website that includes a library of past webcasts. Thesermon podcast is online atchristcathedral.org/podcast.

Website and Social Media The Cathedral’s website atchristcathedral.org offers a wealth ofinformation about upcoming events,announcements, Christian educationclasses, Cathedral ministries and volunteer opportunities, as well as aschedule of weekly worship services.You may also follow the Cathedral onFacebook at facebook.com/christcathedralnashville and onTwitter at twitter.com/christcathedral.

Cathedral Flowers The beautiful flower arrangementsthat adorn the Nave every Sundayare placed to the glory of God andoften in thanksgiving for or in

memory of a loved one. They alsoexpress the generosity of those whocontribute to the Cathedral’s FlowerFund. To give the Sunday flowerarrangements, please contact Peggy Tucker at 615-255-7729 orptucker@christcathedral.org. Adonation of $150 helps to defraycosts.

PASTORAL CARE

Hospital AdmissionsIf you are admitted to an areahospital, please call Peggy Tucker inthe church office at 615-255-7729, orcontact a member of the clergydirectly. The hospital admissionspersonnel may ask you to specifyyour denomination and/or churchmembership but will not notify theCathedral that you have beenadmitted, as HIPAA regulationsprohibit the release of healthinformation to third parties. Amember of the Cathedral clergy willarrange to visit you in the hospitaland offer prayers.

On CallCathedral clergy are always on call.In the event of an emergency, pleasecall the church office at 615-255-7729.

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Guild of the Christ Child The birth or adoption of a child is asacred and joyful event in the life of afamily. It is also a blessing for theparish family and an occasion forrejoicing in the Christian community.The Church offers several liturgies tomark this special time, including theBlessing of a Pregnant Woman, aThanksgiving for the Birth orAdoption of a Child, and theSacrament of Baptism. Members ofthe Guild of the Christ Child alsobring a meal for your family and agift to your house after the birth oradoption of a child. If you areexpecting or adopting a child, pleasecontact the Reverend Canon GeneManning at 615-255-7729 so we canbe present as you await the arrival ofyour child and then welcome yourchild into the Cathedral community.

Prayer Lists There are two different prayer lists atthe Cathedral: the Sunday prayer listand the weekday Chapel prayer list.Those on the Sunday prayer list areincluded in the Prayers of the People, and the names are printed in the Sunday Order of Worship.Individuals on the weekday prayerlist are prayed for at the 12:15 p.m.daily Eucharist.

You may add names to one or bothlists at any time with the permissionof the person or persons to beprayed for. Please contact a memberof the clergy or Peggy Tucker at 615-255-7729 to submit a name to thelists. Unless otherwise indicated, wewill pray for a person for threeconsecutive weeks. To request that aname remain on the list for anadditional three weeks, pleasecontact the church office at 615-255-7729.

Contact Us If you would like to include an article in the Cornerstone, which is published quarterly, or theHappenings email newsletter, whichis sent out weekly, please emailinfo@christcathedral.org or call 615-255-7729.

Communications Request Forms for announcements or othercommunications may be submitted at christcathedral.org/whatsup/ communicationrequest. You may also bring anannouncement to the church office or fax it to 615-313-7090. n

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CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL

900 BROADWAY

NASHVILLE, TN 37203

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL MISSION STATEMENT

With God's help, Christ Church, a cathedral parish in downtown Nashville,proclaims by word and example the Good News of God in Christ, seeking andserving Christ in all persons. We are called to be

• Disciples who pursue the presence of God in prayer and in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist

• Evangelists who make known God's plan for reconciliation, that all may grow into the full stature of Christ

• Servants who seek the face of Christ in every human being and strive for the justice and peace of God

• Stewards who acknowledge and honor the Holy Trinity as the source of all, in the care of creation and the right use of our gifts and offerings

• Friends who welcome the stranger, bear one another's burdens, and share in the ministry of the apostles' teaching and fellowship

NON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDNASHVILLE, TNPERMIT NO. 2273