Tanya Davenport, Team Leader for Homeless Services at Intown Cares, shares information about Buckhead Cares. Buckhead Cares restores local, systematic, and coordinated emergency assistance for homeless individuals and families in the Buckhead community.

In the Summer of Hope series, we're hearing from representatives of our many Cathedral outreach initiatives about what is bringing them encouragement in these challenging times and about how we, too, can be agents of love, justice, and peace. 

Joe Iarocci, Interim Executive Director, and David-Lee Mattison, Chief Program Officer of Emmaus House will explain how Emmaus House benefits the community of Peoplestown and discuss the importance of the Freedom School summer program and its long-term impacts on students' literacy levels.

In the Summer of Hope series, we're hearing from representatives of our many Cathedral outreach initiatives about what is bringing them encouragement in these challenging times and about how we, too, can be agents of love, justice, and peace. 

In this series, Canon Maxwell leads a conversation about the central elements Christian faith as set forth in the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds. Using Rowan Williams' book, “Tokens of Trust,” Canon Maxwell will address questions like: What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and suffering? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ’s ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it mean to follow Christ in today’s broken world?

In this series, Canon Maxwell leads a conversation about the central elements Christian faith as set forth in the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds. Using Rowan Williams' book, “Tokens of Trust,” Canon Maxwell will address questions like: What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and suffering? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ’s ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it mean to follow Christ in today’s broken world?

“By Faith and by Sight: Re-envisioning Cathedral Outreach for a Time of Trial”

led by the Rev. Julia Mitchener, Canon for Mission

We live in a period of tension, uncertainty, and human need such as many of us have never before witnessed. Simultaneously, we at the Cathedral of St. Philip have been entrusted with unprecedented opportunities to make a difference among our most vulnerable neighbors. Two newly endowed outreach funds totaling almost $50 million dollars will allow us to become partners in some of our region’s most innovative and impactful efforts to address cycles of poverty, injustice, and despair. The creation of Buckhead Cares, a collaboration of the Cathedral, three other churches, and the United Way, has brought direct, on-demand social services for those dealing with housing, food, and job insecurity back to our neighborhood for the first time in over five years.

In this series, Canon Maxwell leads a conversation about the central elements Christian faith as set forth in the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds. Using Rowan Williams' book, “Tokens of Trust,” Canon Maxwell will address questions like: What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and suffering? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ’s ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it mean to follow Christ in today’s broken world?

In this series, Canon Maxwell leads a conversation about the central elements Christian faith as set forth in the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds. Using Rowan Williams' book, “Tokens of Trust,” Canon Maxwell will address questions like: What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and suffering? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ’s ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it mean to follow Christ in today’s broken world?

In this series, Canon Maxwell leads a conversation about the central elements Christian faith as set forth in the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds. Using Rowan Williams' book, “Tokens of Trust,” Canon Maxwell will address questions like: What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and suffering? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ’s ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it mean to follow Christ in today’s broken world?

Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times

Sunday, March 23 in Old Fashioned Sunday School, we continue our discussion of how to stay connected when all of the forces around us seem intent on separating us from each other.

Elizabeth Oldfield, the host of the Sacred podcast and former director and now senior fellow of the think tank Theos, offers a way for us to stay connected. In her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Oldfield explores how religion helps us to develop deep principles and values that help us grow in empathy and curiosity for people different from ourselves. Canon Maxwell leads a discussion that looks more deeply at Oldfield’s insights and explore how they might play out in our lives. Copies of the book may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.

Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times

Sunday, March 16 in Old Fashioned Sunday School, we continue our discussion of how to stay connected when all of the forces around us seem intent on separating us from each other.

Elizabeth Oldfield, the host of the Sacred podcast and former director and now senior fellow of the think tank Theos, offers a way for us to stay connected. In her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Oldfield explores how religion helps us to develop deep principles and values that help us grow in empathy and curiosity for people different from ourselves. Canon Maxwell leads a discussion that looks more deeply at Oldfield’s insights and explore how they might play out in our lives. Copies of the book may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.

This Sunday, March 9, in the Dean's Forum, the Very Rev. Sam Candler concludes this series about the history and theology of the Episcopal Church in “The Angles of Anglicanism.” 

This Sunday, March 2, in the Dean's Forum, the Very Rev. Sam Candler talks about the history and theology of the Episcopal Church in “The Angles of Anglicanism.” 

This Sunday, February 23, in the Dean's Forum, the Very Rev. Sam Candler talks about the history and theology of the Episcopal Church in “The Angles of Anglicanism.” 

This Sunday, February 16 in Old Fashioned Sunday School, the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener previews Jonathan Haidt’s New York Times bestselling book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.  

Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times

Sunday, February 9 in Old Fashioned Sunday School, we continue our discussion of how to stay connected when all of the forces around us seem intent on separating us from each other.

Elizabeth Oldfield, the host of the Sacred podcast and former director and now senior fellow of the think tank Theos, offers a way for us to stay connected. In her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Oldfield explores how religion helps us to develop deep principles and values that help us grow in empathy and curiosity for people different from ourselves. Canon Maxwell leads a discussion that looks more deeply at Oldfield’s insights and explore how they might play out in our lives. Copies of the book may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.

Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times

Sunday, February 2 in Old Fashioned Sunday School, we continue our discussion of how to stay connected when all of the forces around us seem intent on separating us from each other.

Elizabeth Oldfield, the host of the Sacred podcast and former director and now senior fellow of the think tank Theos, offers a way for us to stay connected. In her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Oldfield explores how religion helps us to develop deep principles and values that help us grow in empathy and curiosity for people different from ourselves. Canon Maxwell leads a discussion that looks more deeply at Oldfield’s insights and explore how they might play out in our lives. Copies of the book may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.

Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times

Sunday, January 26 in Old Fashioned Sunday School, we return to our discussion of how to stay connected when all of the forces around us seem intent on separating us from each other.

Elizabeth Oldfield, the host of the Sacred podcast and former director and now senior fellow of the think tank Theos, offers a way for us to stay connected. In her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Oldfield explores how religion helps us to develop deep principles and values that help us grow in empathy and curiosity for people different from ourselves. Canon Maxwell leads a discussion that looks more deeply at Oldfield’s insights and explore how they might play out in our lives. Copies of the book may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.

“Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night.” That verse, from Amos 5:8, is one of the opening sentences in our Evensong liturgy. Dean Sam Candler talks about Orion  in a special “Dean’s Forum,” presentation about the constellation, Orion! 

Watch the video with slides at https://youtu.be/mIh6lsaEfxE

A special presentation by Jimiyu Evans, Co-CEO of Project Community Connections, Incorporated, (PCCI) one of our Cathedral outreach partners and a participant in our annual Requiem for the Homeless. PCCI strives to find “solutions that end the homeless chapter, forever” by rehousing people as efficiently as possible—often within 30 days. One of PCCI’s most recent success stories is its Thrive Sweet Auburn community, which a group of Cathedral parishioners was privileged to tour last year. Mr. Evans will share about this and other efforts to combat the rising tide of housing insecurity in Atlanta and across the country and how we can help. He’ll also be discussing the inaugural PCCI 5K for Housing, Hope, and Resilience that the Cathedral will be hosting on Saturday, February 22.

Epiphany: Discovering Christ’s Light in the World

Epiphany is a time of light, revelation, and mission in the life of the Church. Canon George Maxwell leads a discussion about how Christ is revealed in the rich biblical stories about the Magi, Jesus’ baptism, and his first miracles and how those stories help us to recognize the presence of Christ in our own lives. 

Due to copyright restrictions, this recording omits 5 movie clips that were played in class:

The Tree of Life: https://youtu.be/qBawefQO6I0
Interstellar: https://youtu.be/yMpdgnUYVNo
The Shawshank Redemption: https://youtu.be/Bjqmg_7J53s
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: https://youtu.be/EMqcgkoQARU
The Matrix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE7PKRjrid4

The 2024 Annual Parish Meeting of the Cathedral of St. Philip, led by the Very Rev. Sam Candler, Dean of the Cathedral

“The Inbreaking of the Reign of God: Reflections on the History of the Festal Service of Lessons and Carols and its Various Lyrical Theologies” part 3

Dr. David S. Pacini, Professor Emeritus of Historical and Philosophical Theology at the Candler School of Theology, presents a three part series on the history of the Festal Service of Lessons and Carols.

The service is among the best-beloved services of the church year. Millions of people beyond the Anglican Communion listen to its annual worldwide broadcast from Kings College, Cambridge. Elegant in its simplicity, the service attests to the love of God around which its sequence of narratives and carols revolve.

Notwithstanding the service's popularity, many remain unaware of its history, numerous versions, and differing lyrical theological emphases.

In this series, we ask what the "true meaning" of the 1918 Kings College, Cambridge service and the 1880 Truro Cathedral service is. We will continually probe the contours of "true meaning" and conclude with reflections on its significance for the 2024 iteration of the Cathedral of St. Philip's Festal Service of Lessons and Carols.

“The Inbreaking of the Reign of God: Reflections on the History of the Festal Service of Lessons and Carols and its Various Lyrical Theologies” part 2

Dr. David S. Pacini, Professor Emeritus of Historical and Philosophical Theology at the Candler School of Theology, presents a three part series on the history of the Festal Service of Lessons and Carols.

The service is among the best-beloved services of the church year. Millions of people beyond the Anglican Communion listen to its annual worldwide broadcast from Kings College, Cambridge. Elegant in its simplicity, the service attests to the love of God around which its sequence of narratives and carols revolve.

Notwithstanding the service's popularity, many remain unaware of its history, numerous versions, and differing lyrical theological emphases.

In this series, we ask what the "true meaning" of the 1918 Kings College, Cambridge service and the 1880 Truro Cathedral service is. We will continually probe the contours of "true meaning" and conclude with reflections on its significance for the 2024 iteration of the Cathedral of St. Philip's Festal Service of Lessons and Carols.

“The Inbreaking of the Reign of God: Reflections on the History of the Festal Service of Lessons and Carols and its Various Lyrical Theologies” part 1

Dr. David S. Pacini, Professor Emeritus of Historical and Philosophical Theology at the Candler School of Theology, presents a three part series on the history of the Festal Service of Lessons and Carols.

The service is among the best-beloved services of the church year. Millions of people beyond the Anglican Communion listen to its annual worldwide broadcast from Kings College, Cambridge. Elegant in its simplicity, the service attests to the love of God around which its sequence of narratives and carols revolve.

Notwithstanding the service's popularity, many remain unaware of its history, numerous versions, and differing lyrical theological emphases.

In this series, we ask what the "true meaning" of the 1918 Kings College, Cambridge service and the 1880 Truro Cathedral service is. We will continually probe the contours of "true meaning" and conclude with reflections on its significance for the 2024 iteration of the Cathedral of St. Philip's Festal Service of Lessons and Carols.

Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times (part 3), in Old Fashioned Sunday School with the Rev. Canon George Maxwell, from the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta

The fall election season promises to be a trying time for all of us, regardless of political disposition. The heightened energy of the campaigns causes us to feel like we need to have opinions on things we don’t really understand, to argue until the person in front of us concedes that we’re right, and to stop seeing those who don’t. The result is pervasive disconnection.

Elizabeth Oldfield, the host of the Sacred podcast and former director and now senior fellow of the think tank Theos, offers a way for us to stay connected. In her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Oldfield explores how religion helps us to develop deep principles and values that help us grow in empathy and curiosity for people different from ourselves. Canon Maxwell will lead a discussion that looks more deeply at Oldfield’s insights and explore how they might play out in our lives. Copies of the book may be purchased in the Cathedral Bookstore.