Canon Lee
As the Cathedral approaches the Christmas season, please note these special opportunities to gather as a community:
On Wednesday, November 29 at 6:00 PM in Cathedral House, please join members of the Congregation and Cathedral communities in writing holiday cards for the clients of SAGE.
On Monday, December 18 at 5:00 PM, please join members of the Community at the Crossing, the Congregation and Cathedral communities in a Christmas Carol Sing. Details to follow.
Immediately following the Carol Sing at 6:00 PM in Cathedral House, please join us for a Blue Christmas service, with opportunities to share our grief and sadness in the holiday season, pray a brief liturgy together, and partake of cookies and hot chocolate in fellowship.
Finally, please use the links below to reserve passes for the Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols service and the Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist.
These pages will be made public on Monday, November 27, and the passes will go quickly. Please take advantage of this early opportunity.
Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols:
https://www.stjohndivine.org/calendar/45461/christmas-eve-lessons-and-carols-internal
Christmas Eve Festal Eucharist:
https://www.stjohndivine.org/calendar/45462/christmas-eve-festal-eucharist-internal
The Rev. Canon Steven Lee
Vicar
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THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
In-Person Community
8:30 AM - Volunteer at the soup kitchen of Cathedral Community Cares
10:00 AM - Cathedral doors open
10:30 AM - Sunday Service. The Rev. Mark S. Nestlehutt, President and Executive Director, The Seamen's Church Institute, to preach.
11:30 AM - Coffee Hour in the Nave. All are Welcome.
11:30 AM - Coffee Hour Recital by the St. Louis University High School in the Nave.
12:00 PM - Talk on the Seamen's Church Institute.
4:00 PM - Evensong
Online Community
10:30 AM - Live-stream of Sunday service
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UPCOMING AT THE CATHEDRAL
Cathedral Community Cares: Thanksgiving Sunday and Christmas Gift Drive
November 19 at 11:30 AM - Coffee Hour Recital by the St. Louis University High School, a Roman Catholic, Jesuit college-preparatory school for young men in St. Louis:
Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name - Traditional Spiritual/arr. Brazeal Dennard
Lift Every Voice - James Weldon Johnson
It Is Well With My Soul - Horatio Spafford
I'm Gonna Ride - Traditional Spiritual/arr. William H. Smith
American Anthem - Gene Scheer
November 26 at 5:00 PM - Post-Evensong Recital - The Magic of Winter: The Romanian Madrigal Choir Jubilee Tour.
November 29 at 6:00 PM - Holiday Card writing for the clients of SAGE in Cathedral House.
December 1-3 - Crafts at the Cathedral is back!
December 3 at 4:00 PM - Bach Cantata No.61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Savior of the Nations, Come) will be presented at Evensong on Sunday, December 3rd at 4 pm. Due to the annual Crafts Fair, Evensong that day will take place in Synod Hall, at the corner of 110th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
December 4 at 6:30 PM - Episcopal Charities Annual Tribute Dinner
December 9 at 7:00 PM - Cathedral Christmas Concert (more information below)
December 17 at 4:00 PM - Installation of the 11th Dean of the Cathedral
December 18 at 5:00 PM - Community Christmas Carol Sing
December 18 at 6:00 PM - Blue Christmas Service in Cathedral House
December 21 at 7:30 PM - American Modern Opera Company's Performance of El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered
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UPCOMING YOUNG ADULT EVENTS
Sunday, December 3, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Saturday, December 9, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Advent Retreat Morning †
Sunday, December 17, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Sunday, January 7, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Sunday, January 21, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Saturday, January 27, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Epiphany Retreat Morning †
Sunday, February 4, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Monday, February 5, 6:30 pm - Dialogue on Divinity †
Sunday, February 18, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Sunday, March 3, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Saturday, March 9, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Lent Retreat Morning †
Sunday, March 17, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Sunday, March 24, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Young Adults Bible Study
Most Wednesdays at 7:15pm - Wednesday Prayer Gathering †
† Hosted by the Community at the Crossing
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PRAYER IN COMMUNITY
Morning Prayer
8:00 AM - Online Diocesan service. Link.
8:00 AM - In-person service with the Community at the Crossing. Enter through the 5-door by the security booth.
8:30 AM - Online Cathedral service. Link.
Evening Prayer
5:30 PM - Online Cathedral service. Link.
Wednesday Evenings
7:15 PM - The Community at the Crossing’s Wednesday prayer gathering is an hour of informal worship, informed by the charismatic tradition. Diocesan House on the Cathedral grounds. More information at this link.
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FIND YOUR SEAT AT THE CATHEDRAL
At every event and service, there is a seat for everyone at the Cathedral.
This spring, we will receive 2,000 new chairs that we will use when we gather.
We invite our community to name these chairs in honor of family members, friends, beloved church leaders, or even pets: For each gift of $250, we will engrave a plaque with your chosen name(s) that will be placed on the back of each chair beneath a beautiful etching of our historic rose window! The Cathedral is a treasured gathering place for the City, and these beautiful new chairs will be a gift to our vibrant community.
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Congregation Column
Life Together
Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Psalm 133:1
Our names are Grayson and Neil, and we are members of the Community at the Crossing. As Saint Savior congregants, we have a unique perspective of life in this fellowship of Christians. Unlike our siblings, who come to the Cathedral close from other churches and far-away corners of the country, the Cathedral is home to us. Like many of you, one of us was received as an Episcopalian here and the other baptized here. You are our family. And we are blessed to open this family and welcome our Christian neighbors through the bronze doors.
Grayson is a residential member of the Community. He lives on the close, eats his meals with the community, studies theology and the Bible, prays the Daily Office, and cares for hospice patients twice a week. For Grayson, community life has taught him new ways of relating to, and living alongside, others. He has an inspired hope for the future of our faith.
Neil is a local member. He goes to work throughout the week and lives in Inwood with his partner Taylor, but is with the community each Monday, many Saturdays, and for retreats throughout the year. For Neil, community life has reshaped his prayer life and made him more open to the movement of the Holy Spirit.
We participate in our community in distinct ways, but we both have committed to following the same Rule of Life. To dedicate ourselves to prayer, to study, to service and to the unity of Christians.
In the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ... The Christian no longer lives of himself, by his own claims and his own justification, but by God’s claims and God’s justification.” Simply, it is in our intentions and actions toward our brothers and sisters that we love Jesus, and it is for his sake, and through his presence, that we come to love one another. In community, we try to live this out every day. Every morning and evening, we join our voices in praise and thanksgiving. After every meal, in tubs of hot soap and water, we join our hands in washing dishes. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we open our hearts to one another, sharing our hopes and learning to depend upon each other.
And though you do not join us for each meal, sing each Psalm with us, or pray each prayer, your Common Prayer each Sunday sets the foundation for all the work we do, and so you are always present to us. You are the stone foundation on which we hope, with God’s help, to build our house.
We invite you to join us on this walk with Jesus–either by attending one of our Wednesday prayer gatherings, coming to our upcoming Advent retreat morning, or joining us for morning prayer throughout the week. And if you are or know a young person who is moved by this year of divine interruption, prayerfully consider applying for the 2024-2025 cohort.
We hope you will join us soon, and come back frequently. We have learned that a relationship with Jesus is built on God’s time, and the Community at the Crossing provides a framework to discern that relationship.
Despite being members of the same tradition, we have come to faith in very different ways. Despite living community life along different patterns, we have the same Rule of Life. This is just one of the many ways that the Community at the Crossing has been a visible sign, to us, of the hope that “we all might be one.” We are so grateful to be living out this year in your midst and with your support.
(Photo: Grayson & Neil with (some of the) members of the Community of the Crossing on retreat in Brooklyn)
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