WORSHIP

WORSHIP
February 18, 2015
T O D AY
Volume 2 | Special Issue | 7:15 p.m. Worship Service | Ash Wednesday
WONDROUS
ENCOUNTERS
INSIDE
Ashes and Incense
Order of Worship
NEW Pastoral Search Update
Youth Confirmation
Decision Day Celebration at CoH
LEGACY Event
Congregational Meeting
STAFF
Rev. Dr. Alberto Magaña
Assoc. Pastor for Congregación Latina
[email protected]
WELCOME to Worship!
Cathedral of Hope is a congregation of
the United Church of Christ. Your presence here is a blessing to us, and we
hope you will return often.
Cathedral of Hope began in 1970 with
a circle of 12 friends, and has since
grown into the world’s largest liberal
Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning people.
•The VISION of Cathedral of Hope is to
be a community of hope proclaiming
God’s inclusive love, removing
barriers to faith and empowering
all people to grow in grace toward
wholeness.
•The MISSION of Cathedral of Hope is
to reclaim Christianity as a faith of
Extravagant Grace, Radical Inclusion
and Relentless Compassion.
Notes for Newcomers
Restrooms are located near the
double glass doors behind the
Sanctuary. Private restrooms are
available off the hall to the right of
the Hall of Heroes area. For more
information about the church, please
come to the Ministry & Visitor’s
Center located next to Sources of
Hope bookstore. Our worship services
are recorded for broadcast around
the country. We make every effort
to respect your privacy. However, if
you would like to ensure that you are
not seen on screen, please sit in one
of the last five rows of pews in the
center section.
Large-print bulletins
and assisted listening
systems are available in
the bookstore.
H O P E Quotes
“Always blessed. Have
visited your church two
times. Unbelievable
spiritual experience!”
—C. P., Starkville, MS
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Today is Ash Wednesday
sh Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is observed on the Wednesday of the
seventh week before Easter. The day is named for the practice of imposing
ashes, an ancient practice and sign of repentance that is mentioned several
times in the Bible, including Jonah 3: 5-9, Job 42: 6, Jeremiah 6: 26 and Matthew 11: 21. Early Christians adopted the use of ashes from Jewish practice
as an external mark of penitence. Many modern congregations find this to
be a meaningful part of the Ash Wednesday liturgy. Ashes symbolize several
aspects of our human existence:
Ashes remind us of God’s condemnation of sin, as God said to Adam, “Dust
you are and to dust you shall return.” (Genesis 3:19) Ashes suggest cleansing
and renewal. In ancient times, they were used in the absence of soap. On Ash
Wednesday, ashes are a penitential substitute for water as a reminder of our
baptism. Ashes remind us of the shortness of human life, for, as it is said as
we are buried, “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” Ashes are a
symbol of our need to repent, confess our sins and return to God.
The imposition of ashes
Ashes are applied with the minister’s thumb in the form of a small cross on the
forehead of each person with the words, “Remember that you are dust, and to
dust you shall return.”
Why We Use Incense in our Liturgy
Ancient practice to be used TONIGHT
At certain services during the liturgical
year, Cathedral of Hope uses incense
during worship. Some, whose church
background did not include this practice, have asked why we do this. We
believe that worship should be experiential. We are most fully engaged when the
senses of sight, sound, smell, taste and
touch are stirred. Incense is one way in
which the Church throughout history has
done that.
Moreover, the use of incense is a thoroughly Biblical concept. We see it commanded of the Jews (Exodus 25:29) and
then used in worship in Israel from that point on. Notice the prophecy of Malachi 1:11, “From the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among
the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name.” God actually
anticipates the use of incense by all people in God’s name.
In the New Testament, we see Zechariah offering incense in the sanctuary
when the angel of the Lord appears to him (Luke 1:8-11). Later, in Revelation,
we see the elders holding golden bowls of incense, “which are the prayers of
the saints” (Revelation 5:8). Incense is the symbol of our prayers rising up to
the Lord. It is also symbolic of spiritual cleansing and has been used in Christian worship since ancient times. So, as you smell the incense in our services,
remember the history and symbolism behind it, and try to let it enhance your
experience of worship!
Rev. Todd Scoggins
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Life
[email protected]
Rev. Dr. Stephen V. Sprinkle
Theologian in Residence
[email protected]
Rev. Mike Wright-Chapman
Assoc. Pastor for
Congregational Ministries
[email protected]
Sean Baugh
Assoc. Director of Music & Worship
[email protected]
Chris Chism
Assist. Director of Music & Worship
[email protected]
Lee Covington
Exec. Assistant to the Senior Pastor
[email protected]
Shelley Darling
Web Developer
[email protected]
Dan Dubree
Executive Director
[email protected]
Anita L. Haddy
Coordinator for Ministry Development
[email protected]
Jerry King
Director of Media Ministry
[email protected]
Yadi Martinez
Minister of Youth,
Young Adults & Missions
[email protected]
David Moldenhauer
Director of Music & Worship
[email protected]
Dan Peeler
Minister for Children & Families
[email protected]
Jim Summers
Director of IT
[email protected]
Lynn Taylor
Director of Facilities
[email protected]
Cover graphics designed by
Charles Owen and Sean Baugh.
Photography by Phoebe Sexton.
Wednesday
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FEBRUARY 18, 2015 ● 7:15 P.M.
LITURGY OF PREPARATION
PRELUDE
Amazing Grace
arr. Don Hart
Rashaad Calaham, oboe; Les Holben, piano
Strings of the Orchestra
CALL TO A HOLY LENT
Rev. Todd Scoggins
One:
Our gracious and loving God is calling us home as we begin this Lenten season.
We come tonight to prepare our hearts and minds to receive God’s extravagant welcome.
All:
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
One:
Sisters and brothers in Christ, since early days Christians have observed with great devotion the
time of our Lord’s passion and resurrection. It became the custom of the Church to prepare for
this by a season of penitence and fasting. At first, this season of Lent was observed by those
who were preparing for Baptism at Easter and by those who were to be restored to the Church’s
fellowship from which they had been separated. In the course of time, the Church came to
recognize that, by a careful keeping of these days, all Christians might take to heart the call to
repentance and the assurance of forgiveness proclaimed in the gospel, and so grow in faith and
in devotion to our Lord.
I invite you, therefore, to observe a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer,
fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s Word.
Silence for personal reflection
One:
Let us pray for grace to keep Lent faithfully. Holy and gracious God, creator of all living things,
the beginning and ending of our lives,
All:
we gather as your people, ready to begin our Lenten journey.
One:
Strengthen our hearts and minds through your bountiful love.
All:
Make us ready to acknowledge our sins and weaknesses.
One:
Remove our hearts of stone, and create in us hearts and minds ready to fully embrace your
words of forgiveness and acceptance.
All:
This we ask in the name of the one who walked the way of the cross, Jesus Christ. Amen.
In consideration of those seated around you, PLEASE, No Flash Photography or Video Recording during the service.
PLEASE, Turn Off Your Cell Phone! Thank you.
WORSHIP NOTES
Insight into the various elements
of our services
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton (1725–1807). Newton
wrote the words from personal experience. He grew up without any particular religious conviction, but his life’s path was formed by a variety of
twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by his recalcitrant insubordination. He was pressed into service in the Royal Navy, and
after leaving the service, he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In 1748, a violent storm battered his vessel so severely that he called out
to God for mercy, a moment that marked his spiritual conversion. With the message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of
sins committed
and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, Amazing Grace is one of the most recognizable songs in
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the English-speaking world. Author Gilbert Chase writes that it is “without a doubt the most famous of all the folk hymns,” and Jonathan Aitken, a
Newton biographer, estimates that it is performed about 10 million times annually.
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**PROCESSIONAL HYMN
**PROCESSIONAL HYMN
Words by Frederick W. Faber, adapted
Music from The Sacred Harp, 1844
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Words by Frederick W. Faber, adapted
Music from The Sacred Harp, 1844
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There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
BEACH SPRING
BEACH SPRING
**The people will rise in body or spirit.
**The people will rise in body or spirit.
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Join the Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra For Holy Week! March 29 - April 5
he music of Holy Week—Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday—is some of the most beautiful of the Christian liturgical
calendar, ranging from the pomp of Palm Sunday, through the mystery and sadness of Holy Thursday and Good Friday, to the triumph of Easter morning.
The Cathedral of Hope Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra will begin rehearsing music for this special time of year on Saturday, March 7. If you’ve always
thought about singing with the choir or playing in the orchestra, this is the perfect opportunity to join us without a weekly commitment. Below is the
special rehearsal schedule for Holy Week and Easter. We’ll kick it off on Saturday, March 7, with a time of rehearsal and fellowship including lunch. If
you’re able to attend the majority of these rehearsals, we’d love to have you sing or play with us! Express your interest by printing the KEYWORDS: Holy
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Week Choir OR Holy Week Orchestra in the comments section of the registrations pad OR contact David Moldenhauer, Director of Music and Worship
at [email protected] for more information.
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Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m. to noon • Monday, March 30, 7-9 p.m. • Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. to noon
LITURGY OF THE WORD
HEBREW LESSON Joel 2: 12-17
Chris Chism
Yet even now, says the Most High God, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping,
and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to your God, who is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Who knows
whether God will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind, a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Most High, your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly; gather
the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the aged; gather the children, even infants at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her canopy. Between the vestibule and the altar let
the priests, the ministers of God, weep. Let them say, “Spare your people, O God, and do not make
your heritage a mockery, a byword among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
CANTICLE FOR ASH WEDNESDAY
Return to God
The refrain is sung first by the cantor. The congregation repeats the refrain immediately and as indicated below.
John Mueller and Lisa Schlepp, cantors
Words and Music by Marty Haugen, adapted
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Now the time of grace has come,
the day of salvation;
come and learn now the way of the heart.
Refrain
I will take your heart of stone
and place a heart within you,
a heart of compassion and love.
Refrain
If you break the chains of oppression, if you set the prisoner free;
if you share your bread with the hungry, give protection to the lost;
give a shelter to the homeless, clothe the naked in your midst,
then your light shall break forth like the dawn.
Refrain
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Softly and Tenderly
Words and Music by William L. Thompson; arr. René Clausen
Softly
and Tenderly
Sanctuary
Choir
Words and Music by William L. Thompson; arr. René Clausen
Sanctuary Choir
MEDITATION
Wondrous Encounters: Recognizing Need
MEDITATION
Wondrous Encounters: Recognizing Need
PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
The More I Seek You
PRESENTATION
Words and Music by Zach Neese
OFFERTORY
The More I Seek You
Voices of Hope featuring Veronica McCuin
Words and Music by Zach Neese
Rev. Todd Scoggins
Rev. Todd Scoggins
Yadi Martinez
Yadi Martinez
Cathedral of Hope Orchestra
Voices of Hope featuring Veronica McCuin
Cathedral of Hope Orchestra
Softly and Tenderly
When the world-renowned lay preacher, Dwight Lyman Moody, lay on his death bed in his Northfield, Massachusetts, home, Will Thompson, the composer and lyricist of the well-known hymn Softly and Tenderly, made a special visit to inquire as to his condition. The attending physician refused to
admit him to the sickroom, and Moody heard them talking just outside the bedroom door. Recognizing Thompson’s voice, he called for him to come
to his bedside. Taking the Ohio poet-composer by the hand, the dying evangelist said, “Will, I would rather have written Softly and Tenderly Jesus is
Calling than anything I have been able to do in my whole life.” This hymn was sung by Cynthia Clawson in the Academy Award winning movie Trip
to Bountiful (1985), and at a memorial service for American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
April 8, 1968. The a cappella setting sung by the Sanctuary Choir tonight is by René Clausen (b. 1953), American composer and professor of music/
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conductor of The Concordia Choir, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
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LITURGY OF REPENTANCE
CONFESSION
One:
Welcoming God, we long to return to you. Teach us the way we should go. Rescue us from our
days of confusion and aimless wandering, accept our prayers of confession, and restore us to
our place as your beloved children.
Silence for personal reflection
One:
All:
Let us confess our sins and shortcomings before God and one another.
Loving God, we seek you because you have first sought us;
we love you because you have first loved us.
We pray to you, not because of our worthiness, but at your invitation.
Hear the cries of our hearts, and mend the brokenness of our lives.
Forgive us when we wander away from your promises;
forgive us when we withhold from others the forgiveness we seek for ourselves.
Welcome us into your loving embrace and warm us with your amazing grace
that we may reach out with loving arms to a world in need of your compassion and
inclusive love.
In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
One:
While the child was a long way off, you ran and embraced the wayward child and said,
“You were lost, but now you are found.”
The angels rejoice in the return of even one sinner who repents. Thanks be to God!
All:
Amen.
INVITATION TO ASHING
One:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Then God formed the human being
from the dust of the ground, and breathed into its nostrils the breath of life, and the human
became a living being.
Gracious God, you have formed us from the dust; dust we are, and to dust we shall all return.
All:
May the ashes of our lives bring healing within as we receive these ashes upon our foreheads.
We ask for your blessing, your ever-present love and mercy, as we receive the sign of our
willingness to walk with Christ all the way to the cross.
Amen.
IMPOSITION OF ASHES
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.
Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart.
In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart.
African-American Spiritual; arr. Joyce Finch Johnson © The Pilgrim Press
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Just as I Am
Just as I am, without one plea
but that thy love was shown to me,
and that thou bidd’st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
Just as I am, thy love unknown
has broken every barrier down;
now to be thine, yea, thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
I come broken to be mended, I come wounded to be healed.
I come desperate to be rescued, I come empty to be filled.
I come guilty to be pardoned through the love of Christ, the Lamb.
And I’m welcomed with open arms, praise God, just as I am.
Just as I am, I would be lost,
but mercy and grace my freedom bought.
And now, to glory in the cross,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
I come broken to be mended, I come wounded to be healed.
I come desperate to be rescued, I come empty to be filled.
I come guilty to be pardoned through the love of Christ, the Lamb.
And I’m welcomed with open arms, praise God, just as I am.
Words and Music by Charlotte Elliott, David Moffitt, Sue C. Smith,
Travis Cottrell, and William Batchelder Bradbury
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Change My Heart, O God
Change my heart, O God, make it ever true.
Change my heart, O God, may I be like you.
You are the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.
Words and Music by Eddie Espinosa © Mercy Publishing
PRAYER FOR STRENGTH
One:
All:
Let us pray.
God of forgiveness and grace, thank you for your warm and loving welcome.
Open our hearts that we may receive your grace and peace.
Bless us, renew us, and strengthen us as we seek to live as your forgiven children .
Amen.
Just As I Am
Just As I Am is a well-known hymn, written by Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871) in 1835. The final verse is taken from Elliott’s Hours of Sorrow Cheered and
Comforted (1836). The hymntune WOOLWORTH was written by William B. Bradbury and first published in the Third Book of Psalmody in 1849. The hymn
has been used by many as the call to the altar at the close of services, bringing a simple message of sin, forgiveness, and salvation. The version we
sing during communion this Lenten season is adapted by contemporary worship leader Travis Cottrell. It includes an original verse and chorus by Cottrell that speaks to the longing hearts of all Christians: “I come broken to be mended, I come wounded to be healed; I come desperate to be rescued, I
come empty to be filled…” It ends with a reminder of the lesson learned by the prodigal son “I’m welcomed with open arms, praise God, just as I am.”
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**RECESSIONAL HYMN
Words by Gloria Gaither © William J. Gaither
Music by Jean Sibelius
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I Then Shall Live
FINLANDIA
**BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
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News
February 18, 2015
BRIEFS
NEW Pastoral Search Update!
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From your Pastoral Search Committee
s we move into the discernment step of the search and call process, we
on the search committee wanted to re-state the top 12 characteristics
we as a congregation are looking for in our next senior pastor. These twelve
characteristics were chosen using our survey taken by a significant number of
our congregants back at the start of this important process in the life of our
church. 1) Is an effective preacher/speaker, 2) helps people develop their
spiritual life, 3) is effective in planning and leading worship, 4) is a good leader,
5) builds a sense of fellowship among the people with whom he/she works, 6)
inspires a sense of confidence, 7) works regularly at bringing new members
into the church, 8) is a person of faith , 9) is accepting of peoples with divergent
views, 10) is mature and emotionally secure, 11) is a compassionate and caring
person, 12) deals effectively with conflict. We are being very intentional and
mindful of these characteristics as we do this essential work on behalf of the
congregation. Without the guidance of the congregation we would not be
able to effectively complete the task at hand. These twelve characteristics are
found in the extensive church profile we needed to create while carefully and
consciously following the United Church of Christ search and call process.
More importantly this is a document which is a representation of our history,
our present and who we want to be in the future. The Church profile is not
unlike the church by-laws. It is to be a living document that reflects who we
are as a church at any given time. We as a committee cannot stress enough the
importance of prayer during this step of the process. We sincerely encourage
you to join with us in prayer to clearly hear the spirit’s still small voice guiding
us in love and wisdom. To bring us to that place where we know we cannot
make a mistake. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you for your support
during this important time in the life of our amazing church we call hope.
As always, you can keep up to date by using the URL or QR code below to
access our committee webpage, or e-mail us at [email protected] with your
questions, comments or concerns.
https://www2.cathedralofhope.com/senior-pastor-search.
Blessings,Your Pastoral Search Committee Members
Promise Blessings!
Last month, Promise UCC, one of our sister congregations in the Oak Cliff area
of Dallas, was the target of thieves who stole the copper siding surrounding the
steeple of the small church on Colorado Boulevard. Paying the $1,000 insurance deductible for repairs was too costly for the small congregation. Upon
learning of this need of a member of our UCC family, Cathedral of Hope Dallas
and Cathedral of Hope MidCities contributed a total of $700 to help with the
insurance deductible.
Anna Humble, our UCC North Texas Association Minister and friend of
Cathedral of Hope, who brought this to our attention, has let other area UCC
churches know of the need of our brothers and sisters at Promise UCC. We’re
prayerful that we’ll raise enough money to repair the steeple at Promise. We
are family after all—in mutual covenant with God and one another! Praise be
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to God.
Youth Confirmation Grades 6 through 12
Parents meeting THIS Sunday, February 22
Confirmation is a rite of initiation for
youth grades 6 through 12 which gives
assent to understanding one’s faith.
Confirmation is a process of preparing
young people for understanding what
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Christian living is. Together we will
explore the heritage and the history of Christianity, God, Jesus Christ and the
Holy Spirit. With a combination of retreats, field trips and service projects, our
Youth will be ready for confirmation and for Baptism.
Confirmation
Lunch will be provided for those participating in confirmation classes. Please
note, youths must attend all 10 sessions to be confirmed. The following dates
have been set aside for classroom sessions: Sundays, March 1, 8, 15; April
12, 19, 26; May 3, 17. A confirmation retreat will be held Friday, May 22 to
Sunday, May 24, departing from CoH at 6 p.m. on Friday and returning on
Sunday for a confirmation and baptism service.
The first meeting for parents wanting their youth to be a part of this rite
of passage is THIS Sunday, February 22, following the 11 a.m. service in
CLC 196.
All are invited to join us during a joyous celebration of the Rite of Confirmation
and Sacrament of Baptism on Sunday, May 24, during the 1 p.m. service.
Together with our Latino brothers and sisters we will celebrate our youth with a
bilingual multicultural service followed by a celebration.
Youth Ministry Opportunities
Thank you Cathedral of Hope for your prayers and support as our ministry
continues to grow. We have opportunities for both congregants and parents
to assist behind the scenes in social media, blogging, events coordination
and logistics for prom, mission trips/retreat, summer activities and youth
community outreach. We also seek volunteers to join us for retreats and
mission trips in particular those who can sing, or can play an instrument to
assist with worship. For more information in becoming involved please contact Yadi Martinez, Minister for Youth, Young Adults and Missions, by email
at [email protected] or by calling the office at 214-351-1901
x220. Together we can Grow, Connect and Serve together.
CoH Chosen as Decision Day Celebration Location
All eyes are on the 5th Circuit, which could issue a decision on Texas’ marriage
ban any day now. Even with the United States Supreme Court taking up the
question of the freedom to marry this summer, the 5th Circuit could still decide
whether it will rule on the freedom to marry in Texas.
O
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And if the judges do rule—and rule in favor of the freedom to marry—this
could mean that same-sex couples throughout Texas will soon be able to marry.
If we get an answer from the 5th Circuit this spring, we’ll meet at five Decision
Day Celebration locations the evening of the big ruling.
I hope you can plan to join us here at Cathedral Of Hope—
the designated Dallas location.
Please go online and RSVP at
action.marriagetx.org/page/s/join-us-for-decision-day.
Jesus Calling
10th Anniversary Expanded Edition
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is speaking directly to you with words of encouragement, comfort and
reassurance. In this special 10th-anniversary edition, author Sarah Young
shares her prayer journal with you including over 100 additional scriptures
personally selected. This handsome keepsake edition also features a highquality bonded leather cover that allows for personalization.
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LEGACY Meeting
THIS Saturday, February 21, 10:45 a.m.,
J. Erik Jonsson Central Dallas Public Library
Annual Congregational
LEGACY is a Cathedral of Hope social group made up of single or coupled
Meeting and Elections
mature adults (50 or better) who meet the third Saturday of each month for an
outing or a potluck dinner at church or at a private home. Often, LEGACY will Our Annual Congregational Meeting
provide nurturing care for those who are in need of assistance with medical will now be held in March of each
problems or challenges.
year, not October.
Our next LEGACY event is a trip to the Downtown Dallas Public Library on The Board of Stewards previously
Saturday, February, 21. We will gather between 10:45 and 11 at 1515 Young changed the church’s fiscal year to be
Street, Dallas TX 75201, 214-670-1400. Parking is underground and is $0.75 from January to December.
each for the first two hours – so a total of $1.50 and $0.50 an hour after that –
Our Bylaws state the annual meeting
up to a maximum per day of $3.00 on Saturday.
and board elections must be held “by
Recently featured in the Dallas Morning News – there are many Arts and the end of the third month following
Treasures spread throughout the library, e.g., scale model of the eighth-cen- the end of the Church’s fiscal year.”
tury Viking ship Drakkar, one of the remaining 250 copies of Shakespeare’s
Therefore, annual meetings will now
First Folio, a copy of the Declaration of Independence, collections of artwork,
be scheduled in March of each year.
textiles, ceramic pots and much more. Please find the Walking Tour of the
Treasures at dallaslibrary2.org/central/docs/central-walkingTourArts.pdf. This year, the meeting will be held
Longtime church member Lloyd Bockstruck, who retired from the Library on Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m.
Genealogy Department in 2009, and also wrote a column in the Dallas Morning We will be voting to fill three Board
of Stewards seats; at least two new
News on Genealogy, has offered to give us a personal tour.
people will join the Board due to term
After our tour, we will, as always...adjourn to a place for lunch. Nearby places
limits.
in Deep Ellum, Farmer’s Market area are being considered. Stay tuned.
Please respond by Thursday, February 19 to Roy Joplin via e-mail at
[email protected] if you have questions about either event or have an idea to be
incorporated into Jeanette’s list of possible future activities.
Dissertation Research
Study Participants
The research topic for the dissertation
is the experience of navigating childhood and adolescence for homosexuals, as reflected upon by adults. To
be eligible for participation in this
study, individuals must be at least 18
years old, identify as homosexual, and
not have experienced or been treated
for any of the following in the past
12 months: self-harm, suicidal ideation (or expressed similar thoughts),
attempted suicide, or severe depression. Diversity is welcome. The time
investment is one 60-90 minute private interview, to talk about your
experiences. If interested, please
contact Jenifer O’Ryan by email at
[email protected] by
Saturday, February 28.
Parliamentarian Sought
The CoH Board of Stewards seeks a congregant with experience as a
Parliamentarian to help at board meetings and congregational meetings. If this opportunity interests you, print the Keywords: ROBERT’S
RULES in the comments section of the registration pad and be sure
to include your contact information for follow up. You may also email
[email protected].
SAVE THE DATE for March 21, 1 p.m. at CoH for LEGACY/Couples/
Southern Hope Circle to co-host the reception at the Celebration of Life of
Robert (Bert) Dale Woolheater.
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EVENTS at
a GLANCE*
February 2015
Wednesday, FEB 18 • ASH WEDNESDAY
IPC open 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. for personal meditation. English and
Spanish speaking clergy available for the imposition of ashes.
Spanish Service 7 p.m. IPC; Traditional Worship (English), 7:15
p.m., Sanctuary, imposition of ashes at both services.
Sunday, FEB 22 • PACK THE PANTRY!
Rev. Mike Wright-Chapman, Traditional Worship 9 & 11 a.m.;
1 p.m. Spanish
Wednesday, FEB 25 • PULSE
“#DeathToSelfie” Contemporary Worship, 7:15 p.m.
March 2015
Sunday, MAR 1
Rev. Dr. Alberto Magaña, Traditional Worship 9 & 11 a.m.;
1 p.m. Spanish
Wednesday, MAR 4 • PULSE
“#DeathToSelfie”Contemporary Worship, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, MAR 6 • TAIZÉ
Candle-lit Evensong Worship, 7 p.m., IPC
Sunday, MAR 8
Rev. Dr. Steve Sprinkle, Traditional Worship 9 & 11 a.m.;
1 p.m. Spanish
Wednesday, MAR 11 • PULSE
“#DeathToSelfie”Contemporary Worship, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, MAR 15 • LAETARE SUNDAY
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the cost of producing the publication, thereby allowing more money to be
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[email protected].
CoH Five Core Values:
We are a people of Compassion. We are ministers who embody the tangible
love of a Savior who fed the hungry, healed the hurting, and told us bluntly that
what we did to the least, we did to him.
Rev. Dr. Katherine Godby, Traditional Worship 9 & 11 a.m.;
1 p.m. Spanish
We are a people of Inclusion. This is a value Jesus held. We believe Jesus
came to include, not to exclude. All are welcome around his table.
Wednesday, MAR 18 • PULSE
We are a people of Liberation. We seek to challenge all oppression,
particularly the oppression of queer people. By embodying grace, we live out
our liberation until all are set free.
“#DeathToSelfie”Contemporary Worship, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, MAR 22
Bishop Carlton Pearson, Traditional Worship 9 & 11 a.m.;
1 p.m. Spanish
Wednesday, MAR 25 • PULSE
“#DeathToSelfie”Contemporary Worship, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, MAR 27 • TAIZÉ
Candle-lit Evensong Worship, 7 p.m., IPC
Saturday, MAR 28 • Annual Congregational Meeting
Voting for Board of Stewards; 11 a.m. Sanctuary
Sunday, MAR 29 • PALM SUNDAY
Rev. Todd Scoggins, Traditional Worship 9 & 11 a.m.;
1 p.m. Spanish
*Information subject to change without notice and will be updated as needed.
We are a people of Hope. We are people filled with joy and unrelenting
optimism because we believe: God is good. With God all things are possible.
God can use us to transform the world.
We are a people of Jesus. We believe Jesus was the incarnation of God’s
grace. Jesus resisted the status quo of oppression and showed us the way to the
abundant life God intends for all people.
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