Opportunities to Get Involved!
Cathedral Youth 6th-12th graders meet the first Sunday of the month, 1-3pm, to complete a service project reflecting the values of our faith. Lunch is served and friends are welcome! Dates: 2/4, 3/3, 4/7, 5/5.
Question of the Month With enough interest, we will expand the youth program this year with a Sunday morning opportunity for 6th-12th graders to explore theological and ethical topics in their own version of the Dean's Forum. Held the third Sunday of the month, during Fellowship in Faith, Question of the Month will challenge participants with a theological or ethical question, of their own choosing, every month. If this sounds interesting, email me!
Confirmation Class The Cathedral celebrates confirmations every year at the Easter Vigil and invites 8th-12th graders from around the diocese to join our Confirmation program. From September-May, Confirmands make a commitment to worship, service and education, and we'll teach you all you need to know!
Family Communion Class. This spring the Cathedral invites parents and children to Family Communion Class. This is a wonderful opportunity for families to learn about Communion in the Episcopal Church and deepen their participation in sacramental life. Led by Charles Janoff and members of the clergy, class meets Sunday mornings, 10:15-11am during Fellowship in Faith, and culminates in a special liturgy on Sunday, May 5th. Classes, Sundays, April 7th (parents only) 14th, 21th & 28th
Service Sunday On the third Sunday of the month, during Fellowship in Faith, parents may join children in a service project from 10:15-11am.
The Nursery will be open 10:15-11am Sunday mornings, and relies on volunteers. If you are able to assist one or more Sundays a month, please email me. And thank you!
As always, parents are welcome in the classrooms or at the Dean’s Forum, which this fall will also reflect on Creation Care.
Fellowship in Faith and Dean's Forum
This week the church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday. Fellowship in Faith and the Dean's Forum look ahead to Earth Day with a special program between the 9:15am and 11:15am services. Parishioner and evolutionary biologist Eric Morgan will lead a tour for children and adults of the various plant species that are incorporated into the design and landscape of the Cathedral. The tour is designed with children in mind but open to all ages. The tour will begin at Mercer following the 10am Coffee Hour.
Family Communion Class continues this week for both parents and children together, 10:15-11am at the Mercer School. Remaining classes are 4/21 and 4/28. The Family Communion Service is Sunday, May 5.
Cathedral Youth Confirmation Class
The Cathedral celebrates confirmations every year at the Easter Vigil and invites 8th-12th graders from around the diocese to join our Confirmation program. From September-May, Confirmands make a commitment to worship, service and education, and we'll teach you all you need to know!
Please contact The Rev. Kate Salisbury with any questions.
Baptisms
The Sacrament of Holy Baptism is one of the most joyous days in the life of the Church. The celebration of Holy Baptism marks God’s adoption of us as children and makes us members of Christ’s Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God.
There are two paths of Holy Baptism in the Episcopal Church: infant baptism and adult baptism.
ADULT BAPTISM Adults who wish to receive the sacrament of Holy Baptism undergo a year-long process of exploring our Christian faith in the Episcopal tradition through a process called the Catechumenate. The process begins in the fall months. Baptism takes place during the Easter Vigil at the cathedral and culminates in the spring through a process called Mystagogia (Living into the Mysteries).
If you are interested in receiving the sacrament of Holy Baptism as an adult, please contact us at cathedral@incarnationgc.org to speak with one of our clergy staff.
INFANT BAPTISM In our tradition, children are baptized so that they can share citizenship in the Covenant of God, membership in the Body of Christ, and redemption by God. Bringing our children to the waters of Baptism is an affirmation that God’s grace can come to us even before our awareness.
In the Holy Baptism for children, they will need parents or guardians present alongside godparents. Both parents and godparents take the solemn vows of Baptism on their young person’s behalf, guaranteeing that their loved child will be brought up within the Church, know Christ and be able to follow Christ’s ways. We celebrate Baptism in community during our 9:15 Cathedral for Kids mass and 11:15 choral mass.
At the Cathedral of the Incarnation, requirements for baptism include contacting Kate Salisbury at ksalisbury@incarnationgc.org for scheduling and more information. We also require a prebaptismal counseling session with one of our clergy staff, which will be scheduled at your convenience via Zoom.
Remaining 2023 Baptism dates are October 8 and November 5.