Celebrating 200 Years as the
People of Christ in this Place.
Bicentennial Celebration - All Saints' Sunday - Sunday, November 5, 2023
Prelude: Toccata on “For All The Saints” by Charles Callahan. Performed by Elizabeth Bemis-Gatter and Christopher Powell, organ
Offertory: "Great is the Lord" Words: Psalm 48. Music: Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Performed by the Cathedral Choir and Christopher Powell, organ
OUR DIOCESE
Christ Church is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast. Our diocese includes 18,000 people who worship God and reach out to others in 61 parishes in the southern part of Alabama and the western panhandle of Florida. It is one of two Episcopal dioceses in the state of Alabama and one of five in Florida. Our bishop is the Right Reverend J. Russell Kendrick.
The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast web site.
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THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Episcopal Church is a fellowship of 2.2 million Christians in 108 dioceses throughout the United States as well as Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Micronesia, Taiwan, and the Convocation of American Churches in Europe. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is the Most Reverend Michael B. Curry. Bishop Curry, previously the Bishop of North Carolina, was elected during the 78th General Convention in June 2015. He took office in November 2015.
The Episcopal Church web site
THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION
The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, a global fellowship of 73 million Christians in 38 self-governing provinces. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Justin Welby. While he is sometimes compared to a pope, a more accurate description of his role is that he is "first among equals" with his brother and sister bishops from throughout the Anglican Communion.
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The world-wide Anglican Communion web site
OTHER RESOURCES
There are a number of sources of more in-depth information about the Episcopal Church and what it means to be an Episcopalian, including:
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The Inquirers Class at Christ Church Cathedral, offered annually during Lent
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The Episcopal Church web site
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The Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast web site
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The Book of Common Prayer (the prayer book we use in church)
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The Anglican Communion web site
Or these books are available for purchase by contacting the Cathedral office:
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The Episcopal Handbook
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Those Episkopols by Dennis Maynard
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A People Called Episcopalians by John Westerhoff
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A New Dictionary for Episcopalians by John N. Wall
These are helpful resources: