Evensong series begins February 7 at 4 p.m.
February 01, 2016
Featuring the Cathedral Choir and Guest Preachers speaking on the theme of "Christ and Christ's World"
February 7, March 6, April 3, May 1, and June 5
Sunday, February 7 at 4 p.m.
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Candlemas
Preacher: The Rev. Prof. Mark McIntosh
Sermon: “Christ, the light of the world”
Mark McIntosh, Professor of Christian Spirituality at Loyola University, holds degrees in History and in Theology from Yale, Oxford, and the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the interface between systematic and historical theology, on the one hand, and the history and theology of Christian spirituality and mystical thought. Most recently he held the post of Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University, a joint appointment as canon residentiary of Durham Cathedral. In 2014, he rejoined the Department of Theology at Loyola, where he had taught for sixteen years. A priest in the Episcopal Church, McIntosh has also served as chaplain to the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, and canon theologian to the 25th Presiding Bishop.
Sunday, March 6 at 4 p.m.
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Stuart Hoke
Sermon: “Christ and the Wilderness”
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised across the river in northeast Arkansas, the Rev. Dr. Stuart Hoke is a priest of the Diocese of New York who recently retired as Executive Assistant to the Rector of Trinity Wall Street and Missioner to St. Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero. After graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Dr. Hoke attended the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he received the Master of Divinity degree.
Ordained in 1972, Hoke spent the greater part of his ministry serving congregations in Arkansas and Texas. In 1996, Dr. Hoke completed the Master of Sacred Theology degree at New York's General Theological Seminary, and was awarded the Doctor of Theology degree in the spring of 2000. Hoke is a frequent conference and retreat conductor and preacher throughout the Episcopal Church. He also continues to serve as an Adjunct Professor at General Seminary, where he has pioneered courses on the Church's role in the treatment of alcoholism and addictive illness. Stuart is currently president of the Alumni Executive Committee at the Episcopal Divinity School, and is a board member of the Episcopal Church's Recovery Ministries. Since moving to North Carolina, he has worked as a supply priest throughout that diocese, and since May has taken on the role of part-time Vicar at All Saints, Hamlet NC. Hoke is the father of two sons—one in Raleigh, and the other in Riverside Connecticut.
Sunday, April 3 at 4 p.m.
Second Sunday of Easter
Preacher: The Rev. Dr. Roger Ferlo
Sermon: Christ and the Shakespearean Imagination
The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death
Roger A. Ferlo is the president of the Bexley Seabury Federation and professor of biblical interpretation and the practice of ministry. Ferlo came to Bexley Seabury in 2012 from Virginia Theological Seminary, where he was the associate dean and director of the Institute of Christian Formation and Leadership, and also served as professor of religion and culture. Earlier, Ferlo spent 19 years in parish ministry, serving in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and New York City. Ferlo holds a Ph.D. from Yale University ('79) focusing on the works of William Shakespeare, and has authored and edited three books and numerous published essays, sermons and reflections.
Sunday, May 1 at 4 p.m.
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Preacher: Ms. Sarah Staudt
Sermon: Christ and Justice
Sarah Staudt’s Equal Justice Works Fellowship at Lawndale Christian Legal Center focuses on providing wholistic legal services primarily to younger juveniles and expanding LCLC’s contacts with attorneys in Chicago who wish to do pro bono legal work with Lawndale youth. Sarah received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2013. Prior to her work at LCLC, she worked in the Juvenile Justice Project at Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago.