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He in Us and We in Him . About the Lecture Series Statement of Purpose The Philip Edgcumbe Hughes Lecture Series honors The purpose of The Chapel of the Cross is the spread of Philip Edgcumbe Hughes – teacher, author, and friend the Gospel of Jesus Christ by the establishment of a of The Chapel of the Cross in its formative years. The place of worship where fellow Christians may glorify Chapel initiated the lecture series in 1991 to further their Lord and Saviour in peace and concord in the his- and promote understanding of Christian anthropol- toric tradition and doctrine of the Protestant Episco- ogy, doctrine, history, and theology in an Anglican pal Church, as exemplified by low church practice and context. It is presented in part through an endowed the liturgy and tenets of the 1928 Book of Common gift in memory of Charles and Shirley Bucy. Prayer. We accept the Bible as the Word of God, ad- Past Speakers / Symposiums here to the principles of the Apostles’ Creed, and the and Nicene Creed and will serve mankind in accordance He in Us We in Him: • Rev. Peter Toon with the will of God. God’s Nuptial Covenant • Rt. Rev. Albion Knight Chapel Staff • Rt. Rev. William Millsaps with His People • Rev. James E. Hampson The Most Rev. Foley Beach, ACNA Archbishop • Most Rev. Donald W. B. Robinson The Most Rev. Ray Sutton, Bishop Ordinary & Presiding • Rev. Dr. John B. Rodgers The Rt. Rev. Walter R. Banek, Suffragan Bishop • Rev. Dr. Allan C. Guelzo The Rev. John P. Boonzaaijer, Rector • Rt. Rev. C. FitzSimons Alison The Rev. Thomas N. Smith, Artist in Residence • Merbecke concert The Rev. Tony H. Melton, Church Planter • Dr. Allen P. Ross The Rev. Alan R. Mezger, Church Planter • Rev. Canon John B. Webster The Rev. Michael D. Vinson, Church Planter The Rev. Deacon Mark W. Woolsey • Symposium- “The 75th Anniversary Mr. Andrew Dittman, Choirmaster of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer Mr. Stephen Williams, Interim Organist • Rev. William Dickson Dr. Paul L. Thomas, Musician-in-Residence • Symposium-“The DaVinci Code” • Dr. Allen P. Ross Chapel Services Schedule presented by • Rt. Rev. Leonard P. Riches Sundays: 8:00 am Holy Communion The Most Rev. Dr. Ray R. Sutton • Dr. D. Jeffrey Bingham 9:25 am Christian Education, all ages Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church • Vigen Guroian 10:30 am Morning Prayer (followed by Ordinary of the Diocese of Mid-America • Rev. Gavin Dunbar Holy Communion) • Rev. Jason Patterson (1st Sun. Holy Communion) nd • Ken Myers 5:00 pm Evening Prayer (2 Sundays) • Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan Weekdays: 8:00 am Morning Prayer • Archdeacon Wong Tak Meng 3:05 pm Evening Prayer (Wed. Catechism) Friday, September 10, 2021 6:30-8:00 pm • Dr. Bradford Littlejohn 6:30 pm Evensong (Wed., Prayer List) Upcoming 2021 Events Summer Refreshment Schedule Saturday, September 11, 2021 Blessing of the Animals - Oct. 2, 9:00 - 11:00 am 1st Sunday after Trinity through end of August, 2021 9:00–11:15 am All Saints Day - Nov. 1 Sundays: 8:00 am Holy Communion 10:00 am Christian Education, all ages Sunday, September 12, 2021 8:00 am, Holy Communion and Morning Prayer 11:00 am Morning Prayer (followed by 9:15—10:15 am Sunday After All Saints - Nov. 7 with Necrology Holy Communion) 10:30 am, Holy Communion (1st Sun. Holy Communion) The Chapel of the Cross Thanksgiving - Nov. 25, 10:30 am, Holy Communion nd 5:00 pm Evening Prayer (2 Sundays) 4333 Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205 Advent Concert - Dec. 12, 7:00 pm Weekdays: 9:00 am Morning Prayer (214) 521-6062 Christmas Eve - Dec. 24 6:30 pm Evensong (Wed., Prayer List) www.TheChapeloftheCross.com 5:00 pm, Holy Communion (family service) 11:00 pm, Holy Communion (candlelight service) Christmas Day - Dec. 25, 10:30 am, Holy Communion About 24th Hughes Lecture Series Speaker The Most Rev. Dr. Ray R. Sutton He in Us and We in Him: Besides serving as the God’s Nuptial Covenant with His People Presiding Bishop of Free Will Offerings Welcome the Reformed Episco- pal Church and the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Ordinary of the Dio- cese of Mid-America, September 10 September 11 September 12 the Most Rev. Dr. Ray 6:30 pm 9:00 am 8:00 am R. Sutton is also the Dean of the Province Evensong Morning Prayer Holy Communion and Ecumenical Affairs of the Anglican Church and and 9:15 am in North America (ACNA), of which the Reformed Lecture I Lecture II Lecture III Episcopal Church is a founding member and special The Parts of the Nuptial He in Us and We in Him: jurisdiction. God’s Nuptial Covenant Old and New: The Nuptial Eucharist A native of Kentucky and Dallas resident since he Covenant: was 13, Bishop Sutton received his BFA from 5 Ways the Word Covenant 10:30 am Southern Methodist University and his Masters of Introduction is Used in Scripture Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. From Morning Prayer 1977 to 1991, he served as Rector of Good Shep- herd REC in Tyler, Texas. Following this, he pur- sued doctoral studies in an associated research About In 1953 he left Tyndale Hall and became secretary of the program at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford with Coventry Philip Edgcumbe Hughes Church Society for three years. After further pastoral and literary work, he left England in 1964 for the United University, from which he received his Ph.D. The life of evangelical theolo- States. The remainder of his ministry occurred here. He Bishop Sutton became the Dean and Professor of gian Dr. Philip Edgcumbe taught in various American seminaries, including Dallas New Testament at the Reformed Episcopal Semi- Hughes spanned four Theological Seminary. nary in Philadelphia, and continues as an adjunct continents. He was born in As a staunch Anglican, he sought to strengthen the professor today. Later, he functioned as Dean and 1915 in Sydney, Australia, and cause of orthodoxy. In the inner councils of the Professor of Theology at Cranmer Theological grew up in South Africa. Evangelical and Catholic Mission and of the Episcopal House, where he continues to teach. He became a He earned his first degree in Synod of America, his wise advice was increasingly bishop in 1999 to be a Suffragan Bishop in the Dio- South Africa just before the start of World War II. He sought by conservative Anglicans. Those seeking his cese of Mid America REC. belonged to the Church of England in South Africa to counsel included founding members of The Chapel of which he briefly served as a minister, and was commis- In 2001 he was called to be Rector of the Church of the Cross, which lead to the establishment of the Philip sary to its presiding bishop until his death on May 1, the Holy Communion in Dallas until 2016, when he Edgcumbe Hughes Lecture Series in his honor. 1990, at age 75. became the Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of Mid Dr. Hughes was a true scholar. His Greek was excellent, America. In addition, he has simultaneously been the In 1940, he went to England to attend Tyndale Hall, and two of his chief books are commentaries on Presiding Bishop of the REC. He has authored four Bristol, where he was ordained in 1941. After some 2 Corinthians and Hebrews. In doctrine, his great work is books, his most recent being Signed, Sealed and De- pastoral work away, he returned to Tyndale Hall in The True Image, on the Christian doctrine of man. He livered: A Study of Holy Baptism. 1947, as tutor and then vice-principal. Geoffrey wrote studies on precursors of the Reformers: Lefevre: He is married to Susan Jean Schaerdel of Dallas, a Bromiley and Stafford Wright were also on staff; the Pioneer of Ecclesiastical Renewal in France and an fellow graduate of SMU (BA in Education). They three created a reputation for Tyndale Hall as a unpublished thesis on Pico della Mirandola. He have seven children and six grandchildren. conservative evangelical college with a serious interest translated Marcel's Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism. in theology and a loyalty to historic Anglicanism. For some years he ably edited The Churchman. .
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