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Ship of Fools: Christ the King Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

The Mystery WorshipperThe Mystery Worshipper Shipmate
edited October 2023 in The Mystery Worshipper

imageShip of Fools: Christ the King Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Dancing deacon but no young blood

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  • UtzjosiahUtzjosiah Shipmate Posts: 1
    This Church definitely had a huge impact on my life. Ever since the church shut down, I haven't been able to find a church that successfully makes me feel the same. My family attended this church from the time I was born to about the time I was a freshmen in highschool. I remember many of Bishop Rick's teaching; I always wanted to pay attention to what he said when I was young. I also remember the church (especially Deacon Matt) took traditional Catholic hymnals, and put an original, energetic twist on them, and thus I can never hear the hymns the same. I attended a protestant school Pre-K through 12th grade, and was surprised that even through my most rigorous theological classes, I was never able to find fallacies in what the church had taught me. The only gripe I have is that the church shut down during an important part of my life; had it not, I probably would have avoided much suffering and sin, but from that suffering came learning and deeper meaning. God bless Bishop Rick Painters soul.
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    Is the photo at the top of this page really in Phoenix Arizona? Looks to be somewhere in the UK countryside and most definitely not a cathedral.
  • Nick TamenNick Tamen Shipmate
    Gee D wrote: »
    Is the photo at the top of this page really in Phoenix Arizona? Looks to be somewhere in the UK countryside and most definitely not a cathedral.
    No. When a comment is made on an old MW report brought over from The Old Ship (this report is from 2014), the software for some reason defaults to the photo from a very recent MW report—in this case, Highway Church in Penryn, Cornwall.


  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    I used to be able to correct these when I was MW Lead Editor. But that was then; this is now. Simon -- have you been abducted by gypsies again or can you make the correction here?
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    Thank you both.
  • Nick TamenNick Tamen Shipmate
    Does anyone know why the cathedral closed?
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    I can't find anything via Google or via the Anglican Church of North America's website. My guess would be that dwindling membership necessitated a reshuffling of dioceses and parishes. In the report I noted that there were about 25 people present, mostly middle aged to old ladies, no children, no youth, no young adults. A sure sign of a dying church.

    If the mood strikes me, I may visit another ACNA parish in the area -- there are a few -- and try to find out what happened. It looks like Simon has been abducted by gypsies again, though -- I have a report pending from three weeks ago that hasn't been published yet. Hope springs eternal, but springs do tend to run dry.
  • Nick TamenNick Tamen Shipmate
    Thanks, Miss Amanda!

    And a report to look forward to!

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