The loose offering on the first Sunday of each month will go to the Discretionary Fund for the Needy. The Thrift House is an exciting community outreach program of the Cathedral of St. Philip. Started in a deserted taxi cab stand in 1949, the Thrift House has served has served the community by providing gently worn clothing, jewelry, housewares, decorative accessories and books at affordable prices. Items sold are donated by parishioners, friends and merchants in the community and are tax deductible. Profits from the Thrift House are returned to St. Philip's and the community.
Volunteers select a non-profit organization to receive a share of the profits each year.
The Thrift House depends on the generosity of donors from private and business sources. The changes are the fruit of over two years' thought and discussion, aimed at enriching the experience of Evensong as well as lifting up the recital series in a new way. Evensong is our name for the sung service of Evening Prayer. Along with Morning Prayer, Noonday Prayer, and Compline, Evening Prayer descends from a Jewish tradition of daily reciting psalms and prayers. Over time, this tradition became important to Christian monasticism, and eventually to the great cathedrals of the middle ages, whose ministry included these daily offices.