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ht life! : issue 164 : 2.16.12
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. . . until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. Ephesians 4:13.
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holy trinity is an open and affirming congregation -- all are welcome!
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what's happening
ash wednesday @ ht 
Join us this Wednesday, February 22, for the observance of Ash Wednesday. We'll gather at noon in the church for a simple Ash Wednesday service with imposition of ashes. And we'll share this rich aspect of our tradition with our HT Dinner Table guests at 6pm with an informal prayer with imposition of ashes.
town hall meetings: wear red for schools
 This weekend state legislators will hold a series of town hall meetings. A request has come via Spokane Alliance for citizens to attend these meetings and wear red as a visual sign of support for schools.
Click here for a list of town hall meetings. ht annual meeting with bishop waggoner
 Don't miss HT's annual meeting on Sunday, February 26 after the 10am service. We'll celebrate last year's achievements and hear from our leadership team about plans for 2012. Our bishop, the Right Rev. James E. Waggoner, Jr., will join us for Holy Eucharist at 10am and will stay for the meeting.
The annual report will be available at the meeting, and you will be able to direct any questions to the appropriate team leader. Normally we aim to have this available one week before the annual meeting, but a number of factors have conspired to keep that from happening this year.
Interested in representing HT at diocesan convention? We'll take nominations from the floor and vote for our delegates at the annual meeting. If you are unable to attend the annual meeting but would be interested in serving as a delegate, please contact Kris at kris@trinityspokane.org.
food, fire, and farewell--it's transfiguration sunday!
 There's something for everyone this Sunday morning at HT. The morning begins at 10am with our monthly potluck wrapped in liturgy--the agape feast. Bring a dish to share if you are able.
After this service of Word, song, prayer, and feast, we'll form a solemn procession to "bury the alleluia." This tradition underscores the coming of Lent during which we, as Anglicans, refrain from saying alleluia. Of course, at Holy Trinity, it's not a dreary as it sounds. In fact, it tends to get quite silly.
 And finally, we'll set a match to the dried palms from last Palm Sunday to make the ashes we'll use on Ash Wednesday. This is a great activity for all ages.
And if, by chance or sleeping in, you happen to miss Sunday morning, come at 7pm for a taize service of chant and prayer.
the new economy continues!
 Join us on Thursday, Feb. 23 for the final session of "Why wall street can't be fixed and how to replace it," a workshop series sponsored by The Oak Tree. "But Kris! I haven't been to any of the sessions!" That's O.K. We'll be discussing strategies for action, and that's something everyone can participate in. It will also provide a good launch pad for Holy Trinity's Lenten adult education which will be offered through the Oak Tree (see below).
We are meeting at 5:30pm at Salem Lutheran's Fireside room (1428 W. Broadway). After each session we will be continuing the discussion at Charlie's on the corner of Broadway and Monroe from 7-9pm. Join us for dinner, drinks and discussion even if you cannot make it to the workshops!
The Oak Tree is a collaborative ministry involving Holy Trinity, Salem Lutheran, and St. Paul's Methodist.
turning the tables: lenten adult education series
"control the food, and you control the people"
Henry Kissinger
 This year, we're offering our lenten adult education series through The Oak Tree. Our own deacon/urban missioner, The Rev. Kris Christensen, will facilitate a five-week workshop that examines the control of our food system by corporations and what we can do to reclaim a secure and healthy food supply for ourselves, our neighbors, and our world. Food justice provides a nexus where environmental and social justice converge, moving us toward a new way of living with one another and the earth. Through our personal stories and the stories of others, we'll explore:
- Not my grandpa's farm--The radical shift in American farming from agriculture to agribusiness.
- Franken-food--Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), food patents, and the assault on small farmers.
- Feeding the multitudes--why are we hungry in a land of plenty?
- This little piggy went to market--the impact of American agribusiness on neighborhoods and nations.
- The story of power--why race and class matter in food justice.
- The power of story--stupid things we tell ourselves about food and how we can wise up.
- Turning the table--stories for a food revolution.
Join us every Thursday in March @ 5:30pm (that's five Thursdays: March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) at Salem Lutheran Church, 1428 W. Broadway. fter each session we will be continuing the discussion at Charlie's on the corner of Broadway and Monroe from 7-9pm. Join us for dinner, drinks and discussion even if you cannot make it to the workshops!
lunch and learn: holy trinity book & bible group
 Our discussion of Take the Bread, by Sara Miles, continues on Tuesdays beginning January 24 @ 12:30pm. It's never to late to join in.
Can't make it in person? Follow along and chime in on our book group blog.
Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life as a restaurant cook and writer. Then early one morning, for no earthly reason, she wandered into a church. "I was certainly not interested in becoming a Christian," she writes. "Or, as I thought of it rather less politely, a religious nut."
But she ate a piece of bread, took a sip of wine, and found herself radically transformed.
story gathering @ the oak tree
 This event is a regularly occurring gathering of anyone who is interested to share in the story of one person from our community. Each gathering, the volunteer storyteller sets the theme through readings, music, and of course...their story. We all get to interact and discuss how their story intersects with ours, what it stirs in us, what part of our story it helps us to remember and get into touch with.
Through all of this, 2 goals will be fulfilled. 1) We will slowly knit together a real community of folks that genuinely know each other, thus building power. 2) We will all have a forum to practice this profoundly human art of storytelling, not for entertainment, but for clarity, purpose, vision, and hope.
All are encouraged to join us, and when comfortable, become the storyteller for an evening yourself!The next Story Gathering will be on Sunday March 11th at 4pm at Salem Lutheran's Fireside room. Learn more on Facebook at this link.
The Oak Tree is a collaborative ministry sponsored by Holy Trinity, Salem Lutheran, and St. Paul's Methodist.
deacon kris on the income gap
Our bishop, The Rt. Rev. James E. Waggoner, Jr., and our deacon and urban missioner, The Rev. Kris Christensen, served on panel presentations at the 2012 Eastern Washington Legislative Conference on Jan. 21. Read the Fig Tree article about Kris's presentation on the income gap as we witness it in West Central here.
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news & announcements
want to be baptized?
Easter is one of the four normative Sundays for baptism in the Episcopal Church. If you are interested in being baptized or having your child baptized, please contact Kris a.s.a.p at kris@trinityspokane.org
resources for lent
A Framework for Freedom: Living a Rule of Life
The brothers of the Society of St. John the Evangelist (SSJE)--an Anglican monastic community--invite you to meditate with them on the rewards of living by a rule of life.
Each day's offering will include a short video and a daily Word linked to a passage from the SSJE Rule of Life.
Watch:
Spend a few minutes each day with Brs. Geoffrey Tristram, Curtis Almquist, and David Vryhof, as they discuss living by a rule of life.
Reflect:
Reflect on the daily "Brother, Give us a Word" to consider how God might be inviting you to live a rule of life.
Read:
Read a daily passage from SSJE's Rule of Life for inspiration about the topics and priorities you might include in a rule.
Listen:
Listen online to the weekly sermon from the Tuesday night Lenten preaching series, "A Framework for Freedom: Living a Rule of Life."
our place fundraiser: "you can't take it with you"
Please join your fellow supporters of Our Place Ministries on Thursday, March 22, at 6:30pm at Gonzaga's Magnuson Theatre for a special preview night performance of You Can't Take It With You, a Pulitzer Prize and Outstanding Picture winning comedy!
Mr. Vanderhof, "Grandpa," is the head of a household of unusual personalities. Neither 1936 world turmoil nor the Depression can interfere with their happiness. Enter the stodgy family of Tony Kirby Jr., who is in love with Vanderhof's granddaughter. The planned meeting date of these remarkably opposite clans gets mixed up and the Kirbys arrive a night early to find the Vanderhofs at the height of their "craziness" with living room ballet, snake-charming, discus throwing, fireworks experimentation and the likes -- ingredients of a classic comedy!
Tickets are $22 each and include reception with appetizers, wine, silent auction & door prize.
For tickets call Our Place, 509-326-7267 or Gonzaga Theatre Box Office, 509-313-6553 or buy online at:
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from the archives
This time we hear from the "history repeats itself" department:
From the Jan 17, 1971 bulletin:
THE PARISH MEETING has been postponed to Wednesday, February 3rd, at 8 p.m. The Parson's game leg has slowed him up a bit, and the Vestry took pity on him. It gives the rest of you a little more time, too. Is your report in?
Thanks to Julia Bertaut for her research and organizational efforts in our archives.
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save the dates & prayers
2.19: 10am - family friendly agape service with alleluia interment and burning of the palms
2.19: 7pm - taize
2.21: 12:30pm - book group (chapters 16-20)
2.22: ash wednesday service @ noon
2.22: 5:30pm - ht dinner table w/ ashing
2.23: 5:30pm - "why wall st. can't be fixed" part 4 @ Salem
2.26: 10am - bishop waggoner's annual visit, family friendly worship followed by annual meeting
2.26: 7pm - evening prayer
2.28: 12:30pm - book group (chapters 21-25)
2.29: 5:30pm - ht dinner table 3.1: 5:30pm - "turning the tables" ht lenten adult ed w/ the oak tree @ salem lutheran 3.4: 10am - family friendly worship followed by sunday school 3.4: 7pm - holy eucharist 3.6: 12:30pm - book group 3.7: 5:30pm ht dinner table 3.8: 5:30pm - "turning the tables" ht lenten adult ed w/ the oak tree @ salem lutheran 3.11: 10am - family friendly worship followed by sunday school 3.11: 7pm - evening prayer 3.13: 12:30pm - book group 3.14: 5:30pm ht dinner table 3.15: 5:30pm - "turning the tables" ht lenten adult ed w/ the oak tree @ salem lutheran 3.18: 10am - family friendly agape worship 3.18: 7pm - taize 3.20: 12:30pm - book group (chapters 21-25) 3.21: 5:30pm ht dinner table 3.22: 5:30pm - "turning the tables" ht lenten adult ed w/ the oak tree @ salem lutheran 3.25: 10am - family friendly worship followed by sunday school 3.25: 7pm - evening prayer 3.27: 12:30pm - book group (chapters 21-25) 3.28: 5:30pm ht dinner table 3.29: 5:30pm - "turning the tables" ht lenten adult ed w/ the oak tree @ salem lutheran  Please pray for:
- Sharon Kjensmo;
- Ben & Hillary;
- the repose of the soul of Alma Johnson, and for her family;
- our state legislators as seek to balance the state budget;
- Dale & Ernie;
- our West Central partners in ministry, especially this week St. Paul's United Methodist.
Please give thanks for: - all those who gave so generously of their time, talent, and treasure at Holy Trinity last year;
- Amy, who shared her gift of music with us;
- the many committed volunteers who reveal Jesus to our guests at HT Dinner Table.
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"The good news of the resurrection of Jesus is not that we shall die & go home to be with him, but that he has risen & comes home with us, bringing all his hungry, naked, thirsty, sick prisoner [brothers & sisters] with him." - Clarence Jordan
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