Trinity Church in Menlo Park
September 20, 2015 
Trinity Church in Menlo Park Weekly Newsletter
In This Issue
Hearts for Justice
Church Retreat Registration Opens
Small Group Registration Opens
Youth & Children's News
Rev. Matthew's Classes Begin Soon
Oct OWLS Meeting

September 20, 2015
17th Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday's Scriptures
Jeremiah 11:18-20
Psalm 1
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a    
Mark 9:30-37 

        
5:05 Service
John Philip Newell
Great Creating Spirit
Liturgy

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This Week at Trinity
 Sunday, September 20 
8:00 am Holy Eucharist, Chapel

9:00 am Godly Play Teacher Meeting, Library

9:00 am Children's Choir, Angus Hall

10:00 am Holy Eucharist, Church

5:05 pm Eucharist, Chapel 

6:00 pm Youth Group Pool Party, Andrew's Home

Monday, September 21
No regularly scheduled
programs or events

Tuesday, September 22
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm  
Yoga Class, Chapel

7:00 pm Vestry Meeting, Angus Hall

8:15 pm - 9:15 pm Contemplative Chapel, Chapel

Wed, September 23
    12:10 pm Healing Eucharist, Chapel  
 
5:15 pm  Centering Prayer, Chapel
 
7:00 pm Al-Anon Meeting, Trinity Hall

 Thursday, September 24 
11:00 am Prayer Shawl Ministry, Library

6:45 pm Bell Choir, Church

7:30 pm Trinity Choir, Music Room
(Angus Hall 2nd Floor)
   
Friday, September 25
7:00 am Morning Prayer, Chapel

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Our Hearts for Justice Conference is coming up THIS Saturday from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.   We would love your participation!  If you plan on coming, please let us know by registering (there's no cost!).  You can also let us know if you need child care.  You can register by clicking here. 

Our All Church Retreat at Bishop's Ranch is also coming up on October 2-4.  Registration is now open, and the time is growing short! As of this writing, we have about 20 spaces left.  Get yours today!  More information and the registration link is available here. 

CFI is once again sponsoring Compassion Games this Sunday afternoon, September 20 from 2 pm to 5 pm, with special guest Nimo Patel.  Click HERE for more information  or email CFI.

The 5:05 service returns this Sunday after a summer break.  This informal service of Communion, including Gospel reading and reflection, takes place in the Chapel.  This year, we are trying out a new liturgy by John Philip Newell entitled "Great Creating Spirit:  A Celtic Earth Mass for the Celebration of Communion."    We will be using this liturgy on the first and third Sundays each month.  The second Sunday of each month will be our Taizé service with Communion, and the last Sunday of the month will be our Children's Liturgy.

If you haven't signed up for a small group -- which can be anything from a Trinity Supper Group to a book group or spiritual development group -- click HERE to fill out the survey.  We'll be putting groups together soon, so please sign up by September 27.

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Hearts for Justice: Incarceration in Our Community
September 19th, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
 

We will once again be hosting a fall justice conference at Trinity. This year the topic will be Mass Incarceration and Restorative Justice.   Join us as we learn about incarceration and restorative justice in the Bay Area and beyond.  This event will feature a panel of local experts and dozens of organizations working to prevent incarceration, reach out to inmates, and support those re-entering our community.

 

Tickets are free but space is limited.  Childcare is available upon request.  

 

Click Here to Register for the Event! 

 

 

We could use volunteers from the Trinity community to help make this event just as successful as it was last year. If you are interested in getting involved, especially with ushering or hospitality, please contact Alecia in the office - and don't forget to save the date to attend the conference! 

 

 

All Church Retreat Registration Open 
October 2-4th at The Bishop's Ranch

We are just a few weeks out from our annual All Church Retreat at The Bishop's Ranch in beautiful Sonoma County.  If you've been before, you know what a special place it is, and how great it is to spend time relaxing and getting to know one another better.   We try to strike a balance between our retreat program and time simply to just be. 

This year, our retreat is entitled "The Stories We Are",  and the programmatic part of the retreat will be led by Kristin Geiser and Robin Connell, two wonderful and experienced leaders who have had a number of interactions with the Trinity community over the past few years.  They will be leading us in some work and reflection on Story as a Spiritual Practice, Tensions and Blessings Inherent in Storytelling, and Going Forth First, Story Second.  

 Click Here to Go Directly to the Registration Page

Please plan to join us!
Scholarships are available if needed -- speak to Rev. Matthew

Small Group Registration Now Open 
During the 2015-2016 program year we are inviting the entire congregation to join us in a small-group program.  For some time we have been discussing ways to increase the number of small groups at Trinity.   There are a few highly successful small groups already in existence, and the participants in these groups have consistently said that their groups are an integral part of their connection to Trinity.  We want these same opportunities for all Trinity members.

For more information on what small groups do, why you might want to join one, and how to join, please click on the link below.  That link also includes the sign up link.

Please note that one of the small group options is Supper Clubs, a program we have had for many years and is being folded into our overall small group program.  To sign up for Supper Clubs, please use the sign up link on the Small Group Website. 

Youth & Family Ministries Update 

Singing Saints and Acolyte Training begin this Sunday September 20th too! Interested children 5th grade and under meet in Angus Hall at 9:00 to join Singing Saints and acolyte training.

Children's formation programs continue THIS SUNDAY September 20th at 10:00 a.m. for Godly Play and Explorers in Trinity Hall.

Godly Play teachers and Greeters, we are meeting Sunday morning in the Library for a scintillating discussion about best practices and plans for the season.

The Youth and Parents are gathering this Sunday at the Andrew's Home for a Pool Party and information sharing to kick of the year beginning at 6:00 pm.

 
Rev. Matthew's Classes Begin September 28/30

 During his sabbatical, Rev. Matthew embarked on a writing project in the hope of synthesizing the insights gained from his study of Richard Rohr, James Alison, and other mystics and theologians with his own experience of God and Christianity.  The result of this project is a manuscript about the spiritual journey from the smaller self to the larger self.  In the course of that journey, we encounter some critical questions about the nature of religion, the Bible, the nature of God, the life and teaching of Jesus, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection, among others.   In this offering, Rev. Matthew will be presenting and teaching from his manuscript about his own experience of struggling with these critical questions and the tentative conclusions he has come to about them.  Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and to engage more deeply their own spiritual journey and the questions that arise as we make that journey. 

Classes are offered on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm with a repeat session on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 am.  Click HERE for more information.
 
October OWLS Meeting
Friday, October 9, 12:00 noon in Angus Hall

Please join us on Friday, October 9 at noon to hear fellow parishioner Victoria Tregoning share an incredible story about the history of her family who farmed on the coast of California.   The Story of Jughandle is an inspiring true story of ecological crusading and dreams come true with the creation of Jughandle State Park and the discovery of its unique Pygmy Forest Staircase on the Mendocino coast of northern California a half century ago.  Victoria will show a short (25 min.) documentary film about Jughandle that was completed last year by photographer, Alden Olmsted, and that has appeared recently on KQED and other PBS stations statewide. Homesteaded by her great-grandfather in the 1860's at Jughandle creek, the 800 acre Tregoning ranch along a mile of coast and highway1, was her family's livelihood and stewardship for over a 100 years.

Please join us at noon for one of Luttickens delicious luncheons, and to hear Victoria. Contact Alecia in the church office to let us know you're coming, so we are sure to have enough food.