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January 5, 2012 |
 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
e-News
"A Growing community making disciples who love and serve Christ and His world"
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Greetings!
What an amazing Christmas! I am so grateful for all who made the Christmas events so remarkable. From collecting sleeping bags, socks, etc., buying and wrapping Christmas presents for families, decorating and filling bags so each child at Jed Smith could get a gift, to decorating the Cathedral, making stunning garlands, planning and rehearsing music and pageants, to cooking food and bringing treats to share to printing and collating programs, the way many, many people work together to make Christmas so special is a clear witness of the incarnation of Christ's love. Thank you all once again for the gift of a remarkable Christmas.
Tomorrow (Friday) night we will end the season of Christmas, with a pageant and potluck supper. The pageant begins at 6pm. Nancy Tennyson, who is responsible for so much that happens at Christmas, tells me each year that this pageant is her favorite event of the season. Because it happens 12 days after Christmas, it gets to stand alone and isn't cluttered with all the other activities. I hope you are able to join us.
Brian
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Episcopal Youth Fellowship NewsSuper Bowl PIZZA Fundraiser Coming SoonWe need students and parents to take pizza orders, checks and cash at our EYF table in the Great Hall these upcoming Sundays: January 15, 22 and 29.
Please contact Rev Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com if you can help during the 8:30, 10:00, or 12:15 coffee hours on any of these Sundays. We need lots of students and a few parents to join the Pizza Assembly Team on Saturday, February 4th, from 9 to noon in the Great Hall. We'll bake a few of our pizza creations to eat for lunch.
We'll need lots of help again on Sunday morning, February 5th, when we distribute our Super Bowl pizzas.
This is our major fundraiser to send Trinity students on a mission week in South Los Angeles with the Sierra Service Project.
EYF Potluck Dinner/ Movie Night: Sunday, January 15th
All students in grades 6-12 are invited to our one meeting of the month in January when we can share food and enjoy a film together in the Great Hall and Classroom C. We'll gather at 5:30 for dinner and then watch a film. Please let Rev. Anne know your preference for the film. We will not meet on January 8th as previously scheduled.
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2011 Ski Trip |
March EYF Ski Trip
Mark your calendars for March 2-4 when we'll drive up to Camp Noel Porter in Tahoe City for our ski weekend. For just $150 a person we'll have two nights of lodging, four meals and snacks. Parishioner Sam Mieske, an experienced ski instructor, will be joining us, along with his wife Kelly, a teacher of our Senior Sunday School students. Please contact Rev. Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com to join us. |
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Readings
January 8, 2012
First Sunday after
the Epiphany:
The Baptism of Our Lord
The Preacher is
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker |
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Cathedral Bookshop
Any Book - Anytime - Anywhere
If we don't have the book you are looking for, just ask. We can order just about any book and have it shipped to you - especially if time is important. The book will be shipped from one of our distributor's four warehouses directly to you. This usually takes one-to-two days depending on what time of day the order is placed. We can also ship gifts to family or friends. Just call us!
Regular store hours are:
Tuesday-Thursday:11:00am - 5:00pm
Fridays, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Sundays, 8:30am - 1:00pm
Closed Saturdays and
Mondays
Contact us:
Phone: 916-442-9194
Email: Bookshop3@gmail.com
Website: trinitycathedral.org/bookshop/
We look forward to seeing you in the bookshop! |
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Ride Needed
If you live in the 95823, 95828 or 95758 zip code and would be willing to drive a south area couple to the 9:00am service once a month or more often, please contact Jackie McGrath (712-6561). |
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YARD WORKER AVAILABLE
One of our custodians, Thomas Bush, who helps everyone on Sunday mornings, is looking for work in providing yard services. This would include raking and removal of leaves, trimming shrubs, sweeping walks and patios, pressure washing and other tasks as you agree upon. Contact Thomas at 308-8007 or at trinity@trinitycathedral.org
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Thursday Lunch Bunch
Thursdays, Noon to 1pm
Conference Room
Ever feel like Jesus has been kidnapped by the Christian Right and discarded by the Secular Left? Then join us for Saving Jesus Redux, a 12-session DVD-based study exploring what a credible Jesus looks like for the third millennium. Contributors include Brian McLaren, Diana Butler Bass, Robin Meyers, Marcus Borg, Walter Brueggemann, John Dominic Crossan, Matthew Fox, Amy-Jill Levine, and a host of other theologians, scholars, and pastors.
Join us on Thursdays for this exciting new series. Each one hour session includes conversation around the readings in your participant guide, a 30-minute video segment, and guided discussion. Join us for Saving Jesus Redux and be a part of saving a relevant Jesus for today!
Drop-ins are always welcome. Canon Walker, Facilitator |
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Creative Writing Class
Thursdays at 4:30pm
This year the fall term of Creative Writing will focus on the skills of storytelling. We will begin each class by hearing one of the great stories of the Old or New Testament as a model for reflection. Soon we discover that we too are stories waiting to be told. Every ordinary event of our life has similar characteristics that involve relationships, emotions, texture, plot and discovery. The class guidelines are that each participant is given an opportunity to write. All writing is considered to be fictional. All feedback is constructive and answers these questions: What is the strength of this piece? What images remain with you? What word or phrases stand out? This is a class geared toward helping both the novice and the experienced writer to put ideas on paper. It is NOT a class on grammar and form. All must write, all may/may not share what they have written with the class, all must keep confident that which is shared in class. Each class is a unit in itself. Drop-in participants are always welcome.
Canon Walker, Facilitator |
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 Centering Prayer
Every Tuesday evening, 6-7pm in the East Transept of the Cathedral
Centering Prayer is a method of contemplation that helps to quiet the mind and participate in God's presence. It is a receptive form of prayer - a kind of resting in God.Come. Learn to just be...in the midst of God's love. All are welcome.
Centering Prayer |
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The Labyrinth
Third Friday of each month in the
Trinity Cathedral
Great Hall
6:00 - 9:00pm.
Join together for a peaceful, quiet evening of prayer and meditation. Walking the labyrinth may provide clarity, vision, focus, healing, discernment, peace, or spiritual insight. It is a spiritual tool and there is no right or wrong way to walk the labyrinth. Newcomers are welcomed and encouraged to come! |
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Epiphany Pageant and Potluck
FRIDAY, January 6 at 6:00 pm
All are encouraged to attend the Epiphany Pageant and Pot Luck
tomorrow (Friday) at 6:00pm. The pageant is a beautiful way to ease out of the Christmas season and it is fun to see so many cute angels and shepherds all in one place.
Bring a potluck dish and join us for dinner after the pageant. |
Trinity Outreach Ministry for
Advent and Christmas 2011
Happy New Year! It has been a very busy season and as I look back over the past few months our accomplishments are enormous.
We began the season with sending over 90 fourth, fifth and sixth graders to Sonora to an Outdoor Science Camp. Approximately 80 parishioners from Trinity Cathedral donated more than $6,000 to help cover the cost of the educational experience for the children. They students traveled to Sonora on December 12 and returned on December 17. The children are working on their thank you letters to the parishioners who donated to their camp experience.
We had Advent Ingathering's for warm clothing, sleeping bags, long underwear, food and toiletries for those in need. Each week we had baskets of items brought to the crèche to be passed on to charities who could give them out. We also supplied people coming to the cathedral with warm blankets, sleeping bags, dry socks and other essentials during the holidays.
Our Thursday Night ADVENTure in Giving Program, organized by Canon Lynell Walker, visited The Chateau to sing Christmas Carols, helped at the River City Food Bank and wrapped gifts for our "adopted" families.
Sunday School students, a Girl Scout Troop and some individuals at Trinity decorated 300 Holiday gift bags given to the students at Jed Smith School. Other parishioners filled the bags with books, socks, tooth brushes, toothpaste, toys and candy. Harry Kirn, a senior at McClatchy High school, chaired the purchasing of the items for the bags as well as the assembling and delivering of the gift bags. About 15 volunteers from Trinity plus Santa and his Elf helped deliver the bags to each child in each class at Jed Smith Elementary School.
On top of that, Trinity Cathedral was able to help 25 families for Christmas. Gifts of clothing, toys, bikes and food were provided for the families who were mostly from the Jed Smith neighborhood. We were helped by several community groups including, Girl Scout Troop 1029, California Montessori Project Fourth and Fifth grade class, Nancy Kilgore's group, Women Who Love Too Much, Zuda Yoga Studio, Telecommand Software and Services and over 40 parishioners of Trinity Cathedral.
While we all know there is still a lot of need in our community, the Trinity family has been blessed with the ability to help so many others in 2011. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who donated money, helped shop, wrap, sort and deliver the clothing, toys and food for the families. It was a job well done.
Christmas Blessings to you all.
Nancy Tennyson |
| Join Episcopalians Rebuilding Haiti
 Helping Our Brothers & Sisters at Home
Question: What's one of the largest dioceses of The Episcopal Church?
Answer: Haiti
That's right. The Diocese of Haiti, home to nearly 100,000 Episcopalians, is not a foreign diocese, but a member of The Episcopal Church just like our diocese. The earthquake of January 2010 wiped out 70% of Episcopal Church buildings in Haiti, but now they're building back. And you can help.
We heard about this effort while at Diocesan Convention in November. Now it is time to act to help our neighbors.
Over the next 6 weeks Trinity Cathedral Church will join churches across our diocese to help roll away the debris and rebuild Holy Trinity Cathedral, the spiritual center of the Episcopal Church in Haiti. The goal set for our Diocese is $100,000. To reach that goal, we need a donation equal to $20 from each person who is a regular attendee on Sunday. It's the start of rebuilding the nation, and you can be part of it.
During the season of Epiphany we will be promoting this fundraising effort. We will have an ingatherings on February 12 and 19, but you can contribute anytime by writing a check with "Haiti" in the memo line. If you are able, consider contributing $40 to help the person who sits near you in church who may not be able to contribute. And watch for further news!
With sincere gratitude for all we are and have,
Susan Van Dyke
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 Lost and Found Table
There will be a table in the Great Hall this Sunday morning with dishes and other items left behind in the kitchen and elsewhere. Please visit the table and claim what is yours. Thank you! |
The Trinity Library is open Sunday
Start the New Year right with a book from the library. Read about the Gospel of Mark, source for this year's lectionary readings. |
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Journey with Jesus
NEW DAY & TIMES TO SERVE YOU BETTER
Starting TODAY! 9:00-10:15am or 11:15am - 12:30pm
 "I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." (Mk 1: 8)
"Journey with Jesus" is a program designed for those who seek to be BAPTIZED or CONFIRMED or RECEIVED INTO THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH? We travel with Jesus and his disciples as their story unfolds in the Gospels. You may join this journey at any time...how about this Sunday when we explore John the Baptists baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river. Come to our meeting this Sunday at either 9am or 11:15 am in the Conference Room to learn more. We are providing two different times on Sunday mornings so that you can attend a service and a meeting. You can also contact Jerry Paré (446-2513; jpare@trinitycathedral.org) for more information. |
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Newcomers' Group
Meets in the Cathedral today for a Tour of the Cathedral with Canon Carey.
New to Trinity Cathedral? We hope you can be a part of this Newcomers' Group. The sessions allow you to connect with others and learn more about offerings for you here at Trinity Cathedral. Come and learn about life at the Cathedral and opportunities for ministry. Contact Randi Strike: randiestrike@gmail.com. |
30/40's & Beyond
Meets at 10:15am
in the Conference Room
We hope you'll join us this Sunday, January 8 as we start a new faith discussion during the Epiphany Season facilitated by Sonya Schumacher and Peggy Lochman. We will be viewing portions of the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and talking about how our faith plays a part in our daily decisions. A Faith-based guide with scripture readings has been developed for this discussion. |
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Social Justice Advocacy Ministry (SoJust)
Monday, January 9 at 7pm
Centennial United Methodist Church,
5401 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento
LIVING THE LEGACY OF DR. KING AND NELSON MANDELA: A Conversation with Palestinian and Civil Rights Activists
Dr. Omar Barghouti speaks with civil rights movement veteran Rev. Phil Lawson and Gerald Lenoir of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration.
We will have a sign-up at the Welcome Center so we may be able to carpool to Centennial.
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School Board to Honor Trinity Cathedral
Exciting news for Trinity Cathedral! Through efforts of the staff at Jed Smith Elementary School, Trinity Cathedral will be honored by the Sacramento City Unified School District Board at their meeting on Thursday, January 12 at 6:30 pm. Many of you have worked very hard to help improve the lives of children in the Jed Smith community. I would love it if all of you could come to this event. There are so many volunteers who have worked many hours and many years to help with the Jed Smith students. I would like to have a great showing at this meeting.
The School Board meets at the Serna Center, 5935 47th Ave. off Highway 99, near Stockton Blvd.
Please plan to come. Let me know if you would like to car pool. We will meet in behind the Cathedral on Trinity Cathedral Lane at 5:45pm and car pool to the Serna Center.
Thank you for all of your efforts to help the students at Jed Smith.
Blessings,
Nancy Tennyson
(916.446.2513 or nntennyson@gmail.com) |
Thursday Night at the Cathedral
Epiphany Series
Evening Worship at 5:45 - Community Dinner at 6:15
Classes begin January 12, 7:00 - 8:30pm
Mark, My Words
 A Six Week Series on the Gospel of Mark
Morey Lloyd, M.Div., Facilitator
Knowing that we have a purpose is one thing, knowing what that mission is, is another!
January 12: Why do we have Gospels?
St. Benedict's Toolbox By The Rev. Dr. Jane Tomaine
 The Rev. Anne McKeever, Facilitator
How can the teachings of a sixth century monk guide our lives today? Join us in a five-week series of meetings as we read and discuss a spiritual repair manual, subtitled The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living.
Exploring the Road Less Traveled By M. Scott Peck
 Libby Kovacs, PhD, Facilitator
Scott Peck invites us to travel toward spiritual growth. Join me in developing the structure and process that will support and encourage us along the way as we travel through the challenging experiences of life, love, and our relationship with God.
January 12: Part I - Life is Difficult: Avoiding Pain; Delaying Gratification
Welcome to the Episcopal Church!
 Canon Grant Carey and Canon Lynell Walker, Facilitator
This six week series will take us on a journey that explores the rich history of our Anglican tradition. Where did we come from? What events shaped our liturgical life? What makes The Episcopal Church in the USA unique within the Anglican Communion?
January 12: Ancient and Medieval Foundations |
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A Fellowship Tea
Saturday, January 28 at 2:00pm
 Do you have a favorite tea cup and saucer? Do you have a fun hat in your closet? If the answer is yes, hurry and get your ticket for the Fellowship Tea Party, then come and share the story of how they came to you.
If you don't have a tea cup there is still time to borrow one or make a thrift store visit. There will still be a story to share.
We will have yummy teas to sip and tasty treats to eat while you spend some time having fun and fellowship. Tickets cost $5.00 and need to be purchased by Wednesday, January 25, 2012.
Remember: Hats and gloves, encouraged.
Tickets will be on sale in the Great Hall on Sundays or contact Linda Greene or Nancy Tennyson.
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