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July 26, 2012 |
 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
e-News
"A Growing community making disciples who love and serve Christ and His world"
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Greetings!
This past Saturday the vestry held its mid-year retreat. We hold this retreat each year so we can review our goals for the year and our progress. As you could imagine, we discussed a wide range of topics including the exciting opportunity we have in purchasing the lots next door.
One of the items we discussed was our recently completed listening campaign and the interest in our ministries to the homeless. We talked about a recent report from the United Nations that singled out Sacramento for its lack of public bathrooms and clean water. For people who do not have homes, this is a crisis. This crisis will not be solved by Trinity Cathedral, but we can do two important things. First, we can offer our bathrooms and our water. Imagine how hard it is to live on the street if you don't have a place where you can go to the bathroom. There are people who are forced to go to the bathroom behind bushes, not only at Trinity Cathedral but all over the city. While there is a lot we cannot offer people in need, we can at least offer them a bathroom.
Second, and just as important, we can band together with other churches and community groups as well as with political leaders to ask the city to provide these critical services. We are the capital of the great state of California. We treat our neediest citizens worse than some developing countries. It really is shameful for us to catch the attention of the U.N. as a violator of human rights. There is a group of people at Trinity that will be working to find city-wide solutions to these problems. If you would like to be involved, please let me know.
I and the vestry are very aware that our ministries to the homeless put strains on our facility and our ministries. We are trying to strike an appropriate balance between being faithful disciples of Jesus in loving all people and being good stewards of our facility and ministries. We are starting to meet with leaders in other churches in our area to learn from them. We hope to have some Sunday forums in the near future to talk about what we are learning and how we intend to move forward.
Blessings,
Brian
The Very Rev. Brian Baker
tvrbaker@comcast.net
http://blogs.deanbaker.org/
P.S. I will be holding a forum in the Cathedral this Sunday to talk about General Convention.
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Readings for
July 29, 2012
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
2 Samuel 11:1-15
Psalm 14
Ephesians 3:14-21
John 6:1-21
Click here to read the lessons.
The Preacher is
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker |
Episcopal Youth Fellowship News
Gratitude Dinner
Trinity Missionaries are selling tickets now for our Gratitude Dinner scheduled for September 16th. Tickets are $10 per person or $25 per family for a dinner of tacos, nachos, rice, beans, salad and dessert. This is a fundraiser for two rental vans and student scholarships for our recent mission trip to Los Angeles. Tickets may be purchased from a Trinity youth in the Great Hall between services. |
Cathedral Bookshop
Summer Reading Bargains!
We have some gently used books donated to the Bookshop that are for sale at great prices! Hardbacks are $5.00 and softbound books are $3.00. Also, you are invited to bring in your own books that need "new homes" and are in good condition. We are also buying timely titles of interest, and pay $2.00 for hardbacks and $1.00 for softbound books. Donations are always appreciated! So come and see the selection and find some reading treasures to enjoy this summer!
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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Summer Tutor Available
in the Pocket / Greenhaven / South Land Park area
MARK TRUMBLY is available this summer as a tutor in all levels of MATH, HISTORY, ENGLISH and TEST PREPARATION for the SAT, ACT and CAHSEE as well as other subjects.
Mark is valedictorian (4.75 GPA) and graduate of the C.K. McClatchy's Humanities and International Studies Program. He plans to attend Stanford University and was also accepted into UC Berkeley and UCLA. He has 3 years of experience as a tutor in the Reading Partners' program and has been a mentor with "People Reaching Out" for 2 years.
Mark received a California Dept of Ed and California Mathematics Council award for exemplary mathematics achievement.
FLEXIBLE HOURS; HE CAN WORK AS NEEDED for only $15/hour
Contact Lark Trumbly at: 916-429-6890 or
916-505-3820 or
lark.trumbly@gmail.com
[Publication of an ad in the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral e-News does not imply Trinity Cathedral Church's endorsement of the product or service advertised. Trinity Cathedral Church is not responsible for any claims made in an ad.] |
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Personal Assistance at Your Service
Susan McMillan
916-446-9837
- Transport to Appointments (comfortable car)
- Run Errands
- Shopping
- Take Walks
- Good Reader
- Flexible Schedule
- Resident of East Sacramento for 50 years
- Great References!
Call for further information.
[Publication of an ad in the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral e-News does not imply Trinity Cathedral Church's endorsement of the product or service advertised. Trinity Cathedral Church is not responsible for any claims made in an ad.] |
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Donation &
Volunteer
Opportunities |
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Family Promise ...
is Coming
August 12-19
Yes, Family Promise families are coming to spend the week of August 12-19 with Trinity.
The sign up sheet is on the hall bulletin board near the Bookshop, so come and check it out!! See where you might best help during that week - cooking a meal, hosting/ talking with the families or even spending the night. I see where new faces are being added to my "band of volunteers" and that is delightful indeed. If you have questions, please contact me.
Blessings,
Lyle Gramling
lylegramling@comcast.net
752-4376 or 481-5031 |
Trinity has been asked if we would like to field a team for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k walk on October 21, a fund raising effort of the American Cancer Society; follow this link for more information.
If you are willing to be the point person for this team, a kickoff breakfast on August 23 would give you all the information you need to get started.
Contact Deacon Virginia - 446-2513 or virginiamcneely@msn.com for more information. |
Do you travel?
Have toiletries?
Many of us travel for pleasure or work and bring home from hotels the little bottles of shampoo, conditioner and lotion as well as bars of soap. These small items are of great help to the homeless and the poor. Please bring your donations of toiletries to Trinity and leave them in the marked basket in the Narthex.
~~Deacon Virginia - virginiamcneely@msn.com |
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Thursday Lunch Bunch
Bring a Sack Lunch
Thursdays, Noon to 1:30pm
In the Assembly Area
Our summer film series has resumed. Bring your lunch and enjoy an uplifting film.
Contact: Rev. Anne McKeever |
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Trinity Writing Group
Summer Hours
Our meeting time has moved to 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the conference room from June 21 to August 23.
Newcomers and drop-ins are always welcome. We write for about 20-30 minutes and then share what we want of our writing. All the feedback is positive and uplifting. Contact Rev. Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com. |
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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.
Contacts are:
Nancy Earl:
nancy.c.earl@gmail.com
Shelley Mydans:
smydans@gmail.com
Sally Smith:
sally1369@comcast.net |
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Learn to Create Prayer Shawls
Third Thursday of the month
10:00am-Noon in Room F.
Please visit shawlministry.com to learn more about this ministry or contact Linda Greene at 916.208.9645. |
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The Labyrinth
Third Friday of each month in the
Trinity Cathedral
Great Hall
6:00 - 8:00pm
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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 Weekly Reflection
Trinity Cathedral parishioners are writing weekly reflections during the Season after Pentecost. These reflections remind us that stewardship involves more than our financial contributions. Stewardship is also about discovering our own calling to reflect the image of God into the world in which we find ourselves. This week's reflection:
Remember your word to your servant, because you have given me hope. (Psalm 119: 49)
As if the Lord needs reminding that He promised us hope, salvation, and comfort! Broken humans require daily reminders. Sometimes minute by minute, we must renew our faith when we are struggling through problems that seem too big for us, or when our lives are too small. Click to read more... |
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LOC becomes Trinity ACT
After years of confusion about what our LOC [Local Organizing Committee] is about the group has decided to change its name to Trinity ACT (T-ACT). T-ACT is Trinity's parish group working with Sacramento ACT[ Area Congregations Together] on issues important to the welfare of our community: education, public safety, violence prevention and homelessness among others. Our recent Listening Campaign revealed that people who are homeless are of concern to our parishioners and that our ongoing ministry of feeding homeless people enjoys great support. Members of T-ACT are planning research meetings with public officials and homeless advocates to see what can be done to alleviate the lack of services (such as Mental Health), shelters, and affordable housing in Sacramento.
If you want to join in these efforts please contact:
Or come to one of our monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday at 7pm.
TRC Tina Campbell, Deacon
Click here to find out more about what T-ACT is working on. Click here for the full Listening Campaign Report. |
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Thursday Night at the Cathedral
V o i c e s o f F a i t h
Through August 30
5:45pm: Holy Communion
Lay-Led Liturgy every 3rd Thursday
Contact for Liturgy: Canon Walker
lwalker259@aol.com
6:15pm: Dinner (Donation)
Contact for dinners: Tracy Tschanz
rbpteambob@hotmail.com
7:00pm: Classes
Contact for Classes: Rev. Anne McKeever
amckeever@wavecable.com
V o i c e s o f F a i t h
Assembly Area - 7 to 8:30pm
Tonight, July 26 - Teresa of Avila 
Presented by Teresa Sewell
Come walk with me back to the Spanish Renaissance, and together we'll get acquainted with mystic and beloved founder of the Discalced Carmelites, Teresa of Avila. This evening we'll examine the life and literature of this godly woman whose writings still confound people. Will you dare to enter The Interior Castle?
Follow this link for a complete listing of Voices of Faith presentations.
 Introduction to Middle Eastern Dance
Ladies only
Room A - 7 to 8:30pm
Are you looking to experience a unique form of low-impact exercise designed specifically for women? "Danse Orientale," or belly dance, is for every woman, regardless of age, shape or style!
In this introductory course you will learn and experience this beautiful dance form in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. Your instructor, Victoria Beck, is an experienced teacher and performer, and has been practicing belly dance for over six years. No dance experience required! Wear comfortable clothes you would exercise in, and comfortable flat shoes.
Questions? email teachertori@sbcglobal.net. |
Adult Forum
10:15am in the Cathedral
Dean Baker will give a report on General Convention. |
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Newcomers' Group
Meets at 10:15am in Room C
The group will discuss Living with Change.
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 Randie Strike: randiestrike@gmail.com. |
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30/40s and Beyond Adult Study Group
The group will not meet this Sunday and instead join in the adult forum in the Cathedral for Dean Baker's summary of the Episcopal General Convention.
We will take a break from meeting during the month of August and resume back together when Sunday School starts. |
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Upcoming
V o i c e s o f F a i t h
Thursdays through August 30
in the Assembly Area,
7 to 8:30pm
August 2 - Kathleen Norris
Presented by Susan Van Dyke
Poet and author of Amazing Grace, The Cloister Walk, The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and Women's Work and Acedia and Me: Marriage, Monks and A Writer's Life, Kathleen Norris went from a sheltered upbringing to Bennington College in the 60s to the New York City art scene to monastic life decades later. Come explore grace through the life and writing of Kathleen Norris.
August 9 - Bishop Duncan Gray, Jr.
7th Bishop of Mississippi: A Study of Church in Tumult
Presented by Jerry Pare'
Bishop Gray was a rector in Oxford, Mississippi, who ministered in the midst of the civil rights movement, in the eye of the storm. Bishop Gray's stance on racism challenged many in the parish when he was a rector and in the diocese when he was bishop. What lessons can we learn in terms of how we deal with the controversial issues in our parish and wider church today?
Follow this link for a complete Voices of Faith listing.
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Articles for the Fall issue of
THE CROSS
are due
by July 31st.
Email to Wendy Mustain at
wmustain.trinitycathedral@gmail.com
Follow this link to see previous issues of The Cross |
 Second Annual Health ScreeningsWednesday, August 8
Rooms A & B
RightPath Health Screenings will again be at Trinity. Cost depends on the type of screenings you choose and is from $150 - $200. For information on the types of screenings available, see the flyers in this Sundays bulletin and on bulletin boards around the Cathedral, or follow this link.
Appointments are required; call 1-800-770-0240 to setup an appointment. |
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Save the date for...
Trinity Women's One-Day Retreat
Mercy Center in Auburn
Saturday, August 18th, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Register Now in the Bookshop for Trinity's Women's One-Day Retreat August 18th.
We'll gather Saturday, August 18th, at the Mercy Center in Auburn from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a day of Faith and Wellness, using the Living Compass program. Please check out the program's website at www.livingcompass.org to learn about this gentle way to discover what you need to cherish in your life as you love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. $40 includes lunch and program materials. Friends and loved ones may purchase gift certificates to offer women Please register in the Cathedral Bookshop before August 4th.
Contact is Rev. Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com or 530-908-3616.
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Fourth Annual Talent Show
Sunday, August 26 at 10:15am
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2011 Talent Show participants with Cooper the Dog. |
Mark your calendars for another great show!
If you are a young person and would like to be in the show please contact Rev. Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com. |
Parish Picnic
Sunday, September 23, 2-6 PM
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Add the Annual Parish Picnic to your calendar now! We have reserved the same wonderful picnic area in Oki Park as we had last year. Where is Oki Park? It's just south of the American River between Howe and Watt. The park includes several play ground areas, a soccer field, a volley ball court and lots of shady trees! We will provide more information as the date gets closer. Again, go to your calendar now and don't miss it! |
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Alternative Christmas Fair
Want to participate in this year's Alternative Christmas Fairs? TREE is planning Alternative Christmas Fairs for December 2 and 9. Anyone who has products to sell should contact Ann Rothschild at 451-6292 or dzonokwa@comcast.net by August 15. |
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From the Health Ministry...
Simple Leafy Green Sauté Ingredients:
1-2 cloves of garlic
1/2 medium onion chopped
1/2 lb. leafy greens (kale, chard, or collard greens)
1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
Salt to taste Directions:
Chop the garlic and onions, and then set aside - research shows that allowing garlic to stand for 10-15 minutes before cooking can help retain its health-beneficial enzymes. With a knife, remove and discard very tough or damaged end portions of the greens - keep the majority of the stems attached.
"Core" the center portion of the greens, then chop the leaf cores and stems into bite sized pieces and set aside.
Roll the leaves into a tube shape, about 3 at a time, and cut lengthwise to create thin 1" ribbons. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large skillet.
Add the onion, garlic, black pepper, and green stems and cores.
Heat, covered, for 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally until onions are translucent.
Add the leaves and cook, covered, another 3-5 minutes until stems are tender and leaves are wilted and brightly colored.
Add a tablespoon of water to the pan if it seems like the leaves are getting too dry. Add salt to taste. Nutritional Values per 1 cup serving (serves 4):
Calories: 65
Fat: 4 gm total
Saturated Fat: <1 g
Carbohydrate: 7 gm
Fiber: 1.5 gm
Protein: 2gm
Sodium: 25 mg |
 Do You Hear What I Hear? A Call for Authors
Often it is the most inspirational stories of faith journey among Episcopalians that require the greatest of digging to unearth. Unspoken, these stories are like buried treasures that, when shared, prove the most compelling examples of God's great work. In considering the next issue of our diocesan print magazine, "Together in Mission," the Communications Commission would like to feature some of the inspiring stories and reflections of faith of our fellow Episcopalians throughout Northern California. Click here to read more...
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