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January 31, 2013 |
 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
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"A Growing community making disciples who love and serve Christ and His world"
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Greetings!
It's Annual Meeting time! In many congregations such an announcement would not be met with excitement, but at Trinity Cathedral the Annual Dinner and Meeting is a popular event. The dinner will begin at 5:30 on February 10. The meeting will begin at 8:00. For those who haven't been to the dinner, vestry members and other leaders host tables. Each table has its own pot-luck theme. Some are elaborate, others are simple. All are fun. To attend, you need to sign up. There will be sign-up sheets posted after all the services this weekend. You can also sign-up by calling the office at 446-2513. The volunteer receptionist should be able to take care of it for you. We leave seats at every table open for newcomers. Randie Strike helps the newcomers find tables. At the Annual Meeting we elect 5 vestry members and 11 delegates to Diocesan Convention. It looks like we have enough nominees to elect to the vestry but we have ample openings to Diocesan Convention. If you are interested in running for one of these offices, please contact Mark Robinson at markr.trinity@gmail.com .
I look forward to seeing you at the dinner and meeting.
Blessings,
Brian
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker |
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Readings for
February 3, 2013
The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Click here to read the lessons. |
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Weekly reading list...
Day 25: Exodus 13-15; Psalm 21; Matthew 22
Thu, January 31, 2013
Day 26: Exodus 16-18; Psalm 22; Matthew 23
Fri, February 1, 2013
Day 27: Exodus 19-21; Psalm 23; Matthew 24
Sat, February 2, 2013
Listen to Scripture in Church
Sun, February 3, 2013
Day 29: Exodus 22-24, Psalm 24, Matthew 25
Mon, February 4, 2013
Day 30: Exodus 25-27, Psalm 25, Matthew 26
Tue, February 5, 2013
Day 31: Exodus 28-30, Psalm 26, Matthew 27
Wed, February 6, 2013
Day 32: Exodus 31-33, Psalm 27, Matthew 28
Thu, February 7, 2013
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Cathedral Bookshop
Book signing on
February 10
June Gillam's
book of poetry,
So Sweet Against
Your Teeth
Bookshop Hours:
Tue, Wed, Thur:11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri: 11:00am - 4:00pm; Sun: 8:30am - 1:00pm
Phone: 916-442-9194 |
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Helper Needed
A women in the Land Park area near the Zoo will need someone to come in on a regular basis (1-2 times a day) to help her for perhaps 6 weeks after she has spine surgery.
You must love cats and dogs since some of the help required involves them.
If you'd like to find out more details phone Nickki at 916-447-3892 or 916-447-4545. |
Need your roses pruned?
Winter pruning:
- improves spring bloom
- rejuvenates rose bushes
- minimizes disease problems
Joann Sprogis:
- pruning roses since 1984
- reasonable rates
- appointments
- consultations
Call Joann at (916) 736-2767
(a land line! please leave a message) |
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Centering Prayer
Tuesday's, 6-7pm, Cathedral East Transept and
Thursday's, noon-1pm, Cathedral East Transept
Centering Prayer is a method of contemplation that helps to Come. quiet the mind and participate in God's presence. It is a receptive form of prayer - a kind of resting in God.
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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Thursday
Lunch Bunch
Thursdays, noon -1:30pm in the Assembly Area
Please bring your Bible for our discussion of the Bible Challenge readings.
Contact is Rev. Anne-amckeever@wavecable.com
Thursday
Writing Group
Thursdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to join us on in the Conference Room. We will write to a prompt and share what we choose of our writing with the group.
Contact facilitator Rev. Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com if you have questions. |
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Volunteer Opportunities... |
Needed: A few happy hosts...
...to help set up for Sunday coffee hours - especially for the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services. Basic time commitment is just one service every other month (so approximately 3 hours per year) and it's a fun way to help out. Please contact Georgianna at dugongs@sbcglobal.net or (916) 266-1802 if interested and/or for more information. |
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 Family Promise Week at Trinity
March 17-24
The sign up sheet is on the bulletin board in the hall next to the book store. I invite you to sign up and come meet the families!! At this time there are two families and interviews are in process for at least one more family soon. If you have questions please call me at 752-4376 or email at lylegramling@comcast.net |
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Fundraiser for
Homeless Emergency Relief Shelter (HERS)
The Sacramento Premiere of
The SAMHSA award-winning documentary
LOST ANGELS: SKID ROW IS MY HOME
WHEN: Wed., February 6
Reception starts at 6:00pm
Film with discussion to follow starts at 7:30pm
WHERE: Crest Theatre
1013 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Follow this link for more information. |
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Safe Ground Sacramento
Fundraiser with the Kings!
Kings vs. Utah Jazz
at Sleep Train Arena
Saturday February 9th at 7pm
Safe Ground is partnering with the Sacramento Kings in offering discounted tickets to the Kings vs. Jazz home game. Upper level tickets are available for $22, lower level for $60. This is a discount of well over 50% of normal ticket prices! A portion of each ticket purchase goes to Safe Ground. You can purchase tickets via Ticketmasters at this secure site - tickets online You will need to give a password, which is "kings", and supply some registration information to the Kings. Your purchased ticket(s) will be emailed to you.
If you prefer not to buy tickets online, you can print this form, and mail it with your payment to the Kings address provided on the form - ticket purchase form
Please come to Sleep Train Arena on February 9th, enjoy the basketball game, and help us spread awareness of the capitol region's homeless problem. Safe Ground will have a booth set up to provide information on our activities. We hope to see you there! |
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 Empty Bowl's
A benefit for River City Food Bank
Soup's on! It's our tenth anniversary of Empty Bowls and we are pulling out all the stops to celebrate this event. Make plans to join us and recommend it to others by inviting friends, emailing colleagues and contacts and sharing information via Facebook and other social networks.
When:
Supper: Monday, March 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Luncheon: Tues., March 5, 11:30 and 12:30 p.m. seatings
Where:
Sacramento Convention Center |
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Trinity Takes...
by The Rev. Anne Dryden McKeever,
Director of Youth and Adult Spiritual Formation.
This week Amy Dierlam, who facilitates our Bible Challenge group on Sundays from 10:20 to 11:15 in the Conference Room, and I chose the same resource to inspire our Bible Challenge participants to ponder who has authority to interpret the Bible. The answer is: You!
I share here Sunday's meditation from Forward Day by Day for your consideration, hoping it inspires you to share your interpretations and questions with others as you read the Bible.
Here are a few of the responses from Bible Challenge participants that inspire some questions of my own.
Teresa Sewell:
I've gained a new perspective on a thread connecting the books of Exodus-Deuteronomy from a commentator in my Bible who stated: "It becomes increasingly clear that God's purposes are based on a steadfast love. Clearly love is at the center of the community that God is forming." In addition, I learned Exodus is the most dramatized book beside the life of Christ. It has universal appeal because it is about freedom and leaving. I have left "Egypt" several times myself and headed for the "Promised Land."
So where are you living now: in "Egypt," in the "Promised Land," or some place in between? Are you aware of God's steadfast love no matter where you are?
One of our participants (who prefers to remain Anonymous) shares some insights inspired by The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible (a book I highly recommend):
"People tend to prefer known slavery to unknown freedom." This is in reference to the Israelites yearning to return to slavery in Egypt as soon they become hungry and thirsty in the desert while Moses struggles to lead them toward the Promised Land.
Wow! exclaims Anonymous. This makes me think of all the people who've stayed in abusive relationships out of fear of an unknown freedom they can't even imagine. And of all the people mired in addiction, fearful to take the first step to admit their powerlessness over the substance that enslaves them. I can relate to both the whining and complaining Israelites and to Moses, struggling to keep his faith that God will provide what he needs to keep the people moving toward that unknown freedom.
Can you relate to preferring known slavery to unknown freedom? Have you overcome any kind of slavery to experience real freedom? Have you ever felt like Moses, trying to be a good leader/parent/boss, but having to deal with a bunch of ungrateful whiners?
Please share your insights by e-mailing me at amckeever@wavecable.com. I promise to keep what you share confidential unless you give me permission to share it in a future Bible Challenge column.
Rev. Anne McKeever |
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Thursday Night at the Cathedral
Holy Eucharist: 5:45pm
Dinner: 6:15pm-Classes: 7:00pm
Dinner:
January 31: All-American Dinner by Chef Ron Waddell
Classes:
In the Conference Room: Rev. Anne McKeever offers a four-week group on Anne Lamott's latest book, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. We will share the wit and wisdom of Anne Lamott as we create our own prayers seeking help, giving thanks, and expressing awe for God's creation and amazing grace. E-mail Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com to join the group. The book is available for sale in the Cathedral Bookshop. Two copies of the book are available as "loaners".
In Room I: Canon Lynell Walker will facilitate: Understanding How We Worship based on Dr. Ian S. Markham's book Liturgical Life Principles: How Episcopal Worship Can Lead to Healthy and Authentic Living. In clear, accessible language, Markham demonstrates how the liturgy of the Episcopal Church can enable us to cope more effectively with the stresses and strains of modern life. Books are available in the Cathedral Bookshop.
In Room F: Trinity Roots: A series of presentations by members of Trinity Cathedral about themselves and their family heritage that represent the American experience and reflect American history at different times.
January 31: Kevin Sanders on his father's American Indian background and experience in the South Pacific as an infantry soldier in WWII and excerpts from his letters home about war and family.
February 7: Xanthi Pinkerton on her grandfather's and father's experience in WWII in the Philippines, the infamous Bataan Death March and family history flowing from this time period.
In the Bookshop: Power Through Constructive Thinking  by Emmet Fox, presented by Vaughn Wolff. Emmet Fox, a Roman Catholic who became an ordained a minister of Divine Science, wrote A Sermon on the Mount in 1934 on Jesus' teachings that became a practical guide for recovery. While our class is not about alcoholism and recovery, we will study Dr. Fox's writings, beginning with Power Through Constructive Thinking, to find inspiration that can be applied to solve practical problems. Today people continue to be attracted to the principles found in the New Thought movement that has its roots in the early to mid 1800s. God, the Universal Power that is rightfully ours, "is the real source of all things that exists" and that is the meaning of true prosperity.
In the Assembly Area: Bible Challenge discussion group facilitated by Randy Knutson and Rhonda Canby. |
 Trinity Hiking Guild Saturday, February 2
Meet at 8:45am at the Cathedral
Hikers, I have aways wanted to take a group up to Feather Falls outside of Oroville, and thought about it for this weekend. I checked the route, and it would be a 9 mile round trip, a length that our group has only done once, and that was from Pier 49 across the Golden Gate in San Francisco. So, I thought better of taking this trip without talking about it further with our group, to see if anyone feels up to the trek. I thought we could discuss it on another hike along the American River Bike Trail, beginning in Discovery Park and heading out for about a 4 or 5 mile RT hike. We need to have a good discussion about our hikes, and this will be a good way to get it done. So, while we won't be seeing any new vistas on this walk, we will have a good walk in the woods, and come back hopefully refreshed and revitalized. Also, I am sad to report that Akua won't be with us anymore, as he lost his year long battle with lymphoma on Monday, the 28th, at 4:00 p.m. Darlene and I will miss him more than we can possibly say. Hope to see you on Saturday at 8:45 at the Cathedral for a 9:00 departure. |
Outreach Ministry Fair
We have parishioners who volunteer for a variety of outreach efforts. If you would like to learn more about the organizations they work with or to see if you might want to volunteer, visit our ministry fair in the Great Hall this Sunday.
Next Sunday we will be having an ingathering of gifts and pledges to fund Trinity's outreach. |
 Super Bowl PIZZA
Please come to the Great Hall on Sunday, February 3rd, to pick up your pre-ordered pizza. We will have a few extra pizzas for sale. Thank you for supporting our scholarship fund to send Trinity youth to Stockton this summer for a Sierra Service Project mission experience. |
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Newcomers' Group
10:15am in Room C
The group will discuss Living with Change with Canon Carey. Everyone is invited to join us. If you have questions contact Randie Strike at randie.trinity@gmail.comor 916-446-2513 or 916-203-7586. |
Sunday Morning Bible Challenge
10:15am in the Assembly Area
The 30/40s and Beyond is offering a Sunday morning Bible Challenge group for all adults. Questions? Amy Dierlam-dnarock@pacbell.net or 601-1699. |
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Growing in Faith
On Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, the class will be meeting from 1 to 3.
Growing in Faith is a program designed to help people adults prepare for Baptism, Confirmation and formal Reception into the Episcopal Church. "Formal Reception into the Episcopal Church" means that +Bishop Beisner" officially welcomes you into this denomination. Growing in Faith is also for those who want to focus on renewing their faith. Contact is Michelle Jackson - astraeus@accessbee.com |
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Movie Discussion Night at the Cathedral
Wednesday, February 6, 7:00-8:00pm
Join us for a provocative discussion based on a 20 minute video that seeks to challenge and strengthen our faith. All are welcome. |
 Evensong and Candlemas ProcessionThursday, February 7th at 6:00 pm
Celebrated since the fourth century, the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord, commemorates the journey of Jesus family to the temple, forty days after his birth, according to Jewish custom. St Luke recounts their encounter with the elderly Simeon, who tells Mary and Joseph that their son is the "light to lighten the gentiles, and glory of his people Israel." For hundreds of years, a candle-lit procession symbolizing that "light" became a part of the celebration, and the feast has come to be known in many places as "Candlemas."
On Thursday, February 7th at 6:00 pm, the Trinity Cathedral Choir will sing our monthly service of Choral Evensong, preceded by a Candlemas procession from the Cathedral courtyard. The service will include music by T. Tertius Noble and Iain Quinn, and will conclude with the stunning anthem "O Nata Lux" by Morten Lauridsen.
Please join us for this beautiful and unique service! |
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Cathedral Music Series upcoming events
We have two exciting Cathedral Music Series events coming in February, featuring the Sacramento Baroque Soloists, and the Trinity Cathedral Choir, and YOU are invited! Want to support musical events at the Cathedral such as these?? We invite you to become a Music Series benefactor, by clicking here.
 Friday, February 8th at 7:30 pm Concert by the Sacramento Baroque Soloists
"Heart of the Baroque" The Sacramento Baroque Soloists return to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral to perform best-loved selections from their concert repertoire,including Vivaldi's Concerto "La Notte," Bach's Concerto for Two Violins, and selections by Handel, Telemann, and Corelli. With Lisa Marie Lawson and Marieke Furnee, violins; Cathie Apple, traverso (baroque flute); Michael Lawson, cello; and Ellen Deffner, harpsichord. Tickets: $25 general, $15 students & seniors, children ten and under are free.
Sunday, February 10th at 11:15 am Choral Eucharist for the Last Sunday of Epiphany
We celebrate the last Sunday of Epiphany with a fully choral Eucharist. The Cathedral Choir will sing the "Missa Brevis Sancti Joannes de Deo" by Franz Joseph Haydn, accompanied by strings and organ, with soprano soloist Kate Murphy. Haydn's short mass is typical of the Viennese style, gloriously perfected by Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert, and sung in Latin. Please join us for this special service as we finish up the beautiful Epiphany season and move into Lent.
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 Annual Dinner and Annual Meeting
Sunday, February 10
Dinner at 5:30pm; Meeting at 7:00pm
Dinner sign-up sheets are in the Great Hall. During the annual meeting the 2013 budget is presented, the Dean gives a "State of the Cathedral" presentation, we elect new vestry members and delegates to the diocesan convention, and...DEAN'S AWARDS are presented. |
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
February 12, 5:30-7:00pm
Ash Wednesday Services
February 13 at
6:30am, 9:00am, 12:10pm,
4:00pm (for children) and 5:45pm |
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 Women's Lenten Retreat
March 8-10 at Mercy Retreat Center in Auburn
This year's retreat will be based on a new devotional book The Song Forever New: Lent and Easter with Charles Wesley. The retreat co-led by Rev. Anne McKeever and Canon Lynell Walker.
Registration forms will be available in the bookstore beginning Sunday, January 13th. Registration is limited to 40 and the deadline is February 10th. Questions contact Jackie McGrath: 712-6561, jackiewmcgrath@gmail.com. |
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Sacramento Hospice Consortium
Seminars by Grief Counselor, Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Follow this link for dates and locations. |
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