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February 14, 2013 |
 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
e-News
"A Growing community making disciples who love and serve Christ and His world"
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Greetings!
 Welcome to Lent! I appreciate the invitation of Lent to let go of things that get in my way of experiencing the love of God in Christ. I am good at filling my day with distractions. Lent invites me to clear the deck, and for 40 days at least, be more intentional in my prayer and reading. If you haven't tried it yet, I encourage you to take up the Bible Challenge. You can find the readings for the week in this enewsletter. If you are interested in a discussion group, come on Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. or contact Anne McKeever at amckeever@wavecable.com. You will find many other excellent offerings in this newsletter.
Blessings,
Brian
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker |
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Readings for
February 17, 2013
The First Sunday in Lent
Click here to read the lessons. |
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Weekly reading list...
Day 39: Leviticus 7-9; Psalm 33; Mark 6
Thu, February 14, 2013
Day 40: Leviticus 10-12, Psalm 34, Mark 7
Fri, February 15, 2013
Day 41: Leviticus 13-15, Psalm 35, Mark 8
Sat, February 16, 2013
Listen to Scripture in Church
Sun, February 17, 2013
Day 43: Leviticus 16 - 18, Psalm 36, Mark 9
Mon, February 18, 2013
Day 44: Leviticus 19 - 21, Psalm 37: 1-18, Mark 10
Tue, February 19, 2013
Day 45: Leviticus 22 - 24, Psalm 37: 19 - 42, Mark 11
Wed, February 20, 2013
Day 46: Leviticus 25-27, Psalm 38, Mark 12
Thu, February 21, 2013
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Bread of Life Center
Interested in exploring creative ways to nurture your spiritual growth? Our friends at Bread of Life offer several courses and workshops that may meet your needs or spark a new interest.
Follow this link to learn more.... |
FREE Lenten Devotional
Resources
Recommended by Vaughn Wolff:
Here is the link to the 40 Days Fast from Wrong Thinking: http://fromtheinsideout.us/.
While you are there signing up for your daily email, scroll down and take time to listen to the little video-- great message! This doesn't cost anything and I think the benefit is priceless. Try it out.
Recommended by Rev. Anne McKeever
Living Compass for Lent is a free booklet available in the Cathedral Bookshop now and from Rev. Anne at TNAC group meetings on Thursday evenings in the Conference Room beginning February 21. Includes short weekly meditations, brief scripture and daily encouragement to pray, reflect, and (perhaps) write a bit. Can also be found online at http://www.livingcompass.org/lent.iml
CREDO Feeding and Fasting: Reflections for the Lenten Seasonis a free online resource that invites participants to include a daily reflection in text and audio as part of their Lenten practice. To sign up, go to www.episcopalcredo.org. |
Cathedral Bookshop
Book signing on
February 24
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. |
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Donation Opportunity...
A 4 year old foster child is in need of a twin size mattress, box spring and metal frame. Please call Kaellen at 916-550-0762 if you can help. |
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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The River City Food Bank and
NorCal AIDS Cycle
by Canon David Link
As many of you know, for the last two years I have participated in the NorCal AIDS Cycle, a four-day, 330 mile bicycle tour which raises funds for agencies serving those with HIV/AIDS in Northern California. One of the beneficiaries of the ride is the River City Food Bank, who works with C.A.R.E.S. (Center for AIDS Research, Education, and Services) in providing groceries to their patients who are having difficulty making ends meet. I ran into Eileen Thomas the executive director of RCFC a few months ago, and she asked if I would be interested in putting together a NCAC team sponsored by the food closet. And River City Roadies was born!!
Team River City Roadies includes two other Trinity Cathedral members, Gayle Monroe and Adriana Echandia. Adriana, Gayle and I could use YOUR support in raising funds through NorCal AIDS Cycle, to support the excellent agencies such as the River City Food Bank, who provide services from those in our community suffering from HIV/AIDS.
Click on the link below to make general team donation, or to make a donation to an individual rider. And we thank you in advance for your support!
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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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Thursday Night at the Cathedral
Candlelight Compline: 6:00pm
Dinner: 6:15pm-Classes: 7:00pm
Dinner:
February 14: NO dinner
February 14 - Classes:
In the Assembly Area: Bible Challenge discussion group facilitated by Randy Knutson and Rhonda Canby.
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Dinner:
February 21: Chef Steven Quevado
February 21 - Classes:
In Room J: Living Compass for Lent, The FREE booklet is available at the Cathedral Bookshop and at the group meetings. If you'd like to download the booklet for your own Lenten reading, you may find it at: www.livingcompass.org/lent.iml. Facilitator: Rev. Anne McKeever
In the Assembly Area: Bible Challenge group. Please bring your Bible. Newcomers are welcome. This group attends Dean Baker's Old Testament Teaching in the Assembly Area the first Thursday evening of every month. Facilitators: Rhonda Canby and Randy Knutson.
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 at the Cathedral Bookshop.
In Room A: Christian, Muslims and Jesus, a new book group begins. The book is available for sale in the Bookshop. Facilitator: Rosemary Braxton.
In the Bookshop: Power Through Constructive Thinking, a book group featuring the works of Emmet Fox, resumes. Newcomers are welcome. Facilitator: Vaughn Wolff
In Room F: Trinity Roots meets once a week on Thursday evenings to hear Trinity parishioners share their historical, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Facilitator: Kevin Sanders.
February 21: Libby Kovacs will present on her Greek heritage, influence of Greek Orthodox church on her family and the history of her family immigration adjustment to US culture.
February 28: Bill McGrath to present on family history including an Irish Archbishop Magrath, ancestors involved in founding the Bendix corporation, Curtis & Marble, and a greatgrandfather installing electric lights in Paris, New York city, etc. in the late 1800's. Jackie McGrath to present on Civil war ancestor and read from a letter written by this person about his experience in war.
In the Conference Room: Overcoming Obstacles to Grace. Carol Savoie, MA Counseling USF, is leading a class using discussion, writing, reflection and prayer to help you identify areas where you are stuck. Look at the beliefs that interfere with your confidence in God's love for you just as you are. Consider, plan and try new patterns of thinking, praying and interacting to loosen these bonds. To facilitate openness and privacy this will be a closed group after the first session. If you have to miss the first class, please contact Carol Savoie at 442-5756 (please, no calls after 8:00pm).
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Street Closure
Capitol Avenue will be closed between 28th & 29th Streets this weekend - Friday, February 15 to Tuesday, February 19. |
 Trinity Hiking Guild Saturday, February 16, meet 8:45am at the Cathedral
Fellow Hikers, Well, it is not Feather Falls, but it is a good waterfall nonetheless. Hike this weekend will be to s spot we have never gone before, to Fairy Falls (AKA Shingle Falls) East of Marysville. (Yes, unfortunately there are no good falls within 30 minutes of the cathedral). Described as an easy hike in the book, it is a 5.4 mile RT with an elevation gain of only 300 feet. So, all should be able to make this trek. If you have a friend who has been asking, this is one to invite them for. We will meet at the Cathedral at 8:45 for a 9:00 departure. Expect not to be back until 3:00 at the latest, bring plenty of water and pack a healthy lunch and snacks, Hope to see you there. |
 Sunday Mornings in Lent
Beginning Sunday, February 17 at 10:15am
Bud Swank presents The Soul of Money, A Spiritual Journey: From Scarcity to Sufficiency, for six Sunday mornings in Lent beginning February 17 in Classroom A. The book is available for sale in the Cathedral Bookshop. |
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Newcomers' Group
10:15am in Room C
The group will discuss worship at Trinity and stewardship. 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
WILL NOT meet this Sunday.
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
Sundays at 4:00pm in Rooms A and B
Growing in Faith is a program designed to help 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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Lent & Holy Week
at Trinity Cathedral
March 7: Choral Evensong at 6pm
March 24: Palm Sunday Services: Saturday 5:10pm, Sunday 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:15am and 12:45pm
March 26: Tenebrae Service at 7:30pm
March 28: Maundy Thursday at 7:30pm followed by Vigil of the Blessed Sacrament and Compline
March 29:
Good Friday Meditations: Noon-3:00pm
Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday: 7:30pm
Stations of the Cross for Children and Families: 2:00pm
March 30:
Holy Saturday Liturgy at 9:00am - Jesus sets the prisoner free!
Pancake Breakfast, 9:00-11:00am
Children's Easter Eggstravaganza! at 10:00am
March 30: The Great Vigil of Easter at 7:30pm (with Incense)
March 31: Easter Sunday 7:30am, 9am, 11:15am (with Incense), and 12:45pm (Brunch between services.)
Additional Lenten Services
Stations of the Cross - Fridays, February 15 through March 22 at 7:30pm
Candlelight Compline Service - Thursdays, February 14 through March 21 at 6:00 pm
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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. Questions contact Jackie McGrath: 712-6561, jackiewmcgrath@gmail.com. |
Trinity Takes...
by The Rev. Anne Dryden McKeever,
Director of Youth and Adult Spiritual Formation.
If you're seeking something to do to make this Lent special, please consider joining us in taking the Bible Challenge for a season.
You may choose to read the Bible six days a week, following the readings found in the left column of every edition of the eNews this year. Or you may choose to read just one story a week, following the selections in the February edition of the Trinity Weekly Bible Challenge and in the March edition available in early March.
If you're already taking the Bible Challenge, please consider making it your Lenten practice to take a few minutes more to pray about a word or phrase that catches your attention in your reading.
Another cool Lenten practice: Please send me a question, comment or response to your reading. My e-mail address is: amckeever@wavecable.com. I'll seek answers to any question, and, with your permission, I'll include your contribution in a future column, with or without your name included.
Today I thank Dennis Hock, a member of the Lunch Bunch Bible Challenge group that meets every Thursday in the Assembly Area from noon to 1:30 p.m., for giving me permission to share a poem he wrote about Peter and Judas, the two disciples who betrayed Jesus.
Rock and Noose
Dennis Hock
Jesus had two friends.
Came a time
when both men had
to claim that.
One's failure was contrapuntal -
Deny: cock crow / deny: cock crow.
The other's darkly poetic -
Kiss: betray.
The denier dissolved back into the crowd
and watched it all unfold, shame rising up
from his chest into his throat.
The betrayer fled in panic,
the clattering of silver on the temple floor
hounding him on to a forsaken field.
Utter aloneness for both.
And who can say why
one scrabbled back until
he found firm footing on a rock,
while the other handed himself over
to the self-damnation of a noose.
And who can judge.
For none of us
have been asked
to kill our God
as a parable
that salvation is seeded
in even the dankest bitterness
of human frailty.
Rev. Anne McKeever
amckeever@wavecable.com |
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Annual Potluck and Meeting
THANK YOU!
We all want to shout out a great big THANK YOU to our Annual Dinner Meeting Organizers, Tim and Candace Taylor, for helping us all find a table where we could sign up and then helping us get to that table on Sunday evening where we could sit. As with the feeding of the 5,000 we had more than enough places and we had way more than enough food. We all probably had way more than enough fun, as well.
Thank you to Tim and Candace Taylor, AND to all of the table hosts, to everyone who helped us keep our food warm in the kitchen, to everyone who helped with set up and clean up and to everyone who brought all of the yummy food we ate.
THANK YOU EVERYONE! Now on to 2013!
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