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March 14, 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!
Hundreds of members of Trinity are reading the entire Bible as part of the Bible Challenge. This is one of the best group spiritual formation activities I have encountered in my ministry. And it is not too late for you to join in. You can see the schedule of readings here: http://www.norcalepiscopal.org/meditations. If you do want to start, I encourage you to begin where we are in the series of readings rather than start from the beginning. There are also groups you could join if you want to discuss your reading with others. Please contact the Rev. Anne McKeever at amckeever@wavecable.com if you would like to join a group. One of the blessings of this program is many people are wrestling with some of the difficult and challenging things that are found in the Bible. This wrestling invites us into a more mature faith. While I don't expect us to be experts on the Bible after reading through it one time, I do think we will become much better at reading the Bible, particularly if we are discussing our questions with others. To help in this process, I am offering a monthly class on the Old Testament readings. Last Thursday I presented a lecture on Leviticus and Numbers which included a segments on the history of the Old Testament and how to read the Bible. You can find my handout as well as video of the lecture here: http://blogs.deanbaker.org/?p=3305.
Blessings,
Brian
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker |
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Readings for
March 17, 2013
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Click here to read the lessons. |
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Weekly reading list...
Day 67: Deuteronomy 10-12; Psalm 56; Luke 14
Thu, March 14, 2013
Day 68: Deuteronomy 13-15: Psalm 57; Luke 15
Fri, March 15, 2013
Day 69: Deuteronomy 16-18; Psalm 58; Luke 16
Sat, March 16, 2013
Listen to Scripture in Church
Sun, March 17, 2013
Day 71: Deuteronomy 19-21, Psalm 59, Luke 17
Mon, March 18, 2013
Day 72: Deuteronomy 22-24, Psalm 60, Luke 18
Tue, March 19, 2013
Day 73: Deuteronomy 25-27, Psalm 61, Luke 19
Wed, March 20, 2013
Day 74: Deuteronomy 28-30, Psalm 62, Luke 20
Thu, March 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
Lent and Easter
merchandise is available.
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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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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Donation & Volunteer
Opportunities... |
Help St. John's Shelter...
...to win $10,000. St. John's is in the running for the People's Momentum Award from the Women's Foundation of California. And in order to win, we need your vote! Follow this link, then select St. John's and click vote. The last day to vote is March 28th. |
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Back Snack Project
Our Floyd School Back Snack project is out of some foods please bring the following if you possibly can. We have about 12 more weeks to help the children until school is out. Please put any of the following foods in the barrel by the stairs in the Cathedral house.
- tuna
- peanutbutter
- fruit cups
- granola bars.
Thank you,
Canon Tennyson |
Single morning volunteer opportunity
The Sacramento interfaith group is organizing teams to work at the East Lawn Cemetery on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Groups of 5 to 50 are invited to clean headstones and do some light refurbishment. This might be a great family effort on a beautiful day in April! A headcount is needed as quickly as possible, so if you're interested contact Deacon Virginia at virginiamcneely@msn.com or 916-444-0720. |
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Sister Mary Stanislaus Mackey
Thursday, March 14 at 6pm
Tonight at 6pm, Trinity Cathedral Church will gather to remember the life and ministry of Sister Mary Stanislaus Mackey (Mother Stan), a religious of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston. She served the church as a nurse/missionary in both Guatemala and El Salvador. She was known and loved by John Ochoa and Priscilla Gonzalez, RN., members of Trinity Cathedral. "Mother Stan" lived a heroic life tending the needs of the poor.
Follow this link to read more...
Please invite your friends and join us, as we honor Mother Stan's life and hear our own Priscilla Gonzalez's recollections of her shared ministry with the children of El Salvador.
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Thursday Night at the Cathedral
Service of Remembrance: 6:00pm
Dinner: 6:15pm-Classes: 7:00pm
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Dinner:
March 14: Chef Vaughn Wolff prepares a
St. Patrick's Day Feast
March 14 - Classes:
In Room A: Vaughn Wolff facilitates a discussion on, Power Through Constructive Thinking by Emmet Fox. We will study Dr. Fox's writings, beginning with Power Through Constructive Thinking, to find inspiration that can be applied to solve practical problems.
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 discussion group facilitated by Rhonda Canby and Randy Knutson. Bring your Bible and join us.
 In Room I: Canon Lynell Walker facilitates, Understanding How We Worship based in Dr. Ian S. Markham's Book Liturgical Life Principles: How Episcopal Worship Can Lead to Healthy and Authentic Live. Markham demonstrates how the liturgy of the Episcopal Church can enable us to cope more effectively with the stresses and strains of modern life
 In the Bookshop: Rosemary Braxton facilitates a discussion of the book Muslims Christians and Jesus by Carl Medearis written to develop an understanding and possibly friendships between the Christian and Muslim communities. Ann Holmes Redding, a former Episcopal Priest who converted to Islam in 2006 and a Braxton family friend, will participate in our book discussion on March 14. Everyone who has not committed to another class is invited to attend this discussion, you won't be disappointed. The book is available for sale in the Bookshop.
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.
March 14: Alex Gunn traces his ancestry back to Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.
March 21: John Tennyson will present on the California legislature and his work and experience with them.
April 4: Ralph Bonds will present on his family history in Texas, saddle making, leather work and the Spanish and Mexican influence on family history. |
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Street Closure this Weekend
The Sutter Medical Center 29th Street bridge will be put in place this weekend. 29th Street will be closed between L Street and Capitol Avenue from Friday evening at 7:00pm, March 15th to Monday morning at 5:00am, March 18th. |
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Walk the Labyrinth
Third Friday of the Month, 6:00-8:00pm
The next Labyrinth is
Friday, March 15th from 6-8 pm
For more information please contact
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We will NOT be making Palm Crosses
The palm fronds have not arrived.
For more information contact Sue Clark at grandmasueclark@yahoo.com
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Newcomers' Group
10:15am in Room C
A new group begins this Sunday, March 17.
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 Sunday Mornings in Lent
10:15am in Room A
Bud Swank presents The Soul of Money, A Spiritual Journey: From Scarcity to Sufficiency. The book is available for sale in the Cathedral Bookshop. |
Sunday Morning Bible Challenge
10:15am in the Conference Room
The 30/40s and Beyond group meets and discusses the Bible Challenge readings. 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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Family Promise
Hosting Week: March 17-24
Many volunteer opportunities still open!! Please consider offering your time and talent during this week!! It could be part of your Lenten Discipline. There are opportunities to prepare a dinner, help with playing / conversing with the families, and / or spend the night. We will have three families this week with children ranging from 16 months to 9 years old.
As I prepare for this week it is clear that a TEAM of at least two others must be recruited to work with me. It requires a Team effort to coordinate the tasks that need to be done in order to assure a successful hosting week. With a team, the week and/or duties could be divided up so that all the responsibility does not fall on one person. WE NEED A TEAM of co-coordinators. Please prayerfully consider, then contact me at lylegramling@comcast.net |
Memorial Service for
Margaret Chinca (Fowler)
Tuesday, March 19th at 2:00pm
at Trinity Cathedral
A reception will follow in the Great Hall. |
 Stations of the Cross for Children Friday, March 29 at 2:00pm
We are looking for cast members for the Children's Stations of the Cross. Children fifth grade and up who would like to be involved please contact Canon Tennyson at 916-446-2513 or sign up on Sunday. There will be a rehearsal at 4:00pm on March 28. |
 Eggstravaganza Saturday, March 30 at 10am
Our Eggstravaganza is quickly approaching. We need little toys and wrapped candy that will fit into plastic Easter eggs to hide for the egg hunt for the children. We have about 1,000 eggs to fill so please whatever you can donate bring to Canon Tennyson's office by March 24 so our volunteers can fill the eggs. We also need hardboiled eggs by March 30. |
 Easter Flower Donations In Memory or Thanksgiving...
...are a nice way to remember
loved ones or give thanks.
Please submit your request and contribution
by filling out this form.
Monday, March 25 is the deadline
for inclusion in the Easter Service Programs. |
 Potluck Passover Meal
Monday, March 25, 5-8pm
In the Great Hall
For recipe ideas follow this link.
Contact is Yolanda Ashford (916) 613-9159
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Lent & Holy Week
at Trinity Cathedral
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 |
Trinity Takes...
by The Rev. Anne Dryden McKeever,
Director of Youth and Adult Spiritual Formation.
Trinity Bible Challengers are taking their Bibles with them wherever they go, even reading their Bibles in public! Here are some of the places our Bibles have traveled with us since January:
Lynette Munroe: In line at school to pick up my grandchildren; Fiddletown to pick up grandkids; Sutter Creek to my sister's house; Mercy and Sutter hospitals; The Chateau.
Morey Lloyd: I have carried the Bible in my hands, head and heart. The most unusual place has been Trinity Cathedral. I always look for the Hymnal, BCP and the Bible in the pew. Sometimes we use the Hymnal. People of the Book originally meant the BCP, but the BCP had most of the readings therein.
Sonya Reichel: I'm sorry that I don't have any exotic locations to report, but certainly a bunch of very mundane ones! I incorporate the Bible Challenge readings into either morning or evening prayer. I drag my BCP and Bible with me almost everywhere! If I don't have time to do all the readings in the morning at home (which is usually the case), then I bring them to work and out and about running errands. I pray in my car in lots of random parking lots, like at work or home depot or outside my dentist's office, I prayed in the lobby of my dentist's office, I pray in my office at work, I pray while waiting for class to start at CDSP or IBS.
Robert Oakes: Washington DC. San Diego. Los Angeles. San Luis Obispo. Manteca.
Joanne McNabb: Camarillo, CA, visiting my parents
New York City, business trip
Portland, OR, family wedding
Next month: Washington, DC, business
Bill and Cindy Chisum: The Bible went with us and was read in Oregon when we were on our college tour expedition.
Phylis Ehlert: Just my dining room table and the church office.
Tracy Tschanz: Wow! Thank you for thinking that I might actually travel! Does it count if I give you the places I traveled to in my head-dreams? Reality says - Sacramento, CA.
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If you missed Dean Brian Baker's Old Testament class presented last Thursday and Sunday, here is the link to enjoy it at home at your leisure: http://blogs.deanbaker.org/?p=3305Seven Trinity Bible Challenge groups continue to meet, always welcoming newcomers and drop-ins. Bring your Bible, open your heart, listen, share, and learn with us! Follow this link for a list of active groups.
Rev. Anne McKeever
amckeever@wavecable.com |
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 TREE Tip
by Ann Rothschild
Your old Jeans put to Work.
I love to hear of new uses for our ubiquitous waste and of small drives developing into grand programs. Two companies have been working since 2006 to turn used denim into house insulation. Cotton Incorporated, a consortium of cotton growers, manufacturers, and retailers, collected used denim clothes from college student organizations, community groups, retailers like Gap and Guess Jeans, and readers of National Geographic Kids in a fabulously successful drive called "Cotton: Blue to Green" (BtG). It was so successful that they had to stop collecting until they could catch up with the insulation part of the program. Bonded Logic, a cotton insulation manufacturer in Arizona, processes the material into insulation and donates it to Habitat for Humanity affiliates for disaster areas in the U.S. Currently Cotton Incorporated have set up a grant program to distribute the wealth of insulation they have. Architects and builders may apply-see more information at website below.
Bonded Logic's Ultratouch insulation itself is environmentally sound: it does not have formaldehyde or or airborne particulates, does not itch, and is not flammable. It contains an EPA-registered borate solution that is as resistant as fiberglass to mold, fungus, rodents, pests, and fire. It qualifies for 12 LEED credits.
More info: www.cottonfrombluetogreen.org
Source: http://www.nrdc.org/business/design/denim.asp |
Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath
Last Sunday, March 10, Trinity Cathedral joined other religious congregations across the country for Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath, an effort by people of faith to address the tragedy of gun violence in our country. |
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