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July 18, 2013
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 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL
e-News
"A Growing community making disciples who love and serve Christ and His world"
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Greetings!
I will be leaving on Monday for a gathering of Anglicans in Kenya. The conference is sponsored by the Chicago Consultation and the Ujamaa Centre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Our goal is to strengthen mission and advocacy connections among Anglicans who are interested in the theology of human sexuality and justice. We believe that deeper connections with each other will make it easier for us to work together in mission and to communicate productively when challenging Communion-wide issues arise. The co-conveners of the consultation are Professor Gerald West of the Ujamaa Centre, and Professor Esther Mombo of St. Paul's University in Limuru, Kenya.
The consultation, which will involve about 55 people and last for three days, will be grounded in prayer and Bible study and will explore theological perspectives on human sexuality and justice. Participants will include theologians, bishops, church leaders, grassroots advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and other people willing to engage in intensive conversations
across cultural boundaries.
The participants in the consultation plan to share their experiences with the wider church through a published collection of essays and reflections and through the report of a listening team.
I will be taking Mark, my 16-year-old son with me and we will participate in a 3 day safari before the conference begins. Please pray for us in our travels and I look forward to reporting on our experience when we return.
Blessings,
Brian
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker
Dean, Trinity Cathedral
Sacramento, CA
916.446.2513
http://blogs.deanbaker.org/
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Room Rental wanted...
... for female Trinity parishioner.
Please contact Nancy at 916-420-8476 if you know of a room for rent.
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Nanny Wanted
Nanny wanted for day care at baby's home. Five days a week from 9 AM - 5 PM.
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Walking the Camino
with Lynell
If you don't have, or don't want to setup a Facebook page you can go to this blog
[thewayofsaintjames2013.wordpress.com]
created and maintained by parishioner Barb Chandler, to follow Lynell's progress along the Camino de Santiago.
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Trinity takes...
After a brief hiatus, the July-August edition of Trinity's Read One Bible Story a Week is available in the Bookshop and at the Welcome Center. Thank you, Jean Wu, for encouraging Rev. Anne to keep cranking these out.
Follow this link for a list of
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Weekly reading list...
Day 193: Job 37-39, Psalm 8, Galatians 4
Thu, July 18, 2013
Day 194: Job 40-42, Psalm 9, Galatians 5
Fri, July 19, 2013
Day 195: Proverbs 1-3, Psalm 10, Galatians 6
Sat, July 20, 2013
Listen to Scripture in Church
Sun, July 21, 2013
Day 197: Proverbs 4-6, Psalm 11, Ephesians 1
Mon, July 22, 2013
Day 198: Proverbs 7-9, Psalm 12, Ephesians 2
Tue, July 23, 2013
Day 199: Proverbs 10-12, Psalm 13, Ephesians 3
Wed, July 24, 2013
Day 200: Proverbs 13-15, Psalm 14, Ephesians
Thu, July 25, 2013
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Cathedral Bookshop
Come and see our new supply of crystal bowls and serving pieces for weddings and summer events We'd be happy to order any other items you might want.
Bookshop Hours:
Tue, Wed, Thur:
11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri: 10:00am - 2:00pm;
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, 1:00-2:00pm, Cathedral East Transept
Centering Prayer is a method of contemplation that helps 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:
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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
We will meet through August 29th on Thursday afternoons from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Conference Room.
Newcomers are always welcome. We write to a prompt and then share what we choose to share with the other participants.
Contact facilitator Rev. Anne at amckeever@wavecable.com if you have questions.
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Walk the Labyrinth
Third Friday of the Month,
6:00-8:00pm
The next Labyrinth is
Friday, July 19
from 6-8 pm
For more information please contact
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 Family Promise of Sacramento
Invites you to an Open House for their new Day Center
on Thursday, July 18, 2013
From 4 to 7pm
at
1321 North C Street
(near 16th and North C)
Family Promise recently relocated its Day Center to a great new space! We are still in the Loaves & Fishes complex, but the building we now occupy is more spacious, comfortable and is an all-around more pleasant environment for our guests than our previous facility.
Follow this link to read more...
Please join us for a reception at the new facility and have a look around!
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Thursday Night at the Cathedral
Voices of Faith
6:00pm: Candlelight Compline in the Cathedral
6:15pm: Bible Challenge Discussion Group
7:00pm: Voices of Faith in the Assembly Area
 TONIGHT - July 18: Morey Lloyd presents
Queen Califia- A saint in her own rite.
Mother of both Northern & Southern California, Upper & Lower California, inspiration for the mightiest river in the Western world and the Now & Then of this, our Golden State.
"Jews, Gentiles, Muslims, Heretics & Heathens, not to mention the Degenerates & the Immoral. The Light and the Dark, the Male & the Fe-Male, the Rulers & the Inches, the Ins & the Outs, the Ups & the Downs, the Comings & the Goings meet together in this land we call home." What a State in which we live! Come celebrate our past and remember the times to come!
A look at one very wealthy warring black single breasted Amazon Lesbian/leaning hero from the mind of a poor dismissive white imaginative Spanish male-Garci Rodriquez de Montalvo in his novel: Las Sergas De Esplandian, 1513, 500 years ago. A spiritual quest to be incorporated with insights from Cervantes': Don Quixote, 1605.
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July 25: Susan VanDyke presents Andrew Young
Civil Rights Leader, Pastor, Ambassador, Mayor, Son, Father, God-Father, American Citizen
 August 1: Teresa Sewell presents Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Author of The Cost of Discipleship and Life Together, Bonhoeffer lived in Nazi Germany and involved himself in espionage as part of the plot to assassinate Hitler.
August 8: Dean Baker presents the Old Testament: Learn about the books of the Old Testament we're reading for the Bible Challenge.
August 15: Jerry Paré presents Martin Buber
A Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue centered on the distinction between the "I-Thou" relationship and the "I-It" relationship.
August 22: Randy Knutson presents Marty Haugen
Marty Haugen is a liturgical composer, workshop presenter, performing and recording artist and author
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August 29: Canon David Link presents Thomas Tallis and William Byrd - Thomas Tallis and William Byrd were the two most prominent of Elizabethan composers.
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Walk the Labyrinth
on
Friday, July 19
from 6-8 pm...
...and remember Lynell+ as she walks the Camino de Santiago. There will be photos of her journey arranged around the Labyrinth. Please come and pray, meditate, and find a place of peace as you need.
For more information please contact
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Newcomers' Group
Meets at 10:15am in Room C
The group will view and discuss the video Welcome to the Episcopal Church.
If you have questions contact Randie Strike at email randie.trinity@gmail.com or 916-446-2513.
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 Jerry Paré Presents
Introduction to Worship and Prayer
10:30am in the Cathedral
Learn the dynamics of the Mass (Holy Eucharist) -- the significance of various parts of the rite; when to stand, kneel, genuflect, bow and sit; the duties of the acolytes, vergers, and eucharistic ministers; the vestments, chalice, paten, bread and wine -- so that you may enrich your experience of participating in Holy Communion. Learn about the Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer and Compline in our Book of Common Prayer so that you may create your own daily prayer practice.
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 HOW DO WE END HOMELESSNESS IN OUR REGION??
T-ACT, TRINITY'S local organizing committee and our partners at St. Mark's Methodist Church are inviting you to attend a free spaghetti dinner and informational meeting. Our goal is to bring Trinity Cathedral members up to speed on our work to end homelessness. WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED TO DATE, all Trinity members and friends are encouraged to attend!
DATE: Monday, July 22nd
TIME: 6:30 pm
LOCATION: Trinity Cathedral, in the Great Hall.
RSVP: Shireen Miles at 203-5595 or shireenmiles@comcast.net or Deacon Steve Skiffington at deaconskiff@gmail.com
- Learn about the major initiatives led by government agencies, service providers and homeless advocates to address the issue in our region
- Find about the gaps in service identified by T-ACT members through our research
- Get information on the next steps that the faith community can take to help end homelessness in our region.
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 Make and Pray the Anglican Rosary Trinity Women's Retreat August 10 Sign-up in the Cathedral Bookshop Trinity women and their friends are invited to join us at the lovely Mercy Center in Auburn for our summer retreat Saturday, August 10th, from 9 to 3:30. Participants will learn to make an Anglican Rosary that includes a small wooden cross hand-crafted by our own beloved Harry Katzakian. Then we'll learn several ways to pray with the rosary, seeking peace and a closer relationship with God. The cost of $40 includes a delicious lunch and all materials to make your own rosary. Facilitators will be Rev. Anne and Tori Beck. Contact Rev. Anne McKeever (amckeever@wavecable.com) for more information. |
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Family Promise
August 11-18, 2013
Opportunities to volunteer for Family Promise at Trinity are coming in August. The sign up sheet will is up on the bulletin board outside the bookstore. Come by and see how you might serve this very worthwhile ministry at Trinity!! The week that we will have families here at Trinity is August 11-18th. There will be more information soon as to how many families we will house that week.
Blessings,
Lyle Gramling
lylegramling@gmail.com
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Why I Love Edwina Gateley
by the Rev. Anne McKeever
 When I first became aware of Edwina Gateley in 2003 by reading her book, Soul Sisters: Women in Scripture Speak to Women Today, I fell in love with her poetry, her spirit, her ability to inhabit women in scripture I'd always wondered about but had never really known.
Inspired by the Louis Glanzman's portraits of twelve women of the New Testament, Edwina challenged herself truly to know these women by living within their spiritual skin.
"After a lifetime of knowing all about these women I felt, a last, that I had actually met them. Indeed I had. They were people I already knew: homemakers, sex workers, child runaways, crones, teachers, mothers, senior citizens . . . all of them knew Jesus. All of them were archetypes who reflected the journeys, struggles, joys and dreams of women today. I knew at once: I had to do this book."
-- Edwina Gateley.
Edwina is a remarkable story-teller, hilariously funny and brutally honest. She is not welcome to speak in the churches and halls of the Roman Catholic Church of her birth because of what she's said and done to challenge what she sees as hypocrisy and injustice.
I cry tears of joy, sorrow and deep relief every time I hear Edwina speak.
Please join me in welcoming Edwina Gateley to Trinity Cathedral on Friday, August 23rd at 7 p.m. She and her son Niall will speak until about 8:30 and then we'll gather in the Great Hall for a festive reception and book-signing. Our Cathedral Bookshop will be selling Edwina's books before and after the event.
Tickets are for sale for $20 in the Bookshop. Some comp tickets are available, thanks to generous benefactors. Please see Rev. Anne for details. |
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New Thought Class resumes...
on September 12
 Vaughn Wolff will be continuing the New Thought class studying Emmet Fox's book on The Sermon on the Mount. The first meeting is on September 12. The book is available in the Cathedral Bookshop, so please pick up a copy and begin reading. For those who are not familiar with his writings, you may begin with his essay on the Lord's Prayer in this book as well as Power Through Constructive Thinking. Last year's class was inspiring and motivating. Everyone participated in the discussions and experienced incredible insights.
Contact: Vaughn Wolff - vewolff@yahoo.com
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Trinity Recovery Weekend
"I Once Was Lost and Now I'm Found"
Coming September 14 and 15
Why are many people in recovery so happy? They experience daily the transformative power of God's healing love. They see and feel resurrection. Their honesty allows them to overcome shame and blame of the past to become free and whole. September 14 and 15, at all services, Trinity Cathedral will host a Recovery Weekend with readings, intercessory prayers and homilies presented by Trinity parishioners actively working programs of recovery. If you would like to join our planning committee, please contact Rev. Anne McKeever at 530-908-3616 or amckeever@wavecable.com.
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Would your home welcome a student from overseas?
International Student Exchange, a non-profit from Babylon, New York, regulated by the United States State Department to provide J-1 visas for visiting kids attending American high schools in our region, has existed for more than 30 years and works, by mandate, to deepen understanding of language, culture, and development. The experience is rewarding for us and for our community, helping us establish lifelong friendships with America and the world.
To become a host family before August 12th contact local area representative Carolyn Conrad, Trinity Cathedral member, at (916) 500 HOST.
For further information:
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. on Youtube.
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) leads and develops initiatives to bring international students to the United States and to send U.S. students overseas.
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