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February 13, 2014
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 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!
"If Christianity is about anything, it is about forgiveness." With this powerful and provocative statement, Brian Zahnd begins his excellent book on forgiveness. I have long believed that forgiveness may be the central and most important focus of Christianity. We don't have to look hard at the world around us to see the need of forgiveness. Fueled by shouting television "news" programs, caustic talk radio and the anonymity of internet communication, people are treating one another with increasing levels of animosity and even cruelty. On the global front, genocide is breeding genocide. Into this craziness steps Jesus and his radical example of self-sacrifice and his impossible command to love our enemies and forgive seventy times seven times. How do we live lives of forgiveness? How can we be freed from the shackles of past wounds? How do we stop the cycle of responding to violence with violence? Forgiveness is not easy, and in some cases it is impossible for us. But we aren't alone. We have God's presence and love in Christ Jesus, we have one another, and we have excellent guides like Brian Zahnd.
Tonight I will be launching a 7 week study on forgiveness using Zahnd's book as our guide. Similar to the model we used in the Bible Challenge, I will lead a monthly class on the topic. Various groups will meet weekly, including the Thursday Lunch Bunch and a Thursday Night 7pm group.
I hope you can join us tonight and participate in a group. If you can't, I recommend you get a copy of the book and read it. It has been helpful for me as I wrestle with this difficult subject.
Blessings,
Brian
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker
Dean, Trinity Cathedral
Sacramento, CA
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We will remember the life of
Diane Reith on Wednesday, February 19 at 11am
May the souls of all the departed rest in peace.
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Trinity Women's Retreat
SAVE THE DATES for Trinity's Women's Retreat: June 13-15
We will gather at the beautiful Mercy Center in Auburn for a weekend of prayer, meditation, music, and fun. Stay tuned for details. Canon Lynell Walker will facilitate the retreat. |
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Cathedral Bookshop
Valentine Day's Gift Idea:
"Add-A-Charm" Necklace
($5 or $6)
and Charm's ($4)
Bookshop Hours:
Tue, Wed, Thu:
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, Noon-1:00pm, 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:
sally1369@comcast.net
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 Lunch Bunch
Will not meet Feb. 20 & 27
Beginning March 6, Canon Walker will facilitate a study of the book Radical Forgiveness by Brian Zahnd.
Trinity's Lunch Bunch meets every Thursday from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Assembly Area. While we eat the lunches we bring, we discuss books, films and current events.
Writing Group
Will not meet on February 13.
Do you like to write? Do you like giving and receiving purely positive feedback? Then come join us in the Conference Room every Thursday afternoon from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Using a quotation or short piece of writing as a springboard, we write quietly for about twenty minutes and then, if we choose, share all or part of our writing with the group. Our feedback uplifts and encourages writers to try new forms of expression. Newcomers and drop-ins are always welcome.
Facilitator: Rev. Anne McKeever
amckeever@wavecable.com
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Walk the Labyrinth
Third Friday of the Month,
6:00-8:00pm
The next Labyrinth is
Friday, February 21
from 6-8 pm
For more information please contact
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Thursday Night at the Cathedral
on February 13
6:00pm - Candlelight Compline
6:15pm - Dinner ($7.00)
McKensie Pimley will prepare a Hungarian feast with
Golushga Paprkas, cucumber salad and stuffed cookies
7:00pm - Classes
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TNAC CLASSES
7 to 8:30 pm
 Forgiveness
Dean Baker will provide the first of his three lectures on forgiveness (dates: Feb. 13, Mar. 20, and Apr. 10). Each Thursday between these dates, Canon Walker and Rev. Anne Arthur will be leading a group discussing Brian Zahnd's book: Radical Forgiveness: God's Call to Unconditional Love (dates: Feb. 20, 27, Mar. 6, 13, 27, and Apr. 3). All of these classes will be held in the Assembly Area.
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 The Jesus I Never Knew
by Philip Yancey
Through April 13
Facilitator: George (Bud) Swank
"No one who meets Jesus ever stays the same."
Phillip Yancey offers a new and different perspective on the life of Christ and his work-his teaching, his miracles, his death and resurrection-and ultimately who he was and why he came. Yancey presents a complex character who generates questions as well as answers; a disturbing and exhilarating Jesus who wants to transform us radically and strengthen our faith.
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30/40s and Beyond
Meets in the Conference Room at 10:20am
This group is closed for a special 4 week spiritual gifts discovery class. We will be open again starting in Lent - Sunday, March 9th with the Living Compass Lenten Meditation.
30/40's Facilitator: Amy Dierlam dnarock@pacbell.net
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Newcomers' Group
Meets at 10:15am in Room C.
The group will discuss Worship and Stewardship.
Everyone is welcome to be with us, especially Newcomers and visitors. If you have questions contact Randie Strike at email randie.trinity@gmail.com or 916-446-2513.
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Dean Baker on Forgiveness
10:15 in the Assembly Area
These lectures are also presented on the previous Thursday Night at the Cathedral. This series contains two more Sunday classes on March 9 and April 13.
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This is her life!
1:00pm in the Assembly Area
Doey Peeler will show a video of her story. All are welcome!
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 Growing in Faith
Meets in the East Transept of the Cathedral at 3:00pm
For more information contact Jerry Paré (930-8032 or jpare111452@gmail.com)
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 Alzheimer's/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group Starting at Trinity
If you are caring for a family member or friend who has Alzheimer's or another dementia, you are at increased risk for stress and health problems. Taking care of yourself through learning about and taking advantage of services that can provide you support and respite is essential. Attending a caregiver support group is one way family caregivers can care for themselves.
Beginning on Wednesday, February 19th, Trinity will host an Alzheimer's/Dementia Family Caregiver Support group the third Wednesday of every month, from 10:30-12:00. The group will use materials provided by the Alzheimer's Association and will be facilitated by Jackie McGrath, a volunteer with the Alzheimer's Association and a former caregiver for her parents who had dementia. For more information contact Jackie at jackiewmcgrath@gmail.com or 712-6561.
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 Prayer Night at the Cathedral
Wednesday, February 19 at 7pm, Conference Room
Join us for an evening where participants have a chance to experience different approaches to prayer and ask questions.
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Thursday Night at the Cathedral Classes
Beginning February 20
 Radical Forgiveness: God's Call to Unconditional Love by Brian Zahnd
Presented by Canon Lynell Walker and the Rev. Anne Arthur.
Meetings on February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 27, April 3 in the Assembly Area. This class will attend Dean Brian Baker's lectures on Forgiveness Thursday evenings, February 13, March 20 and April 10th.
Recover the true beauty of Christianity as found in forgiveness. If Christianity is to be a compelling and relevant voice in the twenty-first century, it needs a return to its roots. Beginning with the horror of the Holocaust, Radical Forgiveness explores what forgiveness means-and how far it should go-in the real world of rape, child abuse, genocide and other atrocities. With honesty and compassion, Zahnd tackles questions such as: Should we always forgive? Is forgiveness always even possible? Does forgiveness enable evil? Does it sacrifice justice? Are they ANY limits?
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 The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity by Cynthia Bourgeault
The Rev Kathy Hopner, Facilitator.
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity-yet, if you look in the Bible, you'll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia Bourgeault examines the Bible, church tradition, art, legend, and newly discovered texts to see what's there. She then applies her own reasoning and intuition, informed by the wisdom of the ages-old Christian contemplative tradition. What emerges is a radical view of Mary Magdalene as Jesus's most important disciple, the one he considered to understand his teaching best. Cynthia shows how an understanding of Mary Magdalene can revitalize contemporary Christianity, how Christians and others can, through her, find their way to Jesus's original teachings and apply them to their modern lives.
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The Gnostic Gospel's by Elaine Pagel
Susan Hotchkiss will lead a discussion of Pagel's book, a provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts. Meeting in the Bookshop Feb. 20, 27, Mar. 6,13, 27 and Apr. 3.
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Getting Started with the New Bible and Book of Common Prayer Challenge
Rhonda Canby will facilitate the group beginning Feb. 20. On March 5, using a schedule, the participants will:
1) read a Psalm
2) read a chapter of the New Testament
3) pray their personal prayers
4) pray the Lord's Prayer
5) read a Book of Common Prayer nugget.
It is a much lighter reading load than The Bible Challenge and it encourages us to re-acquaint ourselves with the Book of Common Prayer as a primary resource for our personal spiritual practices.
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 Sacramento Baroque Soloists in Concert
The Trinity Cathedral Music Series is pleased to welcome the Sacramento Baroque Soloists in concert on Friday, February 21st at 7:30 pm. Featured in this concert will be violinist/artistic director Lisa Lawson, violinist/violist Marieke Furnee, cellist Michael Lawson, and harpsichordist/organist Ellen Schinnerer Deffner. The program will include music by Archangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Marco Uccellini, and more.
The Baroque Soloists will also collaborate with Trinity Cathedral's "Resurrexit" chamber choir for a performance of J. S. Bach's masterful motet "Lobet den Herren, alle heiden," BWV 230. The motets are Bach's most virtuoso choral pieces, and were written for special occasions such as funerals or weddings. On those occasions the families would pay for a complement of singers of higher skill than what Bach would normally have at his disposal. The motet is sung in the original German, and text is Psalm 117, "Praise the Lord, all you peoples."
All are invited to attend this concert of Baroque delights! Admission is $25 general, $15 students & seniors (65+), and children ten and under are free.
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Celebrating 30 years of service
Annual Day of Prayer
Sponsored by COSSA (Contemplative Outreach Sacramento/Stockton Chapter)
Saturday, March 15, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Assembly Area (upstairs)
2620 Capitol Ave., Sacramento, CA 95816
$20 suggested donation (scholarships available)*
($5 discount for early registration - by Monday, 3/10/14)
To Register - please contact Janice Boyd -
e-mail: jboydcp@gmail.com or (916)747-2950
Follow this link for more information.
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 TREE Tip
by Ann Rothschild.
Trinity Recycles
Hallelujah! Why am I so happy? Because we have a recycle bin in the alley, and "Trinity Recycles" is beginning to take off. Last Wednesday night at the Community Dinner put on by Loren Weatherly and a wonderful band of volunteers, I showed up as "recycle monitor." I scrubbed out a dozen or so cans and made sure aluminum was clean before it landed in the recycle bin. It was uplifting to feed the homeless, take care of the environment, and work with generous, cooperative people. I went home with a big smile on my face! Grant Bakewell did the same thing on Thursday night for the TNAC dinner. We urge all kitchen workers to become conscious of our responsibility to the environment and train themselves to recycle wherever they go.
We need volunteers to monitor and train workers from various groups using the kitchen during the week. Anyone interested should contact Ann Rothschild at dzonokwa@comcast.net for encouragement and helpful hints.
You know the Parable of the Importunate Widow? Well, TREE is going to be importunate. Below is a guide for you to print and memorize. Thanks for your participation and welcome to the party.
 RECYCLE CLEAN CANS, ALUMINUM, PLASTIC, GLASS, PAPER/CARDBOARD.
Recycled items must be clean of food before putting in bin.
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Rinse and scrub out cans, and
Rinse out/remove all food from aluminum pans.
NO food or liquids, coffee grounds, greasy paper, used napkins or tissues, or used, greasy pizza cardboard.
At end of evening, call custodian at number on kitchen door; he will pick up the bag. Do this even if bag is only half full-don't leave it till morning and waste your efforts with contamination from food thrown in by another, possibly untrained group!
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Making Super Bowl Pizza
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Ordination to the Priesthood of
Megan Anderson and Anne Arthur
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The Rev. Anne Arthur proclaims
the Peace
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 Got Soup? 
Empty Bowls is River City Food Bank's signature event that raises funds, friends and awareness for our ongoing fight against hunger in Sacramento County.
I know you just boxed up and put away your Christmas decorations, but it is not too early to mark your calendar for Empty Bowls 2014. The Steering Committee has been hard at work, and our potters have been preparing bowls since early fall. Please note our dates for this year's event:
Soup Supper: Monday, March 10th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm ($60 includes Wine, hors d'oeurvres, soups and desserts by Classique Catering.)
Soup Luncheon: Tuesday, March 11th from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm and 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm ($30 traditional soup lunch and desserts)
We are pleased to once again hold the event in the spacious Sacramento Convention Center and serve an assortment of impressive soups from Sacramento's finest restaurants.
Follow this link to purchase tickets or a sponsorship. Tickets can also be purchased at the Cathedral Bookshop, 2620 Capitol Avenue or Avid Reader, 1600 Broadway.
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