PLANNING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER!

On behalf of the Vestry and the leadership team, we invite you to complete the Church Assessment Tool (CAT), an on-line survey that will help us gauge the strength, vitality, and trends in our church. The information gained from this assessment will be used during our Mutual Ministry Review in September and will help us make better decisions about the future of Trinity Cathedral. Results from the survey and the Mutual Ministry Review will be presented to the congregation this fall. Your participation is vital!

In a few days, you will receive an email with a link to the CAT. Beginning July 15th and ending August 15th, we are asking you to go online by clicking on the link provided and tell us about your experiences in and priorities for our church. Please do not discuss the survey or your answers with others as this may influence their answers.   If you need a paper copy, please come to the office or see an usher before service, and we will provide one.

All answers are strictly anonymous. We have no way of matching any assessment to a particular person, so please feel free to candidly share your perceptions, opinions and experiences. Our future together is dependent on your participation and honest answers. All parishioners in your household are encouraged to submit individual responses.

If you have questions, please contact Chris Tzimenatos at cmtzimenatos@hotmail.com or 916-317-7854.

Many thanks,

The Trinity Cathedral Vestry

Safe Ground Evening Service

Earlier this year, lay members of Trinity Cathedral began offering an evening service of scripture and prayer to guests attending Safe Ground. Safe Ground dinner is served in the Great Hall at 6 pm and the Safe Ground evening service in the Cathedral begins at 5:45 pm. The Safe Ground evening service invites those who are marginalized, dispossessed, homeless, outcast, or alienated from God into a sacred space. Some have never been inside a church. Many, from a variety of faith traditions or none at all, have been chased away from houses of worship and told they are not welcome.  Scripture and prayers in Trinity Cathedral's Safe Ground evening service speak to the special needs of the women and men who are guests at Safe Ground. At the conclusion of the service, guests may light votive candles, or kneel and pray privately, or meet with members of the Cathedral who are available for private, one-on-one prayer. There is much holiness; the presence of the Spirit fills the evening. Those who lead the Safe Ground evening service want to share this very special ministry. Come and see. Be a blessing. Be blessed.

For further information, please contact:

Patrice Carroll (patrice.carroll@dot.ca.gov),

Susan Hunt Hotchkiss (susan_hotchkiss1@hotmail.com),

Susan VanDyke (svandyke59701@gmail.com),

or Loren Weatherly (loren.weatherly@gmail.com).

When my body is weary grant me peace.
When my soul is weary grant me faith.
When my spirit is weary grant me joy. Amen.

Thursday Night at the Cathedral

 on July 10

6:00pm - Compline

 Bring a sack dinner and eat in the Great Hall

while waiting for the Voices of Faith to begin.

or

Beginning after Compline

in the Conference Room is the...

Bible and Book of Common Prayer Challenge 

The goal is to read one chapter in the New Testament, one Psalm, and one of the prayers in the Book of Common Prayer each day for one year to anchor each day in scripture, and to become familiar with the beauty of the prayers in the Prayer Book.  Rhonda Canby is the facilitator for this TNAC class.

7:00pm - Voices of Faith

July 10 - Anne Hutchinson

Presented by Susan Hotchkiss

You are invited to become acquainted with Anne Hutchinson, who, in 1637, was charged with sedition and heresy by the Massachusetts General Court. She was ultimately banished by these men and went on to become the only female co-founder of an American colony, Rhode Island, along with Roger Williams. During her lifetime, Hutchinson was referred to as the instrument of Satan and Jezebel by her Puritan detractors. Nathaniel Hawthorne used her as model for Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. All in all a very interesting woman and a very devout voice of faith. 

Follow this link for future offerings...

Newcomers' Group

The group will be received this Sunday, July 13. A new group begins on July 20 in Room C.

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.

Introduction to the New Testament

  Meets in Room A at 10:15am

The class begins after the 9:00 Service in Room A. This Sunday's topic is the Gospel according to Matthew. This gospel is of special interest right now because passages from Matthew are what we hear every Sunday through November. Bring your Bible. All are welcome! For more information on the course contact Jerry Pare' (jpare111452@gmail.com).

ALL are invited to:

Abraham's Tent Meeting

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Capital Christian Center
9470 Micron Avenue, Sacramento

(Click here for a map)
Fireside Room
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Follow this link for the agenda.

Post-Mission Trip Brunch

Sunday, July 20 at 10:15am

Everyone is invited to hear the youth group talk about their experiences on their Mission Trip to Lapwai, ID (www.trinityEYF.weebly.com) on July 20th at 10:15 in the Great Hall. This trip touched the lives of all those who participated and we are anxious to share what we have learned with you. Brunch will be provided. Hope to see you there!

Deanery Summer Retreat

August 22-24 at the Mercy Center in Auburn

The theme is Come to the Water using materials from Living Compass. The cost is $135 for two nights and six meals. Space for the retreat is limited. Reserve your spot by contacting: Laura Simkins-ldsimkins@comcast.net; 916-944-3426

Follow this link for more information and a printable brochure.

Co-Leaders are The Rev. Anne McKeever, Susan Wahlstrom, RN, and The Very Rev. Ray Hess.

TREE Tip

by Ann Rothschild

Fed Up with Sugar

I am referring to the 2014 documentary Fed Up, recently shown at Tower thanks to Assembly member Roger Dickinson. The film relates to the epidemic of childhood and general obesity and exposes the food industries' egregious power to sway and manipulate the public through misleading advertising.   Some facts: the one craving we are born with is for sweetness! The American Heart Association recommends a maximum of 25 grams of sugar a day. One soda has 25-35 grams sugar.   Added sugar (dextrose, sucrose, fructose, corn syrup and multiple other names) has no nutritional value whatsoever-it gives temporary energy and excess converts at once to fat. Natural sugars (in fruit and milk) burn more slowly and are integrated into the body's digestive system. Artificial sweeteners simply train the body to crave sweet.

When mandatory nutritional labeling was passed, the sugar lobby persuaded lawmakers to omit the RDA for sugar. So sugar is listed in grams but you have no idea how many you should have per day. All other nutrients have RDA percentages.

With the increased public consciousness around food and health, marketers resort to clever labeling. For instance, products labeled low and non-fat may often have increased sugar content. Read those labels and be informed. This film should be shown at all public schools and parents required to see it.

As Mr. Dickinson said, the only way to change things is from the ground up-that means us! Public opinion forced the tobacco companies to come clean and see what a huge change has happened over the last decade. Can we do the same with sugar?

A 2002 documentary with the same name, Fed Up! chronicles U.S. food production systems from organic farming to genetic engineering. Also worthwhile-it won an Environmental Media Award.  

Both films are available on Netflix.

Impromptu Summer Concert

Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church - 15th and J Streets

Featuring:

• Una Voce
  Porpora-Magnificat 
  Harris - Three Shakespeare Songs

Olando Tognozzi, Conductor
Mark Robinson, Accompanist

• Heritage Park Clarinet Ensemble 
  Variations on a Theme from A Bridge on the River Kwai

Free will offering at the door to benefit St. Paul's Episcopal Church. For more information contact 916-402-4105 

The St. Francis of Assisi

10th Annual Film Festival

On July 29 St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church at 1066 26th Street begins their 10th Annual Film Festival entitled Create in Me a Clean Heart, Oh God: The Journey of Transformation.  The first film is Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters."

For more information visit stfrancisparish.com/adult_formation 

Hosting an International Student

Call or email Carolyn Conrad for an exceptional experience hosting an International Student. Carolyn would love to share her experience with you, so please contact her for more information at 916-359-3016 or carolynconrad1@yahoo.com.