A Thanksgiving Thank You

Many Thank You's to all who came to share in the 4th Annual Community Thanksgiving meal...I am beyond grateful to Trinity for their willingness to donate all the food for our Thanksgiving meal which fed 60 to 75 people and I am incredibly delighted by those who arrived to spend their day helping to prepare the banquet to feed those 60 to 75 people and then to help in cleaning up...I believe it was a most wonderful day that showed the abundance - not of food - but of community and communion - as what Thanksgiving should be. Thank you - thanks in giving...  Tracy

Thursday Night at the Cathedral

 on December 4

6:00pm - Compline

6:15pm - Dinner ($7)

7:00pm - Classes

Bible and Book of Common Prayer Challenge 

Facilitators: Rhonda Canby and the Rev. Randy Knutson

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. 

A Christmas Carol

Facilitator: Susan Hotchkiss

"A Christmas Carol" has been a holiday favorite for over 150 years. Written as a novella by English author Charles Dickens in 1843, it has been produced for stage and screen a multitude of times. During Advent here at Trinity, we will have the opportunity to view the movie, hear about the work's historical significance and discuss how the themes are still important in our spiritual lives today.   

Beginning December 11

Experiment in Thought and Prayer

Facilitator: Vaughn Wolff

We will meet for the two remaining weeks of TNAC in December. From 7PM to 8:30PM we will meet and be using the books E2 (Energy Squared) by Pam Grout and The Dynamic Laws of Healing by Catherine Ponder."

International Marathon

on Sunday

will impact getting to Trinity

Follow this link, http://runcim.org/road-closures/, to see when and where road closures may affect you.

Christmas Greens

The wreaths and greens you pre-ordered are here!  Please pick them up in the Great Hall this Sunday.

Newcomers' Group

Meets in Room C at 10:15am

The group will discuss Ministry Opportunities. All are invited 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.

30/40s and Beyond

Meets in the Conference Room at 10:15am

We will begin our discussion on Living Well through Advent devotional booklet by Living Compass. Join us!

Growing in Faith:

Small Groups to Explore our Faith Journeys

The meetings start this Sunday, December 7; 3 - 5 PM in the Church. These meetings are for those who want to take part in small group faith sharing. If you are interested or even a bit curious, come and check it out. Contact Jerry Paré (930-8032 or jpare111452@gmail.com) for more information.

Saint Nicholas Night

Sunday, December 7, 4:30-6:30pm

Come and celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season with St. Nicholas!  We'll celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas with Christmas crafts, photos, a simple dinner, and conclude with a brief service in honor of this saint.  Cost is $5.00 per person and $12.00 per family.  Please sign up at the Welcome Center or email Rev. Kathy Hopner at khopner@trinitycathedral.org.  Thank you!

ROS Shirley Sassman

Trinity is saddened to learn of the death of Shirley Sassman on November 15. A Service of Remembrance will be held at Trinity on Tuesday, December 9 as part of the 12:10 service.

Trinity Cathedral's 

Christmas Fair is coming!

Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 14th, when TREE will be putting on its annual Christmas Fair in the Great Hall from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm.

Find gifts local and global which support artists, craftspeople, and non-profit groups. As a teaser, think about musical crafts, jewelry, and scarves from Africa, jewelry from various artisans, pottery from a famous local potter, and pottery from Nicaragua and Guatemala, quilt items, reusable product bags, beautiful notecards and much more. Never mind all those other craft fairs-ours is the best. Reject shopping mall madness!   Bring your friends and family.

Cozy Compline

Potluck Church invites you to a Cozy Compline on Friday December 19th at 7:00 pm.  The service will happen in the Assembly Area of Trinity followed by a dessert potluck (bring your favorite goodies to share). You are also encouraged to bring pillows, blankets, stuffed animals - anything that will make you comfortable while we enjoy music and the lovely liturgy of compline.

Floyd School

Good News!
Thank you to all who took a child, children or family to help for the holidays. Everyone is spoken for. We would like all gifts wrapped and returned  to Trinity Cathedral by Thursday, December 18 unless you are planning to deliver the gifts your self which is wonderful.

This is such a happy time because everyone is so helpful. Thank you, thank you.

Some important dates are coming up.

The Academic Showcase will be  December 11 at 2:00 pm at Floyd School. The students  will share their knowledge of their studies with adults.  Mr. Eric Chapman, principal of Floyd School is requesting that adults from the House Church and Trinity Cathedral come to hear the students present their information. It will last one hour. Hope you can be there it is so important for the students to know that people care about their studies.

The Polynesian Dance program is Tuesday , December 16 at 6:00 pm. We have  six ladies who are busily working on costumes for the  children.

Members of our Men's Group are working on preparing the dinner after the program. You are invited and encouraged to attend to support the efforts of the students. You are welcome to stay for dinner afterwards.

We will wrapping and organizing gifts for the families at Floyd School on Thursday, December 18 at 7:00 pm. Please join us so we can get our Santa work done quickly!

On Friday, December 19 at 12:30 we will meet at the Cathedral and take the holiday bags to the school to give to each student. Santa and his elf have promised to come help us. We need volunteers to help deliver the bags. it is about a 2 hour process. It is fun and their heart warming to see the children open their bags. Please join us then.

Advent Blessings, 

Canon Nancy Tennyson

News from Beyond

Our Church

Camp Noel Porter News 

The camp is in great need of financial support right now. You can send a check directly to the camp - Camp Noel Porter, PO Box 50, Tahoe City, CA 96145 and sign up for some of the below programs.

Scrips for CNP  Please sign up and help Generate funds for the programs at Camp. There are some ways you can help the camp that are easy to do on the internet

For SAFEWAY - go to www.escrip.com. follow the four easy steps in the right hand top corner of the page. The ID for Camp Noel Porter is 152407310.

For RALEYS/BELAIR/NOB HILL: go to www.raleys.com. To sign up for Extra Credit, you must be a member of Raley's new reward program, Something Extra. You can quickly and easily sign up at raleys.com. Once enrolled, to donate scrip to camp, please visit raleys.com/extracredit and click on the green"Get Started"button. When selecting your organization, you can search for us by name (Noel Porter Camp) or zip code. Confirm your selection and that's it - the camp will receive a donation every time you shop at Raley's, Bel Air, or Nob Hill Foods.

For SaveMart or Lucky's: If you want a card, call CNP at 530-583-3014 or email campnoelporter@sbcglobal.net.

For Amazon: go to the Camp's home page at www.campnoelporter.org and click on the Amazon Smiles icon and follow the directions!

Thank you for your help Camp Noel Porter is a great place for our kids and is developing into a great retreat center as well. Please do what you can to support them.

I am a new member of the board.

Blessings,
Canon Nancy Tennyson

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