Thursday Night at the Cathedral

 on March 19

6:00pm - Compline

6:15pm - Lenten Soup Supper ($5)

7:00pm - Small Groups

There are several small groups that meet on Thursday evening.  If you would like to see the full list of  groups that are offered follow this link. 

Easter Flowers

This Sunday, March 22, the flower committee will be passing out forms so that parishioners may make a memorial or thanksgiving donation for Easter flowers. 

If you prefer, follow this link for a printable donation form which you can mail to the church along with your check.

The deadline date for inclusion in the Easter services program is Monday, March 23rd 

Help Make Palm Crosses

Join us on Sunday, March 22 in the Great Hall during coffee hour to help make Palm Crosses.  Palm fronds, instructions, and lots of laughter. 

Newcomers' Group

Meets in Room C at 10:15am

A new group begins this Sunday with Introductions.

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 small group for Original Blessing series during Lent. ALL ages welcome! Contact: Amy Dierlam at dnarock@pacbell.net  

Integrity Meeting

Sunday, March 22, at 1 pm in Room J

Key topic will be preparing for Sacramento Pride which is on Saturday, June 6. Any questions please contact Rod Thomas at rthomas0604@gmail.com or 502-558-2497.

Meditation Practice and Spiritual Practice Conversation

Exploring the

Body, Mind, Spirit Connection 

Sundays at 5pm

in the Assembly Area

Join the Rev. Megan Anderson and the Rev. Kathy Hopner for a weekly gathering with simple meditation practice and conversation on spiritual practice.

Kathrin Burleson Book Signing

Tuesday, March 31st; 6-7:00 p.m.

Artist and writer Kathrin Burleson released her new book The Soul's Journey: An Artist's Approach to the Stations of the Cross in November 2014, which features Kathrin's paintings and reflections on her creative process and spiritual journey. Bishop Barry Beisner will join Kathrin for a special book signing event at the Cathedral Bookshop on Tuesday, March 31 from 6-7:00 p.m. 

Follow this link to read more...                          

Easter Preparation

Saturday, April 4 at 9:00am

Come and help us prepare the church for the Great Easter Vigil and Easter Day.  Enjoy a Pancake Breakfast and join us for Holy Saturday Liturgy.

March 29: Palm Sunday Services: 7:30am, 9am, 11:15am, 12:45pm

March 29: Palm Sunday Interfaith Service at Sutter's Fort 8am [Click here for more information] 

March 31: Solemn Office of Tenebrae Service - 7:30pm

April 2: Maundy Thursday Liturgy for Families and Children - 4:30pm

April 2: Maundy Thursday Eucharist with foot washing - 7:30pm

April 3: Good Friday Meditations: Noon - 3pm

April 3: Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday with music by The Cathedral Choir - 7:30pm

April 4: Holy Saturday Liturgy - 9am. Pancake Breakfast 9am - 10:30am. Children's Easter Eggstravaganza! 10:00 am

April 4: The Great Vigil of Easter - 7:30pm

April 5: Easter Sunday Services 7:30am, 9am, 11:15am and 12:45pm

Palm Sunday Ecumenical Service

at Sutter's Fort

Sunday, March 29th at 8:00am

Love a parade? Love to sing?

Love to meet people?

Love Brass Bands?

Have we got a deal for you!

On Palm Sunday, several churches in the Sutter's Fort area will be gathering to start our worship service together, and we will then process to our home churches for Palm Sunday service.

We will be joining with First United Methodist, Pioneer Congregational, and our own St. Paul's for this wonderful worship experience. City of Trees Brass Band (think New Orleans marching band!) will be providing good 'ol heart thumpin' music. To paraphrase Fats Waller, 'This Fort is jumpin!'

Nine-o-clockers will have plenty of time to be back home at Trinity for our Palm Sunday service. We hope to make this an annual event.

Questions? See Deacon Steve or drop him a note at deaconskiff@gmail.com 

Stations of the City on Good Friday

Friday, April 3

The Rev. Kathy Hopner and Rev. Megan Anderson will lead a Stations of the City liturgy. This service blends elements of Stations of the Cross with elements of contemporary city living. Stations of the cross originated as a way in which Christians could take a sort of pilgrimage journey reflecting on the last moments of Jesus' life. This Good Friday we will share the story of Jesus' last hours while walking to sites in need of justice work such as River City, the hospital, and the RT station. The Stations Journey will start with worship at the Cathedral at noon and will end back at the Cathedral before the main Good Friday vigil has concluded. If you would like to offer a short reflection at one of our stops or would like to be involved in the stations in any other way, please let us know!

Questions? Contact megan@trinitycathedral.org

Bishop Yvette Flunder
May 8th, 2015 at 7pm
Tickets: $12

Bishop Yvette Flunder has been a regular preacher on the "Living the Questions" series and she may be very familiar to you. (Please check her out in this video clip, it will be well worth your while!)  

Beyond the Either/Or God -- Yvette Flunder

Additionally, she founded the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in 1991 in order to unite a gospel ministry with a social ministry. City of Refuge is a thriving inner-city congregation that celebrates the radically inclusive love of Jesus Christ.  Here is what she wrote for their home webpage:

Trying to establish a relationship with a God that barely tolerates you but cannot truly accept and certainly will never celebrate you can do incredible damage to ones self esteem. The tortured historical and theological view that suggests that some people are just flawed or born to be the underclass and should never expect to be on God's 'A' list, has been the convenient method used to hold women, immigrants, the poor and LGBT people in chains of self-depreciation.

We all need community. When access to existing communities is not available, marginalized people must seek to develop community for and among themselves. We at City of Refuge UCC are giving birth to a fresh, emerging Christian community. We believe that now, as in the time of Jesus' earthly ministry, seemingly marginalized people respond to a community of openness and inclusivity, where other people from the edge gather. City of Refuge UCC welcomes people to be who they are by embracing a theology of acceptance - a radical inclusivity that leaves no one behind.

Welcome Home!

Bishop Flunder is one of this country's top preachers and the author of "Where the Edge Gathers:  A Theology and Homiletic on Radical Inclusion".  Bishop Flunder will be the next speaker in our series on Friday, May 8th at 7pm.  Tickets are $12 and you can purchase them in the Cathedral Book Shop.  There will be Special Music at 6:30pm and a book signing following the event in the Great Hall.  See you all then!

Women's Retreat

June 12-14 at the Mercy Center in Auburn

Register now for the

June Women's Retreat.

Emmaus Journey will be the theme of this year's retreat led by the Rev. Dr. Pamela Anderson and Rev. Diana Turner. The retreat will again be held at the beautiful Mercy Retreat Center in Auburn. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. Friday and end at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Early registration by May 10th is $175; after May 10th the cost will be $185. Registration forms are available in the Bookshop. Accommodations are limited to 40, so sign up early to ensure a space.