February 19, 2016

 

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL 

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"A Growing community making disciples who love and serve Christ and His world"
Brian Baker                                
 
The first event I attended at Trinity Cathedral was the annual dinner and meeting -- ten years ago. I was struck my how much fun the dinner was. Each table had a different theme and people were having a great time.  I was pleased to see I was coming to a congregation that had such positive energy.  I had been selected to be the Dean but wouldn't officially begin my work at Trinity for another month or so.  This will be my eleventh annual meeting here. I hope you are able to join us. If you haven't signed up for the dinner, come anyway.  We'll find a place for you. If you can't come to dinner but would like to come to the meeting, show up by 6:30. We will begin the meeting as dinner is ending, probably around 6:30 PM.

Also, if you are able to pledge for 2016 and have not yet done so, it would be helpful if you could turn your pledge in by the Annual Meeting.  The stewardship team would like to present an accurate picture of our anticipated income. We have 59 pledges from last year that have not been renewed. If you intend to pledge, please let us know. You can email Rod Thomas at rthomas0604@gmail.com.

Brian
The Very Rev. Dr. Brian Baker, Dean
Trinity Cathedral
In this edition....
Small Groups...
Volunteers Needed...
Growing in Faith Creeds...
Cathedral Bookshop...
Traveling Bible Study...
Lunch Bunch & Writing Group...
Centering Prayer...
Third Saturday Hike...
This Sunday...
Annual Dinner and Meeting...
25th Anniversary Celebration...
National Reading Day...
Co-ed Softball Team forming...
Trinity Hiking Guild...
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Small Groups
Sacred Conversations
for Racial Justice:
Listen for a Change
  • Sunday 10:15-11:10am Amy Dierlam-Conference Room
  • Sunday 10:15-11:10am Dean Baker-Assembly Area
  • Monday 1:00-2:30pm Eileen Harvey-Conference Room
  • Tuesday 10:00-11:30am Susan Hotchkiss-Conference Room
  • Wednesday 6:30-8:00pm Davis Community Church-Fireside Room
  • Thursday 8:30-10am Gayann White-Conference Room
  • Thursday 12:00-1:30pm Pamela Anderson-Conference Room
  • Thursday 7:00-8:30pm Pamela Anderson-Room A
  • Thursday 7:00-8:30pm Kevin Sanders-Room J
  • Thursday 7:00-8:30pm Steve Skiffington-Conference Room
  • Thursday 7:00-8:30pm Susan Hotchkiss-Book Shop
Volunteers Needed... 
Two Early Birds Needed
 
Pilgrimage Sac (formerly Safe Ground Pilgrimage) needs two early risers to serve breakfast to our overnight guests on the 4th Thursday of every month. Duties include making coffee and a simple breakfast (usually oatmeal). We need two people that are available from 6:30am to 8:00am to serve breakfast and clean the kitchen. If you are available and interested, please contact co-coordinator Jessie Orgambide at jorgambide@gmail.com
Creeds from the Growing in Faith Candidates... 
During a retreat focused on the Apostles' Creed, we ask our catechumens and candidates to write their own creed. We do this because these candidates, and all of us, will proclaim our Baptismal Covenant at the Easter Vigil and on Easter Sunday. During Lent we will share with you the creeds that the candidates composed during the retreat.
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I believe that the greatest idea in Christianity is that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to live, to love, and to suffer as a full human being. 
 
I believe Jesus Christ is an archetypical hero and teacher.  His miracles do not conflict with scientific truth or historical fact.  They transcend these paradigms. And tell of a deeper psychological truth; that remains hidden from the dualistic mind.
 
I believe if you devote yourself to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ, it will lead to miraculous experiences in your life.  Miracles such as a mother's love for her child or the discovery of meaning in an apparently materialistic universe.
 
Yet, sometimes these miraculous experiences can be painful.  Christ's calling can lead our identity to places of great turmoil, suffering, and confusion.  Places that make our ego die.   Yet, miraculously something new is resurrected.  Something less self-centered, more in communion with life, and even transcendent of time. 
 
I believe this transcendent experience is called the Holy Spirit. 
 
I believe the Holy Spirit can most powerfully be found in the work of compassionate community.
 
I believe a foundational practice of compassionate community is forgiveness and letting go.  True forgiveness of ourselves is only learned as we forgive others. 
 
So these things I believe:  in the Love of the Father, the Path of the Son, and in the Transcendence of the Holy Spirit.   
 
Amen
Cathedral Bookshop 
 
Bookshop Hours: 
Tue, Wed, Thu:
11:00am - 5:00pm
Sun: 8:30am - 1:00pm
  
Phone: 916-442-9194 

Ongoing... 

Traveling Bible Study and 
 Spirituality Group
Every Sunday at 5pm young adults gather at restaurants, coffee shops, and other fun locations around Sacramento for fellowship and conversation on the Bible and spirituality. If you would like to be added to the email list contact Rev. Megan at megan@trinitycathedral.org
Lunch Bunch
meets Thursdays at Noon
in the Conference Room
If you have any questions, contact the Rev. Pamela Anderson at pamela@trinitycathedral.org
 
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Writing
Writing Group
Meets on Thursdays at 
4:30pm in the
Conference Room

Anyone who would like to write in an informal setting is welcome to drop in. Writing prompts are offered, we write for 20 minutes, then share what emerges or not, as the spirit moves. For information, please contact June Gillam at jgillam@wavecable.com. 
Centering Prayer 
Centering Prayer
 
Tuesday's, 6-7pm,
Thursday's, Noon-1:00pm,
Cathedral East Transept
and
Friday's, 5:15pm,
St. Paul's - 15th and J
(Please don't come later than 5:20 because doors close to provide for a quieter experience.)
Contact the Rev. Anne Slakey at
  
Centering Prayer is a method of meditation 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. 
 
Cathedral Contacts are:
Shelley Mydans: smydans@gmail.com
 
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Contemplative Eucharist
at St. Paul's
1430 J Street
4:30 pm on Saturday,
February 20,
March 19,
April 16,
May 21,
June 18
Contact Sally Smith at sally0236@comcast.net for more information.
Annual Dinner and Meeting
  • Set-up for the Annual Dinner starts at 5 PM. 
  • Dinner starts at 5:30 and the
  • Annual Meeting follows immediately after the dinner (probably around 6:30PM)
Hiking Guild Regular 3rd Saturday Hike 
Saturday, February 20
Hiking
Meet on Cathedral steps at 8:45 a.m. for a 9:00 am  departure to selected portion of American River Canyon Trail, starting in Folsom.

Hike will not be called on account of rain

This Sunday - February 21

25th Anniversary

 

Deacon Campbell Trinity Cathedral has long been blessed by the ministry of The Rev. Canon Tina R. Campbell, Deacon.  This week she celebrates 25 years of ordained ministry.  Trinity would like to recognize her ministry by inviting parishioners to make a gift to the School for Deacons in Berkeley in honor of Tina's years of service among us.  Please make checks payable to Trinity Cathedral (Memo:  School for Deacons) and place in the envelope in the pew rack or mail to the Cathedral.  

 

The Cathedral Bookshop will have an open house to celebrate Tina's ministry -- Click here to find out more.

Sacred Conversations for Racial Justice
Two opportunities on Sunday mornings at 10:15am to
Listen for a Change
  • 30/40's and Beyond will watch a speaker via the internet in the Assembly Area and then move to the Conference Room for discussion.
     
  • Dean Baker will facilitate a group in the Assembly Area.
30/40's & Beyond contact is Amy Dierlam - dnarock@pacbell.net

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.

Annual Dinner and Annual Meeting
 Sunday February 21 at 5:00PM. 
Dinner is 5:00pm
Annual Meeting begins at 6:30pm
The annual meeting is where the budget for 2016 is presented, the Dean gives a "State of the Cathedral" presentation, we elect new vestry members and delegates to the diocesan convention, and...DEAN'S AWARDS are presented.

Next Week and Beyond... 
25th Anniversary Celebration
tina
The Rev. Tina Campbell on her ordination day with Bishop John Thompson.
 
On February 23, the feast of St. Polycarp of Smyrna, in 1991 Tina Campbell was ordained to the Diaconate.
 
Help celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tina's ordination
 
Open House
Tuesday, February 23
in the Cathedral Bookshop
11:00am - 1:30pm
 
Join us for some refreshments and conversation.

National Reading Day,

 or Dr. Seuss Birthday 

Wednesday, March 2! 

 

Do you like to read to Kids? We have three time slots - 9:15am, 9:45am and 10:30am - on March 2 that we can read to the children at Leatatta Floyd School. We will be visiting the second through sixth grade classes. On Sunday, February 21 I will have a sign up sheet for those who would like to read to the children. You can choose the grade and book that you would like to read. The school is at 401 McClatchy Way, behind Channel 10 at Fifth and Broadway. It's a fun opportunity!


Blessings,
Canon Nancy Tennyson 

Trinity's 2013 team sharing prayer with their opponents.

 

Trinity Co-ed Softball:

Team forming for Spring Church League!

 

Like to play softball? Enjoy some social camaraderie in a fun Christian environment?  We are looking to see if there is any interest in putting a team together for the season:
  • Greater Sac Interfaith Softball League,
  • Games will be held in midtown at Grant Park,  
  • Tuesday nights (start times generally between 6 - 9),
  • One hour games,
  • First game is April 12,
  • Season will run for ten weeks and wrap up with playoffs sometime late in June,
  • Cost will be approx. $40/player,
  • Fairly competitive. 
We will try to put together one or two practices to play some catch and take some swings.   If interested, contact parishioner Doug Dierlam at 467-6044 by March 6th.
Hiking  
Hiking Guild Special Hike: SUTTER BUTTES
Saturday, March 19, 2016 
 
Ridge Hike - East Shaeffer Ranch
 
This is a special hike in a deeply spiritual place that has touched the hearts of all in our group. It was the last time that we had the pleasure of the company of Alan Meyer on one of our outings. There are many hikes throughout the Buttes, rated from 1 boot to 6 boots [1 being easiest: 3-4 miles, less that 600 feet elevation].   The beauty of this area is difficult to express. You will return to Sacramento with a renewed sense of wonder.
 
You have to make advance reservations for this hike, as the landowners who allow us to go on their properties try to limit the impact on their ranches. Also, there is a cost of $35.00 per person, which must be paid as indicated below to secure your reservation.   Money goes to pay for the docents who lead the hikes; help the landowner defray administrative cost [insurance]; and support the Middle Mountain Foundation, a non-profit organization that seeks to keep the Buttes from being developed commercially.
 
Because of the drive to the Buttes, the time for gathering at the cathedral and departure are changed. Make sure your alarm clock is adjusted accordingly.
 
Otherwise, same Rules:
  • 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month:
  • Meet on Cathedral steps at 6:45am for a 7:00am departure:
  • Bring plenty of water, snacks and a sack lunch.
  • Prepare to have good fellowship and a good walkin God's Great Outdoors.
This is a special hike for members of our group of hikers.
 
Send your check for $35 per person made out to:
         Middle Mountain Foundation
         PO Box 3613, Yuba City, CA 95992
         March 19, 2016
 
I am having Middle Mountain hold open 18 spaces for this hike out of a total of 23 allowed. When those spaces are gone, you will have to wait until next year to see the buttes.   So please, if you want to go one this hike, sign up ASAP. Your check should Memo Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Group.  Please e-mail me and let me know you are signed up so I can keep track.

George Johnston

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