Tuesday 5:30pm: Qigong

Wednesday 11am: Bible Study

Wednesday 4:30pm: Children’s Choir Rehearsal

Wednesday 5:30pm: Trinity Wednesday Potluck & Discussion

Wednesday 7pm: 11:15am Choir Rehearsal

Thursday 5:30pm: Contemplative Prayer 

Thursday 7:30pm: 9am Choir Rehearsal

Thrift Shop: Monday 10am-Noon, Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-1pm

Prayer List - to submit a prayer request click here.

Altar Flowers - if you would like to dedicate Altar Flowers click here.

Our word of the week is prayer. The Book of Common Prayer teaches that there are seven principal types of prayer, and we’ll explore them in the Word of the Week section over the next few weeks. If you have a prayer request for our prayer ministry, submit it through the link in the Tidings; if you would like to have someone prayed for in Sunday services, go to the lectern and write their name in the prayers section of the notebook; and even better, when the clergy begin praying names out loud, call out the names of the people for whom you are praying – you don’t need to wait for the clergy to finish their own lists, we can pray simultaneously!

Don’t forget that Fr. Charlie’s bride will be with us at all 3 morning coffee hours this Sunday!

Sunday School classes for children and adults meet at 10:30am. This week in the adults class, we’re taking a brief break from our Bible story series to learn about something else that will be of great interest to many of you: science and faith. Come on Sunday to find out what science and faith have to do with ham & eggs!

For the third year in a row, Trinity is welcoming youth from FCUSD’s Active Community Transition Training Program (ACTT), which helps special needs students make the transition from high school to adult living by providing skills and experience they can use to enter the work force. They work at the library, local businesses, and the food bank, and at Trinity Folsom, the only church participating in their program! ACTT students help lay bark and tend to the grounds, polish brass and wood, vacuum the Parish Hall and church, disinfect the nursery, and tackle some other projects to help out our cleaning crew. For this school year, we will be joined by 16 ACTT students and 4 adult mentors in two groups on Monday and Tuesday mornings. If you happen to see a bunch of young folks in khakis and navy golf shirts on our campus or walking up Wool St. from the train station, please thank them for all the work they do to keep Trinity beautiful!  

Our capital campaign “For God & For Neighbor” had a marvelous kickoff last Sunday morning. Our goal was to announce that $1.5 million had already been pledged, and instead we were able to announce that through your generosity, we already have over $2.2 million in pledges. But we’re not at our goal yet, and despite our early success, we know we have a lot of work ahead, and we are asking everyone who can to consider making a sacrificial gift to reach our goal of $3 million and implement our master site plan. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed so far, and if you haven’t yet made a pledge, we will be in touch and hope that you will welcome our visit and prayerfully consider your gift. After the kickoff, someone asked who to contact if they wanted to increase their pledge: call (916.985.2495) or e-mail Barbara and she can take care of it! 

We’re working on contacting everyone to set up a visit to talk about the capital campaign, but there are a lot of us to be contacted so it is going to take some time! To expedite the process, you can sign-up for a visit on the day and at the time that is best for you (including on Sunday mornings when you’re here for church); we’ve created an  online sign-up here. We’ll also have members of the capital campaign steering committee at church on Sunday signing people up for visits. 

Our annual Christmas Greens sale will begin this Sunday in the Parish Hall during coffee hours. We order through a company that supplies natural wreaths and garlands, and all the profits we make from the sale will go towards Heifer International’s efforts to provide livestock and agricultural training to those in the developing world. Look for the Christmas Greens table in the Parish Hall to check out the catalogue and place an order. Greens will arrive in time to be distributed in early December, usually at the St. Nicholas Fair.

Our annual Harvest Festival is on Sunday, October 27th from 3pm-5:30pm in the Parish Hall. Bring a dish to share at the potluck (finger foods encouraged!), and especially any fall desserts that you’d like to showcase. For the children, there will be pumpkin-pouring, last year’s big hit “musical pumpkins” with Brett over in the church, and Trunk-or-Treating in the alley parking area. There will also be a costume contest for children and adults. 

We also need Trunk-n-Treat hosts to decorate the trunk of their car and hand out candy to our little Trunk-n-Treaters. If you would like to volunteer or would like more information, please click here or email our Director of Children’s Ministries Karen.

Join us on Wednesday evenings for a potluck supper (5:30pm-6pm) and a discussion group (6pm-7pm)! The nursery will be open for childcare, including activities for older children. For the potluck, bring whatever you want to share, and if you can’t make it to the potluck, just come for the group discussion. This week, we’re reading Rowan Williams’ Being Christian. We’ll read the second chapter (only 20 pages long), “Bible,” for this coming Wednesday. 

Trinity Folsom’s Episcopal Church Women is hosting a half-day retreat for women on Saturday, November 16th, from 10am-1:30pm. The theme of the retreat is “From Information to Transformation: Cultivating Your Inner Life with God,” and our own Libby Vincent, a former professor of theology at Fuller Seminary and a postulant for holy orders in our diocese, will be the facilitator. It will be here on our campus, and childcare in the nursery will be provided; if you intend to use the nursery, please let Barbara know so that we can prepare to be adequately staffed. The cost to attend the retreat is only $5 and includes lunch catered by our friend Rosario at Sutter Street Taqueria. Register early here to save your spot before we open registration to the diocese and wider Christian community.

The Twin Lakes Food Bank got its start here at Trinity Folsom and we continue to be major supporters of it. The TLFB annual gala is Friday, November 8th in the Lakeside Church Auditorium. The auction preview opens at 5pm, and dinner begins at 7pm. Three Trinitarian families are hosting tables for the gala and would love to fill them with fellow Trinitarians, and Fr. Todd would love the company, too! There are still some seats available at the tables hosted by the Abellos and the Goldsmiths. Tickets are $55. If you’re interested in attending, e-mail Fr. Todd. 

You should have received by now in the mail your pledge cards for our annual operating budget. If you haven’t, e-mail or call (916.985.2495) the church office and we’ll get one out to you. Please return your pledge card by Sunday, November 3rd, so that we can finish up the 2020 budget. Many thanks!

Several people recently have asked us if we accept stock transfers as fulfillment of annual operating budget pledges and capital campaign pledges, so we have set up an account to receive stock transfers. For more information, contact Barbara in the church office 916.985.2495 or trinity@trinityfolsom.org. 

 

We’ve also learned that a lot of people weren’t aware that you can fulfill your charitable pledges through required minimum distributions from your IRA? If you’re 70 ½ and older, you can make a contribution to Trinity Folsom directly from your Traditional IRA by instructing the plan administrator to make the transfer directly to Trinity Folsom as a Qualified Charitable Distribution. Your gift will go directly to Trinity Folsom, will not be reported as taxable income, and will count toward your RMD requirements for 2019. For more information, contact Barbara in the church office 916.985.2495 or trinity@trinityfolsom.org.  

Trinity Episcopal Church

 801 Figueroa Street

Folsom, CA 95630

(916) 985-2495 ~ www.trinityfolsom.org