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This Week @ Trinity
November 21
,
2018
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Happy Thanksgiving!
All of us at Trinity Cathedral send our brightest blessings and warmest wishes to you and yours for a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Read Acting Dean Gaston's Thanksgiving message HERE.
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Sunday, November 25, Christ the King
Services: 8:00 a.m. Early Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Messy Advent / Mostly Jazz Mass
11:15 a.m. Choral Eucharist
The Rev. Sarah Shofstall will preach at all services. Jennifer Cochran and The Gateway Band will play the music of the Beatles at the 9 a.m. Messy Advent /
Mostly Jazz Mass service. During the 11:15 a.m. Choral Eucharist, the Trinity Choir will sing music by Charles Villiers Stanford and Orlando Gibbons.
Messy Advent / Mostly Jazz Mass - 9 a.m. service
Kick off the season of joyful anticipation with Messy Advent on Thanksgiving weekend Sunday. Churchgoers at the 9 a.m. service will enjoy Advent wreath- making, special Advent-themed activities, bagels and coffee, and a visit from a surprise special guest!
Messy Church® is a creative, inter-generational and celebratory experience found in churches across the world. Messy Church at Trinity is a worship service, complete with a sermon and communion, where all people are welcome to receive bread and wine. The service is extended until 10:30 a.m. to make room for additional programming: food, live music, crafts, activities and more.
Messy Church® is about bringing people, from infants to seniors, in all their mess with their messy lives and their messy families, to the spirit as they truly are.
UTO Blue Boxes Will Be Collected This Sunday
A collection will be taken up this Sunday, November 25 during worship for The Episcopal Church's United Thank Offering (UTO) campaign. Bring your blue boxes or envelopes for this special offering! New blue boxes will be available for pickup for next year's ingathering in the Promenade. Every dollar donated to UTO is used for the Church's missions, both here and abroad.
Learn more about the United Thanks Offering campaign HERE. For more information, contact Ginger Bitikofer at gbitikofer@trinitycleveland.org or 216-774-0407.
Angel Tree
Begins This Sunday
This year marks Trinity's sixth year of collaboration with the Angel Tree Prison Fellowship Ministries. The Angel Tree program connects parents in prison with their children through Christmas gifts, given and delivered on the parents' behalf by community volunteers. Angel Tree estimates that 1.7 million children in the United States have a parent in prison. Trinity has the names of 73 Cleveland-area children who need Christmas gifts this year.
Trinity's Prison Fellowship Angel Tree with gift tags will be in the
Promenade this Sunday. Choose a gift tag and return the gift to Trinity (wrapped or unwrapped) by Sunday, December 16.
Anyone who is interested in volunteering, donating or learning more
about this ministry, please contact Allison Hauserman at abhauserman@yahoo.com or Ginger Bitikofer at 216-774-0407.
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Trinity Closed November 22 - 24
Trinity Cathedral and Trinity Commons will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday from Thursday, November 22 through Saturday, November 24.
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Dean Search Committee Update
On this Thanksgiving Day, the Dean Search Committee gives thanks for the election of the Rev. BJ Owens as the 12th Dean of Trinity Cathedral. We are thankful for the enthusiasm he has for our work at Trinity. BJ and his family hope to be at Trinity by Christmas.
BJ has the gifts to lead us toward what we aspire to be as leaders in social justice and reconciliation. Further, BJ is a spiritual leader who has a passion for the Gospel and a joyful, contagious love for Christ. To learn more about BJ and his ministry, and to hear some of his sermons, visit his church's website: standrewsgso.org
Let us give thanks for this gift to Trinity!
David Cratty, Chair
Dean Search Committee
You can read the November 5, 2018 announcement of the Rev. Owens' election HERE.
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The Stewardship Committee is deeply grateful for the many 2019 pledges received to date. Our goal is to receive a 2019 pledge commitment from each member household. We are more than halfway through the 2019 "Answering God's Call" campaign.
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May We Take Your Photo? Need a Name Tag?
In anticipation of the Owens family arrival in later December, we are updating the congregational directory and members' name tags.
Members, if you haven't already submitted your photo for the directory, send it to Ginger Bitikofer at
gbitikofer@trinitycleveland.org.
Alternatively, you can have her take your photo on a Sunday morning.
If you need a name tag, stop by the name tag station in the Promenade and add your name and city of residence to the "I Need A Name Tag" list.
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Upcoming Meetings and Programs
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Music & Art at Trinity
BrownBag Concert
Wednesday, November 28, Noon
A Jazzy Christmas
BrownBag concerts resume on November 28
with "
A Jazzy Christmas
,"
a program of holiday favorites performed by Jennifer Cochran and
The Gateway Band.
Bring a lunch or purchase one for $7.
The November 28 POP-UP! Exhibit
will display the artwork of students at the Center for Art's Inspired Learning.
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Choral Evensong
Wednesday, November 28, 6 p.m.
The November 28 Choral Evensong is a celebration of
hymn
writer,
t
heologian,
and
logician Isaac Watts
. The Rev. Dr. Brian Wilbert, Rector of Christ Church, Oberlin,
is the homilist.
The Trinity Chamber Singers will sing music by Stanford and Gibbons.
A community soup and salad supper will follow ($6 suggested donation).
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Hope in Troubled Times -- A Special Advent Reflection
Thursdays, November 29 through December 20, 5 p.m.
Join us for an Advent time of reflection and evening prayer on four Thursday evenings, November 29 through December 20, at 5 p.m.
This brief time together will be used to lift ourselves up and ask for God's comfort, grace and direction. We will share scripture, readings and reflections, followed by evening prayer.
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Tuesday, December 4, 6:30 p.m.
At our final Sacred Space meeting for 2018, we will reflect on the events of 2018 -- both personal and public. For many of us, it's been an eventful year. Feel free to bring something to share -- an image, object, reading or poem
that symbolizes 2018 for you. Bring a journal or notebook as well. Contact Charlotte Nichols at cdn216@gmail.com for questions.
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First Wednesday Evening Program - Colored Frames
Wednesday,
December 5,
7:30 p.m.
Join us after Evensong and the community supper for t
he December First Wednesday evening program. We will view and then discuss
Colored Frames: A Visual Art Documentary. Colored Frames is Lerone D. Wilson's fearless exploration of the influences, inspirations and experiences of African American artists. Trinity member Charlotte Nichols will facilitate the discussion. Contact Charlotte Nichols at
cdn216@gmail.com
for more information.
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Faith Journey Book Group
Tuesdays, December 11 and January 8, 6 p.m.
Shirley MacLaine's
The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit
will be discussed at the December 11 meeting. T
he Camino
is a riveting culmination of Shirley MacLaine's extraordinary -- and ultimately rewarding -- road through life.
Wimberley Watts' Gathering Pecans will be discussed at the January 8 meeting. "Gathering Pecans is an endearing story with a timely message that will leave you pondering long after you've turned the last page." -- Amazon.
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Youth Gift Wrapping Fundraiser
Sunday,
December 16,
8 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
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Thanks to many generous donations of food and funds, Trinity was able to provide Thanksgiving baskets to families with children at neighboring Marion-Sterling School. 165 baskets were delivered on Monday with all the fixings for a fine Thanksgiving meal. A big "Thank You!" goes out to St. Hurberts in Kirtland for contributing 60 baskets of food.
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Volunteers Needed for Angel Tree Project
Trinity will again participate in the Angel Tree program this year to provide Christmas gifts for Cleveland children who have a parent in prison. Volunteers are needed to help wrap gifts on Sunday, December 16.
During the week of December 16 - 22, drivers will be needed to deliver
gifts to the homes of the children on behalf of their incarcerated parent.
If you can assist, contact Allison Hauserman at
abhauserman@yahoo.com
or Ginger Bitikofer at 216-774-0407.
Community Supper Help
Wednesday night community suppers have resumed and volunteers are needed! We are currently looking for help to set the tables before the meal (around 5 p.m.) and to clear the dishes after the meal at 7:30 p.m. Volunteers need not serve every week but can help when they are available. Contact Ginger Bitikofer at
gbitikofer@trinitycleveland.org or
216-774-0407 if you can help.
Library Help
Willing hands are needed to organize and maintain Trinity's Chapter Room Library. If you'd like to help,
contact Ginger Bitikofer
at
Ushers
Ushers are needed to welcome members and visitors on the 4th Sunday, during the 9 a.m. Mostly Jazz Mass. Contact Ginger Bitikofer at 216-774-0407 or
gbitikofer@trinitycleveland.org to learn more.
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GCC Delegate Assembly
Thursday, November 29, 7 p.m
Greater Cleveland Congregations will hold a Delegate Assembly on Thursday, November 29 at 7 p.m. at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church (8712 Quincy Ave, Cleveland 44106). Contact info@greaterclevelandcongregations.org for more information.
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Join
Ansly's Army
Wednesday, November 28 Hearing in Ann Arbor, MI
Ansly Damus, the Haitian asylum seeker who has been imprisoned for two years in the Geauga County jail, has been granted a hearing. The ACLU habeas corpus petition to the federal court will be heard on Wednesday, November 28 at 2 p.m. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A group of Trinity members and others, deemed "Ansly's Army," is organizing a caravan to attend the hearing in support of Ansly. For information, contact Gary Benjamin at garyabenjamin@aol.com or 313-590-6136.
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MAKE THIS BLACK FRIDAY
GREEN
for Trinity Cathedral!
Every time you make a purchase at
smile.amazon.com,
Amazon will donate to Trinity Cathedral! Use the link below to register and for details.
Register now so that your Amazon.com purchases can begin to earn donations to Trinity Cathedral year-round!
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Bishop Michael Curry Wants Us To Love Radically
Joshua Johnson interviewed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on
his
WAMU/
NPR
radio program, "1-A
with Joshua Johnson," on
Tuesday, November 6
. A podcast of the conversation is available at
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The mission of Trinity Cathedral is to proclaim in word and action
God's justice, love and mercy for all creation.
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