Wednesday 11am: Bible Study

Wednesday 7pm: Bible Study 

Wednesday 7pm: 11:15am Choir Rehearsal

Thursday 5:30pm: Contemplative Prayer Group

Thursday 7:30pm: 9am Choir Rehearsal 

Our word of the week from The Episcopal Church glossary is Sanctus. We say the Sanctus at 7:30am and 7pm, and sing it at 9am and 11:15am; and here at Trinity Folsom, since we tend to be High Church, the Sanctus and several other moments in the Eucharistic prayer are marked with a Sanctus bell. 

Sunday School for Adults continues in the Parish Hall at 10:30am, and this Sunday we’ll study the story of Deborah and Jael in the Book of Judges, two women who took matters into their own hands when the men of Israel refused to step up.

We’re expanding our usual pie contest to be more inclusive of all desserts, so bring your favorite dessert (honestly, you don’t even have to make it, we’ll never know!). We’ll offer prizes for the best cake, the best cookie, the best pie, best ice cream, best presentation, and best overall. 

Our annual Harvest Festival is this Sunday from 3pm until 5:30pm. Bring a dish to share at the potluck in the Parish Hall (finger foods encouraged!) and a dessert of any type to enter into the dessert contest! The children will carve and decorate pumpkins, have Storytime in Miss Sue’s Slightly Spooky Storage Shed, a musical chairs game to the tune of some classic eerie music on the organ in the church to win treats, face painting, and Father Todd is hearing rumors of something called pumpkin bowling. We’ll end the evening with a Trunk-n-Treat in the alley parking area. Costumes, for children and adults, are welcome! So that we can do some good planning, we would love it if you would let us know you intend to come by responding on this Evite. We would welcome a few more 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, e-mail Karen.  

 

Fr. Charlie and Barbara are taking the 6th-12th graders to the Cemetarium Haunted House after the Harvest Festival on Sunday, October 28th. The Cemetarium is in its 15th year of operation and in addition to its haunted house, it also has a circus! All told, way scarier than the root cellar under Trinity House that Father Charlie refuses to explore! We’ll leave church around 6:45pm and be back for pickup around 9:30. If you’d like to join us, please RSVP to  Fr. Charlie. Tickets are $15.

 

Our annual project to provide groceries for Thanksgiving dinners for the clients of Twin Lakes Food Bank has started; if you haven’t picked one up yet, we have plenty of boxes and shopping lists available in the narthex and in the Parish Hall. If grocery shopping isn’t really your thing (looking at you, Father Todd), you can also write a check to help buy turkeys and pies for the Food Bank - $15 will buy a three pies to sweeten the holiday of families in need; make your check out to Trinity Episcopal Church, and write “Pies” in the memo line. Please return your grocery boxes by November 4th so that we can get them to the Food Bank in time for distribution before the holiday.  

Christmas greens pre-order has started in the Parish Hall during coffee hours. The company we use supplies beautiful long-lasting natural wreaths and garlands, and this year all the proceeds will go to the Heifer Project. November 4th is the last day to order Christmas greenery, so stop by the table in the Parish Hall this Sunday and take a look at what is available!

If you have kids that want to test-drive their Halloween Costumes, come on down to Sutter Street for trick-or-treating on October 27th from 1-4pm. All of the stores in historic Folsom will be passing out candy, and Trinity will have its very own booth near the Hacienda del Rio restaurant, so come say hello to Fr. Charlie and Barbara! There will also be bounce castles, a mad science show, and a costume contest in the plaza. For more details, check out the historic district’s homepage. 

No Children’s Choir rehearsal next Wednesday – we’re giving the kids the night off for Halloween. Rehearsals start up again the next Wednesday!. 

The annual TLFB Gala is Friday, November 9th, at Lakeside Church; this year’s Gala is a bit different than in the past, with plated dinners instead of a buffet, and with the change in location, there might be a glass of wine involved, too. We’ll have a table, and two parishioners have purchased a table each as well, so there will be lots of Trinitarians there. If you would like to attend, we have six seats left, and tickets are $50; contact Janice Freeberg directly if you would like to buy a ticket.

On Friday, November 2nd, the parish walking group will be revisiting their stomping grounds and exploring parts of the Willow Creek trail system near Folsom Lake College (including Father Charlie’s favorite tree in all of Folsom). Since the weather is much milder than it has been, we’ll take our time getting out there! If you would like to carpool, please meet at the church at 8:45am, or else meet us at the park’s entrance (202 Wellfleet Circle) at 9am. If you have any questions, talk to Judy Pinney or contact. ~ Charlie+ 

Parishioner Elizabeth Wescott is offering a series of Qigong workshops. Qigong is an ancient Chinese practice that combines slow, deliberate body movements, meditation, and breathing exercises. While these routines won’t burn calories or raise your heart rate, they can help your circulation, balance, and alignment. They can also help restore your energy, which the Chinese call chi. These workshops will meet in the Annex every Tuesday evening until November 20th from 5:30-6:30pm. These workshops are free, so come try something new! If you have any questions please talk to Fr. Charlie.

The Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) is an agency that collaborates with the Police Department, City Hall, and local faith communities to assist the homeless of Folsom. Starting December 16th, HART will be coordinating a 12-week, rotating winter shelter hosted by local churches. This is a big effort, and HART needs volunteers each night for specific duties. If you are interested, please look over the sign-up sheet and its availabilities. If you have any questions about specifics, please feel free to reach out to Father Charlie. 

We’re collecting travel-size toiletries to make shower kits for folks in need – so if you travel a lot, bring those hotel samples back home with you and we will happily take them off your hands! We’re always collecting travel-size shampoo, soap/shower gel, toothpaste, and deodorant, in addition to toothbrushes, disposable razors, wash cloths, lip balm, combs, and feminine hygiene products. 

We post to our Facebook page several times a week, and you’ll find lots of pictures and videos of goings-on around Trinity Folsom. And now you can follow us on Instagram, too, at trinityfolsom. 

You can return your pledge card by putting it in the offering plate on Sundays, dropping it off at the office during the week, or mailing it back to us. You can also e-mail your pledge to me directly if it is easier for you. If possible, please return your card by Sunday, November 4th. Sometimes people don’t return their cards because their pledge will be the same in 2019 as it was in 2018, but we don’t know that and we make no assumptions, so please return the card and let us know. If you can increase your pledge, we would appreciate it; if you have never pledged before, this year is a great time to start; and if you need to reduce your pledge, please don’t feel embarrassed or ashamed! Just let us know so that we can adjust accordingly; we do not approve deficit budgets, and so we budget for what people tell us they intend to give. If you have any questions about the budget, pledging, or your financial records here at Trinity Folsom, contact me, Barbara, or any member of the vestry. ~ Todd+

If you’re an Intel employee or retiree and would like to use the match program to help support Trinity Folsom’s work with those in need, we think we have finally figured out how to do it (Intel does not allow this program to be used to support other more specifically religious activities, and it has been difficult on our end to meet the program’s requirements) and hope to have it approved soon. If this applies to you, contact Barbara for more information. 

We’ve purchased a hearing assist system – so if you’ve had a hard time hearing the readers, try one out. Ask an usher when you pick up a bulletin!   

The parish prayer list is joining the 21st century and becoming a digital ministry. If you have a request to add to the parish prayer list, e-mail prayers@trinityfolsom.org. The new intercessory prayer group (we’re working on a new monthly meeting time) is taking on, as part of its ministry of intercessory prayer, praying for those on the parish prayer list; your prayer request will be kept confidential within the intercessory prayer group. If you’re interested in attending this prayer group, or possibly praying for the names on the parish prayer list even though you can’t attend, e-mail Fr. Charlie. The parish prayer list isn’t read aloud during Sunday services, but if you have a prayer request you would like read during the Prayers of the People, go up to the lectern before the service, flip to the prayers for that service in the white notebook on the lectern, and use one of the pencils on the lectern to write in the name on the blank lines at the end of the prayers.

Each Sunday, the flowers behind the altar are given to the glory of God, and in memory of the dead, or in thanksgiving for living loved ones, for answered prayers, or for life events like births, graduations, weddings, and anniversaries. The suggested donation is $50. If you’re wondering what happens to the flowers, they don’t go to waste! After the Sunday evening service, they are divided into smaller bouquets and taken to parishioners, and to non-parishioners in local nursing homes. You can donate altar flowers on the website.

Trinity Episcopal Church

 801 Figueroa Street

Folsom, CA 95630

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