Justice and Outreach Council (JOC) Digest

January/February 2024

Justice and Outreach Council Newsletter—Take a step toward justice.

Take a New Step Forward in 2024

Your presence and commitment are appreciated in our Justice and Outreach community contributions. Now, we invite you to join us in one of our Action Circles with your ideas and energy.

JOC Justice and Outreach Action Circles Designated Giftsin 2023:

Community Resilience Action Circle

$4,200 SB Bucket Brigade for 7 cadet trainee sponsorships

$4,000 Wilderness Youth Project

Early Care & Education and Harding School Action Circle

$4,000 Harding School for after-school programs

$4,000 Storyteller for infant and toddler programs

Immigration Action Circle

$6,300 ILDC - for Social Worker position salary

$200 Drivers Listos, for reimbursement needs

Basic Needs Action Circle

$4,000 CAUSE

$4,000 Freedom Warming Center

$4,000 Mental Health Wellness Center

$2,000 Showers of Blessings

$2,000 Kingdom Causes; Santa Barbara

Historic Ministries

$2,000 Transition House

$2,000 St. Mike’s

$2,000 Sarah House

$2,000 Harding School Foundation

TOTAL: $46,700

We invite you to join a Justice and Outreach Action Circle. Our goal is to engage more of you in the outreach and blessings of this work. Speak to us about your particular interest and ideas.

There is need everywhere - where is your greatest interest?

Basic Needs (Housing, Food, Homelessness)

Gun Violence Prevention

Climate Change and the Environment

Education and Harding School

Immigration

JOC Chairs, Jeffrey Krutzsch jskrutzsch@gmail.com and Ralph Armbruster ralpharm@hotmail.com.

Humanitarian Tragedy in Gaza and Israel

See and sign the Sojourners sample letter provided by Deacon John Draper:

Dear Christians, Cease-Fire Is Not Surrender | Sojourners

Transition House Meal Preparation - February

You can experience a traditional Trinity volunteer activity and serve a meal at Transition House (425 E Cota St) for approximately 60 residents on the 4th Saturday of the month. Help is needed on February 24th. Contact Teresa Pietsch teresapietsch4@gmail.com for more details or check the online sign-up for how to get involved.

" When we work alongside each other for lasting change, we are moving closer to God's dream for the world." Robert W. Radtke, President & CEO Episcopal Relief & Development https://www.episcopalrelief.org/

Dinner in Alameda Park 

Trinity will prepare dinner and serve it in the park again on February 22. Join us just once, with an indoor or outdoor task, for this community experience. Check the online sign-up for volunteer opportunities or email Sarah Thomas, sthomas@trinitysb.org.

Interfaith Silent Vigil Thursdays, 5-6pm, on State Street at Anapamu

** Please note earlier time and new location.**

Join us as we stand together in silent, caring presence for all in a time of great pain. A meaningful way to support each other and our hurting world. Bring a candle, if you have one.

Please join the Justice and Outreach Council’s Climate Environment Action Circle (CEAC)

when we meet in the Church Library from 11:30 – 12:30 on Sunday, March 3, 2024. We’ll be reviewing our draft vision statement and ideas from our brainstorm in the fall. Our goal is to prioritize next steps, determining which actions we might start working on right away and making some assignments. Our Action Circle welcomes new members, and all interested parishioners are encouraged to join us at our next gathering!

Please contact Bill Leahy (whleahy2@gmail.com) or Jean Davis (jeanlangedavis@gmail.com) if questions or want more information.

Message from Ken Johnson,

Justice & Outreach Action Circle

on Gun Violence Prevention

The Faith and Firearms Readers Circle, led by Ken Johnson will begin with Carol Anderson's book, The Second. Participants will engage in the unexplored approaches to reducing gun violence in our society. The group will meet on Zoom at dates and times to be determined. Persons interested in joining the kick-off session should email Ken Johnson at 41omaha73@gmail.com. Please enter "Readers" in the subject field of your email to Ken. Thank you.

Annual Environmental Assembly

An environmental conference to bring together legislators, environmental non-profits, local grassroots groups, businesses, policy-makers, and attorneys. Our cutting-edge policy sessions, “How To” workshops, and inspirational keynote speakers engage, empower and enlighten our participants. Join us for this exciting opportunity to be part of the action toward real change for California!

View details on our past events. Events | Planning and Conservation League (pcl.org)

PFLAG Virtual Support Meeting Monday, February 19, 7-8:30pm

This month's PFLAG meeting will be about gender-affirming care with Dr. Michael Snavely, Staff Physician at Planned Parenthood.

Meetings are held every third Monday of the month at 7pm. Registration is required and must be done at or before 6pm on the day of the meeting. Meetings are run by trusted PFLAG Santa Barbara leaders, exploring topics relevant to the LGBTQ+ community, followed by sharing and support. Visit the PFLAG website for registration information.

Celebrate first woman Anglican priest Florence Li Tim-Oi

Join the celebration on Saturday, Feb. 10, 3:30 pm with a panel discussion of women’s ordination, featuring several prominent women clergy and keynoted by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman to serve as presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church and the first to lead a branch of the Anglican Communion. The day's events also will include an exhibit of artworks depicting women in the Bible, created by He Qi, renowned artist and member of Church of Our Saviour. 

Li Tim-Oi Panel Discussion, Art Show, & Dinner | Church of OurSaviour (cosepiscopal.org)

Celebrate loved ones by using the envelopes in the pews to recognize a special family member or event.



Turn your memories into a donation to the Justice and Outreach Council. We will use these funds to provide comfort and safety to those in need—food, education for children, assistance to immigrants—any of our neighbors needing support. . . so they can celebrate. Together, these gifts make possible our community of welcome, reconciliation, and service.

There are two ways you can continue to celebrate and support our justice work in addition to your pledges both now and in the future. Send in a check made out to Trinity and simply note “Justice” in the memo line and provide the names of the persons or occasion you want to celebrate. Or donate via Trinity’s PayPal account, select "Justice Fund" and under “special instructions” provide the names of the persons or occasion you want to celebrate.



Thank you to our celebration donors for December and January!

Jeannie Christensen, Jean & David Davis, Sarah Fenstermaker, Irene Marsi, Elizabeth & Tom Patterson

Word and Life: Book Study and Discussion Series

A Wisdom Walk Along the Pathways of Indigenous Christianity

Steven Charleston, a Choctaw Elder and an Episcopal Bishop brings forth his experience of belonging to a culture that survived the end of its world and found ways to summon hope and courage, that can guide the rest of us today. He offers powerful insights on kinship, balance, and harmony that are primary to Native tradition and integral to Christian thought. He also points to parallel concepts in other faith traditions. 

You are invited to register for this inspiring program available on Zoom, on Thursdays at 10am beginning January 11 through March 14. Visit wordandlife.us for more information and to register.

Land Acknowledgement

We honor and acknowledge the Chumash people, the traditional custodians of this land, and pay our respects to the Chumash elders, past, present, and future, who call this land on which we sit their home. We appreciate their wisdom, their culture, and their presence among us today as the host people of this land. We lament the injustices done to the original inhabitants and the injustices done to this land in the centuries since. We seek the courage and wisdom to heal the wounds of the past and build a better future together, in deep solidarity.

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