Justice and Outreach Council
Monthly Digest
December 2020
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Welcome to the third edition of the Justice and Outreach Council's monthly newsletter: a place to find all the happenings of this active ministry at Trinity. |
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JOC Gives Funds to the Santa Barbara Community
In this 2020 year of the COVID pandemic, political rancor, and racial turmoil, the JOC seeks to expedite actions that support the spiritual, financial and emotional needs of our community and encourage our Trinity Episcopal Parish members to continue and expand their faithful engagement with those in need.
Trinity's JOC is giving $5000 to each of these groups:
- Black Lives Matter/Healing Justice SB
- 805 Undocufund
- CAUSE
- Food Bank SB County
- Mental Wellness Center
- Harding School Foundation
Justice & Outreach Committee MISSION STATEMENT: We are committed to putting our faith and consciousness into action. We will Promote Empowerment, Enhance Human Dignity and Show Compassion and Solidarity with those in need. Through Partnering, Volunteerism and Financial Assistance, we will serve those who are Marginalized and Manifest God's Love in our community and the world.
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Opportunities for Involvement
Ways to get involved in our community, at Trinity, and in the world.
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Alternative Christmas Market
Sunday, December 6
11:15am-12:45pm on the Labyrinth
Make out your gift lists now for Trinity’s Alternative Christmas Market! You will have the opportunity to purchase gifts and make donations in honor of those special people in your life.
This year's market will look different as we adjust to the pandemic: tables will be set-up around the labyrinth. You are welcome to join and purchase gifts by cash, check or credit card.
If you are unable to join in person, you can make donations to organizations represented at Alternative Christmas Market on Trinity’s website. If you are unable to come to the Labyrinth, you can purchase items by contacting Anne Shaw (information below) by Monday, December 7.
Click above to view the flyer and see a list of participating programs that you will have the opportunity to support.
For information contact Anne Shaw, 805-448-4606, anne.shaw09@gmail.com. Checks and cash are preferred, but credit cards are accepted!
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The Giving Tree Box
Christmas is the wonderful time of year when we can celebrate what God has so generously provided us, and share it with less fortunate members of our community. Every year Trinity parishioners provide colorfully wrapped Christmas gifts for residents of PATH Santa Barbara (People Assisting the Homeless), and we know your generosity will shine again.
Simply purchase a large, x-large or XXL unisex warm sweatshirt. Or if your prefer not to shop, $25 gift cards to Old Navy or Target are also appreciated. Then, return your wrapped gift with the size written on the front and place it in the Giving Tree box during the Eucharists on the Labyrinth, on Sundays from 12:30-3:30pm beginning November 8. On December 20, Trinity elves (the Selzler family) will magically transport them to PATH. Contact: office@trinitysb.org.
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Racial Justice in Santa Barbara
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Housing Needed for a DRIVERS LISTOS Client
A DRIVERS LISTOS client and her young family have been evicted. They have temporary housing for the month of December. This is a couple with a 1 ½ year old and an adolescent and they are seeking housing in Santa Barbara or Goleta. This young woman’s final asylum hearing is in January and we hope she will receive permission to remain in the US. Their budget is $900 a month. For information contact Jean Wollenberg
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Trinity Middle East Peace Items at the Alternative Christmas Market
Bethlehem crafts, olive wood carvings, Palestinian embroidered coin and glass purses, olive oil soap, Palestinian Olive Oil and Zaatar — and new this year — HANDMADE CHRISTMAS ANGEL ORNAMENTS! Bonus: download a free Advent calendar to visit the Holy Land every day in Advent at: https://afedj.org/resources/advent/
Start each day with a splash of JOY!
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Freedom Warming Center
Trinity Church is part of the interfaith community feeding and sheltering the unsheltered during the cold and rainy months from November through March. We are scheduled for about four weeks during those months and usually open our doors and prepare food when it rains or becomes too cold.
This year's Warming Center season will have houseless guests staying overnight in the Veteran's Memorial Building on Cabrillo Blvd during harsh weather, instead of at individual churches. However, we, along with the other participating churches, have been asked to provide dinner once again.
This is where you come in. Trinity is collecting casseroles in anticipation of the winter Warming Center opening. Trinity's casseroles are a legend among the Warming Center guests, and we need your help again this season! Please consider making a casserole for the freezer — hearty casseroles with chicken, pasta or beef are best. You can pick up an aluminum pan (and drop off casseroles) on Sundays from 12:30-3:30pm at the Greeter Table during the Eucharists on the Labyrinth.
We can also make arrangements to drop off empty tins and collect casseroles at your home if necessary. This standard size will stack in the church freezer and will cook in a similar amount of time. Frozen purchased casseroles are also welcome. We also need packages of dinner rolls and individually wrapped pats of butter which we can freeze until needed.
We will heat the casseroles at Trinity and the food will then be packaged and placed in warming containers to be picked up by warming center staff. Teams of three people will package dinners at Trinity. If you have any questions contact the office: office@trinitysb.org or 805-965-7419.
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Celebrate and Support Justice
The Justice and Outreach Council (JOC) has continued its important work while Trinity has been in diaspora. Funding for the JOC comes from your pledges and Celebration offerings. The JOC’s funding is part of our annual Operating Budget where five percent (5%) of all pledges received during the year is put in the JOC account. As pledge income has remained steady this year, these funds continue to be set aside for justice work.
However, with in-person church services suspended, we no longer have “Celebration Sundays”, and we are informed that when we resume gathering at Trinity we will not be allowed to have envelopes (as well as other materials) in the pews.
But be not dismayed! 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. You can 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. You can also donate via Trinity’s PayPal account by visiting our website or by clicking here, and under “special instructions” designate your donation for JOC and provide the names of the persons or occasion you want to celebrate.
Thank you for supporting our justice work through your pledges, donations, prayers, and most of all, the work you do in your lives to make this a more loving, peaceful, and just world.
Kathryn Dean, JOC
Michael Dean, Treasurer
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