Weekly News and Thank-Yews from the Pews
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This Sunday Worship & Fellowship Info
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You Tube Live-Stream broadcast this Sunday
The 6th Sunday after Pentecost,
August 2nd at 9:00am.
In order to attend this Sunday’s service:
Select
Join Our Online Worship
(YouTube Live 9AM)
Select "LIVE NOW"
Relax and enjoy!
After the service, please join together through Zoom! for a virtual coffee hour - click
here
to gain access!
Wear a Mask~ Wash Your Hands ~ Be Kind ~ Don't tug on Superman's cape
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Habits of Grace
Bishop Michael Curry
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A Prayer for Social Justice
Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart, and especially the hearts of the people of this land, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions be healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Book of Common Prayer, p. 823
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Online Giving
A BIG ‘thank you’ to all our parishioners who continue to mail in donations and stewardship pledges.
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Headlines
(A very good read)
Sometimes I just want it to stop. Talk of COVID, protests, looting, brutality. I lose my way. Become convinced that this “new normal” is real life.
But, then I meet an 87-year-old who talks of living through polio, diphtheria, Vietnam, protests and yet is still enchanted with life. He seemed surprised when I said that 2020 must be especially challenging for him. “No,’ he said slowly looking me straight in the eyes, “I learned a long time ago to not see the world through the printed headlines, I see the world through the people that surround me. I see the world with the realization that we love big. Therefore, I just choose to write my own headlines. ‘Husband loves wife today.’ ‘Family drops everything to come to Grandma’s bedside.’” He patted my hand. ‘Old man makes new friend.’
His words collide with my worries, freeing them from the tether I had been holding tight. They float away. I am left with a renewed spirit. My headline now reads “Woman overwhelmed by the spirit of kindness and the reminder that our capacity to love is never ending.”
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Have You Subscribed to Trinity's
You Tube Channel?
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We are asking all parishioners to subscribe to Trinity's YouTube Channel. Our goal is to achieve 100 Subscribers which will provide us increased visibility and enhanced options on YouTube. Click
here
to find the
"Subscribe"
button. Thank you for subscribing!
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101 Reasons to be EPISCOPALIAN
#7 "Episcopalians see reality as
existing in the tensions of paradox, ambiguity, and diversity."
Richard C. Milhon
Diocese of Kansas
From the book: 101 Reasons to be Episcopalian, compiled by Louie Crew. Morehouse Publishing, (2003).
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An easy way to keep abreast of the news around the
Episcopal Diocese of Northern California
is to subscribe to its newsletter, the Diocesan e-News, which is delivered to your inbox on most Tuesday afternoons. Click
HERE
to be directed to their signup page. They take your privacy seriously and do not share their lists with anyone; to unsubscribe, simply click on the unsubscribe link that is at the end of each newsletter and you will be taken off the list immediately.
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New Dean of Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento
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The Rev. Matthew Woodward was elected Dean of Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, starting in September. Matthew writes:
"I am excited to join the Trinity community and the Diocese of Northern California in the middle of the culture-changing events that are COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement. I believe that these events invite us to deeper contemplation of what it means to live into the Baptismal Covenant of the Episcopal Church where we promise to: “strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.”
Click here
for a letter from Dean-elect Matthew to the Cathedral and the diocese.
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The Rt. Reverend Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis
, and a colleague of our own Bishop Megan, addressed canons and bishops of the Episcopal Church on June 8, 2020. Bishop Jennifer's message: "A Reflection of Personal Experience, Hope and Challenge for the Church on Dismantling White Supremacy and Racism" was inspiring and called us all to act.
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Let's Get to Work: a message of hope and challenge from Bishop Jennifer Baskerville Burrows, Diocese of Indianapolis
"Now is the time for acting. For doing the work of unlearning bias against black and brown people. Our everyday choices from where we buy groceries, to what we read, to how we adorn our sanctuaries, to where our money goes, to how we vote all add up. It all adds up to a world where people and systems are activated to value and support all of God’s children no matter what they look like or where they come from and every choice moves us a little closer to God’s dream. Not just the American dream—God’s dream. So let’s get to work, church. The time is now. "
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Education for Ministry:
Life-changing, Powerful, Informative!
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A Fall 2020 Class is Forming
What is EfM (Education for Ministry)?
EfM is a seminar group meeting weekly over the course of a nine-month academic year.
Developed in 1975, by Sewanee School of Theology, it is now a worldwide program. Through
study, prayer, reflection, and fellowship
and guided by mentors, EfM groups move toward a new understanding of the fullness of God's kingdom and their relationship to it. A four-year program, participants may choose to take a year (or years) off and reenter in a future.
Read More...
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Music
for
Animals
So sweet and
good for the soul
Enjoy!
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Sermons at Trinity:
Can be accessed on the Trinity website
:
- Archived video sermons here.
- Archived audio sermons here
Sunday Snaps
:
- Will return when WE return!
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ONGOING
Sunday
9:00am
Holy Eucharist Rite II
Will be live-streamed Sunday, August 2, 2020
followed by Virtual Coffee Hour on Zoom!
Monday
Men's Lunch
- Cancelled
Noon at the Red Grape
529 1st Street W. Sonoma
Wednesday
10am
Eucharist &
Healing Prayer
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Cancelled
Noon-
Bible Study
in the Library -
- Cancelled
Thursday
Mindful Living:
Women's Fellowship
Thursdays at
10:30am in the Library
- Cancelled
Friday
Saturday
Centering Prayer
- Cancelled
8am in St. Luke's Chapel
Find out more about
Cancellations are temporary.
We fully expect all events to resume when restrictions on social gatherings are lifted.
Thanks for your patience.
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Here endeth the newsletter... See you next week!
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