Weekly News and Thank-Yews from the Pews
Thursday, April 15, 2021
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This Sunday Worship & Fellowship Info |
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You Tube Live-Stream broadcasts
AND in-person attendance
this Sunday,
The Third Sunday of Easter
April 18th at 9:00am.
He Is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia!
In order to attend this service online:
Select Join Our Online Worship
Relax and enjoy!
After the Sunday service, please join together through Zoom! for a virtual coffee hour - click here to gain access!
Restore your outlook, speak tenderly, and be kind.
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Presiding Bishop Curry: Easter 2021 Message
“Our work goes on. Our labor for love continues,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry said in his Easter 2021 Message, “We will not cease, and we will not give up until this world reflects less our nightmare and more God's dream where there's plenty good room for all God's children. Hallelujah anyhow.”
Read more (In English and Spanish):
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Upcoming Services at Trinity:
Please read all and please read carefully!
Sunday, April 18th
9:00 - Livestream AND In-person!
No reservations are necessary at this time.
Masks and social distancing are still required. Please arrive early (no later than 8:45am, earlier is better!) for temperature taking, hand sanitizing and ushering to assigned seats. No one will be admitted or seated after 9:00 when the livestream begins.
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The Good News of Rogation
The April Good News Gardens Zoom Gathering
Tuesday, April 20th at 7:00 ET | 6:00 CT | 5:00 MT | 4:00 PT.
What the heck is Rogation? And when and how should we celebrate it in our homes, gardens, and communities? Join the Good News Gardens Gathering on April 20 and learn everything you've always wanted to know and more about rogation!
According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, Rogation is “1 : litany, supplication. 2 : the religious observance of the Rogation Days —often used in plural." In The Episcopal Church, the major rogation is celebrated on April 25th and the minor rogations are held Monday to Wednesday preceding Ascension Day on May 13th. But while there are certain days for the official rogation observances, the practice of rogation can be honored other times as well. On April 20th, Rev. Tricia Lyons (from Virginia Theological Seminary) and the Good News Gardens team will help participants imagine how the practice of rogation can help us re-order our communities and liturgical life as we dig in the dirt and come back together.
Please register in advance.
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Communion in the Courtyard Continues
at 11am!
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Even as we begin to meet in the sanctuary for 9am church services, Communion will continue in the courtyard for those who choose not to participate in-person.
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Please wear a mask and be ready to have your temperature taken (don't worry, we'll give it right back! LOL) |
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Trinity Mindfulness Group
Meets Thursdays at 10:30am
in Abbot Courtyard
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Is an open group, and welcomes all to participate! Please consider joining in with prayers, sharing, meditation, and constructive conversation.
The group meets in Abbot courtyard with coffee and goodies in an informal circle where every can listen and share!
Masks are required and seating is socially distanced. Is coffee available? Of course!
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Cobweb Cleaning
in the Church
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Once again, we owe a great debt of thanks to "Fireman Bob" Rey for climbing to nosebleed heights to eradicate the webs from our very industrious spiders!
Holding equipment is Fr. Jim Thomas, holding the ladder is Mike Marcy, and holding the whole endeavor together was Wendy Haber - Thank you to all!
The sanctuary looks wonderful and all survived the perilous work.
Bonus! Mike's wife, Mileva, sent in donuts to fortify the workers. Thanks, Mileva!
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(Above)
Thank You to a FABULOUS crew of cleaners - Wendy Haber, Jane Moehrke, Patsy Gralow and Chuy Morales who worked hard dusting, scrubbing, polishing and vacuuming the sanctuary.
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Marie Lambert works her cleaning magic again for Altar Guild area.
All cabinets and shelving sparkling. Thank you Marie!
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Fresh bark in the front spaces of the church. BIG THANKS to Wendy Haber, our Buildings and Grounds Guru, and Chuy Morales, our new custodian! Thanks for your hard work! It makes our property so inviting!
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A new memorial bench graces our Labyrinth in the redwoods! Thanks to a community donor, the bench was requested and, after research to match the existing bench (thanks Wendy Haber!), the new bench was purchased. Our hardworking Chuy sanded, stained, and assembled the new bench in readiness for its installation in the Labyrinth.
The donors came by and loved it! They had had a plaque made to identify the memorial and plan to have a blessing done with their family in June.
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Buttrum Hall painting renovation is progressing with the closing up of the kitchen pass through window and the St. Barbara's Guild cupboard. New colors are brightening the look and feel of the room and the new flooring, to be installed mid-April, will finish the makeover of our beloved hall.
Big thanks to Fr. Jim and Sally Thomas, and Wendy Haber for ridding the hall of many years of clutter in preparation for the renovation.
Kudos to Sally Zimmerman, for her hard work coordinating and supervising the painting process. We thank you all for your diligence in getting these big jobs done!
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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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Episcopal Relief & Development offers a
new digital prayer tool , bringing together prayers from many sources and the opportunity to share prayers with others.
This is a wonderful resource to access prayers -- Check it out!
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Your prayers are requested -
During our Online Services, you, members of your family or loved one may find yourself in need of extra support and prayers from our faith community. If you have a particular prayer request, please email Linda Dowd at lindahdowd@sbcglobal.net.
Prayer requests will be added to The Prayers of the People during our Sunday worship each week.
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Hello again dear family and friends,
In anticipation of whatever lies ahead, I've created a new blog to provide updates on Linda as we continue the AML adventure. Here's the link:
Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting.
Peace and Love,
JJR
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O merciful heavenly Father, who hast taught us in thy holy Word that thou dost not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men: Look with pity upon the sorrows of the servant for whom our prayers are offered. Remember them O Lord, in mercy, nourish their souls with patience, comfort them with with a sense of thy goodness, lift up thy countenance upon them, and give them peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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For Persons in Trouble or Bereavement, in the Book of Common Prayer, p. 831 |
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Greetings from your Great Dane!
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Sermons at Trinity:
Can be accessed on the Trinity website:
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Archived video sermons here.
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Archived audio sermons here
Sunday Snaps:
- Will return when WE return!
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ONGOING
This Sunday, April 18th
9:00am Holy Eucharist Rite II
Our first Sunday with in-person seating!
Temperature taking, masks, and social distancing will all be in effect - please arrive early (8:45 or earlier) to allow for these required safety precautions.
This service will also be live-streamed
10:00am Virtual Coffee Hour
on Zoom!
11:00am Holy Communion Live
in Abbot Courtyard
(Please follow safety protocols!)
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Thanks to Christina Van Krugel, for this gem!
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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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Here endeth the newsletter... See you next week! |
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