Feb26
February 26, 2012 (First Sunday in Lent) Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-9 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 (From The Lectionary Page) As a boy I was fascinated by a carving that belonged to a neighbor down the road. Carved into a whole nutshell about the size of a medium-sized pecan was a Noah’s Ark brim-full with pairs of animals. The carving was among treasures this woman had brought back home after spending time with her physician husband and family as Presbyterian medical missionaries in Nanjing, China. I believe a patient had carved the familiar Bible story as a token of gratitude....
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Feb24
OUR DIOCESAN PRIORITIES Since mid-2011, the people of the congregations of the Diocese of West Missouri have been engaged in a sweeping and long-range, futuring process which included several forums across the diocese entitled “Shaping Our Future”. The raw results of the forums was a pile of thousands of individual pieces of input about would-be priorities for our diocesan life. Our Futuring Task Group took your significant and varied input and extrapolated it all down to five, overarching priorities, all dealing with growth. The members of the Futuring Task Group and I agree these priorities should be both the core...
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Feb21
We are starting a Eucharistic bread ministry. If you have experience in making bread and would like to be a part of this ministry, please contact Canon Sommer at ssommer@ghtc-kc.org or 816.474.8260 ext. 107. We’ll gather on a Saturday (date and location to be announced) to familiarize ourselves with the recipe and technique, bake up some bread and enjoy good fellowship.
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Feb21
Parking passes are available for the parking lot at Washington & 13th Streets (enter on Washington). Please see ushers for a pass. How to use the pass: Put your ticket in (the one you received when you entered the garage) then put the pass in the same slot where you put the ticket. Instructions are also printed on the machine to guide you.
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Feb19
February 19, 2012 (Last Sunday after the Epiphany) 2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm 50:1-6 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Mark 9:2-9 (From The Lectionary Page) This just in: We humans are creatures of habit and routine. Like other species, we tend to be neophobic — suspicious of change – even though (or maybe precisely because) change is the one constant of life on our planet. And change is a primary feature of today’s gospel passage. We hear an account of the Transfiguration of Jesus each year on the last Sunday of Epiphany. We heard Mark’s version a moment ago, but to get the...
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Feb13
Many of our beloved Books of Common Prayer need to be replaced. Pew editions of the BCP are $20 each. If you would like to purchase one or more in memory of a deceased loved one, or in thanksgiving for a living loved one, please contact Janet Sweeting at jsweeting@ghtc-kc.org or 816.361.3563. She will place orders periodically over the next several months. A bookplate, memorializing your loved one, will be inserted in the BCP(s).
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Feb12
February 12, 2012 (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany) 2 Kings 5:1-14 Psalm 30 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Mark 1:40-45 (From The Lectionary Page) For years a two-frame cartoon was displayed on the door of our refrigerator. The first frame had a line drawing of a dorky middle-age man with a caption underneath that read, “Parent of eighth grader.” The second frame had a drawing of a dopey, smiling clown. It bore the caption, “Parent as seen by eighth-grader.” We took that cartoon along with us when we moved from Kansas City to Seattle with a thirteen year old eighth grader in...
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Feb06
As we prepare the way for mission and ministry imperatives in 2012, attentiveness to our financial commitment to Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral becomes ever more important. God has given us so many blessings. Among them, a new heart, a new spirit, the gifts of time and talent and treasure. Thank you for prayerfully considering your 2012 pledge to Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. Pledge cards are available in the information racks. If you would like offering envelopes, please contact David Stoll (dstoll@ghtc-kc.org or 816-474-8260 ext. 105). Learn more about stewardship at the Cathedral and fill out a pledge form.
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Feb06
Health information privacy laws prohibit hospitals — even Episcopal hospitals — from routinely calling clergy when parishioners are admitted. Go to www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy for more information. If you are hospitalized, please contact the Cathedral 816-474-8260 [for Deacon Jerry Grabher, ext. 111; for Canon Sue Sommer, ext. 107; for Dean Peter DeVeau, ext. 151]. If you cannot place the call yourself, ask a family member, friend, or hospital chaplain to place the call. If you do not receive a visit, most likely your clergy do not know you are hospitalized. Cathedral clergy want to provide pastoral care to hospitalized parishioners; they count...
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Feb05
February 5, 2012 (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany) Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm 147:1-12, 21c 1 Corinthians 9:16-23 Mark 1:29-39 (From The Lectionary Page) A friend of mine texted me late last week with the news that they finally have an offer on their house. He asked for my prayers. I assured him that I would not only pray but light a candle before a shrine of Blessed St. Joseph – patron saint of home sales – if he thought it would help. He texted back, “Yes please, and throw in a couple of Tebows while you’re at it.” Now it’s a...
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