Mar27
New arrivals are here for special occasion gifts as we celebrate Easter, baptism and confirmation! For children: Bible stories, books about baptism, the Resurrection, prayers of grace and even daily devotions. Ribbon necklaces for young girls: Grow in Faith, Resurrection Butterfly and Bee Faithful are perfect for anytime! Easter bracelets make an adorable gift and tell the story of new life in Him. From sterling silver to glass, bronze and wood-—we have cross pendants and necklaces of ALL designs! A Book of Common Prayer makes the perfect gift for Confirmation–we have a variety of cover styles and even prayer book...
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Mar27
The Altar Guild is a very special ministry and everyone is welcome to participate. In caring for the Altar, linens and vessels we become an active part of the liturgy. We need extra volunteers during Holy Week. If you can help, please contact Janet Sweeting at 816-361-3563 or jsweeting@ghtc-kc.org.
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Mar18
We need one or more volunteers who will help load boxes of food into cars Thursday mornings so our delivery drivers can deliver food to the schools we help through the BackSnack program. Contact Charmaine Fowler (cfowler@kc.rr.com or 816.509.3365) if you have a few free hours on Thursdays and can help load boxes. About the BackSnack Program Many children don’t have enough to eat between Friday and Monday. The Cathedral has joined Episcopal Community Services’s work to provide food for hungry children through the Harvester’s BackSnack program. Each week, Harvester’s provides food that ECS delivers to GHTC. We place the...
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Mar05
Garden and Landscaping Guild is seeking more volunteer members The Garden Guild was established to improve and maintain the Memorial Garden and Cathedral grounds. Please consider giving your time and talent to enhance one of the most prominent green spaces in downtown Kansas City. For more information regarding activities, work schedules and commitment contact Gerry Reynaud at (816) 536-0843 or gjreynaud@gmail.com.
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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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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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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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Jan30
Congratulations to our new vestry class! The following people were elected to the GHTC vestry at the Annual Meeting on January 29. Mark Galus John Hornbeck (will serve the remaining year in a vacated seat) Bill Hubbard Mike McDonald Larry McMullen Joyce Morrow Peter Norris Pat Wolley John Hornbeck’s term will end in 2013. The other seven will serve through 2015.
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Jan30
The GHTC Annual Meeting was held on Sunday, January 29, 2012. The meeting featured comments from Dean DeVeau, Canon Sommer, Senior Warden David Rice and Treasurer Jim Phillips. You will be able to pick up a new Cathedral Directory over the next few Sundays. (Sorry, but they will not be available electronically.) Read the 2011 Annual Report See the list of new Vestry members
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Jan08
We are publishing an updated Cathedral Directory and need your help! It is time for us to update our database with any changes, additions or deletions that may have occurred in your family. Have you changed your phone number? Cancelled your home phone? E-mail address? Have you recently moved or are you planning to move soon? Are all of your children still at home and are they all included in your membership record? If you have not already informed the church office about changes to your record, please let us know now so that the information is in the 2011...
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Jan08
Offering envelopes are at the back of the nave for anyone who has a 2012 pledge. If there is not a box labeled for you but you would like envelopes, please use the sign up sheet at the back of the nave or contact David Stoll (dstoll@ghtc-kc.org or 816-474-8260 ext. 105).
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Dec14
From Grady Sanford: The House Abraham Builds started its regular work schedule December 3. We are on track to build Wednesday through Saturday each week for 10 weeks with time off to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. Building a house is a large undertaking and workers are welcome. So, if you are wanting to get involved this is an ideal time. It is the beginning of the build so things move quickly and you can really see your hard work paying off. Check your calendar for that week or any of the following weeks through February and let me...
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