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This Week’s Announcements
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Sunday,
May 11, 2008
Adult Formation
Sundays
9:15 a.m. • Common Room
Join clergy as they address timely topics about the church and our parish.
May 11, 18, 25 • Paul’s Letter to the Romans:
Living by Faith
led by the Rev. Joe Behen
Come explore with us Paul’s vision of God’s reaching out to all of humanity, and why our response to that reaching out matters. Faith for Paul is more nuanced than to simply equate it with the modern notion of belief. Faith is more closely approached for Paul in the living of lives that incarnate a positive response to God’s call. This response, Paul teaches, is possible for all but is the privileged possession of none. In this three week class, we’ll examine Paul’s theology as presented to the Christian communities in Rome, while discussing insights from this document that might be fruitful for our own community.
Covenant
Renewal
Tuesday, May 13
7:00 p.m.
The covenant between the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral will be renewed May 13 with a 7 p.m. liturgy, beginning at CIC.
The congregation will process to GHTC for the conclusion of the liturgy and reception.
This Sunday in Children’s Formation
9:45 a.m. • Godly Play
Children work with The Mystery of Pentecost.
10:15 a.m. • Children’s Chapel
Age 3 through Kindergarten meet in the Lambs Chapel
Grades 1-3 meet in the Disciples Chapel
For more information contact DeAnn McTavish in the Cathedral office.
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Beginning this week, nursery care will be offered at the 9:15 a.m. formation hour and the 10:15 a.m. service only (not during the 8:00 a.m. service). |
Help People Affected by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar!
Envelopes for donations to Episcopal Relief and Development are available at the back of the nave.
Upcoming Events
Parish Picnic
Sunday, June 1
Location: Founders’ Hall
Our annual Parish Picnic, with activities for
children.
Vacation Bible School
Monday-Thursday, June 16-19
Location: Founders’ Hall
Parents and children join together to form tribes
and learn about the sights, sounds, tastes and
aromas of Jesus’ time.
Dean's Cup Classic
Saturday, July 26
presented by GHTC at
Paradise Pointe, Outlaw Course at Smithville
Lake. Benefiting Culinary Cornerstones, a
ministry of Episcopal Community Services.
Register your own team, or just yourself and we will
add you to a team. Register online at
www.ghtc-kc.org/golf.
For all needleworkers
May 17
10:30 a.m.
If you knit, crochet, quilt—or just want to learn—you are invited to a potluck picnic to discuss plans for the future of the Charitable Knitting group: possible change of time for meetings starting in the fall, continuation of charitable work, especially over the summer, and field trips to visit other handwork groups in the deanery. We continue to need baby hats, blankets, prayer shawls and other good things.
The Dean's Cup Classic 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
See the complete details here.
Graduate Recognition
We want to recognize Cathedral members who are receiving diplomas/degrees this year. If you know someone who is graduating from high school or college/graduate school, please contact the office (office@ghtc-kc.org) by Tuesday, May 20.
Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate
Saturday, June 7 • 10:30 a.m.
We’ll be celebrating two ordinations, including our own Whitney Rice.
For the reception following the ordination service, please bring finger foods (plated to serve) for the reception. You can leave the goodies in Founders’ Hall kitchen before the service. If you can help setup or serve, please contact the Cathedral office at 816.474.8260 ext. 109.
Gifts beyond the present: safe start in Haiti
Healthy Mother–Healthy Babies Foundation, which sponsors Maison de Naissance (MN), is determined to continue and expand programs in the current service zone and beyond, and is counting on us for support. HM-HB has proven methodologies and needs only the resources to deliver them. A gift, in honor of a friend, family member or associate, will provide the finances needed now to move ahead in this life saving work.
Please look through MN’s catalog of gifts/wish list and choose one (or more!) that appeals to you, or make a direct contribution so that it can be used where the need is greatest.
How do I honor someone with a "gift beyond the present"?
Online catalogs can be accessed by going to www.maisondenaissance.org and clicking on the title, "Take Action" at the top of the homepage. Simply choose a gift item from the online catalog and indicate who the gift is honoring. A certificate will be presented to the recipient. Anonymous gifts are also welcome.
Orders may be placed directly on the web site listed above or mailed to: Healthy Mother–Healthy Babies, 6401Wornall Terr., Kansas City, MO 64113. Direct questions to 816.812.7100 or catalog@hm-hb.org.
Maison de Naissance is a program of The Healthy
Mother–Healthy Babies Foundation, a 501(c)3
non-profit corporation.
Friends of MNReducing the mortality rate of both infants and their Mothers is in line with #4 and #5 of the UN Millennium Goals. The services provided by Maison de Naissance in Haiti include family planning, vitamins and medicines for older children in the family, and treatment for expectant Mothers who have AIDS so that their babies will not be born HIV positive. It is the hope of MN that even more services can be added in the future. More services will require more funding. We can help. Watch for the MN collection box at coffee hours on the Sundays when there is an infant baptism and please make a donation to ensure the delivery a healthy baby in Haiti. |
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If you have made your 2008 pledge, thank you! If you have not yet, there is still time. Pledge cards and envelopes are available at the back of the church. Or you can go to the Stewardship page of the Cathedral website and make your 2008 pledge online. |
Parking Safety
Several cars belonging to parishioners have been vandalized while parked on the streets adjacent to the Cathedral during Sunday morning worship. Whether you park on the street, in the Cathedral parking lot or the parking garage, please do not leave valuables in your car. This includes anything that "might" contain something valuable such as shopping bags, gym bags or backpacks.
Be a tutor
Have you ever wanted to make a difference in a child’s life? Have you ever considered how you could make the Kansas City School District better? Do you have an hour a week you could commit to an enormously rewarding experience?
The Cathedral has a wonderful opportunity to reach out to our surrounding community. We are partnering with Primitivo Garcia Elementary School on the West Side to provide one-on-one tutoring in reading to students Kindergarten through the fifth grade. They will provide orientation and training on their educational software.
Tutors will work at the school with individual students in 15-20 minute intervals. The only requirement is that you be able to read English reasonably proficiently. Spanish language skills are not necessary. Almost any scheduling limitations can be accommodated as the school can use tutors anytime from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday./p>
For more information or to volunteer please contact John Fowler at 816.435.4200 during the day or 816.453.2895 evenings and weekends.
Offering Hospitality and Prayers
As part of our ministry of hospitality, the Cathedral has recently added a book for intercessions. This bound volume may be found on a lectern adjacent to the prayer desk in the nave. Here, Cathedral members and visitors alike throughout the week can offer prayer on behalf of themselves or others, or offer thanksgiving for a blessing received.
We believe that God hears the prayers of faithful persons everywhere AND we believe that sometimes we need to make our prayers concrete by writing them down; we ask only that the Cathedral community treat with holiness the prayers that are offered, honoring the dignity of those involved through appropriate measures of confidentiality.
The yellow prayer request cards will continue to be available in the pews and in the tract rack near the tower room. These cards will continue to be the primary means by which the Cathedral Caregivers’ Prayer Chain will be apprised of parishioners’ prayer requests.
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online?
Sign up at
www.ghtc-kc.org.
Why is an online version a better option than the print version?
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Those who sign up to receive the online version
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Cathedral Information
Avail yourself of prayer cards, information about the Cathedral and The Episcopal Church, Day by Day reading guides, pledge cards and current issues of The Angelus and Children’s Formation’s rejoice!
The materials are located at the base of the stairs, before you enter the Tower room.
Miscellaneous Items
Go Forward Day by Day by reading portions of scripture each day. Forward Movement prints a manual of daily Bible readings and devotions. Copies are available in the Tower entrance and in the racks under the bulletin board.
The Kansas City Community Kitchen needs your help. We are feeding more than 500 people a day and operating on fewer funds. Please consider contributing to this valuable ministry. You may place a contribution in the offering or mail it to Episcopal Community Services, 11 East 40th Street, Kansas City MO 64111.
Happy Birthday! If you or someone you
love is celebrating a birthday or other special event this week, the
Foster Care Outreach Group invites you to celebrate by sharing with
a Kansas City area foster care teenager. Through your donation, in
any amount, you will help purchase a $25 gift card, which will be
given to a foster care teenager on his or her birthday. For some
children, this may be their only gift. Please mark your check or
offering envelope “Foster Care Birthday Fund.”
The Diocese of West Missouri publishes a monthly newspaper, The West Missouri Spirit. If you do not receive it and would like to, please call the Diocesan office at 816.471.6161 or the Cathedral office at 816.474.8260. It is also available on the Diocesan website, www.diowestmo.org.