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Growing as Disciples of Jesus Christ
Through Worship, Learning, Fellowship and Outreach
The Messenger
August 2014
OF TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH
Jesus’ Model of Prayer Part 2: The Father’s Kingdom
We continue our exploration of the Lord’s Prayer by building upon the incredible truth that we have been brought into God’s family as His very own children. He is, “Our Father.” This month, we move to consider the next phrase Jesus taught us to pray: “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” As if it isn’t enough that we have been adopted into God’s family and have been given all the rights and responsibilities of being His children, we now come to an astonishing truth. Our Father is a king. And He is not only a king, He is THE KING. Our Heavenly Father is none other than the Ruler of the universe. He sent His Son, Jesus, to begin the establishment of His Kingdom. So what is His King-dom all about? The Kingdom of God is a rich theme in the Old Testament. In short, the Kingdom is God’s active rule and reign over His people. The Kingdom is not so much a place, like earthly kingdoms, as it is a rule. Through the prophets God revealed that in the Kingdom, there will be no more sickness, suffering, sin, or strife. Instead, there will be healing, wholeness, harmony, and holiness. It is a Kingdom where love rules. In His Kingdom, people will be-come everything He meant them to be. His people will become truly human, truly what humanity was created to be. They will be like Jesus. They will do God’s will on earth as it is being done in heaven.
This is the Kingdom Jesus came to establish. Through His death, resurrection, and ascen-sion, He now reigns over the Father’s Kingdom. To Him, “every knee shall bow and eve-ry tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” But the Kingdom is not fully arrived. Jesus has begun the work, but He will not complete it until He comes again in power at the Sec-ond Coming. To pray for the Kingdom to come is to pray for Jesus to come again and fin-ish the good work He has begun. This is the Day that all His followers should long for, a day when all that is wrong in this world is finally and fully put to right.
Not everyone, though, is interested in being a part of this Kingdom. To be in His Kingdom, you must surrender and submit to Him. To be in His Kingdom, you must want Him as your King. This is what Jesus was getting at when He said that if anyone would follow Him, they must, “take up [their] cross.” To enter into the Kingdom, we must lay our own life down in order to follow Jesus as our Lord. When we do, though, we enter into that King-dom where God’s love rules and heals and saves. It is a gift freely given, but one which can only be received as we lay down our own life to accept it. It is a gift that our Father the King yearns to give to all who are willing to receive it. But it is a gift that not all are willing to accept. As children of our Father the King, we want what He wants. He wants His Kingdom of light and life and love to extend, to overwhelm a world of darkness and death and hate. We want what our Father wants. We want to see people come out of a world broken by sin and torn by strife into a Kingdom of forgiveness and peace. We do not want any to be lost. So we pray, “Thy Kingdom come.” Yours in Christ, Fr. Karl+
As children of our Father the King, we want what He wants.
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Trinity Family Ministry
Growing Together in Christ
Summer Sundays 11 am
Parable Quest for K-5 in Building 3
Youth Group
Summer Activities TBA
TRI-TIP FOR TRINITY
Take-Away BBQ Tri-Tip roasts will be on sale for a suggested donation of $25 on "Outreach Sunday," Au-gust 24th, as a fundraiser for Trinity's "Outreach Budget" in support of our church's many outreach ef-forts to our city. Plan to order your fabulous tri-tip roast in advance by contacting Olga See at 330-9010 or [email protected]
Welcome Reception for
The Lawrence Family Sunday, August 17th
after the 11am service Mark your calendars now and plan on being with us on Sunday, August 17th, as we formally welcome Dcn. Joe and Joette Lawrence and their family. Dcn. Joe begins as Assistant on July 1st and we want to give him some time to get settled into a new home and ministry before we formally celebrate their arri-val!
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday School begins September 8th, at 11 a.m. Sign up sheets will soon be available to register children.
We are in need of Sunday School teachers. Please prayerfully consider taking part in this important min-istry.
If you are interested or if you have any questions, please Tracey or Kevin Ray at 664-0511
*Committee is currently on hiatus due to the funds being frozen. In the eventuality of our win, the committee will once again be-come active.
DIOCESAN CONVENTION - 2014 October 31 - November 1
TO BE ELECTED AT THE DIOCESAN CONVENTION
Standing Committee Class of 2018: 1 clergy and 1 layperson
ECCO Commission Class of 2017: 1 clergy or layperson
* Diocesan Education Trust Class of 2017: 1 clergy or layperson
* San Joaquin Anglican Foundation Class of 2017: 1 clergy or layperson
Ecclesiastical Court Class of 2018: 1 clergy
Ecclesiastical Court Class of 2017: 1 layperson
Provincial Council Class of 2016: 1 layperson
Provincial Council Class of 2019: 1 layperson
Prayerfully consider nominating those who you believe can serve our Diocese in these positions.
Click here or call the Church Office for Nomination Forms.
OUTREACH SUNDAY
TIME TO STRETCH
One of the fastest ways to grow in Christ is to let God use you to serve others in His name. On Sun-day, August 24th, after the 11 a.m. service, displays of Trinity's local outreach efforts will be featured in the Glass Garden area, while refreshments are served. Take time to see if there might be places that God wants you to help Trinity "Reach Out." We have many ways to be a missionary in your own backyard.
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Louise Henderson Sherrill Lindstrom Bryan Williams Cathi Chrisco Dan Gray Jim Stubblefield Karen Cartmell Steven Faulk Kevin Ray Liam Bolinger Andrew Lawrence Jeffrey Fredriksz Madi Fredriksz Dick Weringer Jenn Young
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS In The Parish Family
Denise Irvin R.J. Chaffee Sue Norton Emily Chaffee Dean Mason Ron Christolear Nona Darling Angelo Haddad Nancy Randall Haley Longbottom Diane Steward Scott Parker
Samantha Chaffee Monty Smalley
Sympathy to…
John Cronen and his family on the death of his mother, Gwen.
Thank you to…
to all those who helped with our Mission Trip to Mexico by giving their time and talents to make it a huge success.
TRINITY STATS
Attendance
July 6th 214 July 20th 229 July 13th 231 July 27th 207
Giving
Year-to-Date June Actual Budget Actual Budget Income $48,560 $44,625 $295,784 $267,750 Expense $47,298 $44,484 $252,920 $266,904
BOOK MINISTRY UPDATE
The Trinity Anglican Church Book Ministry continues to grow and grow and grow. Through the generous donations from many members of the
Trinity Anglican Church family, discounted pur-chases of books from both the Kern County Li-brary book sale and the ever popular annual SPCA book sale we have stocked our shelves and cov-ered our garage floor with boxes and boxes of books related to the Christian faith. Appropriate soft bound books have been regularly donated to the Chaplain’s library at the Lerdo Sheriff’s Deten-tion Facility while the hard bound and many other soft bound books have been regularly stocking the book shelves at several drug and alcohol recovery homes here in Bakersfield. We are pleased to tell you that since the beginning of the New Year, Ca-pistrano House and Jason’s Retreat have both benefited by a “book give-away”. Freedom House received four (4) boxes of books, Women of Worth received ten (10) boxes of books, New Life received two (2) boxes of books and the Lincoln Street Retreat received the complete set (18 vol-umes) of the popular “Left Behind Series”. This is a grand total of ten recovery and sober living homes that have benefited from these wonderful donations. Please keep those donations of gently worn Christian fiction and nonfiction books, devo-tionals and “yes!” bibles coming so that they may bless their new owners as they did their previous ones. Thank you and God bless. Dcn. John and Linda LaMar
Is your birthday missing from the above list? Have we missed your birthday from any of our past lists?
Please call Tara, in the church office, and let her know. We want to include all of our members and friends in wishing eve-ryone a very happy birthday!
FR. FRANK BERNARDI & FAMILY Sunday, August 10th
Father Frank Bernardi will be our guest preacher on August 10th. We invite everyone to join us and to meet him and his family.
Don’t miss this opportunity to catch up with what God is doing in the life and ministry of the Bernardi family!
USHER NEEDED
We are in need of an usher for the 11 a.m. ser-vice. Please call the church office if this is a ministry for you.
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DISCIPLESHIP
GROUPS
Come grow as a Disciple of
Jesus through
studying God’s word in fellowship with others,
To join look on the website or contact Garrett Ming - [email protected]
Save The Date Saturday August 30th 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
FUTURE FACILITY UPDATE The Architecture Committee was pleased with all the feedback on the two preliminary site plans presented to the congregation. The overwhelming majority (87%) preferred the single-story site plan. The Architectural Committee has received the input of the congregation and is working with Klassen to integrate some of the feedback. By early August, Klassen will begin working on a three dimensional tour of the portions of the planned facility.
The Property Team presented a Letter of Intention, the first step in the formal purchase, for adoption by the Board. The Board authorized the signature of the Let-ter of Intention, escrow has opened, and the due dili-gence period has commenced.
As was announced in services, Olive Drive Church has sold their property to Valley Baptist Church. Fr. Karl has been in communication with both Olive Drive Church and Valley Baptist Church with regard to how this sale impacts Trinity. Valley Baptist plans to re-model Celebration Hall beginning in November. It is likely that there will not be worship space available on Sunday mornings for Trinity. The Board is evaluating the situation and options for moving forward.
The Capital Campaign Chairs, Mike and Jenn Young, met with Fr. Karl and our campaign consultant, Clark Dickerson. The Campaign is being structured, teams will be formed shortly, and we anticipate an early Octo-ber launch for the Campaign.
THE ALPHA COURSE
Are you Looking for more in life, and you don’t know where to find it? New to the faith and want to learn more? In need of a refresher on the essentials of Christianity? Wanting to plug in deeper at Trinity Anglican Church?
COME TO ALPHA!
The Alpha Course covers the basics of Christianity. It an-swers questions like: Who is Jesus?, and Why did he die? The Alpha course lasts 10 weeks, with a Saturday retreat in the middle. Each week, guests gather for about two hours. They share an informal meal, listen to a talk on how Christianity approaches the question at hand, then gather into small groups for discussion. The talks each week act as a springboard for small group discussions.
Course begins
September 16th Tuesday Evenings ~ 6-8 p.m.
For more information or to join the Alpha Team, call Fr. Karl (861-6020)
Click here
to register
RESUMING IN SEPTEMBER
Men’s Bible Study Wednesday, September 3rd
Senior Choir Wednesday, September 3rd
Rector’s Thursday Bible Study Thursday, September 4th
Children’s Sunday School Sunday, September 7th
Youth Group Sunday, September 7th
St. Anne’s Guild Monday, September 15th
ACW Thursday, September 18th
CHURCH COOK BOOK Mildred Woods is taking on the task of creating a new Cook Book for our church. If you have a reci-pe you would like to submit, please get it to her, or drop it off in the church office. The deadline is
September 1st. She will have some forms, with instruc-tions, on Sundays. So gather up those delicious recipes for us to share!
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OUR CLERGY
The Rev. Karl E. Dietze, Rector
The Rev. Joseph Lawrence, Assistant
The Rev. John M. Wilcox, Retired
The Rev. John LaMar, Deacon
OUR STAFF
Sue Wagner, Director of Music
Tara Michaels, Office Manager
Kendi Miller, Bookkeeper
5500 Olive Drive, Bldg. 3
Bakersfield CA 93308
661-861-6020 Office
661-399-3615 Fax
www.trinitybakersfield.com
August
2014
Trinity Anglican Church 5500 Olive Drive, Bldg. 3
Bakersfield CA 93308
The Messenger
WORSHIP SERVICES
Sunday Morning
8 a.m. Holy Communion
(1928 Prayer Book)
11 a.m. Holy Communion (Rite II)
Thursday Morning
10 Healing Service
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike Young Sr. Warden
Mike Chase Jr. Warden
John Cronen Treasurer Anne Giles Clerk
Marilyn Brown
Ron Christolear
Lynne Hall
Guy Lingo
Steve McCalley
Jeff Mendoza
Kevin Ray
Chad Savage
