September 2020, Issue Number 2

The eMessenger

Preparing for Outside Services Weather willing, we will hold our first service together

outside on the lawn October 4 at 8am. For us to do this, there are several rules we must follow. The service will be spoken with no singing. Holy Communion will be celebrated, and the congregation will be able to receive communion after the service.

Before you come to service, please make sure that you can answer the following questions:

Have you traveled outside the US in the last 14 days? Have you been around someone who has been diagnosed with the virus? Do you have any symptoms?

Your temperature will be taken before you may enter the garden area. You will be expected to be wearing your face covering. If you cannot pass the screening, you will be asked to go home. Please respect the screeners and the screening process. It is designed to keep us all safe.

There is only enough room to seat about 60 people safely on the lawn.

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How we stay together By Fr. Paul

The Corona virus has made it a bit difficult to worship in person. It has disrupted our lives and changed the way we have been allowed to be together and ultimately worship together. Our Book of Common Prayer has a lot to say about how we worship together. One of the gifts we have in the Book of Common Prayer comes to us from the monastic movement in the church. Thomas Cranmer, the compiler of our BCP felt that we would benefit from daily prayer.

Our Anglican Theologians, or Divines as we call them, understood that our encounter with God shapes our beliefs. For a people of the Book, the Prayer Book, we encounter God through our prayers. Lex orandi, lex credendi, or loosely translated, praying shapes believing, is how our Divines understood the way to live in the world. Our ethics arise from our encounter with God, and that encounter should be constant.

As we stay at home, or are able to come to outdoor services, we can still encounter God. The Daily Office and Daily Lectionary gives us guidance on how to do that. Check out our Prayer Book pages 74-135 for the Office and 934-995 for the Lectionary. If you don’t have the time to do the long versions of the Office, try the daily prayer for individuals and families on pages 136-140.

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Anniversaries and Birthdays

Prayer List

Happy Anniversary Chris & Christina Christopherson 9/6,

Jim & Jeanne Stellar 9/10, Jim & Karen Dunn 9/10

Laura & Susan McCabe-Patke 9/19

Happy Birthday Don Bannister 9/5, Char Burgess 9/9,

Neil Hartschuh 9/30

Congratulations Sue Angell has a new great-grandson

Samuel Burgon

Parishioners Cari Anderson, Kevin Bryant, Carlos Cervantes,

Rogene Denno, Kurt Mayer, Michael & Cathy Price, Dawna Quittmeyer,

Lisa Williams

Friends of parishioners Shari, Bruce, Merilee, Jim, Anna, Aaron, Kim, Griselda, Shannon, Trisha, Henrietta, Angela, Scott, Michelle, Richard, Martha, Kim, Phil, Carol, Shelly, Lexi, Aimee, Michael, Tom, Alice, David, Sarah, Rosario, Ruby, Couch

Family, Stephanie, Chelsea, Michael, Cathy, Gillian, Heidi, Aimee

Covid caregivers Emily & Eric Harris, David Lynn, Dottie

Williams, James Halder, Raea Ann, Theresa Holt, Mark, DeeAnne Chase

Those traveling

Those who have died Marv Jensen, Joanne Little, Leah Bush

Worshiping outside

Here are the rules we must follow for the Diocese to allow us to worship outside:

• There is no singing. The service will be spoken only. • No exuberant responses. Prayers and responses are to be sotto

voce, whispered. • Face coverings shall be worn from the time you arrive to the

time you leave. Please bring your own, we will not have spares to hand out to those who do not have one.

• Social distancing must be maintained during the entire service. That means no moving from your spot and no physical contact during the Peace.

• There is no coffee hour or congregating before or after the service. Once the service is done, you must leave immediately.

• The chairs on the lawn will be filled in order. Once you have been assigned your seat, you will not move to another.

• When we are dismissed, we will be dismissed in order. Sounds a little like grade school but it will keep us safe.

• The offering plates will be located by the Great Hall doors. They will not be passed during the service.

• There will be no childcare or Sunday School. • Restrooms will only be available in case of an urgent need.

Only the ones off the breezeway in the office will be open. • There is a need for help to set up and take down. Please contact

the office if you are able to help. • We will be taking photos during the service for contact

reporting. • If you start to have symptoms and have been at worship,

contact your doctor and the church office.

We know that this sounds a little draconian, but it is the only way we are allowed to worship outside. These rules come from the state department of health and the Center for Disease Control.

We also know that there will be people who are not comfortable joining a crowd for worship. The live streaming of the worship at 9:30am will continue. You may join us during that service as well.

If we have to cancel because of weather or air quality, we will send an eblast by the Thursday before. You can also call the office to find out if the service is on or not. X

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The Business of Church by Marc Weniger, Ph.D. The duty of running a church falls upon all of us. We run the church by splitting up the work of the church into ministries –

like departments in a business. Everyone has their role. To better understand how our organization runs, I thought I would list everything all of you do at Trinity. We have many positions/ministries/groups to choose from:

• Acolytes • Altar Guild • Bereavement Group • Bible Study Groups • Coffee Servers • Confirmation Classes • Christian Care Lay Ministries • Chic’ Lits • Children and Youth • Cold Weather Shelter

• Daughters of the King • Endowment Committee • Financial Officer • Hospitality • Knit W.I.T.S. • Lay Eucharistic Ministers • Life Transitions Ministry • Maintenance Volunteers • Memorial Garden • Music Ministries

• Outreach Ministries • Parish Administration • Prayer Ministries • St. Jerome’s Library • Service Recording Ministry • Trinity Camp • Trinity Episcopal Preschool • Trinity Episcopal Preschool Board • Ushers • Youth Group

This is certainly quite a list and I hope that I included everyone! To make this easier and to better understand how our church functions, I attempted to categorize our ministries into four groups:

• Church Business— takes care of the day-to-day functions of the church. • Operations— are the ministries that are needed to provide the core services of the church – mainly our worship services and

maintenance. • Member Services—are internal programs and activities to provide all members the spiritual support they need. • Outreach—are external ministries to fulfill our moral obligation to help our community.

Bishop

Rector

Church Business • Parish Administration • Endowment Committee • Financial Officer • TEPS Board • Vestry

Operations • Acolytes • Altar Guild • Coffee Servers • Hospitality • Lay Ministers • Maintenance

Volunteers • Memorial Garden • Music Ministries • Ushers

Member Services • Bereavement Group • Bible Study Groups • Confirmation Classes • Christian Care Lay Ministries • Chic’ Lits • Children and Youth • Daughters of the King • Life Transitions Ministry • Prayer Ministries • St. Jerome’s Library • Youth Group

Outreach • Cold Weather Shelter • Knit W.I.T.S. • Outreach Ministries • Trinity Camp • Trinity Episcopal

Preschool • Youth Hope

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In Closing… Some thoughts from our congregation Billy Cox makes his way around Redlands on his bike. You may have seen him around town. In case you haven’t, here he is in his riding gear. Thank you to Gary Jefferson for this photograph. X

Vestry Happenings • We receive 5 boxes of produce that is distributed to

members who need food. They get shared with their families and local friends who need food. We will be receiving bigger boxes next week with meat as well. This is a part of a larger program to help with food injustices.

• Please remember to vote. If you are mailing your vote, mail it early. Forward Movement is offering a Novena leading up to election day. You can sign up for it on their website at forwardmovement.org.

• There is a water leak under the walkway that will require replacement of the pipe. Paul Simpson and Jerry Miller have been working to uncover the location of the leak. It looks to be in the same area as the leak that occurred during the renovation of the Great Hall. This may hamper the outdoor service on Oct 4.

• We are working on the stewardship campaign for 2021. Look for mailings and updates as we go. Our Stewardship Chair is Matthew Marnell.

• October 4 Eucharist outside. The Vestry is working to bring us our first worship together since the March shutdown due to the Coronavirus. Instructions for attending are in this eMessenger. Volunteers are needed to help put chairs out and take them back. Contact the office to sign up.

• National Cathedral will be blessing animals. Submit a picture with your pet’s name. Check the Cathedral’s Facebook page for more information. X

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In future weeks, I will go over functions of the ministries in the church business group and their significance to our organization. In the meantime, I ask you to consider where your gifts and passions lie. I also ask you to consider serving only for the benefit of others. I remember hearing early on “where you spend your time and your money is where you end up putting your heart”. There is quite a bit of truth to that. It is not necessarily the amount of time or money, more so, it is that you spend your time and money supporting a mission you believe in for the benefit of others. Doing this is what builds connections, love, and caring for our church—but most of all, it should deepen your relationship with Christ. X