Join us each Tuesday of Lent for soup and study in the sacristy. . . .

[ February 23, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. March 2, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. March 9, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. March 16, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. March 23, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. March 30, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Join us each Tuesday of Lent for soup and study in the sacristy. . . .

remember you are dust . . .

The church will also be open for prayer with interactive prayer stations on February 17, Ash Wednesday, from 8am to noon.

Our services for the day are:
Ash Wed. service w/ ashes @ noon evening prayer @ 5pm
HT Dinner Table ashing @ 6pm

Welcome our bishop, the Rt. Rev. James E. Waggoner, Jr. on Sunday, Feb. 7 @ 10 am. Bishop Waggoner will preach and preside at Holy Trinity and will install Kris Christensen as missioner.

(There will be no 7 pm service on Feb. 7 due to the Superbowl. Instead, we invite you to gather with friends in celebration or protest of this American high holy day.)

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him. Luke 5:10b-11.

Buckle up, my friends. We’re gonna talk about the e-word.

Edification? Nope. Enlightenment? Bzzzzz! Episcopalian?! Sorry. But thanks for playing. . . .

When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way. Luke 4:28

What is your image of God? . . .

He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4:17b – 19.

Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 1 Corinthians 12:14-15

Every so often, someone gives you just the pastoral response you need. Mine came from a visiting priest. As we were vesting in the Holy Trinity sacristy, he asked me about my then-tentative call to the diaconate. I said, I wasn’t really sure I could be a good-enough deacon. He asked me when I was going to drop the false humility and get on with it. . . .

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, “Fill the jars with water.” . . . When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.” John 2: 4-7, 9-10.

Mary as stage mother. Not exactly the scenario we’re expecting for Jesus’ first semi-public miracle. Semi-public, because the only ones who really know what’s going on are the servants. The steward is clueless, the bridegroom plays along, and the party guests–we presume–just go on partying. Hardly a magical first-cotillion moment for the Savior of all humankind. . . .

Classical music aficionados are invited to experience a unique and intimate performance in one of Spokane’s historic neighborhood churches. Blending the classical guitar of David Isaacs with vocal work of soprano Chelsea Camille, Chanson du Soir will grace the century-old sanctuary of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on Tuesday, January 19. Net proceeds from the concert will go to Our Place Ministries to help low-income people in West Central.

Welcome to Cop15, the UN Conference on Global Warming being held in Copenhagen. Denmark is not easy to forget. In the first place, every school child knows the tales of fearless, seafaring Danes. In the second place,every traveler remembers Copenhagen as the city of $20.00 hamburgers and $40.00 seven minute taxi cab fares. Copenhagen is, in fact, the second most expensive city in the world, just slightly less expensive to live in than Oslo. But that will be nothing compared to the price the world pays for this conference.

As we prepare for the arrival of Emmanuel–God-with-us–we also prepare for a transition in our life together at Holy Trinity. I want to share with you some of the details–what January (and beyond) will look like when Fr. Paul begins his full-time position serving the diocese as congregational developer.

For God has ordered that every high mountain and the everlasting hills be made low and the valleys filled up, to make level ground, so that Israel may walk safely in the glory of God. Baruch, ch.5

When working around the church I often gravitate toward tough, hands-on projects, and while working on those projects I often joke about how nice it is to do hard, ‘measurable’ work — to actually accomplish something — because somehow the difficulty of the work and the ability to measure my achievements seems to give the work some special meaning and value. Perhaps this sounds familiar to you. It’s the water we’re all swimming in — anything of value must necessarily be difficult to achieve.

mark your calendar today for this year’s special christmas worship services!

this past weekend my family read through this year’s ‘Gifts for Life’ magazine from Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD), and my son, Isaac, was instantly captivated by the thought that he could buy a $12 mosquito net that would help to save the life of someone he’s never met who lives half-way around the world.

as the church slides through the end of pentecost’s ‘ordinary time’ and into what is always the very extraordinary time of advent, i ask folks to pay particular attention to ways to get involved during this time.