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Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Announces New Assistant Director of Music
August 02, 2016
Mr. Jason Pennington has been named Assistant Director of Music at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Mr. Pennington joins the Cathedral Staff, working with Director of Music Victoria Harden.
Jason comes to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral directly from St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in North Little Rock where he has served as Organist-Choirmaster for the past 4 years. In that capacity, Jason has been instrumental in a successful choir program, has established multiple concert series in the church, and has been involved with diocesan wide events.
Previous to his appointment at St. Luke’s, Jason served as organist-choirmaster of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in New Iberia, Louisiana, and has served as Organist at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Lafayette, Louisiana, and on the organ staff of the Neupfarrkirche, the Lutheran Cathedral Church in Regensburg, Germany. He studied organ performance with D. Campbell Johnson at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and Early and Baroque organ playing with Karl-Friedrich Wagner at the Papal Church Music Conservatory in Regensburg, Germany.
Of the appointment, Jason says, “As a life-long servant of the Liturgy, I have come to know and understand well that the parochial liturgical life reflects and is modeled after the Bishop’s own liturgy in the diocesan Cathedral Church. It is indeed a high honor for me to be called to present Cathedral Music to the Most High, and as a native of Little Rock, I am doubly blessed to have been selected to do that sacred work here at Trinity Cathedral under the marvelous direction of Victoria Harden, and with the inspired spiritual guidance of Dean Chris Keller.”
Dinner with the Veterans
August 02, 2016
Trinity’s Matthew 25 committee will host a cook out in the garth for veterans in residence at Saint Francis House. Parishioners are invited to come out and dine with these men and women and make the evening a festive one. We are expecting up to 45 veterans and we want to show them real Trinity hospitality and appreciation for their service. The dinner begins at 6:00 p.m. on August 4th. Please RSVP using the form below.
Are you interested in Education for Ministry (EfM)?
July 18, 2016
Are you interested in learning more about EfM? The Trinity Cathedral group will be taking new members starting this August. If you'd like to learn more, please contact Mercedes Clements for more information or if you have any questions - mercedes.clements@gmail.com.
Meetings will be on Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30pm at Trinity.
Education for Ministry (EfM) is a unique four-year distance learning certificate program in theological education based upon small-group study and practice. Since its founding in 1975, this international program has assisted more than 80,000 participants in discovering and nurturing their call to Christian service. EfM helps the faithful encounter the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition and bring it into conversation with their experiences of the world as they study, worship, and engage in theological reflection together.
For more information, please visit the EfM website.
This is a four year program administered by the School of Theology at Sewanee. In each year you take a deep dive into a particular area - Old Testament, New Testament, Christian History, and Personal Theology. We meet weekly on Wednesday evenings from August to May, and there is a significant bit of reading each week. There is also an annual cost of $350 that covers your reading materials.
Our meeting time is spent with some fellowship time, a brief discussion of the readings, and then a facilitated discussion called a theological reflection. Our focus as a group is going to be on theological reflection. The reading is important to build your knowledge of Christian tradition to feed these discussions, but it is not as overwhelming as a lot of people think. If you’re too busy to read on some weeks, you’ll still want to attend for the discussions.
Second Season of INSIGHTS Announced!
July 18, 2016
The second season of INSIGHTS: A Series of Lectures & Talks Highlighting Some of America's Leading Writers & Theologians has now been announced!
Here's the line up:
September 8, 2016: Barbara Brown Taylor
October 20, 2016: Donald Miller
April 22, 2017: Lauren Winner
June 3, 2017: Rachel Held Evans
For more information about these phenomenal speakers, and to reserve your seats, visit Insights: Lecture Series.
St. Mark's Annual Shrimp Boil
July 18, 2016
St. Mark's in Little Rock will hold its 12th Annual Shrimp Boil on Saturday, Sept. 24, with live entertainment by the Greasy Greens. The event benefits St. Francis House. Advance tickets are discounted to $25 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under through Sept. 16. After that, tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children and will be available at the door.
For tickets, call St. Mark’s church office at 501-225-4203.
This Sunday! 7/31/16
July 17, 2016
Preaching this Sunday: The Very Rev. Dr. Christoph Keller, III, Dean and Rector
Adult Formation:
- The Dean's Class: We meet in Morrison Hall at 10:15.
- Living the Questions will meet in the Lounge of Cathedral House at 10:15. Join George Harper and Dr. Robert Johnston. This week's topic is "Debts / Temptations?"
- The Bible Challenge meets at 10:15 in the conference room. All are welcome and you need not have read prior weeks to attend and participate.
This Sunday! 7/17/16
July 12, 2016
Preaching this Sunday: The Rev. Canon Dr. J. Russell Snapp, Sub-Dean
Adult Formation:
- The Dean's Class: This week? "Lincoln-Douglass Format and SUMMA Criteria." We meet in Morrison Hall at 10:15.
- Living the Questions will meet in the Lounge of Cathedral House at 10:15. Join Jean Harper and Dr. Robert Johnston. This week's topic is "Episcopal? Conversion?"
- The Bible Challenge meets at 10:15 in the conference room. This weeks discussions will be about: Job 28-Proberbs 3, Psalms 5-10, and Galatians 1-6. All are welcome and you need not have read prior weeks to attend and participate.
Sprinklers in the Garth ***Postponed***
July 12, 2016
***Due to weather conditions, Sprinkers in the Garth has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date and time!***
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Second Sundays in the Summer presents:
Sprinklers in the Garth
Sunday, July 10 – 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Popsicles & Watermelon provided.
Bring the kiddos to play on the lawn while parents get a chance to meet and great new and old friends.
