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Rock the Block
August 09, 2016
The Rev. Dr. Christoph Keller III and his wife, Julie, cordially invite you to ROCK THE BLOCK!
This grand event in Chancellors Hall will be held on August 19 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. to honor their son, Christoph, and his new wife, Laura, with dinner, champagne, and wedding cake; and thank you, our Cathedral family, for the many and varied ways you enrich our lives.
We will dance to the sound of “The SoulSations” the wedding band from Memphis who will return to Little Rock just for this occasion.
This party is for all ages of Trinity Cathedral. If this is your church, or you think it might be, you are invited. We are calling the party “Rock the Block!”
This Sunday! 8/14/16
August 07, 2016
Preaching this Sunday: The Very Rev. Dr. Christoph Keller, III, Dean and Rector
Blessing of Backpacks, Students, and Teachers: Please join us at 9:00 a.m. for a special blessing of backpacks, students, & teachers - bring your backpack!
Old Fashioned Hymn Sing & Ice Cream Social: Bring along the whole family for an afternoon of fun and fellowship. Festivities begin at 3:30 p.m. and will conclude in time for the 5:00 p.m. service.
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.
The topic will be "Lessons of the Holcaust/Genocides" led by Dr. Robert Johnston with the aid of George Harper and input from class.
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The Bible Challenge meets at 10:15 in the conference room. This week we discuss Isaiah 7-24, Psalm 28-33, and 1 Thessalonians 5 - 1 Timothy 2. All are welcome and you need not have read prior weeks to attend and participate.
Rev. Amber Carswell's Pilgrimage
August 03, 2016
This week, follow the Rev. Amber Carswell on her pilgrimage to the Holy Land at the blog "Gogh Pray" (goghpray.blogspot.com). She'll be traveling and writing with Melissa Wilkinson, an artist and art professor. Their writings will chronicle their thoughts and experiences of the Holy Land through the two lenses of art and religion.
This Sunday! 8/7/16
August 02, 2016
Preaching this Sunday: The Rev. Canon Dr. J. Russell Snapp, Sub-Dean
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. The topic will be a review and final wrap-up of "The Greatest Prayer" by John Dominic Crossan. George Harper will lead while Dr.Robert Johnston is on a pilgrimage to Scotland.
- The Bible Challenge meets at 10:15 in the conference room. This week we discuss Ecclesiastes 10 - Isaiah 6, Psalm 22-27, and Colossians 3 - Thessalonians 4. All are welcome and you need not have read prior weeks to attend and participate.
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.