Our Activities
Listed below are the activities for the month of February.
February 02, 2010
Centering Prayer - 6:15 pm
Do you know what Centering Prayer is? Practitioners often refer to it as resting in God. Want to try? Join us any Tuesday evening at 6:15pm--no prior experience necessary. If you'd like, come early at 6:05pm for a brief introduction.
February 03, 2010
Scripture Readings Discussion - 11am
Ever wish you knew a little more about what was coming on Sunday morning? Ever wanted a clue as to what, if anything, the Bible has to do with you and your real life? If so, join our clergy for a small group reflection on one of the upcoming Sunday readings.
It happens every Wednesday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 noon in the Chapel and is followed by the Holy Eucharist and Healing Service at noon.
Scripture Readings Discussion - 11am
Ever wish you knew a little more about what was coming on Sunday morning? Ever wanted a clue as to what, if anything, the Bible has to do with you and your real life? If so, join our clergy for a small group reflection on one of the upcoming Sunday readings.
It happens every Wednesday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 noon in the Chapel and is followed by the Holy Eucharist and Healing Service at noon.
Healing Service - 12:00 pm
Each week at noon on Wednesday we gather in our beautiful chapel for a short (1/2 hour) service of healing prayer with laying-on of hands and anointing.
February 04, 2010
Labyrinth and Meditation - 7:15 am to 9:15 am
Drop in Labyrinth Walking Meditation in the Chapel
Starting in Sacred Space: Please join me in sacred space on Thursday mornings from 7-9 am for prayer, contemplation, meditation and labyrinth walking in the chapel. In addition to providing an open door and supportive environment, I will be available to provide basic instruction about using the labyrinth as spiritual practice. Participation is open house style, with the last walk beginning at 8:45 am -Noëlle*
*Noëlle Morris is a Menlo Park resident, body awareness practitioner, sacred dancer and trained Labyrinth Facilitator.
February 05, 2010
Morning Prayer - 7:00 am
Morning Prayer is celebrated each Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. in the Chapel. The service is short, allowing people time to get to work, and the community feeling is very close.
Parents' Night Out - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Trinity Parish's Youth Group (TPYG) will be hosting its Winter Parents' Night Out! Children ages 1 to 3 years will be cared for in the Meadow Room, while those 4 and older will be in Trinity Hall playing games, making crafts, and watching movies with Youth Director Ali Steele, Trinity youth, and adult volunteers. The cost is $15 per child or $20 a family. Snacks will be provided. To sign up, please contact Ali Steele at ali.e.steele@gmail.com or call 454-6678. Proceeds benefit TPYG.
February 06, 2010
Electronics/Small Appliance Recycling Event - 10:00 am 2:00 pm
Trinity's Every Day Eco-Network (EDEN) will be hosting an electronics and small appliance recycling event in Trinity Hall. Bring any of the items listed from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday and 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Sunday. Any TV or monitor needs to be labeled with donor name and address. Items we will take include : cables, ribbons and wire of any length/size; CD and DVD drives; computers – desktops, laptops, CPUs, fans, heat sinks, hard drives keyboards, mice, laptop accessories - batteries etc; media including floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, modem cards, network cards, monitors, flat screens, LCDs, CRTs, PC boards, mother boards, PCI boards, ISA boards, PDAs, Palm accessories, power supplies; printers, ink and toner cartridges, RAM chips, CPUs, scanners, speakers, peripherals, sound cards, video cards, UPS back-up units and Batteries, Zip drives, floppy drives, copiers, fax machines, cordless phones, cell phones, pagers; digital, video and film Cameras, DVD and CD Players, VCRs, electronic pencil sharpeners, paper shredders, power tools, radios, boom boxes, MP3 players, satellite dishes and receivers, speakers and sound systems, stereos, amplifiers, telephone systems, headsets, televisions, any size and model, typewriters; VCR tapes, CDs and DVD movies; video game systems; blow dryers, curling irons, clock radios, fans, electric shavers and toothbrushes; microwaves, toasters, vacuum cleaners, and more!
February 07, 2010
Electronic and Small Appliance Recycling Event - 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Trinity's Every Day Eco-Network (EDEN) will be hosting an electronics and small appliance recycling event in Trinity Hall. Bring any of the items listed from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday and 8:00 am to 1:00 pm Sunday. Any TV or monitor needs to be labeled with donor name and address. Items we will take include : cables, ribbons and wire of any length/size; CD and DVD drives; computers – desktops, laptops, CPUs, fans, heat sinks, hard drives keyboards, mice, laptop accessories - batteries etc; media including floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, modem cards, network cards, monitors, flat screens, LCDs, CRTs, PC boards, mother boards, PCI boards, ISA boards, PDAs, Palm accessories, power supplies; printers, ink and toner cartridges, RAM chips, CPUs, scanners, speakers, peripherals, sound cards, video cards, UPS back-up units and Batteries, Zip drives, floppy drives, copiers, fax machines, cordless phones, cell phones, pagers; digital, video and film Cameras, DVD and CD Players, VCRs, electronic pencil sharpeners, paper shredders, power tools, radios, boom boxes, MP3 players, satellite dishes and receivers, speakers and sound systems, stereos, amplifiers, telephone systems, headsets, televisions, any size and model, typewriters; VCR tapes, CDs and DVD movies; video game systems; blow dryers, curling irons, clock radios, fans, electric shavers and toothbrushes; microwaves, toasters, vacuum cleaners, and more!
February 09, 2010
Centering Prayer - 6:15 pm
Do you know what Centering Prayer is? Practitioners often refer to it as resting in God. Want to try? Join us any Tuesday evening at 6:15 pm--no prior experience necessary. If you'd like, come early at 6:05pm for a brief introduction.
February 10, 2010
Healing Service - 12:00 pm
Each week at noon on Wednesday we gather in our beautiful chapel for a short (1/2 hour) service of healing prayer with laying-on of hands and anointing.
February 11, 2010
Labyrinth and Meditation - 7:15 am to 9:15 am
Drop in Labyrinth Walking Meditation in the Chapel
Starting in Sacred Space: Please join me in sacred space on Thursday mornings from 7-9 am for prayer, contemplation, meditation and labyrinth walking in the chapel. In addition to providing an open door and supportive environment, I will be available to provide basic instruction about using the labyrinth as spiritual practice. Participation is open house style, with the last walk beginning at 8:45 am -Noëlle*
*Noëlle Morris is a Menlo Park resident, body awareness practitioner, sacred dancer and trained Labyrinth Facilitator.
February 12, 2010
Morning Prayer - 7:00 am
Morning Prayer is celebrated each Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. in the Chapel. The service is short, allowing people time to get to work, and the community feeling is very close.
February 14, 2010
Taizé service - 5:00 pm
On the second Sunday of each month, join us for a Taizé service of song, prayer, and silence at 5:00 pm in the candle-lit Chapel. Taizé is an ecumenical community in France founded in the spirit of reconciliation and peace. In that same spirit we will express our communion with all those who are suffering, commit all our burdens to Christ and celebrate the hope and joy he offers.
February 16, 2010
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper - 6:00 pm
As ancient Christian households prepared for the season of Lent, they went to church to make their confession, do penance, and receive absolution. They then cleared their pantries of all the foods they were forbiddento eat during Lent, such as butter, lard, eggs, milk, cheese and meat. One way to use many of these items was to make pancakes; giving rise to the English tradition of Shrove Tuesday pancake suppers. In that tradition, we will be serving pancakes, sausages and orange juice, which will be prepared by the Men's Group. All are welcome at this celebration, which also features pancake races for kids of all ages!
Centering Prayer - 6:15 pm
Do you know what Centering Prayer is? Practitioners often refer to it as resting in God. Want to try? Join us any Tuesday evening at 6:15 pm--no prior experience necessary. If you'd like, come early at 6:05pm for a brief introduction.
February 17, 2010
Ash Wednesday Service - 7:30 am
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17, with three nearly identical services: 7:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 7:30 pm. All will be held in the Chapel. Please join us.
February 18, 2010
Ash Wednesday service - 12:00 pm
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17, with three nearly identical services: 7:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 7:30 pm. All will be held in the Chapel. Please join us.
Ash Wednesday service - 7:30 pm
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17, with three nearly identical services: 7:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 7:30 pm. All will be held in the Chapel. Please join us.
Labyrinth and Meditation - 7:15 am to 9:15 am
Drop in Labyrinth Walking Meditation in the Chapel
Starting in Sacred Space: Please join me in sacred space on Thursday mornings from 7-9 am for prayer, contemplation, meditation and labyrinth walking in the chapel. In addition to providing an open door and supportive environment, I will be available to provide basic instruction about using the labyrinth as spiritual practice. Participation is open house style, with the last walk beginning at 8:45 am -Noëlle*
*Noëlle Morris is a Menlo Park resident, body awareness practitioner, sacred dancer and trained Labyrinth Facilitator.
February 19, 2010
Morning Prayer - 7:00 am
Morning Prayer is celebrated each Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. in the Chapel. The service is short, allowing people time to get to work, and the community feeling is very close.
February 21, 2010
Sunday Lenten Forum - 9:20 am
On the Sundays in Lent from February 21 through March 21, the Sunday Forum will meet at 9:20 am in the Library and continue until 10:20 am. The Rev. Frannie Hall Kieschnick will lead a series entitled "Hungry for Justice: Becoming a Good Samaritan."
February 22, 2010
Lenten Class: The Realm of The Paradox: Inner Knowing and Parables of Jesus - 7:00 pm
On the Mondays in Lent, February 22 , March 1, 8, 15, and 22, from 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm in the Chapel, the Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett will lead a class entitled “The Realm of Paradox: Inner Knowing and the Parables of Jesus.”
Life for most of us is largely lived focused on the world outside of ourselves, the world we inhabit. The world “out there” is defined as the place where life happens, and the type of knowledge that is most valued is knowledge acquired in the outer world of work, family, society.
The spiritual life, however, is rooted in another kind of knowledge that is not better but different. It is rooted in knowledge of the inner world, the world that inhabits us—our minds, hearts, souls. One of the goals of all the great spiritual traditions, including the Christian tradition, is to befriend this inner world. When we enter this inner world, however, we discover it to be a place of paradox. Initially, most of us find this unappealing—paradox tends not to satisfy our minds. Yet, this inner, paradoxical world holds a new level of knowing, offering to us a different sort of knowledge that the outer world cannot give to us.
In the teaching of Jesus, the kingdom of God is very much a realm of paradox. In it, we are told, the first shall be last, death leads to life, and holding onto life leads to death. The rich are actually poor in this realm, and the poor rich. Jesus finds it impossible to speak of this realm of paradox directly, choosing instead to teach about it in the distinctive style of the parable. We will explore these parables and the ways in which they lead us into the realm of paradox—the kingdom of God—and into a greater inner knowing that contains within it the discovery of God and of our true selves.
February 23, 2010
Centering Prayer - 6:15 pm
Do you know what Centering Prayer is? Practitioners often refer to it as resting in God. Want to try? Join us any Tuesday evening at 6:15 pm--no prior experience necessary. If you'd like, come early at 6:05pm for a brief introduction.
February 24, 2010
Healing Service - 12:00 pm
Each week at noon on Wednesday we gather in our beautiful chapel for a short (1/2 hour) service of healing prayer with laying-on of hands and anointing.
February 25, 2010
Labyrinth and Meditation - 7:15 am to 9:15 am
Drop in Labyrinth Walking Meditation in the Chapel
Starting in Sacred Space: Please join me in sacred space on Thursday mornings from 7-9 am for prayer, contemplation, meditation and labyrinth walking in the chapel. In addition to providing an open door and supportive environment, I will be available to provide basic instruction about using the labyrinth as spiritual practice. Participation is open house style, with the last walk beginning at 8:45 am -Noëlle*
*Noëlle Morris is a Menlo Park resident, body awareness practitioner, sacred dancer and trained Labyrinth Facilitator.
February 26, 2010
Morning Prayer - 7:00 am
Morning Prayer is celebrated each Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. in the Chapel. The service is short, allowing people time to get to work, and the community feeling is very close.
February 28, 2010
Sunday Lenten Forum - 9:20 am
On the Sundays in Lent from February 21 through March 21, the Sunday Forum will meet at 9:20 am in the Library and continue until 10:20 am. The Rev. Frannie Hall Kieschnick will lead a series entitled "Hungry for Justice: Becoming a Good Samaritan."