Volunteers Needed for School Carnival

Volunteers are needed for Marion-Sterling School’s annual carnival, which takes place on Friday, June 1, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Students will enjoy carnival-style games, music, snacks and prizes. Volunteers are needed to help set up, 8:30-11 a.m., monitor games 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and clean up, 2-3 p.m. Please support our neighborhood students as they have some fun at the end of the school year! For more information, contact David Cratty or Ginger Bitikofer.

 

Biggest Planting Days of the Year at Urban Farm

It’s all hands on deck the next two Saturdays (May 19 and May 26) at Trinity’s urban farm. Plants from the Summer Sprout program are being picked up this week, so there will be much planting to do and we can use as many volunteers as possible. Tomatoes, green peppers, cabbage, green beans and flowers will be planted. Even if you have only 30 minutes or less, your time is helpful. The farm is located at E. 35th and Cedar Avenue. Contact farm leader Scott Blanchard to learn more about this neighborhood ministry. Volunteers are also needed on Thursday, May 24 to work alongside KeyBank employees.

 

Curate Harding is Getting Married!

The Rev. Sahra Harding and Aaron Humphreys are engaged and plan to wed in June of 2013. They have developed this website to keep everyone informed of the plans as they develop since the ceremony will be held in California. A celebratory gathering in Cleveland will follow the event next summer.

“All you have to do is love her”

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By the Very Rev. Tracey Lind, Dean
Sermon given on the Sixth Sunday of Easter & Mother’s Day  May 13, 2012

Here at Trinity Cathedral, we celebrate family in all shapes and sizes. Some of these families, including mine, have been a topic of national conversation this past week as President Obama indicated his evolving support for same-sex marriage in the wake of North Carolina’s passage of a referendum that will prohibit gay marriage and civil unions.

In our reading from The Acts of the Apostles, we hear the ending of a remarkable account about conversion and inclusion that might inform this national conversation. Let me tell you the rest of the story. [Read more...]

Fresh Produce—From Farm to City—Available at the Midtown Fresh Stop

Tuesdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m.  Weekly, beginning June 12

MidTown Fresh Stop is run by volunteers from Trinity Cathedral and the MidTown neighborhood in cooperation with City Fresh, a nonprofit program of the New Agrarian Center. The goal of City Fresh is to build a more just and sustainable local food system in Northeast Ohio. City Fresh seeks to meet the needs of both urban and rural communities by improving access to fresh locally grown food for urban residents and marketing opportunities in the city for local farmers. [Read more...]

GCC Action Team Updates

News from Greater Cleveland Congregations

EDUCATION TEAM:
After four weeks of research and deliberation involving hundreds of conversations with parents, students, teachers, administrators, and others connected to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, GCC announced its support for Mayor Jackson’s Education reform legislation in a Plain Dealer op-ed. [Read more...]

Volunteers Needed to Work with KeyBank Employees in the Urban Farm

As part of KeyBank’s Neighbors Make the Difference Day, about 20 KeyBank employees will work in Trinity’s urban farm on Thursday, May 24 from noon-5 p.m. Volunteers from Trinity are also needed that day. All tools will be provided, but please bring a pair of gloves.

Volunteers are also needed at the urban farm (located at E. 35th and Cedar) every Saturday. [Read more...]

Meet Trinity’s Youth Group Leaders

Kim DeNero-Ackroyd

Kim DeNero-Ackroyd has been a high school youth leader for seven years and previously was a middle school youth leader for three years. She is deputy director for the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library and she and her husband Jeff Ackroyd have lived in Cleveland Heights for 11 years. [Read more...]

Children and Youth Programs Break for the Summer

Sunday School and youth group will have their last session of the year this Sunday, May 13 to make it possible for all children and youth to participate in Marathon Sunday and the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. June 3 is youth Sunday, so please join us as we celebrate our youth and those that have ministered to them this past year. During the 10 a.m. education hour on both May 20 and May 27 all children and youth are invited to join the Rev. Sahra Harding in the nave of the church to prepare for this opportunity to serve and teach their community.

Spring United Thank Offering Ingathering

On Mother’s Day (May 13) Trinity will once again participate in The Episcopal Church’s United Thank Offering (UTO) campaign. Bring your blue box or envelope to the UTO table in the promenade Sunday, May 13. Since 1889, when The Episcopal Church Women first collected $87 at General Convention, UTO has been a way for Episcopalians to offer gratitude for the blessings in our lives. Every dollar gathered has been spent on the church’s mission and ministry, both here and abroad, and Trinity’s outreach ministry has received extremely generous grants from UTO in the past. For more information, talk with Yvonne Harrold or Ginger Bitikofer, 216-774-0407.