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Docents will offer tours covering the history, architecture and art of the Cathedral on April 29 and June 10. Tours will take place on both days after the 11:15 am service. The tour will begin in front of the pulpit; grab some coffee and a cookie and join the group!
Tuesday, May 1 4-6 p.m. at CSU
The Rev. Canon Will Mebane will participate in this forum along with Rep. Nickie Antonio. She will discuss the legislation she proposed and her strategy around this issue. Canon Mebane’s focus will be on the ethical and religious bases for opposing capital punishment. The forum will be held at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and is presented by Baldwin-Wallace College’s Leadership & Public Policy Institute in partnership with CSU. Free and open to the public. Register at: www.urban.csuohio.edu/forum/.
During the April 29 Third Half of Life – Trinity’s group of active seniors – meeting, Dr. Judith Eckelmeyer will lead a session focusing on Mozart’s “Magic Flute” at 12:30 p.m. Come and hear the musical wisdom of Eckelmeyer as she discusses and plays excerpts from this celebrated work. Bring your own lunch or order from Café Ah-Roma or Subway. For more information, contact Tom Austin, Paul Ingalls, Marilyn McDonald or Ginger Bitikofer at 216-774-0407.
Sunday class, 10:10 a.m. on May 6, 13 & 20
Led by Skip Herrington
When you and I open ourselves to the Scriptures, we open ourselves to be changed, not to accumulate information. When we open the Scriptures God plans to teach us something in a special way. When we study the epistle commonly called The Letter to the Ephesians during the 10 a.m. hour the first three Sundays of May, we will focus on the intent of the one who wrote this letter. We will seek to hear what he is saying, not what we would like him to say. [Read more...]
A Get to Know Trinity…Really! class will be held Sunday, May 20 at 12:45 p.m. Newcomers and visitors are welcome to attend and learn more about Trinity Cathedral’s worship, fellowship groups, volunteer opportunities, events and more. Wonder why we have chairs instead of pews, what’s the history of the Cathedral or how to join a supper group – then we’d love to have you stop by and join the discussion. For more information, contact Ginger Bitikofer at 216-774-0407 or gbitikofer@dohio.org.
Members of Trinity’s Greater Cleveland Congregations Education team visit this Sunday’s Dean’s Forum at 10:10 a.m. to discuss education reform plans in Cleveland. Teachers, administrators, students and parents involved in the Cleveland school district are especially welcome.
On Tuesday, April 17 at 7 p.m., the GCC education team will host a meeting as a follow-up to the forum. All are welcome to attend. Questions? Contact the Rev. Canon Will Mebane.
At the April 16, 6:30 p.m. Sacred Space meeting, we will pay tribute to animals as spiritual guides. Bring stories of how your pets, or the birds in the backyard or any other animals have been spiritual guides for you. Or share a favorite animal poem–yours or someone else’s. For more information, contact Charlotte Nichols or Adam Spencer.
If you are in grades 9-12, consider joining our spring overnight lock-in at 6 p.m. on April 14 until 10 a.m. on April 15. Please register with the Rev. Sahra Harding by Friday, April 13 to attend. Friends are welcome.
A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart is the topic of discussion at the April 19, 5 p.m. book club meeting. For the May 17 meeting, we’ll discuss Dog On It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn.
The Publisher’s Weekly review of A Map of Glass:
Urquhart’s passion for the past (The Stone Carvers) and the land (The Underpainters, winner of the Governor General’s Award in Canada) are at full poetic play in this intricate story of love, loss and memory. Set in present-day Toronto and in the 19th-century world of rural Ontario timber barons, [Read more...]
A Get to Know Trinity…Really! class will be held Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. Newcomers and visitors are welcome to attend and learn more about Trinity Cathedral’s worship, fellowship groups, volunteer opportunities, events and more. Questions? Contact Ginger Bitikofer at 216-774-0407 or gbitikofer@dohio.org. That same evening, all are welcome to join us for Choral Evensong at 6 p.m. followed by community supper ($5 suggested donation).
Biking is fun, green and healthy. In honor of National Bike Month – and to avoid the traffic congestion of the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon – Trinity Cathedral is holding a Bike to Church day on Sunday, May 20. The League of American Bicyclists (the national sponsor of Bike Month) offers six rules of the road for a safe bike commute. Secure, indoor bike parking will be available for those who want it. Ride leaders from Cleveland Heights, Fleet and I-77 as well as the west side are available. If you plan to ride to church that day, please RSVP to Adam Spencer so that ride leaders know how many bicyclists to expect. Questions? Contact Adam Spencer at aspencer@dohio.org or 216-774-0418.
Thursday, April 26 7–8:30 p.m.
Ursuline Educational Center – Klyn Hall (2600 Lander Road, Pepper Pike 44124)
The Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland and Ohioans to Stop Executions invite those interested to a talk featuring Joseph D’Ambrosio and Rev. Neil Kookoothe. Mr. D’Ambrosio is a Cleveland native who was wrongfully convicted and spent 21 years on Ohio’s death row. He was exonerated in January 2012. Rev. Kookoothe is a Catholic priest, attorney and critical care nurse who worked to draw attention to unresolved questions in D’Ambrosio’s case. Event is free (donations welcome). RSVP by April 23 to clivingston@ursulinesisters.org or 440-449-1200 x125.
Last Supper, Potluck, Eucharist, Foot Washing, Stripping of the Altar & Vigil
On Maundy Thursday, April 5, we commemorate the Last Supper Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion on Good Friday. At 6 p.m., all are welcome to Cathedral Hall for a ritualized potluck meal. We will break bread together and share Eucharist as a community. Following the meal, members of the Trinity youth group will lead us into the Cathedral where if you like, you may participate in foot washing, walk the labyrinth and view the Stations of the Cross exhibit. [Read more...]
On Wednesday, April 4 at 6 p.m. join us for Tenebrae with the Cathedral Chamber Singers. The name Tenebrae, the Latin word for “darkness” or “shadows,” has for centuries been applied to the ancient monastic night and early morning services of the last three days of Holy Week, which in medieval times came to be celebrated on the preceding evenings. [Read more...]
All children ages 2-10 are invited to join us on Palm Sunday, April 1 at 9 a.m. for chapel chat where we will be making edible scenes of Jesus entering Jerusalem. Come check it out!
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