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Gayle brings to the Cathedral nearly two decades of experience in fundraising and development, primarily in the academic setting, including long-term roles at Ohio State and the College of Wooster. She has extensive experience in the multiple aspects of development from donor cultivation, individual, corporate and foundation giving, to large-scale capital campaigns. She is also familiar with the role of stewardship in the Episcopal Church. Gayle can be reached at 216-774-0420 or gglanville@dohio.org.

Tuesday, May 21, 6-9 p.m.
West Shore Unitarian Church
20401 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River

Wednesday, May 22, 6-9 p.m.
Home of Donna and Richard Weinberger
32090 Woodsdale Lane, Solon
(park on the north side of the street)

Thursday, May 23, 6-9 p.m.
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
50 East Bagley Road, Berea

What will happen:
·       GCC will provide a training on canvassing for extension of health care coverage – including talking points, role playing conversations, and using our printed walking lists.
·       Teams of two will go door-to-door asking registered voters to take action in support of extending health care coverage.
·       Dinner will be provided for canvassers.
·       Wear your GCC t-shirt if you have one!

RSVP to lauren.dockery@greaterclevelandcongregations.org specifying your congregation and the day (or days) you would like to volunteer.

The Cathedral held its annual meeting on May 5th. The business put forth before the congregation included elections to both Cathedral Council and Vestry. Re-elected to Vestry were Melody Hart, Allison Hauserman and Amy-Ryder Wentz. Jim Burger was elected to his first vestry term. Charlotte Nichols was re-elected to Cathedral Council; newly elected Council members are Lawrence Edem, Andrea McCreary and Karla Rivers. Jon Benedict and Sally Winter were elected to the Nominating Committee. Jane Freeman was elected delegate to Diocesan Convention, and Debbie Hunter will serve as her alternate.
The congregation also passed a by-laws revision that brought nominating committee reporting dates in line with our new May annual meeting.  

Treasurer Jeff Baddeley presented a financial report that included a new format based on a program budget. This new format shows the Cathedral’s income and expenses by seven broad program categories: worship, Diocesan assessment, education and formation, congregational care, civic engagement and community programming, placemaking-property-grounds, and administrative/governance/stewardship/development. Jeff also reported that the Cathedral received its 2012 audit from the accounting firm of Hobe and Lucas. All financials are in order.

Other items of note include:

The Property Committee, now chaired by Jim Burger, is considering several bids for the replacement of the heat pump control system. The goal is to make the system more energy efficient.

The Cathedral received a grant from the Cleveland Foundation to assist with the financial planning and management of our real property. Allegro Realty Advisors has been hired for this purpose, and their work will include a review of Trinity’s real estate, planning for future real estate needs, developing a strategy and action plan for real estate assets, and implementation assistance. The scope of Allegro’s work includes the Cathedral, Cathedral Hall, Trinity Commons (including our retail space), Mather Hall, and the parking lot.

Office Hymn: Mothering God
W: Julian of Norwich; Wiebe Janzen – M: French; 17th cent.; Anna Hernandez

Psalm 27:5-11 – Please be seated

GLORIA

First Lesson: Hebrews 10:19-24

Magnificat from the Evening Service in D minor, by Thomas Attwood Walmisley

Second Lesson: John 4:23-26

Nunc Dimittis from the Evening Service in D minor, by Thomas Attwood Walmisley

Collect:
Anthem: As Truly as God is Our Father
W: Julian of Norwich – M: William Mathias (1934-1992)

Hymn: Sun of My Soul, O Savior Dear
W: Luke 24:29, John 14:4-5 – M: HURSLEY; John Keble, 1820, alt.

Ms. Adrienne Clements, homilist
Trinity Cathedral Choir
Elizabeth Lenti, Organist
Todd Wilson, Choirmaster

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Every year we come together on a Sunday to reflect on our congregational life and vitality, and to ask ourselves how are we doing? How are we doing on our mission to proclaim God’s justice, love and mercy for all creation? How are we doing as we strive to be a model of cathedral as sacred public space? How are doing in our interfaith work to rebuild a just and sustainable city and region? How are doing as we seek to promote a holistic and loving expression of Christianity in what is rapidly becoming a post-Christian world? How are we doing in worship, education and formation, congregational care, music and art, neighborhood outreach, civic engagement, place-making, stewardship, communications, and yes, administration and governance?

It’s important that we reflect upon these questions and take stock of our work over the past twelve months. It keeps us honest and accountable to ourselves and the world around us. When I consult with other congregations, I often ask the question: If your church were to disappear, what would be lost, and how would it be missed?

If someone asked that question of Trinity Cathedral, the city’s oldest congregation, the answer would be vast and extensive.

An average of 475 people a week would miss the inspiration, challenge and comfort of our six different worship services; and many more from all over the world would miss our preaching and music though the Cathedral’s weekly podcasts. Frankly, Trinity Cathedral is a faith community where all sorts of people, including those who have been wounded, discouraged, or dissuaded by the church find hope and meaning in the message we proclaim.

More than 160 children and youth would miss our creative religious education and formation that encourages them to become spiritually mature, self-reflective, engaged, and faithful adults; and hundreds of youngsters from around the diocese would miss our annual cathedral pilgrimages, confirmation visits, youth events.

People from throughout the metropolitan area and those listening to our podcasts would miss the wide range of speakers, forums, classes, retreats, book and bible studies, prayer circles, and discussion groups for all ages. Those who take advantage of our weekday offerings would miss Education for Ministry, Culture of Call, the Labyrinth, The Episcopal Church Welcomes You…Really, The Bible Challenge, Knitting Pearls, and Sacred Space. There aren’t many churches in Northeast Ohio that explore faith in such thought-provoking, engaging, and expansive ways and welcome all interested folks to attend. At any given educational event, we always have visitors and seekers who don’t belong to Trinity Cathedral but are intrigued by our offerings.

Hundreds of senior citizens, disabled adults, downtown workers, college students, and school children would miss our weekly Brownbag concerts that feature local musicians and appeal a wide variety of musical tastes and styles, and dozens of aspiring young musicians as well as seasoned professionals would lose the gift of making music in such an incredible venue as the cathedral nave. Local visual artists and artisans would not be afforded the opportunity to display and sell their wares in our gallery and piazza.

And who would host such annual holiday traditions as the Messiah Sing, the Medieval Feast, the Boar’s Head Festival, and Tuba Christmas. Laugh you might, but these events attract hundreds of people into this sacred space, and as I’ve learned first-hand, bring Christmas into their hearts.

Over 32,000 individuals from the community would miss the opportunity attend the more than 1,100 meetings, conferences, and special events at centrally located Trinity Commons each year, not to mention the hundreds of Episcopalians from around Northern Ohio that attend nearly 200 diocesan gatherings. When you add it altogether: worship, concerts, meetings, conferences, diocesan gatherings, tours, special events, and people just wandering in the building to rest, visit, use our free Wi-Fi, or say a prayer, I’m willing to bet that Trinity Cathedral has more than 100,000 visitors a year pass through our doors and experience our ministry of place-making.

Trinity Cathedral’s mission and ministry extend beyond the walls and parking lot of our campus. The children of this neighborhood would miss our financial and volunteer support. Throughout the year, Trinity parishioners provide tutoring, parent and teacher support, after school activities, and annual collections of school supplies, clothing, hygiene items, holiday food, and advocacy for students, parents, teachers, and administrators to Marion Sterling Elementary School. And thanks to a new project, initiated by Trinity parishioners this past Christmas, we brightened the holidays with gifts to children whose parents are incarcerated.

Without Trinity Cathedral, people would go hungry. A Place at the Table, now in its 30th year, provides the only walk-in, hot, indoor meal on Sunday afternoons in downtown Cleveland. Since 2006, Trinity’s Urban Farm has harvested 15,000 pounds of food to feed hungry and homeless people in our community. And now, 50 children and their families receive nutritious meals every weekend through Blessings in a Backpack, not to mention another 90 families who receive Thanksgiving baskets. Trinity’s FreshStop provides weekly fresh produce from local farms to another 50 households living or working downtown. And let us not forget, the Wednesday evening community supper, open and affordable to all comers. Friends, we grow, cook and serve a lot of food at Trinity Cathedral.

Without Trinity, college students from Cleveland State University wouldn’t find warm welcome, comfort, pastoral care, and opportunities for worship, fellowship and service; and recent college graduates would miss out on the chance to participate in our Urban Service Corps. Now in its second year, this faith-based, yearlong, urban service and intentional communal living program is attracting and retaining exciting young adults to Cleveland. And I must say, the Trinity USC members are adding to the vitality, energy and youthfulness of our cathedral congregation.

Together, with neighbors from other faith traditions, Trinity Cathedral works diligently and tirelessly for social, economic, and environmental justice. Ours is a voice that is heard in the media, boardroom, courtroom, local and state legislatures, and the offices of mayors, governors, and even the White House to advocate for public education, Medicaid expansion, criminal justice reform, marriage equality, and the end of both gun violence and the death penalty. Trinity is a community of engaged and thoughtful activists, and in this rapidly changing world, our presence would be sorely missed in the public square and the wider church.

And when we think about it, we need to take some modest credit for the growing sustainability movement in Northeast Ohio and the revitalization of downtown Cleveland. After all, Trinity Cathedral and the Diocese of Ohio built the first “green” building in Cleveland, made one of the first significant building investments in what has come to be known as the Campus District, and created the first of many commons or piazzas in Greater Cleveland.

It is true. This cathedral has made a tremendous impact on the life, landscape, and spirit of our city, our diocese, and yes, the wider church. Innovations we adopted a decade ago are now apparent throughout the Episcopal Church. Our 9:00 service has inspired the involvement of children in worship around the country; many other churches have replicated our e-newsletter; our intentionality about eliminating anti-Jewish sentiments in worship has opened the minds of many who are leading the way in liturgical reform; and our commitment to space sharing and environmental sustainability is considered a best practice. Trinity Cathedral would be missed if it were not here on the corner of Euclid and East 22nd Street.

But friends, while we can and should celebrate these accomplishments, we must not rest on our laurels. As Jesus reminded his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, and there is a lot of good work to be done in the name of our Lord.

As I travel around the Episcopal Church, I am becoming increasingly convinced that our recent preacher and teacher Dwight Zscheileⁱ is correct when he observes a number of deep and important questions that keep surfacing and demanding our attention:

• What does it mean to follow the way of Jesus in today’s post-Christian world?
• What does it mean to be the church, the body of Christ, in today’s world?
• How can we be sowers of the Gospel message and midwives of the church that is emerging in this third millennium?
• How can we be good stewards of what we’ve been given and what we’ve inherited – including our endowment and property?
• How does the cathedral’s leadership structure reflect the values of democracy, diversity and competence; and how do we identify, recruit, prepare and support clergy and lay leaders for the future?
• How do we continue to seek the welfare of the commons and serve as ambassadors of God’s public, community-forming, and restorative justice?
• How do we claim our identity as Episcopalians and fulfill our vocation a cathedral for this diocese?
• How do we organize for mission and ministry in ways that are responsive, responsible?

Put in the words of today’s gospel reading, “How can we bear fruit that will last?”

The vestry, council, and staff of Trinity Cathedral are wrestling with these very questions in all of their complexity. We are:

• Working on leadership development strategies to raise up clergy and lay leaders for the future of the church and the world.
• Tackling head-on the challenge of financial stewardship through a long-range financial planning task force, a master property plan, and a facilities business plan.
• Evaluating the Culture of Call project to make it as effective as possible.
• Wrestling with how to expand our digital ministry.
• Working on an interpretive design project to better tell our story and enhance the Trinity visitor experience.
• Creating a template for the development, nurture and evaluation of ministry projects; and
• Exploring how best to raise capital and endowment funds so that Trinity might continue to be one of the world’s great cathedrals, a vibrant community of faith, and a leading institution in Cleveland.

That’s a tall order and it’s simply not possible without a great team of leaders. Today, I want extend my special thanks to our dedicated wardens, Patty Roberts and David Posteraro; to our hard-working vestry; to our energetic Cathedral Council and its chair, Charlotte Nichols; to the clergy and lay staff who give way more than they earn; and to all those in this cathedral who generously share their time, talent and treasure.

Kermit the Frog once said, “It’s not that easy being green…but green can be cool and friendly…big like an ocean, important like a mountain, or tall like a tree.”ⁱⁱ The same thing could be said of being an engaged, relevant, sustainable, and most importantly, faithful Christian disciple or cathedral in the 21st century. It’s not easy, but it can be cool and friendly, big, important, and tall. And like Kermit, in the end, it’s what God has called us to be. 

ⁱ These and other questions are explored in Dwight J. Zscheile’s book, People of the Way: Renewing Episcopal Identity (Morehouse Publishing, 2012).  Trinity’s Vestry, Cathedral Council and staff will be reading and discussing this book during the coming months.

ⁱⁱ “Bein’ Green.”  Music and lyrics by Joe Raposo for Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street, 1970.

The United Thank Offering is a personal and family devotional program of The Episcopal Church. It is a practice in our life in Christ that begins with daily prayers and gifts of thanksgiving. These gifts of thanksgiving – coins and bills dropped in the UTO Blue Box – from each individual are combined with others at parish and diocesan celebrations and finally within all of The Episcopal Church. The Offerings totaling nearly $3 million each year (January through December 31) are given away in the form of grants. These grants continue to support and strengthen the mission and ministry of the Church throughout the world.

Office Hymn “O Holy City, Seen Of John”

Psalm 70

First Lesson Isaiah 2:2-5

Magnificat Evening Service In A Flat Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)

Second Lesson Matthew 2:13-18

Nunc Dimittis Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)

Responses, Lord’s Prayer And Collects

Collect For The Day

Greeting And Homily

Anthem The Beatitudes Arvo Pärt (B. 1935)

Spoken Prayers

Concluding Versicle And Response

The Blessing

Hymn ”Jesus Lives! Thy Terrors Now”

Organ Voluntary

Office Hymn: O Gracious Light
W: Greek, 3rd cent.; tr. F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984); –
M: THE EIGHTH TUNE, Thomas Tallis (1505?-1585)

Psalm 111:2-10 – Please be seated

GLORIA

First Lesson: Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 15:1-7, 15-19

Magnificat from the Evening Service in C by Hylton Stewart

Second Lesson: Matthew 19:28-30

Nunc Dimittis from the Evening Service in C by Hylton Stewart

Collect

Anthem: Nigra Sum
W: Song of Solomon – M: Pablo Casals (1876-1973)

Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
W: Lyra Davidica and The New Century Hymnal – M: LLANFAIR, Robert Williams

Voluntary – Dic nobis, Maria Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595-1663)
Simon Jacobs, organist

The Rev. Dan Schoonmaker, homilist
Sopranos and Altos of the Trinity Cathedral Choir
Todd Wilson, choirmaster
Elizabeth Lenti, organist

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In this superb book, Tom Brokaw goes out into America, to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation, America’s citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. This generation was united not only by a common purpose, but also by common values–duty, honor, economy, courage, service, love of family and country, and, above all, responsibility for oneself. In this book, you will meet people whose everyday lives reveal how a generation persevered through war, and were trained by it, and then went on to create interesting and useful lives and the America we have today.

For it’s June 9 meeting, the group is reading Cezanne’s Quarry by Barbara Corrado Pope.

A young woman is found murdered…and the clues to her death point to her spurned lover, Paul Cézanne. In this richly atmospheric novel, a mysterious young woman named Solange Vernet arrives in Aix-en-Provence with her lover, a Darwinian scholar named Charles Westbury, and a year later is found strangled in a quarry outside the city. The young and inexperienced magistrate, Bernard Martin, finds his investigation caught in the crossfires of a raging cultural debate. Many of the more conservative residents of Aix, including Martin’s own police investigator, believe that Solange reaped what she sowed for entertaining such radical scientific theories.

Initially assuming that Solange’s murder was a simple crime de passion by either a spurned Cézanne or a betrayed Westbury, Bernard soon finds himself on a mission to unravel the secrets of Solange and Cezanne’s hidden past˜the key to which may be a series of his paintings which depict the strangulation and violation of a woman with golden-red hair.

Exploring questions of science and religion˜and the role of women in these realms˜that persist even today, Cézanne’s Quarry is an impressive debut mystery about life, death, love, and art.
-Review from Amazon

Tuesday, June 4, 2013
6:30-8:30 p.m. at Trinity Cathedral

Donations welcome

On September 15, 2009, the State of Ohio attempted to execute Romell Broom and failed after spending hours trying to access a viable vein. Ohio claims it has a right to try a second time. Mr. Broom’s lawyers argue that this would violate the U.S. Constitution. The film reexamines the 1984 murder case and subsequent indictment and trial of Romell Broom by interviewing victims’ families, police, prosecutors and others connected with the case. This documentary puts into serious question whether the death sentence was legitimate in the first place and whether the death penalty in general is an appropriate punishment. Hosted by Trinity Cathedral and Ohioans to Stop Executions.

For additional questions, please contact:

Adrian Griffin at agriffin@otse.org or 216-688-1180
Canon Will Mebane at wmebane@dohio.org or 216-771-3630
Bruce Freeman at freeman.bruce@gmail.com

In his newest play, comic performance artist, Peterson Toscano, explores the bizarre, quirky, and at times disturbing world of the Bible. Drawing on his skills as a character actor and his unconventional Bible scholarship, Peterson unpacks well-known and lesser known Bible stories.In addition to using comedy to bring new insights to ancient Biblical passages, Peterson also takes his audience back in time to when he lived as a closeted man desperately trying to de-gay himself through various ex-gay treatments and many prayers. Looking at his former marriage, his Pentecostal church experiences, and his own trajectory of faith, Peterson expertly weaves together personal and Biblical narratives to create an entertaining and thought-provoking theater experience.

Believers and non-believers alike will welcome his hilarious and brilliantly insightful re-interpretations of ancient stories. The creator of the plays, “Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House” and “I Can See Sarah Palin from my Window,” Peterson Toscano is internationally renowned for his unique brand of performance art. Sponsored by the Cleveland Friends Meeting. Suggested donation at the door: $10.

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The group plans to arrange car pools so please contact Paul Ingalls (paulingalls@sbcglobal.net, 440-247-4164) soon to let him know if you will need transportation or are able to offer a ride. All are welcome so bring friends if you like.

Donations welcome

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Trinity Cathedral
2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115

At the Death House Door follows the remarkable career journey of Reverend Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain in Texas and presided over 95 executions — including the first lethal injection done anywhere in the world.  After each execution, Pickett recorded an audiotape account of the day.  This award winning film also tells the story of Carlos De Luna, whose execution affected Pickett more than any other.  Pickett firmly believes the man was innocent, and two Chicago Tribune reporters turn up evidence that strongly suggests he was right.

Hosted by Trinity Cathedral & Ohioans to Stop Executions. Share this event on Facebook. For additional questions, please contact:

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Canon Will Mebane at wmebane@dohio.org or 216-771-3630

Bruce Freeman at freeman.bruce@gmail.com

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Chair: Jon Benedict
Ginger Bitikofer
John Chapman
Allison Hauserman
Marie Kittredge
The Rev. Canon Will Mebane
Ute Vilfroy
Wendy Wilson Walker

Nominees for Vestry For Re-Election

Melody Hart—term ending 2016

Melody Hart is Treasurer of Signet Jewelers Limited in Akron. She has more than 20 years of experience in finance, including cash management, financing, budgeting, financial risk management and systems. Her experience spans multiple industries including manufacturing, retail, wholesale, not-for- profit and consulting. Melody has served on a number of not-for-profit and church boards in the past. She is currently a board member and finance committee member of Mercado Global, a fair-trade organization focused on empowerment of women in Guatemala through education and opportunity. She has been on Trinity’s Vestry since 2010 and serves on the Audit, Investment and Finance Committees. She resides in Cleveland Heights.

Allison Hauserman—term ending 2016

Allison Hauserman has been a member of Trinity since 1989. A resident of Cleveland and a teacher in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Hauserman is committed to the revival of the city. She has represented Trinity on the boards of WECO and United WE-CAN and has community-organizing training. In addition, she was a Sunday School teacher and a catechist at the Cathedral. She has served on the Vestry for two terms in the past, during which she acted as junior warden, assistant treasurer and clerk.

For Election

Jim Burger—term ending 2016

Jim and his wife Amy returned to Cleveland in June of 2011 after 45 years in the New York City area. Jim was baptized and confirmed at Christ Church in Shaker Heights, sang in the choir and worked on the calling committee of St. John’s in Williamstown, Mass., and added Vestry service along with choir and calling committees at St. Luke’s in Montclair, N.J., and St. Mary’s in Tuxedo, N.Y. During these years in the East, Jim worked in independent schools as a teacher and administrator with his last post a 17-year stint as headmaster of Tuxedo Park School. Jim and Amy are delighted to be back as they rediscover the rich and diverse culture of Cleveland and are equally delighted to have found a spiritual home at Trinity. They value its commitment to social justice, thoughtful and meaningful worship, outreach to the community, excellent music and challenging preaching.

Amy Ryder Wentz—term ending 2016

Amy Ryder Wentz is an attorney with the law firm of Littler Mendelson, P.C., where she advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment-related matters. Amy previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lesley Wells at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Prior to becoming an attorney, Amy spent 10 years as a community organizer and program director for Ohio Citizen Action. A “cradle Episcopalian,” Amy has been a member of Trinity since 2008, a Vestry member since 2012, and she presently chairs Trinity’s Personnel Committee. Amy, her husband Pete, and their daughter Mary Helen reside in South Euclid.

Nominees for Cathedral Council For Re-Election

For Election

Charlotte Nichols—term ending 2016

Now retired, Charlotte previously worked as a research assistant at Case Western Reserve University. She has been a member of Trinity since 1995. She co-facilitates Sacred Space, a spirituality group that meets monthly. She is a lector and Eucharistic minister for the 8 a.m. services. For the past 18 years, Charlotte has led weekly worship services for a congregation of older adults that meets at Euclid Beach Villa.

Lawrence Edem—term ending 2015

Lawrence is a recent graduate from Cleveland State University, and has attended Trinity Cathedral frequently during the past four years. He is an Electrical Engineer by profession and volunteers regularly with A Place at the Table ministry.

Aretha McCreary—term ending 2016

Aretha McCreary has been active at Trinity Cathedral for 48 years. She has recently retired, after working 44 years in the insurance industry. At Trinity, she has served multiple terms on Vestry, has been on a variety of committees (including Library, Personnel, Health & Wellness, Children’s Education, Nominating and Search Committees), has participated in a number of lay ministries (including lector, acolyte, lay Eucharistic minister, altar guild, usher), has taught Sunday School, and is currently on the Core Team for Greater Cleveland Congregations. Aretha frequently attends church with her two grandsons, Aundre Lindsay and Angelo McCreary.

Karla Rivers—term ending 2016

Karla has had a career in information technology with PNC Bank for more than 30 years. Karla is responsible for analysis, testing coordination and quality assurance in the Call Center. Along with her information technology background, Karla has a degree from Capital University in Church Music and has a background in visual arts and creative writing. Karla has been attending Trinity since 1980 and serves as a chalice bearer, sacristan and lector. She is married to Michael Graska. They reside in Brecksville with their two cats, Shelby and Thibodaux.

Nominees for 2014 Nominating Committee

Jon Benedict

Jon has spent his professional career helping organizations, both public and private, enhance their public images and further their strategic goals. Jon uses his extensive communications consulting experience to give client real- world advice that helps maintain positive public and media relations. Along with media relations and crisis communications consulting, Jon is an accomplished campaign consultant and served as the lead consultant on dozens of winning campaigns – for issues and candidates. He has passed levies and issues securing more than $1 billion for Ohio schools, counties, libraries, human services and parks. Jon also works with clients from the corporate, political, educational and nonprofit sectors to enhance their public images and further their goals. Jon graduated cum laude from Cleveland State University with a bachelor’s degree in English. He is the co-founder and editor of Edible Cleveland, a quarterly magazine that celebrates the people and stories of Northeast Ohio’s local food community.

Sally Winter

Sally Winter has been a member of Trinity Cathedral since 1998. In her professional life, she served for 28 years as the Northern Ohio Field Representative for the Ohio Arts Council. In 2008, she began consulting with local nonprofit agencies in the arts and cultural field. In 2011, she was named Artist Liaison for the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion Program, bringing 12 international artists to Cleveland each year for three-month residencies. At Trinity, Sally has volunteered her time with Music and Arts at Trinity Cathedral, serving as the President of the Board as well as producing the Medieval Feast for the past several years. Sally is married to Michael Dwyer and together they have three children, Lisa, Dylan and Travis.

Nominees for 2013 Diocesan Convention Delegates

Jane Freeman, Delegate

Jane Freeman has served in leadership positions in the Episcopal Church at parish, diocesan and national levels most of her adult life. At the Diocesan level, she is currently a member of Standing Committee, and has served on Commission on Ministry, Diocesan Council, Disciplinary Panel, and Episcopal Search Committee. She has frequently served as a delegate to Diocesan Conventions and would appreciate the opportunity to do so again. She is the Director of Behavioral Science in the Akron General Family Medicine Residency Program, an Assistant Professor of Counseling at Northeast Ohio Medical University and has an independent psychotherapy practice. She and her husband Bruce became members of Trinity Cathedral a few years ago.

Debbie Hunter, Alternate

Debbie Hunter is currently the AP/PR Coordinator with the Great Lakes Science Center. She is a 30-year member of Trinity Cathedral and is active in many areas including: A Place At the Table, Daughters of the King, the Trinity Prayer Tree, and as a Eucharistic minister. Debbie has been a Diocesan Delegate and Alternate in the past and has been a member of Cathedral Council, Vestry, and the Dean Search committee. She is currently Co- Convener of EPF/Episcopal Peace Fellowship in the Diocese of Ohio, has volunteered with EPF at three General Conventions, and is a former member of the Faith and Action Committee of CEEP (Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes). Debbie resides in downtown Cleveland.

O Gracious Light (Phos hilaron) Anne Wilson

Psalm 119:89-96

GLORIA
First Lesson: Romans 6:3-11

Magnificat from the Evening Service by Anne Wilson

Second Lesson: Matthew 5:1-12

Nunc Dimittis from the Evening Service by Anne Wilson

Collect

Anthem: Beati quorum via
W: Psalm 119:1 – M: Charles Villiers Stanford

Hymn: Jesus, Sovereign, Savior
W: Patrick Kirkland – M: KING’S WESTON, Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Chamber Choir of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church, Choir
Anne Wilson, director
Elizabeth Lenti, organist
The Rev. Dr. John Lentz, homilist

U2CHARIST SERVICE AT TRINITY CATHEDRAL
April 28 service coincides with the 2013 U2 Conference being held in Cleveland in collaboration with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

CLEVELAND— Trinity Cathedral will be filled with the music and videos of the rock band U2 for morning service on April 28 during the 9 a.m. U2charist. The service coincides with the 2013 U2 Conference being held in Cleveland in collaboration with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Former Canon of Trinity Cathedral, the Rev. Kurt Wiesner—currently Rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Littleton, N.H.—will lead the service.

A U2charist is an Episcopal service that features the music of the rock band U2 and a message about God’s call to rally around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The eight goals – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.

The music in the service is replete with the message of global reconciliation, justice for the poor and the oppressed, and the importance of caring for your neighbor; particularly the most vulnerable and most in need. Led by the Global MDG ambassador, Bono, U2 is calling people worldwide to a deeper faith and engagement with God’s mission. The U2charist seeks to be an extension of this ministry.

Following the service a forum will be held from 10:10-11 a.m. Rev. Wiesner will discuss using U2 to find God. All are welcome to attend.

About Trinity Cathedral:
Trinity Cathedral, the Episcopal Church in downtown Cleveland, invites participation from people of all faiths, races, nationalities and walks of life. For more information on Trinity Cathedral and its programs, please call 216-771-3630 or visit www.trinitycleveland.org. Trinity Cathedral is located at 2230 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland.

Dear colleagues,

While I was raised in Boston, Cleveland is my home. Today, however, we are all Bostonians.

The horrific massacre at the finish of the Marathon on Boylston Street has been an attack on each of us, no matter where we live. In the minutes after the bombs exploded, I was relieved to reach my older sister, who lives only a few blocks from there and had chosen this year to cheer on runners as they were entering the Back Bay rather than at the finish, and to find that she and my immediate siblings, nieces, and nephews were all safe. But those killed and injured and traumatized in Boston are equally my sisters and brothers today, and your sisters and brothers today, and I join with you in cradling them in our prayers.

This world is not safe, and that is nothing new. The power of evil continually finds ways to attack the security of trusting communities and instill fear in the souls of all who seek to celebrate and give life. But the power of God, working through us, is greater than all evil, and will overcome it.

Together we will get back on our feet and run again toward the promise of a safe and trusting world, led on by hope and supported by the relentless companionship of a loving Christ. And today that race resumes with prayer for our sisters and brothers in Boston and around the world who have been mortally, physically, and emotionally wounded by this horror.

Pray for those who have been killed, those who have lost limbs, those who have been traumatically injured, those who have lost loved ones, those who responded in valor, and those who are responsible. Pray for the peace of God and the healing power of Jesus.

Your brother in Christ,

The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.

Bishop of Ohio

Trinity members participated in the 2011 event.

Walk for Hunger, a 5K walk to benefit the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, is Saturday, May 11, at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome to join Team Trinity in walking through downtown Cleveland; register online at the Team Trinity page. If you can’t walk on May 11, donations to support Team Trinity and the Hunger Network can be made on the same web page. Trinity’s Sunday hot meal program, A Place at the Table, receives funding from the Hunger Network. For more information, contact Trinity’s team leaders Lynn Williams and Jan Gornall at lynnjan@roadrunner.com.

Ohioans to Stop Executions will be hosting special gatherings across the state for lay and ordained people of faith to learn more about the current status of Ohio’s death penalty and ways faith communities can work together to end Ohio’s capital punishment system.

Northeast Ohio People of Faith Summit
Friday, May 17 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Trinity Cathedral
2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115

Interested in becoming involved in the movement to end Ohio’s death penalty? Join other advocates from across northeast Ohio for a special training led by Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) on how to best advocate for an end to Ohio’s death penalty. You’ll learn tips, talking points, ways to help and have the opportunity
to dialogue with other concerned citizens.
Light refreshments will be provided. This event is part of OTSE’s 25th anniversary events.

May 4  8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.
Forest Hill Church Presbyterian (3031 Monticello Blvd. Cleveland Heights)
Free and open to anyone who is interested. $10 offering requested for breakfast and lunch.

Co-Sponsors: The Church of the Covenant and the Presbytery of the Western Reserve

Rev. Atwood is Pastor Emeritus of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Va. He is presently the Chairperson of Heeding God’s Call of Greater Washington, a faith-based ecumenical movement that encourages gun shops to adopt a code of conduct that deters illegal purchasing and the trafficking of handguns. He is also the author of America and its Guns: A Theological Expose. Cascade Books, 2012.

Register by April 27: sgillespie@preswesres.org or by calling Susan Gillespie (216) 241-3966

Office Hymn: Oh Freedom
African-American Spiritual

Psalm 77:11-20

GLORIA

First Lesson: Ephesians 6:10-20

Magnificat from the Evening Service by Richard Farrant

Second Lesson: Luke 6:27-36

Collect

Nunc Dimittis from the Evening Service by Richard Farrant

Anthem: Sing My Soul His Wondrous Love
Ned Rorem

Hymn: We Shall Overcome
W: Zilphia Horton – M: Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan and Pete Seeger

NEOVoceE Choir
Jennifer Cochran, director
Elizabeth Lenti, organist
The Rt. Rev. Arthur B. Williams, homilist

May John’s soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace and may light perpetual shine upon them.