E-News: December 13, 2024 | | |
|
|
Christmas Lessons & Carols this Sunday!
| |
This coming Sunday evening at 5:30, Trinity Cathedral has the distinct privilege of hosting one of the most beautiful expressions of worship in our Anglican-Episcopal tradition: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. It is a glorious celebration of scripture, music, and prayer that transports us to a different time and place.
Our own Cathedral service of Lessons and Carols is an adaptation of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols which was first held at King's College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve in 1918. And since 1928, the service has been broadcast worldwide every Christmas Eve on BBC Radio, captivating millions of listeners from across the globe. For so many individuals and families around the world, the service has become an important part of their personal Christmas tradition as they listen in their own homes.
| Album Cover: 100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carol | |
|
From the King's College website: "The broadcasts, too, have become part of Christmas for many far from Cambridge. One correspondent wrote of hearing the service in a tent on the foothills of Everest; another, in the desert. Many listen at home, some are busy with their own preparations for Christmas; others make time to sit down, either alone or with friends, and join in with the congregational carols, perhaps having previously printed out the order of service." Read more about the Choir of King's College HERE.
The Cathedral Choir and the Anglican Chorale of Southeast Florida, directed by Mr. Christopher Harrell, have prepared an impressive repertoire of Advent and Christmas hymns, anthems, and carols from these and other composers: Michael Praetorius, David Willcocks, H. Walford Davies, Patrick Hadley, Richard Proulx, and John Rutter.
Please join us this Sunday at 5:30 pm for this wonderful service of beauty and hope. As we prepare to move from Advent into Christmas next week, this is one service you won't want to miss!
| |
|
Advent blessings,
Father Jason
The Very Reverend Jason Roberson
Cathedral Provost
| |
Join us tomorrow morning at 9:00 to clean and decorate the Cathedral for Christmas - thank you! | |
The Food Pantry Giving Tree
Support the Cathedral Food Pantry this year by choosing a card (or two or three!) from the Giving Tree!
Each card contains specific items to be donated, for example, "four cans of tuna" or "two jars of peanut butter" or "one $25 Publix gift card."
Items can be dropped off on Sundays or during the week from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Thank you!
| |
|
|
Giving to Trinity Cathedral in REALM
We are in the process of migrating the recording and tracking of all donations to REALM. This started with the 2025 pledge campaign, and beginning in January, all donations will be recorded in REALM.
- Part of this change is a new online giving form that is fully integrated with REALM. This form is easily accessible from the "Realm Connect" app by clicking on Giving and is accessible from the Internet by going to https://onrealm.org/TrinityCathedra81757/give/now.
- One benefit of the new system is that any gifts you make through the app or online after logging into REALM are automatically assigned to your personal giving record. You can access your personal giving record at any time, and any gifts to Pledge/regular Offerings will be automatically applied to your pledge.
- You can make both one-time and recurring gifts. Plus, you will be given the opportunity to set up automatic payments to fulfill your pledge. You also have the option of securely saving your payment information to make future gifts even easier. The system has all the modern security safeguards to ensure your data is safe.
- As you may know, the Cathedral is charged a processing fee for online payments. This fee is significantly less if you provide your bank details rather than using a credit or debit card. In either case, you will have the opportunity to help defray these costs by adding a small amount to your gift.
- In the future, we will have additional forms for special giving opportunities and for any paid events at the Cathedral. The old online giving form will be slowly retired as recurring gifts are migrated to the new system.
We are excited about the transparency and flexibility this new system provides for those who choose to give online. Click this link for a short video on giving in REALM. If you choose to give by check or using an envelope, your gifts will still be entered into Realm and you will be able to see them through the app.
Please contact me or Elizabeth Kretsch if you have any questions. As a reminder, the record of gifts made in 2024 and prior will be migrated to Realm sometime in early 2025 so you will soon be able to see your full giving history.
Sincerely,
Steve Kretsch
Cathedral Treasurer
| | | |
Mission-Focused Stewardship for 2025 | |
|
Please pledge by December 1st! Our annual stewardship campaign in support of the mission and ministries of the Cathedral is ongoing. We have a goal to raise $400,000 in pledges for 2025 so we can continue to grow in faith and reflect God’s grace and love in the heart of Miami.
Next year, we will celebrate the centennial of our beautiful cathedral building. We have amazing plans to mark this historic occasion in 2025 for both our church and the wider community. These first 100 years would not have been possible without the generations of Miamians who built and maintained this building as a living symbol of Christian hope and God's love in Downtown Miami. Now, it is our turn to continue the tradition and lay the foundation for the next 100 years as the spiritual center of Miami.
Please pledge generously to support the vital mission of this Cathedral community. The printable 2025 Stewardship pledge form can be downloaded here.
New this year, you can now make your 2025 Pledge online using our new, secure application called REALM!
Click on the Realm image below to make your 2025 pledge now!
| |
|
|
Special Music during Advent
Join us at 10:00 a.m. on the four Sundays of Advent to hear excerpts from George Frideric Handel's Messiah. Thank you to Mr. Andrew Cooper and to the members of the Cathedral Choir for making this possible!
| | | |
|
|
2024 Christmas Flowers
Help us to decorate the Cathedral this Christmas with beautiful poinsettias! Make a donation in honor of or in memory of a family member or friend. The donation deadline is December 19th. Use the donation form below or email the Cathedral office at office@trinitymiami.org. Thank you!
Donation Form
| | | |
|
Florida Keys Celtic Festival - Saturday, January 11th
Join us on the Trinity Cathedral Bus!!
Reserve your ticket today: office@trinitymiami.org
| |
|
NEW ONLINE DIRECTORY FOR TRINITY CATHEDRAL
Our new online directory for the Trinity Cathedral community called "Realm Connect" is finally ready for launch!
Select for more information...
| |
|
Ushers
Brian Avello
Reader
Brian Avello
Ken Hall
Coffee Host
Leontyne Allen
| |
|
10:00 am
Choral Eucharist
| |
Ushers
Holly Gardiner
Sidney Powell
Reader/Intercessor
Jackie Clarke
Beau Daane
| |
|
12:15 pm
Santa Eucaristía
| |
Ushers
Alexis Pastrano
Reader
Gladis Suarez
Anthuan Rubbio
| |
Sunday at 5:30 pm Christmas Lessons and Carols | |
|
Monday - 16th
6:15 pm Yoga in the Cathedral
Wednesday - 18th
12:10 pm Holy Eucharist w/Prayers for Healing
Friday - 20th
7:30 pm AA on the Bay
| |
|
If you would like to include someone on the Prayer List or add an anniversary or birthday for special prayers, please call the Cathedral office at 305-456-8851, use the 'Contact Us' link on our website, or send an email ...
office@trinitymiami.org
Also, please let us know when names can be removed from the list.
| |
|
|
Sick - In Recovery
Anita Damnavits
Robert Horton
Melba D. Leon
Anthony Munis
Doris Grey
The Reverend James Considine
Norma Wright
Carol Vaughan
Carmenza Rave
Gema Montoya
Robert Reyes
Santiago Mathias Lesmes Real
Maria Valerio
Dominick Albertone
Grace Harvey
Debbie Lamb
Victor Hollingsworth
Arturo Alvarez
Fefa Robles
Noemi Gonzalez
| |
|
Birthdays
Eduardo D'addazio
Ethan Arrington
Christopher Escobar
Hendrich Pacheco
Lloyd Grissette
Robert Bannister
Catherine Romero
Hydela Tate
Julian Marin
The Reverend Mary Ellen Cassini
In Memoriam
Luisa Reyes
Esteban Rodriguez
Anglican Cycle of Prayer
The Anglican Church of Tanzania
| | |
|
|
**The Livestream Guild needs VOLUNTEERS!!**
Would you like to learn to operate our new livestream system on Sunday mornings? We need your help!
Please email Father Jason at frjason@trinitymiami.org for more information.
| |
|
Yoga in the Cathedral
December 16th at 6:15 pm
| |
Immerse yourself in a truly rejuvenating and spiritual experience. All levels welcome! $20 (including mats and parking). Entry at the North Door (16th Street). To assure a prompt start, if at all possible please do sign up beforehand using this link. | |
Second Saturday - Cancelled tomorrow for Christmas Decorating & Cleaning
| |
|
Alcoholics Anonymous at Trinity Cathedral
A newly-formed AA group is now meeting at the Cathedral on Friday evenings at 7:30. The group is the only one currently meeting in the Edgewater/Omni area, and we are honored to host this very important program for our community.
| |
Altar Flowers & Sanctuary Candle | |
|
|
|
It is the tradition each week at Trinity Cathedral for individuals and families to make a donation for the altar flowers and the sanctuary candle in honor of or in memory of a family member, friend, or a specific cathedral ministry or organization. Names for the donations are listed in the Friday e-Newsletter and in the Sunday service bulletin.
Please email the Cathedral office at office@trinitymiami.org or call (305) 456-8851 to make your donations to this important ministry.
| | | |
|
Food Pantry Ministry
These are difficult times and many struggle to make ends meet. When you come on Sundays, please consider bringing one or more items of canned or boxed food. Items to consider include canned goods, peanut butter, packaged cereals, paper products, bottled water, dish and laundry soaps, boxed dinners, toiletry items, and feminine hygiene products. Remember that we cannot accept expired food or items that need refrigeration.
Gift Card Ministry
The LGBTQ+ ministry has organized an on-going Gift Card collection drive to aid in the purchase of perishable food items for food pantry recipients. These cards are distributed on a weekly basis to families and individuals in need. To continue to help this cause or if you or someone you know could benefit from this ministry, please contact Roberto Soto at:
Trinity Cathedral, c/o Roberto Soto
464 N.E. 16th Street, Miami, FL 33132
(305) 456-8851 or via email roberto@trinitymiami.org
Names of donors and recipients will remain confidential
| | |
|
"Pews to Chairs" Project
There is still time to donate a chair!
For many decades now, pews have been replaced by chairs in countless cathedrals and churches across the Episcopal Church and the world with remarkable success. In many cases, it has allowed congregations to experience a transformation and rebirth of their communities. Stackable, multi-use chairs will give Trinity a fully flexible and multi-purpose space that functions not only for worship, but for a variety of ministry and community events. (See the above picture of Trinity's new cathedral chairs which arrived the week before Christmas.)
The success of Transforming Trinity and the Pews to Chairs project depends on the donation of chairs by cathedral parishioners, congregations, and individuals across The Episcopal Church in Southeast Florida and the wider Church. Chairs may be donated in honor of or in memory of a loved one or in honor of a specific church, congregation, or organization. Please consider donating one or more chairs!
To donate: Please download the chair donation form HERE, complete it, and make your check payable to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Please make sure to write “Pews to Chairs” in the memo line. Mail checks and forms to: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 464 NE 16th Street, Miami, FL 33132.
Online donations can also be made on the Cathedral website (www.trinitymiami.org) under the “Giving” tab – please be sure to choose the “Pews to Chairs Campaign” on the dropdown menu to designate your donation.
Please reach out to Father Jason by email at frjason@trinitymiami.org if you have any questions or concerns. You can also find more details about the Pews to Chairs project HERE.
| | |
|
|
|
We need Ushers and Lectors!
We you like to be an usher on Sunday mornings?
Would you like to read a scripture lesson or lead the Prayers of the People during our Sunday services?
Please consider joining our Usher or Lector Ministries. We need volunteers to help fill these important roles during our Sunday worship.
If you are interested, please email Mr. Thomas Porto at thomas44a@gmail.com, or call the Cathedral office at 305-456-8851.
| | | |
|
|
|
Join the Cathedral Flower Guild!
Do you love arranging flowers? Please consider joining the Cathedral Flower Guild. We need volunteers to help on Saturday mornings to arrange flowers for our Sunday worship services.
If you are interested, please reach out to Mr. Roberto Soto at office@trinitymiami.org, or call the Cathedral office at 305-456-8851.
| | | |
Morning and Evening Online Reflection | |
Begin and end your weekday with online reflections. Reflections feature prayers, readings from Holy Scripture, and contemplative music and are led by clergy from National Cathedral in the morning and from Canterbury Cathedral in the evening. In addition, daily Choral Evensong song by the Canterbury Cathedral Choir is available online. Select the applicable link below for access. | |
The Third Sunday of Advent | | |
|
|
God is not out to get us. God is not waiting for us to trip up on some silly sin and then cackling with glee and hanging us over an abyss.
| |
|
Today is the third Sunday of Advent, traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is the Latin word meaning “rejoice,” and the origin of this name for the third Sunday of Advent comes from the beginning of our reading from Philippians today: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.”
Bible Study in full...
| |
As we continue our Advent walk, we invite you to see the Way of Love as a journey that includes the community. The witness of Zechariah and Elizabeth who bring infant John to the Temple to be circumcised reminds us of the importance of our faith community to sustaining the Way of Love. Just as the community did for John’s family, communities provide a place for discernment, sometimes challenging us and other times affirming us. Communities celebrate and mark important moments along the journey. | |
|
|
This past weekend was another very busy one at the Cathedral!
On Saturday we hosted Kate Eaton, Mishkah, and an Advent mini-retreat.
| |
Last Sunday at 12:15 we celebrated Our Lady of Guadalupe with mariachi, and seven children received First Communion. | |
Last night we were honored to host, once again this year, the annual Holiday Concert of the New World School of the Arts, in memory of Dr. Alan Denning. | |
|
Cathedral Office Hours
Monday – Thursday 9:00 am until 3:00 pm
In case of pastoral emergency, please call 786-682-5354.
Email: office@trinitymiami.org
Cathedral Visits
The Cathedral doors are open Monday - Friday from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm for visits and for prayer.
Visit us at trinitymiami.org
| | | | |
