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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
November 15, 2026
8am Holy Eucharist and 10am Choral Eucharist
View the Printed Liturgy for the 10am service.
The livestream may be viewed from the Trinity website, or directly from
Trinity's YouTube channel.
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Banner Project Workshop in the Guild Hall
Sunday, November 15, after both services
Join in the process of reinvisioning Trinity's church banners. At this third workshop, we will be collaging in response to questions of "What does it mean to be a Christian" and "What does religious life look like to you?", and more. No experience required.
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Communion Bread Baking
Saturday, November 14, 9:30am-noon
Trinity offers baked bread rounds for communion at Sunday services. A group of parishioners gather in the Trinity kitchen to bake and freeze communion rounds. No experience needed. Sign up here.
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Women's Group: Women at the Well
Saturday, November 14, 4-6pm
Join the Women at the Well for their next meeting. They are reading JOYFUL ANYWAY by Kate Bowler. Trinity's women's group meets monthly in the Youth Group room (enter from Micheltorena Street). An optional dinner at 6pm follows at The Natural Cafe on Hitchcock. Contacts: drcarolynroberts@aol.com, michellengrue@gmail.com, or donnasugano@me.com.
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Baptism at Trinity
The Baptism sacrament is a joyous public service of initiation. The gathered community takes vows to support the newly baptized, and celebrates with and welcomes them. At Trinity we baptize people of any age within our regular worship services. Our next date for baptism is Sunday, January 10, celebrating the Baptism of Jesus. If you would like to make an appointment with clergy for baptism preparation, please contact the Trinity office, office@trinitysb.org.
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Freedom Warming Center Season Begins
Trinity Hosts November 15-18
With rain in the forecast, Trinity may be activated to provide overnight shelter between the dates of November 15-18. Please consider making a casserole for the freezer–hearty casseroles with protein, grains, and legumes. Frozen purchased casseroles are also welcome. Please drop your casserole at the Trinity office during the week (Tues-Fri 10am-4pm) If you'd like to participate in this season's Warming Center volunteer team, please contact Mary Ann Paxton at office@trinitysb.org.
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Holiday Gift Drive at Trinity
November 15 - December 27
Trinity is partnering with Doctors Without Walls—Santa Barbara Street Medicine to provide the people they serve with much needed items. Doctors Without Walls (DWW) is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to delivering free, compassionate medical care to Santa Barbara County’s most vulnerable residents. Their Holiday Clothing Drive will focus specifically on collecting new or gently used bras for the women who attend their clinic. Please bring your unwrapped gifts to Trinity on one of the Sundays during the drive. Or drop off your gift at Trinity during the week during business hours (Tues-Fri 10am-4pm).
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Christmas Dedications
Make a donation in memory of a deceased family member or loved one, or give thanks for a dear friend by contributing to the greening of the church for Christmas. The suggested amount is $20. Please send in your donation along with the name(s) you wish to be listed, or fill out the form and donate online (select "Christmas Offerings" from the drop-down menu). Dedications may also be emailed to Mary Ann Paxton, office@trinitysb.org. Dedications will be printed in the bulletin for the Christmas worship services. The deadline to turn in your dedication is Sunday, December 13.
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Cookie Walk Preparation Underway
Pre-Box Sales Begin November 22
Trinity's 6th Annual Cookie Walk fundraiser is fast approaching on December 13. Please stop by the cookie walk information table after services on Sunday to see how you might get involved by being a baker or a volunteer.
Our Cookie Walk will feature a Gift Basket Raffle and we are seeking gift cards of all types, restaurant and theater experiences, wine and more. Click here to see the list of items we are looking for. For more information, contact Mary Gibson, sgibson_us@yahoo.com, or Elizabeth Patterson, etroy222@aol.com.
Beginning on November 22, you may place an order for Christmas cookies that are gift-boxed and ready to pick up at the Cookie Walk. Boxes are $25.
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Care Kit Assembly
Sunday, November 22, after both services
At Coffee Hour after the 8am and 10am services, we will be packing Care Kits. Help with the assembly, and take a bag with you to give to a person in need. Donations are gratefully accepted online, select "Care Kits" in the drop-down menu. Contact: Theo Patterson, cydirector@trinitysb.org.
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Choral Evensong
Sunday, November 22, 5-6pm
The Christian practice of sung evening prayer dates back centuries. It developed into Evensong in English cathedrals, combining songs, scripture, psalms, and prayers. A treasure of the Anglican/Episcopal tradition, we worship God together at the ending of the day. We invite you to join us in experiencing the return of this special tradition to our sanctuary. View the recording from the October 11 Evensong.
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Advent Wreath Making in the Guild Hall
Sunday, November 29, after both services
You'll have the opportunity to assemble and take home a circle of greenery, with four candles that represent the four Sundays of the season of Advent. A candle is lit as each new Sunday is celebrated in Advent, with a white candle in the center known as the “Christ Candle,” which is lit on Christmas Eve. A suggested donation of $20 will help cover the costs. Donations of greens and succulents are also gladly accepted. Please drop greens off to the Guild Hall the morning of Saturday, November 28.
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Ornament Exchange Party in the Guild Hall
Friday, December 4, 6-8pm
Bring a wrapped Christmas Tree Ornament—one for each person attending—along with yourself and some food/beverage to share (i.e. sweet or savory nibbles, wine or sparkling water). Sign up at the welcome table on Sundays or email office@trinitysb.org.
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Annual Giving Season: We are all in this together
- What an amazing ingathering service and fabulous brunch we celebrated and shared on Sunday! So far we have received 173 pledges for 2027, thank you all! We still have a way to go to meet our budget for 2027.
- If you have not had a chance to make a pledge, we invite you to do so now. Please prayerfully review the pledge materials available online, including parishioners' testimonials, and consider what your estimate of giving (pledge) might be in the coming year.
- Do you already give regularly online and/or in the collection plate? Would you consider making a pledge of your anticipated giving for 2027? This act helps our vestry better plan the budget for the coming year.
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Any financial pledge, no matter the size, is meaningful, expressing gratitude for belonging to this faith community that provides so many opportunities to make God’s justice and love tangible in our own lives, and in the world.
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Monthly Clergy and Vestry Leadership Reports
Want to know what's happening in the parish? The vestry (Trinity's governing board) met in the Guild Hall on October 28. Get to know who serves on the vestry and read their bios here.
The meeting minutes and leadership reports are available on the website after every meeting. Monthly financials are also available to view. (September and October financials will be approved at the next vestry meeting on December 3.)
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Nursery, Sundays, 9am-noon
The nursery is available on Sundays for infants and for toddlers under the age of three and a half. It is located on the second floor of the Parish Hall.
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Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS)
Sundays, 9-11:30am
CGS is a Montessori-based religious formation program for child parishioners ages 3½-12. Children may arrive as early as 9am in the Children and Youth building behind the sanctuary. Children will rejoin families in time for Eucharist in the Sanctuary.
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Youth Group Meetings
Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm
Youth Group is a time of connection and community for teen parishioners, ages 13-18. Youth Group meets in the Youth Group Room, downstairs in the Church School building. This past week in our Story Circles, half of our youth shared stories of Compassion and half shared stories of Resistance.
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Catechesis Corner: Who was Sofia Cavalletti?
"If we can enjoy the presence of God in our life, then our faith is established on the only sure foundation" - Sofia Cavalletti (1917-2011). Sofia was one of the two great founding mothers of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. Along with Gianna Gobbi, she spent years... (continued in the Children and Youth Newsletter)
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131st Diocesan Convention
November 13 and 14
Riverside Convention Center
This will be the first Diocesan Convention presided over by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Antonio José Gallardo Lucena, VIII Bishop of Los Angeles who was elected at the 2025 Convention and consecrated earlier this year. The theme of this year’s Convention draws from the theme of Bishop Gallardo’s episcopacy: Living in Love & Truth | Viviendo en Amor y Verdad. We are grateful for our clergy and lay delegates who will be attending and representing Trinity. Lay delegates and alternates are: Andria and Brian Bargiel, Isao and Donna Sugano, Andy Siegel; Alternates: David Gartrell, Laura Ringquist, Phylene Wiggins; Clergy delegates: Elizabeth Molitors and John Draper.
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PFLAG Zoom Meeting
Holiday Safety Planning and Allyship Practice
Monday, November 16, 7-8:30pm
Trinity parishioners are invited to join PFLAG at their November meeting: Holiday Safety Planning and Allyship Practice. The winter holidays can mean greater contact with extended family who may expect LGBTQIA+ folks to conform. It can be profoundly upsetting and unsafe, which means it is a crucial opportunity for proactive allyship. In this gathering, we will review a safety planning tool for LGBTQIA+ people ahead of family events, and roleplay concrete allyship scenarios. There is always time for sharing, support and discussion. This is a Zoom meeting and pre-registration is required by emailing pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com.
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Don't Save the Planet! And Other Lessons from Daoist Philosophy
Tuesday, November 17, 5-6:30pm
Join speaker James Miller (Professor of Humanities and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives at Duke Kunshan University) for an exploration of why the popular 1970s-onward trope of "saving the planet" can be counterproductive or unhelpful for global environmentalism. Location: Henley Hall 1010, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Cost: Free and open to the public.
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Inter-Faith Thanksgiving Service
Tuesday, November 24, 7pm
First United Methodist Church (FUMC)
Join the Greater Santa Barbara Clergy Association for a beautifully collaborative service of prayer, song, fellowship, and mutual respect for all our unique faith traditions.
Cantor Mark Childs of Congregation B'nai B'rith will be leading a community choir.
Feel like singing? Contact cantor@cbbsb.org for music. Following the service, all are welcome to gather in the Social Hall for food and fellowship. Please contact Barbara Bayley at office@fumcsb.org if you would like to contribute. FUMC is located at 305 E. Anapamu Street. For more information call or email (805)963-3579, offlce@fumesb.org.
Donations collected will support Adam's Angels.
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Submissions for the Trinity Notes weekly Friday newsletter should be received
by noon on the Wednesday prior. Please send your submission to Betty Wenzel, Director of Communications, bwenzel@trinitysb.org.
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