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the Trinity Trumpet

Welcome to Trinity Episcopal

Church Bend, OR

Trinity Hall 469 NW Wall St

St. Helens Hall 231 NW Idaho Ave

Services

9 AM Sunday Adult Forum

on Zoom

10 AM Sunday on FaceBook and YouTube

12 Noon Wednesday Noonday Prayers

on YouTube

Parish Office

541-382-5542 ministry@trinitybend.org

jan@trinitybend.org

www.TrinityBend.org

The Parish Offices are closed due to the

restrictions on social interactions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Calls and emails will be responded to as quickly as

possible. Thank you.

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October 2020 Most of you recall the John Lennon song “Imagine.” A lot of folks love the song, but I’m in the minority on this one. I get the point — and I lament the element of truth about the role of religion, in particular, for many of the world’s conflicts. But I think we should be given credit for some of the good in the world as well. In a recent interview, Michael Curry, our Presiding Bishop, talked about an imaginary exercise. He recalled a play from the 1960s called “Day of Absence.” The premise of the play, set in a small southern town, is that the white citizens woke up one day and all the black folk had disappeared. In the play, the infrastructure of the town, all the economy just stopped and fell apart. With the premise of that play in mind, Michael Curry wonders about churches and the essential role they’ve played in our world. This is part of what he had to say:

I have an image of churches and religious folk, the ones who are doing the hard, good work of love [that] can be taken for granted.

But imagine if they weren’t there. I imagine the soup kitchens that wouldn’t be happening. I imagine the work of advocacy that wouldn’t be happening. I imagine the acts of kindness that wouldn’t be happening.

If you take them out of our history and all the hospitals named “St. Francis” and “Mercy” and “St. Joseph” and whatever … Hospitals and colleges and institutions and schools that were founded by people of religious conviction would cease to exist. Our HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities), many of them were founded by religious communities and religious people to educate newly-freed slaves.

The ordinary Christian, the ordinary person of faith, is absolutely extraordinary! His reflection touches on some of our particular ministries out of Trinity … the “hard, good work of love” that Trinity has been doing here — and you, as members of Trinity have been doing here — for generations. Later this fall, we’ll put out an appeal to you, asking for a financial commitment to the ongoing life and ministry of Trinity. But first, I ask you NOT to take for granted the difference made by ordinary people of faith. Those who have gone before us have left us a legacy to be treasured. We give thanks for their extraordinary gifts to us all.

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Vestry Notes David Depew, Junior Warden Contact Us Jed Holdorph, Rector (541) 382-5542 jed@trinitybend.org

Your Vestry Deby Welch, Senior Warden (541) 848-7523 SrWarden@trinitybend.org

David Depew, Junior Warden (319) 541-4112 david-depew@uiowa.edu

Chris Bell (971) 645-3595 highdesertdawg@gmail.com

Suzanne Brady (615) 739-0260 suzanne.n.brady@gmail.com

William (Bill) Carrington (909) 969-4913 wcarrin635@aol.com

Todd Cary (541) 306-4832 todd@aristesoftware.com

Greg Hedger (602) 828-4285 ghedger13@gmail.com

Jennifer MacHaffie (541) 788-3451 jennifermachaffie@gmail.com

Paula Pyron (503) 313-2396 ppyron@cpkinder.com

Mark Welch (541) 410-0004 markndeby@gmail.com

Mark Williams (208) 241-4797 mwaldensk@gmail.com

Terri Rahmsdorff, Treasurer (541) 390-1097 trahmsdorff@gmail.com

Judy Warren, Clerk of the Vestry (541) 639-4111 owlandcompass@gmail.com

Let me fill you in on what your Vestry has been doing. First, we have been trying to advance Fr. Jed’s efforts to keep us a well-connected community of faith under these difficult conditions. That means shifting a lot of what we do to digital means of communication. A knowledgeable technology committee, including Bill Brisson, Christian Clark, Todd Cary, and David Childers, has been working to upgrade our equipment. The goal is to ensure our Sunday services are reliably available, and both visually and aurally inviting. At its September meeting, the Vestry approved purchasing some technical devices that will really kick things up a notch and, in addition, are easy to operate. This effort has been forwarded by a generous but anonymous gift for this purpose. Thank you, donor! If you have not been attending Sunday services at 10:00 on Zoom or Facebook let me invite you to do so. You will find that your ability to worship this way has been enhanced by the efforts of our music director, Christian Clark, our organist, Julie Gaveshausen (and her accompanist (on violin, flute, you name it), Jo Booser, and members of the Trinity Choir. Please join in! Now that the program year has begun in earnest, we are finding out how to mount all manner of our activities online, including Children’s Chapel, Adult Forum, and meetings of all sorts. Even the Diocesan Convention in mid-October is being held that way. Aware that in God’s great world there are many ways of making lemonade out of lemons, we are thankful that even after we have the pleasure of seeing one another again face to face we will have new ways of staying connected at our disposal. Thanks to your generosity and your well-placed sense that in difficult times like these the church is a rock and fortress, parish finances are in good shape. The stewardship committee is gearing up to encourage us to make our pledges for next year. We hope you are able to do your part, especially because your giving enables us do God’s work in our community, especially in times of need like these.

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We’re all trying to imagine new ways of doing what we do at Trinity even in the midst of COVID-19. in that spirit, the leaders of our Children’s Chapel team are thrilled to announce the launch of “Kids Korner.” Part of what this includes is a story-time with our rector. Father Jed will offer stories according to the seasons of the Church year, sharing them on videos we can access through our YouTube channel and/or Facebook group. The first of these stories — tied to our “Season of Creation” emphasis this fall — is already available. A link to the story was included in a recent Friday email from the church office. Sitting down in the chapel, he read “God Created,” a lovely picture book from our church library, for young and old to enjoy. For the St. Francis celebration (October 4), he’ll record another story. Stay tuned. Complementary to Father Jed’s intermittent story series, each individual child participating in Children’s Chapel will receive at their homes supplemental materials for color, craft, and contemplation of the lesson via the US (snail) mail. The ministry team encourages our families to listen together and create wonder around their family tables as we follow along together in this big adventure of being apart, together! And we’re working on new ideas and plans. For more information about what we’re planning and/or to get involved and to be sure your kids receive their packet in the mail, please email Karen Hauswald @ karenhauswald@msn.com or text her at 540-272-3388.

To celebrate the Feast of St. Francis, we typically invite our four-legged (or

finned or winged) companions to join us on a Sunday nearest the feast

day. In a typical year, we announce that this is the day to admit that we

really have “gone to the dogs”!

And it would be great fun to do all of this again this year. But we’re all

working — and worshiping — remotely these days. So it has to be a virtual

invitation!

The Feast of St. Francis falls on a Sunday, so there’s no better reason to

tune into church on Sunday, October 4, and see who shows up. (Virtually,

of course!)

We’ll see lots of dogs, of course, but more cats than usual will join us. And some hens. Maybe a squirrel. And …

God of manifold blessings, source of all that is good and true and holy: Raise us up to see the world through your eyes, so that with the eyes of our heart enlightened, we may treasure each creature alive with your Spirit and touched by your creative hand. And may the blessing of this bountiful God, who creates, redeems, and sanctifies, be upon us all, now and for ever.

Kids Korner K. O. English

Feast of St. Francis — Sunday, October 4th

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The conversation continues. Marianne Borg will continue the conversation about Christianity in and for the 21st century in a zoom gathering Saturday, October 10, from 9:30-11 am. Go to the Marcus J. Borg Foundation website for and announcement. These conversations are free but an RSVP is required. Marianne will facilitate these gatherings even without her friend and colleague, Bill Ellis, whom you know died unexpectedly April 24. Marianne will continue to invite our doubts and loves as she explores “Going Home to Another Way.”

Second Sunday Cinema continues it's Halloween-month tradition with a contemporary horror film, GET OUT (2017). With a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this comedy-thriller by Black humorist (in both senses) Jordan Peele has been said to match "the masters Alfred Hitchcock, John Carpenter, and Stanley Kubrick." ( Ann Thompson). A young African-American man visits his white girlfriend's parents over a weekend and things don't turn out as he expects, even though her father claims to have voted for Barak Obama "twice."

One critic called it Guess Who's Coming to Dinner crossed with Rosemary's Baby. While highly recommended (especially for white liberals), this film contains some strong violence in the latter part and is not recommended for children under 14. Kake says, "When I saw this in the theatre, at one point I actually screamed the title at the screen." As is our current custom, please contact Kake @ kakehuck@yahoo.com if you are not already on "the list."

The movie will run it's 1h 44m length starting at 4 pm, and discussion will start at six. If you're a wuss like Kake, you may want to watch on your own to fast forward through the violence. Available through Amazon Prime.

I hope this finds everyone and their loved ones well, and enjoying the clean air! The Women's Group is continuing with its efforts to "stay connected" by holding its quarterly meetings on ZOOM. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 15th at 6 PM (note the time change to 6 PM) on ZOOM. The church office will send out the link early that week. If you have an announcement or agenda item for this meeting, please contact Jane Davis at janedavis6150@gmail.com or 858-337-7756. We are continuing our meals ministry to Grandma's House with commercially prepared meals. Each of the four teams is providing a meal on the schedule developed in January. Again, if you wish to contribute financially, you can make a donation to Trinity marked "Grandma's House Meals". Those providing the meals can draw upon this fund as needed.

Second Saturday Conversations — Saturday, October 10th

Second Sunday Cinema Online — Sunday, October 11th Kake Huck

Women’s Group — Thursday, October 15th Jane Davis

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Last month’s newsletter included a letter from our Bishop, The Rt. Reverend Patrick Bell. In that communique, Bishop Pat announced that the diocesan-wide suspension of in-person worship (and other gatherings) will continue until Ash Wednesday of 2021. EDEO Virtual Diocesan Convention: Wednesday thru Sunday, October 14th-18th Along with that announcement, he discussed the impact on our scheduled Diocesan Convention. Earlier this summer, Standing Committee decided to move from an in-person gathering at Ascension School, in Cove, to a virtual Convention. We lose something meaningful when we lose the time and space to gather together in community. But, at least for this year, we gain an opportunity to invite a much wider participation from the whole Diocese. You’re welcome to take part in ways you would not otherwise have been able. We’ll have more information about the calendar — and ways for you to participate — in the weekly bulletins and email communications. You can attend meetings and workshops. Although only active clergy and elected delegates from each congregation gets a vote, you can witness the decision-making process for yourself. And everyone can hear the Bishop’s Address and join with others from across Eastern Oregon. Convention Morning Worship: Sunday, October 18 On Sunday, October 18, we will not have our usual streaming service from Trinity. Instead, we’ll invite you to join with our siblings from the whole of the Diocese of Eastern Oregon. (NOTE: service time will be 10:30 am.) UTO Ingathering: Sunday, October 11 The United Thank Offering (UTO) invites us to embrace and deepen a personal daily spiritual discipline of gratitude. Notice the good things that happen each day, give thanks to God for those blessings and make an offering for each blessing using a UTO Blue Box. UTO distributes the 100% of what is collected to support innovative mission and ministry throughout The Episcopal Church and Provinces of the Anglican Communion. As part of our Diocesan Convention, each congregation will present the gifts from our congregation. If you’ve been setting something aside, we ask you to bring (or mail) your blue boxes (envelopes) to church by Sunday, October 11. Ordination to the Priesthood of Ray Jeff Spreier: Saturday, October 10 It’s been awhile now, but Ray Jeff Spreier was once an active member here at Trinity. And so a number of folks here have known Ray Jeff for a long time and would love to attend his ordination to the priesthood. Unfortunately, owing to our current restrictions on in-person gatherings, we cannot gather to be with him physically for the occasions. But we will all be invited to join in the online worship experience. Details for how to access the service booklet and stream the service will be provided in upcoming email notices.

Diocesan News and Notes

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If you're looking for a way to offer support for those devastated by fires across the West, I remind you of two options that will work in the aftermath of any disaster. First, please know that Episcopal Relief and Development will respond with both short-term relief and long-term restoration. They respond to disasters near and far. And the American Red Cross is also on the ground, responding to people in need. It’s what they do … all the time! In the aftermath of fires across the western part of Oregon, local efforts included offering temporary housing for those who have come to central Oregon to escape from fires and lost homes. Our own Jack Crowell (photo above) has been a longtime volunteer with the Red Cross, and he was very much involved this time around. Southern Oregon I am personally most familiar with the situation in Southern Oregon, having served as rector of St. Mark's, in Medford, for nine years before moving to Bend. I know the rectors of both St. Mark's and Trinity, in Ashland. I particularly suggest that if you want to send a donation to someone who is immediately involved, perhaps a check to Trinity Church, in Ashland, making a note on the memo line: “rector's discretionary fund (fire relief).” The mailing address is 44 N 2nd Street, Ashland, 97520. Every cent will go directly to those displaced by the fires.

As an alternative, Mary Piper is a non-parochial priest in Southern Oregon. She and her husband have property and have made room for some neighbors – along with their animals – to move in with them. Families desperately need everything, they have only the clothes on their back. She and her husband are trying to focus on about 10 families including some of their Latino neighbors. Here’s a first-hand account of what Mary is seeing:

… I’m beginning to hear stories. A little girl who is homeless now, telling me she is living in a hotel and then, circling her eyes around, not making eye contact, says ”I just don’t know what to call this fire.“ A kind, loving woman, new friend and housemate, fleeing a fire in Cali where she was caregiving … and on her way here heard her storage unit with everything she held precious here had burned, another new friend, living in our cabin, spending every minute off work gathering supplies for the beautiful Latino family living in our RV, no thought if her losses. The pain and generosity and strength of spirit are unbelievable. Grateful to learn from these amazing souls. God is here.

You can help by purchasing gift cards from the following stores and they will distribute them to those they are caring for: Walmart, Target, Fred Meyer, Costco, Rite Aid. (If you choose to purchase gift cards, you can send them to me here and I will make sure they get sent on to them.)

Ways you can help Jed Holdorph

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The Outreach Commission is going through a change this year. Many of the previous members have chosen to move into new areas of ministry and we are looking for some new members who would be willing to join the commission. This is the purpose for the group and we will begin looking at how we can best do this as we bring the new commission together. We have an opportunity to be creative and innovative in how we bring the love of Christ to others in our community and our community to the attention and care of Trinity. The four responsibilities we have identified are: Evaluating programs and opportunities; Communication; Volunteerism; and Fundraising. This committee may meet quarterly, bi-monthly, or as needed. If you have gifts in any of these areas or are just curious and would like to explore what this group is about and how you might be involved, please contact me or Celine Burke and we will try to meet in October or early November. Finding out more about this group will not commit you to joining, but will give us an opportunity to learn together. For more information about how to get involved, please contact Deby Welch @ srwarden@trinitybend.org or call her @ 541-848-7523.

Family Access Network (FAN) advocates are available in each local school to help impoverished students with basic needs — food, shelter and school supplies. The FAN advocates personally have validated a child’s needs – this is not a scam. For the past three years, in lieu of holiday food baskets, Trinity’s Gifts for the Christ Child project has partnered with the Family Access Network to provide Safeway food gift cards for distribution to their client families in need. This allows a family to buy food they need and can use, especially if they are homeless, living in their vehicles, etc., or when they may not have refrigeration or a means to cook food, or even room to store the donated food. And significantly . . . this option will meet critical needs while preserving dignity and offering a choice of possibilities to the recipients. Unlike past years, in this time of Covid-19 and uncertain in-person school terms, the Family Access Network needs our assistance well before the holidays. Instead of meeting with the children and their parents at the school, the FAN advocates will be driving to where individual families live to deliver the Safeway food gift cards Trinity has donated. Last year Trinity donated more than $6,500 to purchase 256 Safeway food gift cards. This year the need is much greater — and your assistance is needed before November 23rd. You may send in a check to the parish office, or go online to trinitybend.org and use the <DONATE> button. Be sure to identify your gift as “Gifts for the Christ Child” in the memo area. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Questions? Contact Judy Warren, (541) 639-4111.

Outreach Commission Deby Welch

Trinity Episcopal Church’s Outreach Commission acknowledges our common humanity and sacred calling by using the congregation’s hands and resources to support people in our community.

Gifts for the Christ Child—request for early donations Judy Warren

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I confess to being an HGTV junkie. One of my favorite shows is House Hunters. I am always taken back by the number of times prospective buyers will reject a house because “it’s too close to the neighbors!” How do we form communities without being close to our neighbors? What is it we fear? Trinity’s Latino Opportunities Visioning Team (a.k.a. the LOV’ers) invites you to “save the date” for the Latino Community Association’s 2020 Empowering Families Luncheon scheduled for December 3rd. Due to COVID-19 and current restrictions on indoor gatherings, it is anticipated that the LCA will be hosting their major fundraising event virtually. This annual luncheon is one way the LCA speaks to the community about its primary mission to serve immigrant families and what is on the horizon for the future in uncertain times. Over the past few years, the event has been held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon and has brought together representatives from many sectors of the community including business, education, law enforcement, faith communities and nonprofits, as well as individuals wishing to support the LCA. Trinity parishioners have always been part of this gathering. A virtual luncheon doesn’t allow us to enjoy the great meal prepared and served by employees of HOLA, but we can still listen to the stories shared by immigrants about their journeys to Central Oregon—the stories that connect us. We can reflect on the actions that we, as citizens, can take to insist that our country “welcomes the stranger” with open arms as God does for each one of us time and time again. This year LOV hopes to sponsor a table at the luncheon. We believe it would be a witness to the community that Trinity desires to better know our Latino sisters and brothers who live and work in our midst. Latinos have suffered disproportionately during this pandemic. ** Our Latino neighbors are relying heavily on the Latino Community Association for services. Funds raised will allow LCA to move forward in this vital work. Please consider this invitation prayerfully so that our parish can be active participants in living out the two greatest commandments to love God and love our neighbors. The Table is prepared for all of us. Contacts: David Depew at david-depew@uiowa.edu or Ann Havill at ahavill@bendbroadband.com __________________________________________________________________ ** As we heard at Sunday forum in late September, Latinos make up around 13% of our population, but they account for nearly 40% of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Latino Opportunities Visioning Team Ann Havill

We would never have chosen these neighbors; life chose them for us. But thrown together on this island of living, we stretch to understand each other and are invigorated by the stretching.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift From the Sea

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On Friday, September 18th, we had an alumni reunion Zoom call with Nola Nackerud, our staff person in Condega. Those who participated in the call were members of the congregation who have traveled to Condega in the past: Ginger Sanders, Ann Havill, Betsy Lamb, Ken Sandine, Celine Burke, Bob and Sylvia Knudtson, Loretta Slepikas, Father Jed Holdorph, and Rick and Sandy Negus. Several other members of the congregation, who have traveled to Condega, were unable to join us. What a great experience. It was like Nola was in the room with us. Nola was her usual high energy self and so excited to see so many of the folks who had at one time or another visited Condega. Nola talked a little about the situation in Nicaragua, but we did out best to stay clear of the politics. Some of the participants had not been to Nicaragua in over fifteen years yet they still remembered Nola and had fond memories of their experiences in Condega. Nola was just as interested in the fire situation in Oregon as we were with her life in Condega. Nola is doing her best to protect herself from COVID-19, but the government is providing no guidance for the general population. With the mounting deaths and illnesses, many in Nicaragua have figured out on their own what they need to do to be safe. No telling when a vaccine will reach Nicaragua. The sad reality is we will probably not be able to visit Condega next February. This will be the first time in eighteen years that a group from Trinity has not visited Condega. The good news is we have the financial resources to keep our most important projects going next year. The deaf program will stay open and, school uniforms will get to those in need. The only new project for next year will be the completion of the cultural center roof. With Nola, our trusted representative, we have confidence this money will be used appropriately. Thanks so much for your support.

This year, more than ever, it is important that you receive your flu shot early. Not only is it the best way to prevent the flue, but it will help reduce the risk of cough and fever which may raise concerns of COVID-19. While seasonal flu outbreaks typically peak in January or February, activity can begin as early as October and continue until May. It is best to get vaccinated early in the season because it takes approximately two weeks for your body to develop antibodies that protect against the flu. And this season preventing the flu may help reduce concerns that the symptom are from COVID-19. Getting the flu shot will help protect you and loved ones. This is also a good time to ensure that you are up to date on any other recommended immunizations to reduce your risk for infections, such as pneumonia, etc. — adapted from Summit Medical Group

Condega Reunion Rick Negus

Flu season is coming

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This summer was unusual. The camp at Ascension School was closed. Your Cove/COPY team decided to sponsor individual activities in Deschutes County. With the help of our Program Coordinators, from the COPY program, Drug Court & Big Brothers Big Sisters we were able to sponsor activities for 57 “at risk” kids. Some of the activities you helped us to sponsor were:

time at Boys & Girls club,

Explorers Camp,

rock climbing,

Spanish class at the High Desert Museum,

Family Swim passes,

Horseback riding,

River Rafting,

Art Supplies for a Girl who could not get out with groups,

Yearly subscriptions for monthly boxes in science & other school subjects,

Self-defense classes

Skate and Scooter camp

Campfire day camp

& many more.

Thank you for your donations to the Cove/COPY program. You made all of this possible.

Cove/COPY THANK YOU Celine Burke

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For the past few years, we’ve been intentionally talking about our annual stewardship appeal as something more than a fundraiser. Our approach has followed a program call “Consecration Sunday.” Consecration is not a word we use in our tradition very much, though there is at least one hymn we sometimes sing that makes the point eloquently:

Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne.

Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee.

Hymn 707, Hymnal 1982 During our worship on the Sundays in October, we’ll invite you to reflect on all we have received and enjoyed, and then to ponder how to support that the bigger mission as local partners in the “Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement.” Sunday, October 4: YESTERDAY Join us for our regular worship, inviting us to acknowledge that all we have is a gift. In particular, those who came before us in Bend have left us an astonishing gift. We would not be here today were it not for those who came first! Sunday, October 11: TODAY “We may not gather AT the church, but we are still very active AS the church.” Words — or words to that effect — have been said since we entered into this current pandemic and this season of streaming worship. We’ll take a look around to see how we’re living that out. Sunday, October 18: Diocesan Convention @ 10:30 AM — note the special start time. Sunday, October 25: TOMORROW We all look ahead to when we can resume in-person gatherings for worship and fellowship. But when we do, it won’t be exactly the same as it was before. COVID-19 will change us. Our calling will be to work to make sure we are changed for the better, not the worse. Sunday, November 1: Consecration Sunday In previous years, we’ve ended the appeal with a brunch to celebrate all our gifts — those received and those shared. We cannot gather for such a brunch this year, but we’ll invite you to come by for a drive-through drop-off of your “estimate of giving” cards. And we’ll have a surprise for everyone who drops by. No purchase necessary!!

Consecration Sunday — Sunday, November 1st

October Birthdays 1 David Childers 9 James Duvall 17 Kaitlin Leck 27 Chuck Bowen

2 David Hahn 10 Mary Fellows 17 William Weiss 28 Julie Lear

5 Carol Spongberg 10 Jeanne Merritt 17 Deby Welch 31 Ann Havill

5 Carl Fuller 12 Diane Lindeleaf 19 Jane Davis

5 Ken Sandine 13 Paula Pyron 23 Joyce Corn

6 Jan Schweizer 15 Vivian Bristol 24 James Christo

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Trinity Episcopal Church

469 NW Wall Street

Bend, Oregon 97703

Return Service Requested

In celebration

of the Feast of St. Francis

we will celebrate a blessing of animals

on Sunday, October 4

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

A Prayer attributed to St. Francis (BCP, p. 833).