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Trinity Cathedral Bookstore Trinity Cathedral Remember the Trinity Bookstore for summer reads and birthday gifts. All Books are 15% Bookstore Hours Monthly Newsletter of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral OFF for the month of July! *Exclusion: books created as fundraisers for church ministries. Monday through Friday: 11:00am - 3:00pm Recommended books: July 2014 / Volume 1, Number 8

For For Trinity Cathedral’s Clergy Adults: Kids: The Very Reverend Timothy Jones Inside This Issue: Dean

Ghost Knight by [email protected] Cover Story...... 1 A Life Observed: A Laugh Your Way to Grace: Surprised by Hope Growing an Engaged Cornelia Funke 461.7315 Why We Don’t Live for Ourselves Spiritual Biography of Reclaiming the Spiritual by N.T. Wright; Church by Albert L. Dean Timothy Jones C.S. Lewis by Devin Power of Humor by The recommended by Wiseman; recommended News & Updates...... 2 Brown Rev’d Susan Sparks Emily Hylden by Dean Jones The Reverend Archbishop Temple once said that the church is the one organization in the Charles M. Davis, Jr. world that exists for the sake of its non-members. I like that. He meant that Caring For Creation by Kathy Robinson Welcome New Clergy...... 2 Canon Pastor/Canon to we have not only good things here in church to enjoy, but also good things to In 1990, the Anglican Consultative Council of The Episcopal Church outlined “Five Marks of the Dean Mission”, designed to give parishes worldwide a practical and thoughtful checklist share with those not among us. Look at the first disciples and the early church [email protected] Children’s Ministry...... 3 in the New Testament: When they were called together, they were also led out for mission activities. The fifth Mark aims to “safeguard the integrity of creation and 461.7324 sustain and renew the life of the earth.” This presents a worthy challenge for all into a wider world to serve and teach. Likewise in our Cathedral community, Episcopalians, although there is an inherent puzzle here: how do we account for Trinity EYC...... 3 The Reverend Emily R. Hylden we are both brought in and sent out. the relationship between “care” and “use” of creation? Canon for Young Adult Ministries Young Adults...... 3 That very thing is happening this summer in many ways. I’m especially struck Philosopher Bryan Norton tells the story of coming upon a little girl and her family by the reaching out that has been happening among our young people. in the Florida Keys, hard at work harvesting hundreds of living sand dollars. As the [email protected] little girl explained, they were planning to bleach them and make things to sell. 461.7325 Trinity Bookstore...... 4 When he asked why they needed so many, she patiently pointed out that the local Roger Hutchison has been leading children grades 3-5 in providing meals, crafts store would pay a nickel apiece for the extras. Norton felt that wholesale harvesting of living The Reverend Caring for Creation...... 4 reading and Lego time with new friends at St. Lawrence Place. Trinity started sand dollars was somehow not right, but recognized the dilemma in explaining that to the little girl. Patricia C. Malanuk St. Lawrence Place and it is now a 30-home community that provides Canon for transitional housing and life skills for homeless families. It is doing remarkable Norton’s story is about values. What is the value of a sand dollar as a living creature? If it’s purely a Mission & Outreach work and our children are learning at a young age the joys of serving and spiritual value, then perhaps we should not harvest any of them. What is the value of a sand dollar as [email protected] volunteering by going there weekly. a commodity? If one sees sand dollars strictly in economic terms, then the more the better! Where 461.7309 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral does the fifth Mark of Mission take us? invites all to celebrate a By the time you read this, a group of our youth will have returned from their The Reverend Dane E. Boston joyful relationship with God, outreach work in Costa Rica. Students and adults provided a great Vacation We all use the gifts of creation every day, but we should take care in our use. The Prayer Book asks, Canon for Adult to share friendship with “Give us wisdom and reverence so to use the resources of nature, that no one may suffer from our Christian Formation one another, and to make Bible School (with special leadership from Allison Cox). They did manual abuse of them, and that generations yet to come may continue to praise you for your bounty.” [email protected] Jesus Christ known in the labor on intensive building projects. They even had an impromptu opportunity (p. 827) That is a meaningful mission for us all. 461.7320 world. to meet the president of the country. Through it all they learned how the riches of our faith and resources can and must be shared. You are invited to join the conversation on caring for creation. Contact Kathy Robinson, www.trinitysc.org [email protected], or Dean Jones, [email protected]. Stay connected with Trinity Cathedral Online! Facebook.com/TrinityCathedralSC | Twitter.com/trinitycathedra At a time when the media likes to feature the self-centeredness of young Tidings, Trinity Cathedral’s weekly electronic newsletter, is delivered each week via email. people, we have been sending ours out to do good—working, sweating, and To join the distribution list or to request a mailed copy, please contact Addie Thompson, demonstrating in deed how we in the church can live for others. Director of Communications at [email protected]. TRINITY NEWS & UPDATES CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

Trinity’s Children’s Ministry program for the summer has been designed with Trinity’s Mission Trinity Cathedral Welcomes The Rev’d Canon Dane Boston Statement’s “invitation” in mind. There have already been many options for formation, fun, fellowship, The Rev’d Dane Boston has begun work as Canon for Adult Christian Formation. Dane and his family and outreach! We want to thank Lane and William Haselden and Clara Smith for welcoming us into come to Trinity after he served three years as Curate of Christ Church in Greenwich, Connecticut. their homes. WORD, the Bible Study for children in Grades 3-5 has already taught us so much! A big Dane graduated from Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia. He majored in English thank you to Linda Rogers for “journeying” with these children. Then there is our weekly story time and literature (writing his senior thesis on the sermons and poetry of John Donne) and earned a certificate Lego my Bible! from the Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability. He trained for the priesthood at Berkeley Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut and he was We especially enjoy time with our new friends at St. Lawrence Place. awarded the E. William Muehl Prize, given by Berkeley faculty to a graduating senior who showed “a Between preparing/serving meals, reading stories, and playing with Legos, we are building a new unique gift for preaching.” community of friends – just as we know God has called us to do.

In 2009, Dane married his college sweetheart, Deborah Newell. Debby is also a member of the Our highlight for the month of July is Vacation Bible School! Trinity’s VBS community of children (age W&L Class of 2008, and in 2013 received her J.D. from the Quinnipiac University School of Law 3-grade 5) and adults will be exploring and experiencing prayer in all of its many facets with the theme in Hamden, Connecticut. Debby and Dane are the proud parents of four-year-old Eleanor and six-month-old Thomas of “Lord, Teach Us to Pray” July 14-17. Please sign up soon at trinitysc.org/vbs! We are also still in need of volunteers! (affectionately known as “Fritz”). Though parenthood leaves little time for hobbies, Debby and Dane enjoy hiking and cooking together. YOUTH MINISTRY As a Canon of Trinity Cathedral, Dane brings a passionate commitment to the proclamation of the Good News of Christ Jesus as it is lived and expressed in the unique legacy of our Anglican heritage. Costa Rica Mission Trip 2014 Trinity’s youth teamed up with the youth of Christ Church in Greenville for the 2014 Costa Rica Patsy Malanuk to Assume Permanent Status Mission Trip June 14-23. This group helped host a special vacation Bible school for the 120+ students I’m pleased to announce that Patsy Malanuk has become permanent Canon for Outreach. When I of Hogar Escuela Day Care Center and worked on building projects for the school that included began work here, she was volunteering her pastoral services, and soon after my arrival I made her creating a draining system in the gym floor of the school. an interim canon. We will no longer use the term “Interim.” Patsy earlier served Trinity from 1996 to 2001. In her canon role, she will continue to bring a special gift for preaching, a rootedness in prayer, These youth had a truly amazing experience that they will never a passion for outreach, and a love of Trinity’s people. Please join me in congratulating Patsy on her forget. Read more about their work in Costa Rica online at the continued and future service at Trinity. Mission Trip Blog at http://costaricamissiontrip14.blogspot.com. Thank you for your prayers and support for this mission trip! — Dean Timothy Jones Episcopal Outreach Camp (EOC) Art From the Heart Summer Camp: Vernon Scholar Program to Launch in September! July 7 - July 10 from 9am - 2pm (overnight on Thursday) “Lord, Teach Us to Pray” The Vernon Scholars Program of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral seeks to help USC students find a at Trinity Cathedral Join Lee Bledsoe and Margaret Rogers as they lead a fun vocation that gives their lives real meaning, regardless of how they choose to make a living. There is still time to register for this upcoming mission trip summer art camp for youth on the same theme as this year’s Supporting students through a financial gift, a mentor group, and communal worship, the Cathedral for rising 6th-8th graders. During the week, the group will VBS “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” aims to encourage young people to explore vocation more broadly—using the unique gifts each volunteer at various mission sites in the Columbia area. student has been given and developed in order to enjoy life more fully. All of this was made possible Camp will be July 14-17 from 9am-12pm in the Art Studio through the Vernon Fund. Register online at trinitysc.org/eoc. Cost is $100 (covers of the Trinity Center. Register online at trinitysc.org/artheart. mission supplies, transportation and daily lunch) Cost is FREE! The first class of Vernon Scholars, including Graham Chapman, Ellie Riegel, Grace Ann Roberts, and Joe Setzer will begin their ministry with us on September 7, with a special commissioning service during the 11:15am Holy Eucharist in the Cathedral, followed by a reception on the front lawn to welcome the Scholars to our community. Next month in the Newsletter, look for details on the Scholars projects and how YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY you can be a part of this exciting ministry with the University of South Carolina. Drinks & Discussion - NEW LOCATION YAMS Drinks & Discussion will be at the Kraken Gastropub at 2910 Rosewood Drive on Tuesday, July 15 at “In Dialogue with Each Other” and other Adult Formation 8pm. The theme will be “Why did Jesus have to die for me?” The cross is probably the most recognizable This fall Trinity will offer “In Dialogue with Each Other,” the diocesan curriculum on same-sex symbol of Christianity, but what purpose does it really serve? What does it really mean? Why does it matter? blessings at two separate times: Wednesdays at 6:00pm and Sundays at 5:00pm. Also, during the fall Guest Adam Salloum, Intervarisity USC Campus Chaplain, will help facilitate our discussion. Note the new Sunday school semester, Walter Edgar will teach on Trinity Episcopal Cathedral’s history, Canon Emily location and come to enjoy delicious food and $2 draft specials! Hylden will teach on the art and architecture of cathedral buildings throughout Europe, and Dean Jones will teach on raising children of faith and character. More details will be in our next newsletter! YAMS Float Trip For just $15 a person, you can spend the afternoon of July 12 drifting down two miles of picturesque waterway in a rubber tube Keenan Chapel Service now at 11:30am on Sunday. — and experience a little whitewater adventure too. The bigger rapids are upstream from the launch site near Riverbanks Zoo, but Beginning Sunday, June 29 and contining through the summer, the Keenan Chapel Service will begin at 11:30am. you’ll still get a taste of Class I and II rapids in the first 20 minutes of your float trip. We’re talking mild ripples — nothing a small child couldn’t handle. 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