SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS Agenda Item No. : 5f CC Mtg. : 05/09/2006 PROCLAMATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FOLSOM COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF FOLSOM WHEREAS, Trinity Episcopal Church of Folsom was established in 1856, the year the town of Folsom was founded, meeting in the Folsom Hook and Ladder Company hall on Sutter Street to offer spiritual respite from the often turbulent life of a Gold Rush town; and

WHEREAS, Trinity Episcopal Church in the 1860s built the second house of worship in Folsom, a Carpenter Gothic structure on Figueroa Street that is now the oldest church in Folsom still holding regular weekly services; and WHEREAS, Trinity Episcopal Church has, since 1962, operated a Thrift Shop in a historic Victorian house on Wool Street that sells used clothing and household goods to the community, donates many items to charities, and gives all the money it collects to the church for the ultimate benefit of the community; and WHEREAS, Trinity Episcopal Church in 1974 founded a food closet to help the needy people of Folsom, operating it out of members' homes and the church office until 1986, when Trinity's parish took the initiative to form the Twin Lakes Food Bank, now an independent faith-based agency that provides food and clothing to more than 1,000 people every month in the Folsom area; and WHEREAS, Trinity Episcopal Church has an Outreach Council that supports many area organizations and churches, including WIND Youth Services, which helps homeless and runaway teens, and, especially, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church of Carmichael, which serves one of the neediest neighborhoods in the Sacramento region ; and

WHEREAS, Trinity Episcopal Church, whose congregation is led by Rector Charles Cornell, Assisting Priest Teri Gilmore and Deacon Carl Johnson, is proudly celebrating its 150th anniversary on May 21, 2006, with a Sesquicentennial Street Fair and Tin Plate Barbecue, beginning with three morning services officiated by The Right Rev. Jerry Lamb, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, and continuing at 12 :30 p.m. with a free community fair. NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW J . MORIN, Mayor of the City of Folsom, on behalf of the Folsom City Council, do hereby extend commendations of the highest order to TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF FOLSOM on the occasion of its 150th anniversary and urge residents to join in observation of this sesquicentennial event. PROCLAIMED this 9th day of May 2006. I v v Andrew J. Morin, MAYOR ATTEST.'

CHRISTA SCHMIDT, CITY CLERK