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Upcoming Events
Honduras Trip Meeting
12 p.m. Sun., Feb. 17
Comer Center
Labyrinth
6 p.m. Sun., Feb. 17
Tisdale Hall
Taize Service
7 p.m. Sun., Feb. 17
Tisdale Hall
PRESCHOOL CLOSED
Mon., Feb. 18 (President's Day)
Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk Meeting
6:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 19
Comer Center
Lenten Series (Dr. Theodore Weber)
6:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 21
Tisdale Hall
Diocesan Ministry Fair
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat., Feb. 23
Cathedral of St. Philip
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Worship - Feb. 17
The Second Sunday of Lent
Readings
Genesis 12:1-4a
Psalm 121
Romans 4:1-5, 13-17
John 3:1-17
Eucharistic Ministers
8 a.m.
Acolytes
Molly Shortell
Alex Dunn
Lector
Mabel Goehe
Intercessor
ShirleyGrace Madajewski
Epistoler
Virginia Evans
Chalice Bearers
Mabel Goehe
Nedra Roberts
Eucharistic Visitors
Paul & Johnnie McPhail
Ushers
John Leonard
Bill Skinner
Altar Guild Leader
Sue Motz
10:30 a.m.
Verger
Scott Miller
Acolytes
Anna Rose Gable
Olivia King
Brian Kinkade
Lora Moore
Kate Winn
Mary Margaret Winn
Lector
Liz Grant Hilton
Epistoler
Jack Boyan
Intercessor
Belinda Watkins
Chalice Bearers
Barbara Thompson
Jack Boyan
Mary Ellen Moore
Oblation Bearers
Holly Parks
Brenda Hattaway
Greeters
Kim White
Meg Carver
Interpreter
Tomina Schwenke
Ushers
Bill Clark
James Achiber
Lewis Thorp
Conne Ward-Cameron
Altar Guild Leader
Sue Motz
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Weekly Events
WORSHIP
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
8 a.m. Sundays
10 a.m. Wednesdays
Chapel
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:30 a.m. Sundays
Nave
Altar & Flower Guild Set-Up for Worship
9 a.m. Saturdays
ADULT FORMATION
Christian Formation
9:15 a.m. Sundays
Bible Study
11 a.m. Wednesdays
Gaylord Room
YOUTH FORMATION
Sunday School
9:15 a.m. Sundays
Comer Center
Faith Factory Rehearsal
6 p.m. Wednesdays
Comer Center
Preschool
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
MUSIC
Handbell Choir
5 p.m. Wednesdays
Sue Hall Choir Room
Adult Choir
7 p.m. Wednesdays
Sue Hall Choir Room
Pipe Band Rehearsal
7:00 p.m. Thursdays
Tisdale Hall
SUPPORT GROUPS
Al-Anon
7:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Conference Room
Al-Anon for Men
7:30 p.m. Thursdays
Conference Room
Nicotine Anonymous
12 p.m. Saturdays
Conference Room
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THIS SUNDAY - Honduras Trip Meeting
Our
weeklong trip to the Agalta Valley of Honduras is scheduled for July 26
- August 2. We will hold a meeting in the Comer Center this Sunday,
Feb. 17 after the 10:30 service for those who are interested in going. We need a firm commitment this Sunday for those who want to go! In the weeks following the meeting a deposit will be necessary to secure your spot. Contact: Charles Absher, cabsher@comcast.net, 678-333-0149.
You're Invited to Learn More About
THE CLEAN WATER PROJECT IN HAITI
Sunday, Feb. 24 at 9:15 a.m. in the Gaylord Room
Holy Trinity is pleased to begin supporting the Clean Water Project in Haiti in cooperation with Food for the Poor, a global relief organization. Thanks to this exciting initiative, 55,000 - 75,000 people in Cap-Haitien and Port au Prince have clean drinking water now. (Formerly, they relied on rainwater collected in open ditches near sewage.)
A similar project for 13 wells in Port de Paix is under construction, scheduled for completion this spring. Funding from Holy Trinity will provide thousands of people, including many children, with clean water. The vestry has committed close to $5,700 from the parish Clean Water Fund for this purpose. (One well costs $4,075.)
Offerings for the project are welcome, as we focus on global outreach in this way during the season of Lent. (Look for special envelopes through March or designate "Clean Water Fund" on your check made payable to Holy Trinity. All donations to the fund through March will be designated to the project. This is in addition to the $5,700 already committed.)
For more information, contact Ed Buckley at 404.373.1903.
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WORSHIP & THE ARTS
3/15 - Acolyte Training Workshop
in the nave on Saturday, March 15 from 9 a.m. until about noon. This session is especially for those serving regularly at 8:00, because the Palm Sunday and Easter 8:00 services are held in the nave. Also, many of you will "move up" with the next schedule after Easter. However, all current acolytes that would like a refresher and those that can help lead the training are encouraged to attend. This would also be a good chance for those teens and adults that are interested in the acolyte ministry to learn a couple of assignment positions to begin an "on the job" training process. Contact: Tommy Lowndes, 404.630.2347, teel3@aol.com.
Sign Up for Maundy Thursday Sacred Watch.
A sacred watch (prayer with the reserve sacrament) will be held in the chapel starting immediately after the Maundy Thursday (March 20) Eucharist service and will run through the noontime Good Friday (March 21) service. A sign-up sheet is on the table in the parish office. Sign up to pray in one-hour time periods starting on the hour and half-hour to provide a constant presence throughout the watch period. Security will be provided during the nighttime hours, 9:30 p.m. - 5:30 a.m. Contact John Madajewski, 404.378.4277 or shirleygrace2@bellsouth.net.
3/22 - Baptism.
The next date for Holy Baptism will be at the Easter Vigil service on Saturday, March 22 at 8 p.m. If you are interested in participating, contact Fr. Allan Sandlin at sandlin@htparish.com.
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PARISH LIFE
THIS SUNDAY - Deadline to Sign Up for Foyers!
This Sunday (Feb. 17) is the last day to sign up for foyers (informal dinner groups through which you can meet and fellowship with other parishioners). Foyers groups will meet once a month through the spring. To sign up, see Dick Kephart in the narthex after the 10:30 service, or the sign-up sheet in the parish office.
Caroline Herring to Release CD at Eddie's Attic Feb. 23
 Parishioner Caroline Herringwill release her new CD, Lantana, at a show at Eddie's Attic in downtown Decatur on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. An advance review from Fish Records in the U.K. says Lantana "is a powerful, intimate low-key masterpiece... [that] will inevitably cement [Caroline] as one of the finest, authentic, singer/songwriters and storytellers on the contemporary folk scene." For more information: www.carolineherring.com
Divided We Fall screening at Emory Feb. 26, followed by Q&A With Filmmaker
 On Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m., Emory University will host a free public screening of Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath, the documentary film on post-9/11 hate violence that our communications coordinator, Tracy Wells, works with. The film's creator and producer, Valarie Kaur, will be present for a Q&A. The film will be screened at the Harland Cinema in the Dobbs Student Center on Emory's campus. For more information, see www.dwf-film.com.
Click HERE to watch a trailer of the film.
Daughters of the King Meeting March 1
 The DOK will meet Saturday, March 1, at 9:30 a.m. in the Gaylord Room for coffee and light refreshments; followed by the meeting at 10 a.m. We will include prayer, sharing time, and discussion of the book by Barbara Brown Taylor, Home by Another Way (p. 81-103), led by Nancy Boone. All women of the parish are invited and encouraged to attend our meetings and see what Daughters of the King is about! Contact: Joan Kidd, DOK President, 404-294-7384, jjkidd@msn.com, or ShirleyGrace Madajewski, 404-378-4277, shirleygrace2@bellsouth.net.
3/11 - Bill McKibben Talk & Book Signing.
Author, educator and environmentalist Bill McKibben will be at Holy Trinity on Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. to give a talk and sign copies of his latest book.
 His most recent book is Fight Global Warming Now, telling the story of organizing the largest single environmental action ever in 2007, when citizens from across the country staged a call to action for Congress to address global warming. His new book, The Bill McKibben Reader, containing many of his most powerful essays and articles through the years, is coming out on March 4, 2008.
The evening is sponsored by Georgia Interfaith Power & Light, a faith-based nonprofit seeking to engage faith communities in the stewardship of creation, particularly in the ways we generate and use electrical power, and Georgia Center for the Book.
3/13 - Seniors in Action to Carlos Museum
The next adventure for the Seniors in Action will be a visit to the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the Emory campus on Thursday, March 13. Please note the change in date. Due to the Thursday Lenten programs, we will not have an activity in February. The special museum exhibits at this time include "Lost Kingdoms of the Nile" - Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and "Excavating Egypt." The permanent collection includes objects from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Near East, and ancient Americas. All folks 60 and over are invited to participate in the Seniors in Action. More details will be included in Sunday bulletins and next month's newsletter.
Travel to Norway With Trinity Travelers!
On
the road again - to Norway, June 19-29, 2008 (ten-day trip). See the
sights - Oslo, Bergen, mountains, fjords and more. There are 20 spaces
reserved for us with Collette Tours. Brochures with the itinerary and
other information are on display in the library. Contact: Mary Van Valkenburgh,
770.387.9533.
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ADULT CHRISTIAN FORMATION
Sunday Morning Class Offerings
Class offerings are posted on the bulletin board on the second floor as well as in the Adult Christian Formation section of the HTP website. All classes meet at 9:15 a.m. A new Newcomer's Class will begin Jan. 27. Current classes are:
· The Bible: Echoes and Mirrors, Comer Center Commons
· Life In Christ, Comer Center Room 257
· Newcomer's Class, Gaylord Room
· Everyday Faith for Men, Trinity House
Men Discuss Faith in Everyday Life in New Class
A friend of mine told me recently over lunch: "On Sunday mornings, I feel connected to God and other people, but I lose sight of things pretty quickly on Monday morning." If you've ever had a thought like that and you are a man, please join us on the Sunday mornings during Lent (Feb. 10 - March 16) for a conversation about faith in our daily lives. We will have an open-ended conversation about different aspects of our lives as men who are Christian. Join Associate Rector Allan Sandlin and a team of lay leaders for the conversation. The class will meet in Trinity House. Please enter by the door on E Ponce de Leon Ave.
Lenten Series This Week - Faith and Politics
This Thursday, Feb. 21, as part of our continuing Lenten series on Christian ethics, Dr. Theodore Weber, Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at the Candler School of Theology at Emory, will talk with us about how a Christian thinks about political responsibility and action. His most recent book is entitled Politics in the Order of Salvation: New Directions in Wesleyan Political Ethics. Come for a light supper at 6:30. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. and we will finish by 8:30 p.m. Childcare will be provided.
For more on the Lenten series, see the Holy Trinity website.
2/23 - Diocesan Ministry Fair
Registration deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 19, for the eighth annual Ministry Fair, to be held Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Cathedral of St. Philip.
 Workshops this year include a wide variety of topics: successful flower guilds, building a parish library, race and reconciliation, church architecture, welcoming people with disabilities, caring for creation, ministries in Honduras and Guyana - and so much more. To review the workshop schedule, click here.
For registration information, including the opportunity to register online, click here.
3/2 - New Faith in Life Class Begins
The Faith in Life class begins Sunday, March 2. New people as well as existing church members are welcome to join. It's a wonderful opportunity to discover more about the Episcopal Church. The class meets in the Gaylord Room and is led by Father Bill Deneke.
Soldiers of Conscience Screening March 2
 On Sunday evening, March 2, at 7 p.m., we will have the opportunity to see a new award-winning film entitled Soldiers of Conscience (www.socfilm.com). The film's website describes it as follows:
"From West Point grads to drill sergeants, from Abu Ghraib interrogators to low ranking reservist-mechanics; soldiers in the US Army today reveal their deepest moral concerns about what they are asked to do in war. Their message: every soldier wrestles with his conscience over killing. Although most decide to kill, some refuse. Soldiers of Conscience reveals that far more soldiers refuse to kill than we might expect."
The Lenten series that week (Thursday, March 6) will feature a discussion of the film with our guest speakers, the Rev. Dr. Wesley Smith (Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve) and the Rev. Canon Debbie Shew.
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YOUTH & CHILDREN'S FORMATION
2/29-3/2 - HTP Youth Retreat at Camp Mikell. We will meet at HTP parking lot at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 29 and return to the HTP parking lot around 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 2. The cost is $80.00 and includes all meals and lodging. Make checks payable to Holy Trinity. All payments are due to Chris Bray in the parish office by Feb. 29. Please let us know ASAP if your youth will attend and if any parents are willing to be drivers to Camp Mikell or from Camp Mikell or both. Please email Chris Bray at bray@htparish.com if you can be a driver, and let us know how many youth you can take.
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OUTREACH
United Thank Offering Boxes Available
 Holy
Trinity will be expanding the circle of thankful people when we begin
participating in the United Thank Offering. Please look for the UTO
display in the narthex. You will be able to pick up supplies (a blue
offering box!), and contribute a thankful thought. Our spring
ingathering will be on Pentecost Sunday (May 11).
Bring Food Contributions for DEAM Every Sunday
 The Outreach Committee encourages everyone, as a discipline of the Christian life, to bring at least one non-perishable food item for DEAM (Decatur Emergency Assistance Ministry) each Sunday.
In January alone, DEAM distributed over 2.5 tons of food to those in need in our community! Food items can be placed in a basket in the library area, and will be brought forward with the other gifts during the worship service. (Sign up in the library area if you would like to serve by bringing the gifts forward during the worship service, during the offertory.)
Please bring food staples (not unusual or exotic foods), and remember healthy and special diets. Please do not bring dented cans or out-of-date (expired) foods. Older DEAM clients sometimes have health problems like diabetes and heart problems so low sodium and low or fat free foods are good. Juices are appropriate, but please, no candy or junk foods. Thanks for sharing and God bless!
Hunger Walk/Run Coming Up on March 2
The 2008 Atlanta Community Food Bank 10K Hunger Walk / Run will be Sunday, March 2 at Turner Field at 2:30 p.m., with registration beginning at 12:00 p.m. (at Turner Field Blue lot). There is no registration fee; however, there is a suggested minimum donation of $25. Last year, the Atlanta Community Food Bank distributed enough food for over 13 million meals in Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. One of the groups that benefits from the walk is Episcopal Charities. For more information, and to register online, see the Hunger Walk website.
Contact: Paul Salter, 770.493.2717, salter@htparish.com
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By the Way...
Interfaith Movement in America Digs Deeper
Efforts Shifting to Intimate Dialogue, Service Projects
By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 9, 2008; Page B09
For more than a decade, interfaith efforts have been on the rise in the United States, fueled by the growth of newer religious minority groups and by post-Sept. 11 interest in Islam. But participants and experts say a new credo is changing the movement: Go deeper.
Meeting for months in small dialogue groups. Running a joint anti-gun violence program. Taking educational trips together.
This growing wave represents a significant change in the movement called "interfaith," a transformation driven by the belief that efforts have been too feel-good, not concrete or effective enough. It favors intimate group projects and community service over largely anonymous and safe group settings, such as lectures and joint worship services that happen once a year....
Click here to read the full article.
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Have something of interest for the "By the Way" section of the E-News? Email it to Tracy Wells at wells@htparish.com.
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