Upcoming Events
Passion Narrative Rehearsal
12 p.m. Sun., March 9 Nave
Vestry Meeting
6 p.m. Mon., March 10
Comer Center
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
7:30 p.m. Mon., March 10
Library
Bill McKibben Lecture & Book Signing
7 p.m. Tues., March 11
Nave
Finance Committee
7 p.m. Wed., March 12
Comer Center
No Preschool Classes
Thurs., March 13
Worship Committee
4 p.m. Thurs., March 13
Conference Room
Lenten Series (The Rev. Martha Sterne)
7 p.m. Thurs., March 13
Tisdale Hall
Parents' Night Out
6 p.m. Fri., March 14
Nursery
No Preschool Classes
Fri., March 14
Acolyte Workshop
9 a.m. Sat., March 15
Nave
Baptism Workshop
10 a.m. Sat., March 15
Comer Center
VIew more events on the online parish calendar.
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Worship - March 9
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Readings
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 130
Romans 8:6-11
John 11:1-45
Eucharistic Ministers
8 a.m.
Acolytes
Adrian Wazlavek
Leah Lowndes
Lector
Mabel Goehe
Intercessor
Nedra Roberts
Epistoler
ShirleyGrace Madajewski
Chalice Bearers
Mabel Goehe
Nedra Roberts
Eucharistic Visitors
Paul & Johnnie McPhail
Ushers
Joe Foley
Bob Reynolds
Altar Guild Leader
Desree Ambris
10:30 a.m.
Verger
Russ Gipson
Acolytes
Christian Ashmore
Kate Hardin
Laura Lowndes
Heidi Merk
Allan Myers
Leah Myers
Lector
Renee Huie
Epistoler
Holly Parks
Intercessor
Barbara Thompson
Chalice Bearers
Norm Werling
Pat Lowndes
Belinda Watkins
Greeters
Glen Carlile
Juliet Turnet
Daisy Whitaker
Ushers
Mayo Moses
Dan Pennywell
Dick Kephart
Interpreter
Caroline McNeel
Altar Guild Leader
Desree Ambris
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Weekly Events
WORSHIP
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
8 a.m. Sundays
10 a.m. Wednesdays
Chapel
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
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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 Daylight Savings Time Begins This Saturday!
Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed on Saturday night (or you'll be late to church!)
 Donations for Easter Music & Flowers
Donations for Easter music & flowers must be received by next Monday, March 17 for the names to be printed in the bulletins.
Please
email this form to Sarah Christian (christian@htparish.com) and mail your check to the parish
(or fill out the hard copy version of this form that you will find
in your Sunday bulletin).
Your name(s) exactly as to be listed: _________________
Daytime phone: _________________________
Please designate:
____ Flowers: gift amount $______
and/or
____Music: gift amount $_______
Please designate:
___ In loving memory of____________________
___ In thanksgiving for _____________________
Bill McKibben Talk & Book Signing Tuesday
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.
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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.
3/16 - Palm Sunday
 Next Sunday is Palm Sunday! Details below. Note that the 10:30 service will begin EARLY next week, with the palm procession at 10:00 in the Glennwood Academy parking lot.
8 a.m. The Holy Eucharist with blessing of palms and reading of the passion gospel, in the chapel
10:00 a.m. (note early time!) The Liturgy of the Palms will take place in the parking lot of Glennwood Academy, across the street from Holy Trinity. A palm procession led by bagpipes will lead worshippers into the church for The Holy Eucharist with the reading of the passion gospel. A musical reflection will follow the reading.
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.
Readers Needed for Good Friday Stations of the Cross
 We will walk the stations of the cross outside on the plaza at 1 p.m. on Good Friday (immediately following the noon service). We need fourteen readers - please sign up on the sheet in the parish office if you are willing to read. You may sign up for the station of your choice.
 3/22 - Baptism at Easter Vigil
The next date for Holy Baptism will be at the Easter Vigil service on Saturday, March 22 at 8 p.m. There will be a baptism workshop for all those participating on Saturday, March 15 at 10 a.m. in the Comer Center.
If you are interested in participating, contact Fr. Allan Sandlin at sandlin@htparish.com.
4/12 - Organ Recital at Spivey Hall
On Sat. April 12 at 3 p.m., there will be a recital at Spivey Hall featuring the four very gifted organ students of Alan Morrison from The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Alan grew up at Holy Trinity, was confirmed by Bishop
Sims, and feels extremely close ties with his home Church, where his
parents are members (Don and Jeannine Morrison). Alan is now head of the organ deptartment at Curtis and is a Curtis Graduate, having earned degrees in organ and the master's degree in piano, chamber music and accompanying. Alan is under management and has played recitals in many parts of the world. For ticket information, contact Spivey Hall at 678-466-4200.
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PARISH LIFE
THIS SUNDAY - Tea Funds Meeting
 A meeting to decide what ministries the proceeds from the English Tea will support will be held in the Gaylord Room this Sunday, March 9 following the 10:30 service. Everyone who worked and supported the tea is invited to attend.
Calling All Episcopal
HAM Radio Operators!
 Dwight Ogier, the Bishop's appointed representative for disaster
coordination, is seeking Episcopalians in the diocese who have a HAM
radio call sign. An emergency net of communications in the diocese is
being established. This net would function similar to ARES and PACES.
Please send your call sign and e-mail address to
dwightogier@bellsouth.net or 770-886-1408.
3/23 - Easter Breakfast
 Plan now to attend our annual Easter breakfast. It will be served in Tisdale Hall from 8 - 9:30 a.m. on Easter Day (March 23). The meal will include fresh fruit, cheese grits, sausage casserole, biscuits, cinnamon rolls and juice. The cost is $4 for adults and $2 for children.
3/27 - DATE CHANGE for Seniors in Action trip to Carlos Museum
The visit to the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the Emory campus has been changed to Thursday, March 27. (There was a conflict with the March 13 date and the last night of the Lenten series.) 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.
4/5-Daughters of the King
 The Daughters of the King will meet on Saturday, April 5, at 9:30 a.m. in the Gaylord Room. We will begin with coffee time and light refreshments; the meeting will follow at 10 a.m.. We will include prayer time, sharing time, and our monthly program, discussion of the book by Barbara Brown Taylor, Home by Another Way. 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.
4/14 - Feminist Theological Reflection Group
The FTRG will meet Monday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. in Tisdale Hall. Please bring a dish. Carole Fulghum will present a program on "Who Is The Real Mary Magdalene?" All women of the parish are invited. Contact: Mayo Moses, 404.633.0012.
4/18-20 - Episcopal Marriage Encounter Weekend
 Marriage Encounter is 44 hours where married couples can get away from jobs, kids, chores, and phones and focus only on each other. If you'd like greater depth, growth, and enrichment in your relationship, you'll like the difference an Episcopal Marriage Encounter weekend can make! The next weekend is April 18-20. For more information or to register, please contact: Ron & Connie Bergeron, 770-951-1411, atlantaeme@earthlink.net or go to www.stcatherines.org/atlantaeme.
4/19 - Decatur Earth Day Celebration
On Saturday, April 19 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., the City of Decatur, along with Decatur Recreation and Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, will host an Earth Day celebration in Harmony Park (corner of East Lake Drive and Oakview Road, Decatur).
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. 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
New Faith in Life Class Begins This Sunday
 The
spring Faith and Life class, which meets Sundays at 9:15 a.m. in
the Gaylord Room, is using John Westerhoff's book,Living Faithfully as a Prayer Book People,
as a resource to explore life centered around the Book of Common
Prayer. This class is excellent for newcomers, for those who seek
baptism, confirmation or reception into the Episcopal Church, and for
those who simply want to learn more about the Episcopal Church. With
the use of Westerhoff's book, the course is also intended for church
members who want to explore Anglican spirituality. Contact Father
Deneke for more information at deneke@htparish.com or 404.377.2622.
Lenten class offering: Everyday Faith for Men
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 - Some Pragmatic Thoughts in Conclusion
This Thursday, March 13, as the final session of our Lenten series on Christian ethics, the Rev. Martha Sterne will join us to offer "some pragmatic thoughts in conclusion." She will include in her remarks some thoughts about the ethics of caring for others without losing yourself. Martha is associate rector of Holy
Innocents' Atlanta and author of Earthly Good: Seeing Heaven on Earth
and Alive and Loose in the Ordinary: Stories of the Incarnation. 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.
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YOUTH & CHILDREN'S FORMATION
3/16 - Thank God it's Sunday!
The next TGIS youth event will take place on March 16 (Palm Sunday) from 4:30 - 6 p.m. in the Comer Center. Come and enjoy games, good food, and a short program. No RSVP necessary - just come and bring a friend. Please bring $3 per person for dinner. Contact Chris Bray with questions. 3/23 - Easter Egg Hunt
 Calling all egg enthusiasts! Our annual HTP Easter Egg Hunt will be on Easter morning, March 23, at 11:00 a.m. at the Comer Center and playground. The egg hunt is open to all children ages 2 to 8. Participants will be divided into three age groups before the egg hunt begins. Children should bring their own baskets to collect the eggs. Snacks, goodie bags, and prizes will be given. Adult and youth volunteers are needed along with donations of candy and snack items. For more information, please contact Chris Bray at the parish office.
3/29 - Youth Host a Special Dinner
 The youth of HTP are hosting a very special dinner on Saturday evening, March 29 at 6 p.m. in Tisdale Hall. The menu will consist of spaghetti, salad, bread, drinks, and fabulous desserts! Tickets will be on sale after both Sunday services starting March 9, and they must be purchased in advance. Adults- $7; children- $4; family maximum- $20. Proceeds will benefit the HTP youth fund, which makes possible such life-changing events as the Urban Adventure and the Pilgrimage. Thank you for your support!
2008-09 Episcopal Young Adult Internship Programs - Application Deadlines March 15
Do you know any young adults (ages 22-30) who are still searching for their vocation? Encourage them to apply to one of the Episcopal Church's Domestic Young Adult Internship programs! These internships, which range in length from 9 to 12 months, offer young adults the opportunity to take a year in intentional discernment, community living, and service. Our communications coordinator, Tracy Wells, is a graduate of one of these programs -- Resurrection House in Omaha, Nebraska -- and would be happy to talk to anyone more about her experience. Or, you can read this piece she wrote for the Diocese of Atlanta's Young Adult e-news about her year in Nebraska. Domestic Internships:
Boston, MA / The Micah Project
Chapel Hill, NC / Johnson Intern Program
Los Angeles, CA / Episcopal Urban Intern Program
New York, NY / New York Intern Program
Omaha, NE / Resurrection House
Spokane, WA / Watermark
Washington, DC / Trinity Volunteer Corps For more information, see the national church website or contact the Rev. Douglas Fenton, staff officer, Young Adult and Higher Education Ministries, 1-800-334-7626, dfenton@episcopalchurch.org
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OUTREACH
United Thank Offering
 Are you remembering to drop coins of gratitude in the UTO box sitting on your desk at work or on the kitchen table? If you haven't picked one up yet, those little boxes are available in the narthex this morning for you to take one home. And while you're visiting the UTO display, take a moment to write a note of thanks on a post-it note and add it to the board. You'll enjoy looking over the thanksgivings already posted on the board. Each Sunday a sampling of these will be included in the prayers of the people, reminding us all to give thanks to God for showers of blessings.
THE CLEAN WATER PROJECT IN HAITI
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. (One well costs $4,075.) To date over $21,000 has been contributed by Holy Trinity parishioners. Contribution envelopes are available in the narthex. For more information, contact Susan Hunsinger, Millennium Development Goals chairperson or Ed Buckley, Haitian Clean Water Project coordinator, at 404.373.1903.
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 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!
3/29 - Decatur Electronics Recycling Day.
 Don't throw away those old electrical items such as: cell phones, cameras, personal computers, or even electric weedeaters! Be good stewards of the earth and recycle them at Decatur's spring 2008 electronics recycling event, to be held Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Decatur High School parking lot (corner of N. McDonough Street and Howard Avenue). We regret that we will NOT be able to accept televisions and microwave ovens. Last fall's event resulted in 66 tons of electronics diverted from the landfill, where they may contaminate soil and water. For additional information, contact Chris Carroll at 404.388.0023.
Electronic Equipment for Recycling:
Desktop computers, Telephones, Mini-towers, Telephony equipment, Laptop computers, Adding machines, Monitors, Calculators, Servers, Typewriters, Workstations, Label makers, Keyboards, Copiers, Mice, Fax machines, Joystick game controllers, Answering machines, Printers, Printer cartridges, Digital cameras , Zip drives, Batteries, Speakers, PDAs, Pagers, VCRs, Hubs, DVD players, Routers, Cable converter boxes, Scanners, Remote controls, Digital projectors, Stereo equipment UPS units, Radios, Main frames, Portable CD players, Component parts, Portable game players, Cables,
GPS receivers, 3-in-1 devices, printer/copier/fax machines.
Other Items:
Mercury thermometers and thermostats, clean Styrofoam free of foreign objects (peanuts, packing blocks, plates, cups, trays), any kind of battery.
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By the Way...
Note from Tracy Wells:
Saw this article on Episcopal Life and wanted to share. Exciting news!! I know most of the Nebraska folks quoted in this article from my year in Omaha last year, and I actually served on a committee of the Omaha Tri-Faith Initiative. There's exciting stuff going on in the Diocese of Nebraska! Also note that there are apparently plans underway to open a national church regional office here in Atlanta!!
Omaha cathedral, Nebraska diocese welcome Church Center regional office
Ecumenical, interfaith relations among emphases; Epting to join work in Midwest
February 25, 2008 [Episcopal News Service] Omaha's Trinity Cathedral and the adjoining offices of the Diocese of Nebraska have provided space for an Episcopal Church Center Regional Office to open later this year with specialization in ecumenical and interfaith relations, and congregational life.
"We are enthusiastic about the many opportunities that having an office in the heartland will offer," said Linda E. Watt, the Episcopal Church's chief operating officer.
"Our goal in opening the regional offices is to connect our staff directly with Episcopalians around the country, in order to enhance the communication about, and cohesion of, our various ministries," Watt said.
Bishop C. Christopher Epting, the Presiding Bishop's deputy for ecumenical and interfaith relations, will continue in this capacity and relocate to the Midwest. Epting was previously bishop of the Diocese of Iowa.
Omaha's Tri-Faith Initiative -- a partnership of the Omaha's Temple Israel, the American Institute of Islamic Studies, and the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska -- offers a unique resource to the Episcopal Church's interfaith work, said Anderson, who noted that the three entities are exploring a plan to co-locate houses of worship on an interfaith campus.
The Omaha site joins the Church Center's new configuration of five regional offices, including Los Angeles and Washington D.C. Arrangements to finalize two additional offices in Atlanta and Seattle continue.
Opened on January 2, the Los Angeles office is located at the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, 840 Echo Park Avenue. The Washington office -- the site for some 25 years of the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations -- is located on Capitol Hill at 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Introduced as part of the ongoing reorganization of the Episcopal Church Center staff, the regional offices continue to complement work based in New York City at 815 Second Avenue.
Click here to read the full article at Episcopal Life Online.
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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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