Forward in faith
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On
Saturday, June 13, our vestry gathered at All Saints' Church for a day of
retreat and visioning. We reviewed the Task Force Reports and began to
prioritize our next steps. We organized
our discussion around staffing changes, ministry and programmatic changes and
capital improvements to the physical plant.
We then determined funding sources to be either from regular giving in
the annual budget, and those initiatives that could only be achieved through a
capital campaign.
Some of
the recommendations from the Task Force Reports are already being addressed and
will be in place by our fall kick-off.
Other recommendations, however, require more intentional planning and a
long-range vision. To ensure that we
proceed responsibly, it is the consensus of the vestry that we secure the
services of professional consultants to guide us. We have a wealth of "in house" knowledge and
expertise, but we felt it in the best interest of our common life to use outside
consultants.
Consultants
are needed to address acoustics and lighting within the sanctuary, landscape,
signage and exterior lighting, interior aesthetic, Information Technology and web site, the organ
and liturgical space. This will give us
the information we need to make wise and prudent decisions. The cost for the consultants could reach
$50,000. Though this is a significant
sum, we feel it is the proper course of action to ensure we move forward
wisely. Thus far, we have received
$25,000 in support of this effort.
Please prayerfully consider a gift to help us take this most important
next step.
Finally,
there is the ongoing truth that we need to strengthen our annual
stewardship. The support of every
parishioner on an ongoing and consistent basis is vital to our success. In addition, for our long-term success, we
need to raise awareness of planned giving and significantly grow our endowment
funds.
The
vestry and I will keep you informed as things progress. My intention is to present a detailed plan in
the fall. During this process, it is our
desire to be completely transparent.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you
for your prayers and support, as together in Christ we move forward in faith.
In
Christ,
Paul+
I welcome your comments! Please click here
to reach me.
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| Worship & Education
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
(Proper 8)
Click here for this Sunday's Lessons
8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite I
(Traditional Language, no choir)
Sunday morning childcare, for infants to 3-year olds, is available upstairs in the Nursery in Room 202 from 9:45 a.m. until the conclusion of the 10:00 a.m. service.
10:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
(Contemporary Language with summer choir)
Please meet and greet one another in fellowship and enjoy God's wondrous creation--otherwise known as summer! Enjoy ice tea and lemonade in front of the church entrance after BOTH the 8am and 10am services.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
12:10 p.m. Holy Eucharist with homily.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
5:30p.m. Holy Eucharist with prayers for healing
The church is open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. weekdays for meditation and prayer.
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June 28th
8:00 a.m.
Reader: Juliana McIntyre
Acolyte: Peter Brennan
Chalicists: Curtis Hoberman, Noreen Duncan, Peter Nalen
Ushers: Juan Carlile, Ted Kane
10 a.m.
Reader: Sylvia Temmer
Intercessor: Bill Hackett
Verger: James Scott
Ushers: Brett Boal, Robert Hurlbert, Verna Matthews, John Tomasulo
Chalicists: Mary Cullen, Denise Gordon-Miller, Steve Isham, Nancy Metcalf
Acolytes: Matthew Asir, Rachel Asir
Audio: Michael Unger
8:00 a.m.
Reader: Bruce Woodger
Chalicists: Ann Zultner, Bruce Woodger, Steve Isham
Ushers: Tom Cooper, Bill Vogt
Acolyte: Irving Newlin
10 a.m.
Reader: Louise Dunham
Intercessor: Judy Lowry
Verger: Juliet Richardson
Ushers: Bill Burks, Grant Fraser, Robert Gunther-Mohr, Robert T. Hall III
Chalicists: Louise Dunham, Ira Lackey, Jim Phillips, Beth Walker
Acolytes: Ann Laughlin, Lily Leonard, Jack Patterson
Audio: Brett Boal
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| A Message of thanks from Bishop Councell
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June 23, 2009
Dear Friends:
This comes to catch you on the way out the door to your Summer- before life's pace in households and parishes changes for a while. It comes with a simple message and heartfelt intent. That heartfelt, simple message is: Thank You
Reflecting upon recent deliberations with our diocesan Task Force on Restructure, let me tell you again what you already know- the economic realities of this year and next are difficult. Despite those realities, I write to encourage you and
Thank You
The Vision Initiative of 2009 for our Diocese is Spiritual Renewal. A clear evidence of spiritual health and spiritual renewal is generosity. The way in which so many have been generous and faithful in their commitments to the ministry of our Diocese is more humbling than words adequately can convey. Personal and corporate sacrifices have been made for this generosity, and I know it. So does the Task Force on Restructure. We need this generosity now and will continue to need it in the future.
A special thanks goes to those parishes that are paying their full Fair Share. I am grateful for such faithfulness that loves God's Church so much. Testimony to the goodness of God in the lives of our parishes is clear.
That's why I'm writing to say
Thank You
Keep well. Rest as you each and all are able. Know that you are and remain close at heart.
Right Onward!
The Rt. Rev. George E. Councell
Bishop Councell (left, and above) greeting Trinity parishioners after Confirmation in 2008.
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| Becca Olsson, Piano Instructor
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 You love to hear her sing, now you can take piano lessons from her.
Becca Olsson is teaching piano instruction, and here, in her words, are the details:
PIANO
TEACHER Princeton &
Lawrenceville studios
PLAY
WITH: Alignment, Freedom, Balance, Ease
- 8 years
experience as a teacher/collaborative pianist
- Currently on
staff at Westminster Choir College
- Bachelor of Music
Education from Westminster Choir College
- Trained
in Suzuki philosophy and Taubman Technique (the
Taubman technique solves problems related to pain and fatigue in
playing)
FOR
DETAILS:
Call 609-651-7202
or email beccaolsson@yahoo.com
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There are over 1,000 young men
living in this Youth Correctional Facility 25 minutes from Princeton
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There is
a tremendous need for
volunteers to lead a program from 5:30pm to 7:00 pm,
Monday through
Friday evenings at AC Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Bordentown (photo). The male
inmates are from 18 to 32 years old and are eager to have a class in whatever
the volunteer would like to teach (onecan
tutor one-to-one, or teach a large group working on one subject). Volunteers can choose what they would like to
teach - art, history, GED, singing, composition, etc. An administrator at AC Wagner will work with
volunteers and they are very flexible about the subject matter.The inmates have asked for programming and
are eager to participate. These are
forgotten people that need our help.
All
volunteers have to clear a background check and materials must be approved as
well.
AC Wagner is about 25 minutes from Princeton. It would be great if two volunteers wanted to
teach a class together.
For more information, please contact Aline Haynes at 609-466-0884 or
haynesaline@gmail.com
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Register by THIS SUNDAY
for Vacation Bible School
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Trinity will be hosting the All Saints'/Trinity Vacation Bible School this year the week of July
13th - 18th from 4:30-6:30pm each day. Children 4 years
old through entering 4th grade are invited to come and participate as
Jean Prall Rosolino, director of the YouthStages drama program, and Trinity
volunteers help to lead the week. The cost is $25 for the first child in a
family and $10 for each additional child. There will be an optional field trip
on Saturday, July 18th to see the 2pm show of "Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dream Coat" at Mercer County
Community College. The VBS
registration fee covers the cost of this optional outing. Please sign-up for
VBS by Sunday, June 28th. To register contact Jennifer Parker
Wrzeszcz at jenniferpw@trinityprinceton.org.
Looking forward to your child joining the fun!
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Senior Youth to Voyage all the way to Philadelphia on July 26-August 1
There is a place for YOU on this trip!
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This
summer the Senior High Youth Group will be traveling all the way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
We will be working with Broad Street Ministry. At Broad Street our young people will not only be working with the homeless, but they will also be
working with and learning from clergy who will present poverty
and homelessness as institutional social inflictions.
The trip will
be from Sunday July 26-Saturday August 1st. The cost is $400.00. All Trinity Youth from rising 10th graders up are invited to participate. For further
information please contact Michael Lovaglio at michael.lovaglio@ptsem.edu
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| Vacation Bible School Needs a Musician & Cardboard Boxes
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Vacation Bible School (VBS) needs a volunteer piano
or guitar accompanist. Our Kids of the Kingdom VBS
needs help with the opening and closing music times. If you play piano or
guitar and are able to accompany and/or lead songs, we would love to have you as
part of our VBS team! Vacation Bible School is July 13th
-17th from 4:30-6:30pm. Please contact Jennifer Parker Wrzeszcz (jenniferpw@trinityprinceton.org
or 609-924-2277 x108) if you're interested in helping the kids praise God
through song. Thanks!
Cardboard boxes
(any size), egg containers and paper towel/toilet paper tubes
are needed for Vacation Bible School. Please save these items at home
and bring them into church for the Kids of the Kingdom VBS. Donations can be
dropped off in the box on the table outside Father Paul's office. Thank
you!
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Attention Trinity teenagers!
Register by July 11th!
Travel with Brook Richards to
Mississippi to help with Hurricane Katrina Recovery
July 25 -August 1
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Attention High Schoolers ages 16 to the 12th grade!
It's not too late to join a service project in Mississippi that you will remember for the rest of your life. The Diocesan
Youth program is going on their annual mission trip July 25 through August 1.
We'll be going to Long Beach, Mississippi and continuing the rebuilding after
Hurricane Katrina. We will be housed and fed at Camp Coast Care and working at
different sites during the day. Registration deadline is Saturday July 11. Go
to www.newjerseyyouth.org/mission_trip
to register. For more information, please call Brook Richards at 609.651.6063 or email him at brookrichards140@gmail.com |
Summer Schedule for
E-Pistle Publication
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 Please email your Trinity news
to Alison Roth rotha@trinityprinceton.org by 10am Wednesday, the day before we send our Trinity news out to over 300 homes. Here's our summer email publication schedule for E-Pistle.
Remember, never on a Sunday, always on a Thursday:
July 9, July 23, and August 6
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June 13th Vestry Retreat:
Focus on Task Committee Reports
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Please read "Forward in faith",
by our rector,
the Rev. Paul Jeanes,
for a report on the Vestry Retreat
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Trinity Sunday Picnic
Photos on Display in
Receptionist's Lobby
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Photography by Robbie Ellsworth and Alison Roth
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Can you embroider?
And how do you feel
about rabbits?
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This beautiful embroidery project is thisclosetobeing
finished. Would you like to complete the rabbit so it can be sold at the St. Nicholas Bazaar? If so, please email Alison Roth at rotha@trinityprinceton.org.
If you're crafty, Parish Oriiginals
would like to talk to you about
joining them and/or completing some projects at home for this year's bazaar, which is just around the corner on December 5th. Please email Sylvia Temmer at
sbjornberg@aol.com to learn more about Parish Originals. And of course if you knit, we have the Trinity yarn collection at Trinity now, so please contact Alison Roth to arrange a time to stop in and pick out yarn and needles to knit a scarf or sweater, because the rain
is good for flowers, movie-watching and knitting.
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Summer Office Hours
are Monday-Thursday, 9am-4pm and
Friday, 9am - 3pm
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Summer
Changes at Trinity!
- Remember-church
is at 8am & 10am on Sunday! Ice tea and lemonade are served in front of the
church entrance after both services beginning June 14th
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The office
is on summer schedule: Monday - Thursday, 9am to 4pm; Friday, 9am to 3pm. Our
desk volunteers are in from 1pm - 3pm, and staff will answer phones in the
morning.
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E-Pistle
will be published every other week; it will still be emailed to you on
Thursday.
Paul Jeanes
502-802-2116
Anne Marie
Richards 609-651-3217
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Would You Like a
Trinity Name Tag?
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Please wear your name tag during church (all services, so we can recognize you and remember you at Evensong and Compline, as well as Sunday morning services. Please email parish administrator Annie Thomas (thomasa@trinityprinceton.org)
if you would like to have a Trinity name tag!
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Deadline for the Next E-Pistle and Service Leaflet is WEDNESDAY,
10 Am, June 24th
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Look for your next issue of E-Pistle in your email box on EVERY OTHER THURSDAY DURING THE SUMMER. Please keep sending your news for E-Pistle to Alison Roth at rotha@trinityprinceton.org
Not sure if your news goes into E-Pistle? No
problem! Send everything to Alison, who will direct your information to
the proper person, and keep reading E-Pistle to follow the parish life
of Trinity Church,
33 Mercer Street,
Princeton, New Jersey.
Telephone 609-924-2277
Fax 609-924-9140
www.trinityprinceton.org
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Why not have it sent to a friend? Please send the email address to thomasa@trinityprinceton.org
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