An Evening with the
Rt. Rev. Fred Borsch on Saturday, September 19th at 5pm
Wine & cheese reception to follow
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We are blessed to begin
our year with a special guest, the Rt.
Rev. Frederick Borsch
(photo). Bishop Borsch
will join us on Saturday, September 19 at 5:00pm to discuss his most recent
book, Day by Day: Loving God More
Dearly. (The book is available
at the reception desk for $15.00.) His
lecture will be followed by a wine and cheese reception in Pierce Hall. Bishop
Borsch will then be our guest preacher at all three services and our Adult
Forum leader on Sunday, September 20.
Frederick Houk
Borsch is presently Professor of New Testament and Chair of Anglican
Studies at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Earlier he was the
Interim Dean of the Berkeley Divinity School
at Yale and Associate Dean of the Yale
Divinity School.
He is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.
Educated at Princeton, Oxford and the General
Theological Seminary, his Ph.D. degree is from the University
of Birmingham in England.
In addition to teaching posts in England
at Seabury-Western and the General Theological Seminary, he was formerly Dean,
President, and Professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity
School of the Pacific.
He was Dean of the Chapel with rank of Professor of Religion at Princeton University where he taught in the
Program in the History, Archaeology and Religions of the Ancient World.
From 1988-2000 he was Chair of the Theology Committee for the House of Bishops
of the Episcopal Church.
Contributor of essays,
articles and poetry to a number of journals and newspapers, he is the author or
editor of some twenty books. He has been a conference leader and given
university and seminary lectures at a number of institutions in this country
and abroad. In 1985, for thirteen weeks, he was the preacher for the
Protestant Hour. For further biography see "The Backyard Missionary: The
Other Bishop" in Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 11, 1999 or "Spirit Searching."
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Proper 18)
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! Enjoy ice tea and lemonade in in the parish reception area or in front of the church entrance after BOTH the 8am and 10am services.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
12:10 p.m. Holy Eucharist with homily.
Wednesday, September 9, 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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| Worship Leaders
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September 6th
8:00 a.m.
Reader: Tim Munoz
Acolyte: Irving Newlin
Chalicists: Curtis Hoberman, Ann Zultner, Bruce Woodger
Ushers: Barbara Banks, Jonathan Craig
10 a.m.
Reader: Leighton Laughlin
Intercessor: Louise Dunham
Verger: James Scott
Ushers: John Burns, Joseph Greer, Robert Gunther-Mohr, Michael Unger
Chalicists: Ildiko Antal, Mary Cullen, Maureen McCormick, Phil Unetic
Acolytes: Ann Laughlin, Kadri Kallikorm-Rhodes, Julia Saltsman
Audio: Marc Sibilia
September 13th
8:00 a.m.
Reader: Phyllis Billington
Acolytes: Lynne Davis, Van Davis
Chalicists: Ann Zultner, Curtis Hoberman, Guy Pierson
Ushers: Tim Munoz, Daphne Townsend
10 a.m.
Reader: Van Davis
Intercessor: John Sully
Verger: James Scott
Ushers: Connie Brown, John Matthews, Beth Walker, Bill Walker, John White
Chalicists: Anne Burns, Steve Isham, Fred Lynk, Sylvia Temmer
Acolytes: Dan States, Lily Leonard, Lucy Nalen
Audio: Juris Apse
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Office closed THIS MONDAY,
Labor Day, September 7th
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But the church is open
for prayers and mediatation
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Attention choir members!
Our choirs return September 13
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The 2009-2010 Trinity Choir season will be starting on
Sunday, September13th, with a 9 AM call for the 10 AM Homecoming
service. All members of all the choirs
will be participating. Please be prompt,
robed and ready to sing at 9 am in Ivy Hall, so that we may learn all the music
for the service.
Over the summer, the Choir Steering Committee, chaired by
Ann Laughlin (anibbles@gmail.com) and
Jenny Tuffy (jtuffy@comcast.net) has been hard at work getting the new
choir administration program up and
running. All information, weekly
updates, schedules, the Choir Tome, and other choir messages will be accessible
on the new Trinity Choirs Website. All
choir members associated with Trinity Choirs are asked to register on the
website. It will be password protected,
so information will not be available to the general public.
To access the website, just Google
"trinityprincetonchoirs.org. On the home
page under the tab "General" click on "Register for Season". As you will see, you can sign into more than
one "team" or choir/group. (Our website
was created for sports teams, hence the team terminology.) After you have registered, take some time to
familiarize yourself with the various parts of the website. It is a work in progress and we welcome any
suggestions. If you need further
information, please contact Ann or Jenny.
If you would like to join a choir, please contact Tom
Whittemore, Director of Music, at wittemoret@trinityprinceton.org.
Looking forward to a year glorious music!
Christine Godinez and Mom Leslie Brecknell are choir members.
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New Executive Director for
Trenton After School Program
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The board of the Trenton After School Program are
pleased to announce the appointment of Ralonda Ivy Smith (photo)as the
organization's new Executive Director on August 24, 2009. Ralonda Ivy
Smith will succeed longtime Executive Director Tina Blackledge who will
retire this fall after 18 years of leadership.
"The children of the program have truly been blessed
by Tina's leadership and service over the years," said Michael Unger, TASP Board
Chair, "and we believe Ralonda's entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to urban
education, combined with her potential to sustain TASP's welcoming and
nurturing environment, will serve the needs of our community and lead TASP and
its young students toward a successful future."
Founded in 1986, the Trenton After School Program is
a program of Princeton Outreach Projects, Inc. (POPI). TASP's after-school
and summer programs enrich children's lives, and build life skills through
educational assistance in a creative and nurturing environment. TASP serves
children in grades 1 through 8, primarily in Trenton's West Ward.
"I believe strongly that the positive character of
the TASP family is, and will always be, a pacesetter and game changer in the
West Ward community," said Smith. "It is more than an after-school program. It
is a place where children learn, grow, move on, and return to help the next
generation partake in its spirit."
Ralonda Ivy Smith has a Bachelor of Science degree
in Elementary Education from Delaware State University
and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
She has taught in the Trenton area since 1995,
most recently at Foundation
Academy Charter
School. Dedicated to
educating urban children at risk, she has a special interest in improving
reading skills. She resides in Trenton.
For More Information Contact
Mr. Michael Unger - Chairman
Trenton After School Program
801 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
ungermichael@comcast.net
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Benjamin Franklin Frankly, a musical biography; at Trinity on
September 26th, 7:30 pm
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Music by Clive Muncaster, Trinity parishioner. Please pick up a card advertising the musical at the parish receptionist's desk.
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Paul Jeanes leads Men's Retreat September 25th-27 at
Haynes Farm in Pennsylvania
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Please sign up now for the Men's Retreat to be held at Bill
Haynes farm in northeastern Pennsylvania the weekend of Sept. 25th. People
will be going up on Friday afternoon (for those who can leave early) and the
program will start that evening. Dinner will be served but people can come
anytime that evening. The retreat will be given by Paul Jeanes and will conclude
after lunch on Sunday. The farm is about a 2 and a half hour to 3 hour drive
from Trinity. Cost will be approximately $60 to cover cost of food, etc.
Space is limited. For those interested, please respond by email to Bill Haynes
at williamfhaynes@gmail.com. Directions, details
and a rough guide as to the program in the past will be sent to those who sign
up.
Okay, so this isn't exactly Bill and Aline Haynes's red barn in Pennsylvania, but it looks like it.
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Our invitation to join singles
from Nassau Presbyterian
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Are you single, divorced or widowed? The Singles group at Nassau
Presbyterian Church has graciously invited us to participate in their
activities! Join us as we make new friends and participate in the fun
activities listed below. Please contact Trinity parishioner Joanne Crain if you would like to
participate: jscrain@gmail.com
or (609)712-3485.
The first event is:
CANOE/KAYAK ALONG THE Delaware and Raritan CANAL (please
r.s.v.p by 9/10)
Saturday, September 12
12 - 2 pm (Rain
date - Sunday, September 13)
September 20th
12:30 p.m. Nassau Singles lunch meeting at Nassau Inn
October 10th Bike ride to
Frenchtown for lunch
(Please contact Joanne Crain for the details on the bike ride to Frenchtown)
October 14th
12:30 p.m. Nassau Singles lunch meeting (location tba)
November 11th
12:30 p.m. Nassau Singles lunch meeting (location tba)
November 14th Wine & cheese
December 6th 12:30 p.m.Nassau Singles lunch meeting (location to be
determined)
December Pro Musica concert at the
Trenton War Memorial with Frances Slade
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| Retreat with Dick and Juliana at Kirkridge October 30-November 1
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Scripture repeatedly calls us to various kinds of awakening. However, along the pathways to spiritual
transformation we inevitably meet some impediments, be they blindness, anxiety,
doubt, hardness of heart, or despair. During this retreat, we will explore
resources from Holy Scripture, from poetry, art, dreams and personal experience
to guide us beyond these impediments toward faith and
thanksgiving.
Each one of five sessions will include worship and conversation. In
addition to our time together, we will spend time apart in silence for solitary
reflection.
We hope that our time away will be a 'homecoming' rather than a retreat
as we awaken more readily to the presence of God in our daily lives.
Everyone is welcome! To register for this retreat, please contact our
registrar, Janet. You may email her at Janetl@kirkridge.org or call her at 610-599-4602. She is usually there from 9:00AM to
3:00PM weekdays. Thank you for your interest.
Dick and Juliana McIntyre Fenn
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Sign up for your free photo
in our new parish directory
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Signing
up for the picture taking will begin at the Parish Homecoming Picnic after the
conclusion of the 10am service on September 13th. Parishioners will
also be able to register for a photo session online, beginning on September 5th.
Ambient has agreed to schedule taking pictures into the Thanksgiving weekend of
November 27th-29th, which allows our families to include students
home from college and grandparents visiting for the holiday. Photography can be
scheduled weekdays from 2pm-9pm, Saturday from noon- 7pm, or Sunday noon-6pm.
After you
have your photo snapped, Ambient will show you the photos on a computer monitor
so you can instantly choose the image you wish for the directory. Parishioners
can order extra photos in time to create Christmas gifts. Ambient also allows
family members who are not members of Trinity to appear in the photo, as well
as the use of props, such as family prayer books, or wearing your choir or
acolyte robes. Clothing tips from Ambient are available in the parish office.
Trinity Church has not published a parishioner
photo directory since 2002. For more information about the church photo
directory, please call (924-2277) or email Annie Thomas at
thomasa@trinityprinceton.org beginning
September 9th.
No, this isn't a Trinity family, but Ambient does suggest we all wear dark clothing without busy patterns, just like this mystery family.
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Memorial Service for former Trinity Sexton
Allan Meyner
September 19th
at Trinity Church
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The time to be announced.
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Please bring a
salad, side dish or dessert to share
at the Homecoming Picnic on September 13
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Homecoming Picnic
and Volunteer Activities Fair
September 13th
following the 10am service
Please bring your covered dish
outside to the Stockton lawn BEFORE the beginning of the 10am service.
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Community art project at Homecoming Picnic
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On Homecoming Sunday, September 13th, stop by the Community Art table. Together, we will brainstorm our hopes and dreams for Trinity and translate that into something visual. Think about whether there is anything from home you want to bring that captures that kind of feeling and we'll glue it to our communal project!
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THIS SUNDAY
Hey kids! Hey parents!
Activity bags FOR CHURCH USE
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Beginning this Sunday, look for Activity Bags in church!
Activity Bags, filled with paper, crayons, lace up cards, and magnet books will be available for our youngest members. Children can pick up a bag in the narthex or side entrance to the church and use it to amuse themselves during the service. These bags are to stay within the church, they are not for taking home. We hope these Activity Bags help our youngest members (and their parents!) have a pleasant experience in church.
-Rev. Sarah Kinney Gaventa
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Students can be chalicists and readers
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Attention students in 5th grade to 12th grade:
If you are interested in participating in our 9am
service as either a reader or as a chalice bearer, please ask your parents to contact Michael Lovaglio at
lovagliom@trinityprinceton.org
or call him here at Trinity at 924-2277.
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Newcomers Packets Correction
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The Newcomers Packets are intended to help visitors and new members of Trinity Church get oriented to the many opportunities this church offers. You are certainly welcome to take a few and give them to those friends of yours who always ask you about your church, but we did not intend for them to be used for general advertising, as the last Epistle stated.
Sarah Kinney Gaventa
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Send in your photos for consideration for the new parish directory
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We'll need a photo for the cover of our new parish directory, and we'd love it if it was taken by a parishioner.
Actually, our directory will have 16 pages of copy and photographs devoted to all aspects of parish life, so we do encourage everyone to start clicking those digital buttons. We need scenes of everyday worship, community outreach, Sunday School, the choir, weddings, baptisms, our clergy, pastoral visits, and generally all aspects of parish life here at Trinity. If you have already submitted photos to Alison Roth in the past, you do not need to send in the same photo again.
But please do take some new photos.
Parishioners are encouraged to email their photos in jpeg files asap to Alison Roth at rotha@trinityprinceton.org
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Sign up for the Volunteer
Activities Fair at our Homecoming Picnic on September 13th
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Please email Alison Roth if you would like a sign and table space.
rotha@trinityprinceton.org
Remember to visit the choir table at the fair.
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Let's talk turkey
Almost time to
Turkey Trot |
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We had 200 runners and walkers in our inaugural Turkey Trot last Thanksgiving morning, and with your help, we'd like to double?, triple? that number. Benefitting the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton, the Turkey Trot raised $2,000 last year, and it also attracted many new faces - and twice as many bare legs - into our church.
We'll have more news on the Trot (new course! new finish line!) in upcoming weeks, but now we need your creativity in building the excitement, getting the juices going, for the 2009 Turkey Trot.
Here's how you can help:
- Give us email addresses to send the race forms
- Identify high school track team coaches and Girl Scout and Boy Scout leaders to help distribute race forms
- Hand out race forms to your co-workers
- Pin race forms to bulletin boards in your town library
- Ask your fitness center to display race forms and become sponsors for the race
- Ask your doctors to leave forms in their patients' lobby
- Give forms to your neighbors; ask them "What are you doing on Thanksgiving morning?"
- Tell us here at Trinity how many race forms you'll need to distribute
- If you think you'll be the
eldest participant, for either running or walking, please let us know; we'd like to acknowledge that accomplishment
- Try to top Judy and Bill Burks record of having 18 members of their family participate in the 2008 Trot !
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Run with the Rector
on Wednesday mornings
at 9:30am
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Our rector Paul Jeanes would love for you to join his Trinity running group; they buzz around the neighborhood, about 3 miles, ladies and gentlemen.
Please stop in the parish office when you arrive as everyone gathers before they trot off.
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Could you lead our Children's Worship?
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Children's Worship at Trinity During the
9:00 service, Trinity has special children's worship in the children's chapel.
We are looking for volunteers either to lead worship (We have outlines,
prayers, sermons and organists to do the music) or to be assistants to help the
leaders. If you are interested, please contact Sarah Kinney Gaventa
at
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NEXT WEEK WE RETURN TO:
Office Hours
are Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm and
Friday, 9am - 3pm
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You can always reach our clergy in an emergency by
calling them on their cell phones:
Paul Jeanes
609-851-6989
new number!
Anne Marie
Richards 609-651-3217
Sarah Kinney Gaventa
609-365-0419
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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
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Look for your next issue of E-Pistle on THURSDAY. 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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