Trinity Church News: Vestry nominations due in October 4th

Trinity Church E-Pistle

September 24, 2009

"The Trinity Community is stronger than it has ever been"
- Robert Hurlbert
2009 Stewardship Chairman

The Rev. Paul Jeanes is very pleased to announce that Robert Hurlbert has volunteered to lead this year's Trinity Church Stewardship campaign.

Robert and his wife, Rhonda, have been members of Trinity Church since 2002 and have two children, Katherine (age 8) and Cole (age 4). Robert and Rhonda contribute to the vitality of the Trinity community by volunteering their time for Trinity's ministries. Robert teaches Journey-to-Aduthood (J2A) Christian education to our 9^th and 10^th grade students and is a member of Trinity's Usher Guild. Rhonda is Trinity's Crisis Ministry liaison and volunteers her time in various Trinity programs throughout the year.

Robert Hurlbert and Paul Jeanes will launch the stewardship campaign during the 8am, 9am and 11am services on October 4th, and make it the focus of the Adult Forum hour in Pierce Hall following the conclusion of the 9am service.

"I look very forward to being this year's Stewardship Chair. The Trinity Community is stronger than it has ever been, and all of us should feel truly blessed by what we are accomplishing together."

Worship & Education

Sunday, September 27, 2009
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Proper 21)
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 8:45 a.m. until the conclusion of the 11:00 a.m. service.

9:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
(Contemporary Language with choir)
The 9:00 a.m. service is perfect for families with children! Children join in the opening procession and hymn and head upstairs to the Children's Chapel (Room 201). At the Peace, the children return to their families as everyone prepares for Eucharist. If you prefer to worship together as a family, children of all ages are always welcome in church.

10:00 a.m. - Christian Education for all ages!
Immediately following the 9:00 a.m. service
children have choices based on their age:

children lead the dismissal at the 9am service, and the process out the transept door and report to their classrooms for Sunday School.

Rite 13 ( grades 7-8) meet in room G18

J2A students (grades 9-10) gather in room G09 .

Sr. High students (grades 11 - 12) meet in room 111 (aka, the parlor)

For Adult Forum Hour in Pierce Hall, enjoy coffee, tea and relaxing conversation with your fellow parishioners. Introduce yourself to a newcomer, and please make sure to sign up outside Pierce Hall to have your picture taken for our Parish Photo Directory.

11:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
Note New Time!
(Contemporary Language with choir)
The 11:00 a.m. service offers a slightly more classic liturgy, with Mass settings sung by our gifted choirs. If you enjoy the rich traditions of Anglican worship, this service is for you.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
12:10 p.m. Holy Eucharist with homily.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
5:30p.m. Holy Eucharist with prayers for healing

New! Weekday Evening Prayer
5:00 p.m. Transition from your day at work or school to your evening at home by joining us for Evening Prayer, an intimate, daily, twenty minute service of readings and prayers. 5:00 PM Monday-Friday, in the chancel.

The church is open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. weekdays for meditation and prayer.

Worship Leaders

September 27h

8 a.m.
Reader: Noreen Duncan
Acolyte: Sarah Parker
Chalicists: Noreen Duncan, Nancy Metcalf, Anne Zultner
Ushers: Lynne Davis, Van Davis, Ed Metcalf

9 a.m.
Reader: Dana Klinges
Intercessor: Jean Stephens
Verger: Juliet Richardson
Ushers: Caswell Cooke, Randy Currier, Anne Elliott, Robert Fraser, John Tomasulo
Chalicists: Dee Fenton, Ira Lackey, Maureen McCormick, Donna Laessig, Phil Unetic
Acolytes: Kadri Kallikorm-Rhodes, Maddie Schade, Christian Schade
Audio: tba
11 a.m. (Note New Time!)

Reader: Julie Denny
Intercessor: Louise Dunham
Verger: Juliet Richardson
Ushers: Noreen Duncan, James Faus, Michael Gehret, John Shea
Chalicists: Ildiko Antal, Louise Dunham, Steve Isham, Don Mann
Acolyte: Lily Leonard
Audio: tba

October 4th

8 a.m.
Reader: Jonathan Craig
Acolyte: Irving Newlin
Chalicists: Curtis Hoberman, Jim Phillips, Guy Pierson
Ushers: Lewie Kingsford, Guy Pierson

9 a.m.
Reader: Nancy Hearne
Intercessor: Diane Paulsell
Verger: James Scott
Ushers: John Burns, Dan Haughton, Rob Hearne, Verna Matthews, Costa Papastephanou
Chalicists: Connie Brown, Grant Fraser, Peter Nalen, Jim Phillips, Connie White
Acolytes: Malcolm Richards, Matthew Asir, Rachel Asir
Audio: tba
11 a.m. (Note New Time!)

Reader: Rob Lanchester
Intercessor: Bruce Woodger
Verger: James Scott
Ushers: Terri Brown, Stuart Duncan, Jim Newcombe, Bruce Woodger
Chalicists: Eric Baldwin, Mary Cullen, Noreen Duncan, Denise Gordon-Miller
Acolytes: Lily Leonard, Julia Saltsman, Jack Patterson
Audio: tba

Evensong
4 p.m. (Note new time!)
Reader: Michael Stebbins
Ushers: Evensong team

October 4th lunch invitation for twenty and thirty-somethings

Twenty and thirty-somethings, join us for lunch (it's free!) on October 4th. Trinity Church is starting a monthly lunch for parishioners in their 20's and 30's. Please join us for an informal time of food and fellowship following the 11 am service every first Sunday of the month.

The first lunch will be served on Sunday, October 4th in the George Thomas room. College students are welcome! We are also looking for volunteers to provide lunch. If you or your committee/group is interested in helping to provide a meal, please contact Joanne Golann at jwgolann@gmail.com or (631) 707-3809.

Cool! October Calendar for Junior and Senior High School students

Oct. 4th Toy Story in 3-D at AMC Hamilton. Meet at 1pm at Trinity.

Oct. 11th Six Flags for Fright Fest. Meet at Trinity at 1pm

Oct. 18th Pumpkin carving and bobbing for apples. Meet at Trinity at 1pm

October 31st Halloween Party, 2-5pm,Games,candy,pizza!

Questions? Please call Michael Lovaglio,
Trinity Youth Director, at 631-747-1409 or email lovagliom@trinityprinceton.org

Unemployment help in Mercer County

Are you out of work and looking for employment, or are you an employer looking for professional staff?
Professional Service Group (PSG) is a voluntary and self managing association of professionals affiliated with the New Jersey Department of Labor. Free recruitment services and/or networking and job search assistance are provided by PSG of Mercer County.

Please join us any Monday at 10am - 12 for New Member Orientation at 26 Yard Avenue in Trenton. PSG provides:Opportunity to network with other professionals and PSG guests;

Workshops and training on resume writing, interview and job search techniques, personal skills development and more

Questions? Please contact Craig Jez (609) 292-7535, craig.jez@dol.state.nj.us
Or to learn more, go to www.mercopsg.net

A note on this Sunday's lectionary readings by Gordon Graham

At this time of year the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), from which our lessons are taken week by week, offers quite a few options. These relate chiefly to the Old Testament lessons and the Psalm. Sometimes there is a choice with respect to the Epistle, but the Gospel is always fixed.

This week one OT lesson relates the final episode in the story of Esther, the beautiful Queen who relied on her royal husband's love to subvert the malicious scheme by which the King's adviser Haman planned the destruction of her people, the Jews. The words of the Psalm appointed to be sung with it (Ps 124) reflect the outcome - 'Let Israel now say; If the LORD had not been on our side, when enemies rose up against us; Then would they have swallowed us up alive in their fierce anger toward us".

The alternative OT lesson comes from the Book of Numbers and connects more directly with the Epistle and Gospel. It too recounts a very human episode, one of those many occasions when, in the course of their wilderness wanderings, the Children of Israel complain about living conditions (this time the lack of fresh meat) and accuse Moses of having led them to disaster rather than liberation. Moses expresses to God the kind of exasperation that many clergy have often felt about their congregations - Why have you given me sole spiritual responsibility for these people?, In response to Moses' complaint, God appears directly to seventy elders.

But the impact is short lived. Only two take up the task of prophet. And yet Joshua complains about them! They are threatening Moses' special position. Moses rebukes Joshua with words very similar to those of Jesus in the Gospel reading. When John complains, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." Jesus replies, "Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us". One thing we can learn is this. The task of maintaining and spreading the Christian faith is so big and so important, it needs far more than just a few people. But by the very same token, it is a task that those of us already at work on it have to be willing to share.

Kay Roberts and Tina Blackledge being honored October 23 at
TASP dinner in Ewing

Kay Roberts and Tina Blackledge will be honored by the Trenton After School Program (TASP) for their service to the children of Trenton's West Ward on Friday, October 23rd at 6pm at the Covenant Presbyterian Church on Parkway Avenue in Trenton. Tina served for 18 years as TASP's Executive Director and Kay spent 15 years as a volunteer for the non-profit, which is an outreach program of Trinity Church. So now we will say THANK YOU to both Kay Roberts and Tina Blackledge, two people that are truly dedicated to making the lives of urban children at risk more fruitful, more devoted to education, more caring about the environment and their community and their fellow students. Tickets are $40 and can be reserved by contacting Trinity parishioner and TASP board member Bill Vogt at Wmhvogt@aol.com or 609-921-1639.

Chairs for Children and Time for TASP (please see above artwork)were two outstanding TASP fundraisers that were held during Kay and Tina's tenure with TASP.

New writing class led Lauren B. Davis
begins November 3rd

THE PROSE OF YOUR DREAMS- For three Tuesday evenings in November, Lauren B. Davis (photo) will be leading adult creative writing classes at Trinity Church. Based on Robert Olen Butler's book, FROM WHERE YOU DREAM, students will learn how to create emotion in their work, and do away with useless generality and abstraction. We will learn to write through the senses, which is the foundation of all good creative writing. Students will be expected to participate in in-class writing exercises. Open to everyone. Cost: $100. (Check should be made out to Lauren B. Davis) Place: Flemer Library. Please call Lauren at 609-430-0321 to register. Class size is limited to 10 students so please register early. November 3, 10, 17. 6:30-8:00 p.m.

THIS SATURDAY
Benjamin Franklin Frankly, a musical biography; at Trinity AT 7:30 pm

The work, Benjamin Franklin Frankly, composed by Trinity parishioner Clive Muncaster in 2005, is a light classical piece and spotlights Benjamin Franklin's life from his early years in Boston through his accomplishments as the Ambassador in Philadelphia. Performances have already been held in Oxford, England and in Philadelphia, although this performance differs from those since it has been rewritten for a string orchestra as opposed to a baroque trio.

In this performance, the Muncaster Music Makers, a non-profit organization, includes local musicians from the Princeton area and lead singers from the Trinity Church choir as vocalists. The role of Benjamin Franklin is to be sung by baritone Matthew Singer who has gained distinction across the United States as an Opera Singer.

The program will also include: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by W.A.Mozart

Suggested ticket donation is $20 at the door.

2009-2010 Trinity Reading Series debuts with Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks on October 19th

Come commune with your inner fantasy fan or gaming geek with Ethan Gilsdorf, author of the travel memoir / pop culture narrative FANTASY FREAKS AND GAMING GEEKS: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms.

The book is an exploration and celebration of fantasy and gaming subcultures. On a quest that begins in his own geeky teenage past and ends in our online gaming future, former D&D addict Ethan Gilsdorf (photo) crisscrosses America, the world, and other worlds-from Boston to Wisconsin, France to New Zealand, and Planet Earth to Middle-earth to the realm of Aggramar. He asks game-players and fantasy fans---old, young, male, female, able-bodied and disabled-what attracts them to fantasy worlds, and for what reasons, whether healthy, unhealthy, or in between. Ethan Gilsdorf, author

The event begins with a "geek trivia contest" with prizes that tests the audience's knowledge of all things Tolkien, Harry Potter, Dungeons & Dragons and more. Gilsdorf will then read an excerpt from "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks," and answer questions. Reception to follow. Monday, Oct. 19. 7:00 p.m. George Thomas Room.

Retreat with Dick and Juliana at Kirkridge October 30-November 1

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 Kirkridge's registrar, Janet. You may email her 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

Over 85 photo sessions scheduled so far! Aren't you going to be in the new Parish Photo Directory?

Parishioners can register for a photo session online on the Trinity website.

Ambient has agreed to schedule taking pictures throughout the fall and even 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.

For more information about the church photo directory, please call (609-924-2277) or email Annie Thomas.

No, this isn't a Trinity family, but Ambient does suggest we all wear dark clothing without busy patterns, just like this mystery family.

McCaffrey sales slips and used inkjet cartridge collection continues

The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton earns a percentage of the total sales of our McCaffrey receipts (not older than 6 months, please) AND
Trinity Church earns $3 for every used inkjet cartridge returned, no matter what the brand label. Please leave them in the brown wicker boxes on top of the receptionist's desk in the parish office. Thank you!

October 4th is
Hunger Sunday
The Crisis Ministry
needs us now

Did you know that Trinity Church designates the first Sunday of each month as "Hunger Sunday?"

While we certainly accept your donations at any time, these special days remind us to be particularly aware of those in need. Please remember to bring in nonperishable food items, especially next Sunday, October 4th. Food will be used by our friends at the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton. Food can be left in the red wagon in the narthex on Sunday. For food lists with heart-healthy, suggested items, click here to visit The Crisis Ministry website.

Vestry Nominations
due in by
October 4th

At the annual meeting on November 15th, the Parish will elect the Vestry Class of 2012, who will serve three year terms starting on January 1, 2010.

All pledging adult Parishioners are eligible to serve and to be considered by the nominating committee. To suggest a candidate, including yourself, please get in touch with a member of the nominating committee by
October 4.

Van Davis, chair
van_davis_625@comcast.net

Jennifer Bartell
jrsbart@comcast.net

Wendell Collins
wendellc@princeton.edu

Andrea Hyde
andrea.t.hyde@gmail.com

John Patterson
pattersonworld@yahoo.com

Connie White
connielouwhite@msn.com

Blessing of the Animals Saturday, October 3rd
at 11am on the
Stockton Lawn

Fall Clean-Up
on Saturday,October 24th
from 9am-12noon

Join our parish family (and bring your own) for a morning of fun as we spruce up the church grounds. Please bring your favorite rake, trowel and gardening gloves. Refreshments provided!

Randy Currier with son Kyle

We want to see committee photos in the new Parish Directory

Parish committees, we want to acknowledge your good work for Trinity Church by showing your faces in the 2010 Parish Photo Directory.

But first, we have three requests:

Please email a photo of your committee in action - Parish Originals members quilting, the Grounds committee planting bulbs, the Altar Guild changing the frontal linen on the Altar, etc., to Tracy Patterson by October 15th.
Please email Tracy a short description (in a Word document) of the mission of your committee
Please go online to the Trinity website and schedule a group photo to be taken of your committee by our publisher, Ambient.

And after all these
'pleases', a big thank you is in order to Tracy Patterson

(pattersonworld@yahoo.com ), who has graciously agreed to do the layout of the directory (thank you Tracy!)

Our vestry

THIS SUNDAY, at
All Saints in Princeton,
Elaine Pagels to
discuss the book of Revelation