Service of
Lessons and Carols
at 11am on December 27th
at the Princeton University Chapel
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Service
of
Nine Lessons and Carols
with the
Choirs of Trinity Church and
brass and
timpani
Princeton University Chapel
(incense will be used at this service)
There is no 11am service
at Trinity Church
Our Readers
The Rt. Rev. George E. Councell
VanLeer Davis
Devon Fitzgerald
Doug
Forrester
The Rev. Sarah Kinney Gaventa
Robert J. Hurlbert
Dr. Elaine
Pagels
Rolanda Smith
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About this year's
Christmas Eve Liturgy
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With the changes to our worship space, I feel it most
appropriate to celebrate the Eucharist on Christmas Eve from the High Altar
area for the 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. services. I believe that on the two major
feasts of our church year, Christmas and Easter, this is a wonderful addition
to our worship experience and restores a proper reverence, respect and use for
our High Altar. In addition, practically
speaking, this also allows for additional seating in the church for our most
heavily attended services.
In regard to the reception of Communion, due to the size of
our glorious choir and space limitations receiving communion from the altar
rail at the High Altar simply is not possible.
There will be five communion stations: center of main transept, the
north transept, south transept, at the minor crossing (mid-nave), and in the
chancel for the choir.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (jeanesp@trinityprinceton.org)
Peace,
Paul+
* Please note that we will use incense at the 11:00 p.m. service.
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
The first Sunday after Christmas
Click here for this Sunday's Lessons
8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist, Rite I
(Traditional Language, no choir)
9:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist (Rite II)
(Contemporary Language; no choir)
This morning there is Children's Chapel for ages 3 -9 years old.
There is no Child Care, Christian Education or Adult Forum Hour on December 27th
There is no 11am Service at Trinity;
please join us at 11am at the Princeton University Chapel for the annual service of Lessons and Carols on the first Sunday after Christmas Day (please see story on the right)
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
12:10 p.m. Holy Eucharist with homily.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
5:30p.m. Holy Eucharist with prayers for healing
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. |
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December 27th
8am
Acolytes: Lynne Davis, Van Davis
Chalicists: Mary Cullen
9am
Acolytes: Lily Leonard
Ushers: Connie Brown,
Chalicists: Anne Burns, Grant Fraser, Verna Matthews, Sylvia Temmer
11am
Princeton University Chapel
Ushers: Ruth Scott, Costa Papastephanou, Peter Bonette, Spencer Reynolds Jr., Robert von Zumbusch, JB Smith, Noreen Duncan, Rick Ober, John Shea,
Thurifer: James Scott
Verger: Juliet Richardson
Acolytes: Ann Laughlin, Lily Leonard, Christian Schade
There is no 11am service at Trinity; we hope to see you at the Princeton University Chapel for the service of Lessons and Carols. |
E-Pistle on Christmas Break!
Next E-Pistle on January 7th
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Our next deadline will be Wednesday, January 6th at 10am.Have a safe and joyous Christmas!
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Education for Ministry reunites
alumni on January 19th
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"A group of
former Education for Ministry (EFM) participants is organizing a monthly meeting
for alumni of all ages of the Education for Ministry. Many of us who have taken
the program feel an absence in our life once we have completed. Please join us
for our inaugural meeting on January 19th from 7:00 to 8:30 in the Flemer Library,
where we will catch up with old friends, get to know new ones, and plan for the
future. We would like to propose a gathering every 3rd Tuesday of the month,
except July and August. We anticipate a variety of activities, including but not
limited to theological reflections and other EFM related discussion and, of
course, good fellowship. Alumni from all periods are warmly welcome, even if
you took the program many years ago. Please join us January 19th, or if you
can't make the first meeting, contact Ildiko Antal at IldikoA@comcast.net or Frank Ordiway
at Frankway414@gmail.com to let us know you are
interested."
- Ildiko Antal
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Thanks for the beautiful
(and tasty) Advent Brunch
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Kudos to all who helped at Advent Brunch! Wow! Beautiful decorations, great
food, and a speedy cleanup.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
- Carol Brooks Thomas
Parish Life Chairperson
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Mercer Street steps for Pierce Hall entrance being repaired
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The parish building's Mercer Street stone steps (where rummage shoppers line up) are being repaired for the next two weeks; to provide another entrance, the parish office entrance door on the circle will be left unlocked until 9pm for the two week period. If you have questions, please contact Annie Thomas, our parish administrator, at
thomasa@trinityprinceton.org
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See LeBron for just $25 on January 2nd!
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Attention! Youth Group: Nets vs Cavaliers. Saturday, January 2nd at 1PM. We
will meet at Trinity Church at 11AM. Please come with $25.00 for your ticket.
Rsvp by December 27th to Michael Lovaglio at
lovagliom@trinityprinceton.org
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Your 2010 Pledge envelopes available in the receptionist area
after Christmas Day
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Worship leaders for
the Christmas Season
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December 24th
12noon
Acolytes: Lily Leonard
Ushers: Robert Hurlbert
Chalicists: Sylvia Temmer, Bev Scollay
Reader & Intercessor: Sylvia Temmer
4pm
Acolytes: Jack Patterson
Ushers: Dan Haughton, Bill Vogt, Marybeth Barber, Sophie Glovier, Jonathan Barber, Brett Boal, Nina Boal, Eva Boal
Chalicists: Donna Laessig, Peter Nalen, Catie Newcombe, Bev Scollay
Audio: Brett Boal
8pm
Verger: Richardson
Readers: Dana Klinges, Michael Stebbins
Intercessor: Donna Laessig
Acolytes:Brad States, Dan States, Julia Saltsman
Ushers: John White, John Shea, Michael Gehret, Randy Currier, Kyle Currier, Guy Pierson,
Christian Cooper, Tom Cooper
Chalicists: Connie Brown, Mary Cullen, Don Mann,Nancy Metcalf, Jim Phillips, Bev Scollay
Audio: Charles Anene
11pm
Thurifer: James Scott
Verger: Juliet Richardson
Readers: Juliet Richardson, Julie Denny
Intercessor: Bill Hackett
Acolytes: Malcolm Richards, Christian Schade, Maddie Schade
Ushers: Tim Munoz, Stu Duncan, Noreen Duncan, Jovi Tenev, Ruth Scott, Robert von Zumbusch, Pete Bonette
Chalicists: Eric Baldwin, Donna Laessig, Denise Gordon-Miller, Maureen McCormick, Sylvia Temmer, Phil Unetic
Audio: Brook Richards
December 25th
10am
Acolytes: Gil Quinton
Reader & Intercessor: Tom True
Ushers: Spencer Reynolds, Robert Gunther-Mohr
Chalicists:Curtis Hoberman, Ann Zultner
December 27
8am
Acolytes: Lynne Davis, Van Davis
Chalicists: Mary Cullen
9am
Acolytes: Lily Leonard
Ushers: Connie Brown,
Chalicists: Anne Burns, Grant Fraser, Verna Matthews, Sylvia Temmer
11am
Princeton University Chapel
Ushers: Ruth Scott, Costa Papastephanou, Peter Bonette, Spencer Reynolds Jr., Robert von Zumbusch, JB Smith, Noreen Duncan, Rick Ober, John Shea,
Thurifer: James Scott
Verger: Juliet Richardson
Acolytes: Ann Laughlin, Lily Leonard, Christian Schade
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A Note on this Sunday's readings by Gordon Graham
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Gordon's notes on the lectionary readings return in January. Thank you Gordon!
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Come watch the
The Blessing of the Plough, 6pm, Plough Monday, January 11th,
in front of Trinity Church
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Our Services
for the Christmas Season
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Christmas Eve,
December 24
12 Noon
Holy
Eucharist with Carols
4 pm
Holy
Eucharist for children of all ages
8 pm
Festival Eucharist with Combined Choirs
11 pm
Festival Eucharist with Combined Choirs and Choir Alumni
(Incense will be used)
Please Note: The 8 pm and 11pm
services are preceded by a half-hour of Christmas music.
Christmas Day,
December 25
10 am
Holy Eucharist with Carols
The First Sunday after Christmas, December 27
8am & 9am
Holy
Eucharist
at Trinity
Church
11am
Service
of
Nine Lessons and Carols
with the
Choirs of Trinity Church and
brass and
timpani in
Princeton University Chapel
(incense will be used at this service)
There is no 11am service
at Trinity |
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December 20th
Christmas Pageant
(snow!) postponed;
new date to be announced
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"Love In That Stable
Was Born"
Trinity choir's new CD
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| | Our new Trinity Choir CD is the recording from the Lessons and Carols service at the Princeton University Chapel from Christmas 2008. It was just released 2
weeks ago and is the finest one so far, according to Kim Adams, a Trinity choir Mom and terrific choir volunteer. The CD cost is $15 for one and $25 for two.
You can email Kim at eka4704@att.netto reserve a copy. |
Do you wish to be baptized?
The next service of Baptism at Trinity Church will be on
January 10th
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On January 10th, Trinity Church
will celebrate the service of Baptism; if you, your child, or a family member wishes to be baptized, please
contact
the Rev. Paul Jeanes at jeanesp@trinityprinceton.org
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Running with the Rector
returns on January 6th
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If you are new to running with the rector and would like to join the group on January 6th, please just check in at the receptionist's desk at 9:30am that morning.
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Spiritual Growth through Music
January 9th at Trinity Cathedral
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Lead by The Rev. Phil Carr-Jones, this workshop retreat, from 9am - 3pm at Trinity Cathedral in Trenton, is free and open to clergy and parishioners. Sponsored by the Right Onward Vision Committee - Spiritual Renewal Initiative.
To learn more, go to
http://www.newjersey.anglican.org/MI/index.html#musicretreat
To register, go to spaige@newjersey.anglican.org
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Parish Directory Photos
December 26th has openings
from noon - 8pm
Sign up for your FREE family
photo by going to our Trinity website and scheduling a
FREE photo shoot for the
Parish Photo Directory
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Please make sure to get your picture taken for our Trinity family album
(aka. the directory).
It won't be complete without YOU!. Thanks,
Paul+
To schedule your FREE photo session,
click www.trinityprinceton.org
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Here's more information:
Photographs are taken in Pierce Hall. You get to choose the photograph for the directory, looking at your selection from a computer screen. If you decide to purchase any extra photographs, 10% of the purchase price is donated to Trinity Church. Questions? Please email Annie Thomas
at thomasa@trinityprinceton.org
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Lauren Davis Writing Class
encore beginning
January 12th
"Creating Character Emotion"
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Writer-in-Residence at Trinity Church, will be holding creative
writing classes at the church January 12, 19 & 26, from 6:30-8:00. Cost is
$100.00
Beads of perspiration. Fluttering stomach. Tapping toes. Okay,
there's no doubt the character is nervous, but isn't there a less clichéd, more
vivid way of showing it? You bet. In this class we'll look at a variety of
emotions and learn how to evoke them. Anger, hope, fear, confusion, jealousy,
forgiveness, and others-by examining both good and not-so-good examples, and
through writing exercises, we'll learn how to "show" these emotions using
original, vivid language.
For more information, please contact Lauren B. Davis at
Lauren@LaurenBDavis.com.
Class size is
limited to 12 students so please register early.
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Poets here on January 21st
for Trinity Reading Series
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I'm very exciting to report that on Thursday, January 21,
2010 poets Diane Lockward (photo) and Keith O'Shaughnessey will visit us as part of The
Trinity Church Reading Series. 7p.m. in the George Thomas Room.
Diane Lockward is the author of What Feeds Us (Wind Publications, 2006)
which received the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize. She is also the author of
Eve's Red Dress (Wind Publications, 2003), and a chapbook, Against
Perfection (Poets Forum Press, 1998). Her poems have been published in
several anthologies, including Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World's Most
Popular Poetry Website and Garrison Keillor's Good Poems for Hard
Times. Her poems have also appeared in such journals as Harvard Review,
Spoon River Poetry Review, and Prairie Schooner, and have been
featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer's Almanac. She
is the recipient of a 2003 Poetry Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council
on the Arts and has received awards from North American Review, Louisiana
Literature, the Newburyport Art Association, and the St. Louis Poetry Center. A
former high school English teacher, Diane now works as a
poet-in-the-schools.
Keith O'Shaughnessy teaches English at Camden County College in southern New
Jersey. His poems have recently appeared, or will soon be appearing, in
Columbia Magazine, Measure, Sixty-Six: The Journal of Sonnet
Studies, and Able Muse. His first chapbook, "Carnaval," was
published last Summer by Pudding House Press, and his second is due out shortly.
He lives in Princeton.
A reception will follow the readings.
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Bishop's Ball on Friday,
January 22nd
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When: Friday, January 22, 2010
(advance tickets available until January 21, 2010)
Where: Trinity Cathedral in Trenton
Begin: 8:00 PM End: 12 Midnight
Who: 9-12 graders and their adult sponsors
(Churches coming as a group are asked to bring one adult for every 5 youth)
Ticket Cost: $15 each in advance ($20 each at the door)
Dress: Semi-Formal (Optional)
High Schoolers and their adult sponsors are invited to join us for the 51st
edition of New Jersey's Diocesan-wide tradition of gathering for music,
dancing, food, and fun! The evening begins with a high energy concert
by The Sloan River Project. A melding of talent from Virginia,
Tennessee, and North Carolina, SLP toured the southeast extensively in
the summer of 2009 and brings a creative mix of originals and covers to
the stage with energy, humor, and spirituality. A big dance follows
complemented by food and space to hang out with Bishop Councell and
friends from all over the diocese! A great night for good cause!
All proceeds from Bishops' Ball will go to Camp Lebanon in Lebanon, NJ
(host site for Diocesan Youth Events)
To purchase tickets online, go to
the diocese website
http://newjersey.anglican.org/.
For more information, contact
Canon Kep Short at
kshort@newjerseyyouth.org
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Collecting NOW for the
40th Annual Rummage Sale;
And we break for Christmas!
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40th Annual Trinity
Church Rummage Sale on
Saturday, February 13th Rummage can be dropped off weekdays, 9am-5pm, but
Thursday is preferred as our rummage team sorts on Friday mornings. The last
day to donate rummage is February 1st;
we'll also stop from
December 17th -January 3rd for
Christmas! Tax receipts will be available at the receptionist desk from January 4th to the sale date.
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Our Parish 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
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 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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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.
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33 Mercer Street,
Princeton, New Jersey.
Telephone 609-924-2277
Fax 609-924-9140
www.trinityprinceton.org
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