I asked you to prayerfully consider your support of Trinity Church and YOU DID!!!  Since naming the $50,000 Stewardship Challenge, we have received more than $53,000 of new and increased pledges.  Thank you!!!!  People who had never pledged to Trinity before signed a pledge card.  Others, who had already made their pledge for 2011, increased their pledge.  I feel absolutely overwhelmed with your response and generosity. 

What now?!  Well, it's time to roll up our sleeves and get to work.  It's time for us to seriously consider the questions, "What is God calling us to do?  Who is God calling us to be? Where is the Holy Spirit challenging us in NEW and BOLD ways?"  In the words of Meister Eckhart, "What is it that God wants for [us], that [we] do not want for [ourselves]?"   

I now ask you to pray!  I ask you to open your heart and soul, and give the Holy Spirit room to work.  Let us heed the words of St. Paul in his letter to the Philippians, "This one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus."  Let us now press on, forward in faith, toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call to be servants of the living God proclaiming Good News to all!!  I can't wait to see what God has planned for us! 

Again, sincere and heartfelt thanks!  I am honored and humbled by the trust you have given me to serve as your Rector. 

In Christ,

Paul+

PS - This does NOT mean, however, that if you have not pledged there is now no need to do so.  This does not let everyone else "off the hook."  Please still consider a pledge to Trinity Church, there are other obligations outside of our daily operational budget that need to be met.  We still need your support!

To make a pledge or to increase your pledge you may:

Email:  matsile@trinityprinceton.org 

Write to:  Trinity Church Finance Office

                33 Mercer Street

                Princeton, NJ 08540 

  

Every Sunday
Adult Forum Hour
Flemer Library  

Living the Lectionary, a Bible study focusing on the lectionary text of the day, now meets weekly during the adult forum hour in Flemer Library.  We will explore at least one of the texts for the day and also incorporate interpretations of these texts that have come to fruition through music, visual art, and/or church history. Please join us!

  

El Salvador Mission Trip Update 

Trinity Church is planning a mission trip to El Salvador on June 23-July 1, 2011. We will work through CristoSal, a partner organization of the Episcopal Diocese of El Savlador. If you are interested in participating and have not already done so, please contact Diane Paulsell dpaulsell@gmail.com or Trisha Thorme tthorme@yahoo.com for more information. We are estimating a total cost of the trip (including airfare)  at $1200 per person. A deposit of $300 is due by March 1.

  

Join the fabulous soprano/tenor duo Anne Fuchs and Joseph Demarest for a Post-Valentine's Day Celebration in Song!  Love duets and solos from opera, operetta, and musical theatre will be featured in this one-night performance. Bring family, friends and loved ones for an evening of fun and romance! Recital begins at 7pm, Saturday February 26, 2011 at Trinity Church, Princeton.  Admission is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.

  

Parish Life Planning Potluck @ Carol Thomas's house in Lawrenceville on February 27th at 6:00.  Please email her at Carolbrooksthomas@verizon.net for details and to RSVP.     

 

The Trinity Choir will sing Evensong this Sunday at the Edith Memorial Chapter at the Lawrenceville School. All are welcome.  

  

The Episcopal Church at Princeton University, led by The Rev. Peter French, is looking for someone to volunteer their time as treasurer for the organization.  If you are interested in being ECP's treasurer, please contact The Rev. Sarah Kinney Gaventa for more information.

  

Please join us for an Evensong service on Sunday, March 6. 

  

Rango at the AMC in Hamilton. We will leave immediately following Sunday School at 11:15. 

  

Trinity Youth will be raising money for Urban Promise in Camden with a Pancake Supper. 

  

Please join us for the Family Ash Wednesday Service on  

March 9. 

  

Fabulous cape available for rent in desirable Mercerville. Situated on a side street in a quiet neighborhood with mature trees and greenery, yet only blocks from I-295. Recently renovated top to bottom, it features 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room with a fireplace, dining room, a cozy kitchen and a huge family room. Updates include new bathrooms, new kitchen appliances & countertops, refinished wood and vinyl flooring, new carpet, new walls and ceilings, new windows and new exterior doors. Other features include a clean dry basement with outside walkout, two car garage and a covered and screened-in rear patio. Enclosed private backyard, with a hedge for further privacy. Neat as a pin. It's like moving into a new construction home that combines both modern convenience and old world charm.  

  

Spring Rummage Sale

Trinity's 41st Annual Spring Rummage Sale is now scheduled for the

weekend of April 29-30. The Spring Rummage Sale, for the foreseeable future, will be held on the last weekend of April. So please put Friday, April 29 on your calendar for the Ladies Fashion Boutique and Menswear Preview Sale, and Saturday, April 30th for the traditional Rummage sale.   

Please leave your donations on the bench across from Pierce Hall as we now collect 24/7 except for the week before Easter & Christmas.  As always, thank you for your support.

  

Senior St.Patrick's Day Luncheon

 Date:  Thursday, March 17, 2011

 Time: 12 Noon

Place: Pierce Hall

Menu: Pot of Gold Potato Soup

          Brocolli Cheese Soup

          Irish Soda Bread

          Green Goddess Salad

          Pistachio Cake

          Beverages

Program: Special Music

RSVP: Helen Bowerman @ 609-356-0277

 

Lets go Uptown!

Our Choirs will be representing our Choral tradition here at Trinity Church as they sing the Bach, St. Matthew Passion accompanied by the American Classical Orchestra. They will be singing this concert at St. John the Devine Cathedral in Manhattan. So if you fancy an early dinner and a fantastic concert we are now polling for interest from any Parishioners' who think they might like to go to the concert and enjoy the combined efforts of these fantastic Musicians and Choristers. We are suggesting that we take a coach leaving Trinity Church on Friday April 15^th at 3pm sharp to avoid tunnel traffic, dropping off outside the Cathedral and picking up immediately following the concert outside the front entrance to the Cathedral for the return trip home. The anticipated cost of this would be no more than $20 each for transport.  We will need a minimum of thirty six persons to make this work.

Tickets for the concert itself can be purchased at http://www.stjohndivine.org/,

Click news and events- Cathedral Calendar- Click the listed concert event then scroll down and click on the purchase tickets link.  

Tickets are listed as  

• General admission A = $50
• General Admission B =$35
• Students =$15 with Student I.D.

If you should be interested in this please call Annie Thomas 609 924 2277 or email Annie Thomas at thomasa@trinityprinceton.org no later than Friday March, 25^th 2011. This is a great opportunity to travel in style without having to worry about traffic, parking or your second glass of wine with dinner!   

  

The retreat will provide witness, advocacy, and prayer for justice for the people of Sudan and Darfur in this continued time of crisis and war. You will learn from guides of African Spirituality and prayer.

Leaders:   

• The Rev. Canon Martin Oguike
• The Rev. John Thompson-Quartey
• The Rev. Dr. Augustine Unuigbe
• For bios, see focsondarfur.blogspot.com 

Cost:   

• $15, includes lunch

Contact:   

• The Rev. Dr. Hugh Brown
• 609-921-2420
• Rector@allsaint.org

  

"Lectionary Notes" for Sundays (as well as major feasts and festivals) by Gordon Graham can now be found on the web at

http://rclnotes.blogspot.com/