FIRE AT CRISIS MINISTRY!
Your help is needed! 

PS -  We're close, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.  WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP!!  Thank you to all those who have pledged their support to Trinity for 2012!  If you have not made a pledge, please do so!  Our work in vitally important and we need your help! IT TAKES ALL OF US!

MAKE A PLEDGE TO TRINITY 

  

Staff Christmas Gift

Parishioners have asked if they could express their appreciation to the parish staff at Christmas. After discussing the matter with Paul, I think that what would be most appreciated is a little extra cash.

Parishioners who would like to join this effort should send gifts by check marked "staff Christmas" to Elly or put them in the offering plate. Many small gifts will make a nice gesture. Please get your gift in before Christmas.

We are blessed with a dedicated and hardworking staff that deserves our thanks-and a check is a supplement to, and not a substitute for, a heartfelt "Thank you."

                                                        Van Davis

  

Sung Compline: a Perfect pre-Holiday Devotion

Sunday, December 18

7:00 p.m. 

As one of the most calming forms of worship, Trinity's monthly sung Compline will again salve our spirits.
 
Starting at 7:00 p.m. this Sunday, December 18, and lasting approximately one-half hour, Compline is come-as-you-are with neither homily nor collection.
 
Our freshly green-ed Church is lit by candlelight.  The air is rich with incense.   And our choir's beautiful harmonies and sung prayers combine for a "sensory best" of our Church's centuries-old traditions.  
 
It's Christmas week at Trinity, and Compline this Sunday will be a wonderful front door.   Please come by.

  

Tune Into Trinity's 2010 Lessons & Carols on Christmas Morning 

Sunday, December 25 

8:00 a.m. 

WWFM 89.1 FM 

Tune in on Christmas morning to hear last year's Christmas Lessons and Carols while you check your stockings and open presents. Here in town you can tune in at 8:00 a.m. to WWFM-FM 89.1 FM Trenton/Mercerville, but this will also be broadcast from New York through Philadelphia to Wilmington; and on all classical music affiliates nationally.   

  

Trinity has installed a new Hearing Aid Loop 

Trinity has installed a hearing loop system for people who wear hearing aids. This loop transmits sound directly into most newer hearing aids. A New York Times article  says 2/3 of all hearing aid users can take advantage of a hearing loop. Many don't know their hearing aids have this capability, and some user will have to turn on a "T-coil" switch on their hearing aid. The system works in the left front pews of the nave.

If you have a hearing aid, please take advantage of this great tool next Sunday! 

  

Personal Care Product Donations Needed 

Especially during the month of December, the Crisis Ministry gratefully welcomes personal care items for distribution to the neighbors in need who come to our Client Choice pantries in Trenton and Princeton. As food stamps do not cover personal care necessities, we keep sections devoted to personal care and hygiene products for our clients. For more details, please visit www.thecrisisministry.org  for a downloadable personal care products flier and contact Mark Smith at 609-396-9355, ext 26, or marks@thecrisisministry.org. 

  

Volunteer Opportunity in Princeton Community

Through Friday, December 16

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

The Nassau Inn is donating a large amount of furniture to HomeFront but needs help moving that furniture. Volunteers are needed, and this is a great opportunity to serve the wider Princeton community on Trinity's behalf.

For more information, see this article.

To volunteer, please contact HomeFront's Sunny at (609) 989-9417 extension 111 or sunnye@homefrontnj.org   

  

Voices Concert: Once in David's Royal City            

With well-known soprano Rochelle Ellis, the 65 singers of VOICES Chorale and the chamber group Sotto Voce, accompanied by lute, recorders and viola da gamba, will present their annual Christmas concert at the following two locations:

Saturday, December 17, 2011, 4:30 pm & 8:00 pm 

Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer Street,

Princeton, NJ 08540

Sunday, December 18, 2011, 3:00 pm

Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Road (Rte 413),

Wrightstown, PA 18940 (with silent auction)  

Tickets:

• General Admission: $20 advance sale, $25 at the door
• Children/Students with ID: $10
• Family Pass: $50 advance sale, $55 at the door.
• New Jersey Pass Holders get a 25% ticket discount for the Princeton performances.

VOICES would like to offer a few complimentary tickets to those who might not othewise take advantage of the concert. Please write to  info@voiceschorale.org. To purchase tickets, please see www.voiceschorale.org or call 609-637-9383.  

  

Benefit Concert for Zambia!  

Sunday, January 8 

5:00 p.m.

Trinity Church 

Help us support arts education in Zambia, Africa.
Former Trinity Choir Soprano Section Leader Fiona Gillespie and Westminster Choir College Graduate, Christopher Jackson, are raising money for a trip to Livingstone, Zambia where they will volunteer teaching music and arts in underprivileged schools. Part of the proceeds will also go toward helping fund a school for orphans in the capital, Lusaka.
Come for a short evening of song! Free-will donations are welcome. A light reception will follow where we will answer any more questions you might have about our trip! Thank you!

  

Epiphany Conversations

Beginning January 8th

Beginning on January 8th - the first Sunday after the Epiphany - Dick and Juliana McIntyre Fenn will lead a series of five conversations about the many facets of Epiphany.
Epiphanies are turning points when we see ourselves, others and the world around us in a new light... or when we come into a deeper sense of  our connection with others or with the cosmos. Epiphanies may also turn us to enter into a new way of life.

We will invite participants to explore various Biblical accounts and to share their personal experiences of such revelatory moments.

Conversations will take place in the Thomas Room during the Forum Hour: 10:15 - 11:00. 

  

Next Baptism Date: January 8  

  

Kinnara Ensemble Presenting: Light 

Saturday, January 14 

8:00 p.m.

Trinity Church 

Tel: 908-277-0310

Email: KinnaraEnsemble@gmail.com

Kinnara™ Ensemble, the noted chamber choir, returns to Trinity Church to present "Light," a one hour choral concert on January 14th, at 8pm. The warm and inspiring choral experience will explore how various composers have considered light, flame, sun, and stars in their music. Repertoire will include works by Brahms, Tallis, Gretchaninoff, and Paulus. A reception to meet the artists will follow. The Princeton based choir consists of 20 professional artists including Trinity singers Adam Phillips, Heather Fetrow, and Liza Juzwak, and is under the direction of J.D. Burnett. Detail's regarding tickets can be found  http://kinnaraensemble.org/upcomingconcerts 

Formed in 2008, the ensemble is a non-profit tax exempt organization, dedicated to bringing the finest choral music to NJ and providing new opportunity for the young professional choral singer.  http://kinnaraensemble.org/ 

  

Food Stamped: Screening and Discussion

Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St.

Sunday, January 29

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Free and open to the public

This humorous and award-winning documentary, directed by Shira and Yoav Potash, follows the couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet within a budget of a $1.00 per meal (per person), the approximate amount of food stamp benefits for low-income Americans. Along the way, the filmmakers consult with members of Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts and people living on food stamps. For more on the film, visit  www.foodstamped.com. Panel discussion and Q&A will include the film's directors via Skype, Julia Hicks de Peyster, a former Princeton resident and graduate of Princeton University ('86), who attempted to feed her family of five on the allotted food stamp budget for forty days, and the Crisis Ministry's Hunger Prevention Director Mark Smith. Moderator will be Liz Cohen of Yes We CAN! Food Drives, which supports the Crisis Ministry. Donations of fresh produce will be gratefully accepted at the door for distribution to the Crisis Ministry's pantries. For more on the Crisis Ministry:  www.thecrisisministry.org.

This screening of Food Stamped is part of the 2012 Princeton Environmental Film Festival and is co-sponsored by the Princeton Public Library, Crisis Ministry, and Yes We CAN! Food Drives. For information on the Princeton Public Library's film festival and for directions and parking: www.princetonlibrary.org/peff 

  

Weekday Worship at Trinity and Beyond  

Trinity is a worshiping community. Please join us in worship:

• Tuesday at 12.10 p.m.  for Holy Communion
• Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. for Holy Communion and prayers for healing
• EVERY weekday at 5 p.m. for the Order of Evening Prayer
• Service of Morning Prayer at PTS at 8a.m. on weekdays to which all are invited.  
• Sunday nights at 9 p.m. in the PU Chapel, Holy Eucharist sponsored by the ECP.  
  

   

   

    

Women at the Well 

Wednesdays 

Noon - 1:30 p.m. 

Flemer Library  

  

Adult Education Class on Genesis 

Sunday, December 18 

10:00 a.m. 

A Closer Look at the Beginning: Please join Summerlee Staten, our PTS adult education Seminary intern, for a 9-week class focusing on the first eleven chapters of Genesis. Taking into consideration the development of culture and religion in the ancient Near East, we will explore how the first chapters of the Hebrew Bible may have been understood in ancient times and how we can understand the text today. As we look at each chapter in depth, we will consider what Genesis 1-11 has to teach us about the creativity and faithfulness of God, while acknowledging various interpretations of the text through art, song and contemporary Biblical scholarship. The class will start on Sunday, September 25 in the library at 10:00am.  

  

Episcopal Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 2012 

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land-2012
Hosted by Bishop George Councell
(Attachments:  Flier - 4 pages and registration form)

EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY
Departs USA, July 23rd
Returns USA, August 5th     

Cost of the Pilgrimage-$2524 for double occupancy ($385 extra for single occupancy) - see page 4 for further information.
Fees and Airline fare are handled by:
Chris Winchell, Pinnacle Travel Services LLC,
185 S. Douglas Street, Suite 200, El Segundo, California 90245
(800) 896-3636, Fax (310) 414-0188

You can find more information and applications at the reception table in the Trinity office.