Sunday Schedule
Christmas Day
10:00 a.m. ONLY
HOLY EUCHARIST Notes on the Sunday Bible Readings "Lectionary Notes" for Sundays (as well as major feasts and festivals) by Gordon Graham can now be found on the web at Notes Parking at PTS
Over the course of the next 30 months the PTS Library will be undergoing major renovation/construction. This will mean limited parking in the PTS lot adjacent to Trinity Church. Please do NOT park in the PTS lot during normal weekday business hours especially while school is in session. Sunday morning and weekends are fine. We will notify you any changes to this policy.
Please be respectful of the seminary's request, as we work to be good neighbors.
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Pastoral Care
Are you or someone you know in need of Pastoral support ?
The Pastoral Care Commission is a resource to support those in our community who are experiencing a time of special need. The pastoral care staff provide regular visits and comfort to those persons who are in area hospitals, nursing homes/nursing/retirement centers and shut-ins.
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Trinity Staff
The. Rev Paul Jeanes III
Rector
jeanesp@trinityprinceton.org
cell: 609-851-6989
The Rev. Sarah Kinney Gaventa
Assistant Rector
gaventas@trinityprinceton.org
cell: 609-365-0419
The Rev. Jennifer Replogle
Curate reploglej@trinityprinceton.org
cell: 985-705-6500
Tom Whittemore
Music Director
whittemoret@trinityprinceton.org
Annie Thomas
Parish Administrator
thomasa@trinityprinceton.org
Elly Matsil
Parish Accountant
matsile@trinityprinceton.org
Erique Ramirez
Sexton
Roberto Melgoza
Sexton
Joe Matsil
Sexton
Sam Greenlee
Communications Assistant
greenlees@trinityprinceton.org
Matt Gaventa
Website
matt.gaventa@gmail.com
Holly Scovell
Sacred Music Intern
33 Mercer Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
609.924.2277
www.trinityprinceton.org
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Please note that all announcements to be included in a given week's E-pistle must be submitted by Wednesday to greenlees@trinityprinceton.org
When submitting an announcement, please send us the headline, the text of the announcement, and any images that you would like included. Please do not use any special formatting in the text apart from bold, italics, underline and bullet points.
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CHRISTMAS EVE AT TRINITY
Noon Holy Eucharist 3:00 p.m. Family Service 5:00 p.m. Family Service 8:00 p.m. Festival Holy Eucharist 11:00 p.m. Festival Holy Eucharist (Incense will be used at this service.) CHRISTMAS DAY 8:00 a.m. WWFM Radio 89.1 and all national affiliates. Trinity Choir 2010 Service of Lessons and Carols
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Peace and Blessings to all
in this most holy and hope filled season!
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New Announcements
From Earliest to Latest
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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.
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Plough Monday
Monday, January 9
6:00 p.m.
The Blessing of the Plough with songs molly dances by Handsome Mollyto mark the occasion will take place on Plough Monday, 9 January 2012, 6 pm, at the front entrance of the church.
Plough Monday is the first Monday after Epiphany.In medieval times, the ploughboys were to return to work on this day to start the new ploughing season, but the day provided one last day of festivity as the ploughboys would disguise themselves and go from house to house threatening to plough up the yard if the landowners did not provide them food and drink.Trinity Church has been marking this day for many years now.Please come.
For more information, please contact Curtis Hoberman, 609.452.9373, curtish222@cs.com
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 St. Nicholas Bazaar Thank You!
The St. Nicholas Bazaar at Trinity has been a wonderful kick off to Christmas for years. It is truly a big effort and requires many hands to make it a success. So many people helped to make it a great Parish event. Decorated with silver "balloons" and candles and greens the Parish Hall set the stage for a great Preview party. New at this year's party was the chance to sign up for a progressive dinner in your neighborhood for a good food and good fun evening, which was a great success. The Preview Party will net about $20,000 for Trinity's budget.
Highlights of Saturday's sale were many of the "old favorites". Trinity Treasures accounted for more than $2000 in sales. Gingerbread Houses sold out, netting $870. Parish Originals netted $855. Topiary trees all sold with revenue of $1200. Wreaths brouight in $1665. The Bake Sale and Cookie Walk brought in $1177.50. The vendor tables netted $200 for Trinity. St. Nicholas made his annual appearance, Junior Shoppers provided gifts and toys for children to buy.
We couldn't have done it without the hard work and dedication of so many. Without volunteers, St. Nick's could not happen. As co-chairs Jennifer Hayden and I are so appreciative of the many donations, from candy for gingerbread houses to the big ticket items for the live auction. It would be impossible to list all those who helped, who donated, etc.
Just know that every hour of work, every decoration placed, every cookie baked, every dollar spent is enormously appreciated.
Thank you, thank you.
Sylvia Temmer
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Gifts to Nurture and Flourish
You can change a life and a community. Why not give a gift that could transform the lives of people living in extreme poverty around the globe? You can.
Give Gifts for Life from Episcopal Relief and Development.
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Choir Alumni Alert
The December 2011 TOCA newsletter is available on the church website. It has highlights of the choir season so far, lists of some upcoming events, and pages of news from former choir members.
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Repeated Announcements
From Earliest to Latest
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Next Baptism Date: January 8
Our next date for baptisms will be January 8, 2012. If you are interested in baptism for yourself of your child, please contact the Rev. Sarah Gaventa at gaventas@trinityprinceton.org
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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/
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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
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Ongoing Announcements
In Need of Action at Present
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A Small Volunteer Commitment can make a Big Difference at Merwick.
The Outreach Committee requests you consider to volunteer for a creative ministry to the residents of Merwick-a nursing home that has long been associated with Trinity Church. Originally the residence of the Right Rev. Paul Matthews, Merwick was donated to Princeton Hospital after his death and converted into a nursing home. For several decades, Merwick's residents have received pastoral care at the hands of our clergy and the chaplains of Princeton Hospital.
As you know, the Hospital plans to move to its new facility on the Plainsboro Road, just north of Princeton. Merwick's home on Bayard Lane has been sold. Its residents were moved during the fall to a new facility opposite the new Hospital on the Plainsboro Road. No longer is Merwick a "child" of Princeton Hospital receiving pastoral services such as worship and Bible Study. Its new location is beyond walking distance for seminarians and university students who used to make frequent visits and Merwick now suffers an isolation previously unknown.
The "old" Merwick had its drawbacks, to be sure, but the residents were close to one another and to the clergy and lay ministers who served them. Their new home is squeaky clean with state of the art equipment, but it still lacks the very thing that the residents most desire: spiritual companionship offered by such people as you and me in the form of a visit, a prayer, some news of the outside world, reading aloud, etc. They and we invite you share in their ministry to one another, to the people who care for them and to those whom they pray for beyond the walls of their Merwick home.
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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.
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Women at the Well
Wednesdays
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Flemer Library
Women @ the Well is a group of women who gather to discuss books, ideas, and their spiritual lives. We meet weekly from noon to 1:30 pm in Flemer Library. Our current book selection is "In the Sancttuary of Women" by Jan Richardson. We have a few extra copies that are in Annie Thomas' office and available for $15.
We welcome all women to come and join us. For more information you may call Martha Lashbrook at 609-466-0352 or email at lashbrook1@verizon.net
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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.
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