Stewardship 2012
It takes all of us!!
Sincere thanks to all who have pledged their support!! We are slowly inching our way...but there is more to be done!!!
Total To Date
Pledges: 458
Amount: $1,189,589
Same Time Last Year
Pledges: 446
Amount: $1,247,394
Difference
Pledges: +12
Amount: -$57,805
Total to reach goal:
Pledges: 42
Amount:$85,411
2012 Goal
Pledges: 500
Amount: $1,275,000
Last Year Totals Pledges: 466
Amount: $1,260,940
Good News
There are 70 NEW pledges this year.
There are 63 people who pledged last year, but have not yet pledged this year for a total of $134,435.
To make a pledge click the link below
Pledge 2012
or email
8:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:00 a.m.
Family Eucharist, Enriching our Worship 11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Worship Leaders
8:00 a.m.
Reader and Intercessor:
Phyllis Billington
Chalice:
Curtis Hoberman
Acolyte:
Irving Newlin
Ushers:
Lewie Kingsford
Guy Pierson
Ralph Rubano
9:00 a.m.
Reader:
Liz CharbonneauChalice:
Denise Gordon-Miller
Grant Fraser
Ken Turi
Ann Zultner
Acolytes:
Jeffrey Knol
Nnamdi Achebe
Uzo Achebe
Verger:
James Scott
Ushers:
John Burne
Dan Haughton
Robert Hearne
Costa Papastephanou
Audio:
Charles Anene
Prayer Partner:
Paul Whiter
11:00 a.m.
Reader:
Tom True
Intercessor:
Jovi Tenev
Chalice:
Ildiko Antal
Noreen Duncan
Louise Dunham
Diane Paulsell
Acolytes:
Lucia Huebner
Julie Stipe
Julia Saltsman
Verger:
James Scott
Ushers:
Terri Brown
Stuart Duncan
Jim Newcombe II
Bruce Woodger
Audio:
Brian Duane
Prayer Partner:
Steve Isham
Please Note: This list of worship leaders represents the information available by the middle of the week. It may not always be correct and worship leaders should always check their official schedules.
Sunday Readings
Genesis 17:1-7,15-16
Psalm 22:22-30
Romans 4:13-25
Mark 8:31-38
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Adult Forum Breakfast for El Salvador Come hear Noah Bullock, the director of Cristosal. (Pierce Hall) "Study on Job" Summerlee Staten See article. (Flemer Library) 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
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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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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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"God comes to us disguised as our life."
- Richard Rohr
Dear Friends,
As I was sitting at the Diocesan Convention today, one of the presenters shared the words of Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, "God comes to us disguised as our life." At times in our lives we ask ourselves, "Where's God?" At times we go on spiritual pilgrimages in search of God. Other times we are quite certain that God is nowhere to be found.
God, however, is everywhere! God is in the comings and goings of our lives. God is in our hopes and disappointments. God is where we expect while at other times God is found in the last place we would ever look. God comes to us disguised as our life.
Why disguised? Well, I guess that's where faith comes in. Obvious and clear would be too easy, and what fun would that be? Eyes of faith, a heart that's open, a longing soul can see through the disguise and reveal the "true identity" of God that is always present, always near even when we believe that to be impossible.
In this season of Lent, we need not go far or embark on a great spiritual quest for an encounter with the Holy One. Simply look at your life, listen to your life, be present in your life, and you may be surprised at who's always been there but you never noticed - God!
God - disguised as your life.
Peace,
Paul+
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Lent at Trinity Church
Wednesdays in Lent:
5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist
6:00 p.m. Dinner
6:40 p.m. Program
7:30 p.m. Compline
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
How do we live as faithful Christians in our society? What is the role of faith within society? How does our faith speak to current social, economic and political issues? Does faith have a place in the public discourse?
Week 2 (March 7):
IMPLICATIONS OF A TRIUNE GOD FOR A PREDATORY WORLD: The Politics of Sex, Violence and Poverty
Doug Forrester
Week 3 (March 14):
IN GOD WE TRUST: Our relationship with money and economic policy.
Jonathan Adams
Week 4 (March 21):
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Grayson Barber
Randall Currier
Robert S. Fraser
Nancy S. Hearne
Jovi Tenev
Week 5 (March 28):
CHRISTIAN INVOLVMENT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Dr. Ellen Charry
For Pre-K-2nd Graders
Join Camille Quinton in the K-1 Sunday School classroom as we explore different types of crosses and their meanings this Lent.
For 3rd Graders and Older
Join Sarah Kinney Gaventa in the 2nd Grade Sunday School classroom as we work on a performance for the Good Friday family service!
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New Announcements
From Earliest to Latest
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Evensong this Sunday
Sunday, March 4
4:00 p.m.
Please join us this Sunday for our Evensong Service.
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Memoir Group at Trinity
Are you interested in being part of a memoir group? We will write parts of our own story, hear from others, and share in reflecting on them together. Please contact the Rev. Jenny Replogle at reploglej@trinityprinceton.org if you are interested. Time and frequency of meeting will depend on response.
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Our Second El Salvador Benefit Breakfast
Come Meet Cristosal Director, Noah Bullock
THIS Sunday, March 4, 2011
8:15-11:30 am
Pierce Hall
Our first breakfast in December was a big hit and we raised over $2000 for Foundation Cristosal, Trinity's partner in El Salvador. Cristosal is dedicated to community development in San Salvador and in several rural villages and is inspired by the Anglican vision of solidarity, justice, tolerance, and inclusion. Please join us again to enjoy a delicious breakfast prepared by Team El Salvador and come meet Noah Bullock, Cristosal's Executive Director in El Salvador. Trinity Outreach is committed to raising funds for relief efforts and ongoing aid to Foundation Cristosal.
Suggested donation of $10 per individual and $20 per family (100% of your donations will go to Foundation Cristosal).
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Make it Meaningful...
Be a One Table Café Sponsor
We are now in the season of Lent and for many of us that means giving up something we like or giving up something which causes us pain - moving on and forgetting. Perhaps this year, however, the Lenten season could mean doing something good for someone else or for many others - doing something for the greater good of our community.
Gathering together to ensure a common good for our community is what Trinity's One Table Café is all about. One Table has recently celebrated its first anniversary and is proud of its success. As a result of that success, One Table is now hosting lunches on Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's of most weeks, as well as our Friday night dinner on the 3rd Friday of each month.
To be able to continue those meals and to do something for the greater good of our community, we need your support. Please consider becoming an underwriter or sponsor for a One Table event. We have many levels of support and you can always partner with a friend or colleague. The underwriting levels are as follows:
- Major donor: $1,000.
- Lunch sponsor: $500.
- Table sponsor: $100.
- Fixed cost sponsor: $25 - $99.
We also have specific underwriting goals (tangible objects needed primarily to make life in the kitchen more efficient).
As our Curate, Jennifer Replogle said, "something miraculous happens when we break bread and share it." Help us to break bread and share it with others in our community and think of doing something different for Lent this year, your support will make a difference.
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Youth Group
Every Sunday evening
5:30 Eucharist
6:00 Confirmation class or Bible study
6:45 Dinner
Come join us for fun and fellowship!
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Save the Date! 20s-30s Group Brunch
March 11
The 20s-30s group is starting up again with a brunch following the 9:00 a.m. service (approximately 10:15 am) on Sunday, March 11 in the George Thomas Room. Come enjoy good food and fellowship! For more information, or to be added to the 20s-30s group email list, please
contact Joanne Golann at jwgolann@gmail.com.
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Trinity Supporting
Young Adult Service Corps
Missionaries
Meet Sam and Carrie Diáz-Littauer who will be leaving for Geneva, Switzerland this spring as missionaries from the Episcopal Church's Young Adult Service Corps
Sam and Carrie will be at Trinity on Sunday, March 25. We will introduce them at all three services and they will be speaking during the Adult Forum. Please visit their web site (http://diazlittauer.wordpress.com/), meet them on the 25th and prayerfully consider your support for this missionary effort. (When was the last time Trinity supported a missionary team?)
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Please Join us for a Forum with Darrell L. Guder
Mission: What It Is and Isn't
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 10:00am, Pierce Hall
Darrell L. Guder is the Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. His many publications include "The Continuing Conversion of the Church" (2000), "The Incarnation and the Church's Witness" (2000), and "Be My Witnesses" (1983,2003). His translations from the German of Otto Weber's "Foundations of Dogmatics" and, with his wife Judith, of Karl Barth's "A Theology of the Reformed Confessions" are seminal landmarks in reformed dogmatics. An internationally-renowned lecturer and distinguished scholar of missional and reformed theology, Professor Guder earned his Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg, Germany.
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Thank you for your Generous Donations!
We're now on a roll, so please keep those donations coming!
Kitchen and household goods, books, linens, toys, electrical items, jewelry, small furniture, treasures and works of art for the Boutique, and clothing for all ages, tastes, sizes and seasons are keeping the Rummage volunteers busy every Friday - thank you! Donations for the traditional Spring Rummage Sale on Friday/Saturday April 27/28 are accepted 24/7 except for the week before Easter and can be left on the bench outside Pierce Hall. Donation receipts are available at the Reception Desk during church office hours. Thank you from the Rummage Committee
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Repeated Announcements
From Earliest to Latest
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Spring Clean-Up Day
Saturday, March 24
9 a.m. - noon
(Rain date March 31)
Please join in!
LOT'S TO DO! Fun jobs for grownups and kids to choose from, like mulching and planting, weather-proofing our benches, and general clean-up. Coffee, cider, doughnuts, treats, and even more cookies than last year! A good time readying the church grounds for Easter. Bring gloves, rakes, wheelbarrows if you can, or whatever tool you think might helpful. Some will be available to borrow. In case of heavy rain, check your email. If its just a drizzle, we're on!
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 Bishop Councell's Visitation May 13 Adults interested in Confirmation, Reception, or Reaffirmation
Bishop Councell will be joining us at Trinity Church on May 13 for a visitation to include the rites of confirmation, reception and reaffirmation. In preparation I asked that you join us each Sunday for the Adult Forum at 10:00 a.m. We are working our way systematically through our Eucharistic liturgy to learn how our liturgy shapes our Anglican identity, our faith and our Christian life. If you are interested, please contact Fr. Paul. |
 Searching For The Light Illuminating Us All Epiphany Conversations: Final Conversation
The Final Conversation with Browns/Fenns will take place Monday evening, Feb. 27, at 7:00 p.m. at 34 Edgehill St.
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GAIA-Trinity Partnership: Mkanda Mobile Health Clinic Fourth Quarter Report
This fourth quarter 2011 report is informative and provides an update on the medical care assisted by Trinity in Malawi. We encourage you to read the report to appreciate the activities on the ground, including intriguing metrics (page 5), observations of patients visits, and new challenges.
"New Challenges"
As a consequence of the global recession, the Malawian government's ability to care for its citizens has been compromised. Previously the government made basic medicines (antibiotics and antimalarials) available through government-sponsored clinics. However, a shortage of foreign currency means that government-run clinics are not able to supply these medications. In some areas government clinics lack HIV test kits and antiretrovirals are being rationed on a two-week rather than monthly basis. We are monitoring the situation closely to see if any of our MHC clients experience difficulty accessing their ARV medications, and if so, we will work with the District Health Office to resolve the issue." To read the full report, click here for the PDF, or here for the DOCX.
Also view an intriguing video of bed nets to evade Malaria being introduced to villagers. To see video click here.
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Let's Do Lunch at Trinity's Popular One Table Café
Beginning Monday, Jan. 30, the One Table Cafe will be open for lunch from 12 noon-1:00pm every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (with a few exceptions). Just like our monthly dinner program, this is a "pay-what-you-can" restaurant. Besides visiting yourself, and encouraging friends, co-workers, and neighbors to come, you may want to volunteer. Please consider this valuable ministry if you are available from 10:45am till 2:00pm on any of the dates listed here. You can volunteer to come for one day, or on a more regular basis. We will have paid staff to guide you. Contact: Angeline Sturgis, sturgie@hotmail.com
Volunteers Needed:
ˇ Mar 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30,
ˇ April 2, 4
ˇ April 6 - Friday No Lunch
ˇ April 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18,
ˇ April 20 - No Lunch (One Table Café Dinner)
ˇ April 2, 25, 27 ( M,W, Fri) No Lunches
ˇ April 30
(and more dates in May and June)
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Got Summer Plans?
Consider a Mission Trip to El Salvador
Trinity Outreach is considering another mission trip to El Salvador in summer 2012. The trip would likely be for 7-8 days, including 2 travel days and would be coordinated by our mission partner Cristosal. The trip will involve visiting communities that are working with Cristosal on a variety of community development projects. Families with teens age 16 or older are especially welcome! Estimated cost is $1200-$1500 per person, including airfare, lodging, food, and transporation while in El Salvador. For more information, please contact Diane Paulsell (dpaulsell@gmail.com) or Trisha Thorme ( tthorme@yahoo.com) by January 31, 2012.
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Trinity Companions
Trinity's ministry to residents of Merwick Nursing Home has been rekindled, thanks to a number of you who have responded to the Outreach Committee's plea. Already, we hear of the pleasure that these visits bring to people who need companionship and conversation. The number of residents who attend the monthly Eucharist Service has greatly increased. The staff on the floor tell us that our visits have made a huge difference; we see it in the faces of the people we greet.
Our visits to residents have been made during the day and early evening, privately in residents' rooms or in the dining room where all gather. We encourage visitors to briefly record their visits in a loose-leaf notebook at the front desk so as to inform other visitors about who was visited and when. Please let us know, if you have not already done so, of your interest in joining Trinity Companions.
So far, the following wonderful people have become involved: From the Altar Guild, we thank Mary Alden and Donna Laessig. We thank those who have already volunteered to be companions: Loretta Cooper, Dulcie Bull, Judy Lowry, Leanne Gentile, Robin Gilbert, Thalia Mingo and Don Mann. We thank any of you who would still like to join Trinity Companions. You will find this ministry very rewarding
Please contact us at 609-924-5931 or julianamcintyre@gmail.com
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"Praying Our Story"
Lenten Retreat at Grace-St. Paul's, Mercerville
Our Holy Scriptures are filled with stories of ordinary people living their
ordinary lives and finding themselves met there by a covenant God of
unconditional love. Their experiences shed light on ours. For that to
happen, we have to be present to our day-to-day moments, expect that God will show up, and cultivate a heart aware of and ready to notice God's love at work in our experiences. This retreat morning will offer specific guidance toward finding God as vibrantly alive in our own real-life stories:
Saturday, March 10, 9 to noon, at Grace-St. Paul's Mercerville
(www.gracestpaul.org), led by Sr. Rita Woehlcke, SSJ, a longtime spiritual director and retreat leader focusing on the moments of our lives where God finds and partners with us. No required fee, though donations toward support of the retreat leader gratefully accepted.
RSVP to parishoffice@gracestpaul.org
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Lenten Icon Workshop
Maureen McCormick, Trinity parishioner and long-time student of the Prosopon School of Iconology, will offer a workshop for beginning students of the ancient sacred art of iconography. Each student will complete an icon of St. Michael the Archangel using the same natural materials and techniques as have been used for centuries: carved wood boards prepared with gesso made from chalk and glue, finely ground clay, pure gold leaf, and ground mineral pigments in an emulsion made from egg yolk. As iconography is a spiritual discipline as much as a sacred art, the underlying theology and symbolism of the icon will be equally emphasized. Previous artistic experience is helpful but not necessary. The workshop will consist of seven Tuesday evening sessions, plus two Saturdays. Step-by-step instructions and all necessary materials will be provided. For more information, click here.
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Adult Education Class: Reflections on the Book of Job
Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in the Library
Please join Summerlee Staten, our PTS adult education seminary intern, for a 14-week class focusing on the first 14 chapters of the Book of Job. This class will consider the theological implications of Job as well as the various works of art that have been influenced by the book. Utilizing film, visual art, music and drama, the class will consider how the church has interpreted the story of Job and how this deeply philosophical text can still speak to us today. This class begins next week on Sunday, January 15 at 10:00am in the Library.
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Ongoing Announcements
In Need of Action at Present
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Vacation Bible School - Volunteers needed!
If Trinity is going to host Vacation Bible School this summer, at least six volunteers are needed:
1. Event Coordinator 2. Snack Coordinator 3. Outdoor Games Coordinator 4. Storytime Coordinator 5. Music Coordinator 6. Craft Coordinator
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Children and Youth Ministry Committee needs members!
Are you interested in the formation of the children and youth of this parish? If so, The Revs. Sarah and Jenny invite you to join the Children and Youth Ministry Committee, which meets monthly after church. This committee prays for our children and youth, selects curriculum to be used in Sunday School, plans fellowship, worship, and educational activities, brainstorms ways to support parents, and more!
If you are interested, please contact The Rev. Sarah Kinney Gaventa at gaventas@trinityprinceton.org or The Rev. Jenny Replogle at reploglej@trinityprinceton.org
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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 "The Cup of Our Life" by Joyce Rupp.
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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