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!!!
Amount: $1,225,268
Same Time Last Year
Pledges: 458
Amount: $1,260,190
Difference
Pledges: +25
Amount: -$34,922
Total to reach goal:
Pledges: 17
Amount:$24,732
2012 Goal
Pledges: 500
Amount: $1,250,000
Last Year Totals Pledges: 466
Amount: $1,260,940
Good News
There are 85 NEW pledges this year.
There are 54 people who pledged last year, but have not yet pledged this year for a total of $105,585.
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:
Tim Munoz
Chalice:
Guy Pierson
Acolyte:
Jeffrey Knol
Ushers:
Tom Cooper
Bill Vogt
Thalia Mingo
9:00 a.m.
Readers:
Liz Charbonneau
Intercessor: Ira Lackey
Chalice:
Verna Matthews
Maureen McCormick
Dorothy Moote
Phil Unetic
Acolytes:
Nnamdi Achebe
Summerlee Staten
Alex Schade
Verger:
Juliet Richardson
Ushers:
Bill Burks
Alex Schade
Robert T. Hall III
John Tomasulo
Audio:
Michael Unger
11:00 a.m.
Readers:
Dana Klinges
Intercessor:
Jody Stebbins
Chalice:
Ildiko Antal
Connie White
Steve Isham
Bruce Woodger
Acolytes:
Lily Leonard
Alex Hesterberg
Rosemary Parish
Verger:
Juliet Richardson
Ushers:
Guy Dean III
Lyris Robinson
Bob Senko
Audio:
Bruce Woodger
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.
Scripture Readings:
Acts 4:5-12
Psalm 23
1 John 3:16-24
John 10:11-18 |
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.
For pastoral care, please e-mail trinityprincetonclergy@gmail.com
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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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Trinity's Famous Spring Rummage Sale TOMORROW and SATURDAY!
Don't miss these events that support Trinity's Outreach Efforts
Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28
 It's not too late to volunteer to help set up for the sale -- just appear and a place will be found where you are most needed!
Then on Friday evening, April 27th from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., enjoy shopping in the two Fashion Departments - designer clothing for Women and Men. Come early for the best selection of blouses, skirts, pants, dresses, blazers, suits, coats and party attire, many with designer labels! There will also be a selection of shoes, handbags and belts. Men will find suits, jackets and more by well known names including Brooks Brothers. You can also shop for Linens, Books and more! A fee of $10.00 entitles you to shop in all Preview Sales so first come, first served!
Return to Trinity on Saturday, April 28th for the sale. Thanks to your generous donations all year, the Boutique will be spectacular with gleaming sliver, works of art, china and collectibles; Housewares from the indispensable pot or pan to classy dinnerware; and Clothing for all ages, sizes and low, low prices in Pierce Hall and bargain prices in the Fashion Boutiques. There will be rooms full of Toys, games and puzzles; beautiful Linens from practical items to designer spreads, comforters and curtains; Furniture; and Electrical items including lamps, appliances, TVs and DVDs. There will also be a selection of Books.
Please contact Mary Alden with questions at phone 609-275-7432 or email her at mlaeas@comcast.net
Or sign up at the Trinity Reception Desk.
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Calling all Volunteers! Trinity Rummage's Annual Spring Sale STILL needs you!
On Friday April 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM, your helping hands are needed during set-up.
From hanging and organizing clothing in Pierce Hall and Fashions on the 2nd floor to gently arranging Linens and unpacking china and electronics, Rummage cannot do it without your help.
Volunteers are also needed for the sale itself.
Friday evening, April 27 from 6:30 - 9:00 PM, we will be previewing the Men's and Ladies Fashions depts., as well as a few others.
Then the main event on Saturday, April 28 from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM, the 42nd Annual Spring Rummage Sale.
Join us as we welcome the Community to Trinity Church once again.
Sales end clean-up help will be appreciated as we prepare the rooms for use Monday, by other groups and functions.
Merchandise clean-up is Saturday, 28 April, 2:30-5:00 PM & Sunday from 1:00-5:00 we'll return fixtures to basement.
A sign-up sheet is available at the Trinity reception desk.
Or you can contact one of our volunteer coordinators.
If volunteering, please contact Mary Alden at phone 609-275-7432 or email her at mlaeas@comcast.net
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This Sunday is Hunger Fund Sunday
This Sunday we will be taking up the monthly collection for the Trinity Hunger Fund, envelopes will be in the pews.
The Hunger Fund has both a local and global outreach as it supports the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, Mercer Street Friends Food Co-Op, Bread for the World and the Episcopal Relief I Development. Hunger haunts us a both home and abroad and through your generosity we are able to provide assistance to Agencies that directly give food to the hungry people and to Agencies that are working to address the causes of global hunger and poverty.
Thank you for your contributions. Last year's collection was $7500.
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Tool Sharpening During Sunday Service
Sunday, May 6th
Such a Deal!
While Fr. Paul preaches, Your Tools Get Sharpened.
Trey and Hillary Delaney, the Grounds Committee's "Master Tool Sharpeners," will be on hand Sunday, May 6th from 8 a.m. to noon, to offer parishioners a rare service. If you've never had your garden tools sharpened, the Delaneys and their bench grinders will put a new edge on clippers, loppers, shovels, spades, machetes, edgers, trowels, almost any garden tool except saws. Mark your tools for easy identification and take them to the Circle. They'll be ready the same morning! Donations are welcome, to help offset the Grounds Committee's greater than usual tree and grass expenses this year.
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Trinity Church Kitchen Protocol
Kitchen use is frequent and varied with many different users from both in and outside the parish. Our Parish Life chair Carol Brooks Thomas, has kindly updated the Kitchen User protocol and so if you are booking the kitchen for use, please be conscious of the need to follow as directed in the notice below, which will also be posted in the kitchen. Please make your fellow committee members aware as they use the space so as to make using the kitchen smooth for all even if you cannot see who it is. Many thanks, Annie Thomas.
TRINITY CHURCH KITCHEN USERS 2012
FOOD
Label Food: Please label all food with the name of the event or committee. Unlabeled food left in the kitchen may be used as needed for other events, given away, or discarded.
Leftovers: Perishable: The refrigerator and freezers are used by many different groups for many different events. Please do not leave them full of leftovers after an event. Label leftovers for "community use," take them home, or give them away.
Leftovers: Non-perishable: There is not a lot of food storage space in the kitchen. Leftover non-perishable food should be put in the "community food" cabinets, donated to a food pantry, given away, or stored at home for another event.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Run the exhaust fans if you are creating any smoke or fumes. The smoke alarms are quite likely to go off if you don't. The switch is on the wall to the left of the door next to the stoves.
Please put items away properly. The cabinets and drawers are labeled to make it easier for multiple groups and people to use the kitchen. Please take the time to put everything in the correct place.
Kitchen knives go in the knife racks or labeled knife drawer only. Please do not put knives in with other tools in the tool drawers, pot of tools next to the stove, or in the dish-drainer.
Wash and put away all utensils, dishes, pots, pans, flatware, etc. All dishes and flatware must be washed in the dishwasher (per health department regulations). The dishwasher should be empty and drained and the sinks and dish drainer empty and clean before you leave. There is no garbage disposal, so be sure no solids go down the drains.
Please clean countertops and wipe up any spillage you have made on the stove or floor.
Please do not leave dirty laundry in the kitchen. Each event or committee is responsible for its own laundry. Please wash and return tablecloths, dish towels, and cleaning cloths promptly; the next group using the kitchen may need them.
Please take home any dishes or utensils which you have brought from home. If they remain in the kitchen they may be put in with other kitchen supplies or rummage. "Unclaimed" items should be put on the window sill until they are claimed.
Check inventory. Please let the church administrator know if any supplies (paper goods, cleaning supplies, etc.) are running low.
Please observe these health department regulations:
The rear sink is for food preparation only. Do not use these sinks for washing hands or dishes.
The sinks by the dishwasher are for cleaning pots and pans only. Do not use these sinks for washing hands or food.
The small sink by the stoves is for washing hands only. Do not wash hands in the other sinks.
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May 20th is Remembrance Day in the Memorial Garden
 Please join us on Sunday, May 20th for an annual "Day of Remembrance" in the Memorial Garden. Following the 10 a.m. service, we will gather briefly in the Trinity Memorial Garden, facing the main entrance to the church. The Rector will lead us in thanking God for the beauty of our church and its grounds, and, more importantly, to remember loved ones and friends of Trinity who are no longer with us. All are welcome to participate in this special tribute.
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YWCA: A Stand Against Racism Friday, April 27
8:15 AM
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Opera MODO
April 27 and 28, 8:00 p.m.
All Saints Episcopal Church, Princeton, NJ
Join Princeton-based opera company Opera MODO at their next performance of Susannah by Carlisle Floyd, featuring choir member Christopher Hodson, and member Brian Duane! Loosely based on the Apocryphal tale of Susannah and the Elders, in the Catholic and Orthodox Book of Daniel; Susannah is a story of the timeless exploration of intolerance, jealousy and human fallibility. In New Hope, Tennessee, the young and free spirited, Susannah, becomes an outsider of her Christian community, when she is caught bathing naked in the baptismal river. Performances are April 27th and 28th at 8pm at the All Saint's Episcopal Church in Princeton, NJ. Tickets may be purchased at the door. See Christopher Hodson, Brian Duane or operamodo.weebly.com for more information.
To reserve tickets, please click here.
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Hank Bristol
Ordained to the Diaconate
Dear Friends,
It is a great honor to announce the ordination of one of our own Trinity faithful. Hank Bristol will be ordain to the Sacred Order of Deacons. Please join us at Trinity Cathedral for this wonderful celebration.
By the Grace of God and with the People consenting,
The Right Reverend George E. Councell, D.D.
Bishop of New Jersey
will ordain to the Sacred Order of Deacons
in Christ's One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church
Henry Platt Bristol II
and classmates
on Saturday, the fifth of May, 2012
10:00AM in Trinity Cathedral
801 West State Street, Trenton NJ
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Gift for SeminariansBelieve it or not, the semester is almost over for our six wonderful seminarians: TJ Cofield, Isak Devries, Nancy Hagner, Jeffrey Knol, Emma Neishloss, Summerlee Staten. We would love to present them with a gift at the end of their time with us. If you would like to donate, make a check out to Trinity Church and put seminarians in the subject line. Thank you! Sarah Kinney Gaventa
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Introducing Trinity's Newest Ministry:
The Prayer Shawl Ministry
Prayer shawls wrap, enfold, comfort and give solace to people who are dealing with illness, surgery or grief.
We are calling all knitters and wannabes to come join old friends and new friends at our monthly prayer shawl knit-a-thons held in members' homes. All are welcome who would enjoy knitting these easy therapeutic patterns, infusing your own prayers for recovery as you knit and then taking the shawls to the clergy for blessing before delivery.
We are asking and begging the congregation for names of anyone in the hospital or sick at home who might be comforted by receiving a cozy shawl accompanied by a card with a reading such as:
Every lovingly crafted stitch contains a special prayer,
That God will send his peace to you and keep you in his care.
Knitting Instructions:
- 3 skeins of Lion Brand Homespun Yarn - Michael's or Walmart
- Size 11 or 13 needles. Round needles work really well.
- Cast on 54, 57, 60 or 63 stitches or some multiple of 3.
- Knit 3, purl 3 to end of row.
- Turn and knit the purl and purl the knit.
- If you have 57 or 63 stitches, you'll begin every row with knit.
- A weave pattern will develop. Knit about 2 and 2/3 skeins in pattern. Use the rest of yarn for fringe. The fringe can be as short as 3 inches or as long as 8 or 9 inches. It's up to you.
We suggest that you knit prayers into your shawl as you knit. Many gather for a collective blessing of the shawl before it is given away. There is no right or wrong way to knit or create these mantles of love and care. Come join us!
Contact: Molly Schneider at mhcsstrong@aol.com or Susan Finlay at swf1958@verizon.net. Many thanks for your interest.
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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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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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 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. |
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 April 27 (Friday) No Lunchesˇ 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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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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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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