8:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Worship Leaders
8:00 a.m.
Reader and Intercessor:
Tracey Knerr
Chalice:
Curtis Hoberman
Acolyte:
Tracey Knerr
Ushers:
Thalia Mingo
Guy Pierson
Ed Metcalf
10:00 a.m.
Reader: Judy Lowry
Intercessor: Jean Stephens
Chalice:
Lucia Huebner
Ira Lackey
Diane Paulsell
Ken Turi
Acolytes:
Roman Horoszewski
Gavin Horoszewski
Julia Saltsman
Verger:
Lily Leonard
Ushers:
Noreen Duncan
Michael Gehret
Robert von Zumbusch
Audio:
Brett Boal
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:
Proverbs 9:1-6
Psalm 34:9-14
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58
Homilist:
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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
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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The back porch on a easy glider
Earlier this week I was sitting on the front porch of the rectory with my daughter, Sophia. We had found some time to sit and read and talk, precious time indeed. Then there was a moment of quiet that was just right! I was suddenly transported back in time to summer afternoons at my grandparent's farm. There were no iPads, no iPods, no laptops, no cell phones, no appointment reminders ringing, and no sense of urgency. (Especially that nagging sense of urgency we now feel even when there's nothing in need of urgency.)
There was a wonderfully peaceful quiet broken only by the sound of birds singing, my grandmother humming as she went about her chores, the distinctive creak of the old screen door opening and closing as my grandfather would come and go getting a few more things from their garden for a delicious "home grown" country dinner. All the while I sat on their metal green and white easy glider on the back porch with a bowl of green beans which I was to "snap" (my chore to help with dinner preparation) with one of the stray dogs that they had adopted nearby keeping a watchful eye on me while he drifted in and out of a nap.
I was jarringly brought back by the blaring of an incredibly loud car radio zipping down Mercer Street. I looked up and said to Sophia, "I have just been to the most wonderful place. I was at my grandparent's farm sitting on the back porch rocking in their easy glider. I so wish I could take you there."
I believe we could all use a little time in places with old back porches and creaky screen doors, fresh tomatoes and green beans, easy gliders and napping dogs. What's the all rush about?
Peace,
Paul+
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Restoration and Renewal
In the spring of 2009 several parish task forces prepared reports setting forth our aspirations for the future. One of the most thorough and persuasive was an outline for the restoration and renewal of our sanctuary. Since then, a small task force has quietly worked to identify a tentative list of priorities, determined approximate costs, and the Vestry has approved a preliminary study for a capital campaign of which restoration of the sanctuary is the centerpiece.
What would be involved in the proposed restoration? Walls and pews would be repaired and restored, stonework would be cleaned and repointed, long-missing choir stalls will be replaced, and the area around the free-standing altar would be renewed to take into account its now central place in our worship. There would be a new sound system and new, more attractive and efficient lighting. The narthex would become more cheerful and welcoming. Finally, we would install an earth-friendly, efficient year round climate control system.
Other capital needs could also be addressed, starting with the retirement of our modest leftover debt from the exterior stonework reconstruction. It has been suggested by the 2009 Aesthetics Task Force that the parish hall interior be refreshed, and the building committee has suggested that a new men's room be added on the ground floor. Many have noted that Ivy Hall needs a facelift. The Vestry has included in its wish lost that our music and outreach endowments be strengthened.
This fall the parish will have the chance to hear more and every parishioner will have the chance to comment, critique, and suggest. After the parish has been heard, plans will be adjusted based on feedback and a feasibility study will be conducted to formally assess opinions, priorities and support for the proposed projects. If results are positive, the Vestry will determine whether to proceed toward a campaign in 2013, to implement the plan as affirmed by the parish.
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 Introducing our new Parish Adminsitrator
Pat Hawkins
I've been told a bit about you so I'd like to tell you a bit about me also. My name is Pat Hawkins and I'm really excited to join your ministry team here at Trinity. After graduating from Wellesley College I went on to earn an M.Div. degree from Episcopal Divinity School. And no, not everyone who goes to seminary wants to be a priest! Ministry is everyone's call to work in the service of others to the glory of God, regardless of the job description.
My church activities have included serving on worship and stewardship committees and pastoral care teams. I've served as parish photographer, newsletter editor and diocesan convention deputy, and I've been a lay reader, chalice bearer and Eucharistic minister.
Most recently I was self-employed as a reverse mortgage counselor and national trainer for NeighborWorks America. Prior to that, I worked in the Diocese of Newark as a Parish Administrator and as a Program Director in community development.
In my spare time I enjoy genealogy and photography. My only child is a 14 year old Jack Russell Terrier named Zoe who rules our apartment in Lawrenceville.
I'll be getting my feet wet in the office starting the week of August 20 and will be hitting the ground running the beginning of September. I'm looking forward to meeting many of you at the Homecoming Picnic and getting to know you more as we move into this new program year.
Peace,
Pat
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Dr. James Cone
Fall Kick-Off Lecturer
Sept 8
6:00 p.m.
Dr. James Cone, currently the Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York, will be out guest lecturer on Saturday, Sept 8 at 6:00 p.m.
Cone is "regarded as one of the most influential theologians in America." His list of publications, honors, and distinctions is extensive. About his most recent book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree, Bill Moyers writes, "Once again James Cone demonstrates why he is indispensable as an interpreter of faith, race, and the American experience."
You may purchase the book at the link below. Books will also be available at the lecture. (But, I suggest reading the book and/or watching the interview will Bill Moyers prior to attending the lecture.)
Purchase - The Cross and the Lynching Tree
Watch Video: Bill Moyers interview with James Cone
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Register for Sunday School and the Nursery!
Dear Trinity Families:
Fall programming is about to begin!
Be sure to mark your calendars for Homecoming on Sunday, September 9th. After 10:00 worship there will be a church picnic and a time to find out about a variety of ministries Trinity has to offer. Sunday School begins September 16th! We are doing online registration again this year. Click this link to register for Sunday School and/or the nursery!
Our Sunday morning schedule starting September 16th will be as follows:
8:00 AM
Holy Eucharist Rite I
8:45 AM-12:30 PM
Nursery care available for infants-3 year olds
9:00 AM
Holy Eucharist Rite II or Enriching Our Worship
(Children's Worship for 3 to 9 year olds)
10:00 AM-10:50 AM
Sunday School for all!
11:00 AM
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
We could use an additional Pre-K teacher! Contact Sarah and Jenny to volunteer.
We look forward to your child/ren participating in Trinity's Sunday School program. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Sincerely,
Sarah Kinney Gaventa Jenny Replogle
Assistant Rector Curate
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Blessing of the Backpacks and Briefcases 
On September 9th, bring to church your backpacks, briefcases, iPhones, Blackberries or anything else that represents work to you. God's work does not stop when we leave Trinity's doors. You are God's people in the world and your learning and work is an important part of God's work in the world. We will say a special prayer of blessing for your learning and work on Sunday the 9th during the 10:00 service, blessing your backpacks, briefcases and the like as a special symbol of God's blessing on your work!
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 Diocesan Newsletter
Words from the Right Onward Visioning Committee
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Need Donations for Community Service Project.
My name is Melinda Sibilia and I am working on my Girl Scout Gold Award.
In order for me to complete my project I need the help of my community through donations; if at all possible, I am looking for:
- A wooden bookcase; display rack style.
- Small wooden table and chairs.
- Foam puzzle piece play mats.
- Lightly used books appropriate for ages 3-10.
- Lightly used/new coloring and activity books.
- Small doll house, toy car garage, or farm house.
- Baby dolls.
- Plastic trucks (that don't make noises).
- Match box cars.
- Large beads and string/yarn.
If you have any of these items and would like to donate them contact me at: (609) 977-3919 or melinda.sibilia@gmail.com.
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Noreen Duncan
Deputy to General Convention 77, July 2012
 Three years ago when I returned from the General Convention in Anaheim, I wrote that I had been amazed at the vastness and complexity of The Episcopal Church, my ignorance of it all, and my place in it as a pew sitter, or kneeler. This year's experience, leading the deputation from the Diocese of New Jersey, in a different city, Indianapolis, while it was not as overwhelming, was just as awe-inspiring, and spirit-filled. There were the huge daily Eucharists, celebrated in Spanish, the Lord's Prayer sung in Hmong, the Sunday process ion of bishops, resplendent in purple, the Lessons read by youths, the encouraging sermons, the lifting up in song of so many voices, swirling all around, hundreds, the many Eucharistic stations, ministered by legions of volunteers, lay and clerics, the steelband playing the hymns, Trinity on Easter morning times ten! And there were the long, formal, Legislative sessions in the House of Deputies, the debates, evening celebrations, late-night caucuses.
The President of the House of Deputies, Dr. Bonnie Anderson, had appointed me this year to serve on the World Mission Committee, and in the months leading up to July 3, in my email there had been many Committee discussions and questions for study and preparation before the start of Convention. Starting from the first day of General Convention, July 4, committees met daily at 7:30 a.m. , discussing, word-smithing, discerning and listening to testimony around Resolutions; and in the case of World Missions as all of the committees , considerations and decisions were prayerfully made, using The Five Marks of Mission for The Episcopal Church. As well, there were the more well-known, and widely publicized decisions concerning the Anglican Communion and Covenant, the place of The Episcopal Church in the world as others of our denomination still struggle with issues of the ordination of gay, Lesbian and transgendered clergy while we, both the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops, overwhelmingly approved liturgies for same-gender blessings.
As a member of Trinity, I am proud that my fellow parishoners are committed to working side-by-side with others in Ecuador, Malawi and at our own One Café. As a member of the World Mission Committee, I was struck by the breadth of commitment of the Episcopal Church to mission and care for others, but I see clearly that our local parish has accomplished so much, touched so many lives without fanfare or the super-structure of the wider church. When I listened to the testimony of those requesting funds for Mission work, talked with Episcopalians doing mission "from Kansas to Kenya" and shared in my working group, I could not help thinking: "We have done almost as much in Trinity!"
At the Cathedral in Trenton, a friend is leading the programs and volunteers who work with Urban Promise youth - she was sitting with a child under a picture of the Presiding Bishop Katherine, our Bishop George and the Cathedral Dean, Rene. When I said something about the Presiding Bishop, she looked at her picture and wondered who she was and when had she been to Trenton. A committed and involved Episcopalian, my friend, like many of us, is busy doing the Lord's work. Then this is my dilemma, almost the same as it was the last General Convention: The Episcopal Church as an institution is so far away from most of us in the pews, praying, volunteering, serving. The major debates and resolutions at GC12 had to do with the structure and future of the Episcopal Church. Most of us know of and pray that we are doing God's will as we work in our local parishes. But I wonder: How connected are most of us to the wider church? How does the Episcopal Church affect our parish and diocese decisions? My having served as a deputy, representing the Diocese of New Jersey and identifying as a member of Trinity, Princeton, is perhaps one small way to bridge the gap between the larger church and the rest of us laboring in the vineyard.
One love,
NLD
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Trinity Hunger Fund
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.
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Downsizing or Moving?
Or, just cleaning out closets and drawers? Please remember Trinity's two annual Rummage sales that benefit Trinity's Outreach Programs. Donations are welcomed 24/7 on the bench outside Pierce Hall with receipts available at the Reception Desk down the hall. Rummage is putting out the call for cold weather items for its "EARLY BIRD HOLIDAY SALE" on October 26-27 -- coats and jackets, sweaters/sweat shirts and boots in good condition -- in addition to clothing for all ages and sizes, better housewares that will make affordable holiday gifts, costume jewelry, and stylish clothing for women and men that will be a hit at any holiday party!
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Help the Rummage Team on Fridays...
...and Keep Cool!
 When it's hot on Friday mornings, between 10:00 a.m. and noon, how can you keep cool? Easy - join the Rummage Team in the basement of the church where the temperature is just right! Extra hands are always appreciated to sort and pack donations.
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Trinity wants your Used Ink Cartridges 
You can help support Trinity by donating your used ink cartridges at the front desk.
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Your Donations = Financial Support for Outreach!
Fewer donations = Less Financial Support
 Thanks to your donations and volunteer efforts, the Spring Rummage Sale on April 27-29 raised more than $29,000 -- an all-time high in recent years! Now, the drive for the Early Bird Holiday Sale has begun and we are asking for your donations so the traditional Fall Rummage Sale on Friday/Saturday October 26/27 will be equally successful. We need clothing (especially winter) for all tastes, ages and sizes, kitchenware and household goods, electronics, linens, small furniture, books and toys, and works of art. Highlights of the Early Bird Holiday Sale include gifts and decorations and the boutiques of clothes for women and men. During the Summer as you go through closets and drawers, clean out the garage or might be "down sizing", please think of Trinity Rummage and help make the Fall Sale a success! Donations are accepted 24/7 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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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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Ongoing Announcements
In Need of Action at Present
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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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