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This Sunday's Services
June 5, 2016
7:45am H. Eucharist, Rite 1
10:00am Eucharist, Rite 1
2:00pm Chapel on the Green
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Summer Service Schedule since Memorial Day Weekend
7:45am - 10:00am - 2:00pm
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Under Construction!
 During the celebration of our church's bicentennial presence on the New Haven Green we will all get some sense of how it felt two hundred years ago to have our church building be under construction. As in 1816, we also will be impatient to have the construction phase be over and done as soon as possible. The front step make-over has been an amazing team effort, from grant application, over contractor and stone selection, to city approval. Every step of the way has required thorough research, tenacious patience, and alert professionalism to ensure the pieces and stones would fall into place. With the New Haven Register reporting on the eight New Haven Episcopal parishes, we all get the sense that not only church buildings but the whole church community is in reconstruction in some way. As in 1816 something new needs to happen. We don't know exactly which of the parishes will make it through make-over. As Ed Stannard's article - thank you Ed! - mentioned, our bishop Ian Douglas is calling us to collaborate: "The parishes and the diocese are really trying to say, OK, people of God in New Haven ... How do you want to parse this? How do you want to do this together as the Episcopal Church?"As with any construction, this parish collaboration will take thorough research, tenacious patience, and alert professionalism. The last three months all New Haven Episcopal churches have been gathering at the Commons, the church center of our Episcopal Church in Connecticut, in Meriden. Our next meeting is scheduled for this upcoming Tuesday evening. If you would like to join the next meeting you can still register. But for such parish renewal project we will need a high doses of Holy Spirit and tons of prayers to make sure we have open ears and hearts for the guidance of God. Maybe best to have a church picnic to generate this Holy courage to serve God's church for the future. Part of us is already hoping for it to be over, like any construction. Part of us is ready to start this renewal head-on. May God bless all construction efforts we are going through.
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Bicentennial Birthday Beach Bash
FAREWELL TO ANDY KOTYLO
Friday, June 3, 5-9pm
In recognition of Trinity's 200 years on the New Haven Green, a fun-time, sun-time, summer-time gala for the entire family is being planned. It will also serve as a farewell to Andy Kotylo, our Assistant Choirmaster/Organist who will be leaving Trinity in June.
Thank you to all participating and helping to set up our beach bash.
A special thank you to Barbara Lamb who has organized this day so brilliantly.
And with special gratitude to Peggy Bekeny for the financial support
in honor of her late husband Dennis Bekeny.
NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR
TIME: 5-9PM - but come early & enjoy the beach, playground & splashpad!
LOCATION: Lighthouse Point Park - Carousel Building
PARKING: FREE! Just tell the gatekeeper you're attending the Trinity Party!!
CATERING: New Haven Pizza Truck . . . beer, wine, soft drinks, munchies, ice cream, cappuccino & espresso . . . in addition to every kind of pizza you can imagine!!
ACTIVITIES: Games, Prizes, Music & Carousel Rides for All
COST: Adults: $30, Kids under 12: $10, Kids under 5: free
Family Ticket: $60 (please advise # of adults & kids)
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Entry Step Recreation Begins!
Today, June 3, is the start day of the apron big dig. The Kronenberger construction company is taking over the apron to renovate our church's front steps.
Entrance to the church will be clearly marked at all times. Some Sundays the main entrance will be available but the side entrance won't. Other Sundays the main entrance will be blocked, all depending on where the construction is going on. Our sexton team will make sure entrance points will be clear and safe. The Chapel Street side door will be accessible at all times.
Parking will of course be affected during this summer, but the burden will be limited on Sundays and evenings, when the construction company will pull their equipment onto the steps. During weekdays please use street parking. Our head-sexton, Sam Sigg, has marked 8 parking spots on the Chapel St side of the church for church staff. And staff conversations about parking have warned against using the Green as exit option. A trip around the church involved steep ramps and ditches that are dangerous for most cars.
Construction is by Kronenberger & Sons. They will be completely replacing our 3 sets of crumbling front entry steps over the summer, but first they will also install the new ornamental spandrel trim above and on either side of the trim above Trinity' center front doors. Painting of all the front door trim will be launched after installation. Actual demolition occurs in June, with either the center or flanking steps done first, leaving some existing steps available for use during the summer months. Patience is necessary as construction will limit the use of our apron for parking for the entire summer. Trinity will be paying 50% of the step replacement, trim fabrication and painting costs because of a successful grant applications to the State Office of Historic Preservation and the New Haven Preservation Trust.
We are very grateful to our properties team and our church staff. Their hands-on coordination is making sure things are running very smoothly. Gratitude also to our amazing Holiday Bazaar team who already raised $50,000 and is committed to raise more to cover Trinity's part of the construction cost.
Thanks so much!
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2016 Trinity Summer Art Exhibit
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Men and Girls Choir Recognition Sunday is
this Sunday 5 June at the 10 am service!
Our thanks to these Men and Girls Choir members for their able leadership of the music at many of our 9 am, 11 am, and 5 pm services this year - Choirgirls Rosa Bilston, Clare Chemery, Maria Cusick, Carolina DePaula, Jolie Eichler, Rachel Ford, Jordan Hines, Margaux Lux, Emma MartinMooney, Rhea McTiernan Huge, Hannah Melchinger, Juliette Perez, and Alexandra Spasov. ATB singers Alex Blair, Lucas Hernandez, David Olsen, Nicole Percifield, Kyle Picha, Valerie Rogotzke, Pat Rossiter, William Suzuki, and Stephen Wynn. Thanks also to our music staff: Walden Moore, Director of Music, Andy Kotylo, Associate Director of Music, and Janet Yieh, Organ Scholar, for their leadership of our choirs and music. And last, but certainly not least, thanks to the hard-working choir parents, especially Co-Head Choir parents Wendy and John Cusick & Lori Martin and Bill Mooney.
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Vacation Bible School
Greetings Cave Questers! Vacation Bible School at Trinity is officially August 22-26th! Check out Trinity's website for online registration and any questions you may have. We hope you will join us to explore how to Follow Jesus, the Light of the World. See you then!
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History Ministry to Sponsor Tours of Trinity in July
and one special tour on June 25
Trinity historians will conduct tours of Trinity each Sunday in July at 11:30 am. Each tour will last about 45 minutes and will begin in the Narthex (entry vestibule).
Each tour guide will have his/her own focus, but generally these tours of Trinity Church on the New Haven Green will focus on a general history of the building whose cornerstone was set in 1814 with the building completed by the end of 1815 and consecrated in early 1816. The contrast of Trinity's building style as compared to that of Center Church, both designed by the architect Ithiel Town, will be the springboard to the tour. We will then go inside to see the variety of interior nave (sanctuary) elements from its Tiffany windows to its three distinctive altars.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Sunday, July 3rd Guide: Ray Chappell
Sunday, July 10th Guide: Ray Chappell
Sunday, July 17th Guide: Joe Dzeda
Sunday, July 24th Guide: Neil Olsen
Sunday, July 31st Guide: Peg Chambers
 Saturday, June 25, 11:00 am: An Additional Option
for a New Haven Festival of Arts & Ideas tour of Trinity Church
This year's New Haven Festival of Arts & Ideas tour of Trinity Church on the New Haven Green will be lead by parishioner Peg Chambers, AIA, and will focus on a general history of the building whose cornerstone was set in 1814 with the building completed by the end of 1815 and consecrated for use in early 1816. The contrast of Trinity's building style as compared to that of Center Church, both designed by the architect Ithiel Town, will be the springboard to the tour. We will then go inside to see the variety of interior nave (sanctuary) elements from its Tiffany windows to its three distinctive altars. The tour will end with a brief introduction to our historic organ by John Abdenour, Director of Music at St. Paul's, Fairfield, CT. Tour running time: 60 minutes.
Up to 25 people. Children to be accompanied by an adult. Please sign-up on the Festival website: http://www.artidea.org/event/2016/1630
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Wednesday Club
 Due to work on the front steps, Wednesday Club will meet for hand sewing and crafting this summer at 9 am until noon at the homes of our members. We have a wide range of ongoing activities and projects so we will be busy. No sewing machines are necessary. This is a dynamic group working together, enjoying fellowship and coffee each week. We invite you to join us. If you would like to be notified of the locations for this summer's Wednesday Club, contact Pat Chappell.
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Genesis Garden
Trinity is creating a community garden called the "Genesis Garden" for church congregants, staff and visitors. This garden is designed to physically represent the seven days of creation found in Genesis 1:1-31, 2:1-4. The two main goals for this garden are to (i) educate visitors on the creation accounts and humanity's responsibility toward the earth, as well as to (ii) create a sense of community not only with fellow humans, but between all of nonhuman creation. The garden will model an interdependent relationship between all of creation, and will encourage a reciprocal and biocentric ideology embedded in Scripture. To encourage a Christian ideology, located in the center of the garden, there will be a stone cross statue as the universal symbol to keep God in the center of creation.
We are looking for members to join our Garden Committee. If you have a passion for gardening or are interested in the intersection between Christianity and the environment, email Julia Johnson at jjohnson@trinitynewhaven.org.
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Rachel Segger: Music Program Manager
Rachel Segger will assume the post of Music Program Manager at Trinity Church on the Green as of June 1, occupying a new position that replaces the one of Associate Director of Music when Andy Kotylo departs to become Director of Music at St. Peter's Church in Columbia, South Carolina in mid-June.
Rachel has been an attorney, an elementary school music teacher, and a full-time church organist/director of music. She holds an MM in organ (Yale School of Music) and an MAR in liturgical studies (Yale Divinity School) through the Institute of Sacred Music, as well as an AB from Harvard and a JD from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Rachel and her husband, Glen, have three sons, Augie, Elyot, and Frankie. Augie and Elyot are alumni of the Boys Choir and Frankie currently attends the church school and serves as an acolyte.
As Music Program Manager, Rachel will assist the Director of Music, Walden Moore, in the management of the Trinity music program, coordinating fundraising, planning for choir events and tours, recruiting choristers, managing choir calendars and rehearsal logistics, connecting with community music organizations, and serving as the point person for choir parents and members of the three parish choirs. She joins a music staff which will include Walden and two Organ Scholars - Janet Yieh will return for another year, and we'll have an additional Organ Scholar from the first-year students.
We welcome Rachel to the Trinity staff family!
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There's Always DRAMA at Trinity
NICENE NOIR
In a Dinner Theater Performance
on Saturday, July 9, 2016
*** Note the new date ***
The performance had to be rescheduled due to parking issues
The Trinity Players will offer a special theater event, raising funds for Trinity ministries. Food and Theater will be served in The Undercroft beginning at 6PM.
The Play: "Nicene Noir," An Allegory on the Creed will be directed by Rev. Robert Sandine. Nicene Noir is our beloved playwright Neil Olsen's noir-inspired story of Private Eye John Venture, a man searching for a lost soul in the mean streets of the city. He comes face to face with a colorful cast of characters in his quest to find redemption. The play provides a riff on contemporary morality as one man looks to find his way in a world turned upside down.
The Food: Conceived by thespian and noted cook, Anna Foster, the evening will feature a 1940s-1950s era vintage buffet - the food your parents loved and served - as researched from period menus and our parishioners' memories. What a unique treat!
The Cost: Ticketed reservations are $20 per person, or $100 if you would like to be a sponsor (includes admission for two), or donate more if you can! Reservations will be available online starting on May 15, 2016. Reservations also will be taken before and after Sunday services in June, and during office hours. There's limited seating in "The Undercroft" of Trinity Church, so get your tickets soon, for another fun night at TRINITY.
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Book Club- Upcoming Meetings
Dear Book group members following the poll this week we have changed the date of the appetizers and desserts pot luck to Sunday, June 12 at 5pm at the home of Veronica and Dieter Soell. Phone: 203-4513-4581 email: veronica.soell@gmail.com. The book we are discussing is Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert.
This is always a wonderful evening and we are having appetizers and desserts. Please let Veronica know directly if you are able to attend so that she can keep a tally of who is attending and what they are bringing. Even if you have not been able to atttend a book group recently we hope you will join us. Also please feel free to bring a beverage of your choice.
Apologies to those who are unable to attend on this date but we have a very good response for the 12th.
Also please can I remind you to start thinking about books that you have enjoyed reading and wish to suggest for next year to bring to the Book Browse at my house on Wednesday, June 22nd at 7pm.
Many thanks for all the replies. Best wishes,
Jenny
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Camp Winni - A place where individuals and families can experience a weeklong-magic of Camp, Community, and Spiritual Renewal
Registration is now open for you to come to Camp Winni for a week beginning July 30 to August 1, 2016. There are a few Trinity members who have attended Camp Winni, including John and Gloria Hoda for the past 10 years. This is a special year as we celebrate 100 years. Details are available on the website. Please contact gloria.hoda@yale.edu
if you have any questions.
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PRAY FIRST launches new website
PRAY FIRST, together with the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, announces the launch of its new website: www.prayfirstct.org PRAY FIRST describes the site as an invitation to experience God's presence in each moment of your life; a reminder that we can change our lives, our relationships, and our meetings by the simple act of inviting God to be present in them; and a reminder that in each moment there is an opportunity to begin our prayer and our life anew.
PRAY FIRST is an emerging ministry network in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut and beyond and the site reflects the network's commitment for greater availability of communication tools and resources among all of our many members and community constituents.
For more information and a list of founding team members, see the blog post here.
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New Haven Reads Needs You!
In New Haven, 70% of third graders read below grade level. Can you donate an hour a week to help our students become skilled and confident readers?
The opportunity: One hour per week
Tutors must be at least 15 years old
Tutoring hours at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm weekdays
Saturdays at 10am, 11am, 12pm and 1pm
We provide volunteers with all the materials and training needed! Contact Keri Humphries at keri@newhavenreads.org for more information or to join us as a volunteer!
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Days for Girls
Because every girl in the world deserves education, safety, and dignity the CT Chapter of DFG and Kenyan Health Care Initiatives are working to keep girls in school by providing them with sustainable Feminine Hygiene Kits and health educational programs. Join us weekly in the undercroft at the Wednesday Club between 9 and noon to sew, and serge. Donations of 100% cotton, or flannel are welcomed. Always needed are sewers, sergers, and folks to wash and iron fabric.
Our Chumvi Kenya DFG Enterprise has been selected to be a major DFG hub for all of Kenya. This year over 1800 kits and components are being delivered to Kenya..
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Habitat Volunteers Needed
 Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven has gratefully acknowledged receipt of the 14 mini Alberta Spruce trees that graced the front steps and side doors of Trinity all winter. Habitat is getting ready to build a new house and would love to have some Trinity volunteers! Upcoming dates include June 11 & 25, July 9 & 16. Volunteers need to register ahead of time - register on-line now at www.habitatgnh.org. In the list of organization volunteers, check-off Trinity Church as your affiliation. Or, call 203-785-0794.
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Volunteers Needed At DESK and Columbus House
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK): Next trinity date: April 12th (and the second Tuesday of every month) volunteers are needed from 5:00 - 7:00 pm to serve the meal and help with clean-up. DESK serves from the Center Church Parish House, 311 Temple St., New Haven. Please contact Chuck Kaywood to let him know if you are available to help.
Columbus House: Next Trinity date: April 19th (and the third Tuesday of every month). Trinity cooks and serves the meal at Columbus House. Volunteers are needed from about 4:00 - 6:00 pm each month. Please contact Warner Marshall or George Gillin if you are available to help or for more information.
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Trinity Book Corner
The Trinity Book Corner is now ready and waiting for your enjoyment. The collection to date numbers over one hundred books selected by members of the Spirituality Committee, the Rector and others. The topics covered are Spirituality, Mindfulness, Faith, the Church, Christianity, Death and Dying and Prayer. The book collection is available for browsing and contemplation. As more books are added attention will be paid to expanding the resources available for spiritual growth and spiritual living. For more information about our books and resources, please contact Carol Davidson at cdavidson41@comcast.net
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Bob needs furniture
Bob Ricone came by asking if people would be willing to donate furniture to him. He needs basics table, chairs, pots and pans, lamp, etc.
His address is 158 Columbus Ave. Apt. #1, New Haven and his phone is 203-235-4611. Thanks
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We pray for...
Those who are on our parish prayer list...
Darnella Grant, Michele Eichler, Clara Winnepenninckx-De Volder, Emily Tredwell and family, Charles Lemert, Bill Morris, Judi Knifing-Chattuck, Polly Fiddler.
In thanksgiving we pray for:
Trinity's House Churches celebrating 25 years of continuous weekly meetings this year. So far, we haven't exhausted reading the Gospel each week, or sharing our food and fellowship.
And for our dearly departed:
Barbara Godlewski, Jessica Anako, Joanne Israel, Nancy Pugsley, Daphne Cassan, Sabrije Gashi Sabreea; the mother of Mike Reynolds.
Memorial flowers this Sunday are giving in honor of Leroy Gould.
Want to add someone to our prayer list?
Would you like to add yourself or a member of your family to the our prayer list? Let us know about an anniversary or special occasion? Via email or telephone, contact the parish administrative assistant.
Memorial flowers are also available to honor the departed.
NOTE: Prayer requests will remain on the prayer list for 3 weeks, please contact the Parish Office if you wish to add names that have been removed.
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Commemorative Flowers
 It has been a long tradition at Trinity for individuals or groups to request flowers on the altars that commemorate, honor, or celebrate a special person or event. And our Trinity Altar Guild orders, arranges, and coordinates flowers for all altars. The contribution for commemorative flowers is $35. Color preference will be honored if available through our vendor. There may be more than one request on a Sunday. When this occurs, the first person scheduled, is the one whose choice is followed. For requests and payments please email our office assistant or call her at 203 624-3101.
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Church Event Calendar: Contact Sam Sigg
S am Sigg, our head sexton, is now managing our church event calendar. From now on, to schedule meetings or events, please contact Sam Sigg. Before announcing your meeting or event to the community, make sure your date and venue are confirmed by Sam, given our limited space for meetings.
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The 9am & 11am services are available as conference calls to all of you who are unable to attend church.
To access the conference call, dial 1-877-594-8353 and follow the prompts. When asked the CODE NUMBER type in 58775537 on your phone number pad.
Of course, we especially welcome those of you who are unable to attend church due to medical concerns, however, if you are out of town on vacation you, too, can stay in touch with Trinity with the conference call!
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Office Information
To contact our administrative assistant, please use this email address:
Telephone: 203 624 3101
Our current Office Hours are the following:
Monday - Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Trinity Church on the Green
On the corner of Temple and Chapel Streets Trinity Church Parish Office: 950 Chapel Street, Fl. 2 New Haven, CT 06510-2515 Office Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Monday -Friday Phone: (203) 624-3101 Fax: (203) 624-2412 E-mail: adminassistant@trinitynewhaven.org |
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