From the Vicar...

The party is just beginning!

Ever since Easter Day, I have heard over and over again how moved people were by the great Easter celebrations here at Christ and Trinity churches. The powerful music, the fragrant lilies, and the moving Eucharists of Easter Vigil and Day all served to shake us up and help us shout out "Alleluia! Christ is risen!" Truly, Easter was a climactic moment.  

Yet, as wonderful as Easter Day may have been, we may now be left wondering "Now what?" Where do we go from here? Are things just back to normal? Does the Easter Party stop here?

The good news is that the answer is: NO! Easter is not simply something that we celebrate on one Sunday of the year, but rather a fifty-day festival season whose first day is Easter Day, the Sunday of the Resurrection, and whose last day is the Day of Pentecost. In between there are several milestones along the way, all significant: "Thomas Sunday," the Second Sunday of Easter; "Good Shepherd Sunday," the Fourth Sunday; and, of course, Ascension Day, the Fortieth Day of Easter.

As the Easter Season unfolds, join me in the continuing festival of the Resurrection. The party's not over - it's just beginning!

 Fr. Chip

• Trinity Church 
• Christ Church 

Tiffany's goodbye party at Christ Church

'Goodsearch' can help us raise money for our ministry

Help raise money for Christ Church Portsmouth or Trinity Church Hampton by using  Goodsearch whenever you search the internet, shop online, or dine at select local restaurants.

It's easy!

First go to  www.goodshop.com. At the home page, click on "Choose a Cause." This will take you to a screen titled: "Who do you want to help?" Type in the name of your cause - "Christ Episcopal Church - Portsmouth" or "Trinity Church - Hampton." Then create a user profile that will allow you to keep track of your individual amount raised. Goodsearch does the rest. They will send out checks for the combined amount earned by all of our supporters through Goodsearch, Goodshop and Gooddining during their fiscal year of October 1st through September 30th.  

There are three primary ways you can earn money: searching the Internet, shopping online and dining out. Additionally, there are two other ways to earn money by completing surveys and special offers. Here's a quick explanation of each of them:

• Goodsearch: Search the Internet with Goodsearch's Yahoo!-powered search engine (just like you'd search on any other search engine), and they'll donate a penny for nearly all searches to your selected cause.
• Goodshop: Shop at one of Goodshop's more than 2,800 participating stores (from Amazon to Zazzle) and a percentage of what you spend will be donated to your cause at no cost to you. Oh, and by the way, there's a big added bonus here too. Goodshop lists more than 100,000 coupons and deals so you could save money while doing good!
• Gooddining: Dine at one of the 10,000 participating restaurants around the country and a percentage of what you spend will go to your cause - again at no cost to you.
• Goodsurveys: When you complete a survey on the online surveys platform, they'll make a donation of about $1 to your cause.
• Goodoffers: When you complete any of their special offers - from watching videos, to participating in market research, to buying a discounted treatment at a favorite local spa Goodoffers will make a donation to your cause.

There are also quick-to-install add-ons that make your use of Goodshop easy: The GoodShop To-Go Button, GoodApp Toolbar and Goodsearch Plug-in all install in less than 30 seconds and help you to earn donations for your favorite cause when you shop and search even when you don't visit Goodsearch first.

From our perspective, it's "free" money - the more we search, shop, and dine, the more money we can earn for our respective churches. If you have any questions or need help getting started, please feel free to contact Kris Ebbeson at  kebbeson@metrocast.netor 603-319-4685.

 

Gospel for Kids

During the Gospel for Kids we will be looking at how we sometimes reject Jesus from our lives and do things that do not please him. We will look at how when people rejected him in his hometown. We will work on ways that we may welcome him into our lives.

Youth Database

If you have a youth between preschool and High School please consider sending J.R. Bridle your e-mail address, so that he can add you to the youth e-mail list, and get you the most up to date information the fastest. 

JR Bridle 

j_bridle@hotmail.com

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Sunday Schedule

1st & 3rd Sundays

• At Christ Church: Godly Play (10:30 am) 
• At Trinity: Gospel Lessons for Kids (8:45 am) 

 2nd & 4th Sundays

• At Christ Church: Gospel Lessions for Kids (10:30 am) 

• Gospel for Kids 

Volunteers Needed: J. R. needs a volunteer to help out at each church to run the Gospel for Kids programs. This commitment is for two Sundays. If I could get six volunteers that would mean every volunteer would miss TWO Sundays the whole year to offer our expanded Sunday school offerings.    

Alexis Zaricki, Music Director

• Trinity: 8:00 am - 8:30 am
• Christ Church: After the 10:30 am service

• Saturdays: Food Pantry at Hobbs House Trinity. 10:00 am - noon (Sandi Nickerson & Gordon Lane)
• Sundays: The Christ Church "Holy Roller" Bus (Chuck Ott)
• 1st Saturday of the month: Portsmouth Salvation Army Suppers, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm (Jean Wadman)
• 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month: St. Vincent Soup Kitchen, Hampton (Ginny Bridle-Russell & Phoebe Bischoff)
• 1st Sundays of the month: Pastoral Visit to the Oceanside Rehabilitation Center, Hampton (Bob Main & Belinda Wilkes)
• The Canister Ministry at Trinity. Have you ever walked out of Trinity Church, and noticed those random boxes by the exit? Were you curious to what that ministry was all about? Well there are actually several ministries being offered in a one drop stop. Learn more   

Contact Amanda or Aidan for clothing donation drop off or clothing needs 603.918.6816 or email dress4schoolsuccess@comcast.net.

 Content Submission Guidelines 

The Shared Ministry E-News is an electronic newsletter for members of Trinity Episcopal Church, Hampton and Christ Episcopal Church, Portsmouth. It is published weekly on Thursdays. We welcome submissions that have a connection to the ministry of these churches. Inclusion of submissions is at the discretion of Reverend Robinson.

Please email submissions to porthamp@gmail.com or mail to the office at Trinity Church, 200 High St, Hampton, NH 03842 or Christ Church, 1035 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801. Entries should follow the Submission Guidelines.

NOTE: The deadline to send a submission is Wednesday at noon.