Sunday Schedule
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
April 28th
8:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Enriching Our Worship 11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
8:00 a.m.
Reader and
Intercessor:
Tracey Knerr
Chalice:
Nancy Metcalf
Acolyte:
Nancy Hagner
Ushers:
Lewie Kingsford
Guy Pierson
Ralph Rubano
9:00 a.m.
Reader:
Mark McConnell
Intercessor:
Bucky Brown
Chalice:
Maureen McCormick
James Phillips
Jolyon Pruszinski
Phil Unetic
Acolytes:
Kyle Currier
Alex Hesterberg
Gordy Hesterberg
Verger:
Lily Leonard
Ushers:
John Burns
Dan Haughton
Robert Hearne
Neal Hesterberg
Costa Papastephanou
11:00 a.m.
Reader:
Dana Klinges
Intercessor:
Judy Lowry
Chalicists:
Louise Dunham
Robin Gilbert
Michael Kraus
Donna Laessig
Acolytes:
Jolanis Alexandre
Rosemary Parish
Lucia Huebner
Verger:
Lily Leonard
Ushers:
Stuart Duncan
Robin Gilbert
Steve Isham
Bruce Woodger
Audio:
Ruth Thurmond Scott
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Scripture Readings:
Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 |
Homilist:
The Rev. Jenny Replogle
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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Trinity's Pastoral Care tradition is one of devoted clergy working hand in hand with trained lay ministers/ parishioners.
If you need - or someone you know is needing - spiritual tending, a way to ease the heaviness of an unwelcome burden, please contact us. Whether the need is acute or ongoing, as parishioners trained in various types of pastoral ministry we offer solace and support that reflects God's presence and healing power in our lives.
Life-altering situations - times of joy, sadness, illness or changing circumstances - often increase a yearning to be nurtured by our faith community, by its comforting prayers and acts of kindness. If now is one of those times for you, simply phone:
609-924-2277 ext. 350; or email: trinityprincetonclergy@gmail.com
Your message will go directly to clergy on call 24/7.
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Your Representatives
Vestry
Diane Paulsell, Senior Warden
Doug Fitzgerald, Junior Warden
Rob Hearne, Finance
Class of 2013
Heidi Currier
Grant Fraser
Jennifer Hayden
Jim Phillips
Class of 2014
Ildiko Antal
Lynne Davis
Bill Vogt
Ann Zultner
Class of 2015
Curtis Hoberman
Lily Leonard
Maureen McCormick
Guy Pierson
Diocesan Convention
2013 Deputies
Julie Denny
Juliet Richardson
Camille Quinton
2013 Alternates/2014 Deputies
Tracey Knerr
Jim Phillips
Bruce Woodger
Trenton Convocation Paul Becker Ted Bromley
Caswell Cooke Trey Delaney Harriet Stuart Sylvia Temmer Gil Quinton
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Trinity Staff
The. Rev Paul Jeanes III
Rector
jeanesp@trinityprinceton.org
cell: 609-851-6989
The Rev. Jennifer Replogle
Curate reploglej@trinityprinceton.org
cell: 985-705-6500
Tom Whittemore
Music Director
whittemoret@trinityprinceton.org
Pat Hawkins
Parish Administrator
hawkinsp@trinityprinceton.org
Elly Matsil
Parish Accountant
matsile@trinityprinceton.org
Erique Ramirez
Sexton
Roberto Melgoza
Sexton
Joe Matsil
Sexton
Pat Hawkins
Website
hawkinsp@trinityprinceton.org
33 Mercer Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
609.924.2277
www.trinityprinceton.org
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Spring Rummage Today!
Hurry! It's not too late. Get to Trinity Church for the Annual Spring Rummage Sale. Well before 9:00 a.m. people were lined up and waiting to get into the church to find fabulous treasures at unbelievable bargain prices.
Grab your family, friends, and neighbors and get to Trinity! Things are going fast!!
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Sunday School Notes
ATTENTION PARENTS- a few important dates and reminders:
This Sunday-April 28-NO SUNDAY SCHOOL classes.
Teachers will meet in Nancy's office at 10 a.m. to discuss the Ministry Architects report.
MAY 26- Please join us at the 10 a.m. Service (first week of the summer schedule- 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.) as we celebrate all the SundaySchool teachers and leaders. NoSunday School or Children's Chapel. Family Fun Day follows at 11 a.m. outside!
JUNE 2-Children's Chapel resumes at 10 a.m. for ages 3 -12. We need adult leaders. Lessons are provided in advance. Please contact Nancy Hagner hagnern@trinityprinceton.org if you might be interested in helping with this most rewarding ministry with our young people.
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Sundays, April 21st, and 28th, and May 5th
10:00 am
Late love: Late in life, we have opportunities to love and new challenges. How can we be open to recognize and honor them? How can we be remain a real presence to those we love if we are becoming separated by time and space, age, ill health, or by physical and emotional distance? We will search for an answer together in our personal experiences, Gospel narratives, poetry and prayer.
The conversations will be held in the Parlor and will be facilitated by Dick and Juliana Fenn.
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Spaghetti Dinner
Sunday, May 5th, 5:00 p.m.
On Sunday, May 5, Trinity Church is hosting an Italian
 /Mexican-themed Spaghetti Dinner to benefit the choir and its trip to England this summer. The buffet-style dinner will be served between 5-7 pm, immediately after the 4 pm Evensong church service. This is our last Spaghetti Dinner before the choir trip so it will be a great opportunity to send them off in style and to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the same time! Recommended donations for dinner are $15 per person or $40 per family (although any amounts will be gladly accepted).
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ASCENSION DAY
THURSDAY MAY 9th
12.10
Holy Eucharist with hymns
Ascension Day is a very ancient observance of the Church, and one of the seven principal festivals listed in the Book of Common Prayer. Please join us.
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Save the Date -- EfM Open House
Thursday, May 9, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
- Are you interested in joining a close knit faith community at Trinity Church?
- Do you seek companionship on your spiritual journey?
- Do you long to explore your faith more deeply? Discover connections between scripture, our faith tradition, and your daily life?
- Do seek support in identifying and carrying out your vocation, ministry, purpose in life?
- Are you grappling with life's "big" questions? Are you a seeker?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, Education for Ministry (EfM) might be what you are looking for.
At Trinity Church, EfM meets on Thursdays, 7:00-9:30, from September through May. For more information about enrolling in Trinity's EfM group or attending our open house, please contact Steven Isham (609-937-7535) or Donna Laessig (908-420-4337), co-mentors.
For more information about the program, visit the EfM website: http://www.sewanee.edu/EFM/index.htm
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Day of Remembrance on May 19th
In the Memorial Garden
 Please join us briefly on May19th, following the 11 o'clock service for Trinity's annual Day of Remembrance in the Memorial Garden. After the service we will gather in the 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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Family Fun Day
Sunday, May 26th, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Please join us for a cookout, face painting, pony rides, giant slide, balloons and more! Fun for all ages!
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Calling All Trinity Mugs
 Do you have any Trinity Church mugs at home or at your office? The Pastoral Care Flower Ministry needs them! Each wee
k, the Altar Guild creates small flower arrangements in Trinity mugs from the altar flowers they take down. Volunteers from Pastoral Care deliver these arrangements to parishioners and other folks in the Princeton community who may need a "touch" from Trinity. We need more mugs and are hoping that you will consider donating any you have to this outreach ministry.
Mugs may be dropped off at the Reception desk.
For more information about the Flower Ministry, to volunteer to deliver, or to suggest folks who might like flowers delivered one week, please contact Nancy Hagner at hagnern@trinityprinceton.org or 609-924-2277, ext. 307.
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Vacation Bible School
 "Come to Athens" JUNE 24-28 where we will experience the journeys of St. Paul and his adventures to share the story of Jesus! Trinity Church is partnering with Nassau Presbyterian and All Saint's on June 24-28 to offer this wonderful VBS experience for ages 3 through students entering 7th grade in the fall. The program runs 8.50 a.m.-noon for all ages with an optional afternoon, outreach focused program for 4th-7th graders from noon -3.30 p.m. VBS will be held at the Unitarian Church on Cherry Hill Road due to construction at Nassau Pres. We need volunteers (adults and teens-community service hours available) to help with crafts, storytelling, outdoor games and activities, shepherding groups, set up, and many more things. Please see the website http://group.com/vbs/athens for overall information about the VBS program we are using. TO REGISTER for Trinity/Nassau VBS:
1) go to www.nassauchurch.org
2) click "MY NASSAU" (big blue button)
3) click on "Event Registration"
4) Choose "register" next to VBS-June 24-28
5) you will be prompted to "set up an account"----you have to do this to register but it does not go anywhere other than the VBS registration
6)with your new password (from the account you have created) you can register and pay for VBS.
Please let Nancy Hagner hagnern@trinityprinceton.org (609-924-2277, x.307) at Trinity know if your children are planning to attend and/or you are serving as a volunteer. We know this year's VBS will be a great experience, and hope to get your feedback as we discern about whether we can host VBS next summer at Trinity. Thank you. |
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Report on a Visit to Nkunguza Center in Malawi
Dr. Ellen Schell, GAIA International Programs Director (excerpted from a larger report)
Next we travelled to Nkunguza Center, which is the cluster in which Nkunguza Village (sponsored by Trinity Church, Princeton) is found. The village has the same name as the 20 village Nkunguza cluster, sort of like New York city is in New York State (or perhaps I should say Jersey City, New Jersey, since that is the state in which Princeton is located!). The rain was intermittently heavy this day, and it was slow going, but we made it. I took a picture of one of the rivers to show how swollen they become. Because of the rain, we met in a small community building.
The women of these villages gathered, and we met their coordinators. The women sang and danced to welcome us. I asked how many of those gathered were looking after orphans-you can see in the picture how many hands were raised. Mrs.
 Kapindu, one of the orphan guardians, who cares for 4 children, expressed her appreciation for GAIA's help. She was a bit distressed however, because her house had collapsed due to the recent heavy rains (it has been raining heavily and steadily for about 3 weeks). We have heard about a number of house or latrine collapses, and an account of one woman who was injured and taken to the hospital. I took a picture of Mrs. Kapindu speaking. After she spoke, she joined in the dancing-with all she had just been through, she found a way to express joy in the dancing. Alice spoke to the group and also translated for me. It is so very evident how much the villagers and coordinators admire and trust her. A tiny young teenager who is 14 thanked us for helping with secondary school fees. Her name is Jenipher Mitengo and she is in Form 1 at Milonga Secondary School. Todd made a speech and said that he and I don't have the important jobs, it is the caregivers who make the programs run. Alice Bvumbwe translated and the caregivers seemed to like this. The chiefs and the village caregivers asked me to send our appreciation to Trinity Church. Their generosity has made important changes in their lives of their villagers. It was wonderful to be there-please express our gratitude to Trinity for your terrific help. Best, Ellen |
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One Table Cafe
Seeking Committee Co-Chairs
to Coordinate Dinners
Join a team of dedicated, experienced and knowledgeable One Table Cafe committee members! Meg Hannington and Don Mann have run these highly successful dinners for two years. They are looking to retire and need two new co-chairs to step forward. Their plan is to have a chair-elect or co-chairs-elect in place to shadow them for the April and May dinners and then take over in September, when One Table Cafe resumes.What's important to understand is that the systems are in place, individual committee members are dedicated to specific functions within the system and what is required is one or two people to oversee it all. If you might be interested in this role and want to better understand what it would involve, please let Meg (menoha8@aol.com) or Don (donald_mann@b-f.com) know!
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Jersey Shore Hurricane Sandy Relief
Volunteer Opportunities
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Bridge & West Lake Aves.
Bay Head, NJ
732-892-5926
Through their Bayhead Bistro, St. Paul's has been tirelessly serving meals to all who need them on the shore. They serve breakfast, coffee and snacks all day then dinner from 5-7 every day. Anyone can sign up online at http://bayheadbistro.webs.com/get-involved (strongly encouraged) to go down and help at anytime. They would be grateful for a team to come down and relieve their volunteers for a day-if interested, please contact Phil Unetic at 609-844-0801 or phil@uneticdesign.com and we can organize an outreach group day to go. |
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Zaquen Discussion Group
The Zaquen Discussion Group meets every Wednesday at 4:00 pm in the Library. Zaquen is the Hebrew word for 'Elders,' and this discussion group focuses on spirituality for the senior adults in our community. Currently we are discussing Richard Rohr's book Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. For more information, please contact the Rev. Jenny Replogle at reploglej@trinityprinceton.org or 609-924-2277 ext. 308.
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