Sunday Schedule
The Third Sunday after Pentecost
June 9th
8:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
8:00 a.m.
Reader and
Intercessor:
Noreen Duncan
Chalice:
Curtis Hoberman
Acolyte:
Van Davis
Lynne Davis
Ushers:
Lewie Kingsford
Guy Pierson
Ralph Rubano
10:00 a.m.
Reader:
Judy Lowry
Intercessor:
Juliana McIntyre Fenn
Chalice:
Brenda Deverell
Mike Deverell
Denise Gordon-Miller
James Phillips
Acolytes:
Lucia Huebner
Chinwendu Achebe
Nnamdi Achebe
Verger:
Juliet Richardson
Ushers:
John Burns
Dan Haughton
Robert Hearne
Neal Hesterberg
Costa Papastephanou
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Scripture Readings:
1 Kings 17:17-24 Psalm 30 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 |
Homilist:
The Rev. Leslie Smith
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
Nancy Hagner
Christian Education Director & Newcomers
hagnern@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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"Ghosts That We Knew"
And you knelt beside my hope torn apart
But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view
And we'll live a long life
So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
-from "Ghosts That We Knew" by Mumford & Sons
Listen to the song here
I heard the above song for the first time this past weekend, and these lyrics stayed with me for days. How often do we choose to live with the ghosts that we know simply because they are familiar?
We all have times in our lives that are filled with struggle and heartbreak, but far too often we acquiesce to living with ongoing pain, anger, and brokenness simply because it is familiar. We find ways to cope with our new wounds, and it is necessary and even healthy to form an tentative balance that allows us to keep going for a time as we seek a new normal. But sometimes we lose sight of the healing and wholeness that God promises and longs to bring us. We become afraid to upset the equilibrium we have found, even if it is steadied by lingering bitterness, simmering anger, or buried grief.
Later in the weekend, someone said, "We prefer our chronic pain to the acute pain of healing." I believe that there lies the depth of the truth of why we so often stay with the familiar darkness and the ghosts that we know.
In the life of Christ we see that "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it." (John 1:3-5) Jesus came to us to offer us hope in the darkness, to shed a light that darkness cannot overcome to promise us that the ghosts that we know and have known will flicker from view.
The reason this song stayed with me was because captured the role that we have in helping each other on the road to healing. I have found that beginning the unfamiliar road to healing always takes a glimpse of the light to be found. I have usually found that light in another person. Who has been light in your darkness? Take a moment this week to reach out and thank them or to treasure their memory in a prayer.
At the core of our faith is both a belief and a call essential to being followers of Christ: We are the light of the world, a world which cries out to "give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light."
May we follow Christ and offer our world hope in the darkness. May we be the light.
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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 Episcopal Relief & 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.
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Iconography News
Maureen McCormick will offer guided tours of the exhibition of Prosopon School icons that is currently on view at Princeton Theological Seminary's Erdman Art Gallery on Sunday June 9 and Sunday June 23, following the 10 o'clock service. We will meet outside near the Memorial Garden and walk over together. For more information about the exhibition, see a recent article in Town Topics.
There are still spaces in the July 7 - 12 icon workshop, but please register soon! See the attached flyer for more information. Questions? Send them to
Maureen McCormick
Instructor and Workshop Coordinator | Prosopon School of Iconology
www.prosoponschool.org
Iconographer in Residence | Trinity Church, Princeton
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20s/30s Study & Discussion Group
Sunday, June 9th, 11:00 am
Come join the 20s/30s group in an engaging discussion with fellow Christians after watching the session's Animate curriculum ( http://animate.wearesparkhouse.org/) video; all are welcome. We will be meeting in Room 207. For more information, or to be added to the 20s/30s group email list, please contact Joanne Golann at jwgolann@gmail.com.
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Trinity Choir to Tour England
August 3-19, 2013
News and a Challenge!
50 members of the Trinity Choir plan to sing daily services at Lincoln Cathedral August 5-11; and at St. Paul's Cathedral London August 12-18. It is a great opportunity for the Choir to be invited to sing in such glorious spaces. It is also a spectacular honor to sing the weekend services at St. Paul's London, something that visiting choirs are rarely permitted to do! Maureen McCormick, Carol Katz Connelly, Mark McConnell, Connie Chen, Leslie Edwards, and Bucky and Jessica Brown have worked tirelessly over the past two years to make this dream a reality for our Choir. I hope you will join me in thanking them for their great efforts!
Why go to England? Why not Germany? Or Hoboken?
While there will be numerous opportunities for the choristers to sightsee in both Lincoln and London, the primary purpose of this trip is to educate our choristers - both young and old - about the Anglican Choral Tradition. These great Cathedrals are the musical roots of Trinity's music ministry! What Trinity Church Princeton does on a weekly basis can be traced back to choral tradition of these great places. By going back to Lincoln, our Choir will have the chance to sing the great music of William Byrd in Lincoln Cathedral where Byrd was Organist and Master of the Choristers 500 years ago! This is the living history and living tradition.
The Trinity Choristers give about seven hours a week, on average, to the Trinity Choir and Music Ministry of Trinity Princeton. Through this extraordinary commitment, a commitment level that is countercultural today, they have achieved a very high standard of music making for our worship. As a result of this level, they are able to sing some of the great music of the tradition spanning about 600 years. My expectation is that this experience will be a revelation and a transformative experience for many on the trip. They will see and hear what they do weekly in a very specific context - that of their musical roots.
A CHALLENGE: A member of the Parish has very generously approached me with a challenge grant of $3,000. He has said that he will contribute $3,000 to the Trinity Choir Tour Fund if we can find an additional $6,000 from fellow parishioners. If we are able to raise this money, it will mean that we can reduce expenses overall allowing others to travel with us who might not otherwise be able to afford it. Should you be interested in helping us meet this challenge, please email Elly Matsil at matsile@trinityprinceton.org
Also, if you are in England during this time period, please come see us at Lincoln or St. Paul's!
Sincerely,
Tom Whittemore
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Kick Off Your Summer Planting Beach Grass
Saturday June 15th, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Sea Bright, NJ
Katie Cleveland, a member of our youth group, is working to achieve her Gold Award which is the highest level of Girl Scouting. Her project is planting dune grass in Sea Bright, NJ.
Beach grass is a key part of the beach ecosystem; it secures the dunes and protects towns from storms and also provides a habitat for native species.
Hurricane Sandy destroyed many of the towns that weren't protected by dunes with beach grass. Help restore the shore after Hurricane Sandy.
Visit www.beachgrassgoldaward.weebly.com to find out more, donate, or sign up.
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20s/30s Sunday Brunch
Sunday, June 23rd, 11:00 am
Join the 20s/30s  group, even if you are not in your 20s/30s, for a communal Sunday brunch in the George Thomas room . For more information, or to be added to the 20s/30s group email list, please contact Joanne Golann at jwgolann@gmail.com.
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A Trinity Sojourn: Prospect Park, Brooklyn Saturday, July 20
Have you ever explored or been to Prospect Park, Brooklyn?
I bet most of us haven't..
Prospect Park is an 585 acre park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and built in 1867, nine years after the completion of their design for Central Park, Manhattan. The park is also the site of the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolution ( George Washington and the Continental Army did not have a good day.).
The park has distinctive areas: a meadow in the north and west, a wooded ravine in the east, and a lake in the south
Our guide for the day will be Hillary Delaney. Hillary, a member of the Grounds Committee of Trinity Church, is a landscape architect. She is thrilled to serve as our guide and to share with us the wonders of the park.
The time details for the day will be announced. The basic itinerary will be to meet-up at the Grand Army Plaza Farmers' Market, at the northwest entrance to the park, (Prospect Park West and Flatbush Avenue) and have a brown-bag lunch nearby within the park. We'll spend the afternoon exploring the park, and perhaps, end the day with a pub stop in Park Slope.
The inspiration for this was when I saw this video, "Olmsted and America's Urban Parks" at a past Princeton Environmental Film Festival. http://watch.thirteen.org/video/1887541606/
Please let me know if you would like to part of this adventure.
Curtis Hoberman, 609-452-9373, curtish222@cs.com
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Thank You for Supporting the HIP Wine Tasting Benefit...
On Sunday, June 2, Lynne and Van Davis, Elliot Kaplan (Banfi Vintners), and Housing Initiativ es of Princeton (HIP) hosted HIP's 5th Annual Garden Wine Tasting. Over sixty-five friends and supporters, including many from Trinity enjoyed wines and hors d' oeuvres par excellence.
Guests experienced a selection of modern organic & biodynamic wines from Chile and classic selections from world-class vineyards in Italy. HIP's board member Emilia created heavenly hors d'oeuvres to accompany each wine.
We are exceedingly grateful to all who attended and supported this benefit. Extraordinary appreciation is being extended to Lynne and Van Davis our hosts, the cheerful wait staff led by The Reverend Paul Jeanes, and included The Reverend Jenny Replogle, Van Davis, Charles DiSanto, and The Reverend David Davis, Nassau Church. Ira Lackey created exquisite fresh floral centerpieces for each table.
To view a collection of photos from the benefit open this link http://marydunbar.zenfolio.com/p910696242.
We are immensely appreciative of your ongoing support.
Ruth Thurmond Scott
Board Chair, HIPCT
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Summer Schedules Are in Effect
8:00 Rite I
10:00 Rite II
We started our summer schedules on May 26th and will continue through Sunday, September 8th.
Sunday services will be at 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Christian Education, Oasis, Evensong and Compline will not be meeting over the summer and will resume in the fall.
The parish offices will be open 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Thursday and 9:00 am through 12:00 noon on Fridays.
With fewer events taking place and many people being away, we will also be reducing the number of times we publish the E-pistle over the summer. Beginning with this issue, the E-pistle will be published every other week.
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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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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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Trinity Wants Your Used Ink Cartridges
 You can help support Trinity by donating your used ink cartridges. By recycling used cartridges we help the planet at the same time we earn a little extra change towards our office supply expenses. Cartridges can be left in the small basket at the reception desk. |
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