A Busy Week, and Another Special Weekend at Trinity
This has been an exceptionally busy week around Trinity. It started on Sunday where we welcomed 36 new official members of our congregation, each of whom demonstrated their commitment to our ministry by signing their names in the official parish register. We also honored some 26 veterans who have served their country of origin (not all of them American) in military service. Monday featured our Light and Peace Program, as is customary on Monday evenings.
Tuesday evening saw our Vestry begin their meeting with a study of Jesus' admonition to "seek first the Kingdom of God, and God's righteousness, and all these things shall be gathered unto you." The Vestry then heard about progress on any number of initiatives -- you can check out the specifics on this web site as of Friday evening by going to "newsletters".
Wednesday evening marked the conclusion of our 5-part "soup supper" series with Huston Smith and Bill Moyers on major faith traditions. Simultaneously, the Day School Exploratory Committee and the Choir School Board were holding back-to-back meetings to move forward on the vision for these two ministries. Thursday morning many of us were at the Greater Hartford Prayer Breakfast at the Artist's Collective on Albany Avenue, where Rabbi Donna Berman of the Charter Oak Cultural Center gave a moving homily on "United Prayer: Everyone!". Our own Al Shuckra and Kim DeMichele were on the steering committee for this event. And then Thursday evening our Adult Christian Formation Committee met to plan the next Christian Education series, followed by the 150th Anniversary Committee conducting a debriefing on the activities since September and to flesh out plans for the coming months.
Whew! The Spirit is a-movin'!
This Saturday evening will feature a wonderful "four hands" piano recital by former Trinity members George Vona and Lark Popov. Sunday at Trinity, we will continue our look at Trinity Outreach Ministries as part of our 150th Anniversary celebration. At both services on Sunday morning, part of the Liturgy of the Word will be the showing of an 18-minute video highlighting the work of the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. Our Sunday Symposium following the 10 am service will feature Kate Smith, a member of the board of AFEDJ, who will speak about the many outreach ministries of the organization in the Holy Land and Trinity's role in supporting them.
I hope you will be able to join us for worship, fellowship and study this weekend Have a blessed day! Your brother in Christ, Don+
Tuesday evening saw our Vestry begin their meeting with a study of Jesus' admonition to "seek first the Kingdom of God, and God's righteousness, and all these things shall be gathered unto you." The Vestry then heard about progress on any number of initiatives -- you can check out the specifics on this web site as of Friday evening by going to "newsletters".
Wednesday evening marked the conclusion of our 5-part "soup supper" series with Huston Smith and Bill Moyers on major faith traditions. Simultaneously, the Day School Exploratory Committee and the Choir School Board were holding back-to-back meetings to move forward on the vision for these two ministries. Thursday morning many of us were at the Greater Hartford Prayer Breakfast at the Artist's Collective on Albany Avenue, where Rabbi Donna Berman of the Charter Oak Cultural Center gave a moving homily on "United Prayer: Everyone!". Our own Al Shuckra and Kim DeMichele were on the steering committee for this event. And then Thursday evening our Adult Christian Formation Committee met to plan the next Christian Education series, followed by the 150th Anniversary Committee conducting a debriefing on the activities since September and to flesh out plans for the coming months.
Whew! The Spirit is a-movin'!
This Saturday evening will feature a wonderful "four hands" piano recital by former Trinity members George Vona and Lark Popov. Sunday at Trinity, we will continue our look at Trinity Outreach Ministries as part of our 150th Anniversary celebration. At both services on Sunday morning, part of the Liturgy of the Word will be the showing of an 18-minute video highlighting the work of the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. Our Sunday Symposium following the 10 am service will feature Kate Smith, a member of the board of AFEDJ, who will speak about the many outreach ministries of the organization in the Holy Land and Trinity's role in supporting them.
I hope you will be able to join us for worship, fellowship and study this weekend Have a blessed day! Your brother in Christ, Don+
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