Palm Sunday our Guest preacher for the day is The Very Rev. Dr. Ian Markham, former Trinity parishioner and now Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary. Our 8 a.m. service will begin with the blessing of the palms in the rear of the church, followed by the Holy Eucharist with sermon and hymns. The 10 a.m. service will begin in Goodwin Hall with the Liturgy for the Blessing of the Palms, choral anthem and a procession (weather permitting) from Goodwin Hall to the front doors of the church, followed by Holy Eucharist with choirs, sermon and hymns.

Following the 10 a.m. service, there will be several events of interest to all. Church School for grades pre-k - 6 will meet for Godly Play stories and activities. All Junior and Senior High School students, parents and mentors will meet in Huntington Hall with student and adult representatives from Heads Up Hartford, an ecumenical summer experience for youth in the Greater Hartford area which combines fellowship, community service and leadership training.

Healthy at 150! -- Trinity's continuing series on heath issues that affect us all -- will complete signups for parish teams of adults that will endeavor to lost -- collectively! -- 150 pounds between Palm Sunday and Trinity Sunday. Weigh in and weight loss ARE ON THE HONOR SYSTEM -- all you share is how much you want to lose and how much you actually lost. Youth are encouraged to sign onto teams of 2-4 persons committing to engage -- collectively -- 150 hours of exercise during the same time period. Winning Teams will be presented their honors by the presiding bishop, The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, when she is with us on June 4.

Holy Week Reminders: Don't forget to sign up for our Maundy Thursday agape meal and (optional) ceremonial foot washing on April 1. For reservations, or if you are able to help with set up, clean up, or preparation of the meal please call the church office at 860-527-8133 or respond to phaddad@trinityhartford.org.

GET YOUR BELLS ON! Bring any bells you may have to the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 3 and Easter Sunday April 4 to ring whenever we sing Alleluias and during the entire Gloria. Join us in the celebration!

We hope to see everyone on Palm Sunday as we begin the holiest week in the Christian year. For a complete listing of Holy Week services and events, please go to our website, www.trinityhartford.org.

This Sunday at Trinity

Worship according to the Book of Common Prayer – 1789. Come experience worship as our founding families experienced it in 1860, according to the service for Holy Communion in use at that time. Immediately following the service, members of the congregation are invited to remain in the church to discuss their impressions of the service – what was different? What did you notice? How did God speak to you through the service? The Rev. Frank Kirkpatrick, professor of religion at Trinity College and Priest Associate here at Trinity will be our preacher, and the Rev. Canon Jervis S. Zimmerman will be guest celebrant at the 10 a.m. service.

Trinity Health Fair will be held in Goodwin Hall this Sunday after the 10 a.m. service. Information on a wide variety of health issues will be available, along with screenings conducted by nurses from the Visiting Nurse Association and some of Trinity’s own latter-day Florence Nightingales. You can also sign up to join one of Trinity’s “Healthy at 150” teams – committing to be part of a team that will commit to losing at least 150 pounds (per team!) by Trinity Sunday at the end of May. Youth will be able to join teams of 2-4 young people committing to 150 hours of vigorous physical activity before Trinity Sunday.

THANK YOU!
We thank everyone who helped with the retirement celebration for Bishop Andrew Smith and the send off for Fr. Ron Kolanowski. Trinity offered it's extravagant hospitality to everyone who attended these events and we appreciated everyone who attended and helped in the background to these two blessed celebrations.

FREE concert this Friday, March 12th at 7:30 p.m.
The Gettysburg College Choir, the premier choral ensemble at the college will perform works from all periods,Renaissance motets to music written yesterday.

Teen Night at Trinity
Saturday Night is Teen Night here at Trinity Church for members of our Journey to Adulthood program and their friends. Come join us for board games, pizza and refreshments, karaoke and just hanging out in a welcoming place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. If you are in Junior High or High School, we hope you'll be there! Email us with questions millabins@aol.com.

Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas
As part of the consecration and installation of the Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglasas the 15th Bishop of Connecticut, each parish has been invited to make a parish offering toward the purchase of his vestments, crozier, ring and other symbols of his office. If you are interested in contributing toward Trinity's gift for this purpose, please send your offering to the church office, made payable to "Trinity Episcopal Church" and write "Bishop's Gift" in the memo section. Offerings are tax deductible.

SET YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD ON SATURDAY NIGHT!
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. this Sunday, March 14. Set your clocks AHEAD one hour before you go to bed or you'll be a whole hour late for church on Sunday.