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The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Lilly, priest/iconographer in our Trinity community, will write icons in the Parish Library, or perhaps the Chapel, the first Friday of each month, beginning on Friday, October 5. From 10 a.m. through the noon Eucharist, she will be available for conference, prayer, and to explain iconography and the spiritual journey. All are welcome!
The Martin de Porres Center
Presented by the Rev. Timothy Ahrens,
Sr. Pastor, First Congregational Church
Tuesday, August 26
10:00 AM – Noon
Admission fee is $15.00.
Please call 614-287-5858
The Rev. Timothy Ahrens will speak about the significant impact that the Rev. Washington Gladden had on the social conscience of the Columbus area and beyond during his time as a church leader. Gladden, senior minister at First Congregational Church in Columbus from 1882 until 1914, was one of the strong early proponents of the Social Gospel, which espoused using Christian principles to address society’s problems. Gladden gained a national reputation as a preacher and a leader of adherents to the Social Gospel. He believed Christians had a duty to help others, and sought to reconcile Christian ethics with political action. Gladden served one term on Columbus City Council, from 1900 to 1902. He died in 1918.
Rev. Timothy Ahrens has served as senior minister at First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in downtown Columbus since 2000. An adjunct faculty member at Chicago Theological Seminary, he has also lectured at the Chautauqua Institution in New York and the Lakeside Community in Ohio. Active in community affairs, Rev. Ahrens is a recent past, co-president of B.R.E.A.D. (Building Responsibility Equality and Dignity), an interfaith organization for economic justice and, in 2006, received the Norman Thomas Peace Activist Award.
A huge invitational outreach is planned preceding the September 7 “Welcome to Trinity Sunday” celebration. Welcome ads will reach more that 25,000 Columbus area homes on the front page of the Columbus Dispatch. Our annual potluck brunch will be held at 9:15 a.m. Be sure to come early, or plan to stay following the 8:00 a.m. service that morning to join the celebration. Also bring your favorite brunch dish to share. More information will be coming from the Parish Life and Hospitality (PLAH) committee.
The Trinity Vestry is promoting the creation of a Trinity ECW - Episcopal Church Women – a wonderful opportunity for fellowship and service. Look for details to come soon.
The Trinity Choir returns on Sunday, Sept. 7. If you have experience with choral singing, read music and want to join this very talented ensemble, please contact Kevin Wines. We rehearse only on Sunday mornings, beginning at 8:30 a.m. This makes the time commitment easier, but being able to attend nearly every week is essential.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
9:15 a.m. Parish Celebration and Brunch
in the Trinity Garden (please bring a dish to share)
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Church School resumes
Trinity Choir returns
We give thanks to God for the ministry of Clara Anderson to the people of Trinity Church. For decades Clara has organized the altar decoration memorials. Clara has asked to retire from this service. Until a volunteer is found to fill Clara’s shoes, please contact Kevin Wines to make memorial donations.
A $50 donation is accepted for each week’s donation.
Meghan D. Kay graduated with honors from ECOT Home schooling. Having completed training as a Nurse Assistant, Meghan plans to attend Columbus State in the fall.
Josh Mand graduated from Bishop Hartley High School and plans to attend Capital University in the fall. He hopes to major in English and theology.
Kate Webster graduated from Bexley High School and plans to attend the University of Cincinnati studying education this fall.
Richard Sauerzopf received a Master of Divinity from Bexley Hall Seminary. He will be a post-doctoral fellow researcher at the Global Urban Research Center of Michigan State University.
Deniray Mueller graduated from Deacon School in the Diocese of Southern Ohio and joins us at Trinity as Deacon this summer.
Danika Olson graduate of Westfall High School and will study music education at Otterbein College in the fall.
(more details to come on each event):
Sunday, September 28: Time & Talents Sunday
Wednesday, October 8: Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori visits Trinity for a Festive Evensong
Friday & Saturday, November 7 & 8:
Diocese of Southern Ohio Convention in Columbus,
Saturday morning liturgy at Trinity
In an attempt to better communicate with the parish, a mass email account has been established. Weekly notices and event updates will be sent out, as well as timely information of concern to the congregation. Use of this account will be very limited to avoid overloading your inboxes. All addresses in the current Parish Directory (2008) have been added to the list. Please add this address to your account so that it is not blocked. If you have not received an email this week (sent on Thursday), please send a note to the account and your address will be added or corrected. Please continue to use to submit bulletin and Chimes items.
We have been invited by the downtown YWCA, our neighbors around the corner on Fourth Street, to host a weekly Bible discussion at their facility. Joe Mazza will facilitate these discussions, which will be held every Tuesday afternoon from 2-3 p.m. This is a wonderful opportunity for anyone interested to come forward and volunteer to be a part of an important downtown ministry. If you are interested in helping occasionally or regularly facilitating these meetingsl, please get in touch with Joe.
Trinity Church begins a ministry to homeless people with “In the Garden.” Deacon School student Joe Mazza leads the service.at 2:00 PM every Sunday, in the garden of Trinity Church. The service will begin with a hymn, followed by prayers (including intercessory prayer), and an opportunity for testimony. Then the congregation will be served a simple lunch.
Recently the Episcopal Community Services Foundation has received 48 grant proposals from 37 congregations across the diocese to aid community ministries in 2008. Sister Episcopal churches are requesting small sums to leverage the time and treasure they are putting in themselves, often at great sacrifice. You probably know several of these projects first hand: think of His Place dinners at St. John’s Columbus; the Interfaith Hospitality Network in Xenia; St. James Pantry in Piqua. They have received several first-time requests for creative new ministries, like the diabetes screening and health education offered at by All Saints Portsmouth during the Loaves and Fishes dinner.
Please pray for the Saints Like You who are bringing hope and help to beleaguered neighbors in God’s name. And please donate to ECSF, your own diocesan charity, created to support the community ministries of Episcopal congregations right here in Southern Ohio. If every Episcopal household gives just $15, they could fully fund this year’s requests! You can send a check to ECSF c/o Diocese of Southern Ohio, 412 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 or give online. All gifts are tax-deductible.
Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) is providing emergency assistance to people in Peru after the country was rocked by a violent earthquake on Wednesday August 15. ERD is working with the Diocese of Peru to provide food, blankets, shelter support and medicine for people left homeless by the quake. 80% of housing has been destroyed in Pisco, near the epicenter of the earthquake. The Diocese of Peru is deeply involved in the relief and rescue efforts by providing critical supplies and helping displaced people who have been injured and brought to Lima.
In the wake of Dean, a Category 5 hurricane, ERD has contacted partners in Jamaica, Belize, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and other parts of the region. The major storm has caused flooding, mudslides, heavy rain, high winds and severe damage, killing at least nine people.
ERD will assist people impacted by Hurricane Dean as church partners identify and assess needs locally. Please continue to pray for those affected by both of these disasters.
Envelopes for contributions to be sent directly to ERD are enclosed in the Sunday bulletins. You may also make a contribution online.
Attention, Trinity photographers! In our continuing effort to enhance this website, and use it as a medium to share our vision of faith and hospitality with the wider community, we would like to include more pictures of our parish life together. If you have any photographs that you would like to submit for consideration for inclusion on this site, and/or would like to participate in this effort by taking some pictures for us, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us at .
The Parish Life and Hospitality Committee is looking for people interested in greeting on Sunday mornings for both the 8:00am and 10:30am services. This is a great way to meet new people and welcome those who worship each week. If you have an interest in leading this group, or being a part of the team, please contact Mary Wanamaker at or call the Parish Office.
Each weekday morning, Trinity Church offers a Morning Prayer service at 8 a.m. This is traditionally a lay-led service, and we invite anyone who is interested in serving as an officiant for these services to contact the Parish Office. Please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to contribute to the weekday ministry of our church.
Trinity is seeking volunteers to assist in the Parish Office on weekday mornings, afternoons or both. This is a great opportunity to see what happens during the week at Trinity Church. You can make a meaningful contribution by being part of the work and outreach in the Parish Office - call Diane Donato at 221-5351 for more information.
Contributions for The Chimes and the weekly announcements brochure should be emailed to . The next issue of The Chimes is planned for mid-May preceding the Day of Pentecost. Notices for the weekly announcements must be received by 8:00 a.m. each Tuesday morning.
Please bring in any and all inkjet cartridges that can be recycled for funds to help in our daily outreach. This is a great way to fund our program and to keep inkjet cartridges out of the landfills.
The Open Shelter, located on the third floor of our Parish House, is requesting children’s clothing, especially coats and warm items.
The Parish Office is in need of men’s socks, deodorant, toothpaste, disposable razors and easily opened non-perishable food items that folks can eat on the street. As always we are looking for winter coats for men and women. Please check your closets for those coats you haven’t worn in years. There are many outside now without warm coats. We would also appreciate warm stocking hats and gloves to distribute to the homeless. We know there are well over 300 people living outside in Columbus. - Diane Donato, Parish Office.
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