TRINITY ePISTLE — Week of Sunday, August 13, 2023

WEEK OF SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2023
✢ ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST ✢

Praying with Your Body

The Rev. CN. Dr. Kara Slade, ASSOCIATE RECTOR

Greta has been sulking today. She saw my travel pack emerge from the closet shelf and knows what that means: mom is going away.

Sulking Doggo

On Friday morning, I will leave for an 11-day trip to England to make plans for a parish pilgrimage sometime in 2024 — and as a pilgrimage and time of renewal for myself.

Pilgrimage is not tourism. Tourism involves a change in where we are, a change in our experiences, but it doesn’t necessarily involve a change in us. Pilgrimage is a way of opening ourselves to God in order to be changed, restored, reconciled, and empowered for our vocations. Fr. Richard Rohr writes,

If no interior journey has happened, we really haven’t made a pilgrimage….we’ve just been tourists. We’ve traveled around and said, ‘I saw this, and I saw that, and I bought this,’ and so forth. But that’s what a tourist does, not a pilgrim. And God has called us on pilgrimage. Above all else, pilgrimage is praying with your body, and it’s praying with your feet. It’s an exterior prayer, and the exterior prayer keeps calling you into the interior prayer.

I hope that you will begin praying about whether God might be calling you on this pilgrimage next year, to learn and to be changed by God in the places where great deeds of faith have been done and where God is worshipped in powerful ways.

I also hope that you will send me your prayer requests. If you email me by Monday (sladek@trinityprinceton.org) with the subject line ‘Prayer Request,’ I will offer your prayers at the site of St. Thomas Becket’s martyrdom at Canterbury Cathedral, where thousands upon thousands of prayers have been said over the centuries.

Yours faithfully in Christ,

The Rev. Cn. Dr. Kara Slade, Associate Rector

Holy Communion Rite I at 8am in the Nave

Holy Communion Rite II at 10am in the Nave

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SUMMER SCHEDULE

This Sunday’s preacher is the Rev. Paul Jeanes III, Rector.

The readings for this Sunday can be found here.

Fri, Aug 04

Homefront School Supply Drive

Trinity Church is once again soliciting donations to our school supply drive for Homefront. This year we've set a stretch goa—100 backpacks full of supplies!

We have the backpacks, but it’s up to you to fill them. See the Amazon wish list and have your donation delivered to 'Kara's List Address' on the menu, or you can enter the church address manually: 33 Mercer St, Princeton NJ 08540.

P.S., I know you’re reading this announcement right now thinking, “This sounds great, I need to remember to do it later.” You don’t need to remember if you click the link right now!

Let’s shoot for 100! We can do it!

CLICK THE LINK

Fri, Aug 04

Register for Church School and Youth Group

Linked below is the Registration Form for Trinity's Church School, and for Youth Group, restarting in September 2023!

Church School meets on Sundays at 9:30–10:20am and is geared toward children ages 3-10, from PreK–5th grade. Emily Pruszinski teaches Church School with help from our clergy, interns, parents, and teen volunteers.

Youth Group meets on Sundays from 6-7:15pm and is geared toward pre-teens and teens ages 11-18, from 6th–12th grade. Our wonderful Lay Pastoral Associate, Wesley Rowell, will co-lead Youth Group this year with Emily Pruszinski.

Parents and Caregivers — If you are interested in volunteering to help run classes, bring snacks, wrangle sheep at the Christmas Pageant, we welcome your help! There are options listed below for both weekly and seasonal events. If you have any questions, please email Emily Pruszinski (pruszinskie@trinityprinceton.org).

Complete the questions in the attached form to register your child for Church School on Sundays for the 2023-2024 school year. Please fill out a separate form for each child you are registering.

REGISTER NOW

Canoeing the Canal

Sunday, August 20, at 1pm

Fri, Jul 28

Rummage Sale Coming in October, Donations Needed!

Coming October 19-21

The Rummage Committee is collecting donations. Please email us to make a reservation to drop them off at rummage@trinityprinceton.org.

When you arrive to drop off your donations, please park in the church parking lot next to Ivy Hall and we will come and retrieve them directly from your vehicle.

During these dog days of summer, start cleaning out your closets and attics. We need as many of your donations as possible to make this a great sale!

Please donate:

Gently-worn & Clean Men’s, Women’s, and Children’s Clothing for All Seasons
Better Ladies’ Dresses & Men’s Clothing
Housewares (Please, No Glass Vases)
Electronics
Books
Linens
Shoes
Jewelry (Fine & Costume)
Vintage & Antique Items (Remember that Edison Diamond Disc Gramophone from last year?)
Boutique Items (Crystal, China, & Art)

Please Leave at Home:

Sporting Goods (Uniforms, sporting equipment, gym equipment, bicycles, skateboards, ice skates, kayaks, skis, etc.)
Furniture of Any Kind
Rugs or Other Large Floor Coverings

Many thanks to all!

Book Group: On Prayer

Mondays at 7pm, since July 3

“Seek and You Will Find” by Rhonda Mawhood Lee with the Rev. Cn. Dr. Kara Slade, Associate Rector

GET THE BOOK HERE

The online summary of Bonnie Bivins’ final installment, Week 5, of her 1 Peter Bible Study held on August 9 will be published in next week’s ePISTLE. See summaries for Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4 at the links.

Pickup Choirs

Practices for pick-up choirs begin at 9am in Ivy Hall ahead of the 10am service.

Kids’ Voices

August 27, 2023 at 10am

PRAYER LIST: Please keep the following individuals in your prayers: The Very Rev. Richard Bower, Thomas Brown, Bill Chesley, Kyle Currier, Polly Henry, Blanche Jenson, Patricia Killian, Lisa Moore & Family, The Rev. Dr. Sonia Waters ➨ If you want to add someone to the list, please email Annie Bryson at brysona@trinityprinceton.org.

ZOOM EVENTS: Join all Zoom meetings, unless otherwise advertised, at ZOOM.US/J/2859819016 [By phone: 1 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 285 981 9016 Password: 1979].

ABOUT US: Trinity Church ➨ Est’d 1833 ➨ An Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New Jersey ➨ 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 ➨ (609) 924-2277 ➨ The Rev. Paul Jeanes III, Rector; The Rev. Cn. Dr. Kara N. Slade, Associate Rector; Wesley Rowell, Lay Pastoral Associate ➨ “We believe God’s love is expansive and unconditional and that through Christ, God has called us to love one another as God loves us. We welcome all people regardless of gender, race, age, culture, ethnic background, sexual orientation, economic circumstance, family configuration, or difference of ability. We celebrate the worth, dignity, and gifts of every person as a child of God.”

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