Sunday Forums:

Feb 11 - Parish History with the Interns - Our parish has been serving God and spreading God's love in Princeton for 190 years. Our interns Madeline, Zach, and Emmanuel will present what they have found in the PTS library and Trinity archives about life in our parish and in historic Princeton. 

Lent is coming! 

After you celebrate Shrove Tuesday and observe Ash Wednesday at Trinity, we invite you to join us for Lent programming throughout the season. Our programs for this year will explore the shape of the Christian life for us, both as individuals and as a community. We invite you to the observance of a holy Lent by learning, thinking, sharing, and praying about the kind of people and the kind of church we aspire to be. :

Sundays at 9:30

The Virtues with the clergy and ministry staff. What does it mean to live a good life? What kind of people should Christians be? How do we learn holiness as a habit? Join us as we discuss Christian virtues in history and today. 

Wednesday evenings

Life Together book discussion with the clergy and ministry staff. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together is an accessible and provocative guide to Christian life in community. We will discuss the book a chapter at a time, and you can pick up a copy in the Narthex this Sunday and next. You don't have to read the book in order to participate, but we hope you will give it a go! Our Wednesday evening programs will begin with Eucharist at 5:30 and continue with dinner at 6 and program at 6:30. We will finish by 7:15. 

Fridays at 12:15

Musical Meditations. Join us at 12:15 each Friday in Lent for a series of 30 minute recitals followed by a brief said Eucharist at 1 PM. (schedule graphic)

Sundays at 5 PM

Lent Super Sundays - Our Sunday evening programming will start with Choral Evensong or Compline at 5 PM, followed by refreshments in Pierce-Bishop Hall at 5:30. Then, we will offer three groups at 6 PM for adults and youth:

Adults: Episcopal 101 with Kara 

Youth: What is life in Christ? with Madeline, Emmanuel, Wesley, and Emily 

Parents: Conversations with Paul 

February is about to get very busy at Trinity. I have several updates, reminders, and announcements from Family Ministries. The Sunday School announcements and Faith@Home resources are especially geared toward parents with kids from PreK-5th grade. 

First, I’ll go through announcements and updates for the special events and programs. Second, I will go through reminders for the ongoing programs. 

Shrove Tuesday 🡪 Ash Wednesday 🡪  Lent 

Family Lenten Spirals – available on the Family Ministries Table. 

February 13th will be Trinity’s annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Palm Burning Liturgy! 

• Supper is in the Parish Hall at 6 p.m. and there will be games and activities available for kids. 

• We will make Alleluia posters to put in hibernation until Easter.

• Gluten-free pancakes available!  

• Bring your old Palm Sunday palms and palm-crosses! We make our ashes for Ash Wednesday out of those. 

• Palm-Burning Liturgy after supper. 

February 14th is Ash Wednesday

• Services at Trinity at 7 a.m., noon, and 7 p.m. 

February 21st & 28th will be the first two Lenten Suppers

• Supper will be soup, bread, and salad, provided by different groups in the church (Vestry, 20s/30s, Oregon Trail Blazers, Staff, etc.) 

• The schedule for Wednesday evening programs goes like this:

• • 5:30 p.m., Eucharist in the church 

  • 6 p.m., supper in the big side of the Parish Hall 

  • 6:30 p.m., childcare in the small side of the Parish Hall 

  • 6:30 p.m., Life Together program and discussion in the big side of the Parish Hall. 

  • Need a copy of Life Together? Get yours in the Narthex (entryway) or at the front desk. 

  • Don’t have time to read Life Together? That’s ok. Join us for supper and conversation anyway. 

Faith @ Home Resources for February: 

Click the link to visit the Princeton Public Library (PPL) website entry for each book.

You can find the lectionary texts for each Sunday in the BCP, or online at https://www.lectionarypage.net/. 

Mogie, the Heart of the House, by Kathi Appelt, tells the story of Mogie, a dog who lives at the Ronald MacDonald House and uses all her energy and affection to help the children staying there heal. This book connects to the Gospel for February 4, Mark 1:29-39 and the theme of healing. 

When Lightning Comes in a Jar, by Patricia Polacco, tells the story of Tricia’s family reunion. After a wonderful day with family and good food, Tricia’s grandmother sends everyone home with jars of fireflies. The family carries the light of their reunion out into the world with them. This book connects to the Epistle for February 11, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, and particularly to the light of God that we carry in our hearts and spread throughout the world. 

Water Come Down: The Day You Were Baptized, by Walter Wangerin, Jr., is a celebration of baptism, illustrated vibrantly, and overflowing with the excitement and joy surrounding this sacrament. We have multiple copies of this book at Trinity, and we often give them as baptism gifts. On February 18, we will read in Mark’s Gospel of Jesus’ baptism. 

The Wonderful Things You Will Be, by Emily Winfield Martin, is all about the hopes we have as parents for our children as they learn and grow. This book connects to the theme of the blessings and promises God gives to Abram and Sarai, in our Old Testament reading from February 25, from Genesis 17. 

Sunday School & Playful Worship: 

In Sunday School, on February 11, we will make Valentines in Sunday School for the residents of Stonebridge and Meadow Lakes. 

Playful Worship on Sundays has been a huge success! A big thank you to Alex Englert for taking the lead on that. Until Easter, Playful Worship will meet in the Children’s Chapel, since Betsy Ashton’s beautiful portrait series is housed in the Thomas room. (If you have not had a chance to look at the paintings, they are stunning. I highly recommend taking some time to walk through the exhibit.) 

You can sign up to help with Playful Worship HERE. 

You can sign up to assist in Sunday School HERE. 

You can sign up to provide snacks for Sunday School HERE.  

Questions? Please ask. 

Just want to check in or get coffee? I’d love that!! Please reach out, and we will find a time to connect. 

Peace and blessings, 

Emily 

Please help fill Arm In Arm’s Mobile Pantry Truck and Pantry shelves with LOVE by supporting their 20th Annual Valentine’s for Food Drive to provide nutritious food for our neighbors in need.

You can help in two ways. For the month of February, you can donate via special Valentines for Food collection envelopes in the pews. You can also donate food items listed in the above flyer. Food items can be placed in the shopping cart in the narthex or the wagon near the front desk and we will get them to Arm in Arm.

Last week's Evensong featured the choir singing music by two living women composers, Sarah MacDonald and Jessica French.  Of the choir's performance of her piece "At heaven's proclamation," French wrote:

"I was finally able to listen today, and it was absolutely wonderful!  I especially loved the way you paced it during the transitions.  Thank you and the choir SO much, and I'm thrilled you are doing it next Sunday too! I was so impressed with their sound and it was such a bright end to my day!" 

A mardi-gras themed reception followed, featuring the delectable cooking of Leslie Edwards.  We look forward to our next Evensong on February 18, which will feature the music of Maurice Greene and Orlando Gibbons.

You may or may not know this, but at Trinity Church we have had a Flower Ministry since 2013, where we deliver a lovely cup of flowers to people who are sick or grieving, or who are celebrating a significant milestone or achievement. If you know someone who would benefit from this ministry, please reach out to a member of our clergy, and we will take it from there.

Each fall, as we return from summer and the joys of vacation with family and friends, the Trinity Vestry and the Stewardship and Finance Committees meet to review our church’s financial health in preparation for our yearly Stewardship drive. Stewardship is not only a fall activity, as we are called by Christ to ask ourselves all year what we are to do as Christians for our church community and for our brothers and sisters in need. Kara reminded us in a recent E-pistle missive (and we quote Kara here), All you have to do at this point is show up and say yes.  This year the Stewardship Committee set a goal of $1M with 400 families and individuals pledging.  Thank you!! As we near the end of our pledge drive, we are close to reaching our $1M goal with 300 pledges. Many of you said YES!  Now we all can turn to asking ourselves what we are being called to do.  We only need to listen patiently and quietly to hear what God is inviting us to. Are we ready to say YES! Stewardship has been defined as, “Utilizing all resources and managing all resources God provides for the glory of God and the betterment of His creation.”  We are up to answer God’s call to us with a resounding YES!  We can all commit to pray for each other as we listen for our invitation.  We ARE Trinity Church!!

With gratitude for your support,

Trudy Sykes and Bill Hackett

Stewardship Co-Chairs

It is with heartfelt appreciation that we thank the following members of our Trinity community who pledged for 2024. 

• E. Kim Adams & Terrance O'Malley

• Mary Elizabeth Allen

• Judith Anderson

• Linda Anderson

• Greta Anderson

• Nathan and Celeste Arrington

• Betsy Ashton and James Stapleton

• Vicki Austin-Smith

• Louise Bachelder

• Steven and Elizabeth Baglio

• Janet Baker

• Mark Baker and Susan Dibs

• Barbara Banks

• Grayson Barber

• Daniel and Jennifer Bartell

• Paul and Holly Becker

• Micael and Betsy Bell

• Andrew and Stephanie Benjamin

• Merrill Biancosino

• David and Bonnie Bivins

• Michael Blaakman and Angharad Rebholz

• Jayne Blankenship

• Brett Boal and Lisa Shepard

• Sheila Bodine

• Raju and Lindsey Bohra

• James and Olivan Boon

• Henry and Michele Bowden

• Benjamin Brand

• Leslie Brecknell

• Rebecca Brewer and Keith Snedeker

• Dcn Henry and Susan Bristol

• Ted and Barbara Bromley

• Carol Brooks Thomas

• Eric and Therese Brown

• Greta Brown

• Peter and Elizabeth Brown

• Anne Bryson

• Ryan Bubb

• Margaret Burger

• William Burks

• B Thomas and Barbara Byrne

• Jeanie and John Byrne

• Kristen Callahan

• Marlene Carlson

• Milton and Elizabeth Charbonneau

• Charles and Julia Chesebrough

• Jeannette Ching

• Valerie Ching

• Dora Ching and Richard Wong

• Linda Clark

• Wendell Collins

• Jeanne Conerly and David Venturo

• Joseph and Donna Crafford

• Donna Culin

• Carter Cunningham

• Randall and Heidi Currier

• Daniel and Tracy Dart

• Helene Davies

• C VanLeer and Lynne Davis

• Trey Delaney

• Julia Denny Clark

• Carol Desmond

• Mike and Brenda Deverell

• Adrian and Suzanne Dicker

• Angela and Edward DiJoseph

• Jacob and Patricia Dlamini

• Annette Duvall-Atlee

• Francis and Caryl Dyckman

• Michael and Leslie Edwards

• Anne Elliott

• Shawn and Roberta Ellsworth

• Art and Cheryl Eng

• Alexander Englert and Luise Lampe

• John Eory

• Gustav and Constance Escher

• Abigail Rian Evans

• Larry and Wendy Evans

• Stephen and Cheryl Evans

• Marisa and Richard Farnum

• Anne Faynberg

• Evelyn Flory

• Robert and Elizabeth Fraser

• John Frederick

• Antonia Fried

• Richard and Mary Funsch

• Vikram Galla and Pradeepa Jayakumar

• Jeanne Garner

• Julia Garry

• Alexander Gedye and Fang Yan

• Gregory Geehern

• Aristides and Elizabeth Georgantas

• Albert and Patricia Gerbig

• Alexandra Gerry

• Victor and Jacqueline Gibbs

• Curtis and Sophie Glovier

• Lloyd and Kari Gold

• Solveig Gold and Joshua Katz

• John and Judith Golden

• Robin Gosnell

• Allie Graham-Hicks and Margaret Hicks

• John and Rebecca Griffith

• Robert and Wanda Gunning

• James and Kammi Gunton

• William and Katharine Hackett

• Helen Hannan

• Carrie Hanson

• Janet Haring

• Dr Margaret Harper and Michael Gratkowski

• Christine Hart

• Dan and Nell Haughton

• Jeanne-Louise Haviland

• Jennifer Hayden

• William and Aline Haynes

• Donald Healy

• Irene Hechler

• JoAnn Heisen

• Scott and Wendy Heiser

• Dennis and Terri Hermann

• Neal and Cynthia Hesterberg

• Curtis Hoberman

• Jim and Meg Holland

• Charles and Lucia Huebner

• Mary Hulme

• Stu Hunter

• Gregg H Hutchison

• Andrea Hyde

• Paul and Christina Jeanes

• Lawrence and Deborah Jordan

• Bruce Jordan and Jeanne Perantoni

• Belrena Kelemen

• Joyce Kelleher

• Kenneth and Linda Kelly

• Scott and Larissa Kelsey

• John and Mary Kemp

• Lanny King

• Allan King and Helen Burke

• Michael and Louise Kingston

• Dana Klinges

• David Knowlton and Diane Zompa

• Nina Kola

• Fred and Gina Kornfeind

• Alex and Tricia Krajunus

• Ira Lackey

• David Lamb

• William and Martha Lashbrook

• Penelope Lattimer

• Andrea Lauber

• Ann Laughlin

• Owen and Beverly Leach

• Christopher Leavell and John Cooper

• Lily Leonard

• Lynn Lepore

• Emma Levitt

• Robert Lewis

• Constance Leyden

• Frank and Sharon Lorenzo

• Kay Mack

• Jean Mahoney

• Robert and Joanna Martin

• Sean and Alicia McCarther

• Mark McConnell and Kangyan Chen

• Maureen McCormick and Phillip Unetic

• Lindsay McDowell

• Scott McGoldrick and Linda Noel

• Gary and Shirley McKnight

• James and Julie Meidlinger

• Robert Meier

• Edwin and Nancy Metcalf

• Jim Meyer

• Theresa Meyers

• John and Denise Miller

• Douglas and Debbier Minck

• Thalia Mingo

• Donn Mitchell

• Marc and Tina Marie Mitchell

• Edmund Moeller

• Dorothy Morin

• John and Lauri Mulvey

• Clive and Dulcie Muncaster

• Jennifer Nasser

• Sarah Jones Nelson

• Joan Nester

• Ronald Novak

• Michael and Morgane O'Connell

• Elaine Pagels

• Peter and Els Paine

• Stephen and Susan Paneyko

• Constantin and May Papastephanou

• Herman and Rosemary Parish

• Dee Patberg

• Deborah Pege

• Anil and Nithila Peter

• James Phillips

• Joseph and Marte Pierson

• Robert and Shirley Pietrucha

• Conrad and Rebecca Plimpton

• Madeline Polhill

• John Pollock

• Robert Predale and Karen Howard

• Frances Preston

• Jolyon and Emily Pruszinski

• Peter and Mary Anne Quinn

• Gil and Camille Quinton

• Paul Raeder and Robert Holley

• John Rassweiler

• Elizabeth Read

• Rebecca Reynolds

• Abigail and Spencer Reynolds

• Juliet Richardson and John Wynne

• Lester and Barbara Robbins

• Claire Roberts

• William and Maeryn Roebling

• Linda Rothkopf

• Wesley Rowell

• Clarence and Leslie Rowley

• Ralph and Barbara Rubano

• Henry Rulon-Miller

• Sherrie Russell-Brown

• Susan Sanford

• Blaise and Ramona Santianni and Romero

• John and Ruth Sayer

• William and Lisa Schmid

• Crawford Schneider

• David and Molly Schneider

• William Schowalter

• Thomas and Melissa Scott

• Edith Senyumba

• Elizabeth Sheldon

• J Nicole Shelton

• Jane Shillaber

• Tara Sikma

• Kara Slade

• Steve and Jean Snyder

• Thomas and Margaret Southerland

• John and Carol Spears

• Vernon and Elaine Spencer

• James and Michelle Stabler-Havener

• James and Monica Stahl

• Michael and Jody Stebbins

• Anne Steinhorn

• Elizabeth Stenard

• Rob and Pegi Stengel

• Mary Stevens

• William and Joanna Storrar

• John Sturges

• John Sully and Katherine Rohrer

• William A Sweeney

• Gary and Trudy Sykes

• Joseph Syzdek and JoAnn Witherow

• Susan Tarr

• Constance Tate

• Sandi Tatnall

• Sylvia Temmer

• Jovi and Nancy Tenev

• Andros Thomson

• John Thurman and Hilary Winter

• Daphne Townsend

• James Trowbridge

• Linda Twining

• Martin and Joan Valcin

• Janet Van Abs

• Sara Vasiliu

• Henry and Meredith Von Kohorn

• Robert von Zumbusch

• Ronald Waetzman and the Rev Stephen Connor

• Brent Walker

• J Calvin and Judy Walker

• M'lou Walker

• John and Happy Wallace

• Carol Walsh

• Robert Walsh

• Wendy Warren and Joseph Fronczak

• Amy and Jeff Watkins

• George and Judy Webb

• Ann Weeks

• Christy Welborne

• Dorothy Werner

• Cynthia Westbrook

• Maureen Westerman

• Dennis Wheeler and Catherine O’Neill

• Frederick Wherry and James Furst

• Constance White

• John and Susanne White

• John White and Mary Alden

• Cheryl Whitney

• Amelia Willson

• John and Kathleen Winant

• Bruce Woodger

• Stuart and Winifred Woody

• Gil Woody

• Richard and Ann Zultner