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AROUND TRINITY

PETS OF TRINITY

UPCOMING EVENTS

BEGINNING THIS WEDNESDAY: The Faith & Fiction Summer Book Club!

Father Steve Connor invites you to join an informal book club, gathering at Trinity on Wednesday evenings at 6 PM, beginning on July 8. BYOD (Bring Your Own Dinner) and get ready for good books, meaningful conversations, and stronger faith! Contact Father Steve for more information.

JULY 16: Trinity Summer BBQs Continue!

Join us at the Trinity Summer BBQs! Bring anything you would like, and bring your friends. No RSVP needed. Remaining dates are: July 16 & 30; August 13 & 27 from 6:00-8:30 PM on Trinity’s front lawn. Email Hailey Hensley if you have any questions or need more info. 

JULY 18-24: The 2026 Icon Workshop

Dates:

Saturday, July 18 (10am to 4pm)
Sunday, July 19 (1pm to 4pm)
Monday through Friday, July 20 to 24 (9am to 5pm)

Cost:

$970 (includes tuition and all supplies and materials)

The Prosopon School of Iconology invites students of all levels to participate in the 2026 workshop. Each day of the workshop will begin with an iconological discussion relating to these subjects and of the liturgical steps of the process, using the Prosopon method. Practical instructions and demonstrations will follow.

For more information and to learn how to register, contact Workshop Coordinator and Iconographer in Residence, Maureen McCormick

JULY 25: Trinity at Trenton Thunder

Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Trenton Thunder Ballpark

Trinity has reserved a block of tickets for the game. Please reach out to Annie at brysona@trinityprinceton.org if you would like tickets. Tickets are $8 each. The game will be followed by a fireworks presentation. 

Day Trip from London to Canterbury:
Wednesday, August 12
RSVP by July 5

Are you going on the choir tour, or are you planning on being in London the week of the choir's residency in London? Do you want to come with Mtr. Kara to Canterbury for a day? If so, please let her know by June 28 so that she can make lunch and group tour reservations. We will be taking the train to Canterbury from London on Wednesday, August 12. The tentative schedule for the day is:

8:40: Train from London St. Pancras to Canterbury West

9:40: Arrive in Canterbury

TBD: Group Tour of the Cathedral (approximately 1 hour), plus exploring and praying on your own.

12:30: Holy Eucharist

Lunch within the Cathedral Precincts

Visit to St. Augustine's Abbey and wandering in town

3:30 or 4-ish Return to London

Note that there is a 90 percent solar eclipse at 6:17 PM BST and we hope to find a decent place in London to watch! 

Estimated cost including rail, tour fees, and lunch is about 65 pounds.

FAMILY MINISTRIES

MUSIC PROGRAM

ADULT FORMATION CORNER

A More Perfect Union

This weekend marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and so the 250th birthday of our nation. You may not know that Independence Day is also a feast day in the Episcopal Church. The Calendar of our church contains several layers of feast days ranked by order or precedence. The most important are the Principal Feasts: Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, All Saints’ Day, Christmas Day, and Epiphany. Then come the “Other Feasts of Our Lord”: Holy Name, St. John the Baptist, Presentation, Transfiguration, Annunciation, Holy Cross Day, and Visitation. Finally, we have the categories of Major Feasts and Lesser Feasts. The Major Feasts include the commemorations of Apostles, Evangelists, and other major saints, as well as two national days particular to the Episcopal Church: Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day.

Some people complain that Independence Day doesn’t quite fit in the calendar of the church, or that it’s a historic oddity related to our identity as a formerly-established Church. However, I would argue that it is meet and right for the Church to set aside one day in our Calendar to pray for the nation, in particular that we would ever continue in our aspirations to be “a more perfect union” of free people who are created equal by God.  We have not always gotten that right, and sometimes we have gotten it deeply wrong, but the hard work of freedom and equality continues.             

I carry a little copy of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution in the binder where I keep my notes for work. In the introduction, NPR host Peter Sagal notes that “the Declaration proclaims something never before asserted by a population as numerous and varied as that of the American Colonies: that they had the right to govern themselves as a free people, and would.” I hope you will join me in praying for our nation this weekend, that we will rejoice in its liberty and work to amend its flaws.

Collect for Independence Day

Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the torch of freedom for nations then unborn: Grant that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain our liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Yours in Christ,

Kara+

Formation This Week

Monday through Friday at 7:45 AM: Morning Prayer Rite II The Zoom Daily Office link is here

Monday, July 6: NO PUB THEOLOGY DUE TO JULY 4 HOLIDAY

COMING SOON: Trail Church on Saturday, July 11 at 9 AM, Goat Hill Overlook, Lambertville. Meet at the trailhead parking lot.

 Education for Ministry (EfM)

Do you have questions about your faith?

Do you wish for a community of like-minded seekers?

Do you want to integrate what you read in the Bible with your daily life?

Then EfM is for you!

Want to know more?

Call Julia Garry at 609-902-1388 or email her at jspenick@aol.com.

PARISH PRAYER LIST

Please keep the following individuals in your prayers:

Joshua Alexander, Dan Van Abs, Alexey Aulov, Barbara, Susan Barry, Zoe Beaton, Vanessa Belhomme, Gloria Bellamy, Cynthia Bellamy, Pamela Brecknell, Peter Brown, Wesley Brown, Jennifer Burke, Brian Burleson, Peter, Bill Causey, Kevin F. Cunningham, Chip Dongara, Daryll Eatmon, Don Edwards, Gus Escher, Abigail Evans, Sue & Steve Frank, Amy G., Sebastian Godinez, Pat Grabiec, Jackie Greggs, John Hannan, William Hannan, John Havener, Ellen Jane, Anne Jarmon, Deborah Jordan, Joyce Kelleher, Patricia Killian, Kristen Lees and Family, Alexandre Lewkowicz, Noelle Lewkowicz, Philippe Lewkowicz, Lucy and Megan, Edwin Metcalf, Nancy Metcalf, Clive Muncaster, Dulcie Muncaster, Joan Nester, Ross Parker, Bob Pietrucha, Lisa Witt Pinair, Elizabeth Read, Carol Reynolds, Claire Roberts, Dianne Senko, Samantha Seto, Randy States, Jody Stebbins, Mike Stebbins, Jim Stepleton, Isaiah Stevens, Gary Sykes, Ward Tomlinson, Aaron Ward, Dawn Young, Nancy, and Joshua.

Individuals will remain on the prayer list for one month, unless we are otherwise notified.

➨ If you want to add someone to the list, please email Annie Bryson at brysona@trinityprinceton.org.

RECOVERY MEETINGS: Looking for recovery meetings? See our list of recurring meetings here.

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, CGS Associate Rector; The Rev. Cn. Steve Connor, Associate Rector ➨ Website: trinityprinceton.org

“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 of every 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.”

Please know that we are here for you, to support you and pray for you however best we can. Feel free to reach out to the clergy.