Important News and Notes from the Rector

Dear Beloved Community of Trinity,

I’m thrilled to share some exciting updates about the vibrant life at Trinity Church! 

A Fantastic Start to the Year!
We’re experiencing a wonderful surge in attendance and participation across the board. Kara, our beloved “keeper of the numbers,” recently shared this with the Vestry: “Since the start of the program year, we’ve consistently seen over 300 people on Sundays, with an average of 230 attending the 10:30 service. That’s compared to last year, when 180 felt like a ‘good Sunday’ at 10:30. Great things are happening at Trinity—let’s keep the momentum going!”

Kara’s Charts!

Newcomers Forum

• Sunday, October 6, 9:15 – 10:15 am  

• Pierce Hall     

The Newcomers Forum is a great way to meet vestry members, clergy and fellow newcomers while enjoying bagels and coffee.  There will be a couple of welcoming speeches but mostly this is a time to talk to new and longtime members of the parish and to meet your clergy.   Pierce Hall is the main meeting room in the parish building, which is attached to the church.  

October 17-19, 2024

• Thursday, October 17th. Preview sale: 4:00- 7:00 p.m ( $10 admission)

• Friday, October 18th. Regular sale: 12:00-4:00 (free admission)

• Saturday, October 19th. Regular sale: 9:00- 12:00 (free admission)

Thank you all for all the wonderful donations!  We received so many beautiful items, that we are now able to have a three day sale!

Please keep the donations coming - we have only one more week to collect!

Reservatons are a must to donate: rummage@trinityprinceton.org

If you have already donated, please email us to volunteer to work at the sale: set-up, sales help, & clean-up. See last week’s epistle for the schedule.

It is a fun group, and all proceeds go to our outreach programs.

Please join us in this great church event and meet new parishioners, too!

With thanks and gratidue,

The Rummage Committee

Grief is one of life’s most profound experiences. Many of us are simply not prepared for the level of sadness, isolation, and vulnerability that often result after losing someone we deeply love. We have expanded our gatherings and will offer two separate groups. Please join us as we share our journeys of grief, supported by God’s grace, Scripture, and one another.

Tuesday evenings 7-8:30pm, Conference Room

• Oct 22, 29

• Nov 5, 12, 19

• Dec 3

Friday mornings 10-11:30am, Conference Room

• Oct 25

• Nov 1, 8, 15, 22

• Dec 6

Contact Lois Foley (Tuesday evening group)

Contact Sara Alvea (Friday morning group)

Elections for four new vestry members will be held during the Annual Meeting on November 10.  Any baptized and confirmed parishioner who has pledged is eligible for nomination.  Vestry members serve a three year term. 

If you love Trinity Church and would like to serve on its governing body, we encourage you to nominate yourself by contacting the co-chairs of the Vestry Nominating Committee, Melissa Scott (mebscott@comcast.net) and Chris Leavell (cleavell@gmail.com).  If you'd like to nominate someone other than yourself, feel free to contact Melissa and Chris with your suggestion. 

Trinity Church has a number of groups for formation and fellowship, and we invite you to join us to grow in friendship and in relationship to God. This year, we hope to move our fellowship groups to a set monthly meeting day and time. If you're already a member, or if you'd like to be a member, sign up at the links below and indicate what days and times might work best for you. We need to ensure that everyone who should be on our email lists is on them, so please sign up! 

• 20's-30's Fellowship Signup and Survey:

  • https://forms.gle/iJgJEp2VR4c6NM2n8

• Oregon Trailblazers ("vaguely middle-aged" folks) Signup and Survey:

  • https://forms.gle/vgucdir6JK6KErTDA

• Oasis LGBTQ+ Fellowship Signup and Survey:

  • https://forms.gle/XnLCMk4GMDcRwXs17

• For the Platinum Lunch Club, contact Sylvia Temmer for more information (sbjornberg77@icloud.com). Meetings are on the third Monday of the month at 12:00 PM in Pierce-Bishop Hall. 

Join Kara and your friends from Trinity Church on November 22-24 for a weekend retreat at Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, NY on the banks of the Hudson River. This will be a "mostly-silent" retreat, with many opportunities to pray and worship in community with the brothers of the Order of the Holy Cross. Along with time to read, rest, or explore the beautiful monastery grounds, there will also be a Bible study led by Kara:

• Breakfast is available any time from 6:30am to 8:15am

• 7:00am - Matins

• 8:30am - The Great Silence Ends

• 9:00am - Holy Eucharist

• 10:00am - Bible study 

• 12:00pm - Diurnum (Midday Prayer)

• 12:30pm - Dinner

• 5:00pm - Vespers (Evening Prayer) - Sundays at 4:00pm

• 5:45pm - Supper

• 7:30pm - Compline (Night Prayers)
  The Great Silence begins after Compline

We will leave on Friday afternoon and return Sunday after the Eucharist. The cost for the weekend is $250, but let us know if the cost is prohibitive for you. We don't want that to be a barrier to your participation. There are 12 rooms available, and you can sign up at this Google Forms link or by emailing Kara at sladek@trinityprinceton.org. Let us know as well if you will need a ride and if you have dietary needs. 

SIGN UP LINK: https://forms.gle/xcDQPFBDwdkmHMcW6