We are holding our end of season Parish Picnic on Celebration Sunday, June 4. We need volunteers to help with set-up, serving, and clean up. If you have any questions or want to help, please contact Carol Thomas by email at carolbrooksthomas@gmail.com or by phone (609) 954-2913 . We also need folks to bring desserts for the picnic. Please make sure they’re already in individual servings.
VBS Compassion Camp is Coming!
June 26–29, 5:30–8pm
at Trinity Church
(33 Mercer St, Princeton)
This is a multi-church, ecumenical program sponsored by Mt. Pisgah AME Church, Princeton UMC, Trinity Church, Hopewell UMC, and Kingston UMC
Free of Charge
Nightly Meal Included
PreK-Adult Programing
Compassion Camp is a program where kids and families explore what it means to have compassion for others, ourselves, and the world. When we bring compassion into our relationships and into the world, we partner with God in bring God's love and justice into the world. Our theme for this summer will be: What Every Living Thing Needs, and our curriculum comes from the wonderful folks at Illustrated Ministries.
We are so excited to bring you this program, and we look forward to seeing you in June!
Did You Know?
Underneath our beautiful Stockton lawn is a large geothermal field which provides air conditioning for the sanctuary, as well as heating down to a fairly low outdoor temperature. The system consists of 20 deep wells with 9 heat pumps which circulate fluid through the wells and the heat exchangers in the undercroft. When it was installed in 2010, it was the first thermal heat pump system in a commercial or institutional building in Princeton.
Every year, this system provides us with carbon-free energy and saves thousands of dollars in utility expenses. Our Grounds committee makes sure that no trees are planted over the geothermal field, which avoids any interference with its operation. Otherwise, it’s easy to forget that it’s there under the lawn!
Call for Coffee Hour Volunteers
If you would like to bring treats for Coffee Hour please email Miranda Bailey-Russomano at mbailey.russomano@gmail.com or text them at (203) 606-9723 to sign up. Miranda will also be at Coffee Hour with a physical sign up this Sunday.
Calling for Graduate Submissions
On Sunday, June 4, we will recognize all of our congregation’s graduates.
If you want your graduating child or grandchild, whether high school or college seniors, graduate or post-graduate students, to be in the booklet, please email Adam Bond a picture, their full name, the high school or college from which they are graduating, their degree if applicable, and a short summary of future plans.
All information must be in by Sunday, May 28 to be included in the booklet.
Science and Faith Series
For the next three weeks, Trinity Church will host a special Adult Forum series on Science & Faith with the Rev. Dr. Andrew Davison of Cambridge University and the Center of Theological Inquiry.
Sunday, April 30, 9:30am — Recent Developments in Evolutionary Biology
Sunday, May 7, 9:30am — Cooperation Between Species
Sunday, May 14, 9:30am — Life Beyond Earth
Dr. Davison has been the Starbridge Associate Professor in Theology and Natural Sciences at Cambridge since 2014. Before he moved into theology he was a scientist, and he holds undergraduate degrees and doctorates in both natural science and theology. Before his current appointment, Andrew taught Christian doctrine at Oxford and Cambridge. He is a fellow of Corpus Christi College, where is he also Dean of Chapel, having been ordained in 2003.
From 2015-21 held the position of Canon Philospher at St Albans Cathedral, the first such position in the Church of England. Since 2021, he has been Canon Emeritus. He has been a fellow of Corpus Christi College since 2014, and Dean of Chapel since 2019. He is news editor for the journal Theology and Science, and editor of the Cambridge University Press series Cambridge Elements in Christianity and Science. He is a regular contributor to Church Times and the Times Literary Supplement.
Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity!
The forum will be available on Zoom at the usual link:
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Evening Prayer Ends for Summer
With the end of PTS classes and internships, Evening Prayer will end for the summer on Friday, April 21. Morning Prayer will continue as usual, Monday through Friday at 7:45am. We’re so grateful to all of our student officiants who help make this ministry happen!’
Remembrance Day 2023
On behalf of the
Memorial Garden Committee,
it is our honor to invite you
to attend our annual
Day of Remembrance
at Trinity Church
in the Memorial Garden
following the 10:30am service
on Sunday, May 7
for a time of prayer,
remembering,
and thanksgiving.
This is always a special day for our parish and a beautiful time in the garden. Please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone who you feel would like to attend.
We hope you can join us on May 7.
Creator of all, we pray to you for all those whom we love but see no longer. Grant to them eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.