Join the Trinity Church community and the Princeton Seminary Episcopal/Anglican Student Fellowship at 10:30am on November 2 for a festive lunch while watching the livestream of the investiture of our Presiding Bishop-elect, the Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, and his first celebration of the Holy Eucharist as Primate. Richard Pryor and Allie Graham will offer commentary on the unique portions of the service. Please register before October 28 at bit.ly/trinity-pb and reach out to Richard Pryor at richard.pryor@ptsem.edu if you have any questions.
GriefEncounters Bereavement Support Group
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
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.
Contact Lois Foley (Tuesday evening group)
Contact Sara Alvea (Friday morning group)
Nominations for Vestry
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.
Parish Retreat
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
Driveway Safety Improvements
Our driveway that connects Mercer and Stockton streets is a great convenience for parishioners and for parents of Nassau Nursery children. It is also a safety hazard as it tempts drivers to speed through our property to save a few minutes. In addition, some drivers have been entering from Stockton Street in violation of the driveway's one way direction. Finally, there was no signage alerting drivers exiting onto Stockton Street that they need to stop before the sidewalk.
Recently, the Grounds committee invested $2,400 in three improvements to minimize these safety risks:
Installed a speed bump to slow speedsters down before they reach the Narthex area
Asked the Municipality of Princeton to replace one of its Do Not Enter signs at our Stockton St. exit that had become extremely faded. They promptly made that change as well as reoriented their second Do Not Enter sign for better visibility.
Added two smaller "Do Not Enter" signs facing from our fence to Stockton Street to ensure that any driver turning from any direction will see that they should not enter our driveway.
Installed two Stop signs just before the sidewalk at Stockton Street and painted the words "Stop" along with a thick white line across the driveway.
In addition, our contractors fixed three potholes in the parking lot, repainted two handicapped parking spots and the crosswalk by Ivy Hall. Special thanks to our wonderful sextons for putting up all of our new signs!
Please help keep parishioners and children safe by entering our driveway only from Mercer Street, driving slowly over the speed bump and by making a full stop when exiting at Stockton Street.
Lunch this Sunday
Join us for lunch on Sunday after the 10:30 service to meet our new minister of youth, Donte Milligan. Please RSVP to Fr. Paul (jeanesp@trinityprinceton.org) so we can make appropriate plans for lunch.
Newcomer Opportunities
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.
Tea at the Rectory
Sunday, November 10 4 -5 pm, followed by Compline in the church
25 Mercer St.
Father Paul Jeanes lives in the house next to the parish hall. Join him, vestry members and fellow newcomers for refreshments and fellowship. Then at 5 pm, feel free to join us as we walk next door to the church for the evening prayers said during Compline.
You are welcome to attend any of these events without registering but if you know in advance that you’ll attend, please do email tomascott1965@gmail.com so that we can plan accordingly. Also email Tom with any questions you may have. We look forward to seeing you!
Volunteer Opportunities
Parish volunteers are always needed for these two Fall events which support Trinity’s outreach programs:
Rummage Sale - Details about rummage in the post above. We need volunteers for all aspects of the sale: set-up, sales, clean-up. Setup occurs from October 13-17 and the sale itself is on October 18-19. To volunteer for any of these days, please send your contact information to rummage@trinityprinceton.org .
Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot – This annual event is a 5k race beginning at 8 am on Thanksgiving Day. Father Paul started it the year after he arrived at Trinity Church. Over 2,000 runners and walkers participated in 2023 and raised over $70,000 for Trinity’s outreach programs and partners. Trinity parishioners handle all of the functions of the race, from distributing race packets to monitoring the route. More details will be available soon on how you can help make this year’s race a success.