Join us for our Upcoming Campaign Events

We have several exciting events for our comprehensive campaign coming up this summer. Please RSVP and join us for these engagements! RSVP here:

• All Parish Pizza and Beverages on the Lawn
  Sunday, June 8 from 5-7 pm at Trinity Church
  Join fellow parishioners for an evening of fellowship, refreshments, and conversation as we share the vision and priorities of the campaign. This general campaign gathering is open to all members of the parish and will offer a welcoming space to learn more, ask questions, and get involved.

• Music Program Wine and Cheese
  Wednesday, June 11 from 5-7 pm at The Nassau Club
  This special event is for those who sing in the choir or who are passionate about supporting Trinity’s beloved music program. Hosted with the support of Music Director Meg Harper, the evening will celebrate the role of music in our worship and community life – and explore how the campaign will help sustain it well into the future.

• Family Back-to-School Celebration
  September (details to come)
  Parents and children are invited to come together for a fun and casual gathering focused on Trinity’s family ministries. As we head into a new program year, we’ll celebrate the importance of faith formation for all ages and share how the campaign will strengthen this ministry in the years ahead.

Summer Schedule

Dear friends,
A reminder that his Sunday we will be fully transitioned to our summer service schedule. Please bear these changes in mind as you plan your worship attendance:

• This Sunday, May 25, we will transition to the summer service schedule for Sundays: Holy Eucharist Rite I at 8 AM, and Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10 AM.

• Evening Prayer has ended for the summer, and will resume at the start of fall classes at Princeton Seminary.

• Morning Prayer is now taking place at 7:45 AM Monday-Friday on Zoom only. There will be no in-person Morning Prayer in the Michael Chapel until classes start in the fall. The link to the Zoom may be found on the parish website.

• There will be no midweek services of the Holy Eucharist (Tuesday noon or Wednesday 5:30) after this Sunday, May 25. Midweek services will resume in the fall.

We pray that God’s love, grace, and peace will be with you this summer - and always.

Vacation Bible School

Road Trip! On the Go with God: Vacation Bible School 2025!

Dates: June 23-27, 2025, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Road Trip! VBS is based on Joshua 1:9, "The Lord your God is with you wherever you go." This verse reminds us that God's presence is always near, no matter where the journey of life takes us. Road Trip! invites us on an exciting journey as we discover new places, new friends, and ways that we can discover God's goodness and presence everywhere. 

Road Trip! is set out on the open road in an imagination-powered vehicle which will take Travelers on amazing adventures to exciting destinations. During each session, Travelers will learn that God is with them in whatever situation they face. With the help of great stories from the Navigators' Guide (the Bible), Travelers will explore timeless Bible stories that show how people from the Old and New Testaments journeyed with God through many locations and situations and found strength in God's presence wherever they went. 

Road Trip! VBS stations include Bible Stories, Music, Crafts, Recreational Games, and Science. Snack will be provided. 

Registration is open to children in grades prek-6. To register, please complete this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9e1Cpd3DLkBjbNcHnRb0LUnJRNl3qHKcKdKcj4vDqVUBa5A/viewform?usp=sf_link

We need many volunteers to make this happen! We will need volunteers to sign up as both Station Leaders and Group Leaders. Teens are welcome and encouraged to volunteer as Group Leaders. To volunteer, please use this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM7oSW1UXE9gYAJIbv224hyvlu-nUizy6oEYzzpE06eQ0dBw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=106570045769459346946

If you have any questions, please email Annie Bryson (brysona@trinityprinceton.org). 

Trinity Church Choir Benefit Tea

 Sunday, May 18, 2025, 3:00-4:30 pm

You are invited to join us for a delicious traditional English Tea at Trinity Church.  Return to an elegant era and have a ‘cuppa’ delicious tea especially blended for this occasion, plus homemade scones with clotted cream and jam, savories, and sweets, all served by formally garbed waitstaff and surrounded by lovely floral arrangements.  

Best of all, you will be helping our magnificent choir continue to make beautiful music, not only here in Trinity Church but on an invited tour to sing at English cathedrals in 2026!   Our choirs will sing for a week at Ely Cathedral and will be the Choir in Residence for an entire week at Westminster Abbey - an amazing opportunity for an outstanding choir!

This special event is priced at $45 per person for a regular ticket, or $85 for the Champagne Experience, which includes champagne and cocktails/mocktails, and a take home gift bag.

Seating is limited, so reserve your tickets now by contacting Terri Brown at terribrown4@gmail.com or 609-915-3800.  Or, tickets can be purchased in person on Sunday, May 11 between the 8am and 10:30 services outside Pierce Hall, and in the narthex after the 10:30 services.

WorkWell Forum

In recent years, Trinity has held an ongoing dialogue about incarceration and the modern prison-industrial complex. We’ve read about and heard from people familiar with the struggles of life behind bars. Now it’s time to consider this: How do those who have spent years in prison adjust to life outside? 

Join us for the forum hour on April 27 to hear how one nonprofit, the Workwell Partnership, is addressing this issue. A Trinity outreach partner, WorkWell provides job- and life-skills training to returning citizens. Hear what one man has to say about how WorkWell changed his life—and from some of the people who have helped lead the program: Executive Director Jeannette Rizk and board members Connie Leyden and Tom Gates.  

I’m headed on the straight and narrow. Treat people the way you want to be treated—you never know when you are going to run into an angel. And they do walk the face of the earth.         

   —WorkWell graduate Murray 

WorkWell sessions are like therapy—they sprinkled stardust on me. I found courage to be a better man, not just for myself but for the community.

  —WorkWell graduate Larry

Oregon Trailblazers

Oregon Trailblazers May Gathering: Saturday, May 17

On Saturday, May 17, the Oregon Trailblazers fellowship will celebrate the end of the program year with a potluck. To celebrate Mtr. Kara's impending sabbatical departure, the theme this month will be Wild West. Bring tacos, barbecue, or anything else festive! Sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1moYWLZgHG4OK7St6dz4ZtOxfTqk9yAAwmQUP1A8xa5k/edit?usp=sharing

Concert Tour in Sweden

Dear Friends,

Father Paul asked me to write a note letting you all know where I’ll be for two weeks in early May.  I am excited to share that I am going on a concert tour to Sweden!  Between May 2-16, I will be away for two organ recitals, followed by a bit of vacation time.  

My first recital, on May 6, will be far north in Sweden, in the city of Piteå.  There, I will perform on the genre-defying organ built by Gerald Woehl that is in Studio Acusticum Hall.  This instrument is sometimes referred to as the “organ of the future” for the way it gives the performer access to essentially several disparate instruments in one case.  Organs come in many styles, and have clear and different characteristics in various centuries and regions.  Typically when an organ is constructed, there is an attempt to keep the style of the instrument cohesive so that the whole instrument can work with itself to create a unified sound.  The concept for this organ is quite different.  The builder set out to give the organist access to many different styles of organ construction so that many types of repertoire will sound as convincing as possible.  As a result, the instrument is massive - it has 163 stops (distinct sounds).  I look forward to exploring the sonic capabilities of this instrument!  I will also give a masterclass for the organ and sacred music students at the University of Piteå.

Following this, I will play a recital at Tegs Kyrka in Umeå on May 10.  The organ here had four manuals and 50 stops which, compared to most organs, is quite large.  Compared to the Studio Acusticum organ, of course, it will be refreshingly modest.  It is by all reports a majestic instrument that was designed in the Northern European/Germanic tradition, and I look forward to getting to know it!

After this, I will take some vacation time in Visby, which is an island off the coast of Stockholm, and will take a brief excursion to Tallinn, Estonia.  

I am grateful to our wonderful Associate Director of Music Joseph Ferguson for keeping music running at Trinity while I get to connect with, help train, and share with musicians in Sweden.  I look forward to seeing you all at Choir Tea and Evensong on May 18 shortly after I return!
All my best,
Meg

Afternoon Tea at Trinity

Sunday, May 18, 2025, 3 - 4:30 pm 

Evensong at 5:00 pm

Pierce Hall, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St

You are invited to join us for a delicious traditional English Tea at Trinity Church.  Enjoy this lovely opportunity to return to an elegant era and have a ‘cuppa’ plus homemade scones with clotted cream and jam, savories, and sweets.  All that and a delicious tea especially blended for this occasion, all served by formally garbed waitstaff and surrounded by lovely floral arrangements.  Following the tea at 5 pm, the exceptional Trinity Choir will sing a traditional Evensong in the historic church, accompanied by our master organists, Dr. Margaret “Meg” Harper and Joseph Ferguson.

Best of all, you will be helping our magnificent choir continue to make beautiful music, not only here in Trinity Church but on an invited tour to sing at English cathedrals in 2026!   This special event, priced at $45 per person with a special new opportunity for a VIP room with champagne and cocktails/mocktails ($85 for VIP room ticket), is a fundraising effort for our choirs.  Our choirs will sing for a week at Ely Cathedral and will be the Choir in Residence for an entire week at Westminster Abbey - an amazing opportunity for an outstanding choir!    

Be sure to make your reservations now as seating is limited.  Payment by cash, check, or Venmo to ‘Trinity Church’ with ‘Choir Tea’ in the memo line.   Questions and/or reservations? Please e-mail Terri Brown at terribrown4@gmail.com or call 609-915-3800.

Tickets will be on sale Sunday, April 27, outside Pierce Hall before the Common Grounds Café at 9 a.m. and in the narthex after the 10:30 service.  On Sunday, May 4, they will be on sale before the Forum in Pierce Hall and after the 10:30 service in the narthex.

We look forward to seeing you there!