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The lives of the faithful are, perhaps, the greatest teaching tool we have as the Church. How are others - both the living and the dead - making God's kingdom believable in specific times and places?
When I was considering ordination, Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking was perhaps the single most important testimony I found. I had then, have now, strong feelings about capital punishment. But I did not read her story exclusively as an "issue" book. What captivated me instead were her humor and authenticity and complete lack of sanctimony as a chain of random events drew her deeper and deeper into work that would become her life's ministry. She committed horrible mistakes and made a good number of bad judgment calls along the way. And her story rescued me forever from the toxic idea that we must be perfect and correct at all times as we try to do the work of the Kingdom. "It's really a spiritual autobiography -- the story of how I grew," Sister Helen told me some years later, when I had the chance to meet her.
Meeting people, I suppose, is how we grow. The communion of saints. The cloud of witnesses. The small group Bible study that is expanding your frame of reference. The person in the pew in front of you who has just returned to church after a long illness and is quietly inspiring you. That perhaps overly opinionated fellow committee member whose passion for a single issue has opened a new vista to you. I believe more and more that God works on us through these others, hauling us more and more into our own final futures.
Here at church, as we look into our immediate future - next year - we have been thinking about this idea about "meeting people" as one of the best things we can do together in a year of discernment and transition. At least twelve of our Sunday Forums will feature speakers - many of them guests - who will come to tell us about a specific witness from faith tradition. We'll learn about people such as Dorothy Day. Thomas Aquinas. Mary Magdalene. Howard Thurman. Teresa of Avila. Martin Luther. How was God at work in these discrete and unusual lives? How do these witnesses live and resonate in our own time? Why do people still love them so much? And how might their love become your own?
We look forward to sharing details with you soon as we move into a new year of ministry together. And finally we look forward to seeing you on June 18 as we celebrate and give thanks for the ministry of a person we've all met, a person who has helped us grow - our beloved Sam Lloyd.
See you in church!
The Rev. Patrick Ward
Associate Rector for Pastoral Care & Welcome
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Holy Eucharist
7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m.
Sacred Silence (Until June 25)
7:15 p.m.
Choral Compline (Until June 25)
8 p.m.
THURSDAY
Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing
12:10 p.m.
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Coming Up at Trinity
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Summer Worship Schedule Begins This Week!
Sun., June 11
10 a.m.
Church
Mark your calendars! Our summer worship schedule begins with a bang with a festival Holy Eucharist for Trinity Sunday, the name day of our church. From June 11 until the fall, the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services will be combined into a single 10 am service of Morning Prayer with Holy Eucharist.
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Celebrate and Give Thanks! Service and Reception
Sun., June 18
Holy Eucharist Service at 10 a.m.
Please join us for a special service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for the ministry of The Rev. Sam Lloyd and the success of
How Firm a Foundation: Trinity for the 21st Century campaign, to be followed by a festive reception. (Other services will be held as usual at 7:45 a.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.) This will be Sam's last official Sunday as the rector of Trinity Church - don't miss this chance to say farewell and thank you!
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Parish Update
Sun., June 25
11:15-12 p.m.
Forum
Join Pete Lawrence, the Rev. Bill Rich, and others for lemonade and an update on news of the parish.
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Missed last Sunday? Or want to experience the sermon again?
We invite you to watch or listen:
Last Sunday's Sermon:
by The Rev. Rainey Dankel, Associate Rector for Community Outreach & Ministry Development
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Our How Firm a
Foundation Campaign:
The Time to Pledge is Now
Have you pledged yet? Trinity needs you! We hope to have all pledges in by this Sunday, June 11.
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Sun., June 11
It's Pride Week, and the Beacon Hill and Back Bay neighborhoods will experience traffic back-ups and parking restrictions due to this weekend's events. Please plan ahead by visiting
boston.gov for information on streets to avoid on Sunday morning.
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Deadline Extended for Transition Committees
New Deadline: Monday, June 19
In light of the recent news about Sam's health, the Vestry has decided to slow down the process for calling the Parish Profile and Search Committees. At this critical point in our parish's life, and given the importance of this work, we feel that it is necessary to take more time to discern their best possible composition.
If you'd like to be considered, please
add your application to the excellent and substantial pool of current candidates. Applications will be reviewed and decisions made about the committees' make-up over the summer. Results will be announced in early September.
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Sing with the Summer Choirs!
Beginning Sun., June 25
The Summer Choir is the ideal time to give it singing in the Trinity Choir a try.
Wonderful music, sparkling company and a different perspective on worship-these blessings may be yours! We ask only that you have some music-reading ability, some choral experience, and a commitment to punctuality.
Contact
Marissa Hall, Music Administrator, for details.
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Pine Street Inn Feeding Team
Tues., June 20
4:30 p.m.
444 Harrison Ave., Boston
Join us on the third Tuesday of each month to serve dinner at the Women's Inn and the Men's Inn.
Contact Matthew VanWinkle, 617-304-0627
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