TRINITY EPISCOPAL 
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Weekly Announcements  
March 5, 2021
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  • Announcements
  • Volunteer & Giving Opportunities
  • Worship Opportunities
  • Prayer Requests, Birthdays & Anniversaries

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Message from Fr. Bryan
New Ways to Pray
Dear fellow travelers at Trinity,

Last week in our Zoom service we “tried on” giving everyone the opportunity to unmute and share particular intercessions during the prayers of the people. I was delighted by how many folks did so. It was a good reminder for me that, even though it has been challenging to pray virtually, Zoom has also given us opportunity to pray in new ways. I have appreciated hearing many voices raised in prayer, and would like to see that continue. Is there anything from your experience of praying on Zoom that you would like to bring to in-person worship when it resumes?
"Intercession," by Gwen Mehargg,
This week during the prayers of the people, we will be praying a portion of the Great Litany focusing on our elected leaders, members of the courts, and those who shepherd our communities. What gifts would you ask of God for them, or for leaders in any context?

Our lament this week lifts to God “injustices in society.” While we all may have differing opinions about exactly how to address injustices, and which ones need addressing, I think it safe to say that the world we live in does not reflect God’s dream for creation! And the magnitude of the problems that need attention may feel overwhelming. As you prepare for Sunday’s prayer, what would it be like to choose one particular concern close to your heart to bring to our lament? Because a lament is also a prayer, we might also ask God to help us discern one way to be a part of the “change we wish to see in the world,” as Mahatma Gandhi famously said.

As we will hear in Sunday’s gospel (John 2:13-22), Jesus’ response was to make a whip of cords and drive the moneychangers out of the Temple! Perhaps our own responses will be decidedly less dramatic, but no less important, in whatever way the Spirit leads us.

With prayers for Trinity as you discern that Spirit’s call,

Bryan

Announcements
Fr. Court says thank you, thank you, thank you!

I give many thanks to all who donated to my going away purse! You are most generous and kind! Thanks also to those who have sent cards, letters, and emails to say goodbye. They have been most uplifting and kind. Much love to you all!

Blessings,

Fr. Court
Easter Flowers

If you would like to contribute to our Easter Flowers for the Easter service, please click on the button below to go to our Google sign-up form.

Donations payable to Trinity Episcopal Church may be mailed to 425 Laurel Ave., Highland Park, IL 60035 (please mention "Easter Flowers" on the memo line of your check).

Or you may make a donation through PayPal (please select "Easter Flowers" in the optional pull-down menu; you may use a credit or debit card on PayPal if desired).

If you have questions or encounter technical difficulties, please contact us at office@TrinityChurchHP.org or (847) 432-6653.

(Sorry, no Easter music contributions this year since we can't sing in person due to the pandemic.)

Thank you!
Book Club to Discuss The Guest List

The book club will be discussing The Guest List by Lucy Foley at its next meeting.  

The book "Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics…Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. They are all clues.” according to a New York Times Book Review.

The Trinity Book Club will meet on March 24th at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the book.
To attend by telephone, call (312) 626-6799

Meeting ID: 864 7691 4215

One tap mobile: +13126266799,,86476914215#
Vestry Meetings

The Vestry has voted to hold our ongoing meetings on the 3rd Sunday of each month at noon unless otherwise indicated. Meetings may be held by conference call instead.

Minutes of Vestry meetings are now available online (in .pdf format)
Municipal Parking Lot Work Slated Behind Trinity

Trinity received word that on February 22, the Highland Park City Council approved a contract to reconstruct the Central Avenue East-South Parking Lot.

This lot is located along the south side of Central Avenue, just east of 440 Central Ave. (across the alley behind the Trinity Church building). According to the city, construction is scheduled to begin in mid-March, weather permitting and if asphalt remains available as anticipated. 

Construction will be completed in three stages, according to the city:
 
STAGE 1 (March 15 to April 30): During stage 1 the west half of the parking lot will remain open to the public. Construction activities will take place on the east half of the lot, which will be closed. Although the west half will be open, parking spaces will be reduced with limited spaces available.
 
STAGE 2 (May 3 to June 4): During stage 2 the east half of the parking lot will remain open to the public. Construction activities will take place on the west half of the lot, which will be closed. Although the east half will be open, parking spaces will be reduced with limited spaces available.
 
STAGE 3 (June 7 to June 11): During stage 3 the entire parking lot will be open to the public. There will be brief periods when parking is disrupted to allow the contractor to place the final asphalt surface layer and complete minor punch list items.

More gory details are in the one-page engineering drawing the city provided (.pdf format).
Volunteer & Giving Opportunities
Readers Needed for Sunday Services

We are in need of readers for our online Sunday services at 11 a.m., and will also need readers for our 9 a.m. Sunday in-person services when they resume.

If you can help with this important ministry, please contact Geoff at office@TrinityChurchHP.org or 847-432-6653. Thank you!

Formation & Worship Opportunities
Scripture Study Meets Saturday Mornings

Please join us on Saturday mornings at 9 a.m. on Zoom for our Scripture Study.

Participants take turns facilitating prayer and reflection on any or all of the current Sunday's lectionary readings, which are available at https://www.lectionarypage.net  (We use Track 1, if there is a choice.)

Weekly facilitators choose any or all of the readings and simply come prepared with a few wonderings or questions (not "quizzes") based on their selected scriptures to stimulate reflection--including questions they feel they cannot satisfactorily answer. Beyond that, leaders may prepare as little or as much as desired and employ whatever props or helps they wish.

(In case you missed it, our Saturday Scripture Study ceased being a "men's group" about a year ago; all are welcome.)
To attend by telephone, call (312) 626-6799

Meeting ID: 864 0421 0027

One tap mobile:
+13126266799,,#864 0421 0027

(This is set up as a recurring Zoom meeting, so the above meeting information is the same every week.)
Online Sunday Service

Invitation to the Third Sunday in Lent, Sunday, March 7 at 11:00 a.m. central time (5 p.m. UTC)

Please use the information below to join us (this is the same every week).
“Expulsion of the money changers from the temple,”
print by Jan Collaert (II) and Maerten de Vos (Belgium, 1597).
In the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
To attend by telephone, call
(312) 626-6799

Meeting ID: 948 1489 8440

One tap mobile:
+13126266799,,94814898440#
"Sunday Paper Junior" is a handout in the pdf format that Trinity makes available to our parish children during the Sunday service. The Sunday Paper Junior, to which Trinity Episcopal Church has a paid subscription, is forwarded / posted with permission of the author / illustrator, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard. © Gretchen Wolff Pritchard, The Sunday Paper, 19 Colony Road, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, www.the-sunday-paper.com. All rights reserved. This is copyrighted material and should not be further forwarded or distributed.
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