~~Collect for Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

 

After 18 weeks of gathering only online, we are finally taking our first cautious step in beginning to gather for worship in person. This Sunday, July 19, we will hold a service of Morning Prayer in our beautiful Memorial Garden at 8:00 a.m. There will also be a 10 a.m. service on Zoom for those who are unable or unwilling to attend the in-person gathering.

 

Those of us who are able to attend this service will rejoice at being together again, but there are several important protocols we must observe in order to gather safely: Everyone will be asked to sign in, everyone must wear a mask throughout the service, and we must keep a distance of 6 feet between us at all times. We must take our service leaflets home with us. The church building will remain locked, and the only entrance to the garden will be the Sigourney Street gate. The rest rooms in the narthex will be available if needed. Although these rules are burdensome, they may seem less so if we view them as a way for us to show our love and concern for one another.  

 

Next week our 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer in the Garden will also be an opportunity for our choristers to say farewell to Jackson Merrill, who will be playing his last services with us before departing for Michigan.

 

With the departure of Father Norman MacLeod, we are once again without an ordained leader for our parish. We anticipate that we will have a new Rector in the fall, but until our new priest arrives, our worship will be led by volunteers - some ordained and some lay leaders, all who will lead us in Morning Prayer. If you are in need of pastoral care, please do not hesitate to call the church office. Barbara Roos will relay your message to the Parish Care Team, who will follow up with you and tend to your needs.

 

We ask for your patience, your prayers, and your continued support as we transit these final weeks of our priest transition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Martha Freimuth and Tom Oberholtzer

Wardens

 

Memorial Garden. 14 July 2020.

 

The Sunday morning schedule will be as follows:

 

Here is a summary of the mechanics of Sunday morning:

Gathering.

 

Worship.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

If you are not feeling well, running a fever, coughing, etc., you should not attend church until you are well and have completed a 14-day self- quarantine. The same is true for those who have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you have, you must complete a 14-day self- quarantine before attending church.  Those in vulnerable populations should carefully consider whether or not to attend Sunday public worship.

 

For those who cannot come to church, webcasts and Zoom offerings will continue.

A 10:00 am Zoom Morning Prayer service continues on Sunday.

Noonday Prayer continues via Zoom on Thursdays.

 

Faithfully,
Martha Freimuth and Tom Oberholtzer

"Laborers in the Vinyard."  Memorial Garden.  14 July 2020.

 

Given the circumstances that we have been challenged with this year, we hope you have a chance to unplug this summer and enjoy some rest and re-creation. So, a reminder: If you're going away, please keep your pledge up to date. You can check your balance on the statement that has been mailed. You will receive both your annual pledge statement and your Capital Campaign statement (if applicable) in one envelope. Please allow several days for the post office to make deliveries. Questions? Contact Barbara Roos at office@trinityhartford.org or 860-527-8133 ext. 204. Thank you!

 

The Rev. Norman MacLeod

 

 

 

After our worship services on July 26, Jackson Merrill will be leaving us to continue his education at the University of Michigan. There will be a masked and socially distanced farewell following the 8 a.m. service in the Memorial Garden, and a Zoom farewell after the 10 a.m. service. If you would like to contribute to a gift for Jack and Allison, please send your check to the church office, noting "Jack Merrill gift" in the memo line. Please send your gift by Wednesday, July 22, and join us to give our thanks to Jack and wish him Godspeed. 

Dear Everyone ~

 

Thank you to all who responded!

 

We meet on Tuesdays, at 5:15 pm. There is room for more at our Trinity Bible study through Zoom! 

 

We will meet on Tuesday, June 2 at 5:15 pm. There is room for more at our Trinity Bible study through Zoom!

 

We will use a cool approach created by folks at Yale specifically for parishes, and requiring no previous academic study. You can check it out at www.yalebiblestudy.org . (Please do! It's pretty interesting.) Each meeting starts with a conversational introduction to the subject from two faculty members, then offers discussion questions, and options for further reading. I find the curriculum both accessible and flexible. We can do as much or as little as we like with each session. It's up to us to use it in a way that works for us.

 

To enroll please send me an email or call me, Roy McAlpine, at rmcalpine@comcast.net, or by phone at (860) 338-4525.

 

 

Although we are not physically in the church, we can continue to take prayer requests and put them in our Sunday leaflet. Please contact Barbara Roos at office@trinityhartford.org with any names you would like added.

 

Sunday 12 July.Morning Prayer at Trinity via Zoom.

 

Find below an email from the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.  Leaders of the Jerusalem Diocese talk about current conditions in these complicated times.   

 

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Live-from-the-Holy-Land.html?soid=1102382248063&aid=l_ur9bTnGG4

 

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Memorial Garden.  14 July 2020.