Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

~~Collect for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Eucharist at 10 AM in the Church and via YouTube

Masks are optional for those who are fully vaccinated.

While we do want to strongly encourage each other to get vaccinated, please do not assume that someone over 12 who is wearing a mask is unvaccinated and then approach them about vaccination. Additionally, in order to create an environment where people can connect within their comfort zone of risk, we are asking everyone to wear a red, yellow, or green dot on their nametag to indicate your comfort with people being closer than 6ft to you.

A red dot or no dot indicates that you would like for people to maintain at least 6ft of distance regardless of whether or not they are wearing a mask.

A yellow dot indicates that you are comfortable with someone who is wearing a mask being within 6ft of you but would like for someone who is unmasked to maintain distance.

A green dot indicates that you are comfortable with someone being within 6ft of you whether or not they are wearing a mask.

Prayer Jars and Prayer Request Forms are back in their regular spots: on the table in the South Narthex (hallway between Goodwin Hall and the Sanctuary) and inside the church on the table where you pick up bulletins after you enter Sigourney Street.

Starting this Sunday, August 1, and continuing each Sunday after, private intercessory prayer is available with members of our Intercessory Prayer team in the side aisle while Communion is being distributed at the 10:00 AM service.

On Sunday, August 29^th Trinity Church will join with others from across ECCT to worship at St. Monica’s Hartford (3575 Main St. Hartford, CT) at 10:30 A.M.

The service will be outdoors as well as streamed to www.youtube.com/ctepiscopal.

In case of inclement weather, the service will be moved inside with masks and social distancing. There will be no worship on that day at Trinity Church, 120 Sigourney St. at either 8:00 A.M. or 10:00 A.M.

We hope as many of you as possible with join us in worshiping with our friends at St. Monica’s.

Sunday, 25 July 2021, at Trinity Church.

As we move forward and gather for future services, please keep in mind all the Worship Ministries that help to create such wonderful services here at Trinity Church.

We are looking for volunteers for our Altar Guild, Usher and Flower Ministries. No previous experience is needed. If you would like more information, please contact Barbara Roos in the office and she will connect you with the ministry leader.

Please return the filled backpack with the list attached, indicating which items are included, to the Baptistery on Sunday mornings, or to the office (M-Th; 9 am to 3 pm) by August 8^th . The backpacks will be blessed that day and given to the representative from Covenant to Care who will be worshiping with us that Sunday.

After taking a step back from recruitment to continue to refine the system, we are once again seeking volunteers to be a part of the A/V Guild. Don’t worry about your level of technical skill. If you can press a button on a remote control, then there’s a place for you on the team. If you would like more information, would like to volunteer, or would like to come watch the a/v guild at work on a Sunday to get a sense of what they do, please be in touch with Jake Troiano or Casey Rosseau.

Please email office@trinityhartford.org or call 860-527-8133 ext. 204 and Barbara Roos will provide contact information for Casey and Jake.

For its next gathering, which will be in September, Trinity's Book Group has chosen The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren. In concise, highly readable chapters, the author takes us through the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming and the actions that we all can take to fight back. All are welcome to attend this meeting, which will be September 24th, 7 pm, which is expected to be in-person! Location TBA.

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Sunday, August 1^st       Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

        8:00 A.M.              Holy Eucharist Rite II (Memorial Garden)

Monday, August 2^nd

       5:00 P.M.             Adult Christian Formation Meeting (Zoom)

Thursday, August 5^th           

      12:00 P.M.                Noonday Eucharist (Chapel)

Friday, August 6^th

        7:00 P.M.              NA Group Meeting (Huntington Hall)

Sunday, August 8^th         Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost -

                                     Blessing of the Backpacks

         8:00 A.M.               Holy Eucharist Rite II (Memorial Garden)