Worship With Us at Trinity Church

Sunday, 30 March

Fourth Sunday in Lent

10:00 AM

Holy Eucharist Rite II in the Church

and live-streamed via YouTube

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Trinity's Sunday Guest Presider& Preacher

The Rev. Cecil Tengatenga

Guest Performer Tenor Lwazi Hlati - March 30, 2025

Trinity's New Website - March 30, 2025

Holy Week Service Calendar

"ECCT Spring Training and Gathering" Opportunities

A Notice from the Prayer Team

Indoor / Outdoor Workday - April 5, 2025

Save the Date - ACF Forum

Using the Labyrinth in Prayer - April 6, 2025

GHIAA - Update

Book Group Meeting - April 11, 2025

What is Godly Play? - During Lent

Join Our Choir! You’re Invited!

Prayer List Requests

Calendar

News from the Diocese

During this time at Trinity we will be blessed to welcome visiting priests as presiders and preachers for our Sunday services. In order for you to get to know a bit about them before they arrive on Sunday, please take the time to read their biographies.

Please Welcome The Rev. Cecil Tengatenga

Trinity is delighted to welcome The Rev. Tengatenga as today’s presider and preacher.

Rev. Cecil Tengatenga is a trained educator with over a decade of teaching in public schools and running public health program for local and federal government. Rev. Tengatenga is also a health systems scientist whose research and pastoral clinical work focuses on addressing the complex implementation of health programs across multiple systems and providing bioethical consultation on health equity matters. Cecil is a cradle Episcopalian raised in the Anglican Church in Malawi and Zimbabwe. Cecil trained for ministry at Yale Divinity School and was ordained for the priesthood in January 2024. Rev. Tengatenga lives in New Haven with their partner Lindsey, daughters Sekai and Shamiso, and pets.

Special Guest Performer Tenor Lwazi Hlati This Sunday, March 30th at

Trinity Episcopal Hartford!



We are thrilled to share some exciting news with you all! This Sunday, March 30th

at 10:00 am, Trinity Church will welcome tenor Lwazi Hlati as our guest

performer. Lwazi will enrich our Lenten service with sacred arias and spirituals,

adding a beautiful and inspiring dimension to our worship.

He is the 2024 American Opera Idol, awarded by Connecticut Opera, and his performance will be a unique highlight of our Lenten season. Lwazi will perform alongside the Trinity Choir and the Choir School of Hartford, contributing to a unique and enriching experience for our community.

Lwazi is an accomplished tenor, originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, and

serves as an adjunct voice professor at Eastern Texas Baptist University. His

prestigious academic background includes a master’s degree, a Performer’s

Diploma, and a Graduate Artistic Certificate in Opera Performance. His career has

seen him perform in leading roles with top opera companies, including Dallas

Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and Opera North, among many others.

After the service, Lwazi will be performing a solo concert at the Artist Collective

in Hartford at 2:00 pm, located at 1200 Albany Ave, Hartford, CT.

Join us this Sunday for a service with uplifting music. We look forward to seeing

you there!

Join Us After the 10 AM Service on

Sunday, March 30th!

We’re excited to unveil our updated website which includes our parish profile! This marks a significant step in our journey as we begin the search for our next Priest-in-Charge. Don’t miss the chance to explore the fresh design and learn more about our vision for the future. We look forward to sharing this important milestone with you as we move forward in this transition together.

"ECCT Spring Training and Gathering" Opportunities

All are welcome to register for these classes

For information, please click here

A NOTICE FROM THE PRAYER TEAM

At Trinity Church we believe in the power of prayer.

• Your written prayer requests are welcome. There are prayer jars on tables at both entrances in which you are invited to place prayer requests. You may also call or email the church office to make a prayer request. During the week, written requests will be collected and prayed over privately. At your discretion, such requests can be placed in the Sunday service leaflet. Prayer requests will be published for four weeks, then deleted unless you choose to renew them by contacting the Parish Administrator. 
• Intercessors are stationed in the south (lectern side) aisle of the Nave during communion each Sunday. Please approach them if you desire a moment of personal prayer. All personal prayers will remain confidential.

Indoor / Outdoor Workday Planned For

Saturday, April 5, 9:00 a.m. - Noon

Your help is needed! No tools are necessary. There’s no sign-up.

Come stay as long as you are able. Enjoy fellowship along with coffee and donuts.

Questions? Speak to Vinnie Pacileo or contact Peter Green at pmgreen76@gmail.com

SAVE THE DATE!

April 6, 2025

Adult Christian Formation Lenten Series

LISTENING FOR GOD IN A NOISY WORLD

THE LABYRINTH

 A PRACTICE OF WALKING AND PRAYING

“While a labyrinth has but one pathway to the center, and it may have many turns, it will always lead you to the center. Thus, we are reminded to trust the path we are on in our life.”   1

Trinity Church is blessed to have a beautiful paved labyrinth in the space known as the Memorial Garden. We often use the space for worship and it is where we light the new fire of Easter for our annual Easter Vigil. Although it is a community space, though, it can also be a place for a deeply spiritual experience of individual or communal prayer.

Please plan to join us on April 6 after the Service, when Susan and Everett Post will lead us on an exploration of the use of the labyrinth in spiritual life.

1 Bill Ludwig in Chasing Labyrinths

GHIAA Update

Dear GHIAA:

As part of our ongoing fiscal policy reform campaign, we are excited to announce:

A Conversation on CT’s Fiscal Roadblocks with House Speaker Matt Ritter, joined by members of the Hartford Legislative Delegation

A GHIAA and CT For All event to compel policy change on CT’s path to passing a budget that invests in community needs.

Tuesday, April 8, 6:00-7:30 pm

Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland St., Hartford

ASL & Spanish interpretation provided

Please register here and spread the word by sharing the event flyer in English and Spanish. We are aiming to fill the sanctuary – GHIAA organizers will be in touch with leaders from our congregations to coordinate turnout! 

We are grateful for the collaboration between Immanuel Congregational Church, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, GHIAA, and CT For All in organizing this event. See you on April 8!

Peace,

Jocelyn and the GHIAA Team

Book Group Meeting

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, a funny satire by Kurt Vonnegut, is the book to be discussed at Trinity's Book Group meeting in April. All are welcome to attend! Jon Reik will host the group at his home in Farmington; please let him know if you plan to attend so he knows how much coffee to make. (jon720@aol.com).

The date is Friday, April 11th, from 7 - 9 pm.

What is Godly Play?

Godly Play is a wonderful way to tell stories of faith—Bible stories, baptism, church seasons, and others in ways that allow us to enter the stories as “children”, and discover the riches that are waiting there for us all.

The stories are told very simply with simple props and without interpretation or moral instruction.

After a story is presented, we work with the story props, or create whatever they choose in response to what they feel most important or most interesting in the story.

What’s up for the next couple of months in our Godly Play class?

During Lent we are following Jesus through the stories of:

·        His birth and growth

 ·        When he was lost and found

 ·        His Baptism and blessing by God

 ·        In the desert and discovery experience

 ·        As a healer and parable maker

 ·        Jesus offers the bread and wine

 ·        The One who was Easter and still IS

Our students ages 2 1/2 and up are welcomed into our Godly Play sacred space at 9:45 each second, third, and fourth Sundays. Our classroom is on the second floor of the education building. We join our families in church at about 10:40.

Anyone 18 yrs of age or older is welcomed to choose this as one of your ministries; once a month or once every other month ,and bring more JOY into your life!

To comply with safe church guidelines we must have two adults 18 yrs and older in our class.

Questions about this ministry? talk to Nancy Crandall in person or text

(860) 503- 3353 She looks forward to hearing from you.

Join Our Choir! You’re Invited!

We know you’ve heard it before, but we want to remind you: Everyone is welcome to join our choir! Whether you’re a seasoned singer or just love to make a joyful noise, there’s a place for you here.

Why Join?

• Share your love of music
• Build friendships within our church community
• Enrich our worship experience together

When: Rehearsals every Thursday, 7:00 -8:30 p.m.

Where: The Choir Room 

Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to connect and contribute! If you have any questions or want to learn more, feel free to reach out to the Director of Music, Markus Centola, email: mcentola@trinityhartford.org.

Prayer List

Should you like a name added to the Prayer List, please contact the office at office at Trinityhartford.org or 860-527-8133 ext. 204.

Please note that unless the office is otherwise notified, the name will be on the list for 4 weeks and then removed.

News from the Diocese

Click the link below to read up on what's going on in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

ECCT Newsletter - March 26, 2025

eVoice Deadline

All announcements should be submitted to the office at office@trinityhartford.org by Wednesday 9am for publication that week. Announcements that are submitted late will be held until the following week’s edition.