Worship With Us at Trinity Church

Sunday, 27 October

The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

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

Grounds Work Days

2025 Stewardship Campaign - 3 November

Adult Forum: Five Talents thanks you! - 3 November

Trinity Choir: A Vision for Every Voice

Trinity GHIAA NEWS

Trinity Book Group - 22 November

2025 Calendar Sharing

Casserole Ministry

Intercessory Prayer at Sunday Worship

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 Sunday’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.

Grounds Work Days

The fall season is upon us and soon it will be time for the grounds to be prepared for winter. To accomplish this task the grounds team is planning to schedule three work days on Saturday October 26th, Saturday November 23 and Saturday December 14 starting at 9:00 am. There is plenty of work to be done tidying up the parking lot and various beds in the Memorial Garden, The Close and along Sigourney Street before the big oak trees start to drop their leaves towards the end of the year. Please consider lending a hand on one or more of these days so that as much work can be finished this year and the grounds are in good shape for winter. For more information, please contact Peter Green (860-922-1830). Thank you!

2025 Stewardship Campaign – Embracing Generosity

Join Us on All Saints Sunday, November 3!

Let’s come together in gratitude and generosity! Join us for a special gathering immediately following our service for an All Saints Potluck Brunch in Goodwin Hall. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend! Please bring a favorite dish that reflects your family tradition and honors a favorite relative or loved one. We will share in community and learn how our contributions can make a difference in Trinity Church and beyond.

As part of our time together, Mark MacGougan will present his stewardship monologue, “Why God Needs Your Money More Than You Do.” Additionally, Donald Romanik will speak about the importance of pledging for 2025.

No signup is needed, but please mark your calendars and plan to join us for this meaningful occasion!

Brunch items can be delivered to the kitchen starting at 9AM

Questions about the brunch may be directed to Percy Williamson or Penny Pearson

Sunday, November 3rd Adult Forum: Five Talents thanks you!

Five Talents is a global micro-enterprise charity working with local Anglican churches in 9 countries. Its mission is to work in the poorest countries to help the poorest women transform their lives through savings group programs.

Thanks to Trinity’s support for and sponsorship of grant requests to ECCT, Five Talents has raised $19,000 for a new program in Rwanda that helped 676 women headed families and about 1,000 in South Sudan, the world’s poorest country.

Please join us at the Forum on November 3 when Trinity’s Everett Post will thank you for your help and tell and show you the transformative results your help has achieved. Everett has worked with Five Talents for almost 25 years and is active on ECCT’s mission ministry network.

Trinity Choir: A Vision for Every Voice

Adult choir members, under the direction of Markus Centola, recently created a mission statement. Below is an excerpt, the second of several that are appearing in the eVoice and bulletin.

We gather to express our faith and to collectively serve the least among us, as Jesus was inspired to do. This daunting task calls for community, just as Jesus relied on his disciples for support and mission. In honoring our shared love for music, rooted in personal stories and collective experience, we seek to create sacred moments that deepen our connection to God and to one another. Through our commitment to prayerful music-making, we aim to inspire the hearts of the congregation, inviting all to join in praise and love.

Trinity GHIAA NEWS

As we learned during the September 29 Adult Forum, Trinity will gather as a community to attend the upcoming GHIAA Public Issues Assembly at Weaver HS on November 21 at 6:30 pm. 

There is a sign up sheet with more information in Goodwin Hall, including a summary of the 2024 issue campaign. All are welcome, including friends and family of all ages. It is a great chance to show our public leaders that we support the slate of issues that emerged from our house meetings. Let’s support this important social justice work together as a parish! Please speak to Cathy Rowe or Heather Kramer if you have any questions.

Major Public Assembly: 2025 Campaign Launch 

Thursday, November 21, 6:30-8:30 pm

Weaver High School, 415 Granby St., Hartford

Remember the 2022 Power Summit? We will gather again with hundreds of leaders from across our region to ground ourselves in our shared values, to launch our new slate of issue campaigns, and to seek public commitment from elected officials and power brokers. This is a significant public action and a chance to demonstrate GHIAA’s power to win on the issues that matter in our lives. Turnout from every GHIAA institution will be essential! Stay tuned for updates from your organizer.

Trinity Book Group

Trinity's Book Group will meet next on Friday, Nov. 22nd, 7:00-8:30 pm, to discuss the book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. As a botanist, Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. - All are invited to attend this and any Book Group meetings, whether for one time or many. The Nov. 22nd meeting will be at the home of Linda and Mark MacGougan in West Hartford; please let them know if you plan to attend at macgougans@gmail.com. Hope to see you there!

2025 Calendar Sharing

Perhaps you are receiving more 2025 calendars than you can use? Or do you need a 2025 calendar? Trinity is the place for you!

There is a box on the side table in Goodwin Hall for our parishioners to drop off or pick up a 2025 calendar. Calendars of all sizes are welcome - wall, desk or pocket size.

Casserole Ministry

"For I was sick, and you looked after me . . ."

Remember the Casserole Ministry in times of need!  Trinity's Casserole Ministry is ready to help out with prepared meals if you or a family member is unable to manage food preparation due to illness, injury, a death in the family, or a new baby. Please feel free to call on us!  

For help when you need it, call Kathryn Lees in the Trinity Office, 860-527-8133, or Anne Rapkin, 860-521-5992 or anne.rapkin@gmail.com.

Intercessory Prayer at Sunday Worship

Have you wondered why someone is standing in the North aisle of the sanctuary on Sundays during the Eucharist service? That person is a member of Trinity's Intercessory Prayer Team. He or she is there to offer individual prayer with you whenever you are so moved, whether because of your own or a loved one's need, or because of the desire to express gratitude, or for any other reason. Together, your prayer companion and you can seek healing, confidence, strength, comfort.

And if you are interested in joining the Intercessory Prayer Team, and share in the joy and privilege of sharing your neighbors' journeys', please call Anne Rapkin at 860-521-5002 or anne.rapkin@gmail.com.

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 - October 23, 2024

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.