HT Notes
news & updates, April 1, 2021
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Reservations for Easter Services in the Nave & at St. Paul's Are Full
You may still plan to join us at Trinity Place at either 7:00 am or 10:00 am. It will be a beautiful, sunny day, but chilly. Dress for the weather, bring a chair (we will have some available onsite as well), and remember that masks and distancing are required for ALL in-person activities at Holy Trinity at this time!
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Sign Up to Worship in the Nave on April 11th |
Sign Up to attend worship in the Nave at Holy Trinity at 10am on April 11th. Seating is limited and you must register to attend. Click the button below. |
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The Holy Trinity chapel will be open for a Gethsemane Watch Vigil following our Maundy Thursday service for those who wish to pray at the Altar of Repose with the Reserved Sacrament. Prayers will be livestreamed at 8:30 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm, & 12:00 am. |
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The Pastoral Care Team is preparing Easter baskets for some of our parish friends (30-ish households) to be delivered April 3. We would like to include 4-6 cookies in each package. If we could get 14 dozen cookies baked with love and packaged with care, that would be such a blessing. If you can help, please sign up here. Any questions, contact Pam Mack at pammack@clemson.edu
Cookies should be packaged in bags of 2 to 4 and delivered by 10 am April 3 to the side chapel.
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We have a few openings left for providing Canterbury meals: April 21 and 28. Please continue to sign up.
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ZOOM Link for Coffee Hour |
There will not be a Zoom Coffee Hour this week due to scheduled Easter events. It will resume next week. |
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The Altar Guild currently has a small crew of members who volunteer to staff the outdoor services. Now that we are adding indoor services in the Nave on Sunday, we need some additional volunteers to help with these services. The task involves setting up for the service and cleaning up afterwards and does not require that you attend the service in the Nave. The task can also be done by a single person just before and after the service if you are attending the service or a day or so before/after the service if you do not plan to attend the service. The entire task will only take 10-15 minutes, and we are providing a checklist (with photos).
If you are planning to attend services in the Nave and are interested in helping with this important task, you may sign up to volunteer to help the Altar Guild on the reservation form for the service. If you are not attending the service but would like to help the Altar Guild with set up or cleanup for these services, please contact Anna McKenna at amckenna@me.com or call at 320-761-0678 to volunteer or if you have questions.
I would like to also take this opportunity to thank the Altar Guild members who have graciously volunteered to fill in to support our services as we try to transition back to “normal times.” I especially appreciate their flexibility and willingness to move out of their comfort zone to support our services. This group has worked at Trinity Place since September and many are now doing double duty to staff the services in the Nave.
Special thanks to Jan and Jerome Cribb, Martha Williams, Kathy Woodard, Jack McKenna, Dorothy Meeks, Robbie Grider, Ann Russell, Emma Harrington and Jane Hamilton for volunteering to staff services, as well as Iris Reed and Betty Snowden for helping out with washing linens! - Anna McKenna
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We are all one Body, because we share the same Bread of Life. Noah and I are available to bring Holy Communion from the altar at Holy Trinity to those who are unable to join us in church at this time. We are arranging garage and driveway visits or window visits to bring Holy Communion to you. We can also arrange for visits by phone or FaceTime, if you prefer. We will bring the Sacrament and call you for the prayers, and we will consume the wafers together from a distance. Please contact one of us if you would like to arrange a visit. We would love to bring the Sacrament to you before Christmas, if possible. Much love, Suz+
We would love to bring the Sacrament to you during 2021.
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Pray for Justin, the Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; and Andrew, our bishop; for the people and clergy of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, especially in Cange and Bois Joli; for the Bishop Nominating Committee and the next Bishop of Upper South Carolina; and for the clergy, staff, and vestry of our parish.
Pray for Joseph, our President; Henry, our governor; and all entrusted with authority and those who influence public opinion.
Pray for all people in any kind of need or trouble, Dot and Bill, Violet, Jude, Roy and Charlotte, Frieda Wald, Luther, Kathy, Vicki, and Darla, Carolyn Foster, Jasy, Marcelle and Desiree, Beverly Martineau, Robert David Holland, Ann and Fred Hoffman, the Loken family, Sinclair, Ellen Haase, Carolyn Owens, Rachel Honea, Emily Yanes, Irene Melton, and all who have COVID and their families.
Pray in thanksgiving for all who are recovering and have recovered from COVID-19, for the COVID vaccine, and for the birthdays of Andy O'Day, Noah Stansbury, William Barutio, Sarah Maiberger, Beth Newton, Carolyn Foster, Eleanor O'Hare, Jean Jordan, Nancy Barutio, Amy Agosti, Kevin Crouse, Jack Purkerson, Joy duBois, and Riley Stokes.
Pray for all victims of natural disasters, for those who have lost jobs, for healing for our nation, for people who work for justice and peace, for health care workers, for hospice care workers, for all essential workers across all industries, for all students, faculty, and staff of schools and universities, and young parish families struggling with parents work and children in school.
Pray for the souls of all the departed, Ruth Harris, Gianni Baratti, Brittany Loken, Kathleen, and all who have died from the coronavirus this week.
Please send us your prayers of thanksgiving as well as prayer requests. All names will be listed for three weeks unless a longer time is requested. To add a name to the list, send an email to Serena
DuBose at daffydubose@gmail.com. Please consider if you need to speak to someone before adding a name to the list to prevent misunderstandings.
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Love Is The Way Book Study |
Bishop Curry's latest book, Love is the Way: Holding onto Hope in Troubled Times, offers a message of tenacious hope in the redemptive power of love and offers a roadmap for living the way of love, illuminated with stories from his own life’s journey. Through the lenses of Bishop Curry's faith, ancestry, and personal journey, Love Is the Way shows us how we have come this far by faith, and it shines a light the long way that lies ahead of us in addressing the deep divisions in the world today. Please join us via Zoom each Sunday afternoon at 4:00 pm, beginning 5/2, as we read through this engaging and thought-provoking exploration of how our faith in Jesus Christ sustains us and challenges us. The discussion will be facilitated by Mtr. Suz.
The books are easily available from your favorite book-seller. For the first session, we will read the Introduction and Chapter 1. The Zoom link will be provided in HT Notes and Sunday email beginning 4/29.
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Stories are the heart of evangelism, and everybody has one. Join us as we explore the moments when we’ve experienced God’s loving presence in our lives through Embracing Evangelism, a free, six-part course led by the Rev. Alan Bentrup, Canon for Evangelism & Mission in the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
Join us online on Wednesday nights from 7-8pm starting April 7. Register here to learn more and reserve your spot!
- Wednesday, April 7 - Introduction
- Wednesday, April 14 - Seek, Name, Celebrate
- Wednesday, April 21 - The Great Story and Your Story
- Wednesday, April 28 - The Stories of Others
- Wednesday, May 5 - Invite Everyone to More
- Wednesday, May 12 - Go! Discernment and What's Next
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Now more than ever, it is an act of Christian love to wear a face covering when you are away from your home. Please love your neighbor by wearing a mask, including whenever you come to our church buildings! We have masks available in the church office and at our outside worship services, just in case you get out the door without one. Please take care of yourselves and those you love by staying home if you feel unwell or have been exposed to Covid 19. Quarantine 14 days or obtain a negative test result before resuming contact.
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Information on COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination In Our Area |
Part of our Christian duty to love our neighbor by promoting the common good just got easier, with improved access to COVID-19 testing and the vaccines in our area.
Free Community Testing
The City of Clemson is partnering with the university to provide free COVID-19 testing to the community, following their nationally recognized testing system that reduced positive cases on campus to less than 2% by the end of last semester. This is a fantastic opportunity to get into a regular testing routine to help combat the spread of the virus. Testing is available weekday mornings from 7am-11am at Nettles Park. You do not need to make an appointment but you must register in advance and bring your unique QR code with you; the code can be printed out or saved to your smartphone. Note that this testing is not for current university students or employees; please use the on-campus testing system.
Find all the details and the registration form on the City’s website here.
COVID-19 Vaccinations
This week Governor McMaster and DHEC announced an expansion of vaccine eligibility to all South Carolina residents 16 and older. You must make an appointment to receive the vaccine. Visit scdhec.gov/vaxlocator or call 855-472-3432 to find a vaccination site and make an appointment.
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Covid-19 Vaccine Questions |
If you have questions about Covid-19, here is where you can get answers. Click on the picture to enlarge.
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Health Bits by Kathy Hunter
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TBT: (I posted this daily health tip exactly 10 years ago...)
"There's only so long a person can survive on an all-protein diet or an all-salad diet or an all-anything diet. You crave carbohydrates because your body needs them. The key is to eat the ones that have been the least processed -- carbs that still have all their heart-healthy, belly-busting fiber intact."
Today: Ditto. And make it fiber from plants. You'll be glad you did!
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The Tuesday Bible study will resume on April 13th. |
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Giving Thanks
for Your Giving
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Your faithful and steady giving helps Holy Trinity through these difficult times. Thank you. The leadership of the parish is grateful for your hearing the Gospel call to seek and serve Christ in all people, and responding with generosity. Because of that generosity, Holy Trinity continues to be a blessing in our community. May God continue to bless you richly also. |
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We're Here for You Holy Trinity is working hard to stay connected and provide support through the trials of pandemic restrictions. The Vestry and Neighborhood Group Leaders continue to reach out to parishioners in their areas regularly. Please contact your Neighborhood Group Leaders or the church office if you have any need, and we will do our best to help you out. The office staff are not necessarily in the office at all times, but we are all checking email and phone messages regularly. The office number is 864-654-5071. To reach Lynne Farmer, Parish Administrator select ext. 3, or Sheryl Shankles, Parish Secretary select ext. 0. You can reach Mtr. Suz at 864-364-1952 to call or text. Noah Stansbury's cell number is 864-723-0391.
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The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Sunday
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So All May Eat (SAME) Garden |
Each week, a small group of dedicated gardeners meet in the SAME Garden to work together to maintain our beautiful and productive garden boxes on Trinity Place. This group meets at 9:30 on Tuesday mornings (weather permitting) to enjoy caring for God’s Creation and helping to feed those who are hungry. This week we harvested 12 pounds of mostly cabbage and some beets to deliver to CCC. That brings our total to 40 pounds this season. If you would like to learn more, please contact Beth Kunkel at bkunkel@clemson.edu. Watch for information about how you can also support these efforts from your own home garden, coming soon! |
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Clemson Community Care's most needed food items are: juice, Jello/pudding, Pork and beans, 2# sugar, jelly, soup, paper towels.
Donations may be dropped off to the purple bin on the Purkerson's front porch (111 Dogwood Terrace Lane, Clemson) or taken directly to CCC (105 Anderson Hwy, Clemson) around back of the building before 11:00am any morning Monday through Thursday.
If you would prefer to make a monetary donation to enable CCC to buy food or help the community in other ways you can send a check to CCC, PO Box 271, Clemson SC 29633 or make an online donation via PayPal or credit card at clemsoncommunitycare.org. Donations are tax deductible and all donations are greatly appreciated! Thank you for your continued support.
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An Update from Family Promise |
The pandemic has challenged us to be extremely flexible, creative, and on-going in recognizing needs and modifying what we do. We have continued offering sheltering services throughout the pandemic.
We are sheltering families by paying for motels now. This has led to the requirement that guests must have a vehicle to be accepted into the program. Because so many folks come to us with old and faulty vehicles, we have had to take on the role of sometimes assisting with car repairs. Because meals are not being cooked and served by the congregations, we have asked our network churches to conduct drives for restaurant and grocery gift cards. Additionally, we have requested hand sanitizer and masks (mostly children’s) from the volunteers so these can be provided to the guests. There have been some issues to work out with the motel such as spotty wi-fi. Since the majority of case management is being done by email, it is necessary for guests to have access. When I do have case management meetings in person, they are held outside, rain or shine, cold or warm! While we still have the expectation that parents work, we’ve had to be flexible when single parents have to accommodate children doing virtual weeks of school or having to quarantine.
Because there is emergency funding available to respond to people in need caused by COVID, Armilla has written proposals and accessed these funds, enabling us to begin offering prevention services, to prevent folks from becoming homeless. We have a part-time case manager to manage those cases. At intake, we look at whether someone’s needs could be met through prevention instead of sheltering. Thus far, more than 60 people have benefitted from our prevention program!
--Excerpted from a recent email to Family Promise Coordinators.
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Phone: 864-482-2040
Address: PO Box 1246
525 East Main St.
Seneca, SC 29679
PayPal at OurDailyRest.org
Volunteer: 864-482-2040
Phone: 864-482-2040 ext.110
Questions, please call Judy Surak 864-933-5205 or judysurak@yahoo.com.
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Our Daily Rest and New Programs |
The homeless shelter in Seneca has branched out and now not only helps the homeless but works with individuals who are at risk of becoming homeless. For those who meet criteria, Our Daily Rest helps with utilities and rent and connects individuals with social services to help avoid the outcome of homelessness. Our Daily Rest also partners with landlords to identify safe and affordable housing. Another new program partners with local contractors to help repair and replace major home features, like roofing. Always your generosity, help and prayers are needed and appreciated.
The shelter still needs daily use items ( eg. coffee, sugar, trash bags, laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, gift cards). For now they have ample clothing.
As we strive each day to be Christ’s servants, may we be mindful of the time and talents gifted to us and how to share them with our brothers and sisters.
Our Daily Rest, P.O. Box 1246, Seneca, SC 29679
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Click here for a list of the Vestry members, their area of responsibility as well as contact information.
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St. Paul's Thrift Shop hours are Mondays or Thursdays from 10am to 12:30pm or 12:30pm to 3pm. 3rd Saturday from 10am to 1pm. Other than the open hours, contact Diana Manly (722-5112).
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Singing Rooster Coffee
Just text Lynne Farmer at 864.710.0011 and let her know what you want to order.
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The link to HTv is provided below and is also located on the home page of the Holy Trinity website.
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Our outdoor worship service is held at Trinity Place each week at 2:00 pm. Hope you can make it! Just remember to follow social distancing guidelines. |
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