~~Collect for Eigth Sunday after Pentecost

 

 

A few weeks ago, we had a Sunday Forum after our 10 a.m. Zoom service, on the topic of Racism and its effects on our lives. There was no presenter, and the only agenda was for us to listen to one another. Several people spoke of the pain they experience when they realize that their family members, their own children, their friends are at risk of being targeted and harmed every time they leave the safety of home. Others expressed the belief that radical change is needed in the way police work in this country, in order for anything to get better here for people of color. A list of books and articles was compiled during the discussion, for those who would like to deepen their understanding of the lived experience of racism. It was a powerful hour of sharing, supporting, loving, and weeping together about the second deadly pandemic, racism.

Your Vestry is determined to keep Trinity working on racism. We recognize that the racism in our society is not a problem that can be fixed in a short time; it will require a long-term commitment to gain understanding, identify areas where we can effect change, and do the work individually and as a parish that will make change happen.

On Tuesday, the Vestry authorized formation of a Task Force on Racial Justice. The first job of the Task Force is to explore more fully what resources ECCT offers through its Season of Racial Healing, Justice, and Reconciliation initiative, which was declared by the 2018 ECCT Convention. Those resources and others will guide the definition of next steps.

If you feel the Holy Spirit tapping you on the shoulder, maybe it's because this effort needs your input! We will be expanding the task force in the next few months, as well as welcoming guidance from our new Rector, Rev. Dee Littlepage, when she arrives in mid-September. Stay tuned for more information!

The Search Committee for our new Director of Music Ministries has had its kickoff meeting. This search, like everything else these days, is made more complicated by COVID-19. The committee has an ambitious schedule of meetings and interviews, and hopes to be ready to hold final interviews and organ auditions shortly after Rev. Dee arrives. Please keep them in your prayers as they do this important and demanding work. The members of the committee are Linda MacGougan, chair, Enid Oberholtzer, Susan Post, George Chien, Leslyn Clark, Walton Brown Foster, Boo Morton, and Jane Mogor.

 

Martha Freimuth and Tom Oberholtzer

Wardens

 

Jack and Allison

 

Pollinator in the Garden.  Photo Credit:  Anne Green.

 

• Morning Prayer will be said at 8:00 am in the Memorial Garden.
• Morning Prayer will be broadcast at 10:00 am via Zoom.
• You may participate in either the 8:00 am in person worship or the 10:00 am Zoom, or both.

• Masks are required to be worn by the congregation.  A limited supply of masks will be available for those who do not have one.
• Entrance and exit to the Memorial Garden will be through the Sigourney Street garden gate only.
• Upon entrance, an Usher will ask you if you have registered for the 8:00 am service. 
• IMPORTANT: Please sign-in using the book by the garden gate entrance.
• Chairs are set up with 6 ft distance between.  Please sit in one of the open spaces, keeping 6 feet between you and others not of your household.
• Restrooms in the Narthex are available if needed.

• Single use Bulletins will be provided. Please take your bulletin home with you.
• There will be no congregational singing.
• An Offering plate will be provided on the steps going up to the church inside the Memorial Garden; plates will not be passed.
• Please remain seated after the postlude for a brief ceremony honoring Jackson Merrill.
• There is no coffee hour. 

Sunday, July 19th.  Morning Prayer in the Garden and by Zoom.

 

With the end this week of the $600 federal weekly unemployment compensation pandemic supplement, more and more people are in need of assistance to buy food or pay their health insurance premiums.  If you would like to have assistance filing an application for food benefits or Husky, please contact Anne Rapkin at a.rapkin@snet.net

 

 

                                                           

Anne Rapkin

 

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!

 

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.

 

Jack Merrill with Choir School.  All Saints. 2019.

 

 

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.

 

 

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