Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; 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 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Join Trinity Walk Against Hunger

The Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare Walk Against Hunger is returning September 18,2021,and you are invited to participate as a member of the Trinity Church team!

This year’s walk which is 1.5 miles will be stepping off at 10 am on the 18th both virtually and live at Dunkin Donuts Park, home of the Hartford Yard Goats. Check-in begins at 8am.

Preregistration is now open.

1.Go to Foodshare.org

2.Click on the “Register Now” button in the Walk Against Hunger banner at the top of the page.

3. Click on “Join a team” and fill in Trinity Hartford Walks as the team name.

You can designate the funds you raise or that you donate to the Connecticut Food

Bank/Foodshare general fund or select on the partner agencies listed.

Trinity Hartford Walks team members are encouraged to wear their Trinity Church t-shirs for the walk. After you check in with the Walk staff look for the blue Trinity shirts and hopefully our Trinity Church banner.

This walk will rally the community to bring awareness to the issue of food insecurity in Connecticut. The funds raised will help support the Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare and the partner agencies that help them serve the estimated 545,000 people in Connecticut including 164,000 children who struggle with hunger.

Any questions – call Lily Miller 860-916-1994 (and call her on the day of the walk if you have trouble finding the group)

Would you like an opportunity to meet with other women for reading, reflection and discussion on matters of the Christian faith? If so, please consider coming to Women Together, which meets weekly on Tuesdays from 2:00-3:15. Women from St. Monica's, Trinity, St. John's, and friends currently participate in WT, and all are welcome. For the first series of the program year, beginning September 14th and continuing through October, the featured book will be Firstlight by Sue Monk Kidd (available at Amazon). The meeting is planned to take place in the Reception Room at St. John's, on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford (with all attendees wearing masks); however, if the Covid situation changes, the meeting will be via Zoom. Please contact Enid Oberholtzer (tomenidjas@aol.com) or Jo-Ann Sadosky (joann.sadosky43@gmail.com) for more information.

An Opportunity to Resettle an Afghan Refugee Family

Trinity church, together with St. Patrick St. Anthony (Hartford), is going to resettle one of the thousands of refugee families now fleeing Afghanistan. Trinity has a decades-long history of helping refugees, and we are now privileged to continue that tradition. We are going to help our new family find housing, furnishings, clothing, jobs for the adults, English lessons, health care, and public education for the children. There are big jobs and little jobs for us to do -- a job to fit every volunteer. Please contact Anne Rapkin for more information (860-521-5992; a.rapkin@snet.net).

 Welcoming Refugees: Deepening Our Understanding of Culture--Theirs and Ours

This session will be presented via Zoom and moderated by Dr. Judi Durham and will be joined by Mr. Naji Aldabaan, whose family was co-sponsored under Judi’s leadership and whose family’s story was featured in Welcome to the New World.

Judi Durham, Ph.D., LPC, is a psychotherapist with a focus on trauma; and Professor Emeritus, University of Saint Joseph. Her areas of concentration include multicultural & international counseling, and the intersection of culture, diversity and social justice in the provision of mental health services.

A Zoom link will be sent after you register.

Trinity Homecoming, 12 September 2021.

Response to Hurricane Ida

On Sunday, August 29, sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ida made landfall in the same region. This Category 4 storm brought flooding and damaging winds that caused a loss of water to hundreds of thousands and a loss of electricity to over 1 million people. Episcopal Relief & Development is working closely with the Diocese of Louisiana and other regional partners in what will be a long-term response. Your generous gift will help alleviate suffering for the most vulnerable residents impacted by Hurricane Ida. Please visit episcopalrelief.org/hurricane-relief to make a gift today.

Ongoing Crisis in Haiti

On Saturday, August 14, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the southwest portion of Haiti. This devastating earthquake was followed by Tropical Storm Grace on Monday night and much of Tuesday. More than 1 million people, including more than half a million children, have been impacted by the back-to-back disasters, and the death toll is close to 2000. Episcopal Relief & Development and its partners are responding immediately with direct assistance to vulnerable households in the region, as partners plan long-term recovery. Your generous gift can provide assistance to help people in the wake of these disasters. To assist in these efforts, visit episcopalrelief.org/haiti-relief.

Trinity Book Group

All are welcome to attend Trinity's Book Group, which will resume meeting in person for its first meeting of the program year: Friday, September 24th, 7:00-9:00 pm. Refreshments will be served. Masks will be worn (except when eating) but will not inhibit the lively and interesting discussion sure to take place! The featured book is The Story of More by Hope Jahren. Mark and Linda MacGougan will host the meeting at their home in West Hartford. Please let them know if you plan to attend. (macgougans@gmail.com; 860-561-1588) Hope to see you!

Articles for The Voice Due Sunday, September 19

Sunday Morning Mask Policy

Masks at indoor Sunday services are now required for those who are vaccinated and non-vaccinated.

Trinity Homecoming 12 September 2021.

Join Zoom Meeting

Sunday, September 19^th   Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

        10:00 A.M.               Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)

Articles for the October-November Voice Due

Monday, September 20^th

         5:30 P.M.              Trinity Community for Racial Justice (Zoom)

Tuesday, September 21^st 

          2:00 P.M.            Women Together (St. John’s Church)

          6:00 P.M.            Choir School of Hartford (Choir Room)

          7:00 P.M.             Vestry Meeting (Library)

Thursday, September 23^rd             

          12:00 P.M.             Noonday Prayer (Zoom)

            6:00 P.M.             Choir School of Hartford (Choir Room)

            7:00 P.M.             Adult Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room)

Friday, September 24^th

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

          7:00 P.M.            Trinity Book Group (Offsite)

Sunday, September 26^th  Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

       10:00 A.M.               Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)

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