HT Notes
news & updates, May 20, 2021
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Pentecost Picnic This Sunday |
Date: May 23,2021
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: Trinity Place
Come and celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit! What better time to gather together with your church friends as we celebrate the Spirit that binds us all together in the Body of Christ. Bring your own family picnic, drinks and chairs and enjoy lunch together with your church family. In keeping with tradition, we encourage you to wear red for Pentecost!
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Sundays
9:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist with congregational singing at Trinity Place
10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist with congregational singing in the Nave
10:30 a.m. - Antecommunion, pre-recorded, online via Facebook and YouTube
1st Sundays (starting in June)
5:00 pm Holy Eucharist at St. Paul’s
1st Wednesdays (started May 5)
Holy Eucharist at the Downs in the Corley Activity Center
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Cancelled this week only.
Please join us next week.
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Coffee Hour Is Cancelled This Week Only |
Have you been missing your Holy Trinity friends? Our online Coffee Hour is a great way to catch up! It's an informal gathering, and the coffee is always perfect! :) Use the new Zoom link below to join us this week after the online service. You can even join us if you don't go to the online service--just click the link below!
Meeting ID: 889 6259 9461
Passcode: 734088
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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, for Dot and Bill, Violet, Jude, Roy and Charlotte, Frieda Wald, Luther, Kathy, Vicki, and Darla, Carolyn Foster, Jasy, Marcelle and Desiree, Beverly Martineau, Ann and Fred Hoffman, Al Armstrong, Deb and her family, Michele Cauley and her family, Barbi Price, Leon Luszcc, Mickey Harder, Kate Hindin, 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 those who have taken it allowing reopenings, for the births of Aubrey Neal Garcia and Teddy Angst, and for the birthdays of Lynn Luczsz, Rachel Rowe, Martha Green, Cynthia Burington, Ashley Crouse, Keane De los Santos, and the anniversary of Tenley and Brett Murphy.
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, for our young parish families, struggling with parents, work, and children in school.
for the courage to work against racial injustice and gun violence.
Pray for the souls of all the departed, Tim George, Irene Melton, 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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Sign Up to Provide Flowers in a Loved One's Honor |
If you wish to sign up for a flower dedication, it's a very simple process. Simply call or email Sheryl at the church office (864-654-5071 or htchurch@holytrinityclemson.org). She will need your name, the name of the person you want to honor or remember, the wording for the bulletin and any specifics regarding color or type of flower. You will be billed directly by Tiger Lily Flowers. |
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Wednesday afternoons at 5:30 pm June 2-August 11 in the Parish Hall
Arrangements to join by Zoom can also be made. Call the church office.
Would you like to learn more about the Anglican tradition and The Episcopal Church? In this six-session class we use our hearts, minds, and imaginations to explore the various aspects of life as Anglican Christians at Holy Trinity and in The Episcopal Church. This class is open to all who are interested in learning more about The Episcopal Church, whether you are a cradle Episcopalian or are just checking us out. This class serves as preparation for Confirmation or Reception into The Episcopal Church. Those who complete this class and wish to be Confirmed or Received will be presented to the bishop for those rites in August.
June 2 Session One: The Anglican Way of Christianity—an exploration of the Anglican or Episcopal understanding of prayer.
June 16 Session Two: Basic Beliefs—a discussion of Creeds, sin and grace, and how all of those big ideas are founded in our Holy Scriptures.
June 30 Session Three: Marking Time—a look at the daily, seasonal, and yearly marking of time in our liturgical traditions, concluding with the end of our earthly pilgrimage: funerals and burial.
July 14 Session Four: Sacraments and Sacramental Life—we will spend most of our time on Baptism and Holy Eucharist, because they are the primary sacraments, but we will make sure to introduce the other Rites: Confirmation or Reception, Marriage, Reconciliation of a Penitent, Unction, and Ordination.
July 28 Session Five: A Trinitarian Life—our life together as followers of Jesus calls us out of ourselves to participate in God’s work of care of creation and each other. Our tradition points to the various tools and resources we have for that work.
August 11 Session Six: What’s Next?— by this time, we’ll be ready to talk about ethics, praxis, and evangelism (oh my!). These things aren’t as scary as they sound, but they are frightfully important to engaging fully in the life of Holy Trinity.
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IMPORTANT
Our NEW parking plans continue to move forward. It will be most important that all church member’s cars have a proper sticker on their rear window. These are being made available at the office and at church services. Here are points that church members must know:
1-In order to ensure that our parishioners and our leased parking customers have proper access to parking, we have contracted with Death Valley Towing to monitor our parking lots. Towing of unauthorized or improperly parked vehicles begins on May 17,2021. Towing fee is $130
2-As usual, there are 25 spaces in the rear of the church for our use. Episcopal Shield Sticker Required. Please observe Senior Spaces. Towing will be enforced.
3-There are 9 spaces in the new parking lot that are for Holy Trinity’s use. These are numbered 52-60 and are the spaces located along the fence at Trinity Place. There are 4 additional ADA Accessible spaces for use by properly marked vehicles. Towing will be enforced.
4-PLEASE NOTE-The remaining spaces in the new parking lot (64-96) are leased to customers 24/7 and require a special hang tag. Improperly marked or unmarked vehicles will be towed. Towing will be enforced.
5-On July 1, all spaces in front of the church that have been leased from the University will revert to the University for university permit parking. Until July 1, parking remains the same. All cars with proper university stickers will be allowed. Non university stickers will not be valid and will be ticketed. Holy Trinity Episcopal Shield Sticker will not be valid.
6-On Sundays, all spaces in front of the church on the frontage road, all spaces in the rear of the church, and the 9 spaces described in #2 (above) will be available. SPACES DESCRIBED IN LINE #4 (ABOVE) WILL NOT BE AVILABLE. CARS MAY BE TOWED.
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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 p.m., 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.
For this week's session, we will read chapters 6 and 7. Below is the link to join the meeting Sunday at 4:00 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 812 7664 5585
Passcode: 234695
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As more of us are working and gathering at Holy Trinity, we ask you to keep a mask handy while you are on-site. For the time being, please follow these three simple rules upon entering our buildings:
- Wear a mask inside the building until you arrive at your meeting or work space.
- If you leave that space during the meeting or activity, wear a mask until you return.
- Wear a mask as you leave.
Thank you for your cooperation!
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Getting vaccinated is free and easy here in Clemson. The Clemson Community Vaccination Clinic offers drive up convenience (appointments are recommended and can be obtained at the webpage on the City’s website).
And don’t forget to let us know when you’ve been vaccinated! We’ve heard from many of you, and would love to hear from everyone. Let’s celebrate those jabs together!
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Health Bits by Kathy Hunter
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TBT: (My daily health tip posted 10 years ago...)
"The typical American over the age of 2 consumes more than 300 calories daily from sugar and other caloric sweeteners. That's 19 teaspoons (75 grams) a day! 1/6th of our calorie intake is coming from a food ingredient that provides absolutely no nutritional benefit!"
Today: Americans are still eating too much sugar, but according to DHHS and UCSD, we now consume about 17 teaspoons (71.14 grams) a day.
Yay! Good news - overall we are eating 2g less sugar a day. Most experts agree - limit daily sugar consumption to 6g a day for women, 9g a day for men.
Hang in there - we're making progress. Keep up the good work!
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If you would like to take part in the online Bible study which takes place on Tuesdays at 11:00am, use the link below. We take a deep dive into the readings appointed for the following Sunday, finding ways to connect them to our lives each week.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 837 8967 8685
Passcode: 927305
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Giving Thanks for Your Giving |
Your faithful and generous giving has made it possible for Leah Durham to continue her work with our Children’s Choirs this year. They have provided recorded music for our online services, including beautiful contributions to our Service of Lessons & Carols, Christmas Eve Service for Children, and Easter Sunday. Thank you for supporting Leah’s ministry with children in the parish and in our community! |
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Click here to see a short video of the children singing. |
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Tuesdays 9:30-10:15 or Third Saturdays 9:30-11:00
Come care for God's creation here at Holy Trinity! Through the summer we will have regular times to harvest and tend to the crops at the SAME Garden at Trinity Place. Join us every Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:15 or on the third Saturday of the month from 9:30 to 11:00. Helpers are welcome to take some of that day's harvest, and the rest will be donated to Clemson Community Care to help confront food insecurity right here in our area. For more information, contact Beth Kunkel at bkunkel@clemson.edu.
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Clemson Community Care's most needed food items are: oatmeal, grits, jelly, Pork & beans, and small bags of sugar. Big need for Shelf Stable Milk.
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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New News from Family Promise |
Family Promise of Pickens County now sponsors two poverty prevention programs. One requires that the recipient be a family; the other does not. We need help getting the word out to the many folks out there struggling right now. We have a pdf version of the above poster that we can email. We’d like to have them displayed in restrooms, staff break rooms, public bulletin boards, laundromats, anywhere you can think of, all around Pickens County. If you have questions about the program, contact Tonya Mayes at the Pickens County Family Promise office 864-644-8828. For posters, email Rachel Rowe rrowe12@bellsouth.net.
Our sheltered family is doing well in the house that Easley Presbyterian allows us to use. In the past, Family Promise has referred many of their guests to the school district's Parenting & Family Literacy Program or Adult Education Program. Our current guest Jodie, who has two children and is pregnant with a third, is the very first of our guests to have achieved completion of her GED! We are so very proud of her hard work and perseverance to accomplish this!
About the new baby, Jodie‘s due date is May 20th, but in fact, delivery may be as soon as within the next two weeks. Family Promise wants to hold a virtual baby shower sometime after the baby boy arrives. We provide more details as they become available.
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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 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 12:30p.m. to 3 p.m. 3rd Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 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 9:00 a.m. Hope you can make it! Just remember to follow social distancing guidelines.
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