O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
~~Collect for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
|
|
Worship With Us at Trinity Church |
|
Sunday, May 16: Seventh Sunday of Easter
Holy Eucharist in the Memorial Garden, 8 AM
with Communion in one kind (bread only)
Rev. D. Presiding and Preaching
Holy Eucharist at 10 AM by YouTube
Rev. D. Presiding and Preaching
Holy Eucharist at 10 AM Livestreamed on YouTube followed by Greeting Time, a brief Coffee Hour, and Adult Christian Forum on Zoom
As the Postlude ends, all are invited to log onto zoom for a time of large group greeting followed by a short small group coffee hour, or for Adult Christian Formation when scheduled.
For Coffee Hour and Adult Forum click here.
Parking lot drive-through Communion distribution (bread only) from the elements consecrated at the 10am service. 12:30pm – 1:30pm
|
|
Thursday, May 20
Noon Prayer Via Zoom, Live at 12 PM:
George Chien Officiating
This is a Standing Meeting.
The log-in and password will remain the same each week.
Join Zoom Meeting via computer or tablet
Meeting ID: 597 938 892
Password: 323842
Dial in
929 436 2866
Meeting ID: 597 938 892
Password: 323842
Please Note: if you call in on a land line, long distance charges may apply.
|
|
Adult Christian Formation:
After Sunday's 10 AM Service
Calling God ‘Father’
Anne Rapkin will discuss will what it means to address God with the male title of “Father”, when biblical writers envisioned God as a female as well.
“How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!”
Lk. 13:34.
|
|
By Anton 17 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28575619
|
|
And mark your calendars for the last May Adult Christian Formation session following the Sunday 10:00 A.M. YouTube service.
College Forum
|
|
A Message from Rev. D.
See you in person on June 6th!
More Info on Regathering and Annual Meeting on June 6th
In my excitement to share that we will be regathering on June 6th I left out some important details! First of all, we will continue to stream the service live to YouTube and upload an electronic copy of the bulletin to the website. We want to make sure that folks who are not yet comfortable with in person worship and folks who can’t come in person are still able to be a part of our worshiping community. Additionally, members who cannot be present in person on June 6th will be able to participate in the Annual Meeting via zoom.
In order to continue to seek the health of all in our community, masks are required to be worn and we will maintain social distance with no physical contact with someone not in your household. There may be some in our community who have been vaccinated and are okay with hugs, but there are others who, vaccinated or not, are not comfortable with hugs. In order to create an atmosphere of welcome regardless of vaccination status and/or comfort with hugs, I am asking everyone to do their part in maintaining social distance when we gather. Additionally, given the 2 out of 3 rule, beginning this Sunday when the weather allows for the 8am service to be outside, people will be allowed to remove their masks once they are in their seat. (The two out of three rule, depicted in the graphic below, says that activity with those outside of your household should have 2 of the 3 measures of health protection (mask, distance, outdoors) in place.
~D+
|
|
The Voice Articles for June, July, & August – Deadline – May 14
Is your parish group planning an event during June, July & August? Let everyone at Trinity know all about it by submitting an article for the next issue of The Voice. The deadline is Friday, May 14, at 5:00 p.m. for articles submitted via email to voice@trinityhartford.org.
Articles submitted in hard copy form should be turned in to the Parish Office by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday May 13, when the Office closes for the weekend.
Note: When submitting an article, please be sure to include a title in the subject line.
|
|
A Message From
Maggie Breen, NE Region Missionary
How Can We Help?
Dear Siblings in Christ,
I’ve been working with Deacon Bonnie Matthews of our Cathedral, as well as Dylan Mello, NW Region Missionary and Rev. Rachel Thomas, SE Region Missionary, as we seek to build conversations across ECCT about food ministries and addressing food insecurity. I’d love to have a conversation with all of YOU about what you would like to learn more about. I hope to be able to bring aspects of our conversation to the smaller planning group so that we can bring speakers and topics back to you that you would find helpful!
So, please join us on Wednesday, 19 May, for the NC Region Food Ministry Network conversation. Please share this email with anyone whom you think would be interested. The zoom information can be found below.
I hope that we can think about the 5 W’s of food ministry together, and please bring any questions you might have with you!
Who are we connecting with and who do we need to build relationships with?
What needs are we meeting and what needs are left unmet?
Where are the food ministries we are engagement with and are there ones we are missing?
When do we gather, collect, serve, educate, etc.
Why are you personally involved and why should the wider community also be involved?
I hope to see you there!
This event is on Wednesday, 19 May, from 7:00-8:30 pm.
Zoom link is here:
Meeting ID: 823 2188 0592
One tap mobile
+13017158592,,82321880592# US (Washington DC)
+13126266799,,82321880592# US (Chicago)
|
|
Mark Your Calendar:
Trinity Church Annual Meeting – June 6
Reminder for all Committee and Team Leaders:
Annual Reports are due to the office Monday, May 17.
Submit reports to your Quadrant Leader in advance of the deadline for proofing before submission to the church office.
The report will be available starting Sunday, May 30 electronically,
or you may pick up a hard-copy by making an appointment with the office.
|
|
Kodály's Missa Brevis: A Moment of Remembrance
The churches of Trinity Episcopal, Emanuel Lutheran, and St. John's Episcopal are joining forces to perform Zoltán Kodály's masterwork for organ and choir, the Missa Brevis. Originally written in 1942 as a strictly organ work, Kodály (1882-1967) reworked it into a choral mass in 1945 while sheltering in the basement of the Budapest Opera House, during the height of the Allied bombing. The work was premiered in the cloakroom of the opera house, as it was one of the only rooms still standing during the bombings. The premiere was performed by members of the skeletal opera company, for each other, as gunfire continued raging outside.
Our collaborative production of this will include graduating choristers of the Choir School, section leaders, and hired vocal professionals, recorded by an audio engineer. The mass will be filmed in the sanctuary of Trinity Episcopal Church, with 20 musicians masked and distanced. The resulting concert video will be premiered during the last weekend of May, on a soon-to-be-determined date. All three music directors (Michelle Horsley, Scott Lamlein, and Jonathan Reuning-Scherer) will take turns conducting and playing. This concert is partially sponsored by the Jolidon Fund of the Greater Hartford Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
As we hopefully move past this COVID-19 era, we have decided to create a musical offering to recognize the global scale of loss during the pandemic and we have chosen this work as we believe in what it represents. The circumstances of the Kodály Missa Brevis speak to triumph and hope in the midst of strife and devastating isolation. We are lifting this up in response, as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
|
|
End-of-Year Choir School Concert
Sunday, May 30th at 2PM
Parking Lot of Emanuel Lutheran Church
311 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT
Free parking available in the state lot at the southwest corner of Capital Ave and Oak St.
If able, please bring your own chair/blanket
Join us as we celebrate the end of a most unusual 2020-2021 Choir School season! This outdoor event will be a presentation of some of the pieces we’ve learned during our online and in-person rehearsals. Works will include favorites from our Anglican repertoire, as well as selections from Caribbean, South African, Spiritual, American Folk, and modern choral traditions. Guest singers from the Emanuel Lutheran Church community will join us on a couple songs and our graduating choristers will also be formally recognized. Some chairs will be provided, but attendees are kindly asked to bring their own chairs/blankets, if able, and to observe the socially-distant markers on the ground. Masks are required. Parking is available for free at a lot on the southwest corner of Capitol Ave and Oak St, one block away from the performance location. There is no cost for admission and no reservation is required. Join us to celebrate these wonderful choristers!
|
|
Trinity Book Group
Trinity's Book Group was ready for an uplifting story, so its next selection is The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. “It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a 3-year-old native-American little girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Tucson, Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West.”
All are welcome to join this Zoom meeting, slated for Friday, June 18th, at 7:00 pm. To receive a Zoom link, please contact Linda MacGougan. (macgougans@gmail.com)
|
|
A/V Guild
After taking a step back from recruitment to continue to refine the system, we are once again seeking volunteers to be a part of the A/V Guild. Don’t worry about your level of technical skill. If you can press a button on a remote control, then there’s a place for you on the team. If you would like more information, would like to volunteer, or would like to come watch the a/v guild at work on a Sunday to get a sense of what they do, please be in touch with Jake Troiano or Casey Rosseau.
Please email office@trinityhartford.org or call 860-527-8133 ext. 204 and Barbara Roos will provide contact information for Casey and Jake.
|
|
Easter Six at Trinity Church.
|
|
Heads Up! Hartford 2021 Summer Camp!
Heads Up Hartford has announced that it will hold a hybrid version of camp this year from June 21-27.
Campers are welcome to participate in both in-person and virtual programming, or select only virtual programs to attend.
HUH is a faith-based camp uniting urban and suburban youth to improve our communities and develop as leaders. Youth who have completed 8th-12th grade are eligible to attend. Trinity's young people have participated in HUH for many years and found it to be worthwhile and fun! For more information, contact Linda MacGougan (macgougans@gmail.com; 860-561-1588), Trinity's liaison with HUH.
|
|
|
|
Chi-Chi and Faith, our cantors on Sunday, May 9nd. |
|
|
News from the Diocese
Click the links below to read up on what's going on in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, and in our North Central Region.
|
|
eVoice Deadline
All announcements should be submitted to George at chienga@sbcglobal.net by Thursday 9am for publication that week. Announcements that are submitted late will be held until the following week’s edition.
|
|
Weekly Calendar
Sunday, May 16th Seventh Sunday of Easter
8:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist Rite II (Memorial Garden)
10:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist Rite II (YouTube)
11:00 A.M. Adult Christian Formation – Calling God ‘Father’ (Zoom)
12:30–1:30 P.M. Distribution of Communion (Farmington Ave. Parking Lot)
Monday, May 17th Reports for Annual Meeting due to Office
7:30 P.M. Life in the Spirit Book Discussion (Zoom)
Tuesday, May 18th
2:00 P.M. Women Together (Trinity, St. Monica’s, St. John’s) (Zoom)
5:15 P.M. Bible Study (Zoom)
6:00 P.M. Choir School Rehearsal (Church)
7:00 P.M. Vestry Meeting (Zoom)
Thursday, May 20th
12:00 P.M. Noonday Prayer Service (Zoom)
6:00 P.M. Choir School Rehearsal (Church)
Saturday, May 22nd
10:00 A.M. Sanctuary Stitchers (Zoom)
Sunday, May 23rd Day of Pentecost
8:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist Rite II (Memorial Garden)
10:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist Rite II (YouTube)
11:00 A.M. Adult Christian Formation – College Panel (Zoom)
12:30–1:30 P.M. Distribution of Communion (Farmington Ave. Parking Lot)
|
|
120 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06105
860.527.8133
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
