Worship With Us at Trinity Church

Sunday, 10 December

The Second Sunday of Advent

Holy Eucharist Rite II

8:00 AM in the Church

10:00 AM in the Church and

live-streamed via YouTube

Trinity Church YouTube

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Introducing Tom Villano

8 AM Worship in Advent

Outside Work Day - 9 December

Trinity's Giving Tree - Gifts due 10 December

Godly Play Dates for Nov / Dec / Jan

Christmas Pageant Information

Lost and Found

Trinity Book Group - 15 December Meeting Postponed

Church by the Pond - 16 December

Greening of the Church - 17 December

Notes on Year-end Giving

Christmas Music / Flowers Donation - due 18 December

Holy Land Giving Tree

Manger Scenes

Advent and Christmas Services Schedule 2023

New Music Season at Trinity - 2023 / 2024

Prayer List Requests

Special Prayer Requests

Calendar

News from the Diocese - November Newsletters

Introducing Tom Villano

We are happy to welcome Tom to Trinity as our Financial Manager. Tom will generally be in the office M-Th, 9 am-1 pm and can be reached via email at finance at trinityhartford.org and by phone at 860-527-8133 ext. 206.

8:00 am Worship in Advent

During the season of Advent the 8:00 am service will be Morning Prayer with Homily. 

Outside Work Day – 9 December

The last of the outside work days for 2023 will take place on Saturday, December 9^th at 9:00 am. Any help is truly appreciated!

Questions: Contact Peter Green.

Trinity's 2023 "Giving Tree"

Gifts Due 12/10!

This Advent, we are continuing Trinity's tradition of a “Giving Tree” - a tree set up in the Sanctuary, loaded with tags that list wishes from students at Trinity Academy and children from the Adopt-A-Social Worker program of Covenant to Care. 

Please place your gift under the tree by Sunday 12/10. We are committed to these children, and it is important that gifts be returned by this date so that they may be distributed. 

Questions? Please contact Penny Pearson.

Godly Play Dates for November / December / January

November 12, 19, 26

December 10, 17, 31  (No Godly Play on Christmas Eve)

January 14, 28

Christmas Pageant 2023

Trinity’s Christmas Pageant will be held on Christmas Eve at the 5:00 pm service. If your child (or you) would like to participate, please contact Amity Gaige at awgaige at gmail.com.

There are many items in our Lost and Found – scarves, jackets, eyeglasses. Please take a moment to see if anything belongs to you. The boxes are out in Goodwin Hall and are labeled Lost and Found.

Lost articles find their way to Barbara Roos’ office. If you find that you are missing an item, please give her a call.

Trinity Book Group

Trinity Book Group’s meeting originally scheduled for December 15th has been postponed until January. The new date will be announced soon.

Church by the Pond - Save the Date: December 16

Trinity's next opportunity to participate in this ministry led by Christ Church Cathedral is Saturday, December 16.

- We'll meet in the Trinity kitchen at 12:30 to prepare bag lunches, entering though the outside door to the kitchen.

- At 1:45 we'll bring those lunches to Bushnell Park, where we'll participate in the worship service by the pond, led by Rev. D. 

- We'll distribute our lunches and personal care items following the service, along with offering donated hats and socks, and finish around 3:00.

All parishioners and families are welcome - especially at Bushnell Park, with winter and holiday items to offer. Please contact me if you have any questions, or to let me know you are planning to participate.

Penny Pearson, convener: pennypearson at comcast.net, 860-243-0020 

The Greening of the Church

People look east, the time is near,

of the crowning of the year.

Make your house fair as you are able,

trim the hearth and set the table.

People look east and sing today:

Love, the guest, is on the way.

~~Eleanor Farjeon

This year on the Third Sunday of Advent, after the 10 AM service, the Nave of Trinity Church is transformed from Advent Blue to a festal display of red, white, gold, and green. There are banners to be changed, wreathes and garlands to be hung, and much more. Many volunteer hands and hearts help this joyful work to go forward quickly. Please plan on Sunday, the 17th of December, to get your after-church coffee and refreshments and then join us in the Nave to prepare the space for the celebrations that will follow on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Notes on Year End Giving

For your contributions of cash or checks to appear on your 2023 year-end statement, please note the following. If you are dropping off a check, it must be received in the Trinity Church office by Thursday, December 28. Anything mailed must be postmarked by 12/31/2023 and any on-line contributions must be in by 12/31/2023.

If you plan to donate by stock to Trinity Church, please contact Financial Manager, Tom Villano at finance at trinityhartford.org or 860-527-8133 ext. 206 before you or your broker initiate the stock transfer. Stock transfers can take up to two weeks.

REMINDER: Please make every attempt to turn in your 2024 Pledge Card before the year’s end.

Please contact the office (office at trinityhartford.org) if you need a pledge card.

Thank you for your support of Trinity Church!

 If you would like to contribute to the 2023 Christmas flowers and music in memory of a friend or family member, or as an offering of thanksgiving, please fill out the form here and send it to the parish office, along with your check, by Monday, December 18. Checks, which may be for any amount, should be made payable to Trinity Church and earmarked “Christmas Memorials.” Names of those in whose memory contributions have been made will be listed in the Christmas Eve bulletins.

Holy Land Giving Tree 2023

Remembering the Holy Land at this time of year is very important for our Anglican faith. However, with the recent events there and the chaos of war, I didn’t have the heart to set up a pretty tree. Things there are not pretty. Therefore, I hope you will consider sending your own donation to AFEDJ (The American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem) with Ahli Hospital in the memo. No amount is too small. Please send those checks to AFEDJ at 25 Old Kings Highway North, Suite 13 Darien, CT 06820. Credit Cards can be used through the website: www.afedj.org For an update on the ministries of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, go to Recent News/Current Updates or Newsletters on the AFEDJ website. Archbishop Hosam thanks you for your assistance and continued prayers.

Kate Smith, Kate48smith at comcast.net

Manger Scenes for the Christmas Season at Trinity

A tradition at Trinity Church is decorating the windowsills in our nave with manger scenes (also called creches or nativities). Before and during the season of Advent, we invite people to bring in manger scenes. You are welcome to loan or to donate creches. These may be old family pieces; they may be newly acquired. We are especially interested in a variety of ethnic heritages and/or national traditions and in various styles of art and design. Please consider adding your touch of color to our display as we celebrate the Incarnation of the Word in human flesh and family.

The Trinity Flower Guild has responsibility for seasonal decorations in the church. We are happy to receive gifts of nativity sets, which we will store and use again in following years. We also welcome the loan of manger scenes which you take back home after the Epiphany celebration. If you have questions please contact George Chien or Percy Williamson, Flower Guild Coordinators.

Special Music Events at Trinity Episcopal Church

2023 - 2024

Beginning with the return of Pipescreams on Friday, October 27, there are many musical offerings that will take place at Trinity Church over the 2023 - 2024 program year.

From a collaboration with Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet in November to an April presentation of birdsong-inspired choral and organ works ushering in Spring, and concerts and choral programs in between, click here to review the complete listing and add the dates to your calendar!

Special Prayer Requests

A member of our parish, Jacqui Lucier has advanced kidney disease and is in need of a transplant.

As we pray for Jacqui, we also ask that you prayerfully consider being screened as a potential kidney donor. For more information about living organ donation and to sign up to be screened, please visit nkr.org/SBB483. Please encourage your friends and family to consider donor screening.

To hear Jacqui talk about her illness and need for a transplant, watch this clip that has aired on local news.

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.

ECCT Newsletter - November 22, 2023

North Central Region Monthly Missive - November 2023