We are resuming the celebration of Holy Eucharist at St. Paul's on the first Sunday of each month. The next monthly St. Paul's worship service will be Sunday, June 6th at 5:00 p.m. For the safety and well-being of all, we are following the Diocesan guidelines for indoor worship. Masks and three foot distancing are required. Stay tuned for news regarding the resumption of Evening Prayer on the third Sunday of each month.

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, Barbi Price, Leon Luszcc, Mickey Harder, Kate Hindin, Pat Compton, Ziggy and family, Eric's brothers and kids to be lifted up in mercy and grace, Billy Talbert, and 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, for the birth of Teddy Angst, and for the birthdays of Mims Catherine McTeague, Harry Morse, Melissa Hawkins, Connie Spencer, Don Plotnik, and Art Young, and the anniversaries of Carolyn and Hap Wheeler and Lori and Justin Graham. 

The next monthly Holy Eucharist at the Downs will take place on Wednesday, June 2nd at 10:30 in the large meeting room in the Corley Activity Center. Please pray for this very important ongoing ministry.

Contact Sheryl in the church office (864-654-5071) if you would like to provide flowers for the church in honor or memory of a loved one.

I am very pleased to announce on behalf of our Episcopal Day School Board, that we have called Stephanie LaGuardia to serve as our new Director for Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School. Stephanie comes to us with the skills and experience that we need to move into a bright future for EDS, and her warm and confident personality are a good match for the loving learning environment we strive to provide for our students. Let me introduce Stephanie to you using her own words:

"I am honored to have the privilege of being the new Director of Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School. I have been involved in the field of early childhood education in many forums including teaching, early intervention, and administration. I am highly committed to quality early childhood education and will continuously strive to instill that passion throughout my time at Holy Trinity. I hold a Bachelor of Art in Elementary Education with a Minor in Social Sciences from Clemson University. I have two children, Austin, who is 24 and works with elderly patients in need of assistance, and Sara, who is 20 and currently majoring at Clemson University in marketing and management. My boyfriend, Jonsie, is also a Clemson alum. Go tigers!"

Stephanie is completing her obligations with her current employer this month and next. She will make time to work with our Acting Director in the meantime and will begin full time at EDS in a few weeks. She will be working hard this summer to learn the ropes of running EDS and getting ready for the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. We are looking forward to welcoming Stephanie to EDS very soon!

Grace and peace to you all,

Suz

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.

Monday Holy Trinity will observe Memorial Day. The church office will be closed.

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:

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.

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.

Our study of Bishop Curry's latest book, Love is the Way: Holding onto Hope in Troubled Times continues Sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.

For this week's session, we will read chapters 8 and 9. Below is the link to join the meeting Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

There will be one issue of Tempo covering the months of June and July this summer. The deadline for articles and announcements is June 9th.

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:

Thank you for your cooperation!

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). 

If you would like to be part in the online Bible study which takes place on Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m., 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

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.

Clemson Community Care's most needed food items are: canned corn, oatmeal, grits, pork & beans, jelly, detergent (both dish and laundry), shelf stable milk.

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.

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. 

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. 

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