Godly Play class continues this Sunday, May 8 at 9:45 am.

You may bring your children to join Godly Play by going up the stairs at the Farmington Avenue entrance and following the open doors on the 2^nd floor. The children will quietly rejoin the service during the Peace.

Sunday School for all ages will gather after the 10 am service upstairs in the Education Wing.

Our facilities manager, Vinnie, had shoulder surgery on Tuesday, May 3^rd and we have a report that the surgery went well. He will be away for 6-8 weeks recovering, and when he returns it will be another 4-5 months before he has full use of his arm again.

Please hold him in prayer during his time of recovery. If you would like to send him a card, please send it to the Church Office and we will gather and mail them to him.

Beginning Thursday, May 5, all Thursday Noonday services will be in person in the church.

The 1^st and 3^rd Thursday of the month will be Holy Eucharist and the 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th Thursdays will be Noonday Prayer.

The services will not be available on-line. All are welcome to attend. Because the school is in session, please access the church through the Sigourney Street entrance.

Thursday May 12^th" 6:30-8:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral.

The full announcement is found here.

Rector St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

The next issue of The Voice will cover events in June, July and August. Materials for this issue should be sent to voice@trinityhartford.org no later than Friday, May 13. When submitting an article, please be sure to include a brief statement of the topic in the subject line. Thanks.

If you have started coming to Trinity in the past few years, you are invited to come to a “New to Trinity” lunch after the 10 am service on Sunday, May 15th. This will be a time to meet face to face with some of the lay leaders, hear more fully about Trinity, and ask any questions that you may have.

Trinity's young people in grades 8-12 are invited to attend Heads Up! Hartford, a week-long summer camp uniting urban and suburban youth to improve our communities and develop as leaders. The camp will take place from June 22-29 at the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury. Each day, campers participate in community service, worship, fellowship and recreational activities.

The deadline to apply for HUH is June 5th, so now's the time to act! Registration can be done online or by mail; forms are available at headsuphartford.org or by contacting Linda MacGougan, Trinity's liaison, by May 15. macgougans@gmail.com; 860-561-1588 (home); 860-878-0334 (cell)

Families are asked to contribute $75 toward the cost of attending, but Trinity funds the rest. Trinity's youth have been to this camp over many years, as campers and as counselors, and have found it to be a valuable and fun experience.

Submit reports to Barbara Roos at office@trinityhartford.org .

The report will be available starting Sunday, June 5 electronically,

or you may pick up a hard-copy by making an appointment with the office.

Trinity has been a long-time supporter of Foodshare, and one of Foodshare's “partners,” Loaves and Fishes. Registration is now open for the Connecticut Foodshare Walk Against Hunger.

The Walk will take place on Saturday, May 21 in-person at Dunkin' Donuts Park — home of the Hartford Yard Goats!

The Walk is a fun-filled event with live entertainment and giveaways, hosted by local media personalities Renee DiNino and Scot Haney. Join us as we continue to bring awareness to the issue of food insecurity in Connecticut. The Walk not only benefits the work of Connecticut Foodshare, it also benefits our amazing partner programs throughout the state. These partners help us serve the estimated 1 in 8 residents and 1 in 7 children who struggle with hunger.

Register as individual, join a team or create your own! It’s easy! Your fundraising efforts will help Connecticut Foodshare as we work towards our vision of a thriving community, free of hunger!

Questions? Send an email to walk@ctfoodshare.org.

Register at:  https://p2p.onecause.com/ctfoodsharewalk

May 21, 2022  

Hello all! As we attempt to return to gathering events, Kate and Drew Smith’s Cystic Fibrosis walk will be done in person at Wickham Park, Manchester, on Saturday, May 21^st, 10 am. Outdoors is quite safe and we hope to have you join us. Team Strolling for Sarah does their annual walk, about 3 miles or one hour, to support the Great Strides program which raises research dollars for this genetic lung disease. Granddaughter Sarah, now 12, has started taking the new drug Trikafta which treats some of the causes for her illness and not just the symptoms.

If you cannot walk we hope you will support us at our website or mail us at : 106 Vista Way Bloomfield, CT 06002.    Visit our website : http://fightcf.cff.org/goto/KateSmith  for more information. Any questions? My email is: Kate48smith@comcast.net  or call 860-519-1591.

Thanks so much, Kate and Drew Smith

ECCT is partnering with the Kaleidoscope Institute to offer an anti-racism course taking place on June 4,5,11, and 12. Attendance is required at all four sessions. There is no cost to attend but there is limited space.

To register (before May 28^th) go to trinityhartford.org/antiracismtraining

Trinity book group will be discussing The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, at its June 3rd meeting. The main character - Cora - is a young woman, enslaved on a cotton plantation in Georgia, who decides to escape. The Underground Railroad is not just a metaphor in this novel: there is a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the soil upon which Cora travels from one state to the next in the antebellum South. The book received the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, among others, and was adapted for a miniseries.

All are welcome to attend this meeting! Friday, June 3rd, 7:00-9:00 pm. Jack and Penny Pearson will host it at their home in Bloomfield; please let them know if you plan to attend (pennypearson@comcast.net )

Women Together begins its last series of the program year on Tuesday, May 10th, with the book How Did I Get To Be 70, When I’m 35 Inside? by Linda Douty. We will read the Introduction and Chapter 1 for May 10th.

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.

The April 3 Zoom forum about organ transplants was recorded and is now available for you to view, following this link: Trinityhartford.org/acforgandonation. The forum was informative, and included personal stories from organ donors and transplant recipients. A speaker from New England Donate Life, himself the recipient of a heart transplant, provided facts that dispelled some common myths about organ transplants. The forum explained the matching and transplant process in some detail.

A statement from the House of Bishops on the conflict in Ukraine can be found here.

Resolution adopted by the House of Bishops voicing love and support for transgender and non-binary people and their families can be found here.

We pray for the people of Ukraine.

As we pray, you are strongly encouraged to support efforts to assist Ukrainian refugees by donating to the International Rescue Committee (www.rescue.org) or another reputable agency on the ground.



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Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)

Godly Play (Education Wing)

Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)

Tour of the Buildings (Meet at fireplace in Goodwin Hall.)

Women Together (St. John's)

Choir School Rehearsal (Church)

Property Team Meeting (Zoom)

Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)

Choir School Rehearsal (Church)

Adult Choir Rehearsal (Church)

NA Group Meeting (Huntington Hall)

Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)

Holy Eucharist Rite II (Church)

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