This Week at Trinity, July 27, 2021 |
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As I mentioned in the announcements at our in-person and Zoom services, the vestry and I have been working together over the past months to create a plan for Trinity to discern its future. I have shared with the vestry and with you what I see as three possible paths to follow. We are nearing the time to discern which particular path or combination Trinity might take. This is not a decision for me as the interim or even for the vestry as representatives of the parish. This kind of discernment needs the shared wisdom of the group.
To that end, Trinity will hold a parish retreat beginning Friday evening, October 8, continuing in the morning and afternoon on Saturday, October 9, and concluding with our Sunday eucharist on October 10. The Rev. Mary Slenski, a priest who served as interim at Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park, will lead us in this time, and I will also invite colleagues from outside to lead small group conversations. Our task will be to listen prayerfully to the Spirit and to one another to discern which path to take.
I realize, of course, that October 11 is a holiday observed in some places; the choice of this date, among other things, is to give us enough time to prepare between Rally Day on September 12 and this event—it will be a busy time. We will make every effort to ensure as much participation as possible, and we have plenty of time to arrange accommodations, including rides or childcare.
Please mark this date in your calendar and make every effort to participate in person. We have been doing some good work together re-gathering after COVID and re-organizing our life together. Now is the time to build on that work and see where the Spirit is leading us.
Come, Holy Spirit!
Bryan
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Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Last Sunday, we began a series of readings from the Gospel of John that will take us through August. On Sunday we asked what “sign” of God’s abundance Jesus might be inviting us to create with him. (You can read Sunday’s homily at the link below.)
In the coming weeks, Jesus will describe himself as the “bread of life.” The trick is, as followers of Jesus, we are now the living signs of that bread! (You can read Sunday’s readings at the link below.) How might we see our Christian living as nourishment for the needs of the world?
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Eternal Rest Grant unto Her, O Lord
Mother Mindy of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin shared with me that Marilou Haight, longtime a Trinity member, died early Saturday morning. Please keep her family, especially her spouse, Al, in prayer.
For Marilou, we may all pray, in the words of the Book of Common Prayer: “Into paradise may the angels lead you. At your coming may the martyrs receive you, and bring you into the holy city Jerusalem.”
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Turquoise Table Planning Meeting Thursday
On Thursday, July 29, the Book Club and Hospitality Committee invite interested parishioners to a meeting in Wolcott Hall to plan our own Turquoise Table.
What is a Turquoise Table, you ask? Simply a brightly painted picnic table with a few easy snacks, it is a space for casual community within our own congregation, as well as a way to extend hospitality to the people around us. We’ll use the meeting time to plan the purchase and moving of the Table to Trinity, as well as how we would like to use it after its unveiling and blessing at Rally Day.
Please mark your calendars for July 29 at 5:15 p.m. This will also be a meeting to plan for our upcoming Rally Day on Sept. 12 and the first coffee hour potluck to kick off the start of the program year.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Lot Work Slated for Wednesday, Thursday
Portions of the public Central Avenue East-South Parking Lot behind the Trinity church building will be closed Wednesday and Thursday.
Weather-permitting, a city contractor will be finishing some work left over from the recent repaving project, Carolyn Hersch, Highland Park Business Development Manager, said in an e-mail received on Monday.
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Sunday Services, Aug. 1
Invitation to the Tenth Sunday After Pentecost:
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9 a.m. CDT -- in-person service with communion. Guidelines
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11 a.m. CDT (4 p.m. UTC) -- online service set up as a recurring Zoom meeting (login link and information below remains the same every week).
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“The Israelites Receiving Manna,” engraving (print) by Cornelis Bloemaert (Dutch, 17th century).
In the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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To attend by telephone, call
(312) 626-6799 at 11 a.m. CDT
Meeting ID: 948 1489 8440
One tap mobile:
+13126266799,,94814898440#
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"Sunday Paper Junior" is a handout in the .pdf format that Trinity makes available to our parish children during the Sunday service. The Sunday Paper Junior, to which Trinity Episcopal Church has a paid subscription, is forwarded / posted with permission of the author / illustrator, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard. © Gretchen Wolff Pritchard, The Sunday Paper, 19 Colony Road, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, www.the-sunday-paper.com. All rights reserved. This is copyrighted material and should not be further forwarded or distributed.
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Did you know...
Links to Trinity's online Thursday and Sunday services are also available on our website, TrinityChurchHP.org
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‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’
The Union of Black Episcopalians is hosting a multi-day virtual event that is open to the entire Episcopal community and includes both day and evening events on July 27 to 30.
Events will take place over Zoom, Facebook, and YouTube.
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REV. BRYAN CONES
Interim Rector, Trinity Church
(773) 786-6803 (mobile)
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PARISH ADMINISTRATOR
Church Office
847-432-6653
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