Worship With Us at Trinity Church

Sunday, 25 February

The Second Sunday in Lent

Holy Eucharist Rite II

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Lenten Series - 25 February

Foyer Groups Sign Up - 25 February

Trinity Book Club - 1 March

Companions of the Holy Cross - 2 March

Trinity GHIAA House Meeting - 10 March

Maundy Thursday Service /

Selections from Stabat Mater - 28 March

Prayer List Requests

Special Prayer Requests

Calendar

News from the Diocese - February Newsletter

The Life of Christ in Trinity’s Stained Glass Windows

February 18 – March 16, 2024

It is simply human to stop noticing what surrounds us all the time, no matter how beautiful and meaningful our environment happens to be. At Trinity Church we have been blessed with beautiful stained glass windows which surround our worship space. The windows depict the life of Jesus, beginning with the Annunciation in the first window on the south side of the nave, continuing through his youth, his ministry, a parable or two, the passion story, and concluding with the Resurrection and Ascension. 

The windows contain details that many of us may have missed, since we usually pass the windows on our way to someplace else. We have the opportunity during the season of Lent this year to join Rev. George Chien (UMC, MCC) in studying the windows more closely, learning about the images that have been so familiar for so long. We will gather in the sanctuary at 11:30 on the Sundays of Lent beginning on Sunday, February 18, and George will share his insights about the artistry in the windows as well as the biblical and spiritual context of the images. Please plan to join us for this chance to enrich your Lenten practice. 

ADULT CHRISTIAN FORMATION

Foyer Groups

Foyer Groups are small groups of 6-8 persons sharing simple meals and fellowship. The intention is to have fun and provide an opportunity for us to meet each other and to become better acquainted. Each group meets about once a month for a simple meal and relaxed conversation in the homes of members. The meetings usually last about two hours, and groups schedule the meetings at times convenient for them.

Each group will be assigned a Convener, who will contact members of the group to arrange an initial meeting. After that meeting, it will be up to the group to arrange the time and place of their meetings. Members usually take turns hosting the group if they are able. The groups will meet until everyone who would like to host has had an opportunity to do so. Anyone who isn’t able to host is still most welcome to participate.

If you would like to be part of a Foyer Group, you will be able to sign up in person for the next two Sundays, after both the 8:00 am and 10:00 am services. Look for the table in Goodwin Hall.

If you are unable to sign up in person you may leave a voicemail message with Marsha Adell at (860) 578-4578. State your name, telephone number (cell or home) and email address and how you prefer to be contacted (telephone call, text message, or email).

Trinity's Book Group's current selection is the nonfiction book What is Life? by Paul Nurse, “the Nobel prize-winning scientist's elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today.” Anne Rapkin and Steve Zhitnik will host the meeting at their home on March 1st, 7:00-9:00 pm. All are welcome to attend! Please let Anne or Steve know if you're coming. (anne.rapkin at gmail.com; s.zhitnik at snet.net) The meeting begins with refreshments and then launches into lively discussions.

Companions of the Holy Cross Quiet Day

Saturday, March 2, 2024

The Companions of the Holy Cross invite you to a Quiet morning at St. Albans Church, Simsbury. Our chaplain, The Rev. John Van Siclin will lead us from 9:45-1:00. Lunch is included. Here is his description of our time together:

The motifs of journey and pilgrimage have a long association with the season of Lent. We begin with Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness and stop at various locations that eventually lead us to Calvary and the Cross. Two of the pilgrims I have come to know closely as companions in prayer on my spiritual journey are Bartimaeus from the Gospel of Mark (10:46-52) and a rabbi who appears in the fable “The Rabbi’s Gift” handed down and presented in the prologue of “The Different Drum” by M. Scott Peck. 

The quiet day will be divided in two parts. Each part will have a reflection ending with questions that can be a part of a time of individual quiet reflection. The last presentation will also include a time for sharing and insights. A simple lunch of soups and bread will be provided.

Contact Kate Smith at Kate48smith at comcast.net for details.

SAVE THE DATE

TRINITY GHIAA HOUSE MEETING 

MARCH 10, 2024 – 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

We are excited to announce that Trinity Church partnering with Grace Lutheran Church Hartford will be hosting our first Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA) House Meeting on March 10 at 2:00 pm. The justice work that GHIAA promotes comes from house meetings held by the member congregations.

GHIAA HOUSE MEETING CAMPAIGN 2024

What are house meetings?

House meetings are 60-90 minute listening sessions with a small group of people, facilitated by trained leaders. Through house meetings, we identify issues that are affecting our community. We hear direct impact stories and identify leaders motivated to create positive change. We build connections among leaders and strengthen our relational network.

How will the 2024 House Meeting Campaign Work?

• Our 2024 house meetings will be hosted on site at various GHIAA member institutions and are open to participants from across our network.

• Participants will begin together, then divide into small groups for conversation.

• Each GHIAA institution is asked to host or co-host at least one date (with the potential for

  multiple parallel house meetings occurring at the same time).

• Registration and notes will be coordinated through the GHIAA website.

• Our goal is to hold house meetings on 20 dates with a total of 500 participants!

Our house meeting will not only include members from Grace Lutheran and Trinity but also any of the other churches, meeting houses, mosques and synagogues in the GHIAA network, We encourage anyone in the parish to register, as well as staff and participants in any of Trinity’s missions.

You are encouraged to register via our online form for our event on March 10, but if you cannot make it you can choose another location and date. Whichever house meeting(s) you attend will be an opportunity to connect with leaders from across our network.

At each meeting, participants will divide into small groups to share stories of the struggles you are facing, the forces your loved ones are contending with, the wrongs in your community that need to be made right. This is a critically important step in our organizing process, as the stories shared in these house meetings will shape GHIAA’s next slate of issues for action. We need to hear from you.

Please join us for the Maundy Thursday service

on March 28^thduring which these musical selections

from the Stabat Mater will be played.

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 - February 14, 2023