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Sunday, 21 January

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

Holy Eucharist Rite II

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Bishop Visit - 21 January

Change to Sunday Schedule

"A Case for Love" movie event - 23 January

Thank you from Trinity Academy!

Ahli Arab Hospital Perseveres In Gaza - January 2024

Women Together - 23 January

Trinity Book Group - February Pick

Casserole Ministry

Saheba's Dressmaking

Parish Financial Conversation

Choir School of Hartford - Spring 2024 Events

Prayer List Requests

Special Prayer Requests

Calendar

News from the Diocese - January Newsletter

Bishop Visitation – Sunday, 21 January

This Sunday there will be one service at 10 am for Bishop Laura Ahrens’ visitation to Trinity. Each parish receives a visitation once in about every three years, so everyone is encouraged to be present. After the service, please join us for a special coffee hour as we greet Bishop Laura.

After coffee hour, she will take time to answer questions from the congregation and then will meet with the Vestry. If you have a question that you would like to ask but would prefer to submit it prior to Sunday, you can email it to Rev. D. or call Barbara in the office and it will be asked as an anonymous question. 

Change to Sunday Schedule

Due to Bishop Laura’s visit on January 21st and the celebration of Rev. D’s last Sunday on February 4th, there will be one Sunday service at 10 am beginning on January 14th and going forward.

“A Case for Love” asks what unselfish love looks like in today’s world, at a time when division, estrangement, and hatred seem to be as strong as ever. Bishop Michael Curry, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, inspired the film’s focus as he offered a solution to what ails us: “Love.” Specifically, “Unselfish Love.”

You can view “A Case for Love” on Tuesday, January 23 (one day only) at Cinemark Buckland Hills 18XD and IMAX, 99 Redstone Rd, Manchester, CT 06042.  Purchase tickets at www.Trinityhartford.org/acaseforlove . This event is a rare opportunity to showcase the loving, liberating, and life-giving nature of The Episcopal Church.

Thank you from Trinity Academy!

Trinity received a number of thank you notes in response to the congregation’s generous contributions at Christmas.

The notes are posted on the parish life bulletin board in Goodwin Hall.

Ahli Arab Hospital Perseveres In Gaza

Despite extraordinary setbacks and extreme circumstances, Ahli Hospital and its resilient, heroic staff remain a beacon of hope in war-torn Gaza. Please take a moment to read the January 2024 newsletter found at www.Trinityhartford.org/ahliarabhospital

Thank you. Kate Smith

Women Together: a group that gathers weekly to explore our Christian faith and practice through book discussion, prayer and fellowship meets on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 3:15pm in the reception room at St. John’s (679 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, CT).

Our book discussion is on Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence by Mary Pipher, 2002.

The books we choose are usually available at libraries, amazon.com and other booksellers. WT has been attended by women from St. John’s, Trinity, St. James and St. Monica’s. Please contact Linda MacGougan or Cathy Rowe if you would like additional information.

Trinity Church Book Group - February Pick

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 @ gmail.com; s.zhitnik @ snet.net) The meeting begins with refreshments and then launches into lively discussions.

Casserole Ministry



If you are in a situation where it is difficult to make meals--whether because you or a loved one is hospitalized or ill, or a death or birth in the family, or for any other reason--please remember Trinity Church's Casserole Ministry. The Ministry can provide prepared meals during your time of need, and also do food shopping or pharmacy runs if those would help.

If you would like help from the Casserole Ministry, please do not hesitate to let the office know or to directly contact Anne Rapkin at 860-521-5992 or anne.rapkin @ gmail.com.

Saheba's Dressmaking

The adult woman in one of the refugee families resettled by Trinity's Refugee Resettlement Committee is an experienced and accomplished seamstress and dressmaker. She is open for business at her home in West Hartford, off of Farmington Avenue. Saheba Dadwall not only does all types of garment repairs and alterations, but she can create from scratch that dress or other clothing you'd like, and also creates and repairs other fabric items such as curtains, tote bags, and decorative pillows. Saheba has done repairs and complex alterations for some Trinity members, and they can vouch for her superior work and rapid completion of jobs.

If you would like to make an appointment with Saheba, please contact Anne Rapkin, 860-521-5992 or anne.rapkin @ gmail.com.

Parish Financial Conversation

There has been a parish financial conversation on the calendar for Sunday January 28th. As a part of the upcoming clergy transition there will be a financial review by the office of the Canon for Mission Finance. On the recommendation of Canon Tim Hodapp, who serves as the transition officer for ECCT, the parish financial conversation is being postponed until the completion of that review. At that time, Canon Hodapp will present the analysis to the Vestry and then subsequently to the entire parish. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Treasurer, Casey Rousseau;  or Wardens, Leslyn Clark and Jacqui Lucier.

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 - January 10, 2023