Worship With Us at Trinity Church

Sunday, 18 February

The First Sunday in Lent

Holy Eucharist Rite II

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8:00 AM Holy Eucharist service returns

Church by the Pond - 17 February

Lenten Series - 18 February

Foyer Groups Sign Up - 18 February

Church Indoor Work Day - 19 February

Office is Closed - 19 February

Vestry Meeting - 20 February

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 8:00 am Sunday Holy Eucharist service has returned.

Our thanks go to The Rev. Horace Johnson and The Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith who will preside at these services. They are working with the Wardens to maintain Sunday service time options as Trinity steps into its next chapter.

And there are many ways you can help - as a reader, member of the Altar Guild, or an usher. Please contact either Warden: Jacqui Lucier or Leslyn Clark; or reach out to Barbara in the office and they will connect you with the appropriate person.

Church by the Pond - February 17

Trinity's next opportunity to participate in this ministry led by Christ Church Cathedral is Saturday, February 17.

- We'll meet in the Trinity kitchen at 12:30 to prepare bag lunches, entering through the outside door to the kitchen.

- At 1:45 we'll bring those lunches and new socks to Bushnell Park, where we'll participate in the worship service by the pond. 

- We'll distribute our lunches and socks following the service, and finish around 3:00.

All parishioners and families are welcome! Please contact me if you have any questions, or to let me know you are planning to participate.

Penny Pearson, convener: pennypearson@comcast.net, 860-243-0020

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

Coming Soon – 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 three Sundays, beginning February 18 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).

Indoor Winter Workday Planned For Presidents’ Day

Monday, February 19, 9:00 a.m. - Noon

Your help is needed! No tools are necessary. There’s no sign-up.

Come stay as long as you are able. Enjoy fellowship along with coffee and donuts.  Questions? Speak to Peter Green.

The Church Office will be closed on Monday, February 19th, in observance of the President's Day holiday. 

Vestry Meeting

Tuesday, February 20 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom

Vestry meetings are open to any member of the parish. Members of the parish are especially invited to bring concerns and feedback to the Vestry during the “Feedback from Congregation” section of the meeting which begins at about 7:20/7:30. (The first 15-20 minutes of the meeting are a time of reflection and connection).

Members who choose to do so are welcome to come only to the beginning of the meeting to share concerns or are welcome to stay for the entire meeting. Please note that if there are conversations that are confidential in nature, visitors to the meeting will be asked to excuse themselves for that portion and then will be invited back in. If you are interested in attending, please email

wardens at trinityhartford.org for the Zoom link.

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.

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