THE TRINITY CHIMES The Trinity Chimes September 2018 Holy Eucharist Each Sunday 8 AM—spoken (Chapel) 10 AM—choral (Main Church) TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PRO-CATHEDRAL OF THE DIOCESE OF CENTRAL PA RECTOR’S MESSAGE Dear everyone! CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS There is new activity about to start in all parts of the life of Trinity Church! 2—Blessing of Backpacks 3—Labor Day (office closed) • Children – We are moving Sunday School through grade 5 to the 4—Stewardship, 6 pm 10 AM service hour as a trial through December. The children will 5—Oxford House, 3 pm then join us for communion and stay till the end of the service. 5—Finance, 6:30 pm • Youth –Starting September 16th the Youth Group will be meeting 5—Choir begins, 7 pm on Sundays from Noon-2 PM. Please see the Fall Schedule for spe- 6—Blood Drive, 1-6 pm cial activities like the CROP Walk. 9—Sunday School begins, 10 am • Adult Group on Sundays is moving to coffee hour time at 11:30. 9—Intergenerational Activity, 11:30 am th • Intergenerational – On September 9 during coffee hour we will 12—Convocation Mtg, 6 pm have an intergenerational activity for all Children-Youth-Adults. 13—Vestry, 6 pm • September 9 is also Invite Your Grandparents to Church Day. 16—Baptism, 10 am 16—Eucharistic Visitors • Choir – The choir will be back giving their musical worship support 16—Youth Group begins, Noon to the 10 AM service. See Ryan Malone if interested in joining the 17-21—Sherri vacation choir. If you are interested in joining the Bell Choir, please talk 19—Lasagna Dinner, 4-6:30 pm with Marc Garside. 22—Todd & Miller Wedding, • Outreach – We are continuing our Missions of the Month, and 4:30 pm progress is being made on the Oxford House with renovations be- 23—Food for the Poor ginning soon! 28—United Churches Golf Tournament Peace, 29—Frederick & Kurzejewski Fr. Ken+ Wedding, 2 pm 1 THE TRINITY CHIMES |SEPTEMBER 2018 NOTES & EVENTS beverage. Cost is $9.75 for Diocesan Convention- adults, $5.50 for children (12 & October 19 & 20 in Williamsport. younger) and $7 for lasagna SEPTEMBER EVENTS Trinity’s delegates are Nicole only. Take-out is available. Sign English, Robin Knauth and Christy Blessing of Backpacks will be up if you can help. The next Lassiter. Alternates are Daisy held at both services on dinner is Oct. 24. Thomas and Becky Wagner-Pizza. September 2. Food for the Poor Ballot counters are Debbe Sakash, Blood Drive—Thursday, Fr. Robert Deshaies will speak Gretchen Weaver and Suzan September 6, 1-6 pm about the ministry of Food for McGary. Evensong will be held at To register, call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE the Poor on Sunday, September Christ Church on Friday and a or go to RedCrossBlood.org. 23. We plan to present him with Worship Service will be held at a check for another house in Trinity on Saturday at 9 am. The Start Up Sunday—Sep. 9 rest of convention, including Sunday School will begin at a new Guatemala as part of our 150th anniversary campaign. business sessions and meals, will time—10 am. This is also “Bring be held at the Scottish Rite. Your Grandparents to Church United Churches Golf Sunday!” The choral service will NOTES Tournament - Friday, return to the Main Church. An September 28 at White Deer Little League Parade Intergenerational Activity for Golf Course A Big Thank You to all who baked, Children, Youth and Adults will donated, and ministered at the be held during Coffee Hour at OCTOBER EVENTS parade. We raised $789.65 while 11:30 am. See more details providing food and refreshments. about Sunday School, Youth, Pledge Sunday - October 7 More importantly, we were and Adult Forum on page 3. We will have the ingathering of our 2019 pledge cards. welcoming as we provided an air- Lasagna Dinner—Wednesday, conditioning break inside for September 19, 4:00-6:30 PM CROP Walk those who needed it and Dinners include meat lasagna, Sunday, October 14 restrooms for all attending the salad, bread, dessert and See more details on page 7. parade on our block! Church Yard Sale Community Group Spotlight—Studio 570 Donations are being accepted and stored on the lower level. (Date Studio 570 held to be determined) their production of Shakespeare’s “An John Bower Basketball Immersive Night’s Church League Dream” at Trinity in Basketball starts up again in July. Studio 570 uti- November and is open to boys lizes the concept of and girls in grades K through 12. found space theater Games are normally held on in their mission to Saturdays and the season runs engage the local arts through the end of February. Talk community. Audi- with Fr. Ken if your child is ences experience interested in joining a team. theater in different environments. They explore projects including modern, classic, and de- Paul Francis’ brother, rived plays, as well as musical theatre and cabaret-style concerts. More Donald Lee Francis, info can be found at studio570theater.com. died on July 2, 2018. 2 THE TRINITY CHIMES |SEPTEMBER 2018 Start Up Sunday & Grandparents Day WORDS OF APPRECIATION Thank you for the beautiful patri- September 9 otic flowers delivered by Paul Fran- cis on Sunday morning. I’m enjoy- The 10 am Choral Service will return to the Main Church. ing them following my recent sur- gery. Thank you for your prayers, Sunday School will meet at 10 am. support and the cards. God bless. Gently used LEGOS ARE NEEDED Diane Plankenhorn for a new Sunday School curriculum called “Building Faith Brick by Brick.” What a wonderful card! I loved the names and messages. Yes, I An Intergenerational Activity am getting settled in, enjoying will be held at 11:30 am. Grab your many activities both mental and coffee hour treats and meet at the physical. Of course, I lose some- back of the Parish Hall. BRING WITH thing every day so it's a good thing YOU A SACRED OBJECT FROM HOME— I'm here. I'm so glad that Oxford something that has special meaning to House could use some of the you or your family. things I had to leave behind. Best wishes to all. Nursery is located on the lower level and is available Jan Harrison for parents to take their young children. Thank you for my graduation gift. The service can be heard through the sound system. Your thoughtful gesture is greatly appreciated. Thank you! +++ BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 16 +++ McKenna Russell Youth Group will meet from Noon to 2 pm (including lunch). Thank you for the beautiful altar flowers I recently received. They They will also meet for special events throughout the year. were in memory of Alice & Packer Youth & Parents—Please check your email for the fall schedule. Young, one set of my godparents. The flowers have brightened up a CHANGES TO ADULT FORUM very rainy week. Adult Forum is now “SECOND SUNDAY FO- Gretchen Laedlein Weaver RUM”! Each 2nd Sunday of the month at 11:30 I was truly surprised when I will now be a time of forum, set aside for opened my door on Sunday after- guest speakers, video blogs, book or article noon to find Barb Keener standing discussion, etc., on subjects that are current or there, on my porch, with the altar of interest to those participating. flowers. They were (and still are!) so beautiful, and have added a Crafts & Conversation—Join us any Sunday at bright note to my otherwise dark 11:30 (except 2nd Sundays) for a relaxed, fun and dreary living room. It was a time making crafts, knitting, crocheting, jewelry privilege for me to help with the making, etc. We’ll chat, snack, and create items audit, and very much a learning to sell at our annual Victorian Soup Luncheon. All experience. Thank you so much, skill levels welcome! Debbe Sakash 3 THE TRINITY CHIMES |SEPTEMBER 2018 General Convention wrap-up: Following the Way of Jesus Episcopal News Service (Posted 7-16-18) Responding to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s call to “Follow the Way of Jesus,” deputies and bishops at the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church, meeting July 5-13 in Austin, Texas, acted on a record number of resolutions on key issues such as immigration, prayer book revision, Israel-Palestine, and readmitting the Episcopal Church of Cuba as a diocese. Convention also passed a $134 million budget that reflects for a further three years the presiding bishop’s priorities of evangelism, racial reconciliation and creation care. Meanwhile, the legislative processes were overseen by a resident roost of avian observers, one of which adopted a social media presence to bring a steady flow of light -feathered moments to convention amid the often-intense and passionate debates on the key issues before the church. Outside the legislative chambers, several events brought together bishops, deputies and visitors to mingle, socialize, pray, worship and advocate, with a public witness against gun violence and another outside an im- migrant detention center challenging the actions of the U.S. government in its enforcement of immigration policies. A revival service at Austin’s Palmer Events Center on July 7 drew a crowd of more than 2,500 people who listened to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s rousing sermon about how “God is love and gives life.” In his opening sermon on July 5, Curry challenged every Episcopalian to embrace the “Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-centered life” as a way to help the church enter into a new era of spiritual growth.