This Week at Trinity
Weekly Announcements • September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024
Sunday School will be studying the Circle of the Church Year and Moses, the Beginning. Jane Galli will be teaching.
What boundaries have you crossed on your walk of love? How have you discerned which direction to follow?
The Chosen is a show that depicts Jesus and the disciples during his ministry. It is a unique and intimate exploration of what it might have been like to be with Jesus during the tumultuous three years of his official ministry.
What struck me most while watching is how much time they spend walking. They are always going from one place to another, and always on foot. There is a liberating quality to the idea that Jesus did not lock himself up in a building, but rather freely spread himself out to the world, in the open air.
During COVID my sister told me her family took walks in the woods on Sunday mornings and got much more out of those walks in than she did sitting in a pew at church. Being on the move, exploring whatever mystery lay around the bend on the trail,made these walks special for them – made them holy, holier than traditional church.
This inspired me to form a wilderness church service, where we gather and walk together,stopping to pray, sing, share in a homily, and have communion. So much happens as we walk together, and each service becomes a small pilgrimage. Imagine if each church service were a pilgrimage!
Walking together ensures that each service is intensely relational; there is something that opens up between two people when they walk together. Boundaries fade and guards come down as we marvel over nature together, and in turn, encounter God and one another.
As we move into a new reality of church, part of the future must be to make space for services like this, where people reconnect to the Body of Christ made manifest in creation by walking in love together.Jesus was on the move. We can be too!
— The Rev. Pete Nunnally is interim rector at St. David’s, Wilmington, DE and his book on the spiritual wisdom of fishing is forthcoming next year.
We will be calling a deanery assembly meeting on September 30th, at 5:45 PM, to vote on all Diocesan grants: Sending, Serving, and House of Mercy. For more information about the grants, please see this link. A light dinner will be served, and following our meeting, please join us for our Holy Eucharist service.
Hildebrand would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Trinity Parish of Newton Centre for contributing to our 2024 Back-to-School Drive! Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center is a nonprofit organization that offers emergency shelter, supportive services, affordable permanent housing, and post-shelter stabilization services to families experiencing homelessness in Greater Boston. Hildebrand works with more than 270 school-aged children each year. We know it's so important that students feel prepared and confident when they walk into their classrooms on the first day of school. With new school supplies, students will be equipped to start the school year on a positive note! Thank you again for your support.
The parish vestry voted in 2022 to go "mask friendly"; that is, unless otherwise indicated, masks are optional at Trinity Parish. Please note that, pending further guidance from the Diocese and local infection rates, the church may in future return to requiring face coverings for in-person gatherings.
Located at 11 Homer Street in Newton Centre on the lower level of Trinity Church, the Pantry is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and a member of the Greater Boston Food Bank. It is open most Tuesdays from 2:30–5:30pm and the third Saturday of each month from 11:30am–2pm.
New households are asked to fill out the Online Pantry Registration Form or print and fill out this paper form. If you live in Newton and wish to be added to the CSFP delivery list, send an E-mail with your name, phone number, city, and family size. If you live in Boston, click here to find resources available for those in need of food.
Please remember in your prayers: the Episcopal parishes of Newton, our clergy and people; the Centre Street Food Pantry, its clients and staff; Joseph, our President; Maura, our Governor; and Ruthanne, our Mayor. Pray also for Joan and for peace and a return to calm in South Africa; for peace in South Sudan, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen; comfort and care for all migrants and refugees; All Saints Anglican Church, Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal; the Khethani Christian Fellowship, Khethani Township, KwaZulu-Natal; B-READY Afterschool staff, teens, youth, and families; comfort and healing for Krista, Cynthia, Ellen, Dotty, Margaret, Beverly, MaryAlice, and Solomon; for the soul of David; for the soul of Eleanor; for the soul of Carolyn; for the soul of Bette; for the soul of David; for the soul of Glenn; for the soul of Ephraim.
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