This Week at Trinity
Weekly Announcements • September 22, 2024
September 22, 2024
Sunday School
Sunday School will be studying the Exodus. Jane Galli will be teaching.
This Week
- Daily Compline, 8:00pm (The Book of Common Prayer, p. 127; click link to join)
- Sun., September 22, Pentecost XVIII, Holy Eucharist, 10:00am, Trinity Parish
- Sun., September 22, Baptismal Preparation Group, 11:30am
- Sun., September 22, AA Meeting, 7:00pm
- Sun., September 22, ACA Meeting, 7:30pm
- Mon., September 23, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Mon., September 23, AA Meeting, 5:30pm
- Tues., September 24, Centre Street Food Pantry open, 1:00–5:30pm
- Wed., September 25, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Wed., September 25, Choir Academy, 6:00pm
- Thur., September 26, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Thur., September 26, AA Meeting, 5:30pm
- Thur., September 26, AA Book Group, 8:00pm
- Fri., September 27, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Sat., September 28, AA Book Group, 8:00am
Looking Ahead
- Daily Compline, 8:00pm (The Book of Common Prayer, p. 127; click link to join)
- Sun., September 29, Pentecost XIX, Holy Eucharist, 10:00am, Trinity Parish
- Sun., September 29, AA Meeting, 7:00pm
- Sun., September 29, ACA Meeting, 7:30pm
- Mon., September 30, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Mon., September 30, AA Meeting, 5:30pm
- Mon., September 30, Deanery Assembly Meeting with Dinner, 5:45pm
- Mon., September 30, Eucharist for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, 7:00pm
- Tues., October 1, Centre Street Food Pantry open, 1:00–5:30pm
- Wed., October 2, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Wed., October 2, Choir Academy, 6:00pm
- Thur., October 3, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Thur., October 3, AA Meeting, 5:30pm
- Thur., October 3, AA Book Group, 8:00pm
- Fri., October 4, AA Meeting, 6:00am
- Sat., October 5, AA Book Group, 8:00am
Walk in Love: Do You All Mean It?
What do you find it hard to believe sometimes? When walking in love gets hard to do, who do you look to for inspiration to keep trying?
“Do you all mean all that kingdom of God stuff you have us talk about?” he asked me as we sat on the pavement outside the building where the camp talent show/karaoke night was taking place.
This was the third night in a row where I sat adjacent to the all- camp activity with this particular camper, processing challenges that happened throughout the day;boundaries that got pushed, relationships that got thorny, repeated instructions that got ignored.Every night we’d make a little bit more progress and I almost looked forward to our evening conversations, even while they were complicated.
“What makes you ask that?”I asked him in return. “Just curious,” he replied.
“We try to mean it,” I answered, “It isn’t always easy and it isn’t always a straight line, but I think we try to mean it.”
“We’ll see, I guess,” he noted before walking away, the bulk of our conversation having already finished.
For the next two nights we would keep up the pattern of our evening conversations. He would coyly smile every time I walked up. “I must be your favorite camper,” he’d say laughing.
On the last day of camp, he made eye contact with me across the parking lot and ran up after loading his suitcase in the trunk.
“I think I almost believe you – all that kingdom of God stuff. It doesn’t make sense, but I almost believe you.”
Walking in love isn’t always a straight line and it isn’t always comfortable and it isn’t always easy to believe. But in the moments when the world feels like it’s overflowing with pain and hurt and brokenness, I hear his words echo in my head: “I think I almost believe you – all that kingdom of God stuff. It doesn’t make sense, but I almost believe you,” and I figure I can try to start the walk again – one step, one conversation, one honest answer at a time.
— The Rev. Spencer Hatcher serves as the Executive Director of the Barbara
C.Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, NH where she’s lucky enough to be a part of a summer camp that serves the dioceses of Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
Trinity Hosts Deanery Assembly Meeting with Eucharist, Feast of St. Michael & All Angels, September 30
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 at 7:00pm, with Trinity's choir joined by singers from other parishes.
Trinity Parish Continues to Follow 'Mask Friendly' Protocols
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.
Centre St. Food Pantry Wish List
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.
For Your Prayers
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 Ellen, Dotty, Margaret, Beverly, MaryAlice, Solomon, Hannah, and Jorge; 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 Ephraim.
Saints Calendar (For readings please see satucket.com/lectionary/)
