What’s Happening at Trinity – News for Friday, May 12, 2017
Upcoming Events:
- Sunday, May 14, 10:00am – Holy Eucharist / 100th Anniversary Observations Commence
- Tuesday, May 16, 1:30pm – Text Study and Noonday Prayer at Twin Pines
- Tuesday, May 16, 5:30pm – Grief Support Group for Parents Who Have Lost Children
- Wednesday, May 17, 7:30am – Morning Prayer
- Wednesday, May 17, 6:30pm – Adult Formation
- Sunday, May 21, 10:00am – Holy Eucharist / Plate Offering for Victim Support Services
- Sunday, June 11, After Coffee Hour – Bishop’s Committee
Worship Leadership Schedules for Sunday
Acolyte | Pete Kelly |
Lector | Julia DeLancey |
Prayers of the People | Julie Seidler |
Chalice | Maria Evans |
Hospitality | Tim Baker & Joanne Harwood |
Bursars | Diane Johnson & Laura Gruber Harden |
Adult Formation: Adult formation was cancelled this week so we are planning on starting again this Wednesday, May 17 starting at 6:30 p.m. We will be starting the book “Why? Making Sense of God’s Will,” by Adam Hamilton. You can purchase the book new, used, or on Kindle here. The book is only 4 chapters, and we will meet for 4 weeks. If you plan to attend, please read Chapter 1, “Why do the innocent suffer?” prior to our session. Please join us!
Deaconess Anne House Visit: Many thanks to Episcopal Service Corps members – Christian, Jose, and Katie – for travelling to Kirksville on April 29-30 to share their work with us. Their mentor, Rev. Rebecca Ragland, inspired us as well. Thanks too to all at Trinity who made their visit memorable, including Ian, Karen Croarkin, Jennifer Finley (from UMC) and her college students, as well as those who gave generously to a plate offering for Deaconess Anne House of over $100.
From the Outreach Committee: The Outreach Committee has designated Victim Support Services for the plate offering on May 21. If you would like to be part of this committee, please contact Diane.
Fill the Ford: Fill the Ford was once again a huge success! Generous Kirksville shoppers donated and the totals were:$228 in monetary donations: 1228 individual food items donated; $1612.30 worth of food, weighting 1070 lbs! Thank you Kirksville Hy-Vee shoppers! That’s just a shade over a half ton of generosity! We have many, many additional thank yous. First, thank you to the (at last count) 23 people associated with Trinity (members or “friends of Trinity”) who helped in some way with the Fill the Ford – PR, Hy-Vee door duty, or sorting/packing/tallying the food to make it ready for the Food Depot pick up. We’ll miss someone if we try to name everyone individually….so please accept this “en masse” thank you.
Thanks also to the staff and management at the Kirksville Hy-Vee, who always really are “the helpful smile in every aisle.” They do so much to help us have a successful food drive, including placing high volume food items at sale prices, announcing the food drive on the intercom, and being so kind to us.
God is good, and Kirksville folks are some of the most generous folks anywhere. Thank you.
Our Food Depot items for May: Boxed sides: Macaroni and Cheese, Rice-a-Roni, etc.
Maria’s Ordination: It’s finally happening! God willing and the people consenting, our own Maria Evans will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests at 6 p.m. June 29, at Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis. Stay tuned for possible car pooling plans! Interesting aside–June 29 is the feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul, and it’s also the same day our own transitional pastor Carrol Davenport was ordained! Some of you remember the excitement around Carrol’s ordination. Maria says she promises no ice storms like for her diaconal ordination, but she makes no guarantees about tornadoes or any movement along the New Madrid Fault line.
I have accepted the post of Chaplain of what will be a new community of faith in the Diocese of Missouri–The Community of St. Brigid at Shepherd Farm. God willing, following priestly ordination, I will also be Priest Associate at Church of the Good Shepherd and have some duties there.
My duties at St. Brigid’s begin June 11. God willing, following ordination on June 29, I will return to Trinity one last time on July 2 to preach and preside over the Eucharist, and make that my “official goodbye”.
Transitional Deacon
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The WHAT on Hiatus for the May 19 and 26 editions: As Kevin will be out of the country and with unreliable Internet access, the WHAT will be on hiatus for it’s next two editions. It will return on Friday, June 2. Items of immediate interest should be shared with Natalie Alexander for inclusion in the bulletin, as per below.
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