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Saints Alive!
Beyond
Trinity to God
You are the light of the world. ~ Matthew 5:14
You are invited …
To be a Saint Alive! To point beyond Trinity to God! Yes, Trinity is im-portant. Yes, we want to cele-brate what we do at Trinity, and yes, we also want to look beyond Trinity to the God to whom our worship is directed, our outreach is offered, and our gifts are rendered.
This is a special, personal invitation to all of you to cele-brate what we do at Trinity that points beyond us to God.
What are the things we love that bring us closer to God?
What do we do here that points us toward God?
What do we do outside Trin-
ity that points us toward God?
What do we do for others that points us toward God?
What do we do that makes Christ‘s light shine in us and illuminates the world?
Sound audacious? Sound up-roarious? Sound impossible?
Come and see! Sunday Sept. 11, 2011, immediately following the 10 a.m. ser-vice (snacks during the event; Soup Sunday to fol-low).
Everyone is welcome to this
fall Homecoming Event to be-come Saints Alive! and point beyond Trinity to God
All are welcome: all interests, all spiritualities, all ways of be-ing and praying!
(Even our youngest mem-bers are welcome, although very small children may be more comfortable in the nurse-ry or Godly Play, depending on age. Children attending may need a little help from parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles to write down a few thoughts.)
Come and see!
There will be food. There will be fun. There will be Saints Alive! Beyond Trinity to God!
And the light will shine in the church long after this event.
Live as children of light – for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. ~ Ephesians 5:8b-9
Blessings!
Nicolette+
Ninth Issue, September 2011
In this issue
Birthdays p. 8
Calendar p. 6-7
Christian Formation p. 4-5
Lay Schedule p. 6-7
Liturgical Notes p. 8
Parish People p. 11
Red Door Rally p. 3
Vestry Nominations p. 2
Rector’s Reflections
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We ask that you continue to pray for us. During the first two weeks of August, the Nominating Com-mittee completed phone/Skype interviews with selected candi-dates. This involved about 14 hours of meetings and inter-views over a two-week period. Prior to the phone/Skype in-terviews, each candidate re-ceived short biographies of all the Nominating Committee members (with photos) so that they would have some idea who they were talking to. They were all very appreciative of this; we thank Nicolette for suggesting it to us. We thoroughly enjoyed these interviews; it was very ex-citing to finally put a face to all the written materials we have
received from each candidate. We have also viewed ser-mons that the candidates sent to us. After the interviews were completed, we reviewed every-thing and winnowed the list. We then began scheduling face-to-face interviews. The next step, where teams of two Nominating Committee members visit the candidates in their home parishes, has begun. When these visitations are complete, we will be scheduling candidates to visit us here at Trinity. The interviews have gone very well; we have a wonderful-ly strong group of candidates and we are very excited about the future. In closing, we would like to
share a prayer that Shannon Gemeinhardt, our chaplain, found in the search packet from Trinity‘s last rector search 23 years ago. Prayer of Trinity Church
Praise be to God, our Lord, Creator of the Living Church; We thank You for Your serv-ants who founded this Parish; We ask Your guidance in con-tinuing Your mission in Cov-ington today; Deliver us from divisive temp-tations; Fill us with Your Holy Spirit so that this congregation may grow in stewardship, faith, deep fellowship, love, hope, and service;
This is an exciting time in the life of our parish. While the Vestry class set to rotate off this year has had the pleasure of working through this time of transition and preparation to call our next Rector, the next Vestry class (which will be elected for 2012-2014) will have the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with our new Rector in setting the course for the next phase in the life of Trinity Church. This is truly a wonderful opportunity for you to be directly involved. We would love to see an abundance of candidates for Vestry this year. We cannot im-agine a more positive develop-ment than to have so many people running for Vestry that
we have to invoke a run-off election. Trinity by-laws al-low for a run-off election in the event more than 15 are nominated for election -- surely there are more than 15 parishioners who are excited about and want to play a key role in our future! We challenge and encourage each of you to consider running for Vestry this year. The timeline below gives a general guide to the process. Please stay tuned for more de-
tails on the nomination forms/process, and feel free to speak with any member of the elec-tion committee if you have any questions. Sept. 18 (Red Door Rally): Of-ficial launch of election process Oct. 23: Deadline to submit nomination forms. Nov. 6: Run-off Election (if needed) Nov. 13: Candidates speak at Adult Forum Nov. 20: Annual Meeting for Election of Vestry Vestry Election Committee: Greg Gemeinhardt, chair Mary Ann Weiss Charlie Pangburn Paula Wolfe Mulford Martin
Report from the Nominating Committee
Vestry election is coming soon
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The Red Door Rally was be-gun in 2009 as a way to start the church year and inform members – new and old – of what activities are available at Trinity. This rally allows new-comers especially to see where they might fit in to the Trinity community and help live out our Christian call to service. This is the yearly opportunity to find out what is new or what volunteer needs may be com-ing. This year, the presentations of many of the ministries, activ-ities, social and outreach groups which emanate from this parish will be displayed for all to examine on Sept. 18 in the May Room following the 10 a.m. service. Since food is al-ways a draw, this year, there will be a simple grill out and
refreshments to encourage at-tendance. Representatives of each par-ticipating group will be on hand to explain their particular activity. Displays and literature for some of the groups will be available. Upon entering, each parishioner will be given a ―goodie bag‖ with some pre-
stuffed take-home infor-mation packets. The Nur-ture Committee is encour-aging everyone to make special effort to wear nametags for the day. The Nurture Committee is also considering offering at-tendance prizes as an in-centive to participate. All Trinity groups are invited and encouraged to participate. The May room will be set up on Saturday,
Sept. 17, and participating groups are encouraged to bring their materials on Saturday or early on Sunday morning. If your group has not been con-tacted or would like more infor-mation, please contact Jim Swearingen or Karl Lietzenmayer.
Karl Lietzenmayer
Rehearsals for the Trinity Choir begin the Wednesday af-ter Labor Day, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. If you would like more in-formation about singing in the choir, ask any choir member. If you are interested in singing this season and did not sing last season, please contact John Deaver (859-431-1786) so that there is music and a seat for you. Rehearsals for the Trinity Church Brass Ensemble will begin on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 12:20 p.m. The ensemble plays for major feasts of the church year, the December Midday Musical Menu, special services,
and periodic preludes to Sun-day morning services. Rehears-als last 40 minutes. For more information, please contact John Deaver (859-431-1786).
Midday Musical Menu: The first concert of the 31st season will be on Sept. 21 at 12:15 p.m. Lunch is available from 11:30 a.m. for $7. The concert will feature Rebecca Schaffer Wells, clarinetist, and Lauren Picarillo, bassoonist, perform-ing the music of Beethoven, the Beatles, Led Zepplin and oth-ers. Concerts are 30 minutes in length and are free. Bring a friend!
Summer thank-yous: Thanks to Paula Wolfe, Peggy Lietzenmayer, and Anita Car-mack for substituting this sum-mer during the Director of Mu-sic's vacation and continuing education. Thank you to those who provided special music this summer: Kristin Cirulli, Lew Clements, Elise Hyder, Karl Lietzenmayer, Peggy Lietzenmayer, Ken Moore, Me-ralyn Taylor, an ensemble from the Trinity Choir, and all those who sang on the two Sundays of the Summer Choir. We are blessed with many talented pa-rishioners.
John Deaver
Red Door Rally kicks off church year
It’s an all-new musical season at Trinity
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Look for many new programs
this fall at Trinity when you
think about Christian For-
mation.
In our children's formation
programs, we have just com-
pleted a two-year program. Ju-
dy Clements and Amy Milburn
attended the Christian For-
mation Conference at Kanuga
and came back with many new
ideas. With prayerful consider-
ations, and after talking to
many experts at the conference
as well as other conference par-
ticipants, we have decided up-
on new programs.
On Saturday, Aug. 13, Judy
Clements, Amy Milburn and
Linda Robinson attended the
Christian Education Day at
Christ Church Cathedral in
Lexington. It was very informa-
tive and we felt reassured that
we have made the best deci-
sions for us at this time.
The youngest ones
We will continue to offer
nursery care for infants to 2-
year-olds in the room on the
first floor. The toddlers, up to
3 years old, will remain in the
room next to the restrooms on
the second floor.
Toddlers
Children who are three be-
fore Oct. 1 through kindergar-
teners will participate in Godly
Play during worship. Children
should be dropped off in the
room just past the restrooms
on the first floor by parents be-
fore going to church. Children
may be picked up by the par-
ents after the breaking of the
bread.
After the service has con-
cluded, the children may go to
the all-purpose room on the se-
cond floor. Here they will sing
a song and have a snack. At the
end of song and snack, they will
return to their classroom to
participate in a new program
called Weaving God's Promises.
Elementary grades
Children in grades 1-3 will
participate in Children's Wor-
ship I (located in the room past
the restrooms on the second
floor) and children in grades 4-
6 will go to Children's Worship
II (located in the room at the
top of the stairs). Children will
follow the second cross from
the church and go to the all-
purpose room on the second
floor, where they‘ll sing togeth-
er before going to their class-
rooms. They will return to the
sanctuary to sit with family at
the time of the offertory.
These students will be using
"Celebrate the Good News"
program, which follows the
Gospel reading for each Sun-
day. At the conclusion of the
service, these students may join
the younger children for song
and snack. They will then go
back to the classrooms to use
Weaving God's Promises.
Continued on
following page
It all begins
on Sept. 18
Our Christian For-
mation programs for
the fall begin on Sep-
tember 18. Everyone
– parents, grandpar-
ents, godparents and
parishioners – is in-
vited to join us in ful-
filling our Baptismal
Covenant as we help
young Christians grow
in the knowledge and love of
God and in their responsibili-
ties as members of His
Church. Come discover what
―head, heart and hands‖ is all
about.
Christian Formation has new look for Fall
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Christian Formation has new look for Fall Continued from
previous page
Youths
There will be a new class for
7th and 8th graders in the up-
stairs room on the right past
the restrooms. Students in
grades 9-12 will meet in the
EYC room in the basement.
The program for both groups is
lectionary-based and is de-
signed to help students connect
the text with their lives through
a series of open-ended ques-
tions.
Adult education
Adult formation will have a
new look for this fall. The tra-
ditional Adult Forum will be
presenting three programs this
fall. On other Sundays we will
have a new program called
Round Tables.
Round Tables will offer sev-
eral different opportunities
each Sunday for people to ex-
plore. You may choose to ex-
plore all Round Tables or you
might stay with a particular
one. Round Tables will include
topics such as the gospel read-
ing for the day, one of the other
readings of the day, corre-
spondence table, sharing our
stories, sharing favorite things,
just good conversation, con-
temporary issues, and looking
at the Book of Common Prayer.
You need to simply show up
on Sunday and decide what you
want to do for the day. There
are no long term commitments.
Adult schedule
(subject to change)
Sept. 11 Saints Alive! Beyond
Trinity to God!
Sept. 18 Red Door Rally
Sept. 25 Round Tables
Oct. 2 Adult Forum -- What Is
Family? discussion led by Dr.
Joan Ferrante
Oct. 9 Round Tables
Oct. 16 Adult Forum -- Trinity
Rectors: A Historical Journey
led by John Lucas
Oct. 23 Round Tables
Oct. 30 Adult Forum — Ethel-
dreda: The Life and Afterlife of
an Early English Saint present-
ed by Dr. Paul Reichardt
Nov. 6 Round Tables
Nov. 18 Vestry nominee
speeches
Nov. 20 Annual meeting and
election results
Nov. 27 Advent Wreath mak-
ing (no church school classes,
but nursery and toddler sit-
ters will be available)
Dec. 4 Round Tables
Dec. 11 Readings of Christmas
selections
Dec. 18 Christmas carol sing
Dec. 25 Christmas
What do we mean by Chris-
tian Formation? Is this just
new words for what we used to
call Christian Education?
The Charter for Lifelong
Christian Formation was
adopted by the General Con-
vention of The Episcopal
Church in 2009. The Charter
states that lifelong Christian
Faith Formation in the Episco-
pal Church is lifelong growth in
the knowledge, service, and
love of God as followers of
Christ and is informed by
Scripture, Tradition and Rea-
son. The Charter divides this
journey along the paths of
God's invitation, inspiration,
and transformations.
Christian Formation can be
identified with the phrase
"Head, Heart, Hands." It is not
enough to have one or two of
these parts, but all three should
be present and will be at one
time or another. Each can lead
to the others and occupy no
special order. For example, we
know certain Biblical stories,
but do we really take them in-
side of ourselves and live them?
Sometimes the ―hand‖ part
comes first and the other two
follow; at other times the
―heart‖ leads the way; some-
times we learn the lesson in our
‗head‖ then the other parts fol-
low.
When you hear the words
Christian Formation, remem-
ber there are three parts, and
you jump in where you are
most comfortable and then
strive for the other two parts.
Judy Clements
What is Christian Formation?
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Lay Ministers Schedule September 4 Lector: 8:00 am Cathy Barwell 10:00 am John Bickers Intercessor: 8:00 am Koren Schrand 10:00 am Jill Bickers Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Paul Reichardt 10:00 am Cliff Daly, Paula Wolfe Bread: Robert Horine Oblation Bearers: Cahill Family Ushers: Gary Gabbard, Diane Gabbard Acolytes: Zach Robinson, Allyson Johnson, Kendall Kelley, Jayne Bullock Chimer: Jim Adams Altar Guild: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner, Heidi Toelke 10:00 am Audrey Board, Dorothy Taylor Counters: Brenda Israel, Sylvia Jordan Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Mulford Martin, Liz Blincoe September 11 Lector: 8:00 am Paul Reichardt 10:00 am Hilda Weaver Intercessor: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner 10:00 am Jim Adams Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Ellen Hackman 10:00 am Diane Gabbard, Gary Gabbard Bread: Esther Parton Oblation Bearers: Chris Kelley Family Ushers: Lisa Edwards, Robert Edwards, Mark Herrick, Brenda Israel Acolytes: Morgan Milburn, Emily Russ, Sylvia Powell, Owen Powell, Sophia Montello Chimer: Kristen Cirulli Altar Guild: 8:00 am Heidi Toelke, Rita Schmitt 10:00 am Audrey Board, Dorothy Taylor Counters: Robert Edwards, Gary Leach Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Sylvia Jordan, Pam Boyle
September 2011 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
Parish
3
Weekend
4 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist
Cathedral
5 LABOR DAY
OFFICE CLOSED
Domain
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7 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
8 9 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
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11 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Church School 12:15 Soup Sunday 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting
12 5:30 pm Nurture Commission 7:00 Vestry
13 7:00 pm Daughters of the King
14 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
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16 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
17 Set up for Red Door Rally 3:00 pm Cooking for Outreach Dinner
18 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Red Door Rally 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting
19 6:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry
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21 12:15 pm Midday Musical Menu 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
22 7:00 pm ECW Board Meeting
23 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
24 5:00 pm Fall Parish Mixer
25 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting
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27 6:30 pm Experienc-ing Benedictine Spirituality (advance registra-tion) 7:00 pm Daughters of the King
28 10:00 am Books and Beliefs 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
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September 2011 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
Parish
3
Weekend
4 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist
Cathedral
5 LABOR DAY
OFFICE CLOSED
Domain
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7 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
8 9 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
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11 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Church School 12:15 Soup Sunday 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting
12 5:30 pm Nurture Commission 7:00 Vestry
13 7:00 pm Daughters of the King
14 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
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16 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
17 Set up for Red Door Rally 3:00 pm Cooking for Outreach Dinner
18 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Red Door Rally 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting
19 6:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry
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21 12:15 pm Midday Musical Menu 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
22 7:00 pm ECW Board Meeting
23 7:30 am Men‘s Prayer Group
24 5:00 pm Fall Parish Mixer
25 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 Church School 12:20 Brass Ensemble 6:30 pm Episcopal Youth Connecting
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27 6:30 pm Experienc-ing Benedictine Spirituality (advance registra-tion) 7:00 pm Daughters of the King
28 10:00 am Books and Beliefs 7:00 pm Holy Eucharist 7:30 pm Choir
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September 18 Lector: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner 10:00 am Tedd Good Intercessor: 8:00 am Koren Schrand 10:00 am Diane Gabbard Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Paul Reichardt 10:00 am Lisa Edwards, Robert Edwards Bread: Pam Boyle Oblation Bearers: Speicher Family Ushers: John Bickers, Pat Mohney, Don Will, Greg Gemeinhardt Acolytes: Justin Bullock, Claire Bickers, MacKenzie Robinson, Helen Wharton, Grace Gabbard Chimer: Sally Davidson Altar Guild: 8:00 am Rita Schmitt, Kim Hope 10:00 am Norma Terry, Amber Terry, Virginia McCain Counters: Jim Kells, Joe O‘Brochta Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Mary Ann Weiss September 25 Lector: 8:00 am Koren Schrand 10:00 am Shannon Gemeinhardt Intercessor: 8:00 am Amy Heilbronner 10:00 am Keith Johnson Lay Eucharistic Minister: 8:00 am Ellen Hackman 10:00 am Debra Taylor, Mary Ann Wolff Bread: Sylvia Jordan Oblation Bearers: Mitchell Family Ushers: John Lucas, Bonnie Lucas, Larry Vannasdall, Karen Vannasdall Acolytes: Julia Bullock, Heath Parton, Ken-dall Kelley, Sophia Montello, Allyson Johnson Chimer: Karen McKim Altar Guild: 8:00 am Kim Hope, Koren Schrand 10:00 am Norma Terry, Amber Terry, Virginia McCain Lay Eucharistic Visitor: Liz Blincoe
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Liturgical Notes September 4 Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 149; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Diocese of Seoul (Korea). Diocesan— St. Hubert‘s Church, Clark County, Bryant Kibler, Priest-in-Charge, Charles Ellestad, Supply Priest. The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of John Habig by Kathye Habig Nippert. Liturgical Notes September 11 Exodus 14:19-31; Psalm 114; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Diocese of Sittwe (Myanmar). Diocesan— St. Michael‘s Church, Lexington, Laurie Brock, Rector. The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of Richard and Agnes Streeter by Carla Gesell Streeter and Tom Streeter
Liturgical Notes September 18 Exodus 16:2-15; Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Dioceses of Southeest Florida and Southwest Florida. Diocesan—St. Andrew‘s, Lexington, Carol Ruthven, Rector. The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of John Allen Will by Don Will and Don Neff. Liturgical Notes September 25 Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 Prayer Cycles: Anglican—The Diocese of Southern Virginia. Diocesan—St. Francis‘ Church, Flemingsburg, Marvin W. Suit, Vicar
September Birthdays 1-Ann Milburn, Mary Ann Weiss 3-Laura Mitchell, Sandy Thomson, Linda Robinson 4-Steve Harris, Lily Diebold, Andrew Mitchell, William Mitchell 5-William Garrison, Kevin Tienda, Ariana Staggs 7-Connor Reichardt 8-Mark Allen, David Schrand 9-Heath Parton, John Wharton, Thomas Shaffer 10-Elizabeth Blincoe, JoAnn Brown, Bob Clare, Chase Wulfeck 11-Cliff Daly 12-Cove Heilbronner, David Fogle, Kevin Hall 13-Joni Finnell, Mitchell Mohney, Darry Rhine 14-Alla Holland, Cynthia Deatherage, Peyton Korte, Laurel Brickler Tienda 15-Charlie Hollar
17-Gary Austin 18-Annalise Scheper, Charlie Thiemann, Benjamin Stump 19-Bonnie Smyth 20-Katherine Terwort, Robert Williams, Gelene Speicher 21-Hannah Meacham, Jeanine Schilling 22-Joe O‘Brochta, Amanda Stucker, Wesley Adams 23-Robert Shaffer, Jr. 24-Mary Ellen Hackman, Elizabeth Hill 25-Marjory Meanwell, Butch Clements, Christine Gorczyk 26-Emily Russ, Eric Tienda 27-John Allnutt 28-Margaret May, Wellington Lee, Hilda Weaver 29-Katherine DeWitt, Stephanie Huber, 30-Tyler Lucas, Helen Wharton
AROUND THE PARISH: Prayers and sympathy to George Gressle with the death of his brother, David.
Save your pull tabs for Ronald McDonald House! Trinity is collecting pull tabs from sodas to help
support children and their families at Ronald McDonald House. A large plastic container can be found in the
kitchen to place your tabs in, marked with a pull tab sticker. Every little bit helps! Last year $16,000 was
raised for RMH from pull tabs. Elise and RMH appreciate your support!
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Fall Parish Mixer
The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) is throwing a parish party and everyone‘s invited. This free event will feature music, wine and beer tasting, light food and, of course, lots of congenial company. It‘s 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. Child care will be availa-ble. Please sign up at the table in front of the May Room.
Our Vestry has approved in principle the idea of creating a small Memorial Garden for rest and reflection and for the in-ternment of the ashes of Trinity parishioners who so desire. This will be a meditative place; a place that reminds us of loved ones who came before us. In the artistic tradition of Trinity‘s stained glass windows and carved wood altar furnish-ings created more than 125 years ago, the Memorial Gar-den will enhance the west gar-dens near the transept hall doorway with a metal and stone artwork. Using the design of Andrew Piaskowy, architect and Trinity member, the Memorial will fea-ture a wall hanging by metal-artist Paul Lashua incorporat-ing carved stonework by Karen Heyl, whose work can be seen at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and other locations in our area. Trinity members could choose to be interred in this specially designated part of the church grounds surrounded by attractive plantings, meaning-
ful artwork and a comfort-able place to sit. This plan honors both previous in-ternments and future ones. A search for funds is underway and, with suc-cess, it is hoped that the Memorial wall piece can be installed and dedicated in early 2012. Pavers, two benches, new landscaping and a replacement interi-or name plaque will com-plete the memorial. If you have questions or would like to participate in the effort to make the Memorial Garden a reality, please contact a member of the committee. Please note that the committee members are committed to Trinity‘s current needs and in-
tend that this project not de-tract in any way from the up-coming stewardship campaign. Memorial Garden Commit-tee: Gay Smith, Ann Bullock, Jane Beuttel, Mary Ann Weiss, Andrew Piaskowy, Judy Adams and Jim Adams
Memorial Garden proposal approved
Above: Archi-
tectural ren-
dering of a
completed
Memorial Gar-
den.
Left: The lime-
stone carving
that will be
supported by a
metal frame
and adorn the
side wall of the
Garden.
On Sept. 8, the Taft Museum of Art‘s ―Tour of Tiffany‖ will visit Trinity Church to view the St. Michael/Lovell stained glass window, which was created by artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. The unique multiplate win-dow depicts a military figure of St. Michael. The tour is in conjunction with the museum‘s In Compa-
ny of Angels: Seven Rediscov-ered Tiffany Windows, an ex-hibit that runs through Sept. 11. An earlier tour visited Trinity on July 21. The Taft‘s Tiffany guided tour also visits Christ Church Cathedral, Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church and the Church of the Advent in Wal-nut Hills. For more infor-mation on the tour, call the museum at 513-684-4515.
John Wolfe
Taft checking out Trinity’s glass
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Trinity's Outreach Committee has partnered with four other donors to fund a new play-ground at Covington‘s John G. Carlisle Elementary School. Andy Piaskowy, our resident ar-chitect, designed a wonderful multi-purpose covered pavilion. It was completed earlier this year and is in use by the school and the neighborhood. Trinity also does a collection for school supplies, and we fi-nance purchases for the nurse's
office and the family resource office. Both offices have a steady
flow of students with needs. Linda Tabeling
This photograph shows part of the new playground at John G. Carlisle Elementary
School as seen through the new all-purpose pavilion.
Carlisle
playground
project
complete
Each year the Diocese of Lex-ington has a special offering for diocesan ministries on Bishops‘ Funds Sunday. This year the of-fering at Trinity will be Sept. 25. There are five funds, one to hon-or each of our former bishops:
Bishop Burton Fund - pro-vides scholarships for seminari-ans; Bishop Abbot Fund - new and continuing missionary work in the Diocese; Bishop Moody Fund - special projects at Cathedral Domain; Bishop Hosea Fund - contin-uing education for people in the Diocese; Bishop Wimberly Fund — youth and young adult minis-tries; Bishop Sauls Fund– Reading Camp and other literacy pro-grams.
Gifts may be designated for a single fund or undesignated to be divided equally among all the funds. Checks should be made out to the Diocese of Lexington and
placed in the offering on Sept. 25 or mailed to the Diocesan office at: P.O. Box 610, Lexing-ton, KY 40588-0610, Atten-tion: Episcopal Church Women Bishops‘ Funds.
What better way to honor Bishop Stacy F. Sauls, sixth bish-op of Lexington, than with the Bishop Sauls Fund for Reading Camp and Literacy Programs? Reading Camp was born in 2001 when Bishop Sauls shared with the Diocesan Convention his vision for a ministry to serve children in the Appalachian re-gions of the diocese. Thirty-eight children attended the first read-ing camp at the Cathedral Do-main. Enthusiasm for the mission and fun of Reading Camp spread. Currently there at six camps in the Diocese of Lexing-
ton, one in South Africa and plans for more. There are also Reading Camps in Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia. The Reading Camp program is an intensive remedial summer program for at-risk children who are at least one grade level be-hind in reading. The program focuses on literacy skills in a camp setting for children com-pleting the third and fourth grades. The goals are threefold: (1) to encourage a love for read-ing, (2) to teach skills for effec-tive reading, and (3) to instill self-confidence.
Diane Gabbard
New fund honors Bishop Sauls Bishops’ Funds Sunday slated
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When I learned that The
Chimes was running a story
about John G. Carlisle Elemen-
tary School, Trinity‘s multi-
faceted year-round outreach
project, one of the first parish-
ioners who came to mind was
the venerable Mulford Martin.
At 90 years of age, Mulford still
acts as a Lunch Buddy, a men-
toring program at John G. Car-
lisle, where adults eat lunch
weekly with an underprivileged
student. This year‘s student,
Mulford says proudly, will
graduate to Holmes Middle
School.
Mulford‘s long life has been
filled with like accomplish-
ments. Born and raised in New
York City, except for three years
in England, he graduated from
Trinity School and attended
New York University, where he
sang at Town Hall with the Glee
Club. Shortly after moving to
Vermont in 1942, he was draft-
ed and served in Europe, seeing
action at the end of the Battle of
the Bulge and in Germany. Af-
ter VE Day, while awaiting his
return to the U.S., he attended
Shrivenham American Univer-
sity in England.
Returning to the University
of Illinois, he earned his degree
in civil engineering and then
joined a subsidiary of Armco
Steel Corp. (now AK Steel) in
Middletown, Ohio. He designed
highway construction products
and steel manufacturing build-
ings, writing the first structural
frame design program on the
new corporate IBM1620 com-
puter.
Mulford is the father of five
children: Ford, Tom, Steve,
Elizabeth and Joe. The family
attended the Church of the As-
cension, where he was a choris-
ter, children‘s chaplain and
Church School Superintendent.
To help the boys, he became
involved with the Boy Scouts of
America, first as a Cubmaster
and later as a Scoutmaster,
earning the Order of the Arrow,
Wood Badge and finally, the
Silver Beaver Award, the high-
est honor bestowed at the Scout
Council level.
He also joined the Lyric The-
ater and performed in several
light operas, once as Eronius in
A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum.
After marrying Carol, he
moved to Kentucky and, in late
1988, Mulford says, Trinity
Church became their second
home. He has sung in the
choir, and used his engineering
training to serve as Buildings
and Grounds chairman for our
historic building. He has also
served several terms on the
Vestry and continues to serve
as a lay minister, lector, inter-
cessor, chimer and the head of
the counting team. He has now
accepted the directorship of the
Lay Eucharistic visitors, sched-
uling and training volunteers.
It‘s not unusual to see Mulford
doing several of these activities
on the same Sunday.
Passing his energy and lar-
gesse onto the next generations,
his stepdaughter is Joni Fin-
nell, a Trinity 0utreach activist,
and his grandkids Lindsay,
Kelly and Kyle have been active
in Trinity youth and in the dio-
cese.
When first referring to Mul-
ford, I used the adjective vener-
able. Dictionary.com defines
venerable as ―commanding re-
spect because of great age or
impressive dignity; worthy of
veneration or reverence be-
cause of high office or noble
character,‖ and as a title be-
stowed on ―Anglican archdea-
cons.‖ I can‘t think of a better
word to describe this great spir-
itual gift in our parish.
Jim Gard
Parish People
Trinity grateful Mulford Martin
doesn’t know when to ‘retire’
Carol and Mulford Martin
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Mark your calendars! Trinity’s next SOUP SUNDAY will be Sept. 11.
Bring soup, desserts, fruit, bread, etc. to share. Contact Judy Clements
to volunteer to help with setup or cleanup.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Covington, Kentucky
Mission Statement
Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Covington serves a diverse community. We are com-
mitted to the celebration and worship of Jesus Christ in a parish nurtured by education and
fellowship. As Christ’s servants, we strive to share God’s love, and our resources, in the great-
er community.
Website: www.trinitychurchcovky.com E-mail address: info@trinitychurchcovky.com Office address: 16 Fourth Street, 859-431-1786 or 859-392-2360. FAX. 859-392-2361
The Right Rev. Stacy F. Sauls, Bishop of Lexington The Rev. Nicolette Papanek, Priest The Rev. John Deaver, Director of Music Judy Long, Administrative Assistant Tony Milburn and Mary Ann Weiss, Wardens
Non-Profit Organization
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Covington, Ky
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Covington Kentucky 41011