Trinity Episcopal Church 6587 Upper York Road Solebury, PA 18963 215-297-5135 www.trinitysolebury.org In This Issue Worship in February Parish Calendar Annual Parish Meeting Adult Education Special Coffee Hour MLK Day of Service Church School News Lenten Soup Suppers Lenten Day of Reflection House Tour 2015 February 2015 ANNUAL PARISH MEETING February 1st 9:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers followed by brunch and meeting Pick up a copy of the Annual Report and Warden and Vestry Nominations on the Narthex Table prior to the meeting February Adult Forum In February we continue with the series "Embracing Spiritual Awakening" a 5-part series with Diana Butler Bass on the Dynamics of Experiential Faith. Best-selling author, speaker, scholar, and "cultural observer" Diana Butler Bass explores what Christianity may look like "beyond religion and beyond the church." February 15 - Part III "Behaving", February 22 - Part IV "Belonging", March 4 - Part V - "Awakening".
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Trinity Episcopal Church
6587 Upper York Road
Solebury, PA 18963
215-297-5135
www.trinitysolebury.org
In This Issue
Worship in February
Parish Calendar
Annual Parish Meeting
Adult Education
Special Coffee Hour
MLK Day of Service
Church School News
Lenten Soup Suppers
Lenten Day of Reflection
House Tour 2015
February 2015
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING
February 1st
9:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist & Healing Prayers
followed by brunch and meeting
Pick up a copy of the Annual Report and Warden and Vestry Nominations on the Narthex Table prior to the meeting
February Adult Forum
In February we continue with the series "Embracing Spiritual Awakening" a 5-part series with Diana Butler Bass on the Dynamics of Experiential Faith. Best-selling author, speaker, scholar, and "cultural observer" Diana Butler Bass explores what Christianity may look like "beyond religion and beyond the church."
February 15 - Part III "Behaving", February 22 - Part IV "Belonging",
The Rt. Rev. Clifton Daniel, 3rd Bishop Provisional
The Rt. Rev. Rodney R. Michel
Assisting Bishop
Special Coffee Hour - Sunday February 8th
We will gather in The Chapel to say farewell to Dave & Marilou Stewart who will relocate to Michigan later in February. If you would like to contribute toward a gift to Trinity in their honor, please send to the Church Office indicating Stewart's Gift by January 31st. For more information on the Coffee Hour, contact: Betty Stagg at 215-262-1478, [email protected]
MLK Day of Service - What a Joyful, Noisy Day!
Trinity members and youth joined over 150 other volunteers on January 18th at the Martin Luther King Day of Service. Despite the terrible weather, we prepared 25,000 meals, packaged, and boxed them. The meals were provided to local area food banks for distribution to their clients. Our hairnet wearing team packed over 175 per hour, some staying until the very last minute to help with tear down. Thank you to everyone who participated!
Diocesan Representatives Mary Richardson Miller Bill
Wolf
** Pending elections at
upcoming Annual Meeting
Concordia Concert
February 8, 2015
at Trinity 3:00 PM
Concordia Chamber Players' second subscription concert will feature a brilliant young percussionist, Peter Ferry in works by Osvaldo Golijov, Michael Torke and Nick Didkovsky. With the marimba at center stage for the first time in Concordia history you will be amazed by the versatility and depth of color of this wonderful instrument. The program also includes the String Quartet No. 2 of Sergei Prokofiev (On Kabardinian Themes) a work based on folk themes and awash in its inherent rhythmic vitality.
Caught By the Sky With Wire - The Dance for cello and marimiba
Nick Didkovsky
String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Opus 92 Sergei Prokofiev
Mariel for marimba and cello
Osvaldo Golijov
Mojave for marimba, shaker and string quartet Michael Torke
Please join us to learn more about our Mission work in Haiti in support of programs for Women, Young Adults, and Children. There will be activities for children, a simple Haitian meal, music, and other entertainment, as well as a silent auction of Haitian art and jewelry.
Staff honors Volunteers at Luncheon
On January 8th the staff honored the many Trinity office volunteers with a luncheon. A special thank you was presented to Marilou Stewart for her many years of volunteer service to the office. Thanks Marilou!
Church School News
What an amazing morning. Thank you so much to Kyle Evans and to past Youth Missionaries for sharing their time with Church School on January 11th. She shared about living in Haiti and about the Vacation Bible School programs that they facilitated last summer. They also shared about the Tabasamu dental education program. We even learned how to say "Peace" in Haitian Creole- how exciting!!
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Morning Prayer Thursday Mornings
7:30 a.m. in the Chapel
Centering Prayer Tuesday Mornings
8:00 a.m. in the Chapel
Church School at 9:30 a.m. Every Sunday for ages 4 - 18 -
Grades Pre-K - 12th Grade
Parish Calendar
Sunday, February 1 Brunch & Annual Meeting
Sunday, February 8
3:00 p.m Concordia Concert
Sunday, February 15 4:00 Peacemeal
Tuesday, February 17
6:00 p.m. Pancake Dinner 7:00 p.m. Vestry
Friday, February 20
9:00 a.m. Aid For Friends
Saturday, February 21 4:00 p.m. Haiti FUNdraiser
Wednesday, February 25
6:00 p.m. Soup Supper & Lenten Devotion
Featured Article
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday, February 17th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. is the time for our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. Come celebrate the end of the season of Epiphany with a traditional pancake supper. $4.00 per person or $10.00 per family. Shrove Tuesday (also known as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, or pancake day) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent because they were a way to use up rich foods such as eggs, milk, and sugar, before the fasting season of the 40 days of Lent.
Lenten Soup Suppers and Reflections begin on Wednesday, February 25
WEDNESDAYS IN LENT Please mark your calendars and plan to attend these meaningful events during the Lenten Season.
Ash Wednesday - February 18th Imposition of Ashes and Holy Eucharist
8:00am, Noon, 7:30pm
Wednesday Feb 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25 Simple Suppers and Lenten Program 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Please note that we have new signs and a new policy for parking in our lower lot: Recently there has not been
enough space for the physically challenged, so we are asking that the lower lot be reserved for those only with physical limitations.
Lenten Day of Reflection: Saturday March 14 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel
This year we will do something a little different. We shall be discussing a very short but inspiring work, A Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis. It is a composition of four handwritten journals he wrote in an attempt to work through his pain at the death of his wife, Joy. It is a journey of rationality abandoned and faith in God regained. His experience can easily reverberate through those who have experienced any number of losses: bereavement, divorce and separation, loss of employment, moral failure in one's own life, or in the life of a key role model, wherever hopes have been dashed - any differing situations when God is silent and the wind is shrill. A meditation on his journey is most appropriate during the Lenten Season, a time we set aside to intentionally reflect with discernment and honesty our relationship with God. The book is easily obtained through your library, Amazon, or can be purchased through the Church Office. The movie, Shadowlands, is the story of C. S. Lewis and Joy and stars Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. It reveals Lewis' deep pain at her death, but does not delve much into the losing of his faith and the regaining of his faith in God, which is what the book does and which we will be discussing. Nevertheless it is a very powerful movie and worth seeing. The Day of Reflection will be led by The Rev. Ginny Sheay.
Office Help Needed
The office at Trinity is in need of volunteers who can help out once a week for about 3 hours. If you would like to be added to our substitution list that works too. No secretarial skills are needed. Some of the tasks that need to be attended to are to answer calls, file, retrieve the mail, on occasion go to the bank,
some computer skills would be very helpful. There are other task that come up on a daily basis as well. If you are interested, please contact Betty Stagg at: (215) 262-1478 email: [email protected] or Debbie Stedman, Parish Administrator 215-297-5135 or [email protected]
February Birthdays
1 Arlene Ferguson,
Otho Kerr
2
Ashley Christie
Cindy Malmros
Dorothy Welsh
3 Lucy Montgomery
4 Jean Evans
Kim Laughlin
5 Cady Trelstad
6 Ashby Saunders
7 Michael Clark
Nicole Emery
8 Danielle Higgins
Pamela Morgan-Ford
9 Mary Miller
Betty Stagg
10 Connor Roberts
Natalie Thomas
11
Marcie Angotti
Shane Mims
Morgan Mims
12 Lindsay Christie
14 Daria Bowman
Anna de Jesus
17 Nancy Tucker
19 Amanda Burd
22 Jacqueline Kavas
24 Owen Sloan
Michael Trimmer
25 Barbara Boyko
26
Holden Bode
Emily Fox
Eliot Reshetar-Jost
27
Avery Ball
Amanda Glidden
Nick Mumford
28
Elizabeth Axler
Alice Kessler
Stella Smith
February Anniversaries
6 Patrick & Barrie Summers 12 Steve & Barbara Wilson 14 Robert & Lisa Landley 15 Herb & Joy Haines 19 Richard & Elizabeth Carrick 24 Chuck & Sue Scholer
House Tour Co-Chairs Needed
Planning is already under way for the Trinity Autumn House Tour 25th Anniversary Celebration. The Tour date is Saturday, October 17th and there will be additional fun activities related to the Tour planned which you will be hearing about soon. Please mark your calendars now for October 17 and we will look forward to your participation in any number of ways, large and small. Jacqui Griffith, Rick Lansill, and Roger Stikeleather have again agreed to help chair the event this year but are looking for other co-chairs to work alongside them. As we have learned from other projects, more active leadership spreads the work-load and produces a richer event. Please contact Jacqui, Rick or Roger if you have any interest in becoming part of the leadership team. Your support is invaluable and much appreciated.
Parish Birthdays and Anniversaries
Beginning with this issue of the Tidings, we will be listing parish member's birthday and anniversaries once a month instead of weekly in the notices. This will give all an opportunity to acknowledge these occasions with their fellow parishioners. Dates (no years) will be provided.
Inclusion of these names and information is based solely on information that has been provided to the church office.
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
P.O. BOX 377 Solebury, PA 18963
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