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Are you on Facebook?
If so, go to Trinity Episcopal Church Fort Wayne and "like" us. This is another tool for us to use to let the community know who we are and how great it is to be a member of Trinity. Thanks to Dn. Gordon for moving us in this direction with the original page. We've revamped a little and made some changes as Facebook has changed and now we're moving forward with this form of marketing.OK all you pet lovers out there
At least two of us (Nyla Nyffler and I) have entered our pets in the FW Newspaper's Pet Contest that raises money for the Newspaper in Education Fund. Did you enter your pet too? Let us know so we can post all of our Trinity pets so we can garner lots of votes for them. Nancy McCammon-Hansen nmccammonhansen@frontier.comDavid Gladding-Vanderipe is putting together a study group/forum this fall on the Christian response to ecology stewardship. If you're interested in this topic, please let David know by email: dgladdingvanderipe@yahoo.com.
mbscot@comcast.net or 625-1060.
A Message on the Book Discussion Group:
Hello friends,Theme for this Fall’s Adult Forums:
I have managed to put myself in as the "leader" for our Sunday group for this fall. As my four-year-old grand daughter is fond of saying (which she hears from her mom frequently), "O.K. guys, here's the deal...." September 5 we will meet at 9:15 in the lounge and discuss the issue of Wired World which Nancy will continue to send to us. On September 12 we will begin meeting at 8:30 a.m. in the lounge and again discuss Wired World. On September 18, 25 and October 2 I will ask someone else to be "it". We will continue with Wired World until October 9. On that day we will begin our reading of the play by Robert Bolt, "A Man for All Seasons." We will read it aloud over the next few weeks and follow it with a discussion. I have about 8 copies of the play and Deb and I will get more as needed. Those who do not want to read are invited to attend and listen or follow along. No pressure to read. Some may want to look over their parts before reading, so I will distribute copies on Sunday, September 5. I will explain more about the logistics on Sunday. It really isn't as complicated as I am making it sound; it is just difficult to describe if one has never done this kind of thing in a group. We decided to try reading a play just as something different and for a change. We will return to books, essays, etc. as we move into November/December. -- Larry Griffin
“Eat, Pray, Love: Celebrating the Goodness of Life”
Our forum theme is suggested by the best-selling book Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. In it, Elizabeth Gilbert chronicles her quest to rediscover how to live a fulfilling life.Would you like to tell a story about the goodness of life or to reflect on what it means to live well? Perhaps you would like to share about travel or the joys of cooking. Perhaps you have made a discovery about how children pray or about finding God in the ordinary pleasures of life. Or perhaps you would like to tell a story about searching for or finding love. This theme can be taken in so many different directions.
Please consider leading an adult forum! Dates include September 19 through December 19 (excepting November 28). The Adult Forum will follow the 10:00 am Eucharist and conclude by noon. You need not make a formal presentation: you might consider simply sparking and leading a conversation on your theme.
Please submit your title for your forum, along with a brief description, to Steve Crain at stevendcrain@gmail.com or place in his parish mailbox. Also include one or more dates when you would be available to present. Then we will work out a schedule. Also, please contact Steve if you have an idea, but aren't sure what direction to take it.
If possible, please make your submission by Friday, September 3 so that we can assemble a fairly complete schedule by the Ministry Fair on September 12.
Solo Flight at 20: Visioning the future
for single adults in The Episcopal Church
Still time to register for September 3-6 in Richmond, VirginiaAs Solo Flight gathers for its 20th consecutive year, the coordinators are discerning the future and looking to conduct visioning sessions centering on being single in The Episcopal Church. “Solo Flight Episcopalians - single, divorced and widowed of all ages – have been gathering for a weekend of personal and spiritual growth, fellowship, networking, worship, outreach, evangelism, and fun for two decades,” noted Dr. Kay Collier McLaughlin, founder of Solo Flight Ministries With Single Adults and Solo Flight Conferences. “This year, we are discerning together where God is calling The Episcopal Church in general and Solo Flight in particular in terms of ministry with single adults, and if the Solo Flight ministry for single adults continues.”
The 2010 Solo Flight National Conference for Single Adults will be September 3-6 at the Roslyn Retreat Center, Richmond, Virginia. McLaughlin notes that there is still time to register. The 2010 theme, One Is A Whole Number, will be the focus for keynote speaker Jane Gentry Vance, immediate past poet laureate of Kentucky, and session leaders such as the Rev. Laurie Brock, a young adult single priest fromBaton Rouge, Louisiana. Other presenters – mostly young single adults - will address the theme from the perspective of the laity in a culture where the average age of first marriage hovers around 30 years old.
McLaughlin noted, “At the 20-year mark, we have so many areas on which we have done a great deal of research, such as the ordained single person, ministry with ex-clergy spouses, and later dates for first marriage in church and culture. We have had 19 exciting conferences, 19 wonderful keynote speakers, and 19 years of bringing together single adults who have felt isolated in their parishes and dioceses. In a denomination of small congregations, most will not be in parishes that will have a trained leader dedicated to this ministry. Our belief system and our structure make The Episcopal Church the ideal place to do ministry with single adults of all ages.” She added that an invitation is being issued to church leaders, ordained and lay, who are concerned with Christian Formation, ministry with young adults, church growth and evangelism to register for this conference “to engage in the discussion about making words ‘The Episcopal Church welcomes you’ be true for single adults of all ages.”
Further information and registration: http://www.soloflightministry.net. Scholarships available; contact kcollierm@diolex.org or davidwperk@aol.com. Nancy McCammon-Hansen
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes® 2010
Join the Women's Bureau Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 10 a.m. (7 a.m. Registration opens) at Headwaters Park East in downtown Fort Wayne. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes raises funds and awareness for the REACT program (formerly RAP) of the Women's Bureau to stop rape and sexual assault. This year we’ll be trying to set a world record and we need every man - and woman - we can get! 763 is the record to break!Registration begins at 7 a.m. and Opening ceremony begins at 10 a.m. http://womensbureau.com/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=3
Sarah Kindinger is putting together a Trinity Group for this walk. If you are interested in joining Sarah, e-mail her at sakindinger@frontier.com.
"Walking for Peace"
is the title of a labyrinth walk sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church, 611 West Berry, on Saturday, September 11 at 6 p.m.
Most of us will always remember where we were on September 11, 2001 when we heard the news of the attack on the World Trade Center. For most Americans, we have lived in a time when our nation was at war in one form or another. Will we ever have peace? As we walk to remember the victims of 9-11, let us also walk to discover a path to peace in our personal lives as well.
Please meet in the Common Room at Trinity. Enter from the Wayne Street parking lot (faces Friends of the Third World) behind the church. You will be directed to the labyrinth on the second floor. A facilitator will give a short presentation about labyrinth walks and then you will be free to spend the remainder of your time walking the labyrinth and exploring your thoughts and perceptions via journaling and discussion.
No charge to attend and no reservations needed. Please share this information widely.
For more information:
Nancy McCammon-Hansen
nmccammonhansen@frontier.com
260.494.8209Parish Fair (Annual Ministry Fair)
The Parish Fair is September 12. Because we will be having a labyrinth walk the night before, we are asking that you:1. request a table in advance so that Shawn need only set up the actual number of tables needed on Saturday night after the walk--let Nancy know nmccammonhansen@frontier.com OR sign up on the sheet Lynda has provided on the bulletin board in the hallway
2. set up your display on Sunday morning anytime from 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Daughters of the King will be holding a school supplies "shower" for the children participating in Wellspring's after school program.
The shower will be held on Sept. 26. Needed supplies are colored pencils, markers (fine line and regular broad tip), construction paper, calculators (simple not anything elaborate) and child size scissors. Art supplies are always needed too. Next time you're shopping won't you please purchase one of the needed items and bring it to church on Sept. 26. Thank you for supporting Daughters of the King and Wellspring!
Call for Teachers!
You are invited to prayerfully consider becoming a part of our Sunday School program this fall. Teachers, substitutes, and helpers are needed. Sunday school classes will be held 9:45 - 10:30am beginning September 19. Background check and a brief Safe Church training session are required. Hearing the call of the Spirit? Please contact Deb Haley haley@ipfw.edu or Steve Crain stevendcrain@gmail.com .
Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown
This is our 12th year hosting "Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown," a wonderful, free, community-wide event that gives people free admission to Fort Wayne's museums and attractions. This year's event will be held on Sunday, September 12th from 12 noon – 5pm. Passes are available in the Common Room or at any Scott's or Kroger's as well as the attractions listed below.Rediscover your own backyard during the 12th annual “Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown” celebration on Sunday, September 12th, from 12 noon - 5 pm. On this day, Fort Wayne residents with a “Be a Tourist in Your Own Hometown” passport will be able to visit 12 area attractions and museums - FOR FREE! Passports provide free admission to 13 of Fort Wayne's attractions, including the
African/African-American History Museum, Allen County Courthouse, Artlink, Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Embassy Theatre, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Historic Fort Wayne, History Center, Parkview Field, Science Central, The Lincoln Tower, and the new Courtyard by Marriott downtown.
Jesus Seminar on November 5 and 6, 2010
Jesus of Nazareth: Savior, Lord, or Wisdom Teacher?Generally speaking, Christianity emphasizes Jesus as Savior or Lord, and finds his importance in stressing one of the following: his saving death, his powerful deeds, or his prophetic social program. On the other hand much recent scholarship, including the Jesus Seminar, has seen Jesus as a teacher of wisdom and part of a larger tradition of wisdom teaching in the ancient Mediterranean world. What difference does this change in perspective make for an understanding of the historical Jesus? This JSOR explores the ancient and contemporary significance of Jesus as wisdom teacher.
PROGRAM:
Friday night: Jesus, the Peasant Sage: The importance of ancient wisdom traditions for understanding the historical Jesus.
Part one: Comparing ancient wisdom traditions to other mythical/heroic traditions.
Part two: The language of faith: comparing the idiom of Jesus to the theologians’ gospel.Saturday morning:
9:30 a.m. The quips of Jesus: finding wisdom in hyperbole, humor, and ambiguity.
11:00 a.m. Jesus’s wisdom and the social upheaval of his Galilean settingSaturday afternoon:
1:30 p.m. Finding wisdom in open-ended fictional narratives about the ordinary.
3:00 p.m. The promise of the wisdom of Jesus for making contemporary meanings in a (post) modern world.Order of St. Vincent
What is The International Order of Saint Vincent? A world-wide fellowship of lay ministers associated with liturgy and sanctuary service or persons interested in these topics such as Christian Education teachers.Who can belong? Anyone dedicated to lay ministry in areas such as Acolytes, Altar Guild, Chalice Bearers, Choristers, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, Layreaders, Lectors, Vergers, Ushers and Greeters.
Why belong? Members follow a rule of life that includes daily prayer, reading of the biblical Scriptures, regular participation and reception of the sacraments. Membership for acolytes can be used as a tool by parents to help strengthen the family’s spiritual life and as a teaching tool for children about worship. The discipline of daily prayer, Bible reading and a rule of life are valuable to anyone who belongs to the Order of St. Vincent.
Why is Trinity a member church? It was determined a little over a year ago that membership in the Order of St. Vincent would be a good resource for parents to help them supplement their children’s religious education and that having adult members would provide for family activities and opportunities for our youth to get to know adults in the congregation better.
If you have an interest in liturgy, you are invited to join the Order of St. Vincent. The acolyte budget pays for student membership and adults provide their own membership fee. Assistance with membership can be obtained by contacting Fr. Tom. If you are interested in joining the Order of St. Vincent and supporting our youth in their religious education, please see Nancy Hansen for an application form. Email Nancy at nmccammonhansen@frontier.com or call her at 494-8209. Nancy has transitioned to OSV chapter leader. Bruce Scott remains as acolyte master and Eve Scott is now scheduling acolytes. For questions about acolyte schedules and training, please contact Bruce or Eve.
An Interesting Report Older Adults and Social Media
E-mail Communication
An email is generated each week as a reminder of events happening in the parish and within the community. This email is available by contacting editor Nancy Hansen at nmccammonhansen@frontier.com. You can also receive a weekly email entitled The Wired Word. The Wired Word focuses on current events and how they intersect with issues of faith. The email, which includes links to news sites, scripture references and other resources as well as questions for thought, is designed for either personal study or is discussed on Sundays at 9:15 a.m. in the lounge.Deadline for E-News
The church office and Nancy Hansen are going to set a deadline for both the Sunday bulletin and the Trinity e-news of TUESDAY of each week, preferably by noon.Trinity e-news will go out on either Wednesday night or Thursday of each week.
Parish Reminder
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Around our Diocese
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August 2010 Around Our Diocese
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Standing Notices
Holy Baptism
Adults: It is the custom at Trinity to enroll adult candidates for baptism in our adult confirmation classes.
Infants and Children: Infants and older children of any member of Trinity Church in good standing may be baptized at any one of the five baptismal feasts celebrated each year: The Baptism of our Lord (January), The Great Vigil of Easter (March or April), Pentacost (May or June), All Saints Day (November), and the annual Bishop's Visitation. Prior Arrangements must be made with the rector.
Marriage
The Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage is offered as a sacrament of th Church to Trinity's members and their immediate families. Couples wishing to be married at Trinity must contact the Rector at least 60 days prior to the proposed wedding date.
Hospitalization
A member of the clergy should be notified in advance of planned hospitalizations or at the time of emergency admissions so that prayers and sacramental administration may begin as soon as possible.
A Service of Healing
Holy Unction is administered at the Holy Eucharist on the first Sunday each month, and at the Healing Mass every Friday at 9:30 a.m.