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Trinity Tidings March 2017
Create and make in us new and contrite hearts An Invitation to a Holy Lent
By the time you read this Tidings issue, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent will be upon us. Lent is such an important part of our church calendar, and can be a deeply meaningful one. It is a time of self-examination and reflection, a time to intentionally draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and acts of reconciliation. It is a time when our liturgy call us to penitence and preparation for Passion Week, when we walk the way of the cross to the resurrection of Easter. The Lenten journey is both individual and corporate, personal and shared.
This year our curate, The Rev. Alex Allain will offer a five-week Lenten series during Trinity Talks on Sunday mornings beginning on March 5th. Alex will draw on his work experience with the Jesuits, as well as his recent five-day Ignatian retreat at the Jesuit Spirituality Center in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. The Jesuits were founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in sixteenth century Spain. According to their website, the retreat Alex attended “is a personally guided prayer experience in which the retreatant follows the dynamics of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius while listening for God’s personal word spoken through the Sacred Scriptures.”
We will also be offering Holy Eucharist with healing services each Wednesday in the chapel at 5:15 p.m. in lieu of the Wednesday
Compline services we offered during Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. This Wednesday evening service is in addition to our regular 9:30 a.m. service on that day.
Plans are also in the making for a quiet day during Lent, as well as opportunities to walk the Way of the Cross at Trinity. Please watch for more information regarding these offerings.
Of course, we will also present four Tuesdays At Trinity concerts and lunches prepared by the Merry Marthas. In addition, the choir will offer a Lenten Evensong on Sunday, March 26th.
Finally, as Lent is also a time for the sacrament of The Reconciliation of a Penitent, or as is commonly called private confession, personal, confidential appointments can be made with your clergy for this sacrament.
We hope you will avail yourself of these offerings, and that you have a holy and blessed Lenten season.
Faithfully,
Marian D. Fortner+ Rector
Healing Service
Wednesdays at 5:15 pm
An evening Holy Eucharist Service
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Trinity Talks
Sundays - 9:30 a.m. - Parish Hall The Rev. Alex Allain will be speaking during the month of March.
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The Wednesday Morning Bible Study Group
Is reading Romans: A Letter from Today
A Kerygma Study
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. in the Trinity Library We welcome you to join us at any time.
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Monday Night Book Group
Presently meeting at Patio 44, 6 p.m.
We will begin The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective
By Richard Rohr
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Newcomer Lunch
March 5, after the 10:30 a.m. Service All parishioners are invited to bring a newcomer or visitor to our newcomer
lunch. Invite someone new to Trinity for a dutch-treat lunch, goody bag and a chance to meet us and for us to meet them!
March Commission and Guild Meetings
Liturgy Commission March 7 5:15 p.m. St. Francis Guild March 9 11:30 a.m. Daughters of the King March 12 3:00 p.m. Finance Committee March 13 5:15 p.m. Vestry Meeting March 15 5:15 p.m. Heavenly Hands Wednesdays 3:00 p.m. Teach Them to Fish Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. EYC Sundays 4:30 p.m.
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Trinity Crawfish Boil
April 1st – during Hubfest Advanced tickets - $13 each – day of $15 each Tickets are for sale in the church office
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Spring Steak & Wine– Friday, May 5
Cinco de Mayo Bring your steak and favorite wine,
and we will celebrate with fixings and deserts! Trinity courtyard
Note: This event is for adults and friends 21 and over, please. On-site child care will not be available.
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End of the Year Picnic with Ascension
Sunday, May 21 Outside joint service followed by a potluck
Fried chicken and tea will be provided Please bring an item to share, and a picnic blanket or chair
We will be outside at Walthall Park, Downtown Historic Neighborhood, at corner of Rebecca Avenue & Walthall Street
Sunday School Notes
Nursery – Up to Age 3 Caroline Ratliff, Nursery Worker
Brooklyn Mills, Nursery Worker
Age 3 – Atrium Jennifer Landry
Ages 4-7 – Atrium Sandy Kegerreis
Ages 8 & up – Room 7 Ward Conville
Lectionary Class, Library Stan Hauer and Tom Fortner ____________________________________________________________
Activity Bags
Parents did you know we have children’s activity bags for your child to use during the services? Each bag contains an age appropriate activity sheet that goes along with the gospel reading of the day. Ages 3-6 get the small bags, and ages 7-12 get the large handprint bags located
in the narthex!
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Narthex Greeters
Would you like to be a newcomer greeter at the 10:30 Service? We need some more team members to specifically watch out for visitors, help them sit by someone who can guide them through the service if needed. Then invite them back to the Parish hall for coffee. Introduce them around and invite them to fill out a visitor card. We’d love to have you be a part of our team! Contact Jan Moore if you would like to help or need more info!
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Daylight saving time – spring forward 1 hour on March 20th!
Report from Annual Council 2017
Jackson, Mississippi
The Annual Council for the Diocese was held at the Jackson Convention Center this year on February 3-5, 2017, and Trinity was well represented by her delegation. Serving Trinity as delegates and alternate delegates were Jan Moore, Michael Watkins, Tom Hardy, Clark Callahan, Meg Paul, and Joe Paul.
Vergers Jan Housley, Tom Hardy, Karl Moore and Betty Moore also assisted throughout the weekend and during the Sunday morning Eucharist with more than 1,000 present. Chris Tardy and John Delancy kept a booth for Teach Them to Fish, and Pam Napier, State President of Daughters of the King, had an informative booth for this organization. ECUSM President Anna Katherine Peel had a booth, as well, assisted by The Rev. Alex Allain, our USM Chaplain. Jeanie Munn served as the official photographer, and her husband, Lloyd, helped us get reservations at a local restaurant we all enjoyed on Saturday night. We were pleased for all college chaplaincies when the delegates voted to give voice, seat and vote to lay delegates from these chaplaincies starting next year.
Tom Fortner was elected to be a Lay Deputy to General Convention in 2018 in Austin, Texas, and The Rev. Marian Fortner was elected to be a Clergy Deputy. Trinity had two members stand for the Diocesan Standing Committee, Joe Paul and Kathy Garner, and although they were not elected, we thank them for representing us well in the election process.
The focus of Annual Council this year was Being One Church: Inviting. Mary Parmer presented her program Invite, Welcome, Connect and shared inspirational stories on the vital need to welcome and connect newcomers to the Episcopal Church. We also said goodbye to The Rev. Canon David Johnson, who served this Diocese faithfully for more than thirty years.
Our brothers and sisters of Ascension were on hand selling their trademark gumbo, and their rector, The Very Rev. Susan Bear, boldly volunteered
Hattiesburg as the place of meeting for Council in 2019. Get ready, Pinebelt!
Last but certainly not least, we were humbled by the actions of Council in directing the Sunday morning offertory toward the tornado relief efforts in Hattiesburg and Petal. We continue to feel the support of the Bishop, the Disaster Relief Committee, and the Diocese as a whole as they send money, gift cards, and volunteers to help us recover. This is yet another witness to the mission of the Diocese—Being One Church: Inviting, Transforming, Reconciling.
Faithfully, The Rev. Marian D. Fortner+
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Vestry Notes February 15, 2017
(Official minutes will be posted on the Trinity website after vestry approval
next month)
• Welcomed new vestry members Beejee Dickson, Sherman Hong, and Betsy McIntire, and new Senior and Junior Wardens, Ward Conville and Tom Hardy
• Voted to appoint Leighton Lewis and Susan Smith to fulfill remaining two years of vestry terms created by vacancy of Ward Conville and Tom Hardy, upon their elections as Wardens.
• Appointed Michael Watkins as Treasurer for 2017. • Selected four names of Trinity members to contact as clerk of the
vestry, and directed the Rector to see if one would serve. • Approved the 2016 parochial report. • Elected the following to serve as lay delegates and alternates to Annual
Council 2018, to be held in Southaven: Gretchen Grimsley, Bob Brahan,
Elizabeth Lentz-Hill, Michael Watkins, Jan Moore, and Tom Hardy.
HELP ALEX GO OVER THE EDGE
for Extra Table!
Help Alex reach his $1,000 goal To help put food on the table for Mississippians in need!
Go to overtheedgecwe.com/Hattiesburg to donate now!
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Heavenly Hands needs more yarn!
Heavenly Hands made so many scarves for the homeless, thanks to your previous yarn donations. Their new project is to knit prayer shawls, but they
are in need of more yarn! Please bring donations to the church office. ____________________________________________________________
Summer Opportunities
Are you interested in hosting an Parish Activities event at your home this summer on either a Saturday or Sunday afternoon? If so - please contact Jeanie Munn or Cathy Dodds!
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Trinity Work Day—March 25th, 9am– 3pm
Continuing tornado relief efforts will be help every fourth Saturday.
Lent 2017
From the Episcopal Digital Network
Lent invites us to step off our mental treadmills, take a breath, and look around.
Lent invites us to ask: Where are we demanding solutions? Where can we risk
staying in tension? Where are we blind just not noticing? What do we thirst for?
Where are we bound or stuck? What will we risk doing during these 40 days of
Lent to clear a space in which Easter can break through?
Gospel Lesson Plans for Lent, Year A
Year A Scripture Gospel Lesson Plan
First Sunday in Lent Inter-generational
Matthew 4:1-11 Turning to God and One An-other
First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Matthew 4:1-11
Seeking Another Way
Second Sunday in Lent Genesis 12:1-4a John 3:1-17
The Choice to Risk Believing
Third Sunday in Lent Exodus 17:1-7 John 4:5-42
She said, “Come and See”
Fourth Sunday in Lent 1 Samuel 16:1-13 John 9:1-41
Searching for Sight
Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37:1-14 John 11:1-45
Getting Free from What Keeps us Bound
Sixth Sunday in Lent/ Palm Sunday
Isaiah 50:4-9a Matthew 26:14-27:66
The Crucifixion
Garden Notes
Serving God and all creation (from Trinity’s Mission Statement)
Trinity Garden
Perhaps you have noticed the six gardening boxes just beyond the curved driveway near the parking lot of Trinity. The boxes were built by several of our Boy Scouts, two of whom are set to become Eagle Scouts. With the help of Trinity members Clark Callahan, James McCormick, and Tom Fortner, the scouts spent the better part of a Saturday measuring, cutting, hammering, and moving dirt to create the boxes. The seed money for the garden was provided by proceeds from the Trinity Crawfish Boil. Our Trinity Play School followed up by planting two boxes and adding the playful scarecrows. It was clearly a team effort. Please know that all of Trinity’s members are invited and encouraged to participate in the garden! Add a plant or two, weed, and certainly harvest and enjoy. __________________________________________________________
Rose Hill Garden Club
The Rose Hill Garden Club of Gray Center is now forming and you are invited to become a charter member. Please go to Graycenter.org, then Gray Center Programs, then Rose Hill garden Club to join. The club will support the Gray Center Farm and grow in scope as the club develops. We are planning an inaugural Garden Party at Gray Center on Earth Day, April 22, 2017. We will spend the morning with the Gray Center crew planting, and have a speaker for the lunch hour. Since Rose Hill (present location of Gray Center) was once home to an artist colony, Jackson artist Ellen Langford will be on the grounds painting to commemorate the day. We need lots of hands to make this a success, so please join us. You can get involved by calling or emailing The Rev. Marian D. Fortner, at 601-544-5551 or [email protected].
The Weekly News
Our weekly announcements inserted in the Sunday Bulletin DEADLINE each week is Monday.
The Weekly News is approved on Tuesday and printed on Wednesday.
Email your announcements for “The Weekly Grail” to: [email protected]
Please put in the subject line: Weekly News. __________________________________________________________
OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Thursday 8:30 to 4:30
Friday 8:30 to 12:30
Web Site: www.trinityhattiesburg.dioms.org
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DEADLINE FOR THE MARCH TIDINGS
Friday, March 24th, 10 A.M.
We will fold the tidings Wednesday, March 29th Email to: [email protected]
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Exciting Office News!
Our parish administrator Kristin McNair and her husband Luke are expecting! They are so excited to meet their little one this September!
Hymns for March March 1 (Ash Wednesday) 152 Kind maker of the world, O hear 149 Eternal Lord of love 142 Lord, who throughout these forty days March 5 Hymn S67 The Great Litany 559 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us 147 Now let us all with one accord 445 Praise to the Holiest in the height 688 A mighty fortress is our God March 12 473 Lift high the cross 691 My faith looks up to thee 636 How firm a foundation 337 And now, O Father, mindful of the love 401 The God of Abraham praise March 19 522 Glorious things of thee are spoken 686 Come, thou fount of every blessing 673 The first one ever, oh, ever to know 309 O Food to pilgrims given 690 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah March 26 143 The glory of these forty days 490 I want to walk as a child of the light 664 My shepherd will supply my need 533 How wondrous and great thy works 493 O for a thousand tongues to sing
Musical Notes
Tuesdays at Trinity begins March 7th
The annual Tuesdays at Trinity series begins again on March 7 at noon with a 30 minute program of jazz, featuring Larry Panella and his trio. Come listen to some of your favorite old songs, such as “Body and Soul.” On March 21, the new director of the music school at USM will be playing oboe, along with Nicholas Ciraldo, guitar. Ellen Elder will be playing piano on March 28. The last concert will be April 4 with Hsiaopei Lee on viola. The Merry Marthas will once again be offering delicious lunches for $10 immediately following these performances. Please invite your friends and family to attend these concerts.
Enjoy Evensong March 26 You are cordially invited to attend a choral Evensong on Sunday, March 26 at 5:00 P.M. Make this beautiful, meditative service a part of your Lenten journey. Our wonderful choir will be offering anthems and chants to help us enter more fully into this season.
.Treasured Trinitarian: Sarah Wainwright
By Susan E. Steadman
We have only just begun to look into the lives of the treasures here at Trinity. When I look at each face that illuminates God's presence (and that is all of you), I think to myself I hope I can write about you next.
"To love and serve" is the mantra of Sarah Wainwright. She lives this with every breath and stich she takes.
"I am grateful for the opportunities Trinity has provided me to serve from making scarves and hats for the homeless and prayer shawls for the sick, working with the Cub Scouts during their summer program as well as chalice bearer, usher and Wednesday morning Verger," Sarah said.
Her spiritual growth has been nurtured by Cursillo, EFM, completing Lay Worship Leader and national Verger courses and the Daughters of the King.
Outreach actually brought Sarah to Trinity. "My first memories were communicants like Betty and Susan Steadman, Ben Bell, Barbara Parker. We met through volunteering through the Red Cross and 544-HELP. The more I heard of Trinity the more I wanted to
learn. Finally, I walked in the door, stumbled through the service and received a warm welcome. I was confirmed in 1974. If it were not for Outreach, I never would have found Trinity."
What makes Trinity Special? "Trinity is a warm welcoming community, devoted to God's service. All are welcome here. Trinity fosters spiritual growth through worship, prayer, education, service and stewardship. Trinity is on a journey to 'go forth and serve the Lord' as stated in our mission statement," Sarah said
Her prayer for Trinity is continued growth, and to quote Marian, "our facility needs a facelift."
Sarah's favorite Hymn is "Morning Has Broken," which she wants to be sung at her funeral. "I just love the words ‘morning has broken like the first morning.’" She also likes "Build it and they shall come."
As we look closely into Sarah's life, we see so many moments of prayer, service and evangelism as she lives out her mantra "to love and serve."
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Name_________________________________________________________________
Submitted, with permission from the above named person, by____________________________________________________________________
Brief explanation (family member, friend, military deployment, etc.) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
Please return this form to the church office or place in the Sunday collection bas-ket. Names will remain on the prayer list monthly. Those who continue to need our prayers may be resubmitted for one month from the date submitted.