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In Thanksgiving and Memory
The Bread and Wine donation is given by the people of Holy Trinity.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE: We hold one Sunday service held at 10:00 a.m.
Interested in becoming a CHALICE BEARER? Or how about a WORSHIP HOSPITALITY MINISTER? We need folks to help make and keep Holy Trinity a warm and friendly place.
Youth Groups meet on every other Wednesday evening at 5:30 pm. All youth, grades 3 and up, are cordially invited to attend. Meetings open at 5:30 pm with a dinner in St. Margarets Hall and end at 7:00 pm.
Next Meeting: Please contact Cadence Smith at nbroadsmith@comcast.net for schedule
Mothers Day Brunch: Join us today for our Annual Mothers Day Brunch to be held immediately after the service in St. Margaret's Hall. This is a popular, long-standing tradition which is always enjoyed by all!
A Word from Father Rivers:
What follows is from a piece by David J. Wood published in Princeton Seminary Bulletin:
The pull toward withdrawal has always been strong in Christian thought and practice. The ideal of the pure, unmediated, direct, one-on-one Divine/human relation is well founded in the Christian tradition. The ascetic ideal has had a strong hold on the Christian imagination from the earliest days. The Franciscans put it like this: Wherever we are or wherever we walk, we have our all with us&the Lord alone who created the soul is friend and no one else.
What we land up with is a spirituality that leaves little or no meaningful place for friendship in the practice of the spiritual life. But this cuts against the grain of the biblical story. Jesus spent an inordinate amount of time with others, especially his disciples. Furthermore, he called upon them to spend time with each other.
[Woods knows that many associate the solitary way with Jesus, who on some occasions went up a mountain to pray. Did he command solitude? Wood thinks not:] On the other hand, one has to search long and hard for admonitions from Jesus to his disciples that they spend quality time apart from one another and alone in order to survive or thrive. In his final words to his disciples, Jesus urges them to gather in one place and await the Sprit. Indeed, in reading the New Testament, there is almost nothing of significance that happens in ones own communion with God that does not happen in and through community. The first and enduring story of Christianity is a story of community of what happens in and through being with others. The principal acts and rituals that establish a Christians identity are profoundly personal and always communal: Eucharist, Baptism, hearing the Gospel&. When Jesus appears to his disciples after his resurrection, it is always in community.
Context, Martin Marty, Editor, May 2008, Part A
From the Peoples Warden: Over the past few years, the Church of the Holy Trinity has faced and coped with difficulties. The dedication of the Vestry and the guidance of Fr. David Rivers have been the pillars of support through the difficulties.
At the Vestry meeting on Sunday, May 4th, it was agreed that planning is needed for the years ahead. Indeed, planning for the survival of Holy Trinity is to be the focus of a Parish meeting in late September.
Between now and September, there will be notices in the Herald about the September meeting.
Tom OLeary Peoples Warden
HOLY TRINITY IN THE REPORTER
The Reporter is willing to give us coverage in their Saturday edition, without charge for any of the following reasons:
soloists **guest speakers **special events **special music (not the regular) **Ash Wednesday **Holy Week Services ** dinners ** workshops ** seminars **children's events ** women/men groups ** vacation Bible school ** collecting for CHS (Community Housing Services) ** in other words, anything out of the ordinary. This is a good way to invite people to get to know about us.
Articles must be emailed to The Reporter no later than Tuesday night. The contact person is Lynn Janoff 215-361-8854, and her hours are M-F after
6 PM. Articles must include the full name of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, the address and phone number. The subject heading is WORSHIP NEWS and is emailed to religion@thereporteronline.com
If you have anything to submit, you can call Ann Helbe 215-361-1893, or email helbe033@cavtel.net Hard copies of items must be in Ann Helbe's church mailbox by Monday evening.
Flower Memorials:
Flowers have been given in memory of:
Annette Snow Allington
Eleanor Lee Barnes
Elsie Bogdanoff
Joe & Mae Bogdanoff
Suzanne Bowers
Bernard Brown
Hazel E. Buzby
Norma Cafolla
Jacqueline Gainey Cornett
Joyce Cunningham
Blanche Darlington
Flagg Family deceased family members & friends
Kent Kavanaugh Gainey
Lawrence Joseph Gainey
Martin Eckley Gainey
Robert Martin Gainey
Mark Garrison
Alice Harper
Helbe Family deceased family & friends
Richard Kehler
Hannah D. Kent
Mary Lamparsky
David Lill
Sarah Lockett
Joni Lyband
Isabelle McNally
Robert L. Miller
Walter & Jennie Miller
Poole Family deceased members
Luba Puschak
Jane Allington Smith
A Brief History of The Church of the Holy Trinity: Pat Brownback has written a brief history of the Church (see below). We are incorporating this information into our Worship Booklets as well.
January 5, 1885: The first service is held in Freeds Hall, Main Street, Lansdale, conducted by a deacon from The Church of the Messiah, Gwynedd.
1890: The present church building is erected at Fourth and Broad Streets, built by Philadelphia architect, Samuel Milligan, using plans adapted by Mr. Weems, an English architect from St. Giles, the parish of Stoke Poges. St. Giles was built in 1222 and is the final resting place of the Penn family, founders of Pennsylvania. St. Giles was made famous by Thomas Greys Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard.
1903: The rectory is constructed.
1930: The parish hall (St. Margarets Hall) is built.
1946: Holy Trinity is granted parish status by the Diocese of Pennsylvania.
1957: The parish house is enlarged and an educational wing is added.
1965: The church building is extended and the altar is moved away from the wall, enabling the celebrant to face the congregation during the Eucharist. The linear communion rail becomes semi-circular and the choir is moved to behind the altar. A modern stained glass window depicting a descending dove is installed behind the baptismal font. The dark wood in the nave is replaced by light wood. In recent years, chairs have replaced the pews.
1990: The former Guild Room, located between the narthex and St. Margarets Hall is transformed into a chapel. Later in the 1990s two new stained glass windows are added to the nave and the rose window is replaced.
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