Change in Time - Kenneth Okeke Memorial Service

The time of the Memorial Service for Kenneth Okeke has been moved to 6 p.m. -- earlier notice had said 5 p.m. The service, followed by a time of fellowship, will be held at the East Hartford Parks and Recreation Community Center and Gymnasium, 50 Chapman Street, East Hartford, Connecticut.

Saturday, April 17: 11 a.m. Consecration of the Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas as the 15th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut at the Koeppel Center at Trinity College. For Trinity parishioners, we will be running a complimentary shuttle service with the church vans from the Trinity parking lot (Goodwin Hall Doors on Farmington Avenue) beginning at 8:30 a.m. and running on the half hour until 11:00 a.m. Morning riders will be given a return pass following the service. Return shuttles will run on the half hour beginning at 2 p.m. with the last shuttle at 4:30 p.m.

Boy Scout and Cub Scout registration continues each Saturday throughout the month of April in Goodwin Hall from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The program is free to all boys in grades K-8.

At 3 p.m. Lee Hagon’s piano students will perform a recital at the church, followed by a reception.

Sunday, April 18: Guest preacher at the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. services of Holy Eucharist will be the Rt. Rev. James Tengatenga, Bishop of Southern Malawi and President of the worldwide Anglican Consultative Council. Bishop Tengatenga is in town for Bishop Douglas’ consecration.

Following the 10 a.m. service will be Christian Formation for All Ages, with the YAC group joining the adult forum for a video and presentation on the work of Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman who made it a personal mission to plant trees in areas that had been stripped bare of their natural resources. This is part of our month-long focus on stewardship of God’s creation. A discussion will follow the presentation.

At 3 p.m. the Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra will present a special program designed for children of all ages, including Bizet’s Jeux d’enfants (Children’s Games), and selections from Ravel’s Mother Goose Ballet. “Variations on a Nursery Rhyme” by Dohnanyi, with piano soloist Minyoung Lee, will complete the program. Children under 12 will be admitted free; tickets for those 12 and older will be available at the door for $15.00 ($12.00 for students and seniors).


Make your reservations now for the (K)Naves production of the Thornton Wilder Classic The Skin of Our Teeth. Dinner performances will be on Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24, both at 6:00 p.m., with a matinee luncheon performance on Sunday, April 25, at 1:00 p.m. The cost is $20 for adults and children 12 and up, or $15 for seniors for each performance. Children under 12 can enjoy a delicious “kids’ meal” for free. All proceeds from the show go to the Trinity “Raise the Roof” Fund. Make your reservation today by calling Gloria Cheyney at 860-502-7967 or GRARAG@yahoo.com.

This Weekend at Trinity

Friday Evening: Iain Quinn To Perform Benefit Concert
For Choir School
Organist Iain Quinn, who was our Director of Music at Trinity from 1998-2005 and the founder of the original Trinity Choristers, will return on Friday, April 9, to perform a 7:30 p.m. concert to benefit The Choir School of Hartford. Mr. Quinn is now a doctoral fellow in musicology at the University of Durham, England, where he is also Director of Music at the College of St. Hild and St. Bede and director of the Durham University Chamber Choir. He continues to compose, perform and record. The April 9 concert at Trinity will include music from the Baroque period to the 21st century, with works by Bach, Frescobaldi, Reger, Rachmaninoff and others. There is a suggested donation of $20.00 for adults for this concert; all proceeds will go to benefit The Choir School. Don’t miss the chance to welcome Iain back to Trinity and enjoy an evening of music for “the king of instruments!” A reception hosted by the Choir School of Hartford will follow the concert.


Saturday Morning: Boy Scout and Cub Scout Registration
Open registration for boys in grades K-8 are being held on Saturday, April 17 & 24 from 9:30 am to 11:00 a.m. in Goodwin Hall for the Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts in Trinity’s Troop #263. Come be a part of the fun. Plans are being made for outings and summer camp. Bring a friend.

Sunday Morning Symposium: The Adult Christian Formation Committee and the 150th AnniversaryCommittee kick off a month focusing on stewardship of God’s Creation. This Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Alfred Eggin, mechanical engineer, contractor and former UHar professor, speaks about the challenges and benefits of being good stewards of God’s creation in the way we live our everyday lives.

Palm Sunday our Guest preacher for the day is The Very Rev. Dr. Ian Markham, former Trinity parishioner and now Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary. Our 8 a.m. service will begin with the blessing of the palms in the rear of the church, followed by the Holy Eucharist with sermon and hymns. The 10 a.m. service will begin in Goodwin Hall with the Liturgy for the Blessing of the Palms, choral anthem and a procession (weather permitting) from Goodwin Hall to the front doors of the church, followed by Holy Eucharist with choirs, sermon and hymns.

Following the 10 a.m. service, there will be several events of interest to all. Church School for grades pre-k - 6 will meet for Godly Play stories and activities. All Junior and Senior High School students, parents and mentors will meet in Huntington Hall with student and adult representatives from Heads Up Hartford, an ecumenical summer experience for youth in the Greater Hartford area which combines fellowship, community service and leadership training.

Healthy at 150! -- Trinity's continuing series on heath issues that affect us all -- will complete signups for parish teams of adults that will endeavor to lost -- collectively! -- 150 pounds between Palm Sunday and Trinity Sunday. Weigh in and weight loss ARE ON THE HONOR SYSTEM -- all you share is how much you want to lose and how much you actually lost. Youth are encouraged to sign onto teams of 2-4 persons committing to engage -- collectively -- 150 hours of exercise during the same time period. Winning Teams will be presented their honors by the presiding bishop, The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, when she is with us on June 4.

Holy Week Reminders: Don't forget to sign up for our Maundy Thursday agape meal and (optional) ceremonial foot washing on April 1. For reservations, or if you are able to help with set up, clean up, or preparation of the meal please call the church office at 860-527-8133 or respond to phaddad@trinityhartford.org.

GET YOUR BELLS ON! Bring any bells you may have to the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 3 and Easter Sunday April 4 to ring whenever we sing Alleluias and during the entire Gloria. Join us in the celebration!

We hope to see everyone on Palm Sunday as we begin the holiest week in the Christian year. For a complete listing of Holy Week services and events, please go to our website, www.trinityhartford.org.

This Sunday at Trinity

Worship according to the Book of Common Prayer – 1789. Come experience worship as our founding families experienced it in 1860, according to the service for Holy Communion in use at that time. Immediately following the service, members of the congregation are invited to remain in the church to discuss their impressions of the service – what was different? What did you notice? How did God speak to you through the service? The Rev. Frank Kirkpatrick, professor of religion at Trinity College and Priest Associate here at Trinity will be our preacher, and the Rev. Canon Jervis S. Zimmerman will be guest celebrant at the 10 a.m. service.

Trinity Health Fair will be held in Goodwin Hall this Sunday after the 10 a.m. service. Information on a wide variety of health issues will be available, along with screenings conducted by nurses from the Visiting Nurse Association and some of Trinity’s own latter-day Florence Nightingales. You can also sign up to join one of Trinity’s “Healthy at 150” teams – committing to be part of a team that will commit to losing at least 150 pounds (per team!) by Trinity Sunday at the end of May. Youth will be able to join teams of 2-4 young people committing to 150 hours of vigorous physical activity before Trinity Sunday.

THANK YOU!
We thank everyone who helped with the retirement celebration for Bishop Andrew Smith and the send off for Fr. Ron Kolanowski. Trinity offered it's extravagant hospitality to everyone who attended these events and we appreciated everyone who attended and helped in the background to these two blessed celebrations.

FREE concert this Friday, March 12th at 7:30 p.m.
The Gettysburg College Choir, the premier choral ensemble at the college will perform works from all periods,Renaissance motets to music written yesterday.

Teen Night at Trinity
Saturday Night is Teen Night here at Trinity Church for members of our Journey to Adulthood program and their friends. Come join us for board games, pizza and refreshments, karaoke and just hanging out in a welcoming place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. If you are in Junior High or High School, we hope you'll be there! Email us with questions millabins@aol.com.

Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas
As part of the consecration and installation of the Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglasas the 15th Bishop of Connecticut, each parish has been invited to make a parish offering toward the purchase of his vestments, crozier, ring and other symbols of his office. If you are interested in contributing toward Trinity's gift for this purpose, please send your offering to the church office, made payable to "Trinity Episcopal Church" and write "Bishop's Gift" in the memo section. Offerings are tax deductible.

SET YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD ON SATURDAY NIGHT!
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m. this Sunday, March 14. Set your clocks AHEAD one hour before you go to bed or you'll be a whole hour late for church on Sunday.

Happening This Weekend at Trinity

1. Come worship with us this Sunday under a Bedouin Tent! In preparation for the celebration for retiring Bishop Drew Smith Sunday afternoon, the Nave of Trinity Church has been transformed into an intimate Bedouin tent. To accommodate this, our altar has been moved into the Nave, and the choir will be seated behind the altar. It will be different, but God will surely be there, and I know we'll be inspired by Mother Barbara's sermon. Come join us at 8 am. or 10 a.m. for worship.

2. Immediately following worship join us for fellowship and the second part of our series on Maternal and Child Health issues and what we as Christians should know about. Join Nancy Berger and staff from the Connecticut Multi-Cultural Health Partnership for this video presentation and discussion.

3. Sunday evening from 4 p.m. - 7 p..m. Trinity will host the retirement celebration for Bishop Andrew Smith, who started his ministry at trinity -- and met his lovely wife, Kate, who is a life-long Trinity parishioner. The celebration will be held -- as noted above -- under a Bedouin tent. Parking will be at a premium, with the entire Trinity lot reserved for handicapped parking. Our neighbors Cathedral of St. Joseph, Asylum Hill Congregational and the Culinary Institute have graciously offered their parking facilities to accomodate our guests.