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Trinity Episcopal Church April 2012 The Reverend Doctor Anthony Hutchinson, Rector
frtony@trinityepiscopalchurch.org The Rev. Carol Howser, Deacon The Rev. Meredith Pech, Deacon

Haydns Seven Last Words of Christ with The Arianna String Quartet
The critically acclaimed Arianna String Quartet will perform Haydns Seven Last Words of Christ at Trinity on Monday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. The Holy Week concert is open to the public and free of charge. The Arianna String Quartet is the University of Missouri-St. Louis resident quartet and includes violinists John McGrosso and David Gillham, violist Joanna Mendoza and cellist Kurt Baldwin. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the Arianna String Quartet one of the regions musical treasures and St. Louis Magazine hailed the chamber ensemble, saying it represents some of the best music-making in the world. Following the original 1785 Good Friday performance instructions for the piece at the Cadiz cathedral, the sonatas will be performed with readings and meditations by Trinitys rector, Father Tony Hutchinson, on the words of Jesus on the Cross. Father Tony says the Seven Last Words reflects an older spirituality of contemplation and reflection, using the image of the sufferings of Jesus as a means of connecting with God. The separate sayings on the lips of Jesus from the cross are taken variously from the four Christian canonical Gospels, which each had a separate understanding of the significance of Jesus passion. To listen to these words carefully on the Monday before Good Friday and Easter is a solemn and wonderful way to prepare oneself spiritually for the great Christian Feast of Easter. Thanks to several generous donations of anonymous Ashland lovers of the Arts and to the Graves family who have helped make this performance possible. Please arrive early and spread the word of this wondrous offering.
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Trinity worship Holy Week Worship: page 3

Sunday Mornings 8:00 AM, Holy Eucharist, Rite I 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite I with Choir, Godly Play Sunday Evenings 5:00pm April 1: Contemplative Eucharist April 8 and 22: Evening Prayer Morning Prayer 7:15 AM Daily Thursdays Noon: Holy Eucharist with Healing

Special Worship & Events

Holy Week Worship: See page 3 Monday, April 2 Seven Last Words of Christ Arianna String Quartet 7:00 PM

Extra Special
Thursday, April 19, 7:00pm Institution of the Rev. Dr. Anthony Hutchinson as Rector of Trinity by the Right Rev. Michael Hanley. (reception follows)

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Father Tonys letter to the Trinitarians Quem quaeritis? (Whom do you seek?")
Four lines in the medieval Easter liturgy start with this question, asked by the Angels at the Tomb on Easter Morning to the three women named Mary, come to the tomb to anoint the corpse of the dead Jesus (the Blessed Virgin, the Magdalene, and the sister of Lazarus from Bethany). Historical note for you Ashland theater-goers: the lines later grew into the The Visit to the Tomb, a mainstay in Medieval miracle and mystery plays. Angels: Whom are you looking for in the tomb, you dwellers in Christ? Women: Jesus of Nazareth, the Crucified One, you dwellers in the heavens. Angels: He is not here; he is risen, just as he foretold. Go, announce that he is risen from the tomb. The play took liberties with the stories told in the canonical Gospels. The question Whom do you seek? adapts the question asked by the Angel in Luke 24, Why do you seek the living among the dead? The two questions, Whom do you seek? and Why seek the Living One among the dead? are still good questions for us to ask ourselves today. They tend to correct each other when it comes to the various ways we try to weasel out of encountering Christ. Are we really seeking Jesus of Nazareth, the prophet of the Kingdom God, or just our preferred image of the Christ of faith, perhaps an easy and warm simulacrum that will comfort us but not challenge us, make us servants, and move us beyond ourselves? Or are we seeking simply the historical Jesus or the Jesus of Gospel stories, long ago dead and buried, rather than the living Christ who still cares deeply for and is engaged with the world, and still reveals himself? Whom do you seek, O dweller in Christ? And why do you seek the Living One among the dead? Grace and Peace.

Father Tony+

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Holy Week and Easter Worship Morning Prayer

Chanted daily at 7:15am in the church

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, April 1

The Liturgy of the Palms And Holy Eucharist 8:00 am and 10:00 am The 8:00 am Eucharist will gather in the narthex for the Liturgy of the Palms and at 10:00 am Eucharist we gather on the Labyrinth in the Trinity Garden to receive our palms and then process into the Church, filling the air with Hosannas. A dramatic reading of the Passion Gospel according to Mark leads us to the Cross of Calvary.

Contemplative Eucharist 5:00 pm

A quiet simple worship of joy.

Maundy Thursday, April 5

The Holy Eucharist and Healing Worship Noon The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm (Incense will be outside the church entrance only) We celebrate this evening the night on which Our Lord instituted the Holy Meal that is at the heart of Christian worship and the means by which we continue our life in Him and He in us. A special feature is the washing of feet, which symbolizes the Christian life of loving worship to one another. All are invited to participate. After the Eucharist, the altar is stripped of its coverings and the sanctuary is laid bare in anticipation of the stark events of Good Friday. An all-night vigil will be kept from the end of the worship until 7:00am Friday morning. Sign up for the hour(s) you will keep watch.

Good Friday, April 6

The Liturgy of Good Friday Noon The traditional liturgy of Good Friday from the Book of Common Prayer is centered on the reading of the Passion of St. John and the Solemn Collects, ancient prayers which focus our attention on the Cross and the self-oblation of Our Lord Christ. Those who wish may venerate a large wooden cross during hymn Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

Great Vigil of Easter Saturday, April 7, 8:00 pm

A first fire of Easter is kindled in the darkness and the Pascal Candle is lighted and blessed. The people enter the Church carrying the new light and the ancient chant of the Exsultet is heard. We sit in candlelight as we listen to the Hebrew Scriptures recount Gods great acts of salvation. We renew our own baptismal vows. The bells ring and we sing our Alleluias in the first Eucharist of Easter.

Festival Celebration of Easter, Sunday, April 8, 8:00 and 10:00 am

Our joy and praise combine in festive celebration of the Eucharist with full choir and music. With hymns and anthems, organ and brass, we proclaim the Good News. (Incense at 10:00am) Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! Overflow seating is available in the Parish Hall. An Easter Egg Hunt for the children immediately follows the 10:00 worship.

EASTER Evening Prayer 5:00 pm

A quiet simple worship of joy.

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Senior Wardens Report

Is it love or money that makes the world go round? Ill leave that multi-layered question to you this month. While youre pondering it, permit me to speak about money--our money, to be precise, and what we are and ought to be doing with it. We have been giving, both individually and as a parish, to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) program for several years. The recent benefactor of our giving has been Nets for Life, a program supported by Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD). Nets for Life provides mosquito netting to people living where child-killing malaria is endemic, primarily in Africa. The nets we help purchase help protect against the disease carrying mosquitoes. Its not high tech, but easily understood and it works. According to ERD this program is expanding and protecting more and more people. The parish contribution is 0.7% of its annual operating budget ($1,742 in 2011). Usually this is disbursed at Diocesan Convention in November. For reasons unknown to us, the Close made no such arrangements and we still had our MDG money from last year. The vestry has just voted to send the $1742 to ERD to support Nets for Life. We continue to budget for this charity in 2012. Our Outreach Funding committee discovered $700 of undisbursed 2011 funds. A parishioner offered to match that amount if we gave all to Partners in Health, a medical service charity which vaccinates against cholera in Haiti. The committee and then the vestry approved that contribution. Both contributions were made in mid-March. Youll recall from our Annual Meeting that we had a financial windfall last year:: 1. Wed budgeted to pay our new rector for two months in 2011 and didnt need to, 2. We budgeted to pay our interim for 9 months, then he was here only 8 months. 3. Our search team did not travel to visit other candidates parishes as budgeted. As a result, we spent about $45,000 less in 2011 than wed expected to. What do you think we should do with this money? Possibilities now under discussion include: a. Our building maintenance reserves, largely towards a new roof in 3 to 5 years, b. Add it to our fledgling parish endowment, c. Add it to funds available for Outreach Funding disbursements, and/or d. Keep some or all of it as a rainy day reserve, without any earmark. What do you think should be done with this money? If youd like to voice support for any of the possibilities listed above, or if you have some other ideas the Finance Committee, Treasurer and vestry should be considering, please let Jim Littlefield (Treasurer), John Ferris (chair of the Finance Committee), or me know. In His Love, Ward Wilson 4

Your VESTRY
SENIOR WARDEN Ward Wilson (2012)

JUNIOR WARDEN Milt Morgan (2012)

Vicki Gardner

(2012)

Jean McDonald

(2012)

Greg Gonzalez

(2013)

Tom Harrington

(2013)

Carol Harvey

(2013)

Donna Ritchie

(2013)

Bruce Duncan

(2014)

Norma Grenfell

(2014)

Nancy Linton

(2014)

Russ Otte

(2014)

Your Vestry meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Parish Hall. Parish members are welcome to attend. Submit written proposals for Vestry action to the Rector or the Parish Clerk (Phyllis Reynolds, one week prior to the meeting.

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VESTRY HIGHLIGHTS
March 10, 2012

Diocesan Program Assessment: A detailed financial discussion included clarification of DPA. This is now set at 18%, (previously 20%) paid to the Diocese based on the two most recent completed years of Parish income. Trinitys most obvious benefits of being part of the Diocese recently came in the extensive financial and administrative help given this past year during the Rector search process. Choir Growth and Finances: The various funding avenues for our growing choir were clarified and discussed. As the choir has increased in size, there will be need for additional music, chairs, robes, etc. Fr Tony pointed out that vesting the choir (official terms for their garments, Tony clarified, are cassocks and scapulars) is a liturgical concern and thus most churches take that cost out of the general church budget. Payment of section leaders began with Director Charles Friesen about 10 years ago. Paid leaders are common practice in churches and a great boon to a choir not only because of what they add in terms of voice quality and cantor service, but as leadership and participation draw for lay members. Current section leaders are Colleen Graves, Soprano; Shelly Cox, Mezzo Soprano; Chris Phillips, Tenor; and Nick Tenant, Bass. Friends of Music was formed as a vehicle to pay for those items which fall outside the normal church budget such as supplemental music, special performers, Easter thank-you brunch for musicians, etc. Further discussion clarified that the new Restricted Music Account donated anonymously last month is meant to focus on music enhancement itself and not for vesting or hardware. Millennium Development Goals and Partners in Health: The Vestry approved immediate remittance of the inadvertently missed 2011 MDG payment ($1742) and, in an online poll the following week, voted to specify use of that money for Nets For Life. In a second email vote, Vestry approved a $700 donation recommended by Outreach Funding from their budget, for Partners in Health, a medical service charity which, among other things, arranges for cholera vaccinations in Haiti. A parishioner matched this for a donation of $1400 in total. Sunday Attendance: A report delineating monthly numbers showed attendance back up to past levels after the lowest point in January of 2011. Attendance numbers encompass Sunday worship at both services including choir, Godly Play, and altar party, as well as evening service. Keeping track is not only important for watching parish trends, but also to determine the number of delegates we send to the Diocesan Convention. Noting that the evening Contemplative Eucharist has proven popular, with as many as 20-25, Fr Tony hopes to increase its offering to every other week. He is also leading morning prayers every day at 7:15 and would like to add Evensong perhaps once a month in future. Installation Celebration: Bishop Michael will be at Trinity on Thursday, April 19 for Fr Tonys formal installation. This will include a full Eucharist service in the evening with a festive meal afterwards in the Parish Hall. Vestry organizers are Tom Harrington, Carol Harvey, and Jean McDonald. Creativity Moment: Fr Tony explained a project he has used in the past whereby at each meeting someone would bring a new creative idea to the group. Vestry members are asked to hone up right brains, poke around a bit with new thinking related even if peripherally to church operations, and bring those ideas in each month. At this meeting Milt offered details of a very successful Artist in Residence project at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco which might work well at Trinity, the idea being to bring together the Arts with Faith and Theology. Russ added that Friends of Music is currently discussing the possibility of an artist display venue at Trinity in connection with Ashlands First Friday Art Walk. - Phyllis Reynolds, Clerk of Vestry 5
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My Stroke Experience
In my 74 times around the sun during my time on planet Earth, I have had my fair share of physical afflictions. I used to laugh jokingly about the Grim Reaper tossing coffin nails about. I laugh no more. December 15, 2010, I got up in the middle of the night, for reasons most old coots will recognize, when the GR tossed a railroad spike. I had a right side stroke, not caused by my long time relationship with my atrial fib, but with an undiagnosed right carotid artery problem. Fortunately, I was at home with a wife who awakened when I slid out of bed to the floor and called 911 as soon as she realized I was flopping around on the rug, not able to get up. The EMTs were there in minutes, diagnosed the problem, and had me on my way to the emergency room at Rogue Valley Medical Center. I was there in less than half an hour and under medical center care in about thirty minutes. I was in intensive care for a time, then moved to 6 North RVMC's physical rehab unit, and not 2 North, as some of you might have suspected, the psychiatric unit. I was very well treated by the staff and was as patient and kind to them as possible, guessing that by doing other wise they wouldn't be. Six North reminded me of my cruise ship experience, good food, beautiful views, and a host of step 'n fetchits waiting to help with your most basic needs. Early on I shed all thoughts of modesty or embarrassment when I realized, they had seen it all and done it all. In about three week I was sent home after a field trip with one of my physical therapists to make sure I could negotiate stairs and shower. That required some handrails, which, once installed, made me wonder why we didn't install them when we built the house. But then we weren't thinking thirty plus years ahead. Next were many trips to Asante Rehab in Medford, for speech, occupational , and physical therapy sessions. This is where I learned the truth of this question, "Do you know the difference between a terrorist and a therapist?" "You can negotiate with a terrorist!"

Now, over a year later, things are not perfect, but much improved. I walk and talk, drive with some degree of certainty and safety, and have recovered or maintained most my faculties. Will things ever be as they were? Not likely. You see, you reach a point where your restorative powers lessen with age. You get better, but will never be able to reach your previous state simply because you have already started the slippery slope to you know where. So here is some stroke advice. Have a plan: 1) know who to call, 2) where to go, 3) take your statins, and 4) do not eat the chicken skin! - Frank Lang

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DEATHS AND BURIALS Natalie Barker March 9, 2012 Funeral to be April 14, 1:00pm May light perpetual shine upon her.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Year ending February 2012 INCOME EXPENSES Budget this year $53,670 $49,905 Actual this year 58,089 45,951 Actual last year 50,342 37,637 Financial Reports are posted monthly on the Vestry Bulletin Board in the Parish Library. Jim Littlefield

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John Keble and the Oxford Movement

At the Thursday Healing Service on March 29, we celebrated the Feast of John Keble, Priest, 1866. Keble isnt exactly a household name today, but for most of the 19th century, he was a well known English churchman. In 1827, twelve years after his ordination, he published an extraordinary book of poetry titled The Christian Year, with poems for every Sunday, and many holy days. Kebles poems eventually went on to sell 395,000 copies, in 158 editions. The book was said to simply be "the most popular volume of verse in the nineteenth century". The formal and florid Victorian style is difficult reading today, but should you be interested, all the poems can be found on the Internet. Keble delivered what is known as the Assize Sermon at Oxford University in 1833, which signaled the beginning of the Oxford Movement in England. The sermon was prompted by the political atmosphere of the time which threatened to diminish the influence of the Church. Keble called it a "national apostasy". Christian services had become more Protestant, drab and plain, in more than 200 years since the reigns of Edward VI and Elizabeth I. The Oxford Movement strove to return England back to a more Roman Catholic observance and to elevate its influence in national life. AngloCatholic ritualism, as it became known, was very close to practices in the Roman Catholic Church and included devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, frequent celebration of the Mass with intentions, the practice of confession, the wearing of Eucharistic vestments, and the use of incense, liturgical hand bells and wafer bread. Monastic Orders, such as the Society of the Holy Cross, were formed as part of the same Movement. Outside of Great Britain, churches of the Anglican Communion, including The Episcopal Church, were greatly influenced by Anglo-Catholicism in the 20th century. In my own parish in the nineteen thirties and early forties, Morning Prayer was the normative service. By the time I was ordained in the late fifties, the Eucharistic vestments and the weekly celebration of Holy Communion as the principle service had become the norm. As an altar boy, I remember Sanctus bells, incense and genuflecting, even though our parish in the Diocese of Los Angeles wasnt considered a High Church. - The Reverend Bert Anderson

Communion and community

We have two community meals on Sunday--one at the communion rail as part of the Eucharist. The second one is our hospitality time when we share coffee or juice and a simple snack. This is such an important time in the life of the church, a time to welcome the stranger, greet the visitors, and reconnect with friends. Do you remember a time when you were new--you went into coffee hour and stood at the side wondering if someone would speak to you? If we have a commitment to radical hospitality, coffee hour is a very important part of our communion with one another. This important part of our church needs people to serve as hosts. It is simple, you make coffee and tea (and Allan Miles is generally there each Sunday to assist) and put out some purchased cookies or crackers. It does NOT need to be fancy or provide a meal. There are plenty of people to assist you if you need it. Please consider signing up for this important ministry when the new schedule appears on the bulletin board near the kitchen door. Diana Quirk

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Trinity worship Sunday Mornings 8:00 AM, Holy Eucharist, Rite II 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Choir Godly Play
10:00 - 11:30 AM, Infant care

The trinity vision To be the Episcopal presence in Ashland, welcoming all who seek Christ in a parish family, where all of Gods children can find, celebrate, and grow in Gods grace.

Sunday Evenings 5:00pm April 1: Contemplative Eucharist April 8, 22, and 29: Evening Prayer Thursdays 12:00 PM Holy Eucharist with Healing See Page 3 for Holy Week
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