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

A SPECIAL EVENING FOR NEW MEMBERS

It is a time to celebrate with those who have been attending Trinity and have said, Yes, this is my church by having a special New Members dinner. The evening to put down on your calendars is Monday, May 14th at 6 pm in the Parish Hall. We are delighted you are becoming part of our church family and look forward to getting to know you at this dinner in your honor. Every year we have two opportunities for those new to Trinity to be officially welcomed as members of our parish family. The next Service of Welcome is part of our celebration which takes place on Trinity Sunday, June 3rd. If you are ready to join and have not had time to let us know, please contact Carolyn Edwards or the office at 482-2656. We dont want to miss you! Trinity Newcomers Committee

Trinity worship
Sunday Mornings 8:00 AM, Holy Eucharist, Rite II 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Choir, Godly Play Sunday Evenings 5:00pm May 6: Contemplative Eucharist May 13: Evening Prayer May 20: Contemplative Eucharist May 27: Evening Prayer Morning Prayer 7:15 AM MondaySaturday Thursdays Noon: Holy Eucharist with Healing

Special Events
May 12 Outreach Funding Presentations May 13 Mothers DayDiaper Sunday May 19 Choir presents A Trip to Bonnie Scotland June 3 Annual Trinity Picnic Office Hours

Trinity Choirs trip to Bonnie Scotland

Get ready for lilts and kilts and laughter on Saturday, May 19, from 4:30-6, when the Trinity Choir and friends will bust out with all things Scottish. Expect to see a piper, a drummer, even a harper or two. Be serenaded with music from Brigadoon, some hearty Scottish folk ditties, and more. There will be various guest artists and many fine surprises. At 4:30 well gather for tea and shortbread in the parish hall, and then well be piped to the church where the festivities will continue. Tickets, $20 each, are on sale each Sunday from now until the event. Bring your friends. Wear your plaids and tartans, and prepare yourselves for a musical adventure to the land of thistles and bagpipes. This Friends of Music event supports special music at Trinity and is intended for your delight! For more information, ask a choir member or contact Kris York.
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May 19-- 350th Birthday of the 1662 Prayer Book

even the celebration of Christmas. By the time the monarchy was restored in 1660, people had learnt that republicans could be just as tyrannical as kings. Most were ready for a modified, constrained monarchy and a return to earlier ways. Thus when Parliament begged Charles II to come back from exile in France and succeed his father, he and the clergy who had fled with him insisted that the restoration of the monarchy required also the restoration of the Church of England together with its Bishops and Book of Common Prayer. But which Prayer Book? The first Book of Common Prayer was written in 1549 by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer under Edward VI, a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome. The 1549 BCP was the first to contain the forms of service for daily and Sunday worship in English and to do so within a single volume. It included Morning and Evening Prayer, the Litany, and Holy Communion as well as occasional services like Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Prayers for the Sick, and a Funeral Service. It gave an Epistle and Gospel Lectionary for Sunday Communion Services as well as one for Old and New Testament readings for Daily Prayer as well as one for Psalms and Canticles, mostly biblical, to be sung between the readings. The 1549 book was rapidly succeeded by a reformed revision in 1552 also under Cranmers editorial direction. It never came into use because of the death of Edward VI; his half-sister Mary I restored Roman Catholic worship. On her death, a compromise version, largely the reformation 1552 versions supplemented with a few amendments from the 1549 book (mainly in rubrics and tending toward a more catholic sensibility of the rites), was published in 1559. Prior BCPs thus had lurched between essentially an English language version of Roman liturgies (1549) to radically protestant rites (1552), and a major point of conflict between Laud and Charles on the one side and 2
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Last year, 2011, marked the 400th anniversary of the 1611 publication of the King James Version (KJV) of the Holy Bible. This so-called Authorized Version was prepared by committees under the leadership of Anglican Bishop Lancelot Andrewes and promulgated by James I as an antidote to the more radical reformation versions of the English Bible then circulating, mainly the Geneva Bible of 1560, translated by Protestant exiles of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary. A literary and cultural hallmark, the King James Bible has now become dated as a translation, overtaken by changes in the English language, advances in Biblical scholarship and textual discoveries. Apart from lovers of its literary majesty and role in the shaping of the language and culture, the KJV is now preferred only by reactionary Protestants and fundamentalists. Puritans at the time, however, tended to question the Kings Bible as part of a plot to establish popery and the idolatrous forms of worship of English bishops such as Archbishop William Laud, who supported the use of cassock and surplice as decent and orderly clerical attire rather than plain and simple street clothes or academic robes and Genevan preaching tabs. These were presenting issues for much deeper conflicts about political freedom and the class-based society based in nobility and monarchy that broke into outright bloodshed in the English Civil war and its aftermath. The puritans, who ruled in a series of governmental schemes from 1649 to 1660, tried and executed both Archbishop Laud and his King, Charles I. They disestablished the Church and ended the monarchy, and banned bishops, the Prayer Book, fine clothes, and

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the Puritans on the other had been the royalists opinion that the 1552 Book had gone too far in the direction of Geneva. The major point of difference is how the Eucharist was seen-- the catholic editions saw it as a sacrament where Christ was truly and literally present in the consecrated Eucharistic elements, where the protestant ones saw it more as a mere commemorative meal, and ordinance. Parliament proposed a compromise that would accommodate all parties, and that hopefully would reduce conflict by reducing many of the rubrics (the red-ink instructions on how to conduct the ceremonies) to the lowest common denominator between the catholic and Protestant parties. They thus sought to heal the rifts in society still reeling from disestablishment and regicide. But not much was left of either system of rites. Charles II, his nobles, and his clergy would have nothing to do with this, feeling that such a resolution would only intensify the rifts, and reduce common worship to the least attractive and the weakest elements of both camps. They would have nothing less than the via media or middle path for English Christianity established by Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen. The dictum Catholic in worship and Evangelical in doctrine summarizes their approach and their desire to draw on the strongest of each camps traditions and not their weakest points. It is thus that on May 19, 1662, a new edition of the Book of Common Prayer was promulgated by the new King, having been approved by parliament. It was put into use in churches that fall, on August 24, 1662 (St. Bartholomews Day). Thus 2012 marks the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Prayer Book, the definitive Book of Common Prayer, which remains the official prayer book of the Church of England and the literary and beauty-in-worship standard by which all subsequent 3

Prayer Books are judged. The Prayer Book is deeply rooted in the Bible: not only does it make full provision for the reading of Scripture, but its services are in substance and language scriptural throughout. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer appears in many variants in churches inside and outside of the Anglican Communion in over 50 different countries and in over 150 different languages. Again in many parts of the world, including the U.S., more contemporary books have replaced it in regular weekly worship. Traditional Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian prayer books have borrowed from the Book of Common Prayer, and the marriage and burial rites have found their way into those of other denominations and into the English language. Like the King James Bible and the works of Shakespeare, many words and phrases from the Book of Common Prayer have entered popular culture. Such phrases as ashes to ashes, dust to dust, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, and until death you do part come from Cranmers richly cadenced language, still present in many of our rites. Gracious God, we thank you for giving us the heritage of the Book of Common Prayer and in teaching us thereby to worship you in the beauty of your holiness, pray to you in conversation with believers of many lands and ages, study your Holy Word, and share our faith with all your children. In Jesus name we pray, Amen. Grace and Peace.

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Senior Wardens comments - Living History

The recent rash of deaths and funerals in our parish has led to lamenting over the fact that important parts of Trinitys history went the way of those beloved, now departed souls. In an effort to help us memorialize as much of our Churchs history as possible, and to form links between those of us who are now here and those who will come, a project for an oral history of Trinity Church has been proposed. Your Vestry has discussed this idea in general terms and is enthusiastic about it! We think it would be wonderful to have people record recollections about an earlier Trinity. These recordings would allow full access to these memories, far into the future. We would invite all parishioners to participate, starting with our elders. We also would love to have our ordained members contribute to the memory bank. Sound like fun?!? Jeff LaLande, who has experience with such projects, spoke to Vestry about it on April 18. He said that in order to do this right, wed need a committee of at least three parishioners to be trained in interviewing and recording, transcribing, and editing the interviews. He has volunteered to conduct that training for us, and to help each volunteer get rolling on their initial interviews. Would you like to be a part of this effort? Are you thinking of friends with whom youd like to share this experience, either as co-interviewers or interviewees? Please let me know. Once we get a group of names together, Jeff will lead a meeting to discuss the specifics of how this project could be realized. Who knows, this could be your 15 minutes of world fame as promised by Andy Warhol in 1968. In His Love, Ward Wilson

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)

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Year ending March 31 2012 INCOME Budget this year $72,651 Actual this year 74,000 Actual last year 67,763 EXPENSES $65,398 65,829 54,543

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.

Financial Reports are posted monthly on the Vestry Bulletin Board in the Parish Library. Jim Littlefield

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JUNIOR WARDENS REPORT

I have been honored to serve another year as Trinitys Junior Warden. I enjoy caring for the buildings and grounds at Trinity as well as the other Junior Wardens responsibilities. I thank the Vestry and the parish for the trust you have placed in me. I continue to pledge my utmost efforts to keep our buildings and grounds a place that we can all be proud of and a special home where we can celebrate our Christian communion together with great joy. The remodeled choir room is complete. If you have not already seen it, I encourage you to stop and take a look. It is so much more functional than the small area the choir had previously been required to use. The carpets were also cleaned in the new choir room and the Sacristy. We are fortunate to have such a great choir and music program at Trinity. We must take good care of them. Thanks to parishioner Peter McBennett for completing the work on time, on budget and with such high quality workmanship. With spring and warmer weather approaching we can begin to see some of our perennial plants come to life in the courtyard. In the next month or two we will complete the seasonal plantings in the front of the courtyard around and under the large spruce tree. We have a plan from our landscape architect that we began last October and will complete, weather permitting, this spring. The garden committee has also begun their spring plantings around the church. We have entered 2012 with our buildings and grounds in excellent condition. We have the systems in place going forward to continue to keep our grounds and buildings well maintained and operating efficiently. We are blessed to be the stewards of such a beautiful, historic place to worship. Milt Morgan, Junior Warden

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April 18, 2012 Finances/Budget: Special attention was given to the budget item labeled Gifts and Bequests as to how that money is used and how to make usage more transparent. Fr Tonys suggestion is to continue use of this fluctuating fund as a savings account to be drawn on when the Parish decides to push in new directions not otherwise budgeted, e.g., Godly Play a few years ago. Ideas emerged on how better to adapt the budget to create a more explicit record of such expenditures. There will be more to come on this, plus the Finance Committee will be dealing with investment strategies for use of the sizeable carry-over funds from 2011, once the transition has stabilized. Oral History Project: Jeff LaLande gave an overview of what might be involved in doing an oral history of our Parish. This sizeable project would entail special methods of interviewing, recording, and printing, and he volunteered to be trainer and consultant. Vestry will be publicizing this right away and seeking volunteers. Attendance: Average Sunday attendance through Easter this year is 175 compared to 153 in 2011. Easter weekend attendance (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday services) was 421 compared to 354 in 2011, and 411 in 2010. Services in Chinese: Once Fr Tony has done further preparation he will offer a service in Chinese in response to a request from Chinese families in the area. The service will be on a trial basis Saturday evenings with the help of Judy Clinton who also speaks Chinese. Parish Picnic: The annual picnicBBQ and potluckon Trinity Sunday in Lithia Park is set for June 3. Carol Harvey, Russ Otte, Phyllis Reynolds, and Vicki Gardner are on board so far as organizers. Marcus BorgMarch 9-10, 2013: After working the past several months together, a joint committee from Trinity and UCC have a firm date and format for a Marcus Borg visit: he will give an evening lecture Friday, March 9, and a morning workshop Saturday March 10. More details are forthcoming Phyllis Reynolds, Clerk 5
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MDG progress
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 form a blueprint agreed to by all the worlds countries and all the worlds leading development institutions. At the 74th General Convention in 2003, the Episcopal Church formally endorsed the MDGs, and in 2006, at the 75th Convention, the Church voted to make the MDGs a mission priority. The Church also established a budget line item of 0.7%, encouraging all dioceses to pledge a minimum of their budget to ministries focused on the MDGs. Trinity included that figure in its annual budget and many Trinitarians contributed to Episcopal Relief and Development, as well as the Nets for Life campaign to provide insecticide-treated bed nets to areas most affected by malaria, especially areas of sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Malaria Report, malaria was responsible for killing an estimated 655,000 people in 2010, most being young children and pregnant women. In his Washington Post column on April 6, Michael Gerson comments on exceptional work in Zambia which is conducted by a group of compassionate, slightly nosey church ladies. In Zambia, a country of 13 million, inpatient malaria cases and deaths were reduced by 60 percent between 2001 and 2008. Progress continues, partly through NGOS, the U.S.Peace Corps, and the Presidents Malaria Inititiative, and PEPFAR, the American AIDS relief plan. Though China outspends the U.S. more than 10 to 1 in Zambia, the U.S. is known as helping to save Zambias children. And in Zambia, the people are playing their part. According to Gerson the Church organizes volunteer malaria control agents, each charged with overseeing perhaps 15 households making sure the nets are properly installed and not used for fishing and weddings. The regional Anglican bishop likes to quote this African proverb: If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a nation. In our outreach and in our prayers, let us not forget our commitment to the MDGs and the important role we have to play. Remember the fierce church ladies of Zambia. 6

Second Annual Mothers Day Diaper Drive Sunday, May 13 and Fathers Day, june 17
Last year, at the suggestion of ever practical Patti Chase, Trinity held its first diaper drive on Mothers Day, and parishioners responded with great enthusiasm. This year well expand the event to Fathers Day, especially now that the need among young families is greater than ever. Please bring disposable diapers on Mothers Day, and on next month, on Fathers Dayall sizes from new-born to toddler Pull-ups, especially size 4.(yescloth ones are more economical and better for the environment but its against the law for cloth diapers to be washed at a laundromat...who knew?) So bring those diapers and well get them to the Food Bank, The Family Nurturing Center, and St. Vincent de Paulall places where theyll be most appreciated. If youd like more information about sources and needs, contact Patti Chase. The Outreach Ministries Committee

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United Thank Offering,

often referred to as UTO, is a ministry of the Episcopal Church that provides a way for men, women, and children of the Episcopal Church to give daily thanks to God. Every year, the total offering is between two and a half and three million dollarsall of which is used for projects at home and abroad to support grants for missions and ministry. The challenge is that grant requests total between five to seven million dollars! More than one hundred grants are awarded each year through the UTO Offering Committee. No administrative costs are deducted all funds are disbursed. The establishment of the United Offering (now the United Thank Offering) at the General Convention of 1889 was the crucial step. In the early years the Women's Auxiliary collected the money at the General Convention and their focus was on expanding the mission of the church. Original grants supported training women in the church, supporting and sending women missionaries domestically and overseas and funding the building of schools, hospitals and church buildings all over the USA. Since that time (113 years!) the mission has become the addressing of compelling human need through grants to projects that alleviate poverty, both domestically and internationally, within the Anglican provinces, dioceses, and companion dioceses. Trinitys Spring In-Gathering is Trinity Sunday, June 3rd. There are Blue Boxes in the narthex, and envelopes in the pews. Be Thankful! The United Thank Offering Prayer Source of all creation, all love, all true joy, accept, we pray, these outwards signs of our profound and continuing thankfulness for all of life. Bless those who will benefit from these gifts through the outreach of the United Thank Offering; and keep each of us ever thankful for all the blessings of joy and challenge that come our way; through Him who is the greatest gift and blessing of all, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen. 7
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The Outreach Funding Committee

will be receiving its second round of presentations from direct service providers requesting grants from Trinitys Outreach Funding Committee on Saturday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to noon. Parishioners are invited to contact their favorite charities to let them know of this request for proposals and to advise them to contact Becky Snow for details and to arrange a place on the schedule. Parishioners may also make a presentation on behalf of their favorite charity. The committee is particularly looking for entities that provide direct services to those in need and are 501(c)(3) corporations. A range of local, regional, and international entities have been supported in the past. Our annual Party of Parties with auction and associated parties is an important contributor to this cause. Results of the Committees decisions will be published in a future Trinitarian.

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Additional Drivers Needed for Food and Friends

For years many Trinitarians have delivered meals to those who need our assistance. Their devotion to this important Outreach project is much appreciated, but we are always looking for additional drivers. Trinitarians deliver meals on Mondays from 10:30-12:00 every month of the year. This program is provided to those who are 60 years and over and homebound. Most clients have a longterm need for the meals but some are recuperating from a hospital stay or a bout of bad health and require the service for a few weeks. The hot meals are picked up at the Senior Center near Walker School and delivered by volunteer drivers from Trinity on Monday mornings throughout the year. The schedule is posted in the Parish Hall next to the Library door and drivers are needed for June through December. Speak to those who have been driving and discover how easy and rewarding it is to provide this service to our community. Contact Stewart and Anne McCollom or Maggie and Tim McCartney if you have any questions. Thank you!

Prayer Chain at Trinity

In times of loss or helplessness or gratitude, we feel called to pray. But our prayers are strengthened when others know our needs. There is a prayer chain at Trinity that has existed for a long time, but its quiet ministry may not be known to all. It is made up of 14 members of the parish who feel called to this ministry. The referrals for the prayer chain come from the parish office or from parishioners who become aware of situations or people in need of prayer. It is confidential. We pray for people in crisis or who have chronic ongoing issues. If you have a prayer request or want to be part of the Prayer Chain, please contact Shirley Woodring .

This is the online PDF version of The Trinitarian. Personal contact information has been edited out of this version. If you have any questions or need to contact someone in regards to an article, please call the Parish Office at 482-2656.

A minister waited in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him in front of the service station. Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump. "Reverend," said the young man, "sorry about the delay. It seems as if everyone waits until the last minute to get ready for a long trip." The minister chuckled, "I know what you mean. It's the same in my business."

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Contemplative Eucharist receive the invitation

Our March 4th Contemplative Eucharist was wellattended. Twenty individuals including the small setup/worship team as well as a mom, dad and small child in the congregation [a first!] attended. I think that is a record number for attendance since the service began.

Music abounds at trinity

By now we all know that one of Trinitys most noted strengths is in music. Paul & Jodi French are great gifts to our parish, as are our section leaders and the many who participate in choiryou wonder where they get all those robes! We have a priest in Father Tony who brings a history of liturgical chant and sings at the bedsides of those he visits. Thanks to Peter McBennetts skillful de-rendering of a wall, theres now room for the choir to vest. On quiet Sunday evening Eucharists, Jack Seybold and John Ferris lead sung psalms and Taize chants. Jodi French finds amazing words of praise and awe from such sources as Celtic verse and Hildegard of Bingen and moves the congregation with her ingenious settings. The recent appearance of the famed Arianna String Quartet in our snug sanctuary performing the Seven Last Words of Christ with narrative by Father Tony filled the church to overflowing, many listeners being folks from the community entering Trinity for the first time. In addition, they graced our parish on Palm Sunday. Who would believe such a small white church would ripple with so much rich music? Thanks to the donors who made possible the Ariannas presence, to the gift of music, to all who cherish and support music ministry. Ann Magill

Some ask what the contemplative service is all about. The answer, in part, would be the hope of peace and quiet, the warmth and candlelight found there, of gentle souls in a simple gathering around the altar for the breaking of bread, the passing of the cup. . .This service has its unique appeal to our spirits deepest need to find calm and inner serenity in an otherwise tumultuous, siren-filled world. During this service you learn over time to enter into an intimate spiritual relationship with Spirit and walk away with a richness and clarity to face a new day, week or weeks, until the next time. The Contemplative Eucharist is offered the evening of the first and third Sunday of each month at 5pm. During the summer it is the first Sunday only starting in June. Watch the Sunday program and the weekly email announcements for any upcoming changes. This is the Episcopal Church in Ashland Oregon. The door is open. The table set. All are welcome. Catherine Windsor
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Conversations about Death and Dying

Choosing Options, Honoring Options (COHO) of Rogue Valley are offering a series of 90-minute lectures on end of life choices. COHO is a coalition of individuals and organizations whose purpose is to facilitate these conversations in our community by offering seminars, workshops and online resources to individuals, family members, and professional medical staff and care givers. The lectures will be on Tuesdays at both 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm at the Smullin Education Center on the Rogue Valley Medical Center Campus, 2825 East Barnett Road in Medford. These lectures are free and open to all. A $10.00 donation is requested to help cover COHOs costs. For more information, call (541) 292-6466, visit their website at cohoroguevalley.org or email info@chohoroguevalley.org May 1: Palliative Care: Enhancing Quality of Life in the Face of Serious Illness. Davis Wilkins, MD, MA-Bioethics, Medical Director, Palliative Care Services, Rogue Valley Medical Center; Medical Director, Hospice & Palliative Care Services, Ashland Community Hospital Adie Goldberg, DCSW, MEd, Palliative Care Social Worker, Rogue Valley Medical Center May 8: Where Do You Want To Be When You Die? Diane Kosmatka, RN, Physician and Community Liaison, Home Health, Palliative Care, Hospice and Connections Program, Providence Medford Medical Center Janet Cunningham, RN, BSN, Hospice Community Liaison, Asante Health System Goldye Wolf, MSW, Home Health and Hospice, Ashland Community Hospital May 15: Being With the Dying - Families Tell Their Stories Adie Goldberg, DCSW, M.Ed. Palliative Care Social Worker, Rogue Valley Medical Center May 22: Your Advance Care Plan - A Mini Workshop Victoria Bones, LCSW, ACHP-SW, Patient Relations Coordinator, Rogue Valley Medical Center
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Empty Bowls Supper

Enjoy a Simple Meal Feed your Family and Others Friday, May 11 5-7 p.m. First United Methodist Church Wesley Hall 175 North Main at Laurel Street A Benefit for Food Angels, Uncle Foods Diner and ACCESS You are invited to a supper of delicious soup, fun, conversation AND to take home a lovely handmade bowl crafted by a local potter. The bowl goes home as a gift as well as an unspoken reminder that somewhere someone's bowl is empty. Cost is $25.00 with children under 12 free. Buy tickets at Paddington Station and Northwest Nature Shop or on line at www.peacehouse.net/empty-bowls or. Prepaid ticket holders have access to the the event early from 4:00-5:00 p.m. to ensure the best bowl selection. Door ticket sales begin at 5:00 p.m. Entertainment by guitarist Ty Austin. Surprise Celebrity Waiters and Servers. If you would like to donate bowls or volunteer, please contact Peace House at info@peacehouse.net

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Parish Library progress

Those of you who have been in our parish library recently will notice rudely fashioned signs indicating Cataloged and Tagged or Added to Library Thing taped on quite a few shelves in our collection. These are the parts of our collection that have been posted on line. We have a bustling and enthusiastic team thats been meeting on Fridays for the past several months putting our parish collection on the web through a low-cost application called Library Thing. Take a look at what weve done at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/ Trinitychurchashland. There youll see the 500 or so items weve added. You can search the work in progress in our collection by title or author or tag (the color-coded subject weve assigned the title). And you can find information about the author, other collections with the same title, reviews and discussion groups, all kinds of amazing things. If youd like to borrow or donate or return long-missing items, theres an in and out basket in the library. You may also join our group if youd like. So far were Carol Howser, Elena Hutchinson, Vicki Gardner, Nancy Cogswell, Gloria Boyd, and Ann Magill. The qualifications for belonging consist of a willing heart and hand and a sense of humor. The Saviour and the Comforter, two Persons of the Godhead: the One ever saves from sins, and the Other comforts him who is saved. Their very names are taken from their deeds, and are always actually justified. He comforts! The Holy Spirit comforts the believing soul, as a mother comforts her child. St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ

Lenten Discipline
Thought it was just a knock at our door Until the door was stormed By a night rider, the grim reaper With scythe superbly formed Thought it was just one to be taken Or two but five, then six? Harvesting one after the other Taking his morbid tricks But there was Grace and Love at the ready Coming in wild succession The Light of our Eternal Godhead The glorious resurrection! Linda S Wilson April 23, 2012

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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.

5:00pm Sunday Evenings Contemplative Eucharist May 6, May 20 Evening Prayer, May 13, May 27 7:15 AM MondaySaturday Chanted Morning Prayer 12:00 PM Thursdays Holy Eucharist with Healing
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