Trinity OUTLOOK Winter 2015

Trinity O U T LO O K Quarterly Journal of Trinity Episcopal Church | Indianapolis, Indiana

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Winter 2015 - 2016

Quarterly journal focused on the people of Trinity Church who are called to live into their mission to accept, nourish, and send all to do God's work.

Facebook: TrinityChurchIndy Facebook: MusicTrinityChurchIndy Instagram: TrinityChurchIndy Twitter: TrinityCh_Indy (317) 926-1346 | trinitychurchindy.org Editor Director of Communications, Tracey E Lemon tlemon@trinitychurchindy.org Clergy Interim Rector, The Rev'd LaRae J. Rutenbar lrutenbar@trinitychurchindy.org Senior Associate Rector, The Rev'd Karen L. King kking@trinitychurchindy.org Interim Associate for Christian Ed, The Rev'd Bob Dekker bdekker@trinitychurchindy.org

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Curate / Chaplain, The Rev'd Lea Colvill lcolvill@trinitychurchindy.org Deacon, The Rev'd Mary Bargiel mbargiel@trinitychurchindy.org

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the joy of our blessings

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clergy news

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rector search update

Assistant Organist, Nicholas Quardokus

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mary & joseph: a trinity journey

Youth & Parish Life Coordinator, Missy Roetter mroetter@trinitychurchindy.org

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christmas at trinity

Staff Director of Music, Dr. Michael Messina mmessina@trinitychurchindy.org

Parish Administrator, Kevin Deprey kdeprey@trinitychurchindy.org Financial Administrator, Albie Marco amarco@trinitychurchindy.org Parish Secretary, Amy Joss ajoss@trinitychurchindy.org Director of Facilities, Dirk Edwards dedwards@trinitychurchindy.org Maintenance / Housekeeping Rita Earls, Chris Johnson, Jason King 2015 Vestry Jeff Brinkmann, Senior Warden; John Bridge, Junior Warden; Jay Simmons, Treasurer; Kate Howe, Clerk; Susan McMahon; Ron Newlin; Patty Prosser, Keenan Buoy; Bill Coleman; Christy Jacobi; Corky Plews; Steven Stolen; Jodi Ammons; Patty Gotway; Leigh Anne Naas; Abby Vincent, members.

Office hours Monday - Friday: 9AM - 4PM Summer Office hours (June 5 - August 14) Monday - Thursday: 9AM - 4PM Friday: 9AM - Noon

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trinity outreach grants

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st nicholas early learning center

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st richard's announces headmaster

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prepare for lent with prayer

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crossings: a lenten program

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tree of life society

EDITORIAL

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elcome to the winter issue of the Trinity OUTLOOK quarterly.

Advent is a time to slow down, be quiet, and reflect upon the real meaning of Christmas.

In culture, it's a time when we are urged to hurry up and buy gifts, entertain friends and family, and partake in holiday activities. While difficult to balance the cultural and spiritual forces around us, it's a noble (and faithful) pursuit that we try.

As a way to prepare for the coming of Christmas, Trinity parishioners are assisting Mary and Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem (aka Christmas Eve at Trinity). Be sure to like us on Facebook to see pictures and follow their journey.

And we continue our season of transition. The process to call a new rector progresses with renewed energy as the search committee begins the first stage of interviews this month. As well, it's a pleasure to report an upbeat pledge campaign season. If you haven't pledged yet, we hope you will. The one-time match means your gift goes much further this year.

While this issue is published in the liturgical season of Advent, we also share information on upcoming Lenten programs. We invite you to add the dates to your calendar. We're especially delighted to sponsor an evening with singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer and writer Philip Gulley titled God's Response to a Violent Nation: a Quaker perspective.

Winter covers multiple seasons of the church.

Faithfully, we prepare for birth and resurrection.

Tracey E. Lemon, Editor

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the Joy of Our Blessings - annual pledge campaign One time match from the Endowment receives an abundant response.

2016 Pledge Update - As of December 2, 2015

Goal for 2016:

Pledge total: $541,000 Total Number of Pledges: 232 Percentage of Households: 70% # increased pledges: # increased 10% or more: Number of new pledgers: Match success:

$502,378 194 58% 127 107 7

A 10% or greater increase in your giving, or a new gift, will be matched dollar for dollar by the endowment.

$54,861 matched dollars via 10% increases

Trinity’s financial position in 2015 is strong, and our vision for a healthy budget in 2016 is coming to fruition. With the support of the Stewardship Committee and the vestry which offered a onetime match for those who increase their 2016 pledge by 10% or more, Trinity is well on its way to meet all pledging goals.

Financial stewardship encompasses annual pledging, planned giving, and careful management and use of the Endowment and Memorial Funds. In 1977, Trinity received a single unrestricted bequest from Mr. Eli Lilly, which is the basis of the “Endowment Fund” today. Memorial gifts and bequests are placed in the “Memorial Fund.” Both funds are unrestricted but have been treated historically as permanent funds to be managed for long-term income and appreciation. The Endowment has been used for annual operating expenses and special projects.

In 2013-14, a special task force began a financial planning effort, reviewing Trinity's financial resources and capabilities in total. Trinity aspires to complete this planning effort, increase pledging and planned gifts, and further reduce use of the Endowment for operating expenses. In the future, Trinity envisions pledging to meet 50% of annual expenses, and capital expenses to be paid from an adequate reserve. In this scenario, the Endowment is shared abundantly with those outside our walls.

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recently has made a concerted effort to increase annual pledging and has achieved considerable success. This year's one-time match has renewed energy for giving. We expect great things in 2016!

We give thanks to those who have pledged and to those who have increased their pledges this year by 10% or more. As we look to the future, this one-time match multiplies our blessings while supporting efforts to make this a fruitful transition season to meaningful programming and our next rector.

Thank you hosts!

John & Cathy Bridge Jeff Brinkmann David & Ellen Crabb John & Janet Craun Tom & Ann Greist Joel Harrison Erik Hembre & Kate Howe Jim & Kim Purucker Scott & Kay Whitaker

Stewardship House Parties 9 Homes | Abundant Sharing From September 15 - October 10, gracious parishioners opened their homes for food and conversation. All reported vibrant conversation, challenging questions, and a spirit of gratefulness for all that Trinity does within the parish and outside its walls.

A few thoughts on the Trinity Budget Submitted by Jay Simmons, Trinity Treasurer

If you have not yet pledged I hope you will. We expect a promising future with our next rector, and we want you to be a part of it, engaged in meaningful ministry, and with support and commitment for 2016.

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It takes about $1.75 million to keep this parish going for a year Support from the people in the pews is barely one third of our budget Two thirds of our budget is currently paid by our endowment Annual spending per household is about $5,250 based on 333 families If every household were to pledge and our average pledge was $2,600 we could reduce our reliance on the endowment to less than 50% of our budget • Imagine the outreach possibilities if our operating budget only consumed half the endowment draw instead of two thirds Every pledge is important, no matter the amount, because it demonstrates clearly your commitment to this parish. We're committed to our mission to accept, nourish, and send all to do God's work. We've seen the results: in our personal lives, within our families, in our neighborhood, and the community beyond. Commit with us to make a difference in the world.

Annual Stewardship Party - November 15, 2015

Stewardship Committee Co-Chairs: Joel Harrison & Kay Whitaker

Music provided by the Kenny Phelps Quartet

Food provided by the Guild of Unexceptionable Cuisiniers

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Clergy News Giving thanks for The Reverend Bob Dekker

The Rev'd Lea Colvill, Trinity Curate / Chaplain of St. Richard's Episcopal School, was ordained on September 29, 2015.

The Rev'd Bob Dekker and his wife Helen

Father Bob Dekker will be ending his position as the Interim Associate for Christian Education at the end of December 2015. We are grateful and thankful for Bob's ministry and his presence among us during this time of transition.

and get to know the amazing people who make up this congregation in this awesome place. It's been wonderful to be here to witness this congregation's sense of fellowship, energy, love, and excitement for the future."

Bob joined Trinity as an Interim Associate in February 2014 and has been responsible for the oversight of adult education, while sharing in pastoral visitation and the clergy's liturgical and preaching rotation.

First up in retirement, Bob and Helen will travel to California to visit family. While there, Bob will take a retreat with the brothers of the Order of the Holy Cross in Santa Barbara, Mount Calvary Monastery. Following in February, the Dekkers will travel to Disney World with grandchildren.

Many have gotten to know Bob through Trinity's Journey in Faith program which is the modern version of the ancient “catechumenal process� of the Christian church.

Reflecting upon his upcoming departure, Bob expressed his love and admiration for the people of Trinity, "it's been a delight to serve accept - nourish - send 6

Bob and his wife, Helen, hope to continue attending Trinity. His last Sunday as Interim Associate will be December 27, 2015.

Upcoming Ordination in 2016 It is with great delight to report that the vestry has enthusiastically approved The Reverend Mary Bargiel for ordination.

Mary attended the November 16 vestry meeting to officially request that she be approved in the process and to tell the story of her journey to the priesthood. She has been acting as our transitional deacon since January of this year.

Congratulations, Mary!

Rector Search More than 1/2 way through the process!

Trinity is now in the middle of stage three of a four-stage process as defined by the Congregational Transition Process supported by the Diocese of Indianapolis and the Canon for Transition Minsitries The Rev. Canon Debra J. Kissinger.

The Rector Search Committee has received "blind" inquiries from potential candidates. Members of the committee see answers to questions with all identifying information removed (names, gender, originating church, etc.). This allows the members to evaluate skills and qualities alone.

Next (and this has begun) the members will start interviewing the chosen candidates via phone, Skype, and in-person.

The committee co-chairs expressed their excitement for these candidates. "We're thrilled that we're seeing our greatest concerns and desired quailities in our next rector reflected in this pool of candidates.

We have high hopes that the next stage of interviewing will elicit a call on both sides."

In regards to timing, and with the holidays here, the committee will continue to move forward with Skype interviews in December.

They anticipate finishing with interviews by mid-March.

The Search Committee Co-Chairs confirm, "The committee is moving forward with a renewed sense of excitement for Trinity and its transition to the next rector."

Transition Stages with selected steps 1. Separation & Planning • Identify Transition Team • Say Good-Bye • Select Interim Minister • Choose a Search Committee 2. Parish Self Discernment • Discernment Retreat • Self-Study - Gather Info • DayofDiscovery • Update Website, Brochures, Profile 3. Assessing & Discerning • Interview Prep & Practice • Receive Names & Discernment • Interviews & References • Discernment & Prayer 4. Call to New Ministry • Recommend Candidate to Vestry • Vestry Extends Call • Celebrate Interim Period and Search process • Celebrate New Ministry

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Parish Profile

Some metrics since publishing the Parish Profile online in early September, 2015: Trinity Episcopal Church

Parish Profile September 2015

• the profile has been read online (at the ISSUU site) 485 times.

• the profile has been viewed online through the website 1,492 times.

Special edition of the quarterly journal focused on the people of Trinity Church who are called to live into their mission to accept, nourish, and send all to do God's work.

The Trinity Parish Profile, a special edition of the Trinity OUTLOOK quarterly, was published the first week of September 2015. To read Trinity's online publications go to: issuu.com/trinitychurchindy.

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Advent & Christmas for all ages

Follow their journey as Trinity parishioners help Mary and Joseph get to Bethlehem!

Mary and Joseph left Trinity on the first Sunday in Advent to begin their journey to Bethlehem (aka Christmas Eve Service). Trinity parishioners are helping them arrive at the Inn by hosting them for one night in their homes. Reports so far indicate that trip is a simple and fun way to remember the “reason for the season.”

Mary and Joseph arrive at Trinity homes in a small basket, including a journal to record the visit. The last host family will bring Mary and Joseph to the Christmas Eve Children’s Service to complete their journey. We are told Mary and Joseph love attending office parties and music recitals, enjoy cookie baking, tree decorating, and just hanging out. They have even been known to show up on Facebook - facebook.com/trinitychurchindy!

Report of Mary and Joseph's journey dated December 1, 2015.

Mary and Joseph spent a little time with parishioner Leigh Anne Naas at her office yesterday! Thanks to Ann Harris Smith for a fun lunch outing to deliver the precious cargo to Leigh Anne.

Then, Mary & Joseph traveled to Trinity to hear the choristers rehearse. Oh what joyful sounds.

Before heading home to the Naas household, Mary and Joseph stopped by the search committee meeting to hear about the process of calling Trinity's next rector. Mary's spirit was rejoicing.

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christmas eve

Thursday, December 24 3 pm, Godly Play Children’s Eucharist A service crafted for children to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Children are a part of the service from beginning to end; traditional hymns and communion complete the experience.

5 pm, Holy Eucharist with Choristers Children 4-10 join the procession to the creche, exiting following its blessing to their own Liturgy of the Word in the Fortune Room. Beloved carols lead up to a joyous communion, for which the children return.

10 pm, The Christ Mass The greens in the church, a huge crowd, and glorious music makes Christmas at Trinity a memorable experience. Get there early. It fills up quickly.

christmas day

Friday, December 25 11 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II, w/carols No nursery care is available (allows our childcare staff to be with their families).

Sunday, December 27 First Sunday after Christmas Day 10:15 am Lessons and Carols and Holy Eucharist, Rite II There will be one worship service at 10:15 am After the service, you are invited to go caroling with the choir which will be traveling to visit Trinity members who are homebound.

No Sunday school, no youth/adult education.

Sunday, January 3, 2015 Second Sunday after Christmas Day 8 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I 10:15 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II

Lunch with the Magi - Sunday, January 3 Join us for an Epiphany tradition to mark the end of the 12 Days of Christmas and the beginning of the season after Epiphany!

On Sunday, January 3, the Magi pause in their journey home to visit with us. They will attend the 10:15 service (in full costume) and then join us in the Fortune Room for a Middle Eastern lunch, a story, and photos. Bring your children, grandchildren, neighbors, and friends, or just come on your own for this fun and meaningful event.

To help us prepare for this event, please let us know that you plan to attend by calling the church office at 926-1346, e-mailing The Rev’d Lea Colvill lcolvill@ trinitychurchindy.org, or signing up in the Cloister Room. All are welcome! [in the heart of Indianapolis] 9

TRINITY OUTREACH GRANTS

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY Mid-North Food Pantry

Submitted by Kate Howe on behalf of the Mid-North Food Pantry Board of Directors

Over the past year, the Mid-North Food Pantry has worked hard to improve our operations, provide more healthy and fresh food for clients, and provide better service to all who enter our doors. The pantry had 10,839 client visits in 2014, indicating continued high need for food assistance in our neighborhood. A generous Trinity Outreach grant of $4,500 and help from 20 active Trinity volunteers has helped the Mid-North Food Pantry (MNFP) continue to improve our ability to serve our neighbors in need. Read on to learn about some of the changes the pantry has implemented in the last year.

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space was configured in such a way that it was impossible to get a pallet jack in and out of the pantry doors, so volunteers had to unload food from delivery trucks onto carts by hand, send it down the service elevator, wheel the carts around corners, through two doors into the pantry, and then unload it again by hand. Last fall,MNFP received a grant from the Indy Hunger Network that has enabled us to renovate the space, moving doors to create a more direct route from the freight elevator into the pantry storeroom, re-

tion directly into the computer and having clients sign in electronically using an iPad: This new database allows us to collect more accurate data about who is visiting the pantry, where they live, and the age distribution of family members being served by the pantry, as well as running summary reports. The database also allows us to track donations of food and schedule and record volunteer hours, which will streamline our work at the pantry.

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The Mid-North Food Pantry’s (MNFP’s) mission is to enhance the health of Indianapolis' mid-north neighborhoods by providing supplemental food and basic necessities for our neighbors in need.

From its humble beginnings in a basement closet of a neighborhood church, the MNFP has become the second largest food pantry in Marion County after St. Vincent de Paul. The MNFP Is located in the lower level of the Trinity Outreach Center, 3333 N. Meridian Street.

In summer 2014, Susan McMahon and Lisa Buoy found funds, supplies, and labor to create two garden beds behind the Trinity Outreach Center. These garden beds provided tomatoes, collard greens, bell peppers, hot peppers, okra, radishes, turnip and mustard greens, Swiss chard, green beans, and herbs to pantry clients. While the pantry has always tried to provide as much fresh produce to pantry clients as we can, these new garden beds ensure that we have a wide variety of local, seasonal vegetables available at the pantry, and produce can be distributed to clients the day it is picked. That’s as fresh and local as it gets! Our garden project will continue to expand this summer with the addition of a third garden bed.

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moving walls to make two storage rooms into one large space, widening door openings, and purchasing a pallet jack, which allows crews to move food from the delivery truck to our shelves easily and efficiently. Gleaners offers some reduced-cost foods to food pantries, such as meat, that are only available in whole pallet quantities. Having the ability to accept full pallets of food will also increase our food supply and variety for clients.

The construction in the pantry should be completed by May. Another recent improvement at MNFP is the switch to a new and improved client registration database system provided by Gleaners. Rather than collecting client information in paper files, we are entering client informa-

Late last year, Erin and Abby Vincent started a group called CHEER (Childhood Hunger Education, Engagement, and Reverence) to get Trinity kids involved in our hunger-relief ministries and spread some cheer to pantry clients. CHEER takes on a different project each month, benefitting MNFP, such as filling jars with coins to donate to the pantry, packing break-

CHEER features Trinity kids

fast-to-go bags for distribution, sorting donated food, and making signs to decorate the pantry walls. CHEER is engaging our youngest kids in Trinity’s outreach ministries.

Trinity parishioners and friendsgive time, expertise, labor, and donations help keep the pantry going, providing supplemental food and basic necessities to our neighbors in need, while

treating them with compassion, dignity, and respect.

Thank you, Trinity, for your continued involvement with this important work.

It’s not an exaggeration to say the Mid-North Food Pantry could not survive without the support it receives from Trinity Episcopal Church.

Second Helpings

Submitted by Katie Cobb, MA, MPA | Development Manager

On behalf of our volunteers, staff and those we serve, Second Helpings would like to thank all the members of Trinity Episcopal Church for the impact your gift has had in the lives of so many in our community.

Since Second Helpings began in 1998, we have been dedicated to transforming lives through the power of food through our three programs: Hunger Relief, Food Rescue and Culinary Job Training. The grant of $4,500 from Trinity Episcopal Church to eliminate hunger in Indianapolis is being put to use by Second Helpings to reach our goal to prepare and deliver one million meals to those in need this year.

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To ensure that we are able to do this, the Food Rescue program continues to rescue good, nutritious food from food suppliers ,restaurants and grocery stores like Kroger, Fresh Thyme Markets, Trader Joe’s, and Green Bean Delivery. In 2015, Food Rescue is on track to rescue 2.2 million pounds of food.

As Hunger Relief increases meal production to meet the million meal goal, we remained focused on the nutritional value of the meals we prepare and deliver to our 75 partner agencies. We have also continued to build new re-

lationships with Hunger Relief partner agencies. A few of our new partners include the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, a program designed to use the life skills learned in music instruction to engage youth in activities that discourage at-risk behavior, and two Pride Academy locations, a low-income child care center that provides 24-hour services to accommodate shift workers.

In addition to the goal to prepare and deliver one million meals, the Culinary Job Training program is close to reaching another milestone with the 600th graduate, who will graduate in 2015.

Currently, Class #80 is in session, working hard to learn both culinary and life skills in the 10-week program.

They will graduate on April 22nd with ServSafe certification, CPR and First Aid training, a certificate of achievement, and five credits toward Ivy Tech’s culinary program.

Thank you again for your generous support this year. We are proud to partner with the Sunday Dinner Ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church and look forward to continuing our work together to transform lives through the power of food.

Transforming Lives Through the Power of Food

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Each day, Second Helpings volunteers and staff rescue prepared and perishable food from wholesalers, retailers and restaurants — preventing unnecessary waste. That rescued food is used to create 4,000 hot, nutritious meals each day that are distributed to 80 social service agencies that feed people in need. Second Helpings is located in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Center, 1121 Southeastern Ave.

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St. Nicholas Early Learning Center Update with gratitude

Submitted by Jane Stephenson on behalf of the Trinity Childcare Committee:

Due to the generous contribution of treasure and talent by Trinity parishioners, vestry, clergy, staff, and friends, we can now excitedly announce the opening of a high quality early learning center for infants and toddlers in the Trinity Outreach Center (TOC) spring of 2016.

The vestry approved the name St. Nicholas Early Learning Center at their September vestry meeting, and Dick Hughes has reserved the name with the Secretary of State as we begin the 501(c)3 process.

Funds continue to grow as gifts from wedding donations, guilds, and a small Episcopal Fund for Human Need grant award have been received. Currently approximately $34,000 of the needed $85,000 has been raised. The program has also received donations of infant cribs, tricycles, toddler chairs, white boards, and diapers from Bright Horizon Childcare at St. Vincent’s, Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, and Gleaners via Mid-North Food Pantry.

The annual Trinity Magi Tree will be dedicated to the St. Nicholas Early Learning Center and we plan on hosting a dinner/dance at the Trinity Outreach Center when basic renovations are completed, most likely in January.

Bill Coleman, Ed Stephenson, and Dirk Edwards are working daily to oversee both the Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic upgrade on the Northside of the TOC and the new childcare renovations on the Southside.

The Program Committee, under the able leadership of Abby Vincent, is currently meeting to identify and articulate our program core values and philosophy for future recruitment and communications.

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Please join us in this exciting mission as we aspire to make a difference for children and families in the Trinity neighborhood.

Questions? Thoughts? Please contact Jane Stephenson at (317) 252-5528, janestephenson08@gmail.com, or any member of the Trinity Childcare Committee.

Thank you!!

As parishioner Shannie Hughes so eloquently and passionately expressed at a recent church service announcement, there are multiple reasons to either serve on the St Nicholas Early Learning Center Board of Di-

rectors, volunteer with the program, and/or make donations.

Below are Shannie’s Top Ten Reasons to get involved with the St. Nicholas Early Learning Center.

Top 10 Reasons to get involved with the St. Nicholas Early Learning Center: 10. Someone always brings treats to meetings or work sessions.

9. The founding members are great people to have fellowship with.

8. Trinity needs to fill the vacant space on the first floor of the Trinity Outreach Center.

7. Volunteers will get priority in the Cuddlers’ Group that will hold and snuggle the infants.

6. The program is one to be proud of as it is being designed to meet high standards of excellence.

5. Mapleton-Fall Creek is one of the areas targeted as a high need neighborhood for quality childcare.

4. Trinity church has a commitment to our neighborhood families.

3. Employment is the key to lifting area families out of poverty.

2. Throughout our city, families who count on voucher payments to afford childcare are wait-listed for months for childcare spots.

1. ALL GOD’S CHILDREN NEED GOOD EARLY LEARNING CHILDCARE!!!

St. Richard’s Episcopal School Announces New Head of School Submitted by Abby Williams, Assistant Head for Enrollment and Communications

It is with great joy that St. Richard’s welcomes a new Head of School, Peter Harding, who will take the reins for the 2016-17 school year and beyond. Harding comes to the School with academic leadership experience on four continents, including headmaster or equivalent responsibilities at six schools. “Peter’s depth of experience will help us maintain our current momentum with strong enrollment, outstanding faculty and staff, and exciting plans for our campus,” said Valita Fredland, president of the St. Richard’s Board of Trustees.

Fredland stressed that it is a good time to transition to Harding, who not only has had a genuinely global career but also has a strong grounding in the English school heritage – the original motivation for Trinity Episcopal Church to establish St. Richard’s that has distinguished the School throughout its 55-year history. “My wife, Gayle, and I are thrilled to be part of St. Richard’s,” said Harding, a former rugby player and cricketer – and still an avid runner. “As we considered opportunities in the United States, we had specific criteria – school size and location, academic rigor, diversity, values, and religious affiliation. We greatly enjoyed our introduction to the school community at St. Richard’s. It is the culture we were looking for. St. Richard’s also has a special feeling.”

Harding currently serves as Principal of the Somersfield Academy in Hamilton, Bermuda, where he led the school through successful accreditation processes with the Canadian Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the International Baccalaureate (IBO). Enrollment has grown significantly and is now at the school’s capacity of 500 students.

Peter Harding

Before his current appointment, Harding was head of the British School of Washington in Washington, D.C., where he was charged with consolidating separate facilities into a unified campus in Georgetown. He has also led private schools in Baku, Azerbaijan; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; and Nassau, Bahamas, and held leadership positions at schools in Germany, Tanzania, and his native England.

Harding, a graduate of Bristol University and St. Paul’s College in England, will succeed David Amstutz beginning July 18, 2016, as Amstutz moves to join his family in Arizona where his wife, Karen Amstutz, M.D., is a senior executive with a major health care company.

You are invited to visit St. Richard's online at strichardsschool.org and/or call the school to schedule a tour: (317) 926-0425

In 1960, Trinity Episcopal Church responded to a growing need for a school with high academic expectations that would serve students from diverse backgrounds by founding the first fully integrated independent school in the city of Indianapolis. From the original kindergarten class of 18 students, it has grown to its current enrollment of approximately 360 students in grades PK through Grade 8.

Today, St. Richard’s is the only independent Episcopal day school in Indiana modeled after an English parish day school. The classic curriculum features the following: French for all students through Grade 5 (option to switch to Spanish in Grade 6); Latin for all Middle Division students; divinity; language arts, science, mathematics, social studies/history, physical education, art, and music. Beyond the academic knowledge instilled in our classrooms, St. Richard’s strives to instill discipline, respect and a deep-seated love of learning in all of its students.

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COLLECTS

from the Book of Common Prayer

First Sunday in Lent Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan; Come quickly to help us who are assaulted by many temptations; and, as you know the weaknesses of each of us, let each one find you mighty to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

40 Days of Lent

Second Sunday in Lent O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Fourth Sunday in Lent Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Third Sunday in Lent Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Fifth Sunday in Lent Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Evening in Lent combines stories & music God's Response to a Violent Nation: A Quaker Perspective

Carrie Newcomer’s music has always explored the intersection of the spiritual and the daily, the sacred and the ordinary. Over the course of her career she has become a prominent voice for progressive spirituality, social justice and interfaith dialogue.

Philip Gulley is a Quaker pastor and beloved writer and speaker who has become the voice of small-town American life. An eclectic writer, Gulley is the author of 18 books including the acclaimed Philip Gulley & Carrie Newcomer Harmony series of novels chronicling life in the eccentric Quaker community of Wednesday, February 24, 7:00 pm Harmony, Indiana and the best selling Porch Talk series of inspirational and sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church humorous stories. location to be determined for information, call the church office (317) 926-1346

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Lenten Series Sundays at 9 am

Crossings: a parish conversation on living and dying well.

February 14, 21, 28 March 6, 13 April 3, 10

Adult Education

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen Book of Common Prayer, Evening Prayer II This series evolved through creative conversations amongst Trinity parishioners (Lisa Adler, Diana Creasser, and Ivan Jahns) and Episcopal clergy associated with Trinity (The Rev'd Mollie Williams, The Rev'd Gordon Chastain, and The Rev'd Mary Bargiel).

Death is the most predictable future event in our lives, yet we seldom talk about it. When we do talk about it others may feel uncomfortable.

Crossings is based on the premise that death informs life. It provides perspective on what is important and how we might live more fully.

Considering how death is a pathway to living more fully in the present helps us strengthen our relationships with others and deepen our engagement with community. Please join us for this important and life-affirming series starting in Lent.

February 14: Why is death so hard to think about and to talk about and how can we help one another move past that difficulty?

February 21: What is the Church's teaching on death? Why wait until physical death for resurrection when we can have it now?

February 28: How can we get ready for our own deaths? Is there unfin-

ished personal business that we need to address - repentance and healing to consider?

March 6: How do we want our lives to be celebrated at our Funeral or Memorial Service? What do you do with your body once your soul has departed? The church can give you lots of help in answering these questions.

March 13: How do we want to be remembered? What will your legacy be? Legacy is fundamental to what it means to be human. Without a sense of working to create a legacy, adults lose meaning in their lives. The idea of legacy may cause us to think about death and the end of our lives but it is actually about living and dying with purpose. Presenters will provide lots of tools to use for this reflection.

April 3: Continuation of the March 13 presentation and conversation.

April 10: What kinds of legal steps do we need to take now to insure that our death and our affairs will be managed as we wish in the future? As stewards of God’s bounty and caretakers, what we do with these gifts ultimately defines our lives and faith. Introduction on what does it mean to be a member of the Trinity Tree of Life Society.

For more information on the Tree of Life Society, see the back page of this journal.

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TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

3243 N Meridian Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-4677 T: (317) 926-1346 F: (317) 921-3364 Our Mission As a worshiping community of diverse Christians, we accept, nourish, and send all to do God’s work.

Our Vision To build and enhance connections with God, with one another, and with communities around and beyond us; to be an urban center of Christian ministry sought after by anyone on a quest for a deepened relationship with God.

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Trinity O U T LO O K

“In the beginning God created the heavens and earth.” – Genesis 1:1 This simple statement from Genesis establishes the immutable relationship between ourselves and the world around us. All that we are and all that we have comes from God to one day be returned to God. We are stewards of God’s bounty. And as its caretakers, we have a brief period of time when we are given the energy and resources to use our God-given gifts. How we use what we are given ultimately defines the character of our life and the depth of our spiritual understanding. It is also our legacy. We learn from the past, we live in the present, and we build for the future.

The Tree of Life Society is a group of loving parishioners who have included Trinity Episcopal Church as a beneficiary in their wills and estate plans. These gifts exemplify our desire to give to the future what we experience in our present: as individuals and a corporate body, we give in gratitude for the significance of Trinity in our private lives and as our worshiping community.

Trinity continues to welcome Founding Members into the Tree of Life Society. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Parish Administrator, Kevin DePrey, who will connect with you to answer your questions and walk you through the process of this life-affirming stewardship.

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