TIDINGS Trinity’s Mission: Acting in God’s love, Trinity Episcopal Church welcomes everyone to enthusiastically live the Christian faith. We call our members to worship and prayer, lifelong education, spiritual growth, cheerful giving, and active ministry with our community. All members serve as witnesses to Jesus Christ.
Vol. XXVI No. 12 December 2017
Celebration of New Ministry
Inside this Issue Stewardship page 3 Christian Formation page 4 Children and Family Ministries page 4 Young Adults page 4 Trinity Connections pages 5, 6, 7
As most of you are by now aware, we will celebrate a new ministry together on the 29th of November at 6:00 pm at Trinity. It will be a long time until you have the opportunity to celebrate this occasion again so I hope you have plans to join us - it’s sure to be a grand party. Last week a parishioner wanted to know the date of our Celebration of New Ministry but couldn’t remember the name of the service. “When is your...coronation?” she asked and we both laughed. Of course it is not a coronation, nor is it merely an installation which both makes me sound like a large kitchen appliance, and ignores the communal aspect of what we are celebrating. This occasion allows us to give thanks for where we have been as well as where God is calling us in the future. In the years to come we will all be called to participate in what God is doing at Trinity Church. I will be in the midst of it, but hopefully you will too. The new ministry that we share is all about Baptism and not just my priesthood. Let me give you an example: if you counted up all the things that only a priest can do - preside at the Eucharist and pronounce absolution — it wouldn’t add up to a whole lot of my week. Most of my ministry is attempting to live in to our baptismal life. What we are celebrating on November 29th is living in to the Baptismal promises that we all share in common. It isn’t just my ministry that we are celebrating, it is ours. I hope you will be a part of this special night and, more importantly, participate fully in the Baptismal life that we all share at Trinity. We are blessed so that we may be a blessing. The future looks very bright and I am eager to see what God has in store for us.
Christmas at Trinity
Sunday, December 17 10:30 am: Lessons and Carols Nursery is available for children under 3 years old at the 10:30 am service. Tuesday, December 19 Trinity Episcopal School 5:30 pm: Lessons and Carols
Thursday, December 21 6:00 pm: Liturgy of Light in the Darkness
Sunday, December 24 10:30 am: Advent Children’s Liturgy
4:30 pm and 9:30 pm: Festival Holy Eucharist Musical Prelude begins 4:00 and 9:00 pm Nursery is available for children under 3 years old at the 10:30 am and 4:30 pm services. Monday, December 25 10:00 am: Holy Eucharist Sunday, December 31
All regularly scheduled services.
Take a soul-satisfying break from holiday shopping! It’s the holiday that celebrates Christ’s birth, yet we get so caught up in shopping and spending, we too easily forget the Holy Child. You can reclaim the original spirit of the season by giving back to God and supporting your favorite church ministry.
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Just make a donation to the Trinity ministries of your choice in the names of family, friends, neighbor and business associates. Our ministries depend on you, so please be generous! Cards may be picked up at Trinity.
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like to go to the stable this night! I’d run even through the dark to lay my gifts at your feet! - Ann Weems, from “The Gifts of the Magi” in Kneeling in Bethlehem
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Loaves and Fishes Africa • 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” single fold card with matching envelope • Holiday red on ivory with an embossed finish • One card is provided for each $10 (minimum) donation
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Christmas Flowers
If you would like a loved one honored in the Christmas Eve bulletins, the last day for listing names in the Christmas Eve bulletins will be Monday, December 11. Please send the names and your donation to the church office, attention: Kriste Buck or donate online at https://www.trinitynola.com/flowers (if donating online, please email names you wish to honored to kbuck@trinitynola.com). Please do not mail in church reply envelopes as those are delayed in getting back to us. Any money received after December 11 will be used for flowers, but we will be unable to list the names in the bulletin. Please print. Donor Name ____________________________ Phone Number ______________________ 1. __________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________
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To donate, pickup in Ashley Eastham’s office during the week or send your check to Trinity Episcopal Church, attn: Ashley Eastham, 1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans LA 70130. Please specify which ministries you wish to benefit.
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Christmas Music
You may support the beautiful music during the Christmas season by giving a gift in honor of a loved one. The names will be listed in the Christmas Eve bulletins. Please send your gift and the name of the person you are honoring to Trinity, attention Dr. Paul Weber. The last day for listing names of those to be remembered in the Christmas Eve bulletin will be Monday, December 11. Any money received after December 11 will be used for music, but we will be unable to list the names in the bulletin. Please print. Donor Name ____________________________ Phone Number ______________________ 1. __________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________
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Stewardship is: all that we do, with all we have, all of the time. by Raina O’Neil, Director of Development, 670-2537 or roneil@trinitynola.com
Year-End Giving • Cash and check contributions can be mailed, placed in the plate at any service, or hand-delivered to Trinity’s stewardship or business offices. A contribution must be dated December 31, 2017 in order for it to be considered a 2017 tax deduction. Checks must be received by January 5, 2018 to ensure your contribution applies to your 2017 charitable giving. • Credit card donations may be made via trinitynola.com/donatenow. Contributions can be processed through December 31 in order to be considered for a 2017 tax deduction. • Gifts of appreciated stock may be transferred electronically to Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney (DTC# 0015), Account# 575-021402. Gifts of stock must be received by December 31, 2017. Our contact is Jennifer Rigby at 585- 3909. Please notify Raina O’Neil, roneil@trinitynola. com or 670- 2537, of the transfer. Year-end statements of contributions will be mailed in late January 2018 accounting for all of your contributions in the 2017 calendar year. Please contact Raina O’Neil, roneil@trinitynola.com or 670- 2537, with anyquestions.
2018 Pledge Cards In order for the Budget Committee to prepare a budget for 2018, we need to receive your pledge card as soon as possible. You may submit the form below attn: Raina O’Neil or online www.trinitynola.com/pledge. If you have already made your pledge, thank you!!
2018 Pledge to Trinity Episcopal Church For 2018, with God’s help, I/we pledge $___________ to God through Trinity Church (January 1 – December 31, 2018). Name(s) __________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________ Phone
_______________________ Email(s) ____________________________________________________ My payment by check is enclosed. My gift will be in the form of securities. Please charge my credit/debit card for the full amount of my pledge. My credit/debit card information is: Credit/Debit card no. _________________________________ Expiration Date ________________ CCV _________ I would like to make monthly payments using my credit card/debit card or checking account. (see below to enroll) I would like Weekly Offering Envelopes for 2018 (form must be received by 11/15/17 for the envelope order). I would like information about legacy giving at Trinity. Thank you for your commitment! You will receive a letter confirming your pledge. Questions: please contact Raina O’Neil at roneil@trinitynola.com or 504-670-2537
Trinity Church offers the convenience of automatic payments via electronic funds transfer using your checking account, debit or credit cards. To enroll, please complete the following: Amount of $ ________ to be drafted on either the 15th or the 30th of each month. For checking or savings account withdrawals, please complete the following: Bank Name __________________________ Routing No. ________________________ Account No. __________________ For Credit or Debit Card withdrawals, please complete the following: Credit/Debit card no. _________________________________ Expiration Date _______________
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Children, Youth & Family Ministries
by Ashley Bond, Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries
Feast of St. Nicholas Wednesday, December 6 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Bishop Polk Hall Join us for a family evening where we will learn about the true Santa Claus and Father Christmas: St. Nicholas, a man of faith who lived his life in devotion to Christ. We will hear the story of St. Nicholas, do a fun activity and maybe even leave with a little surprise!
Children’s Advent Liturgy: Sunday, December 24, at 10:30 am. “ The Church learned a long time ago that people need a way to get ready to enter or even come close to a mystery like Christmas. So the church set aside four weeks to get ready. This is such a great Mystery that it takes that long to get ready. During this time, we are all on the way to Bethlehem. We are all making the journey. We are all getting ready to enter the Mystery of Christmas, so let’s go with the prophets, the Holy Family, the shepherds, the angels, the Magi and all the rest to make the journey that was not just back then. It is also now.” From the Godly Play Advent I Script Come donkeys! Come sheep! Come little lambs! Come prophets! Come shepherds! Come magi! Come angels! Come stars! This year the children of Trinity Church will offer the gift of a Children’s Advent Liturgy during that 10:30 am service on Sunday, December 24. All children (members and visitors alike) are invited to come to church dressed as their favorite part of the story and participate in the Liturgy. As the narrators take us on the journey to Bethlehem, children dressed as their favorite part of the story will be invited up to the altar as the story progresses.
Christian Formation
by The Reverend Katherine S. McLean, Associate Rector
Wednesday Night Advent Offerings!
All Wednesday nights begin with Holy Eucharist at 5:30 pm, followed by dinner and a program from 6:00-7:00 pm. •December 6: Feast of St. Nicholas Celebration, see above for details. This will also be an opportunity to sign up for our 2017 Giving Tree to benefit CASA children and Kingsley House Seniors. •December 13: The Rev. Andrew Thayer will host an evening of good conversation and good cheer! Come get to know our new Rector in a relaxed and informal environment. •December 20: Caroling We Will Go!!! After a brief Eucharist (we will use the Five-Minute Mass format), we will sing carols in the neighborhood. More information to follow. • Also this Advent, we will hold a “Liturgy of Light in the Darkness” on Thursday, December 21, at 6:00 pm followed by a reception. This will be a candlelit service of Holy Eucharist. Holidays are not always times of joy for everyone and this beautiful, quiet liturgy acknowledges and honors that reality. 4
Trinity Connections Christmas Tea and Ellington Nutcracker
by Ashley Eastham, Young Adults Minister (aeastham@trinitynola.com)
Trinity’s 20s & 30s French Quarter Progressive Dinner
Please join us on Tuesday, December 5 for a three-course meal at three restaurants in the French Quarter, owned and/or operated by Trinity parishioners. For the all-inclusive price of $50, we’ll visit three amazing restaurants for a three course meal! Restaurants to be announced. Please RSVP to Ashley Eastham at aeastham@ trinitynola.com by Thursday, November 30.
Christmas Giving Tree for Kingsley House Center and CASA Children
Share the abundance of God’s blessings this Advent by helping give Christmas gifts through two of our community partners, CASA and Kingsley House! At Kingsley House, there are 75 participants in the Adult Day Care program. We will have tags on a Christmas tree in the undercroft with suggested items. Monetary donations are also appreciated if you prefer to have someone else be your personal shopper! If you are interested in accompanying us to deliver these gifts, please contact Kit at Kmclean@trinitynola.com or Maria at melliott@ trinitynola.com. We will visit the folks at Kingsley House on Tuesday, December 21 at 11:00 am. CASA is a child advocacy program. A tree with “gift” tags will be in the undercroft as well. Help make a child’s Christmas extra special this season!
You are invited to attend a Christmas Tea hosted by Out and About on Sunday, December 17 at 3:00 pm in the Parish House. Please join us for a cup of Christmas cheer and a scone or two. Following the tea, we will go across the circle drive for a very special performance by Delfayo Marsalis and the Uptown Orchestra of Duke Ellington’s arrangement of the Nutcracker Suite. Please contact Vicki Moran at nolvicki@me.com or 296-6412 to reserve a spot, or to help with the tea.
Out and About is not a group or a club! Out and About offers and opportunity for you to participate in outings around New Orleans to visit interesting places with friendly people. Our next outing will be to see the beautiful iconography of Raymond Calvert at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Metairie. On Tuesday, December 5 Raymond will give us a guided tour of his work. We will leave Trinity at 10:00 am and carpool to St. Augustine’s. We will stop for lunch at a local restaurant after the visit. To reserve your place, please contact Maria Elliott at 670-2535 or melliott@trinitynola.com.
Walking the Mourner’s Path Facilitator Training
Trinity will be hosting a facilitator training for Walking the Mourner’s Path on March 1-3, 2018. Please contact Maria Elliott if you are interested in knowing more, or visit www.mournerspath.org for information on this transformative ministry. Each person’s grief is unique and through this ministry we learn that “together we can do what I cannot do alone.” (melliott@trinitynola.com/670-2535)
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Trinity Connections
Christmas Concert with Krewe de Voix
Krewe de Voix Chamber Choir, directed by Trinity’s Interim Organist & Choirmaster, Paul Weber, will return to Trinity with a Christmas concert on Friday, December 8 at 7:00 pm. New Orleans’ premier a capella, early music vocal ensemble, Krewe de Voix will offer a program of traditional carols, works of Monteverdi, and a Christmas cantata from the 1736 Ursuline Manuscript that was given to the New Orleans Ursuline sisters in 1754. Krewe de Voix was formed last year with singers from the Trinity Choir, members of the St. Patrick’s church choir, and other professional singers in the New Orleans area. The concert will be free; donations will be much appreciated; and a reception will follow the program in Bishop Polk Hall.
Thank You The CASA Kids Book Drive has been a huge success! With the books donated by Trinity Church and School, which range in interest from babies to teens and young adults, there are enough to create a library for the kids served by CASA in Jefferson Parish. On behalf of CASA and those kids, we thank you for your generosity!
Coffee Hour
If you would like to sponsor the snacks for 10:30 am Coffee Hour, please contact Mary Lane Carleton, marylane.carleton@gmail.com to sign up. No need to be present to sponsor, you can drop off in the kitchen morning of or in the WOTC fridge in the days prior. Grab a friend or your ministry group and consider this easy way to contribute.
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Trinity Treasures Wise and Wonderful Books and Gifts Trinity Treasures will again be a hub of activity as we enter the Advent and Christmas seasons. On Sunday, December 3, William Barnwell and some of the individuals mentioned in his book will be making a presentation based on Angels in the Wilderness at 9:15 in the chapel. William will also be signing his book following the presentation. Trinity Treasures volunteers will be appearing at the Lambeth House Christmas Bazaar on Wednesday, December 6 with an array of special gifts and Christmas cards for the residents to choose from at this one-stop shopping event. Please stop by our table if you’re at Lambeth House that day. During the weekend of December 9 and 10, Trinity Treasures will offer its sparkling Christmas table at the annual PRC Holiday Home Tour boutique in Bishop Polk Hall. We’ll be featuring Sally Cockerham’s outrageously delicious Sweet and Spicey Almond Crackle, aka “Fat Thigh Crunch!” Come see us. There will be lots of familiar Trinity faces working there! Finally, as we move into the Advent and Christmas seasons, Trinity Treasures is offering a wide array of tasteful nativities, Advent candles, wreathes and calendars and other meaningful and joyful items that will bring smiles to faces you love. And don’t forget the exquisitely researched, written and photographed book on The Stained Glass of Trinity by Jim Theis and Ginny Horner. It will make a very thoughtful Christmas gift for anyone who loves Trinity! And, as usual, please remember that every gift purchased in Trinity Treasures is really two gifts in one since the profits derived from sales are returned to Trinity ministries and community programs. Hours: Sundays, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and Monday – Friday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. For more information, please contact Tina Grant, 522-0276 or tgrant@trinitynola. com or Linda Stone at 400-5843 or lindasto@aol. com.
Trinity Connections
The Angels in the Wilderness: Young and Black in New Orleans and Beyond
Conversation on Sunday, December 3 in the chapel, 9:15-10:15 am
When Jesus was in the wilderness forty days and nights, with Satan after him, we are told that the angels ministered to him. Over the years, the Reverend William Barnwell has asked many of the young African Americans he has known to tell their wilderness stories and who the angels were who ministered to them. He soon realized that the 27 young people he interviewed for this book are becoming our angels in the New Orleans wilderness. Several of them will share their stories on December 3, including Ms. Lindsey Ardrey, chaplain at St. George’s School and co-chair of the Diocesan Commission on Racial Reconciliation, and also Big Chief Tugga Cloud of the only all-youth Indian tribe, the Red Flame Hunters. New Orleans historian Dr. Lawrence Powell, author of The Accidental City, writes in the foreword: “For all of the tragedy that has befallen New Orleans over the years, Angels in the Wilderness is an indispensable reminder that light can still pierce the darkness. It’s a book worth reading, then contemplating.” All profits will go to Trinity Treasures.
Trinity Rummage
Trinity Rummage needs your household, working electrical items, holiday, clothes, linens, toys, books, small furniture, etc. Please help us to fill our boxes and shelves! You can bring the merchandise any day to the rummage box in the church undercroft or to the rummage room on Josephine St. on Tuesday mornings. Your tax credit forms are available at the church front desk. Thank you for making this ministry possible!
Preservation Resource Center Holiday Tour Trinity Church is hosting the Preservation Resource Center Holiday Home Tour on December 9 & 10(Saturday and Sunday) from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. The tour features 7 magnificent private homes in the Garden District. Tickets may be purchased the day of the tour at Trinity or in advance by calling the PRC only, 581-7032 or online at https://prcno. org/event/holiday-home-tour-2017/
Trinity Artist Series Sundays at 5 pm December 3 Messiah Holiday Concert
Excerpts from Handel’s classic holiday
masterpiece will be sung by the Trinity Choir and soloists, directed by Paul Weber, culminating in the festive singing of the famous Hallelujah Chorus by the audience. Accompanied by the string chamber orchestra and the might pipe organ of Trinity Church.
December 8 7:00 pm - Krewe de Voix (see page 6 for more details). December 9 6:30 pm - New Orleans Black Chorale Christmas Concert directed by John Ware. December 10 Check website for concert details. December 17
Grammy Award winning musician Delfeayo Marsalis and his Uptown Jazz Orchestra will present a special holiday celebration: The concert will feature the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn jazzy rendition of the classic Nutcracker Suite, classic holiday songs and a good oldfashioned 2nd-line ending. The 15-piece Uptown Jazz Orchestra won this year’s Best of the Beat award for “Best Contemporary Jazz CD” and captivates audiences every Wednesday night at Snug Harbor.
December 24 NO Trinity Artist Series due to Christmas services. December 31
“AS Time Goes By,” New Year’s Eve with Albinas Prizgintas celebrating an AULD LANG SYNE, program with a variety of music on piano, organ and harpsichord.
Every Tuesday at 6:00 pm Organ and Labyrinth Albinas plays the 5000-pipe tracker organ with ambient lighting and occasional guest musicians. From Bach to the Beatles and beyond! Since Katrina, a unique and magical distinctively New Orleans musical meditation. All are welcome. See www.albinas.org for more details. December 19: NO Organ & Labyrinth due to Trinity School Lessons & Carols.
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Clergy
Worship Schedule
The Right Reverend Morris K. Thompson, Bishop The Reverend Andrew R. Thayer, Rector The Reverend Katherine S. McLean, Associate Rector The Reverend Alyce Jefferson, Deacon The Reverend Jay Albert, Deacon The Reverend E. Gary Taylor, Head of Trinity School The Reverend Dr. Hill C. Riddle, Rector Emeritus
SUNDAY 7:30 AM: Morning Prayer in the chapel 8:00 AM: Eucharist in the chapel 10:30 AM: Eucharist in the church 5:00 PM: Trinity Artist Series in the church 6:00 PM: Eucharist in the chapel
Vestry John Fay, Jr., Senior Warden Barbara Waller, Junior Warden Kelly Duncan, Clerk of Vestry Keith Crawford, Treasurer Phillip Gordillo, Elaine Haney, John Hevron, Ellinor Howard, Susu Kearney, Gordon Kolb, Heather Lonian, Chris Martin, Margaret Murphy, Alice Parkerson, Marguerite Redwine, Jim Theis, Carrie Wright John Wogan, Chancellor Mary Sutton, WOTC President Jill Pipes, Trinity School Board Chair
TUESDAY 7:30 AM: Eucharist in the chapel 8:30 AM: Morning Prayer in the chapel 6:00 PM: Organ and Labyrinth in the church THURSDAY 10:30 AM: Holy Eucharist and Healing Service in the chapel
The Church Office will close at noon on December 22 and December 29 and will be closed on December 26.
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