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. 11 November 2017
The Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church and School Invite you and your family to
A Celebration of New Ministry The Reverend Andrew Richard Thayer V The Rt. Reverend Morris King Thompson, Jr. Bishop of Louisiana Presiding The Reverend Dr. William Charles Treadwell Rector, St. David’s Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas Preaching Wednesday, November 29, 2017 6:00 pm Celebration Eucharist Reception and Supper to Follow in Bishop Polk Hall Trinity Church Episcopal 1329 Jackson Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana R.S.V.P. 504-522-0276, tgrant@trinitynola.com
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
2018 Pledge Cards are being mailed the last week of October. Please return 2018 pledge cards on Commitment Sunday – November 5. Your financial commitment to Trinity allows us to responsibly plan for 2018. Your pledge is the outward and visible sign of your inward and spiritual walk with Christ who reminds us to “Seek first the Kingdom of God.” Trinity Church’s budget cycle runs January 1 – December 31, and it is especially important that we receive your pledge soon. The Church Finance Committee will present a budget to the Vestry in December and the Vestry will adopt the 2018 budget at their January meeting. The 2018 budget will be based on those commitments we actually receive – not what we hope to receive. Thank you in advance for your generous pledge for the work of God through Trinity Church for 2018.
The Reverend Andrew R. Thayer, Rector This beautiful painting by Tim Trapolin was given as a gift to honor Andy’s Installation as our new Rector. 2
Christian Formation
by The Reverend Katherine S. McLean, Associate Rector
On November 1 of each year, the Christian church celebrates the wonderful Feast of All Saints. This is the day on which we commemorate the intercommunion of the living and dead in the Body of Christ, past, present and to come. All Saints’ Day is one of the seven Principal Feasts listed in our 1979 Book of Common Prayer. The other six feasts are Easter Day, Ascension Day, The Day of Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Christmas Day and The Epiphany. All Saints’ Day is also one of the four days recommended for the administration of Holy Baptism. The other three are the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord (the First Sunday after the Epiphany), the Easter Vigil and the Day of Pentecost. The fifth appropriate occasion for Baptism is any time a bishop is visiting. This year All Saints’ Day is a Wednesday, and we will be having a special Choral Evensong at 6:00 pm under the direction of our interim organist/choirmaster, Dr. Paul Weber. The Trinity Choir will sing—as will our new rector—and Jarrett Follette from Christ Church Cathedral will be the guest organist. Evensong is a treasured part of our Anglican liturgical and musical heritage. Below is a description of Evensong written by Dr. Weber: The service of Evensong, or Evening Prayer, is one of the daily services that comprise the Divine Office. “Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments,” says the psalmist (Ps. 119:164), hearkening back to the ancient practice of setting aside time throughout each day to pray. In the Western Christian tradition, the practice of gathering seven times a day to sing psalms at Lauds (Morning Prayer), Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers (Evening Prayer) and Compline (Night Prayer) was established by St. Benedict in the 6th century and quickly spread across Europe (the service of Matins, with its longer readings and responsories, was also sung during the night.) At the time of the English Reformation in the 16th century, the Divine Office was revised, and the services of Vespers and Compline were combined to create something new: Evensong. The new service inherited from its medieval predecessors a tradition of daily, sung, choral prayer, but introduced the vernacular, scripture readings, public prayers, and, eventually, hymnody for the congregation to sing. Five centuries later, Evensong is among the greatest gifts of the English Church to people of all faiths. It is an opportunity at the end of the day to sit back and take in the beauty of the psalms, the canticles, passages from scripture, and to participate in a hymn or two. Unlike the main weekly Sunday morning services, Evensong invites the congregation into an interior participation, while the choir offers The Trinity Loaves and Fishes Cabaret and Silent prayers and praise on behalf of the whole church: a Auction brought a wonderful evening with chance to “let my prayer rise up in thy sight as indelicious food, great auction item choices and cense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening incredible entertainment! Many special thanks to sacrifice” (Ps. 141). the most talented Albinas Prizgintas and Anais St. Bring your friends and come share in a John who gave a fun and lyrical performance. Thank timeless experience of the sacred in our day and you to all who support our Trinity ministry of time. A festive reception will follow in Bishop Polk feeding those in need. Hall.
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Children, Youth & Family Ministries
by Ashley Bond, Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries
Youth Ministry Grateful Bakers 3rd Annual 24-Hour Thanksgiving Bake-In! For the third year in a row, our middle and high school students will come together to bake over 640 loaves of bread for those in our community in need of a little extra love (and bread) this Thanksgiving Holiday. Here are some important dates to remember: Sunday, November 12, from 4-6pm: Grateful Bakers Pre-Meeting. All bakers will meet at NOLAVORE Commissary located at 2139 Baronne St, New Orleans, LA 70113. Chef Anne Lloyd (Trinity parishioner and school parent) will teach us some practical bread-making skills in preparation for our 3rd annual Thanksgiving 24-hour Bake-In! We will also assign captains and create teams during this meeting. Mandatory for anyone participating in the Bake-In. Friday, November 17 at 6pm to Saturday, November 18 at 6pm: Grateful Bakers 3rd Annual 24Hour Thanksgiving Bake-In! Grateful Bakers will meet in Bishop Polk Hall for supper and to get organized for the Bake-In, which will kick off at 7pm in the school kitchen. Sunday, November 19: Bread Pick-Up and Deliveries. Families who signed up to deliver bread to our home-bound parishioners will pick up their loaves of bread on this day for delivery. Cyber-Seniors Workshop! On Sunday, November 12, 2017, from 12-1pm, we will offer our first official Cyber-Seniors workshop focusing on how to properly set up your iPhone and iPad! Learn how to change your settings so that your devices work for you and not the other way around! We will meet in the school library after church. The program will run one hour and youth mentors will be available to walk you through every step of the way. To sign up, please call Ashley Bond at (504) 236-2672. We look forward to growing this intergenerational ministry with you!
by Ashley Eastham, Young Adults Minister (aeastham@trinitynola.com)
Trinity’s 20s & 30s Cuba Donations Dinner You’re invited for a special dinner of Cuban cuisine (catered by Cuba Libre) in exchange for donations of goods and financial gifts for our Cuba pilgrims to bring along on their mid-November trip. Please gather on Thursday, November 2 in the Trinity Parish House, 5:30 8:00 pm. Suggested donations will be published soon. Please RSVP to aeastham@trinitynola.com. Please keep our Cuba pilgrims in your prayers as they travel, November 10-18!
“Happy Little Trees,” Amateur Art & Wine Night
Trinity’s 20s & 30s Sunday Supper Club On Sunday, November 26, you’re invited to gather with other 20s & 30s for dinner out, following worship. After the 6:00 pm Eucharist in Trinity’s chapel, we’ll have dinner together on Magazine Street. RSVP to aeastham@trinitynola.com, or just show up! 4
Trinity Connections
Thanksgiving Day
There will be no Thanksgiving Day Service at Trinity. There is a Thanksgiving Day service in the chapel at St. George’s at 8 am. Enter by the Nun Gate on Cadiz Street. There will also be a Thanksgiving Day service at Christ Church Cathedral at 10 am.
Choral Evensong for All Saints’ Day
The Trinity Choir will sing choral Evensong for All Saints’ Day on Wednesday, November 1 at 6:00 pm with a reception to follow. Christ Church Cathedral organist, Jarrett Follette, will join the choir as guest organist. Interim Organist & Choirmaster, Paul Weber, will conduct and Trinity Rector, Andrew Thayer, will officiate and preach. The service will include canticles by the English composer, George Dyson, and choral responses by Frank Rippl of Appleton, Wisconsin. The evening promises to be a festive celebration of rousing hymns and thrilling choral music for the Feast of All Saints’.
Eucharistic Visitors
Open to all! Continuing Education for Eucharistic Visitors introduces two programs on Sunday November 12 from 12 noon - 2 pm. Come and learn about “Threshold Choir” and “No One Dies Alone.” There will be time for questions and discussion after each. Let us know to expect you so our space can be set up to accommodate everyone. Deacon Alyce ajefferson@trinitynola.com Threshold Choir - One choir, many voices singing gently at the thresholds of life in over 150 communities around the world. A calm and focused presence at the bedside, with gentle voices, simple songs, and sincere kindness, can be soothing and reassuring to clients, family, and caregivers alike. When invited to a bedside, groups of two to four singers visit. A session typically lasts about 20 minutes. Local contact: Margaret Albert 415-0308. No One Dies Alone - developed in Oregon and formalized in 2001. The program provides volunteer “Compassionate Companions” at the bedside of patients who have no family or whose family members are unable to remain at the bedside during the dying process. It is a voluntary phonetree program in which volunteers sign up for a given shift. Local contact for East Jefferson General Hospital: Chaplain Laurent LeBien 503-5219.
Out and About Trinity Out and About will enjoy the Louisiana Watercolor Society Exhibit at Christwood Retirement Community on Friday, November 10. We will carpool from Trinity at 9:00 am and enjoy a leisurely tour of the exhibit and lunch at Christwood. Please reserve your spot by November 6! Cost $14 for lunch. On Tuesday, December 5 we will go to St. Augustine’s Church in Metairie for a quiet morning with iconographer, Raymond Calvert who will give us a guided tour of his icons. Afterwards we will enjoy lunch a nearby restaurant. Also, save the date for a Christmas Tea in our own parish house on December 17 to be followed by a very special Nutcracker Suite arranged by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington and performed by Delfayo Marsalis and his Uptown Jazz Orchestra. Volunteers to host the tea will be most welcome! For more information on any of these outings, or to reserve your space, please contact Maria Elliott at melliott@trinitynola.com or call 504-670-2535.
Trinity Treasures Wise and Wonderful Books and Gifts Trinity Treasures Annual Anniversary Sale! Friday, November 17 and Sunday, November 19 Bishop Polk Hall Foyer 25% - 40% off! 5
Trinity Connections
Brand New Coffee Table Book On Trinity Church’s Stained Glass Arriving This Month! Please mark your calendar for a special book signing by author Jim Theis and photographer Ginny Horner on Sunday, November 26 in Bishop Polk Hall foyer following the 10:30 service. Trinity parishioner Jim Theis has recently finished a book sure to be of interest to members or visitors who have ever admired our church’s beautiful stained glass windows. The new book represents the completion of a project originally conceived by long-time Trinity member and beloved church historian, Harriet Murrell, who died in April of 2016. Many parishioners over the years were lucky enough to have joined Harriet on one of her famous “stained glass window tours” through the sanctuary. Harriet had hoped and planned to eventually publish a picture book about the windows and began a collaboration with Jim shortly before her death. Jim has now taken Harriet’s oral history, writings of other Trinity historians and new research of his own and compiled it all into a beautiful 120page, hard-cover picture book that represents the first comprehensive history of Trinity’s stained glass ever written. With descriptions and stories about each window in the church and chapel - along with over 100 gorgeous color photographs taken by Trinity member and professional photographer, Ginny Horner - the book will be available in Trinity Treasures by mid-November, just in time for Christmas giving. All proceeds from the book’s sale - including an initial lot of books generously donated by Harriet’s son, Eric Murrell, and the author - will benefit the Women of Trinity Church and help fund their community grants. Look for the book in Trinity Treasures soon!
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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.
Book Signing
David Billings, historian, author and organizer with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond has worked for over 50 years in the struggle for racial justice. He is an ordained United Methodist minister, married to Margery Freeman (sister of Corrinne Barnwell) and lives in McComb, MS. On Sunday, November 12 he will discuss his latest book Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life in Trinity’s Chapel from 9:15- 10:15. This book - part popular history, part personal memoir documents the 400 year racialization of our country and explains why we remain a “nation hard-wired by race.” Deep Denial has won the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Current Events/Social Change category. Mr. Billings will also be signing his book before and after his discussion on Sunday, November 12. Deep Denial will be available in Trinity Treasures. Please join us for this informative and thought-provoking presentation.
Trinity Connections Wit & Wisdom from the WOTC Thanksgiving WOTC Bake Sale – Sunday, November 19 Calling all Bakers! The annual Pies and Sides Bake Sale will be held on Sunday, November 19. Bring your cookies, brownies, casseroles, breakfast breads, prepared food and other delicious treats to Bishop Polk Hall. Items may be placed in the Church freezer (label for WOTC please) or dropped off the morning of the sale. Funds from the sale support the WOTC grants fund which provides grants to Trinity Church and Community ministries. Contact: Courtney Murphy at cbhmurphy@ gmail.com, or Eileen Gleason at paintedbayoo@ icloud.com for more information.
Trinity Rummage Sale Love
Trinity Artist Series Sundays at 5 pm November 5 New Aurora Saxophone Ensemble
performs a variety of Favorite Jazz style selections. November 12 TWO CONCERTS: 2 pm Lusher Orchestra & Choir 5 pm
Micaela y Fiesta Flamenca - Michele Paule, director 18th Anniversary Concert with dancers and guitarists performing Sevillanas, Bamberas, Tientos, Alegrias, and....
November 19 Gabriel Faure - Requiem - Paul Mauffrey, conductor, soloists and combined chorus and orchestra members from New Orleans and Baton Rouge Benefit concert performance for the Louisiana Musicians’ Disaster Relief Fund. November 26 Celebrate Classical and Soul music treasures with Deontria Gibson, Alexis McQuarter, Layla Lewis, All on vocals - Damien Gibson, clarinet/violin - Kevin Gullage, vocals/piano - and Kerry Lewis Jr. bass/
The Fall Rummage Sale was a big, warm, loving success! A large number of wonderful volunteers came to serve our valued customers! Our donated merchandise was excellent! Though we had to cancel the sale on Saturday due to Hurricane Nate, we made the WOTC budgeted $10,000+! Thank you all for your generous support. The sale could not happen without you.
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.
Every Tuesday at 6 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.
KAIROS, IN GOD’S TIME…. Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. (Kairos) is a lay-led, interdenominational Christian ministry in which men and women volunteers bring Christ’s love and forgiveness to prisoners and their families. The programs involve a structured model that includes the weekend experience based on the Cursillo format with follow-up visits for one year. The 63rd Kairos weekend at Angola Prison will be held November 9-12. The men’s lay team is seeking assistance through financial contributions, baking cookies for the weekend or joining the 24 hour prayer chain. For additional information, contact team member, John Musser at jmusser@bellsouth.net, or 504-289-2589. 7
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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 be closed November 22, 23, and 24.
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