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Trinity Parish of Newton Centre Newsletter

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All Are Welcome at our

Weekly Services:

Sunday Eucharist,

10:00am

Wednesday Service,

7:00pm

I N S I D E I N S I D E I N S I D E I N S I D E

The New “R” Word 2

Liturgical Celebrations

Join the Choir 3 Second Rector 3 Merger Update 4

Spiritual Formation

Sunday School 4 Thanks, Margery! 5 Welcome Tammy 5 Catechumenate 5 Adult Formation 6 Why Do We Pray? 7 Scripture Readings 8 Trinity Sunday Picts 8

Parish & Neighborhood

Saturday/Sunday Bread 9 Property Committee 9 Icon Workshop 9 Thank You, David 10 Why I Give: Daryl 10 B-SAFE Picts 11 Bread & Gift Cards 11 Rectory Open House 11 Salvation Army 11 Loose Offerings 11 Food Pantry News 12 Shared Worship 12 Consecration Sunday 12 Upcoming Issue 12

When Mother Theresa visited one of her con-vents in advance of the archbishop’s visit to them, she asked the sisters why they had can-celled their morning prayer time and their morning service. “To make more time to get ready for the archbishop’s visit,” the sisters responded. Mother Theresa is said to have told them, “When we are busy, we need to pray twice as much.”

At Trinity Parish, we are busy. Sunday School and choir are starting up again after a summer break. The Intra-Parish Counsel and other committees are working hard to facilitate our forthcoming merger with the Parish of the Messiah. A new roof is being installed over the sanctuary. Work is being done on the heating system for our tenants in the gym and artist’s studio. And all this after we’ve just helped to serve hundreds of meals for B-SAFE, completed the annual audit, painted Trinity House, and updated and re-zoned all our thermostats!

When we are busy it can be tempting – as it was tempting for Mother Theresa’s sisters – to

forego our prayer in order to make time for tasks. But… “When we are busy, we need to pray twice as much.”

As we are busy this fall, I hope that we will yet remain faithful to our prayer. I hope that we will continue to attend Eucharist Sunday by Sunday, and I hope that we will remain faithful to our individual prayer during the week. Maybe we’ll even pray twice as much. For it is only as we nurture our rela-tionship with God that the work we under-take for God will come to bear fruit.

See you Sunday,

Fr. Miller

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I recently viewed a wonderful documentary film about the peo-ple and the religion of Tibet called “Under the Vajra Sky.” It focused on the religion of Tibetan Buddhism and the systematic destruction of the language, religion, and culture of the Tibetan people since the illegal Chinese annexation and occupation of that country in 1950.

Around an hour into the film, however, I began to notice that the movie’s writer, narrator, and director, John Bush, had been care-fully avoiding the use of the word “religion” in referring to Ti-betan Buddhism—a religious tradition so obviously “religious” that some reputable scholars in the field have even called it the “Roman Catholicism” of Buddhism.

Instead of labeling these ancient and obvious beliefs, rituals, and devotional practices a “religion,” the filmmaker kept referring to Tibetan Buddhism as a “wisdom tradition.” By the end of this two-hour movie, he had not once used the term “religion” to describe this ancient faith. Clouds of incense; sanctuaries filled with chanting monks in ritual headdress; walls covered from top to bottom with icons or, as they are called in Tibet, tankas of protector-deities; throngs of pilgrims prostrating themselves, lighting candles before gilded images of the Buddha, their hands clasped in prayer or fingering their “mala beads,”—Tibetan “rosaries”—to the rhythmic repetition of sacred mantras; spin-ning prayer wheels; flapping prayer flags: none of these things would provoke the thoroughly postmodern writer and director to abandon caution by using the “R” word—“religion”—to de-scribe any of it.

In a very odd and ironic sort of way, this western convert to Ti-betan Buddhism was as consistently “a-theistic” in his language as the Chinese government is in its domestic policy. I won’t presume to speak for His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama—anymore than I would presume to speak for the Bishop of Rome, His Holiness Pope Francis—but all of this semantic nonsense made me wonder if the Dalai Lama might not have been just a little annoyed at hearing his great religion blandly and continual-ly referred to as a “wisdom tradition”!

Well, after the movie, my annoyance quickly turned into more sober reflection as I began to realize that this episode of post-modern silliness is by no means restricted to discourse about Tibetan Buddhism alone. We in the so-called “blue states” or—as we are sometimes described in clergy circles, the “graveyard of the churches”—are also often very reticent to speak about “religion” and religious believing. While some of this reticence may have to do with our justified horror over the abuses of reli-gion in both the domestic and international arena these days—especially in the propensity by religious fanatics everywhere to use religion to promote the very secular myth of redemptive vio-lence—I wonder if we Anglicans in particular do not also suffer from old-fashioned embarrassment and a fear to witness as peo-ple of faith to “the truth that is in us,” to use Saint Paul’s words.

I wonder if we are not just as cowed by our own doubts, as in-fluenced by the disbelieving majority, and as fearful of making the existential commitment of our whole being to the truth as we have come to know it, as so many others in our increasingly secular culture in North America and Western Europe.

Although we are living in a globalized and religiously plural world, we Christians need not fear to proclaim boldly that we, together with all believers everywhere and from every language, culture, religion, and region, follow a religion and worship a God who always waits like a beggar of love at the door of our hearts, never presuming to push that door open. We are sum-moned to keep our hearts open—often despite all pressures to the contrary—to a God who is always greater than anything we may say about God in any religion, language, culture, or—if we must—“wisdom tradition.”

We Christians have made Pascal’s great “wager,” staking our whole lives on the reality of “all that is, seen and unseen,” in the words of the Nicene Creed. And we have the audacity to hope that this great Mystery, this Hidden Ground of Love, has not “left us as orphans” to find our own way through the corrupted currents of this world. Always respecting the dignity of differ-ence, we Christians may still proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, even as we acknowledge that each of the world’s great religions offers a unique divine self-disclosure and an individual invitation to communion with God and with one another. Our Baptismal Covenant commits us to lives of missionary disciple-ship, vigorous evangelism, and servant witness to the Gospel. So, why not take a modest, first step in proclaiming the Gospel by bringing a friend to church on some Sunday morning?

---The Rev. James La Macchia

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As written in his memoirs, while Dr. Sullivan was considering his retirement, he was concerned as to who would take over as the captain of the ship, or as he more fatherly put it, he “wondered when the time came, whom she would choose for a husband.” For a long time prior to his retirement, he gave this matter much thought combined with a bit of worriment, wondering who his successor would be to “take over [his] beloved task and responsibilities and traditions.”

No one had been appointed prior to his retirement, and it wasn’t until after Dr. Sullivan’s resignation that the name of Mr. Morris would periodically pop up in various social circles. It was not only his name that appeared, but also this man’s many fine accomplishments, until finally the news came that Frederick M. Morris had accepted the position and would become the Parish’s second rector on the first of August 1942.

Anxious to know more about this individual, Dr. Sullivan had the chance to hear Mr. Morris preach at Trinity, Boston the spring prior to his new assignment. As Dr. Sullivan came away from the service, the good Reverend felt for the first time peace of heart and mind, for he knew and felt confident that Mr. Morris “would carry on and enlarge the work of [Trinity] in the way…all wanted.”

As for Mr. Morris’ background, The Rev. Frederick M. Morris came from Grace Church in Salem, where he had been the rector for the past seven years. The Reverend was born in Los Angeles, in 1906 and was the son of The Rev. Dr. Lewis Gouverneur Morris of Philadelphia and Ruth Myers Morris. He graduated from Hobart College in 1927 and the Virginia Theological School in 1930, being ordained a deacon by Bishop Cook of Delaware at the Calvary Church, Germantown, PA (which coincidentally happened to be the church his father was Rector of).

After being ordained a priest, The Rev. spent 3 years performing missionary work on the Arapaho Indian reservation in Wyoming. From there he became the rector of the Silver Spring Parish in the diocese of Washington prior to being called to the New England area.

What did The Rev. Morris bring to Trinity?

Married in 1931 to Dorothy Quincy Hastings formerly of Boston, he brought his wife and three children to live at the rectory on 893 Centre Street, and to utilize a brand new car (costing $550) as part of his package.

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Join the ChoirJoin the ChoirJoin the ChoirJoin the Choir

Now that September and a new season are approaching, I would like to invite you to consider becoming more involved in Trin-ity’s music program. If you know some-one who likes either to sing or play an instrument, please let me know or intro-duce them to me, as there is almost cer-tainly space for them (as well as your-self!) to explore sharing their interest or talent.

Participation in the Trinity Parish Choir is open to all. If you speak to me, I will be more than happy to arrange an informal audition to listen to your voice and help you determine what voice part you will find most comfortable singing with us.

Most of last year’s section leaders are planning to return this fall, and they are a most fun and welcoming group of individu-als. Their abilities and leadership make it possible for us to sing a varied repertory of great music. As so many of them have work immediately following worship, this would also be a great opportunity for you to get to know some of them a little better.

In recent years scientists have examined the effects, physical and mental, of singing in a group. Several studies strongly sug-gest that joining a choir or chorus is beneficial to body, mind, and spirit, lowering stress and helping the body to release or inhibit, respectively, natural chemicals in the brain related to happiness or anxiety.

A very close to final draft of Trinity’s schedule of music in worship through Christmas Eve will be available online. See what you will get to sing or hear through December at the Mu-sic page on the parish’s Web site trinitynewton.org/worship_music.html.

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In his short 6 year stay at Trinity, the Rev’s accomplishments included:

• organizing the Server’s Guild and the Altar Guild, necessary chapters for a more meaningful and effective service to Church worship

• in 1944: had the aisles installed with tile (which ironically were just removed in 2015)

• also in 1944: added an altar and pews to the chapel area

• in 1945: initiated the funds to develop a larger and better Parish house to suit the needs of the growing congregation (which would eventually be named the Edward T. Sullivan Memorial Parish House). In that year alone a gift of $2,000 was received just to get the project off the ground, followed by many other gifts and pledges

• in June of 1948: had the war memorial (at the back of the Church) dedicated via Bishop Nash in memory of the six young men who gave their lives for their country

• the mural over the altar was painted. (however, the origin of this mural remains a mystery whether it was actually dedicated in memory of anyone)

• and developed an affectionate relationship with Dr. Sullivan.

Due to the good Reverend’s hard work and capable guidance, the Parish continued to thrive, grow and strengthen it’s already fine structure and the organizations that were already in existence, as well as creating, developing, and maintaining additional ones. The Rev. Sullivan noted that it was evident that The Rev. Morris quickly proved himself to be the right, man, captain, or shall we say “husband” for the job.

Regrettably on July 21st, having been at Trinity for only six years, a special meeting of the Vestry was held to accept the resignation of Rev. Morris so that he could become the Dean of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Minneapolis. Many years later the Reverend would return and attend the 100th Anniversary of the Parish, and in his speech to the Parish, he stated that his most popular and greatest claim to fame at Trinity was that in hiring E. Nancy Cobb as the Parish secretary, a position our beloved Nancy would hold for over the next 40 years, and coincidently she would become the only member of the Parish who would come to know the first six ministers of Trinity Parish.

— David MacNair

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At an All-Parish Meeting after the service on Sunday, May 3, Trinity Parish officially voted to merge with the Parish of the Messiah, Auburndale. The Messiah-Trinity Intra-Parish Council (“IPC”) anticipates that the last liturgy at the Parish of the Messi-ah will be on November 22, 2015. November 22 is the last Sun-day of the Church year, the Feast of Christ the King, and the an-niversary of the dedication of the Parish of the Messiah. Our parishes are intending to become one worshiping community beginning November 29, 2015, the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of the new Church year.

Minutes of past IPC meetings are posted in the Dunbar Room (coffee hour room).

If you have questions about the Messiah-Trinity merger, please speak to one of Trinity’s IPC members: Karen Hilliard (co-chair), Nick Carter, David MacNair and The Rev. Todd Miller.

Sunday School NewsSunday School NewsSunday School NewsSunday School News

Trinity’s Sunday School’s first day back to the academic year and the Godly Play curriculum is September 13. Grades K-5 will meet promptly in the large classroom at the end of the hall downstairs at 9:45 each Sunday. Please pay attention to Trini-ty’s E-weekly and Sunday announcements for information about the Junior High class. Trinity’s Sunday School teachers are Car-rie Burr, Ashley Duggan, Holly Henson and Joe Pasquinelli. The Junior High class will be led by the Rev. Sharon Cicarelli. To learn more about Trinity’s Godly Play Sunday School curric-ulum, go to www.godlyplayfoundation.org. To ask a question about Trinity’s Sunday School, to tour the space or to sign up your child for Sunday School, please speak to Carrie Burr or Ashley Duggan. For more information about Trinity’s Junior High group, please speak to Sharon.

For our youngest members, Trinity offers professional childcare every Sunday beginning at 9:45

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Sunday School Evening Prayer service at Jeff’s home Saturday, April 25

Sunday School Saints Presentation, May 17

Margery Ferry, one of Trinity’s Sunday School teachers and professional child-care providers since 2010, will be step-ping down this fall on the occasion of the birth of her second grandchild. Congrat-ulations, Margery! Margery is planning to be away most weekends to spend more time with the newest members of her family. In her five years with us,

Margery has become much-beloved, both by the young people in our Sunday School and the Sunday School staff. We will miss you, Margery, and we wish you well!

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Catechumenate NewsCatechumenate NewsCatechumenate NewsCatechumenate News

This past spring, Audrey was Confirmed and Nathan made re-affirmation of his Baptismal vows after participating in Trini-ty’s catechumenate process.

Would you like to be Confirmed or to make a re-affirmation of your Baptismal vows, or would you like to simply deepen your faith and ask questions in a safe, supportive environment? Trinity’s catechumenate process may be for you!

For more information on Trinity’s catechumenate process, turn to page 6 to read more, or go to trinitynewton.org/grow_catchumenate.html and click to download the brochure.

To hear a sermon by Fr. Miller that speaks about the catechu-menate, go to trinitynewton.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/ the-catechumenate-in-a-nutshell.

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Welcome to seminarian Tammy Hobbs Miracky! Tammy attends Harvard Divinity School, where as part of coursework and in anticipation of future ministry, students par-ticipate in “field education” in a parish. Tammy will be doing her field education at Trinity from September through May, serv-ing many Sundays “up front” as a lector, Eucharistic minister or preacher. Tammy is drawn to Trinity because she is hoping to

observe first-hand Trinity’s forthcoming merger with Messiah. In order to deepen her learning about ministry, parish life and administration, Tammy will also be present for occasional mid-week meetings, and may take part in leading formation oppor-tunities. Tammy and her husband Bill live in Newton with their three sons. (In fact, she can often be seen walking past Trinity on the way to the park with their dog Juno.) Tammy is a mem-ber of St. Paul’s, Brookline, and looks forward to becoming a member of our worshipping community as well. Please be sure to introduce yourself to Tammy and welcome her to Trinity.

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Beginning in September

The Whole Bible Experience. Most Episcopalians tend to hear the Scriptures in bite-sized chunks at the Sunday liturgy. Read-ing the Bible straight through from Genesis to Revelation is a very different experience that will greatly enhance our apprecia-tion of Scripture, as well as deepen our relationship with God. The Whole Bible Experience’s reading plan calls for approxi-mately 15 minutes of reading each day, six days per week, for one year. Monthly group check-in sessions offer opportunity for participants to reflect on their experience. For more information or to sign up for the Whole Bible Experience, please see Fr. Mil-ler. Start date and dates for check-in sessions will be an-nounced.

Beginning in October

Icon Painting Workshop. Russian Master icon maker , teacher and lecturer Marina Forbes will offer "The Art of Icon Painting" over the course of four Saturday afternoons in October and November. For more information, please see the announce-ment on page 9.

Four 20th Century Mystics. “Mystics” lived not only in ages past, but also live in our present time. “Four 20th Century Mys-tics” will explore the writings of four modern mystics: Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941), Pierre Tielhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955), Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967) and Dietrich Bonhoef-fer (1906-1945). Would you like to read more about and dis-cuss these extraordinary persons and their life in God? Come and join us at Trinity Parish to discuss the following books on the following Wednesdays at 7:30pm:

October 28 Practical Mysticism: A Little Book for Normal People, by Evelyn Underhill

December 2 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Writings, by Ursu-la King (Modern Spiritual Masters Series)

March 2 My Early Years, by Adrienne von Speyr, and First Glance at Adrienne von Speyr, by Hans Urs von Balthazar

April 6 Letters and Papers from Prison, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Readers’ Edition)

All books are available at www.amazon.com.

Beginning in December

Centering Prayer. Center ing Prayer is a receptive method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contempla-tive prayer in which we experience God’s presence and action within us. In this one-day workshop followed by a series of six two-hour follow-up sessions, the Rev. James La Macchia, Rec-tor of Messiah, Auburndale, and a commissioned presenter of

Centering Prayer for Contemplative Outreach, will introduce participants to the method of Centering Prayer and help them to experience the prayer. The one-day workshop will take place on Saturday, December 5, from 10:00-4:00. The six follow-up sessions will take place on six Wednesday eve-nings, from 7:30pm - 9:30pm: December 9 and 30; January 6, 13 and 27; and February 3. For more information or to sign up, please contact Fr. La Macchia directly at frlamac-chia@gmail.com.

Beginning in January, 2016

The Catechumenate. Beginning in January, Tr inity’s catechumenate (cat’-eh-KYU-men-it) process will begin again. The catechumenate is not a program but a process developed in the early centuries of the Church to help pre-pare candidates for Baptism. Trinity uses the catechumen-ate process not only to help candidates prepare for Baptism, but also to help those who are seeking to explore and/or deepen their Christian faith. The ancient Greek name is a rich word that means a combination of “to pour” and “echo,” and some have suggested it means “to whisper into the ear.” The catechumenate is a safe place to ask questions, to uncov-er the ways in which God is already active in our lives, to explore the scriptures and to get to know fellow seekers. Those who have been through the process have found it a life-changing experience. To learn more about Trinity's cate-chumenate process, please speak to a member of Trinity’s catechumenate team (Todd Miller, Sharon Ciccarelli, David MacNair and Karen Hilliard), or go to www.trinitynewton.org/grow_catchumenate.html and down-load the brochure.

February

Planning Your Burial Liturgy, Wednesday, February 24,

7:30pm. It’s something we rarely talk about, but… our own death is in our future. One of the ways we can begin to prepare ourselves for our death – and a loving thing we can do for those closest to us – is to plan our burial liturgy. At “Planning Your Burial Liturgy,” Trinity’s clergy will lead participants to consider the rites, readings and hymns that they may wish to include in their burial liturgy. Participants may keep their forms on file at the parish office.

March

Medical Directives Workshop, Wednesday, March 9 at

7:30pm. The Medical Directives Workshop follows on the “Planning Your Funeral Liturgy” session and is part of Christian planning for faithful dying. Come and learn more about appointing a Healthcare proxy and giving instructions for your medical care, should you become incapacitated.

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By William A. Barry, SJ; From God’s Passionate Desire

Why do we pray? Do we pray for utilitarian reasons—because it benefits our physical or psychological health? Honesty compels me to say that I often do pray for utilitarian reasons. First of all, most of my prayers of petition ask for some good result, either for me or for someone else or for all people. Moreover, I feel contented when I remember in prayer the people who mean much to me, even if my prayer is not answered. I notice, too, that I feel better about myself when I pray regularly. I feel more centered, more in tune with the present, less anxious about the past or the future. So I suspect that I do pray for the purpose of psychological or physical health. But does that exhaust my mo-tivations for prayer?

Prayer Is a Relationship

Thinking of prayer as a conscious relationship, or friendship, with God may be illuminating. Why do we spend time with good friends? As I pondered this question, I realized that I relish times with good friends for some of the same reasons just ad-duced for spending time in prayer. If I have not had good con-versations with close friends for some time, I feel out of sorts, somewhat lonely, and ill at ease. When I am with good friends, I feel more whole and alive.

Still, I do not believe that my only reason for wanting time with them is to feel better. I want to be with them because I love them. I am genuinely interested in and concerned for them. The beneficial effect that being with them has on me is a happy by-product. Moreover, I have often spent time with friends when it cost me trouble and time, and I did it because they wanted my presence. Haven’t we all spent time with a close friend who was ill or depressed, even when the time was painful and difficult? Such time spent cannot be explained on utilitarian grounds. We spend that time because we love our friend for his or her own sake.

Of course, there are times when we need the presence of close friends because we are in pain or lonely. Friendship would not be a mutual affair if we were always the ones who gave and never were open to receive. But if we are not totally egocentric, we will have to admit that we do care for others for their own sakes, and not just for what we can get from the relationship. We spend time with our friends because of our mutual care and love. Can we say the same thing about our relationship with God?

Our Deepest Desires

Prayer is a conscious relationship with God. Just as we spend time with friends because we love them and care for them, we spend time in prayer because we love God and want to be with God. Created out of love, we are drawn by the desire for “we know not what,” for union with the ultimate Mystery, who alone will satisfy our deepest longing. That desire, we can say, is the

Why Do We Pray?Why Do We Pray?Why Do We Pray?Why Do We Pray? Holy Spirit of God dwelling in our hearts, drawing us to the perfect fulfillment for which we were created—namely, com-munity with the Trinity. That desire draws us toward a more and more intimate union with God.

We pray, then, at our deepest level, because we are drawn by the bonds of love. We pray because we love, and not just for utilitarian purposes. If prayer has beneficial effects—and I believe that it does—that is because prayer corresponds to our deepest reality. When we are in tune with God, we cannot help but experience deep well-being. Ignatius of Loyo-la spoke of consolation as a sign of a person’s being in tune with God’s intention. But in the final analysis, the lover does not spend time with the Beloved because of the consolation; the lover just wants to be with the Beloved.

Thanks and Praise

Another motive for prayer is the desire to praise and thank God because of his great kindness and mercy. In contemplat-ing Jesus, we discover that God’s love is not only creative but also overwhelmingly self-sacrificing. Jesus loved us even as we nailed him to the cross.

If we allow the desire for “we know not what” to draw us more and more into a relationship of mutual love with God, then we will, I believe, gradually take as our own that won-derful prayer so dear to St. Francis Xavier that begins O De-us, ego amo te, nec amo te ut salves me: “O God, I love you, and not because I hope for heaven thereby.” Gerard Manley Hopkins translated the prayer:

I love thee, God, I love thee— Not out of hope for heaven for me Nor fearing not to love and be In the everlasting burning. Thou, my Jesus, after me Didst reach thine arms out dying, For my sake sufferedst nails and lance, Mocked and marred countenance, Sorrows passing number, Sweat and care and cumber, Yea and death, and this for me, And thou couldst see me sinning: Then I, why should not I love thee, Jesu so much in love with me? Not for heaven’s sake, not to be Out of hell by loving thee; Not for any gains I see; But just the way that thou didst me I do love and will love thee. What must I love thee, Lord, for then? For being my king and God. Amen.

— Article from IgnatianSpirituality.com. Original text from God's Passionate Desire by William A. Barry, S.J. (Loyola Press, 2008). Reprinted with permission of Loyola Press. To order copies of this book, visit loyolapress.com. www.loyolapress.com/gods-passionate-desire-by-william-barry-sj.htm

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Scripture Readings for the Sunday EucharistScripture Readings for the Sunday EucharistScripture Readings for the Sunday EucharistScripture Readings for the Sunday Eucharist

September Sunday Eucharist

Pentecost XV Proper 18

September 6 Prov. 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 Psalm 125 James 2:1-10, 14-17 Mark 7:24-37

Pentecost XVI Proper 19

September 13 Proverbs 1:20-33 Psalm 19 James 3:1-12 Mark 8:27-38

Pentecost XVII Proper 20

September 20 Proverbs 31:10-31 Psalm 1 James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a Mark 9:30-37

Pentecost XVIII Proper 21

September 27 Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22

Psalm 124 James 5:13-20 Mark 9:38-50

October Sunday Eucharist

Pentecost XIX Proper 22

October 4 Job 1:1; 2:1-10 Psalm 26 Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16

Pentecost XX Proper 23

October 11 Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Psalm 22:1-15 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31

Pentecost XXI Proper 24

October 18 Job 38:1-7 Psalm 104:1-9, 25, 37b Hebrews 5:1-10 Mark 10:35-45

Pentecost XXII Proper 25

October 25 Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Psalm 34:1-8 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 10:46-52

November Sunday Eucharist

All Saints November 1 Wisdom of Sol. 3:1-9 Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44

Pentecost XXIV Proper 27

November 8 Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 Psalm 127 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44

Pentecost Proper

November 15 1 Samuel 1:4-20 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Heb. 10:11-14, 19-25 Mark 13:1-8

Pentecost Last Christ the King

November 22 2 Samuel 23:1-7 Psalm 132:1-13 Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37

Advent I November 29 Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-9 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36

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Property Committee NewsProperty Committee NewsProperty Committee NewsProperty Committee News

A lot has been happening around Trinity and the Property Com-mittee has been busy on all fronts. Staying on top of the roof situation, the vestry and building committee have been working with specialists from Building Conservation Associates to get us covered before winter. As of this writing three highly capa-ble contractors have been invited to bid on the job that should take about sixty-days to complete once the contract is awarded. Steps are underway to have a contractor on board by the begin-ning of September.

Those of us who were here during lent will remember the mas-sive flooding caused in the Church by the faulty roof. At one point something like a gallon of water per hour poured into the main body of the Church causing substantial damage to the old tile floor. As a result services were moved from the main Church into the Chapel during which time all of the old tile was removed to reveal the natural wood underneath. Thanks to the fast work of many focused professionals the wood floors were restored and the Church was professionally cleaned from top to bottom in time for Easter.

We are pleased to announce that the Dynamo Fencing School has been with us for a year. The school has had much success here at Trinity and has renewed its lease for another year.

After September 13, Trinity’s volunteering at Saturday’s / Sun-day’s Bread will be on hiatus until further notice. Saturday’s / Sunday’s Bread is in the process of moving from its previous home at the recently-sold parish of St. John the Evangelist on Bowdoin St., to Union United Methodist Church in the South End. Saturday’s/ Sunday’s Bread will begin again after the renovation of its new spaces at Union are complete. Please stay tuned to Eweekly and Sunday morning announcements for updates.

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This fall, Russian Master icon maker, teacher and lecturer, Marina Forbes, will offer "The Art of Icon Painting" workshop at the Trinity Parish of Newton Centre. It is a 14-hour hands-on studio workshop for students interested in learning how to create traditional Russian icons, one of the world's oldest and most respected forms of reli-gious art. The program will include a detailed dis-

cussion and demonstration of traditional materials and methods of icon making. Then, under the direction of the instructor, stu-dents will create their own icons using a combination of tradi-tional and contemporary materials and methods. Students will learn about board and painting surface preparation, gessoing, image rendering, pigments, brush strokes techniques, detailing, highlighting, gilding, Old Slavonic lettering, and varnishing.

No painting experience is required for this Icon Painting class. Experienced artists will also feel very comfortable in the class.

Saturdays, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

October 17, 24, 31 & November 14, 2015

Trinity Parish of Newton Centre

11 Homer Street, Newton, MA 02459

For more information, please contact Marina Forbes directly at (603) 332-2255, by e-mail at marina@anylanguage.org or please visit MarinaForbes.com. Spaces have already started fill-ing up, so reserve your spot in the class today!

The room next to the Gym which was formally a kitchen had been remodeled and repurposed as an art studio. We are pleased to welcome Phyllis Berman a professional artist and educator who now occupies the new space. Phyllis is busy creating new works for a global audience. In her capacity as Artist in Resi-dence Phyllis functions as a color consultant providing advice for projects here at Trinity. Phyllis most recently lent her exper-tise to the color selection for the Painting of Trinity House.

With the help of the Diocese, Trinity has just completed a capi-tal needs assessment. This comprehensive report takes a critical look at the physical needs of Trinity and provides us with a roadmap that will allow us to plan and budget responsibly. This report is available for review by any parishioner who would like to know more. Please contact the office for more details.

We are pleased to announce that Mike Spurr will continue as our Facility manager. Mike who brings many years of professional building management experience. Under his guidance Trinity has gained access to a wide range of professional contractors who have allowed us to undertake many important projects from the painting and restoration of the great door, the patching of the concrete around the property and the installation of zone thermo-stats and the rezoning of the boiler to allow for a more reliable heating solution.

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Thank You, David!Thank You, David!Thank You, David!Thank You, David!

When did you come to Trinity? What

brought you to Trinity?

Once upon a time, my parents brought me to be baptized here in Trinity’s heyday when the Rev. Howard Dunbar was Rec-tor. He was the third rector, so that gives you an idea how long ago it was. From there, I grew up in Trinity playing all kinds of different roles.

In what capacities have you served over the years?

Starting as a kid, I have a badge from 9 years of excellent at-tendance at Sunday School when it was held on the first floor of Trinity House (where Pre-School Experience resides pres-ently). I sang in the children’s choir until my voice changed, and I served as an altar boy, crucifer, and played many differ-ent roles in the Christmas Pageant from one of the wise men, all the way to the starring role of Joseph. For a while, I was also treasurer of the Young People’s Fellowship.

What have been some of your favorite roles in which

you’ve served when you were younger?

When the church hosted their formal dinners in the gym for 150-200 people, they always asked the kids to serve as wait-ers. This was by far my favorite role, since we had the china and silver to make it really special. I have always enjoyed get-ting the church decorated for feasts and special occasions. It is such a beautiful church with gorgeous architecture that any decorations just pop out and inspire. With so much rich expe-rience in my background, I feel compelled to tell Trinity’s larger story as the unofficial church historian. There are treas-ures untold hiding in these walls waiting to be discovered.

In your more present role, what exactly are your duties as

part of Trinity’s Treasury Team? ?

I think I have served at least 4 years now as part of the Treas-ury team. Chuck Hornberger asked me to serve back in the day, and I did not hesitate for a moment, though I had no idea what I was really getting into. It is a team in the truest sense of the word. It takes a whole village to keep accurate financial records and my thanks go out to Aaron Friar, and Robert & Donna English for their unflagging thoroughness and devotion to this team.

What do you find challenging about your service?

Currently, I serve on the Intra Parish Council which is work-ing on the consolidation of Trinity and the Parish of the Messi-ah. It has been an honor to serve and very eye-opening as we labor through the trials and tribulations of parish mergers: vot-ing, meetings, committees, etc. etc.

Do you have some good stories to tell?

I remember best the days at Trinity when there were three ser-vices: 8:00am, 9:15am, and 11:00am. Someone would always look over the acolytes to make sure their black shoes shined,

A good question! We all give in many ways…gifts of care, of time, of goods, of money, of effort. Why do we give? For me, the answers to this question come from ex-periences that have filled my whole life…from childhood to this present moment. My answer is rooted in what I observed and experienced in my family and childhood. My parents dedicated some of their free time to lay ministry at a Boston mission, to teach-ing Sunday School, to being involved in church leadership. My mother was still teaching Sunday School when she was over 80 years old! They supported missionaries who were also some-times guests in our home. (From my point of view, those mis-sionaries gave everything…way more than I hoped I would ever have to give!) We attended a fundamentalist evangelical church and tithing was a rule of life, the expected practice for all church members. I give because I grew up in a family in which giving was a way of life, was the way in which you lived as a Christian. It was simply practiced.

I also give because I have observed and experienced enormous, unexpected and undeserved generosity. Friends, mentors, spir-itual directors have generously listened carefully to me when I needed that most. While traveling, people I had never met be-fore have welcomed me and offered friendship, time and care. When I had a very small income and needed a new set of tires, a friend (without knowing my situation) shared an unexpected inheritance. Another friend, hearing about a couple of outreach programs to the homeless parents at Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center in Cambridge made several large and unsolicited donations. I have also watched others face this question and answer it. A dear friend who was widowed at age 31, raising two young children, completing her college education and then

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and their white gloves gleamed. At the 11:00am during the Of-fertory, we always sang the National Anthem every Sunday and had the two flags of the church and of the nation process down the aisle, face the altar, and then whip around back to their prop-er place.

Secondly, I remember how the Young People’s Fellowship al-ways started the year with the Rev. Howard Dunbar playing 20 questions with the youth. First question was always whether the priest was thinking of something mineral, vegetable, or animal. For a correct answer, Rev. Dunbar would hurl a candy bar from a paper bag to the winner. It has always made me think sweet thoughts about Trinity Parish, and I am glad to still be counted as one of her parishioners.

Many, many thanks, David,

for all you do for Trinity Parish!

Trinity News Fall 2015

Eight times each year, Trinity Parish volunteers to prepare and serve the evening meal for guests at the Salvation Army in Framingham. Upcoming dates for the Salvation Army dinner in 2015 are:

Monday, September 14 Monday, November 9

Please note that we do not serve a meal in March, June, October, or in December. Please sign up on the sheet in the Dunbar Room to help out.

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Every fourth Sunday is designated as the loose offering Sunday in which all of the money collected during the service will go to different charities sponsored by Trinity. The following is a list of upcoming offerings:

Sunday, September 27 Centre Street Food Pantry Sunday, October 25 Episcopal City Mission Sunday, November 22 Bread & Gift Card Ministry

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The Brown Bag Lunch program has a new name. Announcing the Bread & Gift Card Min-istry! Funded through the Rector’s Discretion-ary Account, this ministry offers everyone who comes to Trinity in need as many loaves of bread as they desire along with one supermarket gift card worth $10. Each person/family can receive this $10 card once every two weeks.

Many area residents have long taken advantage of this service and have used the chapel to pray on their occa-sion of visiting the church. If you wish to donate to this minis-try, please make out checks to “Trinity Parish” with “Rector’s Discretionary Fund” in the memo line.

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During late July and early August, several dozen volunteers from four different Newton parishes prepared and served food for approximately 500 young people in the B-SAFE program (“Bishop’s Summer Academic and Fun Enrichment” program). Below are photos of volunteers from Messiah, St. John’s, St. Paul’s and Trinity working hard to serve B-SAFE participants. A special thanks to Trinity’s Glenn Vanaman for all his diligent planning and coordinating.

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Following the Eucharist on Sunday, September 20, Todd and Ashley will host an open house at the rectory, from 11:30 until 1:15. Todd's own homebrew and BBQ will be served. Please bring a dish to pass. A sign-up sheet is posted in the Dunbar Room.

needing to complete a professional degree told me that despite her lack of income, she had made the commitment to tithe. No fanfare, she just gave money where needed and gave time to her local church. For many years, I have witnessed my friend in South Africa who provides medicine, food, school funds, tutor-ing and transportation to those in the Zulu community who need these things. I give because I have been given to so extravagant-ly and because of the faithfulness that shines so strongly from my friends’ lives.

Finally, I give because it is fun! It is joyful to know that in a tiny way you are participating in a project in which God’s Spirit is working. It is a privilege to be allowed to be a part of some-thing much bigger than anything we could plan!

— Daryl L. Mark

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The Rev. Todd Miller

Rector

The Rev. Sharon Ciccarelli

Priest Associate

Joshua T. Lawton

Music Director

Aaron W. Friar

Parish Administrator

The mission of

Trinity Parish is to

nurture spiritual

growth through the

worship of God in

Christ, and through

fellowship and

service to others.

Trinity Parish of Newton Centre

Episcopal

11 Homer Street Newton Centre, MA 02459 617-527-2790 ♦ office@trinitynewton.org

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Sunday, November 15, is Consecration Sunday, the day on which we are invited to make a pledge of financial support to Trinity Parish for 2016. In anticipation of our merger and a unified budget for 2016, this year’s Consecration Sunday will be done with the Parish of the Messiah, Au-burndale, who will be worshiping with us that day. Our guest preacher at Eucharist

will be The Rev. Frank Fornaro, the Interim President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School. Pledge cards will be hand-ed out at announcement time, and may be turned in at the end of the liturgy. Following the liturgy, a catered luncheon will be held to celebrate our giving for 2016.

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We asked for summer help and you're answering! Thanks go out to our Newton friends at the Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland for an amazing (and on-going!) Ramadan food drive. And big thank yous go out to the Bowen Elementary 5th graders, Church of

the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill for a very generous grant, United Methodist of Newton, Newton Girls Soccer, volunteers from Lewtan, and EVERYONE who brings items to our doorstep.

And for the BIG efforts city-wide--an equally BIG thank you to everyone at Newton Parks and Recreation, Mayor Warren and his tireless crew, The Newton TAB and all the other peo-ple who are helping keep the shelves of all the pantries in New-ton well-stocked this summer.

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The following is the next issue scheduled in 2015:

Issue Submissions Due Date Advent/Christmas/Epiphany Monday, November 16 (December, January, February)

Please email the office if you have any comments or sugges-tions for future issues.

Your Editors, The Rev. Todd Miller & Aaron W. Friar

Below, please find the shared worship schedule with Messiah,

Auburndale, for the fall. Please note that worship services at

Messiah begin at 10:30, those at Trinity at 10:00.

October 4, at Messiah October 11, at Trinity November 1, at Messiah, All Saints’ Day November 15, at Trinity, Consecration Sunday November 22, at Messiah, final worship service November 29, at Trinity, Advent 1

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