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1 December 2012 In this issue Birthdays p. 8 Calendar p. 6-7 EYC p. 4 Lay Schedule p. 6-7 Liturgical Notes p. 8 50 years of service p. 9 Christian Formation p. 5 Stewardship p. 3 Sometime around All Saints’ Day, I had my first sighting. Driving home from a meeting one evening, I spied through my neighbor’s window his Christmas tree — a white artifi- cial number with twinkling clear lights. I sighed. I had managed to block out the early Christmas preparations sprout- ing at various stores, but this tree burned its image into my retina. People often accuse me of being a Scrooge when I start getting huffy. It’s not that I dis- like Christmas. I just like it in its proper place. Christian Christmas and the secular holiday continue to di- verge. The leading edge of com- mercial preparations for the holiday start sometime around Labor Day, it seems. They gath- er steam and, yes, by Hallow- een we are well into the thick of it. It winds down in the days leading up to December 25. Within a few days, Valentine’s Day hearts and cupids begin to replace wreaths and Santas. For Christians, preparations for Christmas begin four Sun- days before December 25. This year that will be Dec. 2. On the first Sunday of Advent (which means “coming” in Latin), we put up the Advent wreath in church. It looks like a wreath that you would put on your front door, only tilted from ver- tical to horizontal. Rising out of the wreath are four candles, one for each Sunday of the sea- son. The color of the candles reflect how the church thinks of Advent. For centuries, we followed the Roman Catholic custom of using three purple and one pink candle. Advent was seen as a “little Lent,” a penitential time of prayer and fasting. The pink candle, lit on the third Sunday of Advent, was a sign of the lifting on these restrictions, much as the fourth Sunday of Lent is known as Refreshment Sunday. More recently, Anglicans have returned to our English roots. Advent is a time, as I have said, of quiet preparation for the coming of Christ with- out penitential undertones. The color used in the English church for Advent was blue (called “Sarum blue”), a restful shade that points to contem- plation rather than contrition. This year all four candles on the Advent wreath will be Sar- um blue. We do not use a pink candle because there is no need of refreshment. Our quiet and prayerful stillness stretches throughout the season. Continued on Page 2 Rector’s Reflections

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December 2012

In this issue

Birthdays p. 8

Calendar p. 6-7

EYC p. 4

Lay Schedule p. 6-7

Liturgical Notes p. 8

50 years of service p. 9

Christian Formation p. 5

Stewardship p. 3

Sometime around All Saints’ Day, I had my first sighting. Driving home from a meeting one evening, I spied through my neighbor’s window his Christmas tree — a white artifi-cial number with twinkling clear lights. I sighed. I had managed to block out the early Christmas preparations sprout-ing at various stores, but this tree burned its image into my retina. People often accuse me of being a Scrooge when I start getting huffy. It’s not that I dis-like Christmas. I just like it in its proper place. Christian Christmas and the secular holiday continue to di-verge. The leading edge of com-mercial preparations for the holiday start sometime around Labor Day, it seems. They gath-er steam and, yes, by Hallow-een we are well into the thick of it. It winds down in the days leading up to December 25. Within a few days, Valentine’s Day hearts and cupids begin to replace wreaths and Santas.

For Christians, preparations for Christmas begin four Sun-days before December 25. This year that will be Dec. 2. On the first Sunday of Advent (which means “coming” in Latin), we put up the Advent wreath in church. It looks like a wreath that you would put on your front door, only tilted from ver-tical to horizontal. Rising out of the wreath are four candles, one for each Sunday of the sea-son. The color of the candles

reflect how the church thinks of Advent. For centuries, we followed the Roman Catholic custom of using three purple and one pink candle. Advent was seen as a “little Lent,” a penitential time of prayer and fasting. The pink candle, lit on the third Sunday of Advent, was a sign of the lifting on these restrictions, much as the fourth Sunday of Lent is known as Refreshment Sunday.

More recently, Anglicans have returned to our English roots. Advent is a time, as I have said, of quiet preparation for the coming of Christ with-out penitential undertones. The color used in the English church for Advent was blue (called “Sarum blue”), a restful shade that points to contem-plation rather than contrition. This year all four candles on the Advent wreath will be Sar-um blue. We do not use a pink candle because there is no need of refreshment. Our quiet and prayerful stillness stretches throughout the season.

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Rector’s Reflections

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Continued from Page 1 As our liturgical preparations for Christmas indicate, Advent invites us to be countercultural. During December we make quiet, prayerful preparations — none of the mad whirl of shopping, decorating and baking that characterize the secular season. I find the lead-up to Christmas to be one of the most restful times of the year. My family has long since stopped exchanging presents, making shopping unnecessary. We give gifts of time and money to charity instead. Greg and I may get a (live) tree, but we put it up on Christmas Eve and take it down af-ter the twelve days of Christmas. And, since Christmas is a work day for me, we hold off on the big holi-day meal. Because I was ordained to the priesthood on Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany (and the end of the season of Christmas), we tend to do most of our celebrating on that day.

These practices mean two things: that December never over-whelms me, and that when Christ-mas arrives, I am ready and joyful.

I would invite you to make a list entitled “It wouldn’t be Christmas without…” Try taking one thing off your list this year and see how it feels. Repeat again next year. The good news is that you can always put things back on the list. Noth-ing is gone forever.

But you might find, like the Grinch, that nothing can stop Christmas from coming, any more that any thing can bring its advent. I wish you all the quiet joy of Ad-vent as we await our Savior’s birth.

In Christ,

Peter

Rector’s Reflections

The Very Rev. Wiliam Douglas Hahn will be or-dained and consecrated as the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Lex-ington on Saturday, Dec. 15.

The 11 a.m.ceremony will be at Christ Church Ca-thedral, 166 Market St., Lexington. All members of the Diocese are invited.

Chief Consecrator will be The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Pri-mate of the Episcopal Church.

The gathering celebra-tion and music begin at 10:30 a.m. A light reception will follow in the Great Hall of Christ Church Cathedral.

Special rates have been secured for out of town guests at the Hilton Lexing-ton Downtown Hotel, 369 West Vine St. Guests should make their own res-

ervations by calling (859) 231-9000, or toll free (877) 539-1648 and ask for the group code IPDILE. Weath-er permitting, the Cathe-dral is a five block walk from the hotel, with no in-clines. There is limited parking at the Cathedral and there is a University of Kentucky home game the day of the ordination. Guests should be prepared to pay $10 to $15 for parking.

Consecration of Bishop

scheduled for Dec. 15

Pending the finalization of his travel arrangements, the Right Reverend Jean-Zache Duracin will be our guest on Sunday, Dec. 16. The Bishop will be one of the co-consecrators of W. Douglas Hahn as Bishop of the Diocese of Lexington on Saturday, Dec. 15, and will travel to Covington that evening. Further details of his time at Trinity will be forthcoming.

Bishop of Haiti to visit Trinity

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What a bountiful harvest Trinity reaped this fall! I appre-ciate the leap of faith you took with us this year as we tried a new approach to giving. The proof is in the pudding, and we are happy to report that we are estimating a 15% in-crease in giving for 2013. Eighty-seven members in-creased their giving levels (tremendous!) and we are thrilled that 13 members made a financial commitment to Trinity for the first time. Thank you for thinking and praying on how to respond to the blessings God has given you. Many lives will be touched

in the year ahead, thanks to your generosity. Thank you to those who were able to join us for our Harvest Sunday feasts on Oct. 28. We were so glad you could be with us. It was such a joyous occasion filled with laughter, fun and love — the Holy Spirit was alive and well among us. I want to thank the incredi-ble stewardship team for all of their hard work, devotion and commitment to the campaign. It was a dream team and I can’t

thank them enough for how generous they were with their time and talents. Jim Adams, Jean Brann, Donna and Bob Deal, Shannon Gemeinhardt, Chris Kelley, Emery Schmidt and Jim Swearingen are super-heroes in my book, and it was a great privilege to work with such a passionate, spiritual and creative group of people. Thank you, Trinity, for mak-ing it possible for us to do what God is calling us to do in 2013. Let us sow the good works of God together and serve one an-other with thanksgiving in the year ahead!

Elise Hyder

A request to help give

her a memorial kneeler There are many “saints” in Trinity’s long history. As we look around the church sanc-tuary, several of these people are memorial-ized in the needlepoint kneelers. They are wonderful memorials as well as beautiful works of art. We are working to have a kneeler made in honor of longtime parishioner Helen Gates. You don’t often hear pleas for funds for kneelers, because most kneelers are commis-sioned by family members. We are looking for 20 people to donate $20 to raise the mon-ey needed to complete this project. Helen died in 2004 at the age of 91. When Helen was elected Junior Warden of Trinity Church, she accepted the post of “Peoples Warden” wholeheartedly, and gave real meaning to that title. For many at Trini-ty, Helen was the unofficial greeter every Sunday, before we had an “official” greeter.

She served as a listening post for the congre-gation’s well-being, clearly a Christian con-cern nurtured through years of unselfish ser-vice. She became President of the Women of Trinity in 1974, encouraging participation in many church and diocesan missions includ-ing “Operation Mustard Seed,” a program de-voted to Appalachian outreach. For many years, Helen carefully oversaw Trinity’s church finances. She served four terms on the Vestry, as Clerk, Junior and Senior War-den, also serving as chalice bearer, lector and usher. Until her death, she remained active in care for the aged and ill in the congregation. Helen was active in the YMCA and YWCA and as an “organizer” in many other commu-nity service functions.

Jim Gard

(Compiled from The Story of Trinity Episco-pal Church in Covington by George F. Roth, Jr. and a personal note from David Wolff)

People of the Past: Helen Gates

Update on Trinity Harvest Sunday ‘Let us sow the good works

of God together … ’

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“Youth are not the church of tomorrow—they are the church of today.” While this familiar re-frain makes an important point that should be internalized by the larger church, I consider it to be a half-truth.

Yes, young people are as much a part of our parish family as any warden or matriarch. Until they are darkening the red door of their own ac-cord, however, it might also be helpful to think of the youth as seekers and youth ministry as evangelism. Adolescence is a time when young people negotiate their self-identities. In order to have its values heard above the cacophony of contemporary youth culture the church must embrace a youth ministry model that eschews institutional self-consciousness and truly digni-fies adolescent spirituality.

The mark of a successful youth ministry pro-gram is the capacity for graduating teenagers whose youthful spirituality can survive and even inform the difficult transition into adulthood. With this goal as our animating principle, the Episcopal Youth Community at Trinity Church has instituted a fresh emphasis on young adult

spiritual identity and practice, Christian fellow-ship and service. The heart of this new focus is our reimagined Sunday night meetings during which we come together for a homemade meal, music, creative worship, discussion and a brief program. These weekly gatherings are supplemented with service projects such as cooking for Satur-day Night Dinners and volunteering at Fairha-ven Mission, as well as social events such as trips to Rock Quest and the Red River Gorge. We are especially excited to announce that our youth will be hosting a diocesan lock-in here at Trinity on March 8-10, 2013. There has never been a better time to be in-volved with this ministry. We are building something that is meant to last.

Justin Gabbard

The Episcopal Youth Community meets every Sunday from 6:30-8 p.m. For more infor-mation about how you or your teenager can get involved please contact Justin at [email protected]

Youth program merits a new focus Trinity teens pose with the Very Rev. Douglas Hahn and the Rev. Linda Young at a November “Happening “weekend at Domain.

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It is hard to believe that it is December. Our church year begins on the first Sunday in December. This is our Chris-tian New Year and, as with the calendar new year, it may be time to make a Christian New Year's Resolution. What will your Christian New Year's reso-lution be? Could it be a com-mitment to attend church each Sunday in Advent? become more regular in your attend-ance? read your Bible daily? be more faithful in your prayer life? make an effort to be in-volved in one of the activities of Trinity? I invite you to make your own Christian New Year's resolution. Here at Trinity, we will begin the season with the mak-ing of Advent wreaths on Dec. 2. Supplies will be furnished to make an Advent wreath to take home with you. We will also provide you with a poster from Church Publishing -- "Slow down. Quiet. It's Advent!" which provides you with sug-

gestions for twenty-four days to draw closer to Jesus. Please pick up your poster from the ushers. Children's Worship will con-tinue using the Gospel assigned for the day. In Church School, children from ages three though 6th grade will concen-trate on the following lessons: Dec. 2--Advent Wreaths Dec. 9--Zechariah and Eliz-

abeth (parents of John the Baptist)

Dec. 16--John the Baptist Dec. 23--Jesus is Born Dec. 30--The Season of

Epiphany. The students in grades 7-12 will focus on one of the read-ings or the gospel assigned to each Sunday. A note of concern: I have found several children in the past few weeks who are not go-ing to church school, and are sometimes in isolated parts of the building. For safety rea-sons, please be sure that your children are with you or in their assigned classes. Thank you in advance for taking care of this matter.

Judy Clements

Christian New Year begins with Advent

Children’s

choir to sing

Christmas Eve

The children will be singing at the early service on Christmas Eve. We will practice at 9:30 a.m. on Sun-day mornings the month of Decem-ber. Contact Shannon Gemein-hardt or Judy Clements for more information.

December Midday Musical Menu: Christmas Carol Sing

This month’s luncheon concert on December 19 features the 23rd Annual Christmas Carol Sing accompanied by Trinity’s Brass Ensemble and Or-gan. The Carol Sings began in 1990 accompanied by Trumpeters Cliff Daly and David Davidson. The brass players for this year’s Carol Sing include Cliff Daly, David Davidson, Lewis Clements and David Bullock. The Carol Sing starts at 12:15 p.m. Lunch is available from 11:30 a.m. for $7. There is no charge for the Carol Sing. Bring a friend!

Trinity’s annual Giving Tree will appear December 9

On Sunday, Dec.9, our annual Giving tree will be set up for the members of the church to buy a needy child a toy or clothing item for Christmas. The wrapped gift should be returned to the church on Sunday, Dec. 16, to be delivered to the families that week. Be sure the name of the child is on the gift. If there are any questions, call Katherine Terwort at 513-368-8399.

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Liturgical Notes December 2

Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-9

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Diocese of Kebbi (Kaduna,

Nigeria)

Diocesan – The Church of the Advent, Cynthiana; The Rev. Paul

Brannock-Wanter, Supply

Liturgical Notes December 9

Baruch 5:1-9; Canticle 16: The Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79)

Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6

Prayer Cycles: Anglican– The Diocese of Kigezi (Uganda)

Diocesan – Consecration of the 7th Bishop of Lexington, the

Very Rev. Dr. W. Douglas Hahn, Bishop-Elect, Saturday,

December 15, 2012, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington;

St. Paul’s Church, Newport; The Rev. Matthew Young, Vicar, The

Rev. Deacon Tom Runge

The altar flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory

of Jackie Beranek by Tony Beranek; in memory of our

grandparents, J. I. and Anna Jordre, their daughter-in-law

and son (our father and mother ) William S. Jordre and Hazel Jor-

dre May by their grandchildren/children Star Kephart,

Suzanne Jordre-James, Diane Meyerratken, J.W. Jordre and

JonAnn Nordmeyer.

Liturgical Notes December 16

Zephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle 9: The First Song of Isaiah

(Isaiah 12:2-6);

Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Diocese of Kisangani (Cong0)

Diocesan – Emmanuel Church, Winchester; The Rev.

Melanie Mudge, Rector

The altar flowers are given to the glory of God and in

memory of Fred Sears by Bonnie and family.

Liturgical Notes December 23

Micah 5:2-5a; Canticle 15: The Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55)

Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Diocese of Koforidua (Ghana,

West Africa)

Diocesan – The Church of the Nativity, Maysville; The Rev.

Michael Henderson, Rector

Liturgical Notes December 30

Isaiah 61:10—62:3; Psalm 147

Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; John 1:1-18

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Church of the Province of South

East Asia and the Diocese of Kuching

Diocesan – St. Timothy’s Mission, Barnes Mountain; The

Venerable Bryant Kibler, Sr., Priest-in-Charge; St. Timothy’s

Mission Camps, a Ministry of the Diocese of Lexington

(30th year)

December Birthdays

12/1 Frank Dempsey 12/14 Dawn Young

12/2 Paul Cahill, Jim Lindeman, Jr., Corbin Staggs 12/15 Deanna Kelley, Nicole Montello, Amy Powell,

12/3 Faye Allen Ellen Rieveschl

12/4 Martha Anderson, Nicholas Anderson, Barb Hollar 12/16 Drew Goodwin, Mer Grayson, Jr.

12/6 John Bullock, Linda Tabeling 12/17 Heather Goodwin, Matthew Perry

12/7 Tara Lucas 12/18 Matt Meacham

12/8 Charles Fogle, Madison Smock 12/20 Cindy Allnutt, Eleanor Clarke, John Louis

12/9 Linda Fogle, Garrett McMurtry, Kiernan McMurtry 12/21 Austin Deal, Erin Pack

A’Marie Rust 12/22 Robert Edwards

12/10 Amy Heilbronner, Kitsy Marshall 12/24 Fred Gilliam

12/11 Aiden Hall, Gayle Wells 12/27 Michele Kelley

12/12 Gina Russ 12/30 Tom Workman

12/13 Kevin Hunt, Sylvia Jordan, Morgan Milburn

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In 1962, a group of con-cerned Northern Kentuckians met to try to alleviate the prob-lems facing the elderly. Mem-bers from Trinity Church and Mother of God Church met to organize a senior citizens cen-ter, which would be the first one in the state. Their hard work paid off and Senior Citizens Center, Inc. (later to become Senior Citizens of Northern Kentucky and eventually Senior Ser-vices of Northern Kentucky) opened its doors on Dec. 4, 1962, in the community rooms of the Education Building of Trinity Church, with fi-nancial assistance from the Community Chest. Please join us on Dec. 4 at Receptions in Er-langer 5:30-9:30 p.m. as Senior Services of

Northern Kentucky celebrates its 50th birthday and will recognize the compassion, forethought, wisdom and kindness of those who have done so much for the senior population of Northern Kentucky. Visit www.seniorservicesnky.com/events to make your reservation. Admission is $50 or $500 for a table of 10. You may also mail a check to SSNK, 1032 Madison Ave., Covington, KY 41011, or call Sarah at (859) 292-7979.

Here’s a photo of Mike and Arohanui Bender presenting a check for $500 to Deacon Tom Runge at St. Paul’s Food Pantry in Newport. Our ride team from S.W. Ohio (Cincinnati Cy-cle Club & JDRF) had the larg-est number of registered riders for the Hope, IN “Hope Ride” (which supports Food Banks) in September and re-ceived a check for $2,500 to-ward our local food banks.

Mike and I requested funds for St Paul’s. We are thankful to all the cyclists who rode in sup-port of The Hope Ride.

St. Paul’s Food Pantry feeds more than 300 families a month and has a budget of more than $60,000 a year. Do-nations are accepted at St. Paul’s Food Pantry, 7 Court Place, Newport, KY 41071

Arohanui Bender

The 2013 class of Trinity’s Vestry was named Sunday, Nov. 18. Since there was an equal number of candidates as openings, there was no need for an “election.” Instead, the candidates were affirmed by acclama-tion. The new Vestry members are Mike Brown, Bob Deal, Shannon Gemeinhardt,

Josh Mitchell and Bob Wells. Sylvia Jordan, who was appointed last year to fill a vacancy, will remain to finish out the remainder of that term. Jean Brann, Robert Edwards, Natalie Gabbard and Shannon Gemeinhardt were appointed as Delegates. Tony Milburn will be the alternate.

New Vestry members named

Celebrating a half century of service

Bike riders help fuel St. Paul’s Pantry

Liturgical Notes December 2

Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-9

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Diocese of Kebbi (Kaduna,

Nigeria)

Diocesan – The Church of the Advent, Cynthiana; The Rev. Paul

Brannock-Wanter, Supply

Liturgical Notes December 9

Baruch 5:1-9; Canticle 16: The Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79)

Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6

Prayer Cycles: Anglican– The Diocese of Kigezi (Uganda)

Diocesan – Consecration of the 7th Bishop of Lexington, the

Very Rev. Dr. W. Douglas Hahn, Bishop-Elect, Saturday,

December 15, 2012, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington;

St. Paul’s Church, Newport; The Rev. Matthew Young, Vicar, The

Rev. Deacon Tom Runge

The altar flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory

of Jackie Beranek by Tony Beranek; in memory of our

grandparents, J. I. and Anna Jordre, their daughter-in-law

and son (our father and mother ) William S. Jordre and Hazel Jor-

dre May by their grandchildren/children Star Kephart,

Suzanne Jordre-James, Diane Meyerratken, J.W. Jordre and

JonAnn Nordmeyer.

Liturgical Notes December 16

Zephaniah 3:14-20; Canticle 9: The First Song of Isaiah

(Isaiah 12:2-6);

Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Diocese of Kisangani (Cong0)

Diocesan – Emmanuel Church, Winchester; The Rev.

Melanie Mudge, Rector

The altar flowers are given to the glory of God and in

memory of Fred Sears by Bonnie and family.

Liturgical Notes December 23

Micah 5:2-5a; Canticle 15: The Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55)

Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Diocese of Koforidua (Ghana,

West Africa)

Diocesan – The Church of the Nativity, Maysville; The Rev.

Michael Henderson, Rector

Liturgical Notes December 30

Isaiah 61:10—62:3; Psalm 147

Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7; John 1:1-18

Prayer Cycles: Anglican – The Church of the Province of South

East Asia and the Diocese of Kuching

Diocesan – St. Timothy’s Mission, Barnes Mountain; The

Venerable Bryant Kibler, Sr., Priest-in-Charge; St. Timothy’s

Mission Camps, a Ministry of the Diocese of Lexington

(30th year)

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The Bishop of Durham, the Very Rev. Justin Welby, will be installed as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, following his approval by Queen Elizabeth II. As the 105th archbishop in a succession spanning more than 1400 years, Bish-op Welby will assume the multi-faceted role as spiritu-al leader of the Anglican Communion, Primate of All England, and bishop of the Di-ocese of Canterbury. Church of England bishops are appointed rather than elected, with a 16-member Crown Nominations Commis-sion putting forward two names — a preferred candidate and a second candidate — for approval from the Queen, who is the supreme governor of the Church of England. Before his ordination to the priesthood in 1992, Bishop Welby studied law and history at Cambridge University and then spent 11 years as an execu-tive in the oil industry. After a decade in parish ministry, he was appointed a canon residen-tiary, and later sub-dean, of Coventry Cathedral. He served as dean of Liverpool Cathedral from 2007-2011. As Bishop of Durham, the fourth-most-senior position in the Church of England to which he was consecrated in October 2011, Bishop Welby is automatically granted a seat in the House of Lords. Bishop Welby, 56, will suc-ceed the Most Rev. Rowan Wil-liams, who will step down at the end of the year after serving

since February 2003. Rev. Welby’s enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury will be held March 21, 2013, in Canterbury Cathedral. He is married to Caroline and they have five children, aged 16-27. “I don’t think anyone could be more surprised than me at the outcome of this process,” said Rev. Welby. “It has been an experience, reading more about me than I knew myself. To be nominated to Canterbury is at the same time overwhelm-ing and astonishing. It is over-whelming because of those I follow, and the responsibility it has. It is astonishing because it is something I never expected to happen. “One of the hardest things will be to leave Durham. I work with a group of wonderful sen-ior colleagues and remarkable clergy and lay people. It is an astonishing part of the country, one which as a family we were greatly looking forward to liv-ing in for many years. In many ways it has been the ancient cradle of British Christianity. It is a place of opportunity and an even greater future than its

past.” The Most Rev. Williams said he is “delighted at the appoint-ment … I have had the privilege of working closely with [Welby] on various occasions and have always been enriched and en-couraged by the experience. “He has an extraordinary range of skills and is a person of grace, patience, wisdom and humor. He will bring to this of-fice both a rich pastoral experi-ence and a keen sense of inter-national priorities, for Church and world. I wish him – with Caroline and the family – every blessing, and hope that the Church of England and the An-glican Communion will share my pleasure at this appoint-ment and support him with prayer and love.” Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said: “I am delighted to hear of Bish-op Welby’s appointment as archbishop of Canterbury. He brings knowledge of the im-mense challenges of the world in which the Anglican Com-munion seeks to partner in the service of God’s mission to heal and reconcile.”

Episcopal News Service

Welby to be next Archbishop of Canterbury

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Mission Statement

Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Covington serves a diverse community. We are

committed to the celebration and worship of Jesus Christ in a parish nurtured by

education and fellowship. As Christ’s servants, we strive to share God’s love, and our

resources, in the greater community.

Website: www.trinitychurchcovky.com E-mail address: [email protected]

Office address: 16 Fourth Street, 859-431-1786 or 859-392-2360. FAX. 859-392-2361

After Hours Pastoral Emergency Phone: 859-414-0990

The Right Rev. Douglas Hahn, Bishop-Elect of Lexington

The Rev. Peter D. D’Angio, Rector

The Rev. Linda M. Young, Associate Rector

Dr. John A. Deaver, Director of Music