TheTrinity Herald

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March 2017

In this issue

MotherAngela..............1,2Lenten Schedule.............3Ellie Winstanley..............4Fish & Chips Dinner..............................5Sunday School................6St. Anne's Unit................7CoffeeHour......................7DOK..................................8Men's Study Group........9Stewardhip.....................10Robin Vitales's " Have You Checked In With Your Heart Lately?"..11,12 Ashes to Go!...................13Bishop Stokes...........14,15Bishop Curry's Pittsburgh Revival..16-20Diapers...........................21Valentine Society..........21Food Pantry....................22Herald Submissions.....22Images.............................23Birthdays.........................24Calendar..........................25

Mother Angie's MusingsAs I began seminary, we had a class simply called the “tutorial seminar”. This class gave us a valuable outlet to explore different aspects of life in seminary and how our experience was shaping our faith, our routines, and our learning. This class not only led to some of the deepest friendships that I made in seminary, but it also taught us all so much about what community is and why it matters. As one of the assignments for this class we had to read a book called From Brokenness to Community by Jean Vanier. In this book, he describes both what he believes Christian community is and what it is not. His concept of Christian community has been shaped by the time he has spent with the people that form the L’Arche community of houses, which he founded for the mentally and physically handicapped.

As I reflected upon the upcoming season of Lent, I remembered this book and decided to re-read it. As I did, I was struck by how deeply it resonates with our call to repentance and renewal during this time. I thought that it would provide a great platform for reflecting on who we are as a community and how we can grow both individually and as a community this Lenten season.

I love his definition of community as it is so simple yet so true. He explains that “to be in community means to be with someone and to discover that we actually belong together. Communion means accepting people just as they are, with all their limits and inner pain, but also with their gifts and their beauty and their capacity to grow: to see the beauty inside of all the pain”.

It is in and through the residents’ simplicity and brokenness that he believes that we can all see the love and grace of God. Those whose brokenness is so apparent can be a beacon of light to our own stubbornness and hard-heartedness. It is the chink in our armor that reminds us of our own need for and dependence upon God. Grace and salvation enter into our hearts and our lives at the point of our brokenness. It is crucial that we ask God to reveal our brokenness to us so that we may accept God’s healing.

Community is a place of safety and love but also of great challenge. Community can become a mirror for us to see our true selves. This is not always a pleasant experience as we see both the best and the worst of ourselves reflected in and through the members of the community. In a community of true love, we can see and accept our brokenness and begin to allow the

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grace of God to enter into that brokenness and heal it. When we live in a world of competition and separation from other people, it is easy to allow ourselves the delusion that we are not broken and not in need of God’s grace. In this worldly environment of self-centeredness and ego, our hearts can become hard and impenetrable.

Yet, regardless of our attempts at isolation, within our hearts there lies a God-given yearning for togetherness and community. For God is essentially community: three persons in one being. Scripture affirms that we are made in the image of God. Therefore, being present and open to a Christian community of love begins to break down those walls and allows truth to seep in and soften our hearts. Communities are called to be a place of reconciliation of our relationship with God, ourselves and other people. Communities call us and help us to work toward wholeness.

Vanier is also very quick to point out some of the dangers and misconceptions of community. He emphasizes that being a part of a community does not mean that you cease to exist as an individual. In order to remain a vital community, each person needs to maintain his or her own personal boundaries and not become enmeshed in the others. The great gift and beauty of community is found in the differences and variety that each member brings to it. We must be on guard against becoming too much of a melting-pot.

He also reminds us that community is not the end goal. Instead, the function of community is to bring the message of God’s grace and salvation into the great brokenness of the world around us. One of the greatest examples is that of the disciples’ commissioning at the end of the Gospel of Matthew. The disciples were not simply called to be a community of love with each other. Rather, once they had received the message of Good News, they were then sent out to the communities around them to spread the message.

Jesus had a mission in this world and he passed that mission on to his disciples. So too, we are called to be a Christian community with each other and the greater world. It is not acceptable for us to sit in complacency in our churches and hide from the pain and brokenness of the world. We are instead called to break open the doors of the churches and bring the healing and peace of the Good News out of those doors and to everyone we encounter.

However, we cannot be messengers of this Good News unless we know it and have experienced it for ourselves. It is only through our knowledge and acceptance of our own brokenness that we can bring this message of life and hope to others. We must be continually and actively engaged in reflection, repentance, and asking God for healing so that we may be authentic witnesses of the power of God to redeem brokenness and turn it into new life.

Each day as we live as Christians in community, we must make the choice to live into our mission. It is not always easy to live in community with others, but we do believe that it is a worthwhile effort. Our hope as Christians is rooted in the love of God that became human in order to restore us all to community with God and each other and in that power of God that raised Jesus from the dead and has offered that same eternal life to all of us. Let us use this season of Lent to reflect on the power of community and ask God to help us live more fully into that community both with the other members of Trinity and with every member of the world.

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Lenten Schedule

Ash Wednesday: 10am and 7pm ServicesFridays Stations of the Cross at 7pm in the church Sponsored by The Daughters of the KingFr. Boyle will be facilitatingLenten Study Series: Sundays 9am in the parish houseThis catechetical class will be an adult forum to take place over the course of the six weeks of the Lenten season. It will focus on the theology of baptism and is geared for adult and young adult parishioners seeking to develop their faith. The class will study the liturgy of the Easter Vigil (though at times out of liturgical order) as a framework for understanding the baptismal theology of the Episcopal Church.

Holy Week Palm Sunday  5pm Saturday, 8am & 10am SundayWednesday Tenenbrae 7pmMaundy Thursday 7pmGood Friday 10am and 7pmHoly Saturday Easter Vigil 8pmEaster Sunday 8am and 10am

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Elinor Winstanley

It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of our dear Ellie. She passed

away on February 7th in the company of her family in Pennsylvania.

Ellie was a very active parishioner who was a member of the the

St.Anne's Unit and The Daughters of the King. She was an amazing artist

and a beautiful person.

This is a great loss for our parish but we are comforted to know that she is in the company of our Lord. She was beloved by all of us.

Please keep Ellie and her family in your prayers.

Fish & Chips Dinner

at Trinity Episcopal Church650 Rahway Avenue at Trinity Lane Woodbridge, NJ 07095

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Sunday, April 2nd, 2016 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Catering by Thistle

Adults $15 Children under 8yrs $8

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Gemma Murphy and David Forsythe

In the month of March Sunday School will be following a Lenten calendar to spend the 40 days of Lent "Walking in the footsteps of God." We will be learning about important figures in the Old Testament that lead us to Jesus. We will be sitting by the bulletin board as we do crafts to help the children visualize this journey. 

Pre-Teen/ Young Adult Sunday School

Our older students are working our way through the Gospel of Mark to get to know Jesus. We are learning that Jesus was not the Messiah that the Jews were expecting but one who challenged the norms of His day and gave us a new understanding of our relationship with God and with each other. Our Sunday School students will be encouraged to form their own relationships with Jesus as we get to know Him on our journey through this Gospel.

Allison Brennan

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Coffee Hour is an important part of our fellowship after 10am Mass If you agree won't you sign up for one Sunday?  Just bring something to eat and we will take care of the rest. Thank you for your anticipated help to keep this fellowship alive! Arlene and Janet

St. Anne's UnitArlene Guellnitz

The next meeting will be on March 6th

We will have a discussion about the origin of Easter celebrations.  

Women of Trinity Church …. If you have ever thought about coming to a St Anne’s meeting, the time has come!

On Monday, April 3rd at 7pm, Floral Expressions will be doing a demonstration for us. This visit/demo continues to be a favorite meeting with our members. Floral Expressions are the people who make the beautiful floral arrangements for the altar every week. They also have been the designers for our Christmas wreaths and provide table center pieces for the Strawberry Festival and Fish Dinner. Refreshments will be served.

If you have any questions give Arlene Guellnitz a call at 732-382-5963

Dear God, Open our hearts to Your grace and love that we may realize that where we are is where You planned for us to be.

News Briefs from the Daughters of the King Janet Temchus

All Parishioners are Welcome to Join UsOn the second Sunday of each month we get together to discuss the Gospel and how

we can translate that message and go forth, as faithful Christians, into the world around us. Through the Gospels, we can understand what our Lord is calling us to do in our personal lives and how we should respond as citizens of our nation as well as

citizens of the world. With so much conflict and turmoil in the world today it is comforting to know that our Lord can give us direction and insight into how we can

navigate, as Christians, in our modern world. Our next meeting is onMarch 12th. Please join us! All are welcome! 

Stations of the CrossWe will be sponsoring the Stations of the Cross every Friday during Lent. Please join us! Fr. Boyle will be facilitating and it will be a very informative and contemplative

way to experience Lent and prepare for Easter. Do Not Miss This!

Elinor WinstanleyWe mourn the loss of our dear member Ellie Winstanley who passed away on

February 7th in the company of her family in Pennsylvania. She was a very prayerful and kind woman and a living testament to what it means to be a true member of the

Daughters of the King. She will be truly missed.

"I can not do all things but I can do something. Lord what will you have me do?"8

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Men's Study GroupBeginning in early 2017, we plan to reinstate a men's study and fellowship group. Modeled after the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew's tenets of Prayer, Study and Service, we hope to learn together, inspire each other and support each other as brothers should. Topics will vary and be taken from Scripture, relevant books or even the days headlines. Some examples might include:

A quick refresh on the four main types of prayer.What do Episcopalians do and why do we do it?The epiphanal 'duh', or, how can I recognize what was God trying to tell me anyway?Can the Letters to the Romans and Corinthians still apply to Washington D.C and New York today?How can the short letter to James get us through the day/ week / year (for those who don't care for long reads)

You get the idea men. No prior bible study experience is necessary. We are all on a journey together so the companionship is key, not our credentials. The time and length of meeting will be flexible to accommodate the schedules of anyone interested in joining the group. I will be talking to many of you over the next couple of weeks to gauge interest, but if I miss you, by all means get back to me.

Steve Kalista at kalista227@aol.com or 732-850-6117

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StewardshipWhat Kind of Member?

Are you an active member...The kind that would be missed?Or are you just contentedThat your name is on the list?

Do you attend the meetingsAnd mingle with the flock?Or do you stay at homeAnd criticize and knock?

Do you take an active partTo help the work along?Or are you satisfied to beOf those that just belong?

Do you ever voluntarilyHelp at the guiding stick?Or leave the work to just a fewAnd talk about the clique?

Come out to meetings oftenAnd help with hands and heart.Don't be just a member;But take an active part!

Think this over, member,You know right from wrong;Are you an active member?Or, do you just belong?

This applies from day to dayTo everything you cherish ---To God and faith and prayer,To your home and parish.

Have you checked in with your heart lately? Being a member of the Trinity Church parish reminds us to take care of our souls. But our heart health is important, too. And there’s no better time than the month of February to learn a bit more about our hearts.

Every US president since Lyndon B. Johnson has officially recognized February as American Heart Month. This designation allows the American Heart Association to shine a brighter spotlight on our nation’s leading health risk: heart disease and stroke. These diseases impact so many of our families and friends. They are, unfortunately, the leading preventable causes of death and disability in our country. And we know far too many loved ones from our own parish who have been impacted.

On Friday, February 3, you may have participated in the National Wear Red Day celebration. It’s an occasion to remind women that we are not immune to these risks. Indeed, heart disease and stroke take more lives than all cancers combined. This is not to diminish your vigilance in the fight against cancer. But rather to emphasize that we must be just as dedicated to our heart and brain health! You can learn more about the Go Red for Women movement here:

https://www.goredforwomen.org/

Heart disease and stroke can change more than just the quality of our lives. They’re also a serious hit to our economy. On Valentine’s Day, the American Heart Association released a new report that outlines how if we allow heart disease and stroke to remain unchecked, these diseases will cost our country more than $1 trillion every year by 2035. This essentially doubles the current cost burden from 2015. Twice the cost in just two decades! And we thought our parish finances were scary.

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Have You Checked In With Your Heart Lately? Robin Vitale

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The reason why this burden is now growing faster than our ability to fight it is due to the obesity epidemic, poor diet, high blood pressure and a dramatic rise in Type 2 diabetes - all major risk factors for heart disease and stroke. While many of the solutions to this epidemic lie with our lawmakers who can help to support health at a systemic level, we can take steps right now to help lead the way.

There are seven essential elements to a healthy lifestyle. The American Heart Association’s ‘Life Simple 7’ outlines the basic needs to protect your heart for as long as possible. You should: manage your blood pressure, control your cholesterol, reduce your blood sugar, get active, eat better, lose weight and stop smoking! None of these are rocket science…but we all struggle with them regardless. In fact, when the American Heart Association developed an online tool to support our individual efforts, it was discovered that most of us had dramatically overestimated our heart health!

The My Life Check tool asks you a series of easy, but important, questions about your status with the Life Simple 7. I encourage everyone to enroll in the program (it’s free!) and find out about your own heart health. Once you take the assessment, you get a ‘heart score’ which not only tells you how you’re doing but outlines ways you can improve. Check it out here: https://mlc.heart.org.

Here’s hoping our parish can grow in a healthy direction – literally and spiritually!

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit; who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.

Have You Checked In With Your Heart Lately? (Cont'd)

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On March 1, Ash Wednesday, we're thrilled to announce offerings of ashes and blessings at over 30 locations throughout New Jersey as part of Ashes to Go,a

program that brings spirit, belief, and belonging out from behind church doors and into the places where we go every day.

Teams of clergy and laity from parishes throughout the diocese will be participating on Ash Wednesday in public locations such as transit centers,

places of business, and more. Clergy and laypersons will offer ashes, blessings, and information about the Diocese and the Episcopal Church.

This year, the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey is excited to offer an online AshestoGo directory at

 http://wwwdioceseofnj.org/ashestogo, which features a map application to guide individuals to

 participating locations via turn-by-turn directions on computers and mobile devices, powered by Google. 

 Ashes to go!

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Dear People of the Diocese of New Jersey,   You are the salt of the earth...(Matthew 5:13) For several weeks in this season after the Epiphany, our appointed Gospel readings for Sunday mornings come from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount is the first of five major discourses, or blocks of Jesus' sayings, in Matthew's Gospel. Matthew's Gospel could reasonably be labeled the "discipleship gospel." Throughout Matthew, Jesus offers extensive teaching about what it means to be his follower and pupil - the root meaning of the word "discipleship." This is especially true of the Sermon on the Mount.  In his now classic work, The Cost of Discipleship, German pastor, teacher and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer offers an extensive reflection on the Sermon on the Mount. His insights about the saying, "You are the salt of the earth," are particularly powerful. Bonhoeffer writes, It is to be noted that Jesus calls not himself, but his disciples the salt of the earth, for he entrusts his work on earth to them.

Too often, I think, we forget this incredible reality and responsibility. Christ has entrusted his ministry to us - to his Church - the "body of Christ" (1 Corinthians 12:27). Bonhoeffer later writes, For its own sake, as well as for the sake of the earth, the salt must remain salt, the disciple community must be faithful to the mission which the call of Christ has given it....

The mission which Christ has given us is his ministry of reconciliation and love. The mission of the Church, our Outline of the Faith states clearly, is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ (BCP p. 855). As many contemporary theologians have observed and as former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams was fond of reminding Anglicans, it's not so much that the Church has a mission; it's God who has the mission and a Church to carry out that mission. 

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"Ye are the salt," Bonhoeffer writes, quoting Matthew, and then observes, Jesus does not say: "You must be the salt." It is not for the disciples to decide whether they will be the salt of the earth, for they are so whether they like it or not, they have been made salt by the call they have received. The world in which we live today is in desperate need of God's message of reconciliation and love. It needs our "salty" presence. It needs us to be faithful followers of Jesus in word and in deed. There is too much bitterness, anger, division, and enmity. I invite you to pray and reflect on the Sermon on the Mount these next couple of weeks. It will feed your soul and give you lots to ponder. You can find it in in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapters 5 - 7. Blessings and peace,  

The Right Reverend William H. (Chip) Stokes, D.D.XII Bishop of New Jersey

‘Don’t be afraid to be people of love,’ presiding bishop tells Pittsburgh revival

Three-day event kicks off Episcopal Church plan to claim new life, change the worldBy Mary Frances Schjonberg | February 6, 2017

“Don’t be afraid to be people of love. Don’t be afraid to stand up for the name of Jesus. Don’t be afraid to reclaim this faith again. And don’t you be ashamed to be an Episcopalian,” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry tells the congregation Feb. 4 during an Absalom Jones Day Eucharist at Church of the Holy Cross in the Homewood West section of Pittsburgh. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service

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Editor’s note: A photo gallery of scenes from the Pittsburgh revival is here.[Episcopal News Service – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] The old church tradition of the revival received new life in the Diocese of Pittsburgh Feb. 3-5 with a distinctly Episcopal feel.The emphasis was on both sparking individuals’ faith lives and a commitment to show the love of Jesus beyond the four walls of their churches. Anchoring Episcopal revivals in the needs of the world was a constant theme of the weekend. “Episcopal Church, we need you to follow Jesus. We need you to be the countercultural people of God who would love one another, who would care when others could care less, who would give, not take,” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said during his Feb. 5 sermon at Calvary Episcopal Church in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh.For those who think the words Episcopal and revival don’t go together, the size of the crowds, the depth of their emotion and Curry’s insistence begged to differ.His prayer for this and subsequent revivals, he said during one of his four sermons, is that they will be the beginning of “a way of new life for us as this wonderful Episcopal Church, bearing witness to the love of God in Jesus in this culture and in this particular time in our national history.” (Cont'd next page)

Curry’s Pilgrimage for Reconciliation, Healing and Evangelism in Southwestern Pennsylvania is the first of six revivals being planned with diocesan teams in different cities around the country and the world this year and in 2018.“I want to suggest this morning that we need a revival inside the church and out – not just in the Episcopal Church. For there is much that seeks to articulate itself as Christianity that doesn’t look anything like Jesus,” Curry said in his Feb. 4 sermon during an Absalom Jones Day Eucharist at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross. “And if it doesn’t walk and talk and look and smell like Jesus, it’s not Christian … and if it’s going to look like Jesus, it’s got to look like love.”Curry said the revival of the church, centered in God’s love, is not about a church rejuvenated for its own sake. The church’s revival must spill God’s love out into the world “until justice rolls down like a mighty stream,” he said, echoing Micah. To do that, a revival must channel the emotions of the moment toward something bigger and lasting, Curry said during a news conference. “It is about claiming new and authentic and genuine life. That’s true for our nation, true for our world. We must find better ways to live together, to care for each other, to care for our society and to care for our global communities,” he said.“We who are followers of Jesus believe that the way of love and the way of Jesus is the key to doing that. But, we join hands with people of other faiths and people of goodwill – anyone who wants to help us end what so often is a nightmare of poverty and injustice and bigotry and wrong and violence, and realize God’s dream of true harmony and peace and justice for everybody.”The six revivals will vary in design, according to a recent press release, but most will be multiday events that feature dynamic worship and preaching, offerings from local artists and musicians, personal testimony and storytelling, speakers, invitations to local social action, engagement with young leaders, and intentional outreach with people who aren’t active in a faith community. Pittsburgh Episcopalians were encouraged to bring with them neighbors who were not part of a faith community.The next five revivals are:May 5-7: Diocese of West MissouriSept. 23-24: Diocese of GeorgiaNov. 17-19: Diocese of San Joaquin (California)April 6-8, 2018: Diocese of HondurasJuly 2018: Joint Evangelism Mission with the Church of England(cont'd next page)

‘Don’t be afraid to be people of love,’ presiding bishop tells Pittsburgh revival (cont'd)

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The Rev. Stephanie Spellers, canon to the presiding bishop for evangelism, reconciliation and creation, is organizing those efforts, along with a team including Consulting Evangelist for Revivals Carrie Headington and Evangelism Associate Emily Gallagher. The planning for each begins with asking diocesan members what the good news of Jesus looks liTke in their communities. Pittsburgh Episcopalians discerned that the good news would help them cross the divides of their area, build relationships with neighbors of different traditions and start reconciling with each other, Spellers said during the news conference. Thus, that was the theme of the Pittsburgh gathering.She and others will return to the dioceses after the revivals to work with Episcopalians to cultivate a group of leaders who have new abilities, new relationships and a new common purpose to further enact Jesus’ love in their communities.“Hopefully, Pittsburgh – not just the diocese but the city and surrounding communities – will look different. And they’ll feel like there was a church that showed up, not only to talk about good news but to be good news,” she said, describing the hoped-for outcome.  Episcopalians will understand that they have grown into being new leaders of the Jesus Movement, she added.Curry’s call for reconciliation and healing first rang out Feb. 3 during the opening event, an ecumenical service of repentance and reconciliation at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s Hicks Chapel.“I am more and more convinced that Jesus came among us to show us how to become more than simply the human race,” Curry said. “He came to show us how to become the human family of God. And, my brothers and my sisters, in that is our hope and in that is our calling.”God is calling Christians to a deep and radical sense of repentance, Curry said. The world needs such a manifestation of Christianity, he contended, because it will lead to a desperately needed reconciliation among a litany of ethnic groups and even among “red folk and blue folk,” referring to the nation’s political divisions. Finding ways for Republicans and Democrats to discover common ground echoed through Curry’s sermons.The congregation greeted Curry’s words at the seminary with murmurings of assent, shouts of agreement and, soon, drum rolls and keyboard riffs from the Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church choir, whose members also sang during the service. That audience participation was hallmark of all four of Curry’s sermons during the weekend and it included the presiding bishop leading every congregation in song.Curry sounded a theme that would echo throughout the weekend: Christians must be people of compassion, people of goodwill, people who dare to live the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus’ words in the Matthew 25:31-46. For instance, he said, people setting social policy or enacting legislation ought to measure it by the core Christian value of “love thy neighbor as thyself.”

‘Don’t be afraid to be people of love,’ presiding bishop tells Pittsburgh revival (cont'd)

‘Don’t be afraid to be people of love,’ presiding bishop tells Pittsburgh revival (cont'd)

Twelve leaders and senior pastors from local Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and African-American churches gathered with elected and civic leaders and members of the Diocese of Pittsburgh for the service that many called a historic commitment to ecumenical conversation. The revival began with a revival of the clergy’s commitment to their ministry. Roman Catholic Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik began a 10-part confession based on the Church of Scotland’s Ministerial Challenge of 1671, lamenting clergy’s attention to the business and accolades of the world. “We have been unfaithful to our own souls, and to our sisters and brothers; unfaithful in the pulpit, in fellowship, in discipline, in the Church,” Zubik said.

Curry met the next morning with some of the youth of the diocese at Holy Cross in the struggling Homewood West neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Telling them that they were growing up in a time of complex change, he said technological progress is important but “progress as a way of love, progress in living, progress in learning how to live together in all of our differences and varieties may be the ultimate progress that will make the difference for us all.”

After the breakfast meeting, Curry went upstairs for a rousing Absalom Jones Day Eucharist in the packed nave. During his sermon, the presiding bishop continued his call for Christians to act out of the selfless love exemplified by Jesus on the cross rather than “unenlightened self-interest.”Saying that the “way of love can save us all,” Curry asked the congregation to imagine how legislatures, corporate board rooms, schools and health care in America would be different if they were approached “not by what I can get out of it but how it serves the common good.”“We are talking about a revolution of values,” he said, having left the pulpit to preach from the center aisle. “Revival means to give life; it’s resurrection. Imagine our country, imagine what we would say to the immigrant and refugee, imagine what American would say to the rest of the world, imagine what the rest of the world would say to us if that way of love became our way.”Heading to the end of his sermon Curry told the congregation: “Don’t be afraid to be people of love. Don’t be afraid to stand up for the name of Jesus. Don’t be afraid to reclaim this faith again. And don’t you be ashamed to be an Episcopalian.”As an Episcopal sort of altar call, Curry invited people to sing “There Is a Balm in Gilead” in which Christians are told that it does not matter if they are not good at preaching or praying. Instead, they should simply tell someone else about the love of Jesus. “As we sing, in your own way I invite you to recommit – or commit – yourself to following the way of Jesus, to being a part of his movement in this world,” the presiding bishop said.Video of the entire Eucharist is here. The presiding bishop’s sermon begins at the 22-minute, 6-second mark. (cont'd next page)

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‘Don’t be afraid to be people of love,’ presiding bishop tells Pittsburgh revival (cont'd)

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Curry returned to Pittsburgh Theological Seminary that afternoon to welcome Episcopalians and others from across the diocese for a conversation billed as “Bridging Divides and Healing Communities” and aimed at beginning to form relationships among individuals and churches in hopes that they can work together to address hopelessness, poverty and addiction in local communities.Kim Karashin, Pittsburgh’s canon for mission, told Episcopal News Service before the conversations began that the “best case scenario” for the gathering would be that people agree to meet again to talk about these issues but that this gathering was about getting to know each other. “We’re not going to move the needle without building relationships,” she said. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, who joined in welcoming people to the conversation, said later during the news conference that Pittsburgh is a divided community needing this sort of training in conversation to cultivate leaders who can step in during emergencies and try to move people into productive ways of acting.“Pulling a community together only happens with things like this,” he said. “You have to be pro-active; you can’t wait until something happens. It’s taking these actions that will help build those bridges that we speak about.”The last day of the Pittsburgh revival featured two Eucharists: the first at Calvary Episcopal Church, and the second 40 minutes away at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, McKeesport, in the economically struggling Monongahela River Valley south of Pittsburgh. Representatives of nearly three dozen Episcopal congregations gathered at St. Stephen’s to support “The Mon Valley Mission,” which is a new effort to revive the faith and well-being of the river communities.Curry used the morning’s gospel story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well to tell the McKeesport congregation that God pushes people to build bridges between people who society says are enemies. In their conversations at the well, Curry said, both Jesus and the Samaritan woman learn something about each other and themselves. Moreover, the woman discovered within her the image of God and she experienced the love of God as being active in her life, he said.

Then, Curry said, she became “the first evangelist in the New Testament” when she told her neighbors what happened at the well with Jesus.Each person at St. Stephen’s received a small scallop shell with a red cross painted on it, an ancient symbol of pilgrims, to symbolize their pilgrimage to take the good news of Jesus into the world. The service ended with Curry commissioning all 320 people in attendance to be disciples sharing the good news of Jesus.

– The Rev. Mary Frances Schjonberg is an editor and reporter for the Episcopal News Service.

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Did You Remember Trinity In Your Will? Even a small portion of your estate left to the parish can help insure the continued growth and financial security of the parish. Our parish endowment fund was begun many years ago with a gift of less than $1,000 and through careful management and continued additions to the fund, it has grown to the point where it is now able to provide a real help in fulfilling our obligations as a parish.

Please remember Trinity in your will!

If you would like more information please contact Arlene Guellnitz, Chairperson of

We have been so very blessed to have so many of you respond to our needs in the past. The Diaper Program at Trinity is a very important one. It helps young families who are struggling to provide for their families. As you know, diapers are very expensive and can really put a financial strain on families struggling to get by. We are asking for your help with our current situation. Our Diaper Bank is in need of size 3 and 4 diapers. We are starting to have difficulty obtaining them from our supplier, the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. Of course, diapers in all sizes are very much welcomed and appreciated. God Bless you for supporting this very special ministry!

Diapers Needed!

Please Remember the Trinity Food PantryIt continues to be a difficult time for the food pantry, especially as prices increase and the economy dips. Our resources are depleting due to the high demand for help. There is a way that you can help. When you are shopping, please buy one extra can or box of one of the items listed below and bring it with you to Mass on Sunday. Just one extra can or box can make a difference! We are always in need of Boxed cereals, Canned/Dried soups, Canned Fruits, Dried/Canned Milk, Canned Vegetables, Canned Pork & Beans, Sugar, Pasta/Spaghetti, Canned Fish/Meat, Rice, Tomato Paste, Puddings/Jello, Dried Beans, Tomato Sauce, Cake Mixes, Tea/Coffee, and Flour.

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The Herald Is Your Newsletter!We encourage you to submit articles and photos on everything Trinity! All submissions will be thoughtfully considered. It is your newsletter and we want to reflect that.You can submit articles and/or photos through our website at http://trinitywoodbridge.org or you can submit them directly to me at gemmurphy@verizon.net. We request that all submissions are made no later than the 20th of each month. If you are unable to make this deadline, please email me at the above address.

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Birthdays, Anniversaries and Commemorations for the week of February 28- March 5. Birthdays: Ryan Fuller, Alexis Mae Olsen, Alan Moy, Jr., Jeffrey Moran, David Forsythe. Commemorations: Robert Frank, WilliamVannatta, Lester Kershaw. In our parish cycle of prayer, we remember the following: Christopher, Anthony & Gale Ferraro; Thomas, Amanda, Julie & Hailey Foerster; Linda Foley; Frank & Audrey Foley; David, Amparo & Joshua Forsythe; Allen & Norma Francis; Mary Francis; Pat, Lynn, Lisa, & Tara Fratello; Sister Elias Freeman; Charles Frederick; William Frelish; Richard & Bridget Fritzch; James, Maureen, James Jr. Ryan & Christopher Fuller; Kyle, Anastasia & Benjamin Geardino, Lukah McCann-Juliar; Randy, Janet & Tori Geardino; Edwina & Carmen Giampino; Preston, Christine, Megan & Jeremy Giles; Lorraine Godleski; Chakkrapani, Priya, Joanna & Evan Grandhi; Linford, Lisa, Brianna & Stephen Grant; Daniel, Beverly & Daniel Harvey Green; Robert, Arlene & Ross Guellnitz; John, Sandra, Jonus & Joseph Gurski; Frank & Lynn Haley; Ronald & Maureen Harbachuk; Allen, Jennifer & Kalib Herbert; Jack, Beth, Maggie, Joshua, Samantha, Jake & Lilly Heyer; Joseph, Melissa, Leanne & Abigail Higgins; Joseph Higgins, Sr.; Colleen, Nicole & Chelsea Hodgeman; Mary Hoffman; John, Susan & Bryan Hogan; Paul, Beth, Heather, Kristen & Joy Hoglund; Gail Housman; Gene, Debbie & Michael Howe.Birthdays, Anniversaries and Commemorations for the week of March 6-12. Birthdays: Mary Jane Christian, Tyler Wosatka, Christine Saucier, Holly Counselman, Anthony Polise, Ophelia Valetutto, Michael Wenzel, Sophie Beier. Commemorations: Ferdinand Houtenbrink, James R. Tynan, Edna Tynan, Howard Smith, Henrietta Tait, Valentine Blatz, Ruth Tait, William Ellinger. In our parish cycle of prayer, we remember the following: Barry & Janis Idell; Daffodil Isles; Lauren Jeffs; Douglas, Colette, Annabelle & Katherine Johnson; Christopher, Kelly & Christopher Robert Joy; Steve, Sandra, Jessamy & Megan Kalista; Kay & Brian Karlick, Dean Rogich; Joseph & Mae Karnas; Ginny Kershaw; Matthew, Amanda & Mia Kershaw; John, Lisa & Molly Kocher; Conrad & Ann Kochevar; Patricia Koebel; Rana & Daniel Korintus; Brenda Kowal; Peter Kozlakowski; Judith & Paul Krall-Russo; Raymond, Laura, Raymond, Jr., & Jacob Kreusch; Allen & Kathy Krupa; Allen, Jr. & Rachel Krupa; Matthew, Samantha, Tyler & Lily Krupa; Christopher, Kathy & C J Krupa; Fran Kurtz; Marlene Layne; Don LaPenta; Leonard & Danielle Larsen; Bill Leeming; Ray & Dorothy Leone; Lorraine Lescinsky; Michelle Lewis; Libby, Janet & Meghan Lichauco; Larry Lopez, Rikki Portner, Morgan Lopez & Leo Portner; Jeanne Lutz.Birthdays, Anniversaries and Commemorations for the week of March 13-19. Birthdays: Todd Ingemi, Kylie Roesler, Brianna Bailey, Patricia Koebel, Melissa Payor, Janet Lichauco, Angelo J. Berardi, Danica Sisnetsky, Andrew Bernath. Anniversaries: Libby & Janet Lichauco. Commemorations: Frank Werner, Frank Hellwig, Frances Eletto, Walter "Cap" Bergacs, Virginia Pricz, Florence Kershaw, Allen Stewart. In our parish cycle of prayer, we remember the following: James, Andrea, Emily, Ethan & Leah Machado; Jean Malkin; Chris & Denise Mariconi; Ted & Joy Martin; Jessica & Alexander McNerney; Bryan & Robin MacArthur; Sierra Meredith, Summer Palmer & T. Hunter Palmer; Carlos & Karla Mercado; Glenn, Beth & Danielle Mohr;Alan, Dianza Lair-Monastersky & Nicholas Lair;John, Kathy, Stephanie & Allyssa Mondano;

Frank, Tania, Thomas & Kate Mongioi; Jeffrey, Karen, Corey & Megan Moran; Tom, Gemma & William Murphy; Richard & Sharon Nemeth; Lisa, Elianna & Abigail Nikolov; Grace Jean Noble, Jason, Beth, Jake & Brandon Nowak; David & Lorraine O’Keefe; Kara & David Olejnik; Melissa & Alexis Olsen; Kirk, Teresa, Victoria & Cynthia Olsen; Dan & Dorothy Otero; James & Linda Palmieri; Nicole Pante', Giovanna & Milana Rugoff; Catherine Patryn & Maya Trzeciak; Rose Anne Pelo; Amy, Jon, Brittney & Allyssa Philip; Jeffrey & Amparo Pikarsky; Michele, Brian & Eric Portman; Irene & Daniel Powers, Ian and Sean Caldwell.Birthdays, Anniversaries and Commemorations for the week of March 20-26. Birthdays: Ryan Fortunato, Phyllis Tory, Dorothea Borkowski, Anthony Bonventure, Christopher Krupa, Brenda. Kowal, Peter Kozlakowski, Ryan Michael Sautner, Lynn Haley, Michele Thomas, Violet Sammartino. Anniversaries: James & Maureen Fuller, Joseph & Lisa DeBenedictis,. Commemorations: Allen Francis, William Frelish, Lester Kershaw, Jr., Irene L. Dimock, Gloria Stewart, Michael T. Farrell, Frances Fiigen, Robert E. Grandjean, Sr., George Jetters, Charles Zimmerman. In our parish cycle of prayer, we remember the following: David & Patricia Ramjeet; Debbie, Jordan, Morgan, Zachary, Taylor, Austin & Spencer Reinhart; Joseph, Susan, Glenn & Cincere Rickwalder; James & Carmen Rivera; John, Lisa & Kylie Lynn Roesler; John, Denise & Madison Ruttler; Robert & Mary Ellen Santorelli; Michael, Sara & Ryan Michael Sautner; David, Tiffany & Brinley Sepanski; Lamont & Shirley Shaffer; Scott, Erin & Willow Rose Shamy; Martha, Kyle & Melissa Sharick; Betty Shepard; Jodi, David, Danica & David, Jr., Sisnetsky; Stephen, Kristin & Katarina Slater; Brian, Stacey & Brandon Smith; Erik Smith; William Smith; John, Patricia, Alana & Sabina Sorge; Antone & Elise Souza; Gerry Squires; Geoffrey, Runi, & Shenelle Sriwardena; Marie Stanziola; Richard, Stacie, Richard Jacob & Sadie Katharine Strack; Aaron & Daniele Stange; Joseph, Doreen, Trisha and Joseph, III, Stone; Jane & Edward Strauss; Justin, Natasha, Logan & Alicia Strauss; Reinhold Strauss; Dawn Swallick.Birthdays, Anniversaries and Commemorations for the week of March 27-April 2. Birthdays: Robin Vitale, Gerry Squires, Fr. Geoffrey Collis, David Wilson, Ruby Copp, Ethan Biddulph-Krentar, Beth Heyer, Breana Rose Sbailo, Joseph Gurski, Lisa Lomba, Alexander DeCicco.. Anniversaries: David & Tiffany Sepanski, Joseph & Lisa Lomba, Martin & Allison Brennan, Frank & Leah DeCicco, Gerald & Diane Composto. Commemora-tions: Catherine Bruning, Thomas Edward Blatz, James Peoples, Alfred Baker, Ivy Livingood Mosher. In our parish cycle of prayer, we re-member the following: Carol Tandyrak; Janet & Amber Temchus; Carroll & Michele Thomas, Brittney Crawford; Christine Thompson; Steven and Laurie Thompson; Phyllis Tory; Angelo & Rosalind Valetutto; Jason, Xavier & Ophelia Valetutto; Karen & JuanVarella; Anne, John, Jessica, Kaylyn and Nicole Vignola; T. J., Sara, Cecelia & Julietta Vignola; Joseph & Robin Vitale; Dan & Erin Wasik; Dean & Karen Wasylyk; Howard & Terry Welsh; Patrick, Loreth, Lori Ann and Lawrence Welsh; Jean White; Arlene Wilson; Ginny, Rula, Megan & William Wilson; David & Sandra Wilson; Deborah Woodward; Carlton & Maureen Yackel; John, Maxwell, & Ian Yekel; Lisa Marie Yekel; Kevin, Eva, Leianna, Nicole & Michael Zuckerman; Brian, Amy, Nicholas, Domenic & Taiylor Zwick

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