The Rev'd Gary B. Manning, Rector

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1 VOLUME SIX ISSUE FOUR APRIL 2017 A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF TRINITY CHURCH WAUWATOSA Dear Sisters and Brothers: One of the constants of life near the Village of Wauwatosa over the past number of years, has been construc on -- of all sorts and condi ons. Roads have been rebuilt. Storm water drainage systems have been reengineered. All of the various sorts of lines (power, telecommunica on, water, sewage, natural gas, and probably plenty more) have been upgraded, expanded, repaired and rerouted. And there is s ll more construc on to come! As I have watched the various projects unfold, I have become fascinated by how much of all of this work, once it is completed, becomes invisible to us. We have plenty to say about the torn up road, or the inconvenient detour. When a project is finished, we may enjoy the completed project s aesthe c (or at the very least a pothole-free travel experience), but the underground infrastructure that supports so many of the systems we simply take for granted quite literally becomes out of sight and out of mind. We give li le thought to how the water magically appears at our kitchen sink, or the amount of engineering required to give us reliable street lights and phone service. Quite simply, we rely on others to make those systems work, and because our systems are so reliable, we can overlook how much effort is required to keep everything so effortless. Our life here at Trinity is not unlike these construc on projects. So much of what goes on here is behind the scenes and unseen. And, if we re not careful, we can simply come to expect that all of the stuff of church work just happens. The newsle er gets assembled, the worship bulle ns get printed, flowers appear, food is provided for fellowship mes, the liturgies are celebrated, sermons are preached, anthems are sung, the bathrooms are cleaned and stocked, the light bill gets paid, the snow gets plowed, and the grass gets mowed. And who is responsible for keeping all the systems running? We are. We ALL are. There is no parish that exists apart from each of us. Trinity Church cannot func on without each of us doing our part, to the degree we are able, no ma er how small that part may seem. Quite frankly, most church work is about as exci ng as digging a hole and filling it in again. The details of administra on, building maintenance, enabling electronic dona ons, or upda ng the mailing list aren t glamorous. And yet, all of these details contribute to the experience visitors have when they enter our space for the first me on a Sunday morning. When visitors comment to me about the "good energy" they feel here, I know that what they feel is the result of our efforts to a end to what many would call "boring details." We never get a second chance to make a first impression, and I am grateful so many of you give so much of your me, your energy and your money to support the mission and ministry of this parish. Your care for this place shows up in literally thousands of ways, and I simply wanted you to know that even if no one else no ces, I do. Thank you, and thanks be to God for the 130 years of faithful witness of Trinity Church! With prayers for a blessed Easter de, The Rev'd Gary B. Manning, Rector inside: Adult Forum...2 Simple Lent Family Fellowship...2 Palm Cross Folding Party...2 Three Holy Days...3 Thursday Prayer Vigil...4 Good Friday Taizé...4 Easter Vigil..4 "God& Guinness"..5 Taizé Evensong....5 Rector's Drop-in/Drop-by Hours..5 Spring Clean-up...5 Pére Marque e Lecture....5 PayPal....6 Rummage Sale..6 Red Door Clothes...6 Book Discussions.7 Senior Warden's Word

2 Adult Forum on April 2 Execu ve Director, Wendel Hruska from Project Return will be at Trinity on April 2, at 11:00 am during the Fellowship Hour. Project RETURN (Returning Ex-offenders To Urban Reali es and Neighborhoods,) is an interfaith ministry that exists to help men and women who have experienced incarcera on make a posi ve and permanent return to community, family, and friends. In the 2010 Census, Wisconsin had the highest percentage of incarcerated black men in the na on. Learn how this organiza on has been effec ve at addressing this cri cal problem. Tuesday in Lent Rector's Daily Diary Every day during Lent, Gary Manning is offering a brief meditation on some aspect of the Gospel reading assigned for the day. The link to these daily audio meditations are posted by Gary on his blog ( his Twitter and on the Trinity Church Facebook page. These daily reflections continue until Easter Day, April 16. TIDINGS (USPS ) Is published monthly by Trinity Church, 1717 Church Street, Wauwatosa, WI Periodical postage paid at Milwaukee, WI POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Tidings, 1717 Church Street, Wauwatosa, WI Tuesday, April 4 Simple supper followed by the celebra on of the Holy Eucharist and Lenten Study 6:00 pm Soup and Bread in the parish hall 6:30 pm Holy Eucharist in the chapel 7:00 pm "5 Marks of Love" Society of Saint John the Evangelist Lenten Study in the lounge Sta ons of the Cross & Communion 7:00 am Friday Morning Friday, April 7 Enter through the chapel door along Milwaukee Avenue. Friday Family Fellowship First Friday Family Fellowship will meet on Friday, April 7 at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall for a meal and fellowship. Families are asked to bring a finger food to share with the group. Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 5 to Liz Paulsen at liz.paulsen@yahoo.com or "Palm Cross Folding Party" We will once again be working the magic of turning a palm frond into a lovely piece of liturgical art on Saturday April 8. Join Gary Manning in the parish hall from 10:00 am to noon to help make enough Palm Crosses to share at the Palm Sunday Liturgy. 2

The whole community is needed to celebrate our Three Holy Days! Together on these days, we hear our most beloved scriptures and we sing some of our most beau ful and treasured songs.

The Lord is clear: his very Body and Blood consumed here must transform and strengthen us for service.

3 The whole community is needed to celebrate our Three Holy Days! Together on these days, we hear our most beloved scriptures and we sing some of our most beau ful and treasured songs. Together we gather at the table, beside the fire, around the font. On Maundy Thursday, in remembrance and humility, we do what Jesus commanded: we wash feet. The Lord is clear: his very Body and Blood consumed here must transform and strengthen us for service. Following Communion, the sacred Body of Christ is carried in solemn procession to an altar of repose. On Good Friday, we celebrate the Lord s Passion. What Jesus came into this world to do to save us from sin and open the way to everlas ng life with God has been accomplished on the Cross. We come forward to venerate the wood of the Cross. The Three Days find their highest point in the Easter Vigil. In darkness we kindle the new Easter fire and gather around the flame to share the story of salva on, from the Crea on to the Resurrec on. We stand with those who have been preparing to receive the sacraments of ini a on (bap sm, confirma on and Eucharist) on this night and we remember and renew our bap smal vows. There is live-giving water, fragrant oil, and the taste of bread and wine. April 13 7:00 pm: Maundy Thursday Our Alleluias ring out! April 14 12:30 pm: Celebra on of the Lord s Passion (Good Friday) 4:00 pm: Family Service 7:00 pm: Prayer around the Cross: In the Spirit of Taizé April 15 (Sundown) 7:30 pm: The Vigil of Easter 9:00 pm: Recep on celebra ng our first liturgy of the Easter Season April 16 8:00 am and 9:30 am: Easter Sunday Morning 3

Offering for Palms and Easter Flowers Help defray the cost of palms and flowers used to adorn the church for the Easter Season by offering flowers in

Name Phone/email In Thanksgiving for: In Memory of: GOOD FRIDAY PRAYER AROUND THE CROSS IN THE SPIRIT OF TAIZÉ April 14, 7:00 pm @ Trinity Church

Childcare will be provided Enclosed is my check to Trinity Church for $ (please indicate Easter Flowers on the memo line) Prayer Vigil in the Chapel

This vigil is an opportunity for parishioners to spend an hour or two in quiet meditation and prayer in the Chapel.

The police department will be notified, so you will not receive a parking violation ticket.

4 Offering for Palms and Easter Flowers Help defray the cost of palms and flowers used to adorn the church for the Easter Season by offering flowers in memory of and/or in thanksgiving for loved ones. Suggested donation $30 Please complete the form and return it to the parish office. Name Phone/ In Thanksgiving for: In Memory of: GOOD FRIDAY PRAYER AROUND THE CROSS IN THE SPIRIT OF TAIZÉ April 14, 7:00 Trinity Church Silence, Prayer, Chants, Scripture, Community. Childcare will be provided Enclosed is my check to Trinity Church for $ (please indicate Easter Flowers on the memo line) Prayer Vigil in the Chapel following the Maundy Thursday Liturgy. This vigil is an opportunity for parishioners to spend an hour or two in quiet meditation and prayer in the Chapel. It begins after the Liturgy for Maundy Thursday, April 13 at 8:00 pm and ends at 11:00 am on Good Friday, April 14. Sign up sheets are on the Ministry Center in the Narthex. The outside church doors will be locked. Please use the Chapel door on Milwaukee Avenue. Knock on the Chapel door on the hour and the current "watcher" will let the next "watcher" in. Please park along Milwaukee Avenue near the Chapel doors. The police department will be notified, so you will not receive a parking violation ticket. As you make plans to Celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ this year, we hope you will include the Easter Vigil in your worship plans. The Great Vigil of Easter Liturgy begins at 7:30 pm on Saturday, April 15. Immediately following the liturgy, everyone is invited to the Parish Hall for a Celebratory Feast. If you would be interested in providing an appetizer or two for the Feast, please contact Dennis Mehalopoulos at siilkmen@aol.com. Please consider making a monetary donation in any amount to defray the cost of this Feast. 4

April 19 @ 6:30 pm at the Big Red Church, 935 W. Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.

hour of sacred music, scripture readings, meditation, and prayer. There is no charge, nor prior musical experience necessary.

Rector's Drop-in/Drop-by Hours for April are: 4:00 pm 8:00 pm Thursday, April 20 Earth Day and Spring Clean- Up On April 22, the worldwide celebra on of

problems of air, water and soil pollu on. What a perfect me for Spring Clean-Up at Trinity.

5 "God & Guinness" con nues... Join the Rector, Gary Manning, for a continuation of a rollicking good time of theological conversation and fellowship on the third Monday evening of the month. "God & Guinness" will convene from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at O'Donoghue's Irish Pub, Watertown Plank Road, in the Village of Elm Grove The dates for our spring sessions are: April 17, and May 15 All are invited. Hope to see you there! Cheers! Taizé Evensong Calvary Presbyterian Church and Milwaukee Center for Contemplative Community invite everyone to a Taizé Evensong Service on Wednesday, April 6:30 pm at the Big Red Church, 935 W. Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. There will be vocals and instrumentation led by an ensemble of professional musicians, the audience is invited to participate in an uplifting, harmonious hour of sacred music, scripture readings, meditation, and prayer. There is no charge, nor prior musical experience necessary. Ample nearby parking (unmetered after 6:00 pm) may be found on N. Eighth, N. Ninth, and N. Tenth Streets, north of West Wisconsin Avenue. Rector's Drop-in/Drop-by Hours for April are: 4:00 pm 8:00 pm Thursday, April 20 Earth Day and Spring Clean- Up On April 22, the worldwide celebra on of Earth Day provides us all with an opportunity to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet as well as to encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil pollu on. What a perfect me for Spring Clean-Up at Trinity. This year the clean-up will begin on Saturday, April 22nd at 8:30 a.m. So toss a pair of work gloves in the trunk, bring your favorite rake and trimming tools, and come and join the fun. We will try to wrap things up by 11:30 a.m. There will be coffee, water and snacks available to help everyone make it through the morning. See YOU there! All ages welcome! 48th Annual Pére Marque e Lecture in Theology Solus Christus: Christology, Individuality, and the Limits of Metaphysics Sunday, April 23, :00 pm Raynor Memorial Library Marque e University 1355 W Wisconsin Ave. This special lecture will commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reforma on on the subject of the importance of Mar n Luther's theology of Jesus Christ for the church today. It is free and open to the public. The speaker will be: Dr. Johannes Zachluber, Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology Trinity College, University of Oxford Chair of the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford. 5

From having our paychecks deposited directly into our bank accounts to credit and debit cards at the ready, cash and personal checks are being used less and less.

There will be a place for you to donate whenever/wherever/whatever amount you choose. The one caveat will be, as requested by our Treasurer, pledges will not be paid via the website.

We don t want those fees taken out of pledged amounts for your sake and Trinity s.

6 From having our paychecks deposited directly into our bank accounts to credit and debit cards at the ready, cash and personal checks are being used less and less. To that end, the vestry has decided to go forward with an online dona on page on our website, There will be a place for you to donate whenever/wherever/whatever amount you choose. The one caveat will be, as requested by our Treasurer, pledges will not be paid via the website. The reason for this is because we will be using an interface to PayPal for security reasons. PayPal takes a small amount of each contribu on as their fee. We don t want those fees taken out of pledged amounts for your sake and Trinity s. Pledges are an integral part of se ng budgetary goals each year and we calculate them in full, not with fees deducted. Rummage Sale What would you buy from a rummage sale? We want those kind of items for the Trinity sale. The rummage sale is June 23 rd and 24th. We will need rummage and workers to sort the week of June 19 th and then workers the two days of the sale. This is a fun event and we are hoping you will join us. This is the second largest fund raising event for outreach (the Awesome Auc on is the largest). As you do some Spring cleaning remember that we can use your gently used items: Here are some details: Please no clothes for this rummage Smaller furniture can be brought to church, but if it does not sell, please plan to pick it up a er the sale You can begin bringing your rummage to the fellowship hall on June 14th. Please come when the office is open. If you have need to bring your rummage to church before June 14th or when the office is not open, please contact Cheryl Thulin at csthulin@gmail.com. Any rummage other than clothing and large furniture that you think will sell is perfect. Books are always a good seller, and we will share what is le with the Cathedral for their annual sale. Please, no encyclopedia, magazines or textbooks. WE WANT YOUR RUMMAGE! A Big Thanks and Prayers needed for Red Door Clothes (RDC) RDC has never seen so many men s shoes. Thanks to all of you who brought in shoes to share. Our guests were impressed too. Please keep RDC in your prayers as we try and find a new place for this important ministry. We want to stay in the general vicinity of St. James' Church. If anyone has any ideas, please speak with Nancy Huber (silverfoxhuber@gmail.com) or Jill Paradowski (jill.paradowski@gmail.com). 6

Series of Book Discussions There will be a series of discussions of the trilogy of novels by Marilynne Robinson, starting with the Pullitzer prize winning book, Gilead.

Gilead is set in a small town in Iowa, and tells the story of an aging Congregationalist minister, his father and grandfather, both ministers, and the current events that transpire to challenge his

7 Series of Book Discussions There will be a series of discussions of the trilogy of novels by Marilynne Robinson, starting with the Pullitzer prize winning book, Gilead. This book, and the two that follow it, offers an historical perspective of American religion and a meditation on personal Christian spirituality. Gilead is set in a small town in Iowa, and tells the story of an aging Congregationalist minister, his father and grandfather, both ministers, and the current events that transpire to challenge his faith. Fr. Wayne Fehr will lead the discussions. The date will be determined soon. If you are interested, please Corliss Rice, corlissrice@gmail.com or call her at While in Phoenix we visited Joan Zeiger. For those who do not know Joan, she a ended Trinity since she was 4 years old un l she moved to Phoenix in fall of She did just about any job there was to do at Trinity including the VBS snacks for over 20 years. She misses Trinity, but needed to move closer to her daughter, grandsons and her three great granddaughters. We picked her up for church and she was so happy to a end an Episcopal Church. She is a perfect example of a faithful servant, who helps all without ques on, spreads the good news of God s love and is kind and generous to those around her. As we sat and cha ed in her new apartment, she told some stories she had about Trinity. We were blessed to have her for 86 years.just amazing. Here are some pictures of her at church and her new home. And Now..A Word From The Senior Warden By Jill Paradowski Paul and I spent two weeks away from Trinity and a ended another church in Phoenix. Every me I a end another church I come away with some ideas to share back home, and an apprecia on of what we have here at Trinity. The number of new families who have found us is amazing. Many of them have small children and they fit right in with our many families who also have young children. The children are such a blessing and fill our church with joy. We have just a few folks in their 80 s and 90 s now. Spend some me with them and talk about their memories of Trinity. You will be delighted to hear about how Trinity has grown into the parish it is today. 7

8 8 w w w. t r i n i t y w a u w a t o s a. o r g TIDINGS Trinity Church 1717 Church Street Wauwatosa, WI April, 2017 PERIODICALS Postage paid Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USPS ) Holy Week and Easter Schedule April 10 - Holy Monday....Holy Eucharist, Rite II April 11 - Holy Tuesday...Holy Eucharist, Rite II April 12 - Holy Wednesday....Holy Eucharist, Rite II April 13 - Maundy Thursday...Liturgy for Maundy 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Thursday & Foot washing the All Night Vigil begins 8:00 p.m. April 14 - Good Friday...the All Night Vigil Ends 11:00 a.m. The Liturgy for Good Friday with Communion 12:30 p.m. Good Friday observance for families with small children 4:00 p.m. Prayer around the Cross: In the Spirit of Taizé 7:00 p.m. April 15 - Holy Saturday...Easter Vigil 7:30 p.m. Festival Celebration 9:00 p.m. April 16 - Easter Day.. Easter Eucharist, Rite I 8:00 a.m. Festival Holy Eucharist, Rite II 9:30 a.m. Festival Brunch

9 April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 8:00 am Red Door Clothes 2 5 Lent 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship & Christian Formation 11:00 am Adult Forum 3 7:00 pm Men's Spirituality Group 4 6:00 pm Simple Supper 6:30 pm Holy Eucharist 7:00 pm Lenten Study 5 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 6 7:00 pm Choir rehearsal 7 7:00 am Stations of the Cross & Communion 6:00 pm Family Fellowship 8 10:00 am Palm Cross Folding Party 9 Passion/Palm SCRIP 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship 10 Holy Monday 6:00 pm Holy Eucharist 6:30 pm Vestry Meeting 11 Holy Tuesday 6:00 pm Holy Eucharist 12 Holy Wednesday 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 13 Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm Liturgy for Maundy Thursday with foot washing 8:00 pm All night Vigil begins 14 Good Friday Parish Office Closed 12:30 pm Liturgy for Good Friday 4:00 pm Family Service 7:00 pm Taizé Service 15 Holy Saturday 8:00 am Red Door Clothes 7:30 pm Great Vigil of Easter Celebratory Feast to follow 16 Easter Day 9:30 am Holy Baptism 10:45 am Festival Brunch 17 1:30 pm Book Group 7:00 pm "God & O/Donoghue's Irish Pub :00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 6:30 pm Taizé Big Red Church 20 4:00 pm 8:00 pm Rector's Drop-In/Drop -by Hours 7:00 pm Choir rehearsal :30 am Noon Spring Clean-up 23 2 Easter 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship :30 pm St. Monica's Guild 26 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 27 7:00 pm Choir rehearsal Easter 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship & Christian Formation 6:00 pm EYC

The Rev'd Gary B. Manning, Rector. inside: Friday Fellowship...2

The Rev'd Gary B. Manning, Rector. inside: Friday Fellowship...2 VOLUME SIXˑ ISSUE FIVE MAY 2017 "You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God s righteousness. The Epistle of