FROM THE RECTOR TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 500 COURT STREET, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA THE TRUMPET

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1 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 500 COURT STREET, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA THE TRUMPET JANUARY 2015 FROM THE RECTOR As we enter fully into the joy of Christmas and the Epiphany it strikes me that this is a season about new things. Yes, many of us will have received new things from underneath the tree but more importantly this is a season about receiving the Lord anew. We see the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph who receive the joy of being parents and the new thing that God is doing in the world. The Magi who travel from afar and on the Epiphany receive the Good News that Jesus is born for the salvation of the world. Imagine their joy when upon arriving at the stable they find the Christ child and the Holy Family waiting there. Trinity is also in the season of new things. It is hard to imagine that just six short months ago Chrissy and I arrived here. Many things have begun and over the coming year many more things will continue. We are in a season of new things and new beginnings at Trinity. In keeping with this spirit of new things I am excited to share with you one more new Christian Formation offering we will have this year and every year following. What s inside... From the Rector 1-2 Photos, Christmas Eve Service & Children s Pageant - 3 Christmas Memorials & Thank Offerings - 4 Photos Christmas Shoppe Reception & Silent Auction 5 Photos Christmas Shoppe - 6 Stewardship 7 ECW, Children s Ministry, Oasis, Birthdays/Anniversaries - 8 New Vestry 9 WWJB 10 Calendar 11 At our annual meeting I spoke with you and told you that 2015 would be the Year of Good News for Trinity and this is the case. Our new committee on evangelism, or sharing the Good News about what God is doing in and through Trinity, will meet this month and begin planning a number of events and ways for us to better share that Good News with Portsmouth and the world. Part of sharing that Good News is being open and willing to accept people who are new and people who may not yet fully know the Lord. Beginning Wednesday, February 25, and every Wednesday until Easter we will gather at Trinity at 6 pm for a simple dinner and a new program called Pilgrims in Christ. Pilgrims in Christ is meant to be a catechetical program that helps people develop a deeper knowledge and love of God as they prepare for the great sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation. But, Pilgrims in Christ is also meant for those of us who have been life-long Christians and confirmed for much of that. This will be an abbreviated trial run of the program that will help us prepare for fully launching it in the fall as we welcome a new group of catechumens. If you are seeking confirmation or know someone who might be ready then come to Pilgrims in Christ. If you want to know more about the Christian faith and develop a deeper love of God then come to Pilgrims in Christ.

2 FROM THE RECTOR (Cont d from Pg. 1) As we share the Good News about what God is doing in and through Trinity we must live in constant expectation that he will bless us with new people who come here seeking a relationship with Jesus Christ. If we are serious about our own discipleship love of God then we must be ready to receive everyone God sends us and be prepared for them. More information will be forthcoming about this exciting new thing that God is doing here. In the meantime, pray that God will send us these new people and that we might be ready to welcome them. Blessings, Fr. Charles Nativity from the Children s Christmas Pageant TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 500 Court Street Portsmouth, VA Staff The Reverend Charles J. Smith, Rector Ryan Michael Blake, Director of Music Leslie Parker, Director of Children s Ministry Linda Torres, Parish Secretary Tony Macklin, Sexton Joseph A. Saveika, Senior Warden J. Richard Gill, Junior Warden R. Malcolm Fortson III, Treasurer Sarah Jane Barrett, Register Linda Torres, Recorder Sunday Worship Services Holy Eucharist: Rite I 8:00 am Breakfast served in Parish Hall 9:00 a.m. Adult and Children s Christian Formation 9:30 am Holy Eucharist: Rite II 10:30 am Coffee Hour following 10:30 Service OASIS VOLUNTEERS Trinity volunteers will be cooking breakfast at OASIS on Wednesday, JANUARY 7th. Please join us there at 6 am if you can help. It s fun, not hard work and a very important ministry to those in need as well as an important part of Trinity s Mission and Outreach Program! Reminder: Trinity s Winter Shelter week will be in March this year. More details and volunteer sign-up sheets will appear soon! Wednesday Worship Service Holy Eucharist with Unction Noon in the Chapel Trinity Trumpet Page 2

3 Christmas Eve Services and the Children s Pageant December 24, 2014 Trinity Trumpet Page 3

4 CHRISTMAS MEMORIALS AND THANK OFFERINGS On behalf of the Altar Guild, Vestry and the congregation at-large, we thank those listed below for their donations for the restoration of silver and brass. The memorials will continue through the Season of Easter. Virginia Neimeyer, Chair, Altar Guild CHRISTMAS MEMORIALS Pam & Pete Kloeppel in memory of Nell and Marvin Cuthrel, and Ruth and Vernon Kloeppel John Kauffman in memory of Diana Kauffman Brian Early in memory of Rear Admiral Paul J. Early, Charles and Clemence Early, and John and Vera Pennington. Carol & Bobbie Davis in memory of the Buchannan, Newsome, and Davis families. Lawrence Outten in memory of Patricia Malone Outten, Marshall and Ione Malone, and Kenneth and Ruth Schuman Outten Heather Hollowell in memory of John W. Hollowell Mary Hollowell in memory of John W. Hollowell William S. Hargroves in memory of Mary B. and Andrew W. Hargroves Jr., Andrew H. Hargroves, Evelyn Calvert Barrow, Ruth Wilborn Plummer and Roy F. Ash Jr. Virginia Niemeyer in memory of Antonio Bilisoly Niemeyer, Jr. Sarah Jane Barrett In memory of the Barrett, Ziegenhein, and Miller families Elizabeth Hudgins in memory of Monroe and Helen Niemeyer Nash, and John and Betsy Nash MacKenzie Louis H. Hibbitts in memory of Mary Jeannette Baker Hibbitts Andrea Morgan in memory of Cordelia Archer. Julia Dorsey and David Loomis in memory of the Reed Family, The Rt. Rev. C. Charles Vache and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Dorsey Collins Mrs. Thomas Morgan in memory of Thomas E. Morgan Elizabeth LeGrande in memory of William LeGrande Mariana C. Sumner in memory of Frank Van Sumner, and Virginia and Henry Clarke THANK OFFERINGS Jean Hanbury Patricia M. Roulhac Lynn Spencer and Jimmy Staples

5 Children s Christmas Shoppe Wine & Cheese/Silent Auction 2014 Celebrating the 20th Year of the Christmas Shoppe!! Fun & fellowship - Auction items for sale! It was a fun night! Trinity Trumpet Page 5

6 PHOTOS FROM CHILDREN S CHRISTMAS SHOPPE 2014 Trumpet Pg. 6

7 STEWARDSHIP 2015: Count Your Blessings; Be a Blessing He who provides seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity... Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! 2 Corinthians 9:10-11; 15 Thank you to everyone listed below who has acknowledged the generosity that God has bestowed on your life and reflected that generosity in a pledge to Trinity for the 2015 year. We are especially pleased to note that we have 11 new pledges and 24 increased pledges this year. Your commitment will help us grow as a family of faith within the Body of Christ. If you have made a 2015 pledge but do not see your name in the list below, or if you wish to make a pledge but have yet to do so, please speak to Fr. Charles or Stewardship Chair Heather Hollowell. We will capture your name in next month s Trumpet, at which time we will also provide a formal stewardship report. Erik & Brittany Anderson James & Mary Andrews Sarah Jane Barrett Randolph & Vivian J. Boothe-Pharr Dean & Peggy Burgess IV Marshall Butt Jean P. Colonna Stephen & Renee Cone Kay Culpepper Carol & Bobbie Davis Del Delcambre & Page McGaughy Gene & Susannah DeNardi Marjorie Eaton Malcolm & Martha Frances Fortson Marion T. Gartman Richard & Fran Gill Jean Hanbury William S. Hargroves Louis H. Hibbitts Jr. Heather Hollowell Mary Louise Hollowell Andrew H. Hook Mary A. Hook Elizabeth N. Hudgins Bob Hunt John H. Kauffman Jr. Elizabeth L. LeGrande Irv & Dottie Lindley The Rev. Julia Dorsey & David Loomis Cora Lorkiewicz Jeffree Stewart Loveless J. Brewer & Joan Moore Andrea & Larry Morgan Fleet Morgan Jim B. Nicholson & Rita Roberts Virginia Niemeyer David & Amy Brooke O'Donnell Thomas & Connie Ogburn Larry Outten Larry & Gracie Peacock James & Janice Pickrell Andrew Quicke & Juliet Ricketts Paul & Margaret Radford Robert H. Rea Mike Riley Ted & Jacky Rodes Kenneth S. Rodgers. Patricia M. & Curtis Roulhac Joe & Joyce Saveika Stephanie Slater The Rev. Charles J. & Chrissy Smith Jimmy Staples & Lynn W. Spencer Mariana Sumner Eddie & Ellen Tapman III Linda Torres John & Robin Baker Vogt Gerald Wells Trinity Trumpet Page 7

8 YOUTH & CHILDREN S MINISTRY January Birthdays Volunteers are needed for our children s ministry! Extra hands are always needed and appreciated when it comes to caring for our children. We have openings in Sunday School and the nursery. A Godly Play training event is being coordinated with the Diocese for a Saturday in January. Please let the office know if you would like to participate. Safe Church Training is a MUST and can be completed online. FROM THE ECW Leslie Parker, Director Thanks to all the women of our church who helped make this a wonderful Christmas for Trinity and families in need. Our next ECW meeting is Tuesday, January 27th at 10:30 am in the common room. With love, Mary K. Andrews President Laurie Klein Heather Hollowell Lola Credle Ellen Tapman Jimmy Staples Kendal Hersh Chrissy Smith Malcolm Fortson Robert Hersh Andrew Thompson Lou Ann Tiller James Tyler Faith Radford Hope Radford Ann Dodd Kyle Peacock Bill Bossa Ann Smith Wendy Swimme Kyle Shenenberger Torey Moore PORTSMOUTH RSVP WILL BE PRESENTING AN AARP DRIVER IMPROVEMENT COURSE JANUARY :00 2:00 PM (You can bring lunch or a snack) January Andrew & Juliet Quicke Frank & Laurie Klein James & Jeffree Loveless Location: Trinity Episcopal Church The 2-day course is designed for adults age 55 and older AARP Members: $15.00 Non-Members: $10.00 Call or to sign up! NEWS FOR THE TRUMPET? The deadline for the February issue is January 20th. You can send information to Dottie Lindley at dslindleyva@aol.com Trumpet Pg. 8

9 VESTRY BEGINS NEW YEAR JANUARY 1 Four vestry members begin their terms January 1, Also, Lynn Spencer is currently finishing out the term of Todd Boyd who had resigned this Fall. Louis Hibbitts was appointed to finish out the term of Bobbie Davis who resigned in December. Randolph Boothe-Pharr and Ted Rodes are first-time Trinity vestry members, while Gracie Peacock and Irv Lindley have previously served on Trinity s vestry. We congratulate them as they begin their service to our Parish. Lynn Spencer Randolph Boothe-Pharr Ted Rodes Irv Lindley Gracie Peacock Louis Hibbitts Trumpet Pg. 9

10 WWJB MEETING IN JANUARY! What Would Jesus Brew! Please come to the Bier Garden Tuesday, January 27th at 6:00 for food, fellowship, and discussion led by Fr. Charles. If you haven t participated before, join us - don t miss this opportunity to expand your Christian knowledge and experience! Trumpet Pg. 10

11 MINISTRY CALENDAR FOR JANUARY Gills TBA TBA TBA Date Acolytes Chalicers(LEM) Lectors/Intercessors* Ushers Breakfast Coffee Hour Sun. 1/4 Sun. 1/11 Sun. 1/18 Sun. 1/25 8:00 Mary Whitney 10:30 Deborah Matheny 8:00 Carol Davis 10:30 Mike Riley 8:00 Ken Rodgers 10:30 Andrea Morgan 8:00 Mary Whitney 10:30 James Loveless 8:00 Lawrence Outten 10:30 Dean Burgess Lewis Hibbitts 8:00 Carol Davis 10:30 Mike Riley Gene DeNardi 8:00 Lawrence Outten 10:30 Dean Burgess Louis Hibbitts 8:00 Cora Lorkiewicz* 10:30 Heather Hollowell Dean Burgess 8:00 Larry Outten* 10:30 Martha Frances Fortson* Mike Riley 8:00 Juliet Quicke* 10:30 Andrea Morgan Dean Burgess 8:00 Carol Davis 8:00 Larry Outten 10:30 Louis Hibbitts Gene DeNardi 8:00 Sarah Jane Barrett 10:30 W. Robert Hunt Deborah Matheny Gracie Peacock Paul Radford Joe Saveika 8:00 Sarah Jane Barrett 10:30 Gene DeNardi Kier Ballinger Jim Nicholson Rita Roberts Brewer Moore 8:00 Sara Jane Barrett 10:30 Larry Peacock Frank Klein Jeffree Loveless Jimmy Staples Irv Lindley 8:00 Sara Jane Barrett 10:30 Richard Gill Lindleys TBA TBA TBA

12 TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 500 Court Street Portsmouth, Virginia Affix Postage Here Address Service Requested UPCOMING EVENTS AT TRINITY January 5: January 6: January 7: January 13: January 14: January 14: January 15: January 16-17: January 19: January 21: January 21: January 27: January 27: January 28: 6 pm Holy Eucharist followed by Vestry Meeting 6:30 pm Brotherhood Meeting Noon Midweek Service Eucharist with Unction 10:30 am St. Elizabeth's Guild Noon Midweek Service Holy Eucharist with Unction 5 pm - Finance Committee Meeting 7 pm - pm Olde Towne Civic League Meeting Vestry Retreat at Chanco Martin Luther King Day - Office Closed Noon Midweek Service Holy Eucharist with Unction 6:00 pm - Holy Eucharist followed by Vestry Meeting 10:30 am - ECW Meeting 6-8:30 pm - What Would Jesus Brew? Bier Garden Noon Midweek Service Holy Eucharist with Unction