Your Priest Wants To Know!!!

VOLUME SEVEN ˑ ISSUE TWELVE DECEMBER 2018 Your Priest Wants To Know!!! While being a parish priest is a mul -faceted role which o en looks different from congrega on to congrega on, one key role that is a part of every priest s work is being a pastor to her/his people. And just exactly what does being a pastor look like in the day-to-day life of a priest. Some mes, it looks like visi ng sick parishioners in the hospital or at home. Some mes it looks like a phone conversa on about planning a funeral or answering a random theological ques on. Some mes, pastoral care looks like conversa ons about life transi ons (employment, marriage, health, divorce, births or death). Some mes, pastoral care looks like having a cup of coffee and ge ng to know more about one another. Some mes, pastoral care looks like a card, an e-mail, or a facilitated connec on. Some mes pastoral care is invisible as the priest prays for the concerns shared with her/him by parishioners. So...pastoral care can be as simple as a 3-minute phone call or as complex as sharing the arduous, serpen ne journey through the healthcare system as a parishioner deals with a terminal disease. A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF TRINITY CHURCH WAUWATOSA To be sure, many (but not all) people think about calling their priest during mes of distress; most people forget that clergy are available to talk about non-emergency issues as well, such as one s spiritual journey, ques ons related to the Scriptures, or ques ons related to life in our parish community. Priests are placed in the community of faith to be resources to the faith community! I look forward to hearing from you! Here s how to reach me: If you are calling during regular business hours, Monday through Thursday, please call the Parish Office at 414-453-4540. If I'm not there, Barb Neils or Barb Thompson, can usually tell you when I am likely to return. You can then leave a message either on my office voicemail, or the old fashioned way with one of the Barbs. If you are calling a er Parish Office Hours, please call me directly on my cell phone at 414-899-9004. This is not an emergency only line! If I cannot answer right way, please leave a voicemail message. I check the voicemail on my cell phone frequently throughout the day. For your informa on, though, I am an early morning person, and o en turn in for the evening between 10 and 10:30 p.m. Of course, emergencies know no schedule, so the phone is nearby at all mes just in case (and I crank up the ringer prior to re ring in the evenings in an cipa on of emergencies!). Of course, you can always share informa on with me via e-mail. My correct e-mail address is tosapriest@gmail.com. Unless I am on vaca on, I usually process e-mail several mes a day...even when I am out of town. You can also reach me by tex ng me at 414-899-9004 or by sending me a message via the Facebook Messenger app (Gary B. Manning). Parish priests cannot pastor their people without their people s help. When in doubt, over communicate. Be assured your parish priest wants to know! Advent blessings to you all! The Rev'd Gary B. Manning, Rector inside: Advent Audio Diaries...2 Hai Project Update..2 SCRIP...2 Drop-In/Drop-By..2 Compline & Conversa on..3 Family Fellowship...3 Greening the Church.4 Young Ambassadors for Ireland.4 2018 Year End Contribu ons..5 Community Outreach...5 Awesome Auc on Update...6 Awesome Auc on Pictures..7 1

Advent Audio Diaries For a number of years, Gary Manning has produced daily audio diaries during Lent. These reflec ons are usually around 10 minutes long and focus on one of the readings from the lessons assigned for the Daily Office. As an experiment, Gary will be recording a daily audio diary every day during Advent (from Sunday, December 2nd through Monday, December 24...with a bonus Christmas Day episode!). He will post the link to each day s recording on his personal Facebook page, the Trinity Church Facebook page, and his blog (h p:// www.soulwerker.com). Each day s diary will be posted by 5 p.m. You can also sign up to receive direct no fica on of each day s recording via RSS feed by following this link: h ps://audioboom.com/channels/4945371 It is Gary s hope that these daily audios will assist you in keeping a more inten onal Advent. Hai Project Update Join Ann Brophy in the parish hall December 2nd for a brief PowerPoint update on the Hai Project. Whether you are a faithful past supporter or new to the project, you will learn something inspiring and hopeful about our work with St. Marc s school in Jeanne e, Hai. There will also be delicious Hai an vanilla for sale, just in me for Christmas baking and hostess gi s, as well as the unique and tradi onal Hai an metal work in all sizes. SCRIP There is one remaining date in 2018 to order SCRIP cards. The date is: December 2 SCRIP Lower denomination cards are available and make great stocking stuffers which benefit Trinity's Outreach Programs. The list is available with the larger order form for SCRIP on the pillar outside the library. Drop-In/Drop-By Drop-by/Drop-in Hours will resume after January 1. If you would like to see the Rector this month, please call Barb Neils in the parish office at 414-453-4540 and she will make an appointment for you or you may call Gary directly on his cell phone 414-899-9004. 2

Compline and Conversa on in Advent For three Thursday evenings in Advent, December 6, 13, and 20, from 7:00-8:00 p.m., Gary Manning invites parishioners to join him in the Chapel of the Ascension for Compline by Candlelight, followed by a me of quiet conversa on. While Compline is a shortened liturgy (usually taking less than 10 minutes to complete), Compline by Candlelight will include several opportuni es for silence, which will lengthen the service to approximately 20 minutes. There will then be an opportunity for folks to exit the Chapel if they desire, or they may stay for an addi onal 10 minutes of silence and contempla on, during which so, seasonally appropriate music will be played during this 10 minute period to set the mood. At 7:30 p.m., Gary will lead a conversa on, for anyone interested, centered upon the Collect for the Week (Advent 1, 2, and 3...found in the Book of Common Prayer, pp. 211 & 212). The evening will conclude no later than 8:00 p.m. Please consider a ending at least one of these opportuni es, as your schedule permits. Set aside some inten onal me to pray in a sacred space with God s people during this holy season. For those parishioners whose schedules preclude a ending any of the liturgies at the Chapel, please consider praying Compline every Thursday evening in your home. The service begins on page 127 in the Book of Common Prayer. If you don t know how to pray this par cular liturgy, Gary will be producing a brief how to video which will be available on the Trinity Church website and the Trinity Church Facebook page. Having a prayerful Advent takes planning. Let s begin our planning now! First Friday Family Fellowship Everyone is invited to join the First Friday Family Fellowship group on Friday, December 7 for a potluck meal, fellowship and the opportunity to learn more about St. Nicholas of Myra, star ng at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Please bring a dish to share. If you plan to a end, please contact Liz Paulsen at liz.paulsen@yahoo.com or 414-367-9750. 3

The decora ng commi ee will begin "greening" Trinity Church for the Advent and Christmas season. Since this is not a budgeted item, the commi ee needs to know how many greens and flowers to purchase. You can help them by comple ng this form and returning it to the parish office or drop it into the Sunday offering plate. Thank you! The deadline is December 9. Your name(s) Phone/email Suggested dona on $30 In Thanksgiving for: In Memory of: Please help the decora ng commi ee on Sunday, December 23, following the 9:30 am liturgy to hang the greens inside and out in prepara on for the celebra on of the birth of the Christ Child. Speak with Dennis Mehalopoulos for specific decora ng direc ons Cultural Opportunity in Northern Ireland for Young Adults The friends of the Saint Patrick Centre - Milwaukee Chapter is once again sponsoring the Young Ambassador program, in which young adults ages 20-25 are selected for an all expense paid two week cultural learning program in Northern Ireland, hosted by the St. Patrick Centre in County Down during the first half of June 2019. We are looking for students who are very interested in Northern Ireland who will gain a lot by an internship-like experience that will be tailored toward their intended career. Students are preferred who will be living in Milwaukee for the school year a er they return and will be available to par cipate in local chapter mee ngs, events and speaking engagements. Contact Jen Ve rus at jentropy4@gmail.com and visit the website: www.youngambassadorprogram.com. The applica on process will be open in December and the deadline is March 17th. Please share this with young adults you know. Follow our local chapter's ac vi es on Facebook: search for Friends of Saint Patrick Centre-Milwaukee Chapter the Saint Patrick Centre in Downpatrick: h p:// www.saintpatrickcentre.com/ 4

Tips regarding 2018 year end contribu ons from Beth Vogel, Treasurer *If possible, please pay your remaining 2018 pledge before year end. Any contribu- on received on or before December 31, 2018 will be reported on your 2018 Contribu on Statement, and, therefore, can be used as a 2018 tax deduc on. 2018 Contribu on Statements will be sent out the last week in January. *To be sure any year-end contribu ons are credited for 2018 tax purposes, the contribu on must be at the church no later than Monday, December 31, 2018. If no one is in the office, just drop the contribu on through the mail slot. The mail slot is located East of the parking lot doors. If you drop it in the mail, it needs to be postmarked on or before December 31st. *Please indicate on your check to what account the contribu on should be credited (i.e. prepaid 2019 pledge, 2018 pledge, Christmas flowers, Christmas offering, memorials, weekly flowers, rector's discre onary account, etc.) If you have any ques ons, contact the parish office and leave a message for Barbara Thompson, Financial Secretary, or Beth Vogel, Treasurer. Here is What Community Outreach Looks Like Last month the Outreach commi ee had an opportunity to work with Jefferson School for their community outreach day because of our contact with Megan White from our church. The fourth grade class wanted to make blankets for someone and Trinity had just formed a partnership with Kathy's House to make blankets. The school needed some help purchasing fleece and we used their hands to help make the blankets. This is what a day of community service was like for fourth graders at Jefferson Elementary School. No ce all the smiles on their faces. They ALL worked together to get it done. They worked hard for 2 hours, all 40 of them, to e 22 blankets that will be delivered to Kathy's House. Thanks so much for Megan's energy around this and for the children reaching out to us so they could do this project. It was such a win-win project! 5

Kentucky Derby at our Awesome Auc on for Outreach Raised $9,300 There was a saddle, bales of hay, winning ribbons and folks dressed up wearing all kinds of hats. We had a room filled with many items donated by our community and YOU all for outreach. Where was this? Trinity Church s Awesome Auc on for Outreach on November 3rd h. The theme was Kentucky Derby. This annual event raised $9,300 that will be shared with our partners in need in the community and beyond. We had fun with the wine and gi card pulls, all of the silent auc on items and of course the live auc on. One special end of the evening live auc on items went to three lucky winners from one very special young lady, Cora Eisenmann. She is 8 years old and will make the winners a choice of several baked items. YUMMY. Thanks to Cora we raised an addi onal $495. The auc on is planned during the six months prior to the event by a wonderful commi ee who begin by selec ng the theme and then plan the event from there. This year we had the parish vote on the theme and Kentucky Derby won. From the games, to the food, the decora- ons, the ckets, and setup of the tables the commi ee prays that it will be a success. Special thanks go to all of YOU who a ended, donated, prayed for the event, or invited a friend. This event does not happen without so many people. Joan Pfeil, Joe Murrenus- Mehalopoulos, and Ann White kept the food coming, and Amanda Robison led the decora ng commi ee. Jenice Carolan and Sharon Long planned a party for the kids and made sure they had a great me; Jonah Watkins, Ka e Hermanson and Lizzy Long were there to help them. Melissa Paradowski, Leah Thornberry, Beth Vogel and Heather (Melissa s friend) helped with checkout and the Barbs in the office took care of many details of the evening. Finally, I would love to acknowledge the commi ee who worked so hard to plan this event. Amanda Robison, Ann White, Joan Pfeil, Allison Kelly, Deb Dion-Simon, Lynn Fohr, Sara Hall, Claudia Roessl, Beth Vogel, Leah Thornberry, Sharon Long, Melissa and Jill Paradowski (hope I did not miss anyone). We had set up help from Jill Wellman, Paul Paradowski and Ann Brophy. We would love to have more of you join in the fun. In 2019, we will have our 20th Awesome Auc on and we want to plan some new and exci ng things for the evening. Please join us. You can e-mail me at jill.paradowski@gmail.com if you are interested in helping. The planning starts next April. Thanks for everything and enjoy some pictures of the evening. Jill Paradowski, Chair Auc on Commi ee 6

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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 53213 December 2018 CHRISTMAS 2018 Christmas Eve Worship Monday, December 24 4:00 pm Christmas Pageant and Family Eucharist 10:00 pm Fes val Holy Eucharist Christmas Day Worship Tuesday, December 25 10:00 am Liturgy of the Na vity, Rite II

December 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 1 Advent SCRIP 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Haiti Discussion & Christian Formation 3 7:00 pm Men's Spirituality Group 4 5 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 11:00 am Helen Wallace Memorial Service 6:00 pm Outreach Mtg. 6 7:00 pm Compline & Meditation 7:00 pm Parish Choir 7 6:00 pm Family Fellowship 8 9 2 Advent 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship and Christian Formation 10 11 12 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 13 7:00 pm Compline & Meditation 7:00 pm Parish Choir 14 15 16 3 Advent 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship and Christian Formation 11:45 am Vestry Mtg. 6:00 pm EYC 17 18 19 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 20 7:00 pm Compline & Meditation 7:00 pm Parish Choir 21 22 23 4 Advent 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship, Hanging of the Greens, and Christian Formation 24 Christmas Eve 4:00 pm Pageant & Family Eucharist 10:00 pm Festival Holy Eucharist 25 Christmas Day 10:00 am Liturgy of the Nativity 26 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 27 28 29 30 1 Christmas 9:30 am Holy Baptism 10:45 am Fellowship 31 New Year's Eve