(Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Advent)

VOLUME FIVE ˑ ISSUE TWELVE DECEMBER 2016 Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visita on, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Advent) Dear Sisters and Brothers at Trinity Church: By the me you receive this edi on of Tidings, Advent will already be in progress. For me, Advent is a season of prepara on. It provides a reminder that just as Mary waited for the Christ Child s birth and pondered in her heart all of the events that were transpiring around her and within her, we need some me to ponder too. My hope is that our Sunday morning liturgies during this season will provide just that sort of opportunity. To that end, these liturgies will incorporate some periods of brief silence, and hopefully, these moments will give us all a me to breathe, and allow our souls to catch up with our minds and bodies that always seem to be racing ahead to the next thing. This year, rather than crea ng a myriad of Advent ac vi es, I thought it might be good to focus our efforts on crea ng space (even if only an evening or two) in our respec ve calendars to simply be present with our families, our loved ones, and yes, even ourselves! And, if you find that your calendar is already jammed with commitments that you have no way of mee ng, this season might be a good me to re-evaluate how you want to live your life in the new year ahead. I will be sending a weekly Advent-themed reflec on via the Trinity E-News list on Wednesdays (November 30, December 7, 14, & 21). Printed copies will be available in the Narthex on Sunday following each Wednesday for those who do not receive the E-News. I don t know about you, but I could use a li le bit of si ng and silence this Advent. I pray this season of prepara on will be holy, good and peaceful for you all! Blessings, A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF TRINITY CHURCH WAUWATOSA The Rev'd Gary B. Manning, Rector inside: Family Fellowship...2 Marque e Carol Service...2 SCRIP...........2 Drop-in/Drop-by.......2 Trini-Tree.....3 Christmas Flowers.....3 Lego Club....3 Christmas Eve Celebra on...4 End of Year Tips......4 EYC...5 Interfaith Message...5 AED and CPR at Trinity.5 A word from the Sr. Warden...6 Awesome Auc on Pictures...7 1

Family Fellowship First Friday Family Fellowship will be held on Friday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will host a Friendsgiving, enjoying a meal together and collec ng non-perishable food items. Please sign up for a dish to pass at: h p://signup.com/go/kq6ejz Ques ons? Contact Liz Paulsen at liz.paulsen@yahoo.com or (414) 367-9750. Marque e Advent Carol Service TIDINGS (USPS 014807) Is published monthly by Trinity Church, 1717 Church Street, Wauwatosa, WI 53213-2105. Periodical postage paid at Milwaukee, WI POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Tidings, 1717 Church Street, Wauwatosa, WI 53213-2105. The Marquette University Liturgical Choir joins together with the Cardinal Stritch Concert Choir to present an Advent Carol Service on Friday, December 2, at the Church of the Gesu at 7:30 pm. This service will feature a variety of congregational carols and choral music, including the evocative "O Antiphons chants," beloved German Lutheran Chorales, rousing spirituals and American Carols. Admission to the service is free but freewill donations will be graciously accepted at the close of the service to benefit the Milwaukee Archdiocesan Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Program. Gesu Church is located at 1145 West Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. Free parking is located at Lot F on Wells and 12th St. For more information contact Trinity's Music Director thomas.koester@mu.edu or 414-288-3695. SCRIP There is one remaining date in 2016 to order SCRIP cards. Think of SCRIP when you are in need of a gift for someone, food for an event, a hotel...the list goes on and on. Thanks for your year-long support. The date is: December 4 SCRIP lower denomination cards are available and make great stocking stuffers and 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

TRINI-TREE 2016 Trini-tree is Trinity's annual gi giving for Christmas to a group that needs special support during the holidays. This year we will be helping St. A s foster children from infants to age 18. You will find lis ngs of requested items by gender and age groups on the library windows. St. A s requests the gi s be valued no more than $15. What you will need to do by Sunday, December 4, 2016: 1. Take a list (or 2, or 3) 2. Purchase an item(s) from the list(s) 3. Bring the item(s) back to the church unwrapped. Don't have me to go shopping? Not able to get out? Not a fan of the holiday crowds? You can s ll help! All monetary or SCRIP card dona ons will help purchase items for each group. Please give monetary or SCRIP card dona ons to Mel Paradowski or place checks in the offertory plate made out to "Trinity Church" with "Trini-tree" in the memo (BEFORE 12/4/16). All gi dona ons, can be le in front of the library windows. This year there is a hard deadline for gi delivery, of December 4 th. Any gi s brought a er this deadline will be donated to Sojourner Family Peace Center. The decorating committee has begun " g r e e n i n g " T r i n i t y Church for the Advent and Christmas season. Since this is not a budgeted item, the committee needs to know how many greens and flowers to purchase. You can help them by completing the form below. Thank you! Your name(s) Phone/email Suggested donation $25 In Thanksgiving for: In Memory of: Any ques ons? See Mel Paradowski, email at melp0414@hotmail.com or call at 414.708.8072. You are invited to join the Lego Club Milwaukee Lego Club. This is a group geared towards boys and girls ages 9-12 that love to create with Legos. Beginning in January, the group will meet the third Sunday of every month at Trinity Church from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. December's group meeting will be on December 11. Bring your own Legos. Parents are responsible for their own child (not a drop off) and a free will donation of $2 is appreciated. If you have any questions please email Marylyn Batory at marylynbatory@gmail.com or call 262-347-6980. 3

As you make plans to Celebrate the Feast of the Nativity on Christmas Eve this year, we hope you will make time to share some fellowship with your fellow parishioners here at Trinity. Immediately following the 10:00 pm Christmas Eve liturgy, everyone is invited to the Parish Hall for a Christmas Celebratory Feast. If you would be interested in providing an appetizer or two for the feast, please contact Dennis Mehalopoulos at siilkmen@aol.com or add your name to the "Celebrate Christmas at Trinity" sign-up sheet which can be found on the ministry center in Tips regarding 2016 year end contribu ons from Beth Vogel, Treasurer *If possible, please pay your remaining 2016 pledge before year end. Any contribu- on received on or before December 31, 2016 will be reported on your 2016 Contribu on Statement, and, therefore, can be used as a 2016 tax deduc on. 2016 Contribu on Statements will be sent out the last week in January. *To be sure any year-end contribu ons are credited for 2016 tax purposes, the contribu on must be at the church no later than Saturday, December 31, 2016. 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 31 st. *Please indicate on your check to what account the contribu on should be credited (i.e. prepaid 2017 pledge, 2016 pledge, Christmas flowers, Christmas offering, memorials, weekly flowers, rector s discre onary account, etc.) If you have any ques ons, contact the church office and leave a message for Barbara Thompson, Financial Secretary, or Beth Vogel, Treasurer. To be sure any year-end contribu ons are credited for 2016 tax purposes, the contribu on must be at the church no later than Saturday, December 31, 2016. Christmas Worship 2016 Christmas Eve Saturday, December 24 4:00 pm Christmas Pageant and Family Eucharist 10:00 pm Fes val Holy Eucharist Christmas Celebratory Feast Christmas Day Sunday, December 25 10:00 am Holy Eucharist with Carols 4

Great Cooks in the Kitchen! The Iron Chef Compe on November 13, 2016! EYC NEWS Get ready for the next cooking event on January 15 from 6:00 8:00 pm. Fellow parishioner and professional baker Rachel Oliver will be present to teach the art of making cookies. No supper will be provided, only cookies. Bring a friend. Parents are needed to help with the shopping for ingredients. A list will be provided for you. A Message from Greater Tosa Interfaith By Amy Dedow Older adults in your neighborhood are looking for a little help. They might need a ride, help with shopping or someone to change a light bulb. Maybe they need someone to ease their loneliness. We are also looking for folks to help bake, sort and deliver cookies to our elders during the week before Christmas. If you are looking for meaningful ways to help others and improve the quality of life for our neighborhood seniors, call Greater Tosa Interfaith at 414-453-5750 to find out how satisfying it is to be a volunteer. AED and CPR at Trinity By Jill Paradowski I recently a ended an event put on by our neighborhood associa on. The Wauwatosa Fire department presented informa on on AED s and simple CPR and how we as a community can make a difference by knowing how AED s work and learning this simple CPR. Early in the New Year the Fire department will come to Trinity to teach us how to use our AED and learn the simple, hand only compression, CPR. It will prepare us to help save a life look for more informa on in 2017. Thank you to all who took the me to complete the feasibility survey. The results will guide Trinity into the future. I am praying that we will iden- fy the path God would want us to take. More to come on this too. Blessings to all of you this Advent. 5

And Now..A Word From The Senior Warden By Jill Paradowski I decided to share some thoughts about the Awesome Auc on for Outreach in my ar cle this month. This event is so important! All proceeds go to others in need. Our budget does not have a line item for outreach, so it is through events like the auc on and rummage sale that we have funds to share. We just finished our 17 th awesome auc on for outreach. I have been chairwoman for a number of years now, but this is an event that comes together with the work and leadership of a large commi ee. Here are the parishioners who pick the theme early in the year and then create the event over the next 6 months. They are Amanda Robison, Ann Brophy, Ann White, Deb Dion Simon, Tony Zaffiro, Beth Vogel, Betsy Jeffery, Leah Thornberry, Claudia Roessl, Jill Wellman, Joan Pfeil, Sharon Long, Allison Kelly and Melissa Paradowski. It takes a large commi ee to do the decora ng, theme, food, dona ons, ming, and on and on. Many of the folks have been on this commi ee for many years giving of their me and talents. Please thank them when you see them. Some others made the night special: Gary Manning, our auc oneer, Jenice Carolan (who plans the children s party with Sharon Long), Olivia and Chiara White, Belle Vining, Paul Paradowski, Dennis and Joe Mehalopoulos, Jacob Thornberry, Phyllis Teets, Elsie Hermanson, Amanda (a friend of Melissa s), Becca Land and I am sure others. Without so many people dedicated to this event, it simply would not happen. The night included a costume contest where Abe Lincoln (a.k.a. Dave Paulsen), Betsy Ross (a.k.a. Jean Bawden) and Amber waves with fruited plane (a.k.a. Bill and Amanda Robison) won for their crea ve costumes. We had a bidding war over two delicious apple pies and played heads and tails. There were small and large items available and our unbelievable two Irish co ages and a condo and co age up north all up for bid. How could our small Episcopal church be so blessed!!!! I would be remiss if I did not thank all of you who came, donated, prayed, brought a friend, bid and won. Truly without you we would not have raised over $ 13,000 (yes the first report was $12,000, but the total kept growing to beyond $13,000). Without you we would not have the fellowship and joy that comes with this event or the funds to support programs outside of our walls. In Early December, the outreach commi ee will come together and pray and then decide who will receive the proceeds from the auc- on. So thanks again for all you do to make Trinity a wonderful parish. If you want to help with next year s auc on just let me know. A few pictures from the evening can be found on the following page. 6

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December 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 6:00 pm Family Fellowship 8:00 am Red Door Clothes 4 2 Advent SCRIP 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship & Christian Formation 11:00 am Outreach Committee Mtg. 5 7:00 pm Men's Spirituality Group 6 7 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 8 9 10 11 3 Advent 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship and Christian Formation 11:45 am Trinity Vestry Mtg. 1:00 pm Lego Club 12 13 14 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 15 16 17 8:00 am Red Door Clothes 18 4 Advent 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:30 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Fellowship and Christian Formation 19 20 21 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 22 23 24 Christmas Eve 4:00 pm Pageant & Family Eucharist 10:00 pm Festival Holy Eucharist followed by a Celebratory Feast 25 Christmas Day 10:00 am Liturgy of the Nativity 26 Parish Office Closed 27 28 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:45 am Bible Study 29 30 31