February 2015 Centered in Christ - Scripture, Tradition and Reason 8 6 0 S. 3 r d S t. L a n d e r, W Y 8 2 5 2 0 ( 3 0 7 ) 3 3 2-5 9 7 7 SUNDAY SERVICE 9:00 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:00 AM Priests Ray Price & Terry Robeson Ministerial Developers Deacon Linda Hudson Kay Flores Parish Administrator Dana Neil-Flint Trinity Trivia Early Christians saw Valentine's Day as a way to honor St. Valentine, of whom there were actually three. The Catholic Church recognizes three saints by that name, all who were m a r t y r e d o n February 14. Look for Chris Cross! He s hidden somewhere in the newsletter! trinitylndr@gmail.com http://trinity.diowy.org Trinity Episcopal Church is also on Facebook! Bishop Smylie s January Visits B i s h o p S m y l i e visited the church not once, but TWICE this past month! During his first visit, he and his wife Jill met with the vestry and other members of the church for dinner at CowFish Restaurant here in Lander. He listened to the congregation s concerns and wishes for this upcoming year. For his second visit, B i s h o p S m y l i e p e r f o r m e d a n amazing guitar concert as a benefit for the l ocal Backpack Program. The concert brought in over $800 in monetary donations for the Friday Backpack Program and pounds of canned food, which will be used to help feed h u n g r y families. All e n j o y e d cookies baked by members and friends of our parish. T r i n i t y E p i s c op a l a l s o donated and additional $1000 t o w a r d s t h e program. Thank you to all who attended and donated. We would like to give a special thank you to the following people for sharing their gifts to make this concert possible. Thanks to Stephanie Harris, Marcy Tepper, Josie Ro u n d s, L i n d a Hudson, Susan Butts, Judy Sutt and many other people who donated their time and efforts to help this cause. We d like to say a special thank you to Bishop Smylie for taking the time to visit with us, listen to our concerns and donate his wonderful gift of music to help a wonderful cause that is so near and dear to our hearts!
Trinity Episcopal Church Phone:: 307-332 5977 Email: trinitylndr@gmail.com Page 2 Trinity Vestry Members Judy Sutt, Senior Warden 332-9426 Mike Harrell, Junior Warden 438-3633 Marcy Tepper 335-9564 Kass Harrell 335-4130 Sue Butts 332-2834 Ed Newell 332-9095 Gene Dehnert 332-5965 John Rounds, Treasurer 335-5607 Recap of the 2015 Annual Meeting at Trinity On January 25th, the 2015 annual meeting and carryin brunch was held at Trinity. Several important items were discussed, i n c l u d i n g t h e budget, outreach, and the 2015 Episcopal church convention. Judy gave the Senior Warden s report for the church and several o t h e r c h u r c h members reported business, including the budgets & Junior Warden s report by Brian Wood, Treasurer s report by John Rounds and the Stewardship report by Sue Butts. The outreach report was given by Linda Hudson and Marcy Tepper reported on Pastoral Care. Going off of the vestry this year are Muriel Chidsey and Jerry Majerus. Brian Wood finished his term as Junior Warden this year, after serving in this position for the past five years. Thank you Brian for all of your hard work keeping the lights on and the heat working! We truly appreciate all you do! Thank you Muriel and Jerry for all of your service to the church! Judy Sutt was reelected as Sr. Warden and John Rounds was reelected as church t r e a s u r e r. E d Newell, and Gene D e h n e r t w e r e elected onto the vestry. Elected as the new Junior Warden was Mike Harrell. Special blessings for all of our February birthdays! February 9 ~ Joy Buck February 9 ~ Rosita Berkenfield February 17 ~ Jim Butts February 18 ~ Karen Matson February 19 ~ Candice Gronberg February 21 ~Allie Wilderson February 21 ~ Jennifer Hamilton February 21 ~ Lisa McCart February 27 ~ Cale Hinkle February 29 ~ Sunshine Faris Mullinix February 29 ~ Brian Wood February 29 ~ Kyle Leemon
Page 3 January was so fun in Sunday school as we got back into the swing of things after a relaxing Christmas break. We continued working on our Church banner project as we learned more about Jesus and his cousin, John, who baptized him. We learned about what it means to be baptized and about the Epiphany. We had a wonderful time at the children s service on the Ms. Linda and Mr. T enjoying Ray s story Sunday School News Lyla helping Linda and Ray bless the 25th! Ray told us a great story and everyone helped Ray bless the bread and wine. Thank you Delilah, Tyson, Lyla and Addison for all your help! We are excited for the season of Easter to begin in church! This year we will be doing a service project in Sunday school to raise money for the local backpack program! If you are interested in helping with this project, we hope to see you in Sunday school this month! Have a LOVE-ly February!
Trinity Episcopal Church Phone:: 307-332 5977 Email: trinitylndr@gmail.com Page 4 DID YOU KNOW...? YVETTE AND JERRY MAJERUS are grandparents again! They welcomed a grandson in early January. See p. 6 for details! MIKE HARRELL was a state champion wrestler as well as a bronc rider in his younger days. JOHN ROUNDS dad, Arlen Rounds, is going through the process to become an Episcopal Minister. Arlen went with a group of other Episcopal priesthood initiates and Bishop Smylie to Greece this past December. Good luck Arlen! TREVIN SUTT is being baptized at the evening Easter vigil on April 4th by Ray Price. If you, or someone you know, wishes to be baptized at this special service, please contact Ray Price or the church office. GENE DEHNERT used to play the drums in a band. MARCY TEPPER, JOSIE ROUNDS, KASS & MIKE HARRELL, MURIEL CHIDSEY & CHUCK CLARK all used to attend St. John s Episcopal church in Jackson Hole! O Lord God, Grant that each one that has to do with me today may be happier for it. Please give me for each hour of today knowledge of what I shall say; and grant me the wisdom of a loving heart that I may say the right thing rightly. Help me to enter into the mind of everyone who talks with me. And keep me alive to the feeling of others. Give me a quick eye for little kindnesses that I may be ready in doing them and gracious in receiving them. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page Upcoming Easter Events We have a lot of exciting events coming up this Easter season at Trinity! We hope all of you can join us for all the fun! Mardi Gras Tuesday, February 17 at 6:00 p.m. You are invited to help us bury the Alleluias & enjoy a pancake supper, cooked for us by the men of Trinity. All families are invited! We will have games, a kings cake, prizes and a piñata! Bring your friends! We are in need of Men to help with the Pancake dinner. Please call Mike Harrell at 335-4130 if you can help! Ash Wednesday Wednesday, February 18 at 6:00 p.m. Lent Study & Soup Supper Starting on Wednesday, February 25 at 6:00 p.m. each evening and going for the following five weeks Palm Sunday March 29th Mandy Thursday Thursday, April 2 at 6:00 p.m. Foot washing and stripping of the altar Good Friday Friday, April 3 at 12:15 p.m. Easter Vigil Saturday, April 4th at 7:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 5th at 9:00 a.m. Easter Service at church with an egg hunt following the service Some Beautiful Pictures of Trinity after our big snowfall and frost
Trinity Episcopal Church Phone:: 307-332 5977 Email: trinitylndr@gmail.com Coming up Page 6 at Trinity February February 1 Outreach Sunday bring a non-perishable item for the Care and Share Food Bank - All plate income goes to First Stop February 2 8 a.m. Men s Breakfast Alcoholics Anonymous - every Tuesday at 7:00PM Narcotics Anonymous - every Thursday and Saturday at 7 PM First Stop Help Center - hours - Tuesday through Thursday 11 am to 1 pm All loose plate offerings received on the first Sunday of the month go to the First Stop Help Center. You are also welcome to put a check in the plate made out to First Stop Help Center. We have something for everyone! Worship and Communion Fellowship Bible Study Sunday School Nursery Care and Share Food Bank Community Outreach First Stop Help Center Monthly Brunch Pastoral Care Men s Breakfast Ladies Night Out February 10 10 a.m. Lander Artist Guild February 14 Valentine s Day February 15 Visit from Ministry Developer Kay Flores February 16 President s Day February 17 6 p.m. Mardi Gras/Pancake Supper We Welcome Owen Anthony Majerus Owen Anthony, grandson of Yvette and Jerry Majerus, was proudly welcomed into the world on January 6th, 2015. He was 3 weeks early and weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz. Welcome to the world baby Owen! February 18 6 p.m. Ash Wednesday February 22 Children s Sunday and Carry-In Brunch February 25 6 p.m. Lent Study February 26 Ladies Night time and place TBA