ONLINE PARISH NOTES

31 MAY 2015

Arms of the Holy Trinity
Website of Holy Trinity Church, Hildersham, Cambridgeshire

FROM THE RECTOR

My apologies for being unable to update the blog during much of the month of May while I have been away. Now that I'm back I expect to be able to resume weekly updates. Do please join us on Sunday as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.  -- Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Trinity Sunday, Year B
Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29, Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Altar flowers today are given to the glory of God and in celebration of the marriage yesterday of Danielle Latimer and Hailee Malo.

Update – Organist and Choirmaster James Busby continues to recuperate at home from illness. Today Schola members Robert Henry and Stephen Buck will be playing the organ and conducting the choir, respectively, at the 10 am Mass. We are expecting James back next Sunday; in the meantime, please keep him in your prayers.

Visitation – On Monday 1 June at 6:30 pm, St. John’s Church in Newport will host a combined celebration of the Feast of the Visitation for our two parishes. Deacon Mary Ann Mello will be the preacher. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. (Please note that the regularly scheduled Monday Evening Prayer and Mass will not be offered at S. Stephen’s.)

Confirmations – All are warmly invited to the Lady Chapel at 6 pm on Tuesday 2 June 2015, when Bishop Knisely will confirm four of the young people from the confirmation class that has been meeting on Sunday mornings this Spring. All are welcome and invited to attend.

Society of Mary – will meet on Saturday 6 June for 9 am Morning Prayer, 9:30 Mass, then recitation of the Rosary, followed by breakfast at one of the establishments on Thayer Street. Everyone is invited.

Annual Parish Barbecue – will be on Sunday 14 June in the Great Hall, immediately following the 10 am Solemn Mass. We need volunteers to coordinate, help set up, to bring food and beverages, to work the grill, and to clean up. To volunteer for any of these roles, please see Karl or Klara Benziger, Sue Brazil, Nancy Gingrich, or Cory MacLean.

Sunday School Recognition – On Sunday 14 June at the 10 am Sung Mass, we will recognize the students and teachers who participated in the Sunday School program this year. Please make every effort to attend.

Congratulations to our graduating High School Seniors: Lucas Bledsoe, Devon Callanan, Colin Gui, Tatjiana Johnson, Davaughn Hooks, and Emily MacLean.

Volunteer Opportunity – Anyone who is good with a sewing machine, and would like to help make dust covers for our Altars, please be in touch with Phoebe Pettingell or Fr. Alexander. We have the fabric all ready; we just need someone to cut them to the proper sizes and hem them.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Joyce, Nicholas, Patricia, Jonno, James, Townsend, Norman, Ethel, Andrea, Marion, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Bernice, William, Richard, Sandra, Ellen-Jean, Angela, Bobby, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Henry, James, and Dianne.

Ordination Anniversary: Fr. John Alexander (5 June 1993)

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Grace Gerry Harris (31 May 1987), William Russell Halliwell (31 May 1995), Agnes Zendzian Laird (2 June 1991), Rosamond Hine (3 June 1998), Janis Gay (3 June 1984), William Milligan Sloan (4 June 1994), Cameron Duke Stebbins (4 June 1997), Sarah Elizabeth MacIntyre (5 June 1990), Agnes Zendzian Laird (2 June 1991), and Arthur Giglio (5 June 1990). Recently Departed: Mildred Bottomley Whittingham.

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the work of the Anglican Centre in Rome; and for the Church in Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island - (Canada): The Rt. Rev’d Ronald Wayne Cutler; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of Trinity, Cranston; Trinity, Newport; Holy Trinity, Tiverton; and Trinity, North Scituate.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes - MC R Armidon SD R Noble; Thurifer L Verdelotti; Crucifer D Callanan; Torches DO Latimer, V Johnson

Lector – M Johnson
Ushers – B Lennihan, E Drew
Coffee Hour – C & T Bledsoe

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 31 May
Young People’s Confirmation Class 9 am

Saturday 6 June
Society of Mary (following Mass & Recitation of the Rosary)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 6 June
Community Leaders Cathedral Meeting 9 am – 12 noon
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE 

Sunday 31 May
TRINITY SUNDAY (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am

Daily Office & Mass Lectionary: Proper 4, Year 1

Monday 1 June
VISITATION (transferred from May 31)
Mass at St. John’s, Newport 6:30 pm

Tuesday 2 June
Blandina and her Companions, the Martyrs of Lyons, 177 (R)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Confirmation 6 pm

Wednesday 3 June
The Martyrs of Uganda, 1885-1887 (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Thursday 4 June
CORPUS CHRISTI (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Friday 5 June
Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary, Martyr, 754 (R)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 6 June
Norbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg, 1134 (W)
Philip the Evangelist, Deacon, 1st century
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Holy Rosary 10 am

Sunday 7 June
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G) – 8 AM
SUNDAY AFTER CORPUS CHRISTI (W) – 10 AM
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass, Procession, & Benediction 10 am


NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (June 7)

Proper 5, Year B – 8 am
Genesis 3:8-15, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 4:13--5:1, Mark 3:20-35

Corpus Christi – 10 am
Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 1 Corinthians 11:23-29, John 6:47-58

May Procession of Our Lady, 2015

The May Procession of our Lady at the 10 am Mass, Sunday 10 May 2015 at S. Stephen's Church. Thanks to Karen Vorbeck Williams and Elizabeth Alexander for the photos.