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Trinity Church News
November 12, 2025
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In this issue:
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- Reflections by the Rev. Lou Hays: An Attitude of Gratitude
- Stewardship Campaign - Return Pledge Cards or Use Online Pledge Form by November 16
- Reminder: Send Mail to Trinity's P.O. Box, Not the Street Address
- Exploring the Mystery and Joy of Advent - Begins November 30
- ECW Cookie Sale - December 14; Cookie Tray Assembly on December 13 at 10:00 AM
- You're Invited: Foraging for Advent Event at Procter Center on November 29
- Coffee Hour Refreshments Sign Ups for November and December
- Altar Flowers Dedication for November 16
- Trinity's Clothes Closet: Personal Hygiene Products and Children's Underwear Collection
- Follow Us on Facebook
- Sunday Service Livestream Information
- Worship Information and Scripture Readings for Sunday, November 16
- This Week at Trinity
- November Birthdays & Anniversaries
- Prayer Requests
- Online Giving Link
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Reflections by the Rev. Lou Hays: An Attitude of Gratitude
Many of you were with us for our wonderful brunch on November 2 with the Rev. Derrick Fetz. It was, as I like to say, a great example of food, fun and fellowship at Trinity. If you were there, you will remember the interesting exercise that Derrick led us through. He asked, “in a word or two, what are you grateful for about Trinity?” There were many responses, such as best friends, resting in God, new family, joy, connection, food, community, service, family, recovery and belonging. Every response reflected gratitude and thanksgiving on the part of the person who responded. And then Derrick asked us to reflect as he prayed over the long list, thanking God for each response.
It was a joyful exercise. There is so much to be thankful for at and about Trinity Episcopal Church. It really put us all in an attitude of gratitude. And I hope everyone who has or who is about to pledge for the coming year is doing so with an attitude of gratitude. We give thanks to God through our giving for all of our blessings. Sunday marks the formal wrap-up of our gratitude campaign. It will be my great privilege to bless the pledges at the altar this Sunday. Your pledges will do great things for this parish and the people we serve. To paraphrase our campaign theme, together you will secure the bright future of Trinity, with gratitude!
Peace and blessings,
Lou+
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Stewardship Campaign - Return Pledge Cards or Use Online Pledge Form by November 16
Our Stewardship Campaign, Securing Our Bright Future with Gratitude, wraps up this Sunday, November 16. All pledge cards received by that date will be blessed at the altar during the Sunday morning service.
Please return your pledge card by Sunday, November 16. You can place them in the offering plate on a Sunday morning or mail them to Trinity Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 851, Hamilton, OH 45012.
Pledge Online
You can also click here to submit your 2026 pledge online. If you use the online pledge form you do not need to return the paper pledge card.
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Reminder: Send Mail to Trinity's P.O. Box,
Not the Street Address
As a reminder, all mail sent to Trinity must be sent to our P.O. Box or it will be held/returned by the postal service. We use the post office box because it is a reliable and safe way to receive our mail since the parish office is not open every day.
We recently received a large batch of mail addressed to Trinity's street address which the postal service had been re-routing/holding on to (the oldest was mailed in December 2024!).
Trinity's Mailing Address:
Trinity Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 851
Hamilton, OH 45012
One item included in the batch of old mail we just received was a thank you card from Herm Lorance for the celebration of his 100th birthday earlier this year during a Sunday morning service. We thought we'd share this sweet note from Herm with you below.
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Exploring the Mystery and Joy of Advent
Begins November 30
Please join us for this three-week series starting the First Sunday of Advent, November 30. We will gather in the Memorial Room for about 30 minutes of presentation and discussion. We will explore this frequently misunderstood and under-appreciated season that begins the new liturgical year. What are the symbols and practices for Advent? What is Advent, theologically and personally? We will reflect on how Advent can enrich our spiritual lives and help make us more hopeful and joyful. Worship with us at 9:30 and then grab a cuppa and join us to explore the mystery and joy of Advent.
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ECW Cookie Sale on December 14
and Cookie Tray Assembly on December 13
Trinity's ECW will be having their annual cookie sale on Sunday, December 14! Everyone is invited to donate cookies for the sale and to help assemble the cookie trays at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 13. We have a great time of fun and fellowship putting the trays together!
A big thank you to Pam Hurst for organizing this year's event! If you have questions about the sale, please contact Pam at pamh90@yahoo.com.
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You're Invited: Foraging for Advent Event at Procter Center
Saturday, November 29 from 3-5:30 p.m.
Attend this Diocese-wide event at Procter Center which will explore the Advent season through exploration of our natural world.
This fun event for all ages includes:
- Foraging and hiking around Lake Leo in search of branches, berries, pinecones, and more to build and decorate our Advent wreaths
- S’Mores & Hot Chocolate Bar
- Candle Making
- Blessing of the Advent Wreaths
- Games
This event is great for individuals, church groups, community groups, families, couples, and more. Anyone and everyone is invited; minors must be accompanied by their responsible adults.
Bring a warm coat and gloves, some shoes for easy hiking, and a friend! We’ll provide the tools needed for cutting shrubbery and the bases for building the wreaths. Enjoy hot cocoa by the fire, roast some s’mores, and build a beautiful wreath to enjoy all of Advent.
Click here to register for this event. The cost is $10 per household. There is no deadline to register.
Procter Center is located at 11235 State Route 38 SE, London, OH 43140. Questions about the event? Contact Procter Center at 740-490-6025 or info@proctercenter.org.
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Coffee Hour Refreshments
Sign-Up Sheet for November and December
A sheet is available in the Memorial Room to sign up to provide food refreshments for Coffee Hour. Thank you for your participation in this time of fellowship!
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The Altar Flowers for Sunday, November 16,
are given by Jennifer and Rick Elliott,
in gratitude for our Trinity family.
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Trinity's Clothes Closet Needs Children's Underwear and Personal Hygiene Products
Trinity's Clothes Closet is great need of soap, shampoo & conditioner, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and similar personal hygiene products. There is a clear plastic bin in the Memorial Room to collect donations of these items.
Additionally, the children's closet is in need of children's underwear, in all sizes.
If you are affiliated with an organization or business who may be willing to donate larger quantities of these items, please let Pat Combs or Sue Samoviski know. Our Clothes Closet serves over 200 individuals per month, and the need continues to grow for these items.
Other Donation Needs:
Men's Shoes
Infant Clothing
Men's and Women's Socks and Underwear
Children's Toys
Feminine Hygiene Products (Pads, Tampons, etc.)
Blankets
Men's T-Shirts and Hoodies
Reminder: Please contact the parish office prior to dropping off clothing items! (Donations of personal hygiene products can be brought to the office without prior notice).
Thank You for your Support of this Ministry!
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Follow Us on Facebook
Are you on Facebook? If so, be sure to "follow" Trinity's Facebook page for announcements, updates and photos from our church, the diocese, and the wider Episcopal Church. And be sure to "like" and share our posts with others!
You can find us on Facebook by searching for Trinity Episcopal Church Hamilton Ohio, or through the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/Trinity-Episcopal-Church-Hamilton-Ohio-151615496591/
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Sunday Service Livestream Information
We continue to livestream our 9:30 a.m. worship service every Sunday. Click here to go directly to the livestream area on our YouTube channel. You can also access the livestream through the button on our website to "Click Here to View Sunday Service."
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Sunday Worship at Trinity Episcopal Church
115 North 6th Street, Hamilton, OH
Sunday, November 16, 2025
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 28
Year C - Track 1
RCL
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
in the Sanctuary at 9:30 AM
The Rev. Lou Hays, Celebrant and Preacher
| | Collect: Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. | | |
This Week at Trinity
Wednesday, November 12
Clothes Closet Open -- 10:00 AM - Noon – Basement
Parish Office Open -- Afternoon
NA Meeting Wednesday -- 7:00 PM – Fellowship Hall
Thursday, Thursday, November 13
Parish Office Open -- Afternoon
NA Women’s Group -- 7:00 PM – Fellowship Hall
Friday, November 14
Diocesan Convention -- Begins at Noon – Champion Mill Conference Center at Spooky Nook
AA Meeting Friday -- 8:30 PM – Fellowship Hall
Saturday, November 15
Diocesan Convention -- 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM – Champion Mill Conference Center at Spooky Nook
Sunday, November 16 - Twenty-third Sunday aft Pent | Proper 28
Holy Eucharist Rite II -- 9:30 AM – Sanctuary
Coffee Hour following the service – Memorial Room
Monday, November 17
Clothes Closet Open -- 10:00 AM - Noon – Basement
Greater Power Discussion Meeting -- 7:00 PM – Fellowship Hall
Wednesday, November 19
Clothes Closet Open -- 10:00 AM - Noon – Basement
Parish Office Open -- Afternoon
NA Meeting Wednesday -- 7:00 PM – Fellowship Hall
Thursday, November 20
Parish Office Open -- Afternoon
NA Women’s Group -- 7:00 PM – Fellowship Hall
Friday, November 21
AA Meeting Friday -- 8:30 PM – Fellowship Hall
Sunday, November 23 - Last Sun after Pentecost | Christ the King
Holy Eucharist Rite II -- 9:30 AM – Sanctuary
Coffee Hour following the service – Memorial Room
Vestry Meeting following coffee hour – Fellowship Hall
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NOVEMBER CELEBRATIONS
We encourage you to remember these people on their special days!
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Clyde Waddell - 11/2
Rick Elliott - 11/4
Phyllis Wykoff - 11/6
Diane McClain - 11/12
Carl Bishop - 11/19
Karen Fuhrman - 11/22
Emma Harvey - 11/23
Kim Jewett - 11/25
NOVEMBER MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARIES
Steve & Terri Comer - 11/26/03
If we don't have your birth or marriage dates, please contact the office to be included on the list.
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Prayer List
If there is someone you would like to include on or remove from the list, please email the Parish Office at
trinitychurchhamilton@gmail.com
Prayer requests for:
- Mary Bahlmann
- Goldie McKinney, mother of Pat Combs
- Herm Lorance, who has died, and for his family and friends in their grief
- Pam Hurst
- Tom Puckett
- Patrick, who is in a coma, and is a family friend of Bob and Karen Fuhrman
- Lorie Friedman, friend of Linda and Jack Griffin
- Mike Bahlmann
- Tina Chandler
- Bruce Brown
- Joan King, who has moved to Troy, Michigan, to live with her son, Andy
- Carl and Mary Bishop
- Suzi Samoviski, sister-in-law of Mike and Sue Samoviski
- Asher Johnson, grandson of Kathy Smith's friend, Brenda Johnson
- Beth and Chuck Blaylock
- Ann Anderson
- John Winkler, childhood friend of Lee Parrish
- Kim Jewett
- Tisha Patton, who has been diagnosed with cancer
- Jackie Huelsman
- Jim Croom, brother in-law of Ginny Woods, who has terminal pancreatic cancer
- Lisa Llafet, step-sister of Linda Griffin
- Rebeca from Brazil, Ginny Woods' Compassion International Child
- Art and Sandra Pizzano
- Teresa Durbin
- For Rev. Kip Colegrove's sister Bobbi, who is undergoing cancer treatment
- Jackie Huelsman's mother Jacky
- Chasity Mae Pelopida's family, and especially her step-father, Dan Wolf
- The Renners family
- Lorna and her children
- Richard Isaacs
- Barb Morris, sister of Tom Woods
- David, Gayle Sisson's Brother
- Andrew and Maria Cole
- Doctor Bob
- Chris Russo
- Candy, sister of Teresa Durbin
- For Alan
- For peace in the Middle East
- For Wade Hensley, whose mother has died
- Richard Elberfeld, brother of Anne Cole
- Donnie Eschenbrenner, recovering from a broken hip
- Leslie and Warren Grossklaus
- Sarah Ruston and her son, Tom
- The Vanoss Family
- Dave Bahlmann, brother of Mike Bahlmann
- Caitlin Bomar - wife of the Priest-in-Charge at Diane Line's church
- Candra
- For Jeff, brother of Kim Jewett
- Ryan Moore, Terri Comer's son
- Ken Huelsman
- Susan Tarbuck
- Nella Hurst, friend of Mike and Sue Samoviski
- Liz Minor, friend of Lee and Jackie Parrish
- Casey Graff
- Steven Palmer
- Barbara and Michael Clifton
- Rita Stanton
- Haley, Anne Elberfeld’s daughter
- Our Nation
- Wesley and Mary Kay
- Bruce, nephew of Pam Bates
- Doug Ottke, friend of Ginny and Tom Woods
- Carol Paschal and her family
- Bill, Amy, William and Jordan
- The sister of Heather Komnenovich
- Anne Cole
- Russ Thompson
- Tom Wilson
- Georgia Adams
- Heather Komnenovich
- Stephanie Woods
- James Noble
- For Ukraine
- For Peace
- Mac
- Bob Ross
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Give your offering with Trinity's secure credit card/check draft link
Click the button below, scan the QR code or access the giving link via the trinityhamilton.org website.
Click Online Giving in the menu and fill out the form.
You can donate one time or set up recurring credit card or checking account gifts. The site will generate a receipt after every gift. You have the option to cover the credit card processing fees (usually 2.5% of the transaction amount) or leave that check box blank. We also can take automatic withdrawals from your checking account.
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Post Office returns mail sent to 115 N. Sixth St.
We use the post office box because it is a reliable and safe way to receive our mail since the parish office is not open every day. Please use the P.O. Box address when mailing items to Trinity or else the mail is returned.
MAILING ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE
Trinity Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 851
Hamilton, OH 45012
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Parish Office Hours on Wednesday & Thursday Afternoons
Email and phone messages are checked daily.
The Rev. Lou Hays can be reached at louisbhays@gmail.com. This is also the best way to schedule a phone conversation or in-person meeting with Lou. You can also contact the parish office.
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TRINITY STAFF
The Rev. Lou Hays, Interim Rector
Linda Clark, Sexton
Jennifer Elliott, Music Director
Lisa Gooding, Parish Administrator
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VESTRY OFFICERS
Sue Samoviski, Senior Warden
Terry Hurst, Junior Warden
Tom Woods, General Treaurer
Jennifer Elliott, Investment Treasurer
Kim Jewett, Vestry Clerk
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VESTRY MEMBERS
Teresa Durbin, Kim Jewett, Lee Parrish, Vic Russo, Ginny Woods
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