Worship Services

Trinity Worship Services

Sundays in Person at 10 AM

1200 Main Street, Fishkill, New York

or

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Thursday August 21, 2026

Please join us on each Sunday at 10am for our in person worship. Bring family and friends! All are welcome! Church school is recessed during July and August, so watch our calendar for updates.

On Thursday, September 3 at 6:30 pm, Bishop Heyd will be in our sanctuary to discuss his decision-making process with regard to Fr. Daniel’s time with us. Please mark it on your calendar and try to be here so we can all have clarity and closure.

A joyful welcome to Penelope Sudol and her family!

Thanks to everyone for your generous support of the Rural and Migrant Ministry. We sent 24 bags of school supplies and $300 to help with the summer camp program!

Fishkill church of the Nazarene has been in charge in August. Trinity will take over in September. Please sign up in the parish hall if you are interested.

We had a brief but good Joint Vestry Meeting last night. Technically, we DID have a quorum from each congregation, but we weren't sure initially, so we took no official votes.

Those present were:

From St. Andrew & St. Luke: George Mackenzie, Nadine Revheim, Andrea Barrow (this constitutes a quorum)

From Trinity: Mike Schappert, Terry Badura, Mary Gilkes, Nancy Drennan, Steve Blanks (this constitutes a quorum)

From Resurrection: Maria Tarsia, Patty Ciraco, Deb Simmerly, Daneen Izzo (this constitutes a quorum)

The primary purpose of the meeting was to get an update on the work of the Profile Committee, to talk about the priest situation so far, and to make sure that each Vestry has a delegate for convention, and that we are ready to certify them.

Maria Tarsia presented some of the work of the Profile Committee that needs Vestry approval.

Specifically, they came up with a name for our collaborative. A name is essential to moving forward with the process to call a new rector. The name they proposed was: The Southern Dutchess Episcopal Collaborative. There was some good discussion about whether other Episcopal Churches in Southern Dutchess would object to this name or whether we needed to be more specific, but overall the consensus was that this is a good name. It does, however, require a vote of the entire Joint Vestry, so I ask you to PLEASE VOTE on this issue. Please do so by replying to this email. I will tally the votes and make them known to the Vestry this weekend. Given that we did have quorums for each Vestry last night, it seems likely that the name will be adopted, but we need to do this by the book.

The Profile Committee also presented a short form and longer form Mission Statement. The short form was approved of without discussion. The longer form is under revision for a couple of minor things that don't change its content. Here are the Mission Statements in both forms:

Blended Mission Statement

Blessed by God's grace, we are three churches sharing one calling: to walk together in welcoming all, growing in faith, caring for one another, and serving our communities with joy and compassion in the name of Jesus Christ.

Paragraph version for more detail:

Blessed by God's grace, we are three churches —[NAMES OF THE CHURCHES] — sharing one calling. Together we seek to walk side by side in welcoming all people, growing deeper in faith, caring for one another across generations, and serving our communities with joy and compassion in the name of Jesus Christ. Rooted in the Episcopal tradition and strengthened by our collaborative ministry, we strive to be places of genuine hospitality, faithful worship, mutual support, and active outreach, trusting that God is at work among us and through us in the mid-Hudson Valley.

Just as a side note, I really like "Three churches, one calling" as a tagline. I could even see that as a header for a webpage — or even t-shirts. Just saying.

The Treasurers still have work to do with Canon Lisa in order to nail just exactly what we can afford by way of clergy. We know we can afford a full-time priest and two Sunday-only associates. The question is, can we afford more than that. For example, can we afford a full-time rector, a full-time subsidized curate, and a Sunday-only associate? We'll need to solidify this in order let potential rectors know what their job will be.

Our other discussion centered around clergy for the short term. Fr. Michael Phillips has agreed to serve for two months as a Sunday associate. I couldn't get him to commit to longer because he wanted to see what it was like to rotate between three churches. If you like him, you might want to be real nice to him and sell the idea of said rotation.

Please vote on the Collaborative name as soon as possible!

Let me know if you have questions.

Grace and Peace,

Chuck+

On Sunday September 13th we will have our annual picnic at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, NY. There will be a worship service at 10AM, followed by games for the children, plenty of food, and time to socialize. Cliff’s band will be able to join us, too, and entertain us with Beatles music and popular hits from the past. More information and sign-up sheets will be made available in late August. Be sure to plan to attend this fun kick off for Trinity Church and friends on September 13th!

Please Sign Up! Sign-up sheets are in the narthex and parish hall.

Trinity Book Club will be meeting on Tuesday, September 1, at the Red Line Diner in Fishkill, 12 noon, to enjoy each other's company, have a nice lunch, and discuss the book The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman. Please call, or text, Pam Bunker at (845) 204-4572 to let her know if you would like to join in so that a reservation can be made if need be.

Please see the linked serving schedule. Note that yellow highlighted servers have not confirmed for recent changes to Trinity's serving schedule. If your name is highlighted, please let Dave know if you are available for that serving position. For others, please let Dave know on an individual basis if you cannot serve as assigned. Dave will use the alphabetical process to select a new person to take your place. Please acknowledge there may be changes when the Church School schedule is published.

Trinity Episcopal Church

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Fr. Chuck Kramer

329-333-0234

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