Jazz Missa Brevis at Trinity - 28 May

Heather Kramer; The Rev. D. Littlepage; The Rev. Ranjit Mathews, ECCT Canon for Mission Advocacy; and Kate Smith.

On Wednesday, May 3^rd Heather, Kate, and Rev. D. gathered with lay people and clergy from other Faith Communities that are members of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance (GHIAA).

The day started with a press conference at which several State Representatives and Senators expressed their appreciation for the work that GHIAA has done and continues to do as well as expressed their commitment to getting items on GHIAA’s legislative priority across the finish line in this last month of the Legislative Session. Later in the press conference, Rev. D along with three other GHIAA clergy leaders shared more about the legislative priorities and why they matter. Those priorities include a moral state budget: HB 5003: An Act Concerning Education Funding in Connecticut , HB 6664: An Act Concerning Managing Waste and Creating a Waste Authority , HB 6633 An Act Concerning a Needs Assessment and Fair Share Plan for Municipalities to Increase Affordable Housing, HB6616: An Act Concerning Expansion of HUSKY Health Benefits to Those Ineligible Due to Immigration Status , and Funding for Gun Violence Prevention . If you click on each link above, you will find an advocacy guide with a summary of the issue and talking points for reaching out to your legislators. (If you don’t know who your legislators are, you can find them here . We strongly urge you to reach out to your legislator and express how important these pieces of legislation are for the wellbeing of our Communities!

Read the Hartford Courant’s coverage of the press conference here.

Louise Loomis, a member of our parish,

departed from this life on Sunday, April 23, 2023.

A funeral for Lou will be held on Saturday,

June 3 at 10:00 AM at Trinity Church.

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Susanne Mantel, a member of our parish,

departed from this life on Monday, April 24, 2023.

A funeral for Susanne will be held on Saturday,

May 6 at 10:00 AM at Trinity Church.

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We extend sympathy to their families, and pray for the repose of

Louise's and Susanne’s souls, now in the nearer presence of our Lord.

 Father of all, we pray to you for Louise and Susanne,

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If you would like to express your condolences to the Loomis family, please contact the office for details.

If you would like to express your condolences to Marc Wiest (Susanne Mantel’s son), please send them to Marc Wiest, care of Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 Sigourney Street, Hartford, CT 06105.

 On May 7 we will experience the stories of “KNOWING JESUS IN A NEW WAY”.

I wonder if there is anything in this room that you can bring and put beside these pictures to help us tell more about this part of the story?

Only YOU know what you are going to get. YOU are the only one in the world who knows that.

If YOU don’t feel like getting something, YOU are still part of what we make.

The deadline for filing our tax returns for the year 2022 is now behind us. But it is not too early to think about what our Jewish-Christian social ethic has to say about the morality - even the ethical imperative - to put taxation in its proper social context. We will set the stage for a robust discussion of what would be a fair and effective tax system in a social democratic republic such as our nation claims to be.

The Adult Christian Formation team invites you to come to the Library following the 10 AM Eucharist on Sunday, May 7 to explore the issue of taxation with Frank Kirkpatrick.

Get a cup of coffee and a snack and join us!

·    May 12-13, 6PM - 2 PM: Youth Overnight

·    May 13, 10AM - 2 PM: Open to All

This is a free event. Registration information here.

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Some reports have already been submitted.

Any questions, please contact Barbara in the office.

Register as individual, join a team or create your own! It’s easy! Your fundraising efforts will help Connecticut Foodshare as we work towards our vision of a thriving community, free of hunger! You may register on our website - https://ctfoodshare.org

203-469-5000

[email protected] 

Cystic Fibrosis Walk on May 20, 2023  

Hello all! Kate and Drew Smith’s Cystic Fibrosis walk will be held at a new location: the Riverfront Park, Glastonbury, on Saturday, May 20th, 10 am.

Our granddaughter Sarah was born 13 years ago with Cystic Fibrosis and is doing quite well. She has started taking the new drug Trikafta and has grown several inches. She is now taller than her mother!

Team Strolling for Sarah does its annual walk, about 3 miles or one hour, to support the Great Strides program which raises research dollars for this genetic lung and digestion disease. The new drug Trikafta treats some of the causes for her illness and not just the symptoms.

If you cannot walk we hope you will support us at our website or mail us at :

106 Vista Way Bloomfield, CT 06002.

Visit our website : http://bndfr.com/2bsbd for more information. Any questions? My email is: [email protected]  or call 860-519-1591.

Thanks so much, Kate and Drew Smith

Challenging and sometimes disastrous weather events all across the country have been dominating the news. Many people think that these events are at least partly the result of global warming. To make matters worse, the people most seriously affected by damage to our environment are those who live in the poorest communities, where residents have the fewest resources to mitigate the effects. Locally, some Hartford residents have suffered flooded basements several times in the past year, while the closed trash recycling plant in the South End is now sitting on land that is dangerously polluted and therefore unable to be used.

It is easy to feel overwhelmed and hopeless about our environmental troubles.

On May 21, we will welcome Letitia Colon de Mejias, an expert on the environment, and on environmental justice. She is the founder and president of Green Eco Warriors, a program of youth education on environmental conservation. She is also the CEO of Energy Efficiencies Solutions, and serves on both local and national task forces on environmental concerns. Letitia Colon de Mejias is a powerful speaker, and she comes with information on the scope of the problems we face and, more importantly, ideas about how we can address the issues.

Please plan to join us in the Library on May 21 following the 10 a.m. Eucharist.

 

If you or a loved one is graduating high school, college or graduate school in either May or June, please contact the office by June 1, so you can be recognized on Youth Sunday, June 11, 2023! Provide your full name, the name of your school and the degree you will be receiving.

Trinity's refugee resettlement team is looking for the following used but serviceable items for the Dadwall family:

If you have any of these items to donate, please contact Drew Smith at [email protected] or 860-519-1591. Thank you very much for whatever you can contribute.

Anne Rapkin,

for the Refugee Resettlement Team

Trinity's book group closes out the program year on Friday, June 9th, with a discussion of A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle. All are welcome to attend and enjoy refreshments and conversation about this classic, imaginative novel. Jack and Penny Pearson will host the meeting, which goes from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. ([email protected])

Should you like a name added to the Prayer List, please contact Barbara in the office at office at Trinityhartford.org or 860-527-8133 ext. 204.

Please note that unless the office is otherwise notified, the name will be on the list for 4 weeks and then removed.

As we pray for Jacqui, we also ask that you prayerfully consider being screened as a potential kidney donor. For more information about living organ donation and to sign up to be screened, please visit nkr.org/SBB483. Please encourage your friends and family to consider donor screening.

To hear Jacqui talk about her illness and need for a transplant, watch this clip that has aired on local news.

Find upcoming events HERE .

Click here to watch a 5 minute reflection by Bishop Jeff on “Race as a Lens".

All announcements should be submitted to Barbara Roos at [email protected] by Wednesday 9am for publication that week. Announcements that are submitted late will be held until the following week’s edition.