Worship With Us at Trinity Church

Sunday, 28 June

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

10:00 AM

Holy Eucharist Rite II in the Church

Celebrant, The Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith

Preacher, The Rev. George Chien

and live-streamed via YouTube

Trinity Church YouTube

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The Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith, Presider

The Rev. George Chien, Preacher

Neil Shilansky - Substitute Musician

Camp Washington Meet & Greet- Camp. Info -June 25

Free Game Design - June 30 - July 16

Office Closed - July 3-6

Jazz Mass at Christ Church Cathedral - July 19

A Notice from the Prayer Team

Prayer List Requests

Weekly Calendar

News from the Diocese

June Birthdays

eVoice Deadline for Announcements submission

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Smith was born in Albany, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, Connecticut, and a Master of Divinity from the Episcopal Theological School before his ordination to the priesthood on March 22, 1969.

Smith began his ministry as curate of Trinity Church in Hartford, later serving as assistant priest at St. John’s Church in Waterbury until 1976. He then served as rector at St. Michael’s Church in Naugatuck, and later at St. Mary’s Church in Manchester from 1985 to 1996.

Elected Suffragan Bishop of Connecticut on October 28, 1995, he was consecrated on May 4, 1996, by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning. Smith was elected diocesan Bishop of Connecticut in June 1999 and installed that October, serving until 2010. He concluded his ministry as assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of New York for three years.

The Rev. George Chien (UMC, MCC)

The Rev. George Chien retired from the senior pastorate at Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford in 2011, having served there for twelve years. He previously pastored several United Methodist congregations in upstate New York and Connecticut.

An amateur photographer and graphic artist, George enjoys exploring the city, its arts and architecture, and meeting its people. A graduate of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL, he and his husband Julio Flores reside in

Frog Hollow, Hartford, in a 150-year-old Victorian.

Neil Shilansky – Substitute Musician

Neil Shilansky, church musician, has served for many years as the accompanist, pianist, and organist at Asylum Avenue Baptist Church in Hartford, First Baptist Church of West Hartford, Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Willimantic, and Faith Lutheran Church in Middletown. Neil is a music teacher at East Hampton Middle School, and is a staff officer in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.

The Office will be closed on Friday, July 3 and on Monday, July 6.

Regular Office Hours from 8:00 am to 12 pm, will resume on Tuesday, July 7.

Wishing you a Happy and Safe Independence Day.



You are Invited to a Jazz Mass

Join us for Worship at Christ Church Cathedral located at 45 Church Street, Hartford, for a Jazz Mass on July 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Parking on surrounding Hartford streets is free on Sundays. PLEASE NOTE: THE MAT GARAGE IS OPEN. You will need a special ticket in addition to the garage entrance ticket to have free parking. On Sundays, the special ticket is available in the auditorium after the service. There are many events held at the XL Center on Sundays. Please be mindful of the No Parking signs on Trumbull and Church Streets.

Reserved parking spaces are available on Church Street near the corner of Main Street for physically challenged persons. One reserved space is available in the alleyway between the Cathedral building and the Cathedral House.

Note that on July 19 there will be no service at Trinity at 10:00 a.m.

A NOTICE FROM THE PRAYER TEAM

At Trinity Church we believe in the power of prayer.

• Your written prayer requests are welcome. There are prayer jars on tables at both entrances in which you are invited to place prayer requests. You may also call or email the church office to make a prayer request. During the week, written requests will be collected and prayed over privately. At your discretion, such requests can be placed in the Sunday service leaflet. 
• Prayer requests will be published for four weeks, then deleted unless you choose to renew them by contacting the Parish Administrator. 
• Intercessors are stationed in the south (lectern side) aisle of the Nave during communion each Sunday. Please approach them if you desire a moment of personal prayer. All personal prayers will remain confidential.

Prayer List

Should you like a name added to the Prayer List, please contact 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.

Weekly Calendar

Find upcoming events HERE .

News from the Diocese

Click the link below to read up on what's going on in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut.

ECCT Newsletter June 17,2026

Trinity Family wishes you a Happy Birthday,

Filled with Love and Laughter

Walton Brown Foster - June 1

David Pontrelli - June 4

Mark MacGougan - June 5

Riley Sutton - June 6

Sam Clark - June 10

Suzanne Blancaflor - June 11

Kate Steven - June 14

Jacqueline Lucier - June 17

Marc Wiest - June 19

Franklin Ude - June 20

Marc Lucier - June 22

Leroy Bohlen - June 23

Boo Morton - June 24

Levi Bohlen - June 26

Phil Reynolds - June 28

Justin Ude - June 28

Margery Samuels - June 29



Corlet Ude - June 29

Nigel Francis - June 30

If you wish to have your Birthday month included in the eVoice,

please contact the office.

eVoice Deadline

All announcements should be submitted to the office at office@trinityhartford.org by Wednesday 9am for publication that week. Announcements that are submitted late will be held until the following week’s edition.