Register Children for Christmas Pageant Now

Fall is flying by and Advent is fast approaching! The Rev. Joanne and Emily would like to invite all children between the ages of 3 and 18 to participate in this year’s Christmas Pageant at Trinity Church.

Rehearsals will occur during the Church School hour during November. If your child is in ABC Choir, rehearsals for the Angels’ song will occur during regular ABC Choir rehearsal on Thursdays. We will have two full cast rehearsals on December 10 and 17 from 10-11:30am. The Pageant is scheduled for December 18 (Advent 4), during the 10:30am
service, and will be followed by the Advent Brunch in Pierce-Bishop Hall.

For a full schedule and more information, please visit the Christmas Pageant section of the Family Ministries page on Trinity’s website.

Questions? Email Emily at pruszinskie@trinityprinceton.org.

Thank you all for encouraging our children as they learn to walk in our common faith!

Flower Guild Donations

Dear Friends,

Unfortunately, this year's Flower Guild Donation mailing seems not to have reached everyone. Below is a shortened version of our letter. If you have loved ones who you'd like remembered with flowers at one of our services, please email the information to sbjornberg77@icloud.com. Checks can be mailed to the church or placed in Annie Bryson's mailbox.

"Flowers, greens, and candles enhance our worship at Trinity. Donations for flowers and candles make this possible for all the services held in the church. Many people wish to remember a loved one who has died or mark a particularly joyful occasion by a special gift to the Flower Guild.

You may request flowers for a specific date to remember a loved one or a significant event in the lives of your family and friends. These requests will be listed in the weekly bulletin and in the E-pistle.  You may also wish to donate for Christmas and Easter celebrations. 

When we observe Lent, flowers are not used in the church. In 2023, Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on February 22, 2023. No flowers will be in the church from Sunday, February 26 until Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. Names for those remembered during Lent will be listed in the Easter Bulletin.

All donations for flowers and candles are welcome and are tax deductible as a charitable gift. Checks should be made to the Flower Guild of Trinity Church. 

Members and visitors to Trinity admire its beauty as well as the majesty of the Liturgy, beautiful music and flowers.  All contributions to the flower and candle funds are deeply appreciated.

Sincerely,
Sylvia Temmer,
Flower Guild Chair

A Big ‘Thank You’ from Rummage!

The Rummage Sale Committee would like to send a hearty thank-you to all our volunteers, and donators for making our fall sale the best to date. We could not have been as successful without your help!

Our collection days started out ambitiously; with a POD in the church parking lot for the month of September; we collected donations from our parishioners for two designated days- over 57 folks collected and donated their treasures for the sale. Our fantastic in-take crew, and rummagers sorted, and moved the donations into the POD and church for the October sale.

The church set-up started in earnest on Sunday, five days before opening day; we again moved the merchandise from the POD/misc. rooms to the designated department room assignments for the sale. We quickly set-up the sale with the 1:00 Thursday opening bell in mind. The three- day sale, went off without a hitch and we were just thrilled at the success of the sale:

• Over 700 shoppers walked through our church doors to attend the sale

• Our sales exceeded last year’s total by 35%

• Our donations were top-notch — these beautiful and valuable items pushed our department totals over the moon

• Our sales grand total to date is over $27,700 — the best fall sale to date.

• The sales proceeds will provide funds to all our outreach groups we support, near and far

Also crucial to the success of the sale, was our clean-up crew and our kitchen hot-dog chief, and everyone who just chipped in and volunteered wherever we needed the help, happily!

We were blessed with beautiful fall weather that brought shoppers to the church, but most importantly, we were blessed by the clergy, church volunteers and friends that made this event just spectacular in every way!

With much appreciation,

Susan MacGregor &
Margot Southerland,
Rummage Committee Chairs

All Saints’ Sunday Schedule

Remember all of the important things happening this All Saints’ Sunday, November 6!

— FIRST —

Don’t show up too early!
Turn your clocks back an hour!

— SECOND —

It’s our annual Stewardship Celebration, so bring your completed pledge form!

— THIRD —

Come to church!

— FOURTH —

Stay after the 10:30am service for our All Saints’ Brunch in Pierce Bishop Hall!

— FINALLY —

You won’t want to miss our 5pm Mozart Requiem and Missa Brevis in D Minor with Orchestral Accompaniment!

[Video] Let Us Walk Together!

Kyra and Jolyon Pruszinski Delve into Racial History

Kyra and Jolyon Pruszinski, parishioners since 2012, have recently begun formal research for the Church on slavery in the Diocese of New Jersey. Kyra has been hired this year by Trinity to document our parish history with respect to slavery, building on the work done last year by Abigail Edwards during her gap year. Kyra has had a longstanding interest in history, anti-racism, and advocacy, and was a founding member of the People of Color Advocacy Group at West Windsor Plainsboro High School South.

Her dad, Jolyon, was recently hired by the Diocesan Reparations Commission to perform similar work at the Diocesan level. Jolyon comes to the job having worked for the past five years as a Lecturer in the History and Religion Departments at Princeton University. The position will involve a combination of archival work with individual parishes and documentation of this data within the broader historical sweep of social, legal, and religious developments from the colonial era to the present.

He writes: “The history of the Diocese is complicated. There are a lot of ways in which white New Jersey Episcopalians supported slavery and oppressed Black Americans, though at times some white Episcopalians resisted such actions. But there are also many instances of Black Episcopalians who faithfully made a way for themselves in spite of the actions of their white Episcopal siblings in the faith. These stories need to be remembered and lifted up. We can’t repair damage we don’t know about or won’t admit to. We can’t make a better future without remembering the past. It is important to bring these things to light so that we can do the right thing in the present.”