Trinity Episcopal Church

128 West Hardin Street

Findlay, Ohio 45840

The Episcopal Church serving

Hancock County, Ohio…and beyond

2016

Concert of Classical Music

The Full Sound Chamber Group returns to Trinity on Sunday, June 19th at 4:00 p.m. for a

concert in the nave.

The Full Sound Chamber Group consists of five brothers: Shalem Loritsch, violin; Chesed

Loritsch, violin; Chayah Loritsch, viola; Racham Loritsch, cello; Tsidqah Loritsch, double-

bass and piano. The family group has been performing together for four years. Shalem is a

violinist with the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra in Delaware.

The concert is free and open to the public. A free will offering will be taken.

OUTREACH GREETINGS ALL…

SUMMER IS HERE. WE ARE ALWAYS IN NEED OF CANNED GOODS, CEREALS, AND

PACKAGED FOOD FOR OUR CHARITIES. MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CLOTHING, AND

CHILDREN CLOTHES WILL GO TO CHOPIN HALL OR TO THE CITY MISSION.

SPEAKING OF THE CITY MISSION, THE ADDITION AND REMODELING ARE

COMPLETED AND THE MISSION IS NOW FULLY OPEN AGAIN. IT INCLUDES INCREASED

CHAPEL SIZE, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM, AND A FULLY

FUNCTIONAL ADULT DAY CENTER. THERE IS ALSO A PLACE FOR CHILDREN.

WE WILL BE DOING A BACKYARD MISSION TRIP AT OUR OWN CHURCH ON

SATURDAY, JUNE 11 FOLLOWING THE PARISH BREAKFAST. WE WANT TO CLEAN UP

AND SPRUCE UP THE PERIPHERY OF THE CHURCH BUILDING. PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE

BULLETIN BOARD!

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY. NANCY AND PAUL O'SULLIVAN,

OUTREACH.

You never know when you might meet…

The folk who brought you nametags are baaaack...Just in time for the arrival of our new priest and his wife, Fr. John Drymon and Annie Stricklin. If you do not find your name tag, blank ones and 'sleeves' to put them in will be available. Please remember, there are only two of them and lots of us! Wearing our nametags (for at least a while) will help!

As you all know, there will be a potluck lunch celebrating their first Sunday on June 5th following our combined 9:30 worship service. Vestry is providing spiral sliced ham, everyone else is invited to bring salads, sides, and/or dessert. 'Twill be a wonderful, filling welcome!!

Ginny Lee Pilstl CSG Chair

…Christ in a stranger’s guise.

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Our thanks and gratitude to ALL the folk who worked diligently to get the Rectory (formerly known as The Annex) ready for the arrival of Fr. John and Annie. Especial thanks to Rob Fox (who did, among many other chores, such a yeoman's job getting the basement ready); Mark and Cathy Creighton (who power-washed, painted, and gardened outside the house); and Deke and Rita Roberts (who cleaned the inside and washed all the windows). Transformation of ‘the annex’ into a habitable home could not have been accomplished without their efforts. The Vestry is spearheading efforts to make Trinity's outside look as welcoming as we strive to be when visitors come inside. The plan will involve three phases: Clean-up and removal of dead shrubs, mulch and planting around the buildings, and lastly, a garden for the northwest corner of our property. Paul O’Sullivan will be coordinating efforts for Phase One as we work to clean up our current landscape. As he put it, we'll be doing a Backyard Mission for Trinity itself. Look for further details as Paul makes announcements and schedules parish ‘outreach’ days to our own backyard. After the grounds have been cleaned up, we'll be looking for further parish outreach as we work on landscaping projects. Look for future information on activities planned to accomplish this phase. Last but certainly not least, we are looking to the day when a contemplation garden, complete with benches, can be established. Kathy Creighton and a Master Gardener from our community are working on plans. This is a longer range goal which will take time, effort, and funds. Costs for Phases 2 and 3 are still being determined (remember this is a ‘work in progress’!) The long wait is now over. As of June 1, Trinity has a fulltime priest! We welcome Fr. John Drymon and his wife, Annie Stricklin. Ginny Lee Pilstl Senior Warden

Music Notes from Parker Maas

The choir will complete its regular season on June 5th at the first Sunday with Fr. John. We welcome extra voices for this spring finale. We will practice at 8:30 a.m. on that

Sunday.

If anyone would like to provide special music - vocal, instrumental, or both - during the summer, just let me know. We would love to have the Trinity family share their talents!

Also, think about joining us when we resume practice in the fall!

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NEW - KROGER REWARDS!! Kroger shoppers of Trinity earned $151.58 from the efforts of 15 households during the past quarter through the Community Rewards Program! IT IS TIME TO RE-ENROLL. Each year participants need to re-enroll in order for Trinity to continue receiving the benefits of the Kroger Rewards Program. PLEASE BE SURE TO UP-DATE YOUR MEMBERSHIP! OR…if you have not yet signed-up, please consider doing so. This program in no way affects your personal Kroger Rewards – sales, fuel points, etc. If you would like assistance, to sign up or renew, please contact Deborah.

REMINDER - SUNDAY, JUNE 5, TRINITY WILL HAVE A COMBINED 9:30 WORSHIP SERVICE FOLLOWED BY A CARRY-IN LUNCHEON TO WELCOME FR. JOHN DRYMON AND HIS WIFE, ANNIE STRICKLIN. PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND - SIGN-UP IS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD.

As part of Trinity’s outreach to the community, we will once again be the rain/bad weather site for the Art’s Partnership’s Courtyard Concert Series on Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. beginning June 21st. The series runs through August 3rd, usually at Latham Courtyard. Should bad weather threaten, they will move the performances to the parish hall or nave. June events: Date Entertainment Food 21st Eric Sowers Bread Kneads 28th Violet Vinyl Main St. Deli

COFFEE CORNER JUNE coffee hour hosts…

5th – Carry-in

12th –

19th –

26th –

THE SIGN-UP SHEET IS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD.

HOSTS ARE NEEDED! If no one offers, there may be no coffee

hour - or even coffee - on Sunday

mornings!

Please consider adding your name to the

sign-up sheet on the bulletin board. You

don’t have to do it alone – several families

or a group may host together. THANK YOU for the donations of coffee and decaf!

Hop into the Lunch Bunch caravan to KemoSabe’s Roadhouse Grill to 830 Sandusky Street, Fostoria on

Friday, June 10th . The caravan

will assemble in the church parking lot at 11 a.m . To

reserve your spot, please call Joanne McPherson or Ginny Lee Pilstl by Wednesday,

June 8th.

There are openings for helpers and hosts for Trinity’s parish breakfasts at 8:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month. If you are able to cook or to help clean up at any of these, THE SIGN-UP SHEET is on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. Thank you.

OUR RANKS ARE DOWN…

Would you like to be on a team serving

Trinity? Greeters, Gift Bearers,

Acolytes, Readers, Ushers, and

Commentators are always welcome at

both services each Sunday. PLEASE

CONSIDER helping in one or more of

these positions. Let Deborah know if

you are interested. THANKS TO THOSE WHO SERVE

EACH WEEK!

WHERE DO YOU FIT?? Everyone has special gifts – share yours with your church! Please consider lending your skills and talents to a committee in an area of interest or skill. Just contact a committee or vestry member to join.

The June parish breakfast is on Saturday the 11th at 8:30 a.m. Join your Trinity family for great food and conversation then stay and help spruce up!

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Trinity on Facebook. Find our page by

searching for Trinity Episcopal Church, Findlay, Ohio. Be sure to ‘like’ the page to get posts delivered to your News Feed. If you're not on Facebook and you want to know more about it, please call Ben Dolan or Emily Boerger at 419-425-5105.

WEB SITE HAVE YOU VISITED OUR NEW AND IMPROVED WEB-SITE? The goal was to up-grade Trinity’s on-line presence and provide timely information in a user-friendly format. Please check it out and let us know what you think! Ben Dolan is our web master.

Trinity Thank Offering

(TTO) The TRINITY THANK OFFERING is a

way in which our parish recognizes the

importance of thanking God for its many

blessings. Those in need locally benefit as

Thank offerings are directed to the Rector's

Discretionary Fund. Please continue to give

thanks with offerings in the green TTO box.

Youth Sunday School News

Do you need help with yard clean up

or outside work? The youth Sunday

School class is available to serve those

in our church. We hope to do yard

projects, etc. This work will be

supervised (and assisted) by the

parents of the children. We are not

seeking payment for our work, but are

hoping to show God's love through

acts of service. This is our version of the

Backyard Mission Trip on a smaller

scale. The children are eager to help.

Please consider allowing them to serve

you. You may sign up in the Parish Hall

or contact Emily Boerger at

419.425.5105. Thanks!

TRINITY 2016 VESTRY Ginny Lee Pilstl, Senior Warden Karen Eubanks, Junior Warden Mark Creighton, Clerk Jim Miller Paul O’Sullivan Rita Roberts Lisa Robeson Sue Sandusky Bill Trudeau Peg Daily Treasurer

Your talents are God’s gift to you…what

you do with them is your gift to God.

OFFERING ENVELOPES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE

PARISH HALL. IF YOU DIDN’T REQUEST

ENVELOPES AND WOULD LIKE THEM, THERE

ARE EXTRA SETS WITH NUMBERS (just let

Deborah know) OR YOU MAY USE THE

UN-NUMBERED SET ON THE TABLE.

ITEMS FOR july/august TIdings

should be submitted By

Tuesday, june 21st

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tHANKS!

The sign-up sheet for 2016 altar flowers is on the bulletin board in the parish hall.

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TRULY KEEPING IN TOUCH… Some parishioners not able to attend services, or attend regularly, would enjoy calls or cards from

the rest of us, and visits especially from people who know them. Others have moved – so this is

an update on their contact information:

Betty Berlekamp – 15100 Birchaven Road, Room 310, Findlay, 45840.

Marilyn Russell - P.O. Box 061600, Palm Bay, FL 32906-1600

Sarah Worthington – 172 Legacy Lane, Heritage House, 2820 Greenacre Drive, Findlay, 45840

Romelle Aldrich - 83 Harwood Road, Monroe, NJ 08831

John and Paula Wolper - 2248 Dominion Drive, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017

Caroline Dunham – Sunrise, 401 Lake Cascades Parkway, Findlay, 45840

Dave & Peg Bell – 779 Tupper Street, Brockville, Ontario, Canada K6V6A1

Jean Bolmer – 401 Hancock Street, Findlay, 45840

Barb Richardson – Brookdale, Room 133, 725 Fox Run Road, Findlay 45840

Eleanor Speck, Birchaven, 15100 Birchaven Road, Findlay 45840

Chris’s information is posted on the bulletin board in the parish hall.

If ever there is a name omitted from one of these lists, or a date is incorrect, please contact the church office with the information. Thanks!

PERSONAL NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR AND

ABOUT THE TRINITY FAMILY. IF YOU HAVE ITEMS OF

INTEREST TO SHARE, (BIRTHS, ENGAGEMENTS,

GRADUATIONS, HONORS, AWARDS, WEDDINGS,

PERFORMANCES, ACHIEVEMENTS, ACTIVITIES, ETC.)

PLEASE SUBMIT THEM BY THE 3RD WEDNESDAY OF

EACH MONTH FOR THE NEXT PUBLICATION. Thanks

JUNE BIRTHDAYS 3 – Pat Fox 5 – Mary Brater, Dave Unkefer 9 – Leah Richardson 10 – Kaia Boyles 12 – Debi Haas 13 – Hannah Risner 15 – Barb Richardson 17 – Nancy O’Sullivan 20 – Sydney Risner 29 – Susan Campbell 30 – Kim Grove

JUNE ANNIVERSARIES 15 – Kathy & Mark Creighton 23 – Pat Tremayne & Michael Bennett 24 – Cindy & Rob Fox Rita & Deke Roberts 29 – Peg & Tom Dailey

New

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Trinity’s sympathy is extended

to the family of Paul R. (Skip)

Umberger III who passed away

on May 4th in Arizona. He was

the son of Paul and Ruby

Umberger and the brother of

Paula (Umberger) Dinovo. Skip

was an Episcopal priest as well as

a PH.D. in clinical nursing. He

will be interred in the Trinity

Columbarium at a later date.

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ALTAR FLOWERS

Please let Deborah know by noon on Wednesday of

that week what you would like printed in the

bulletin for your gift of flowers. E-mail to

trinfin@att.net or call 419-422-3214.

REMEMBER - When providing

altar flowers from a florist they

should be delivered to the church

between 9 a.m. and noon on Friday.

Altar guild members may no longer

be at the church on Saturdays.

Thanks!

A PRAYER FOR JUNE

Father, make me more watchful of the time that I give to useless thoughts and words, and save me from cutting words, which make deeper impressions than can be cut with sharp tools. Forgive me for the hours that have not been profitable; I would I had them back, for my heart and mind have need of them. I pray that I may not be so occupied in expressing my judgment of others that I will forget to live in thy judgment myself. May I have the compassion for others that I hope to receive from thee. Amen.

TRINITY KNITTING CIRCLE

The Trinity Knitting Circle meets on the second Monday of each month (except December) at 1:00 p.m. at 129 Second St. OUR NEXT MEETING

IS JUNE 13th. If you are interested in joining this ministry, please call

419-424-9786. Purls, Pat Fox

WEEKLY PRAYER LIST We all need a little prayer and Trinity provides a

prayer list each week in the bulletin for those who

could use some extra. Would you please take a

moment to review that prayer list and help us

keep it up-to-date? If there are names which

should be removed, let Deborah know. If there is

someone on your heart, we can add that person.

Thank you!

CHURCH CALENDAR As a central area of communication, there is a monthly Trinity scheduling calendar on the bulletin board in the parish hall. It includes all events, activities, and facility usage. THIS IS YOUR CALENDAR…IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDED, DO SO. IF THERE IS AN ERROR, PLEASE CORRECT IT! You may submit items to Deborah anytime for the upcoming calendar, but please feel free to make this an interactive tool for the parish!

THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

IS FOR YOUR BENEFIT! You may

exchange information, paperwork, mail, etc. It is located in the yellow room

under the bulletin board. There are

cubbies for the Rector, Treasurer, Secretary, Vestry, Stewardship

committee, Property committee,

CSG/social committee, Outreach committee, and Worship committee so

far. The Choir/Choir director has a

basket as does the Altar Guild. The bulletin board may also

have information posted –

please feel free to use it and to check it.

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Trinity’s Backyard Mission Trip

2016

Photos thanks to Jude Davidson

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

JUNE 1 JUNE2 JUNE 3 JUNE 4 Fr. John’s 1st day

JUNE 5 JUNE 6 JUNE 7 JUNE 8 JUNE 9 JUNE 10 JUNE 11 9:30 Holy Eucharist

Combined worship

Carry-in meal

11:00 a.m. leave for

KemoSabe’s in

Fostoria

8:30 a.m. Parish

Breakfast

Trinity spruce up

JUNE 12 JUNE 13 JUNE 14 JUNE 15 JUNE 16 JUNE 17 JUNE 18 8:30 Holy Eucharist

9:30 Holy Eucharist

Coffee hour

1 p.m. Knitting

Circle

JUNE 19 JUNE 20 JUNE 21 JUNE 22 JUNE 23 JUNE 24 JUNE 25 8:30 Holy Eucharist

9:30 Holy Eucharist

Coffee hour

4 p.m. Full Sound

Tidings items due

11:30 – 1 Arts Part.

Rain site

JUNE 26 JUNE 27 JUNE 28 JUNE 29 JUNE 30 8:30 Holy Eucharist

9:30 Holy Eucharist

Coffee hour

1 p.m. Vestry

11:30 – 1 Arts Part.

Rain site

Flower of the month - Rose

Birthstone - Pearl

EVENT CALENDAR

JUNE 2016

Trinity Episcopal Church is . . . a welcoming community that is accepting of others who are different.

…a place to experience genuine relationships that help us grow. …people who volunteer to reach out into the community. …people who value tradition, music, and prayer in their worship.

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