The saying "Many Gifts, One Spirit" has been our guiding light on this incredible journey as members of the Trinity community. We are a congregation of many talents, backgrounds, and gifts, yet we are bound by one Spirit and one purpose—to grow in faith and serve the Lord. As we embark on our 2024 Stewardship Appeal, "Many Gifts, One Spirit," we celebrate the richness of our diversity and the unity we find in our shared faith.

In the video above, vestry member Charlie O'Connell reflects on church as a family affair. Please watch the video and consider making your gift for 2024. You can return the pledge form that was mailed to all parish households, or click the button below. For questions or more information, please call or email our Development Manager, AnnaDea Diotaveli.

development@trinitynewhaven.org

203-624-3101 (ext. 104)

Click here to make your pledge for 2024.

Our annual Christmas Market is just around the corner. Homemade crafts, plants/bulbs, cookies, jams, pickles, soups-to-go, and the always-popular tag sale are among the many things to look forward to. Save the dates below so you can help out and SHOP!

• Friday, November 17: 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

• Saturday, November 18: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Sunday, November 19: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

For more information of if you are interested in volunteering, please email Leigh Cromey. leighcromey@gmail.com

And ... want to skip the line? Come to our Champagne Preview Party on Thursday, November 16 from 6-8 p.m.! For just $25, enjoy a glass of champagne, some nibbles, and be among the first to purchase items at the Market.

Click here to buy your champagne party ticket.

Our annual Christmas Pageant takes place on Sunday, December 17 during our 10:30 service. We need your child(ren), grandchild(ren), niece, nephew, or any child in your life to help proclaim the good news of Jesus' birth! There is one rehearsal on Saturday, December 16, and non-speaking parts are available. Please email Angela with any questions!

family@trinitynewhaven.org

Trinity will host a table at the New Haven Pride Festival on Saturday, October 21 (rescheduled from September due to inclement weather) to share God's message of love and affirmation. We are still looking for volunteers to join us at the table from noon to 4 p.m. Please email Jim Rothgeb if you are interested!

jimrothgeb@outlook.com

This Wednesday, October 15, our Midweek Eucharist at 12:10 p.m. will be offered in memory of beloved parishioner Gerrie Adams. A brief prayer service will follow as we commit Gerrie's ashes in the Columbarium. All members of the Trinity community are invited to attend.

We regret to share that, due to the forecasted tomorrow, we will not gather at Olympia Farm to bless Farmer Anne's animals. Instead, all parishioners are invited to bring their stuffed animals to church this Sunday to be blessed during our 10:30 service. St. Francis, pray for us!

Our monthly Yoga in the Upper Room—previously scheduled for Sunday, October 8—has been cancelled. Join us next month on Sunday, November 12, at 9 a.m.

In the fall of 2003, the Choir of Adults & Girls was founded to grant girls the same musical education, formation, and community that was offered to boys since 1885. Since then, children of all genders have joined the long procession of alumni/ae who have been shaped by Trinity's chorister program. In addition to its regular duties at Trinity Church, the Girls' Choir has taken its music to cities and towns up and down the East Coast, performing with noted orchestras in concert, and has toured twice to the United Kingdom, singing regular services in churches and cathedrals there.

"The Choir of Adults & Girls has already assumed an important place in the ongoing history of Trinity's strong and unwavering support of the musical and personal formation of young people in the greater New Haven area," says Director of Music Walden Moore. "It has already proven itself a vital part of the worship life of the parish, and its graduates testify to the important role that it has had in their formation, especially as seen from their perspective as the adults they have become. I am honored to have been a part of this important step in Trinity's ongoing community work." 

To celebrate this special milestone, alumnae will join the Choir of Adults & Girls and the Boys' Choir on Sunday, November 12 at 5 p.m. for a special Evensong with works by Eleanor Daley, Jessica French, and C. V. Stanford. All are welcome!

And speaking of Walden ... the Choir of Adults & Girls was founded at Walden's direction. It is fitting, therefore, that the twentieth anniversary of the choir coincides with the year of Walden’s well-earned retirement. As Walden prepares to leave Trinity in June 2024, we offer the following events to honor his legacy and thank him for his many years of service.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LEGACY HOMEPAGE

Thursday, October 12 at 5:30 p.m. | 395 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, CT 06831

Join the Interreligious Eco-Justice Network (IREJN) and the Round Hill Community Church for networking and discussion about climate change—where we are and what we need to do. There will be opportunities to learn about various environmental organizations in Connecticut and hear from prominent religious environmental leaders—including Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and Third Act.

The event is free but donations are gratefully accepted. It will also be recorded and available for viewing.

REGISTER HERE

Due to the forecasted rain and high winds tomorrow, the New Haven Pride Festival (and Trinity's participation in it) has been postponed. We will share information on the rescheduling of the event once details have been finalized. Stay safe tomorrow!

A church community develops first and foremost through trust in God. When members of the community decide to express this trust in regular prayer, it becomes a source of strength to everyone.

This year we will gather at Trinity for Morning Prayer every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Once a month we will celebrate a traditional Choral Morning Prayer with the beauty of Anglican sacred music, while on other Sundays we will go for simplicity, creativity, and everything in between. Whatever the format may be, the importance of community prayer can hardly be overstated. Assisting each other to find our strength and support in Christ is such a gift and makes our community grow.

So come and join us every Sunday at 9:00! It will make for a longer Sunday if you choose to attend Eucharist as well, but the gift of prayer will highlight more and more how grounding it is to "heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation" (Psalm 95:1).

-Rev. Luk De Volder

We are thrilled to welcome Sarah Johnson to the Trinity family as our new Associate Director of Music. With her exceptional talents as a gifted musician, Sarah is a rising star in the world of liturgical music and her passion and dedication to nurturing our musical community is sure to inspire us all. Sarah comes to us from the Eastman School of Music, where she is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.). In this special Q&A, we sit down with Sarah to learn more about her musical journey, her aspirations, and her vision for the future of music in our parish.

Our annual Christmas Market is swiftly approaching (save the date: November 17-19!). As you begin fall cleaning around your home, we encourage you to consider donating gently used items for our tag sale.

Upcoming drop dates:

• Saturday, September 30 (9 a.m.): Cookie Bake

• Sunday, October 1 (after services)

• Sunday, November 5 (after services)

• Every Wednesday (9 a.m. - noon) from October 4 to November 8

• By special arrangement (see email addresses below)

Please donate clean, working, "like new" items listed here:

• Kitchenware/appliances

• Small furniture items

• Art

• Children's toys and games

• Holiday decor

• Home/yard decor

• Linens

• Jewelry

• Craft supplies

• Personal accessories (purses, scarves, etc.)

We cannot accept these items:

• Clothing

• Books

• Records/CDs

• Movies of any kind

• Electronics

Questions about tag sale items? Email Constance Cahill (cahillconstancet@gmail.com).

Questions about the Christmas Market? Email Leigh Cromey (leighcromey@gmail.com).

Trinity's youth group kicked off the year with an amazing day at Johnson's Duckpin. Everyone had a blast playing New England bowling! Our next event is apple picking at Bishop's Orchard on Sunday, October 15.

If you're interested in joining the youth group or would like more information, email Rev. Luk at ldevolder@trinitynewhaven.org.

Wednesday, October 11 at 4 p.m. | RSVP for Location

The Trinity Book Group is meeting in person on Wednesday, October 11 at the home of Charlotte Rea. We will discuss The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. A fun, deeply reflective and harrowing account of words, their use and distortion, this book is as unputdownable as it is an ocean of wisdom.

Please RSVP to Charlotte (crea92@icloud.com) if you would like to attend. You will receive her address upon reservation.

If you wish to know more about the Trinity Book Group, please contact Jennifer Briggs (jenniferobriggs@gmail.com).

Friday, October 13 | 6-9 p.m.

Saturday, October 14 | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

St. Monica's Church (3575 Main Street, Hartford)

The Episcopal Church Church Office of African Descent Ministries is offering a two-day retreat, Healing from Internalized Oppression: Who Told You You Were Naked? The event is intended for those within the church community who are interested in uncovering and confronting shame in order to explore and healing internalized racial traumas among people of color. Spanish translation will be available at the retreat.

There is no charge to attend, but seating is limited so register today! The retreat is sponsored by the Office of the Canon for Mission Advocacy, Racial Justice, and Reconciliation.

Click here to RSVP (deadline September 29).

Note: This is a two-day series for people of color and attendance is required on both days.

On the morning of Sunday, October 15, our Trinity community will join St. Luke's Episcopal Church, New Haven, for worship. There will be no morning services at Trinity.

St. Luke's was formed in the early nineteenth century when actions and decisions led a group of Black parishioners to leave Trinity and form their own church. In recent years, members of St. Luke's and Trinity on the Green have been working together to explore our common and interrelated history, to worship and pray together, and to practice the wisdom of racial healing and reconciliation.

In this spirit, we humbly, wholeheartedly, and joyfully accept St. Luke's invitation to worship together on their patronal feast day. We will join as an entire congregation, bringing with us our love, energy, and care for racial healing. Words cannot express the importance of such a common worship time. Please join the Trinity family at St. Luke's on Sunday, October 15, as we renew our commitment and support to the work of God's grace working among us.

Services at St. Luke's:

9:15 a.m. – Bible Study (Parish Hall)

10:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist (Nave)

11:15 a.m. – Festive Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)

Services at Trinity:

2:00 p.m. – Chapel on the Green

5:00 p.m. – Choral Evensong

Last Sunday, September 10, we celebrated a beautiful parish picnic at Ft. Nathan Hale with a moving Eucharist, wonderful fellowship, and a dramatic ending of torrential rain. Happily, everyone arrived home safely and the kids had a blast, with face painting and playing in the rain.

We humbly ask for your support to help defray the expenses of our catered lunch. Suggested donation is $15, which can be given in cash or online (click here). Thank you for your support.

The Christmas Market Tag Sale Team is in need of medium and large moving/shipping boxes as well as packing materials (bubble wrap, paper, etc.). No styrofoam please! We will pick up at your convenience. Contact Constance Cahill (cahillconstancet@gmail.com) if you can help.

All parishioners are invited to Children and Family Ministries this Sunday, September 17 at 9:30 a.m. in the Undercroft. We will be making "tie blankets" with the Wednesday Group, which will be donated through The Binky Patrol and Project Linus to children experiencing trauma or illness. This is a great opportunity for established Trinity parishioners to meet our new families and help our children serve others. Please join us!