Please be advised that the IRIS Run for Refugees 5K is taking place this Sunday, February 9, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, affecting travel routes to Trinity on the Green. Whitney Avenue and Orange Street, along with associated cross streets, will be closed from the Hamden line to Edwards Street during the event. Expect delays and detours in the surrounding area.

If approaching from the east, we recommend using:

• Prospect Street to College Street

• State Street to Church Street

Please plan accordingly and allow extra travel time. See you Sunday!

Join us this Sunday at 9 a.m. for our monthly celebration of Choral Morning Prayer. The Choristers and Schola will sing music by Margaret Burk, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Moses Hogan. All are welcome!

Deacon Dinushka and Anna Hadfield, chaplains for Yale, thank all of you who purchased faith-themed books for children in Yale's Pediatric Unit back in November. "They will bring comfort and guidance and inspiration," writes Anna. Deacon Dinushka adds, "These books bring joy, faith, and truth to our little ones here and to their families." God bless you all!

Join us for seven weeks of exploring themes in the Psalms: wisdom, joy, music, anger, justice, and nature. Sessions will be lead by a variety of voices in our community. All are welcome.

See the updated schedule below:

February 9: Psalms and Anger – Lisa Levy

February 16: Psalms and Nature – Rich Walser

February 23: Psalms and Music – Simon Lee

March 2: Psalms and Joy – Luk De Volder

The next Trinity Book Group meeting will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, February 26, at 7:30 p.m. We will be discussing The Heaven and Earth Grocery by James McBride. The novel begins in the 1970s and swings back to the 1920s and 30s to the Chicken Hill neighborhood of Pottstown, PA, to a community bound together by the links of love and duty.

If you would like to join the discussion, please contact Jennifer Briggs via email. jenniferobriggs@gmail.com

Children, Youth & Family Ministry (CYFM) is looking for a family who may be interested in hosting this quarterly-ish event in early spring. Trinity's CYFM provides food, beverages, childcare and prayer activity; your family provides your home and welcomes 4-8 families to the gathering. Angela Arpino, director, can provide details if you have questions:

(203) 624-3101, ext. 105 | family@trinitynewhaven.org

This Saturday, February 1, at 11 a.m., we will celebrate the life of beloved parishioner Jane Bartlett Kellogg. Jane was a very engaged and longtime member of Trinity on the Green. All parishioners are invited to the service.

O God of grace and glory, we remember before you this day our sister Jane. We thank you for giving her to us, her family and friends, to know and to love as a companion on our earthly pilgrimage. In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see in death the gate of eternal life, so that in quiet confidence we may continue our course on earth, until, by your call, we are reunited with those who have gone before; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

READ JANE’S OBITUARY

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This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas. Join us for at 5 p.m. Choral Evensong sung by the Choristers and Schola, with music by Margaret Burk, Herbert Howells, and Ken Burton. All are welcome!

At the installation of our new Director of Music, Simon Lee, and Associate Director of Music, Sarah Johnson, we were blessed with the gift of a new composition written by a member of our choir, Nathaniel Adam. He set the verses of Psalm 19 which were sung by the massed forces of our Choristers, Changing Voices, Schola and Parish Choir. Starting with a single voice, the music grows and grows as all the singers join together as, "their sound goes out into all lands." Thank you Nate, and congratulations Simon and Sarah!

Our 2025 African American Read-In will take place on Sunday, February 16, at 12 noon in the undercroft. It will be a continuation of the St. Luke's and Trinity's shared reading and discussion of Equal Justice Under Law, an autobiography by Constance Baker Motley. Sign up now or confirm your earlier sign up to Eleanor Tignor by February 2. Email eqtig@aol.com

Our 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held this Sunday, January 26. The meeting will begin in the nave right after the 10:30 service with the election of new Vestry members and other brief business, after which all are invited to proceed to the undercroft for a catered lunch and to hear reports from various leaders and committees of our community. In preparation for the meeting, please feel free to browse our 2024 Annual Report by clicking HERE.

On the first Sunday of each month from February until May, teens of our parish (12-18 year olds) are invited to join us for honest, casual conversations about faith with donuts (and fruit, for those who prefer!). Our conversations will be loosely focused on the themes of:

• Scripture (Feb. 2)

• Tradition (Mar. 2)

• Reason (Apr. 6)

• Experience (May 4)

On the topic of scripture: What parts of the Bible resonate with you? What parts don’t? What other written things have influenced how you think about God and faith (novels, poetry, manga, music)? Join Rev. Heidi and Seminarian Elishia McAllister for on the first Sunday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the undercroft.

Our recent planning meeting led to a number of things to look forward to in the coming months. Mark your calendars for the following YAE events (for young adults ages 21 to 39ish). For more questions about YAE, talk to Rev. Heidi or email yaeforjesus@gmail.com.

Sunday, February 2, 12:45 p.m. – Prepare and serve food for Chapel on the Green

• We will meet in Trinity’s undercroft at 12:45 p.m. to prepare sandwiches to serve at the 2 p.m. outdoor service. Diana Nunez will be bringing arepas, which we will warm and also serve.

• Help at Chapel on the Green is especially helpful in the cold winter months, when volunteers can be scarce. Let us know if you plan on joining on Feb. 2! Reply to yaeforjesus@gmail.com

• Do you feel moved to preach that day? Sermons at Chapel on the Green are about 5 minutes long, extemporaneous. Be in touch with Heidi for more information: hthorsen@trinitynewhaven.org

Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. – Archie Moore’s Trivia

• A YAE favorite—food is on us!

Friday, April 4, 5:30 p.m. – Stations of the Cross

• We will continue our annual tradition of walking the Stations of the Cross, set in a new outdoor location (TBD) in the community. Dinner to follow.

Sunday, May 4, 1 p.m. – Next planning meeting

• Join us at Atticus Market on Orange. We’re hoping for good weather!

Due to the forecast of inclement weather, we have decided to postpone the Evensong service this afternoon so the singers and congregation are not traveling unnecessarily. We look forward to welcoming singers from across the region to sing Evensong on Sunday, May 4 when the service has been rescheduled. 

Starting this Sunday, January 19, join us at 9:30 a.m. in the undercroft library for a seven-part adult education series on the Psalms: wisdom, joy, music, anger, justice, and nature. Sessions will be lead by a variety of voices in our community. Come for one or all!

Jan. 19 – Introduction, Tonita Branan

Jan. 26 – Psalms and Wisdom, Heidi Thorsen

Feb. 2 – Psalms and Music, Simon Lee

Feb. 9 – Psalms and Anger, Lisa Levy

Feb. 16 – Psalms and Justice, Elishia McAllister

Feb. 23 – Psalms and Nature, Rich Walser

Mar. 2 – Psalms and Joy, Luk De Volder

Stewardship envelopes will be available in the church starting this week, located near the sexton’s office. If you requested envelopes and are unable to pick them up in person, please email kpicha@trinitynewhaven.org or call 203-624-3101 to request that they be shipped to you. Thank you for your continued support and dedication to our community.

We have received toys, AA batteries, books, and more in response to our request for items for the Little Blessings Nursery. Thank you to all who have donated! As Janna, one of our nursery staff, said: "We feel so loved and so thankful for everything!"

Each year, Center Church on the Green hosts the annual Charles Ives Recital featuring the recipient of the Charles Ives Prize. The Charles Ives Prize is an annual scholarship sponsored by Center Church in support of an organ student at the Yale School of Music and Institute of Sacred Music. This year, we are excited to welcome Holly Broadbent to play on our 1971 C.B. Fisk Opus 54 organ. Holly is an Australian organist in her second year of the Masters of Music program at Yale, studying with James O'Donnell. The recital will feature music by J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, and Jonathan Dove. All are warmly welcome to the recital on Sunday, January 26, at 4 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

Join us this Sunday, January 12, for our first Choral Morning Prayer of the new year! The Schola will sing music by Margaret Burk, John Ireland, and Lucy Walker. Choral Morning Prayer will be offered on the second Sunday of every month this semester, with the exception of the month of April. All are welcome.