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is said Monday - Friday mornings at 8:15 and Saturday morning at 8:30 in the parish hall. Intercession is made during this time for everyone on our prayer list. Please feel free to join us or place your prayer requests in the box in the narthex or call Rose.
On the first and third Friday mornings at 8:15 the morning prayer group will meet at St. John's Church in Highgate. Please come and join us for a great way to start off the day.Top

The Pastoral Care Team was formed after annual meeting in January from the sign-ups posted in the church. The current members are Linda Wirts, Dawn Sparling, Helen Short, Carol McCurdy, Natalie Good, Abigail Fisher and Pam & Cliff Anderson. This group visits parishioners; sends out birthday, anniversary and get well cards; sends flowers; and hosts the Open Door Dinners. These folks are the prayer chain. Contact any of them if you know of an immediate need for prayer. Contact Rose at holytrinityepi@verizon.net with the Name, Address and Reason for request; Date on and Date off the list with your name requesting the prayers for anyone who needs our prayers. Also whether it would be appropiate to send this person a card to tell them we are praying for them. A simple reason is fine; sometimes it helps to know what we are praying for. Fill in the date to go off the list if possible. Every so often (3 - 6 months), we will clear the list and start again. On the last Sunday of each month, the pastoral care team will send a card to everyone on the list telling them that they are being prayed for daily at Holy Trinity.Top

Help needed!! Are you and/or a friend willing and able to piece together squares to make lap robes/baby blankets? Still plenty of squares available. The ministry of knitting with love continues. Thank you ladies, for your time and love. Please contact Carol for more information. holytrinitypastoralcare@verizon.net

The Scribes meet monthly to assemble the Newsletter for mailing to your homes. We are an informal group of folks who usually meet on a Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. Of course we stop for refreshments too! You are most welcome to join in, even if it is for one time or regularly. Please call Rose or Carol if you would like to join in - all are welcome! Yes we need you.Top

Vessel for incense, consisting of a metal pot with holes in its lids suspended from a chain. The chain allows the pot to be swung gently, releasing smoke through the holes as the incense burns. It is carried in processions and can be used to cense the gospel book, the altar, the celebrant and Eucharistic ministers, and the congregation. The term is derived from the Latin word for "incense." Also called a censer. A thurifer is the person who handles the thurible during services.

Copyright 2000 by John N. Wall. Illustrations by Philippa J. Anderson. All rights reserved. Reprinted from "A Dictionary for Episcopalians" and available from Cowley Publications, 28 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111 (WWW.cowley.org; 1-800-225-1534)

Notes of Interest: The Episcopal Shield The Episcopal Shield was adopted by the General Convention in 1940. The red cross on a white field is the St. George Cross. It indicates the link between the Episcopal Church and the Church of England, the mother church of the Anglican Communion. The colors red, white and blue are the colors of the flags of both the United States and England. The miniature crosses in the blue quadrant symbolize the nine original American dioceses that met in Philadelphia in 1789 to adopt the constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The outline of the miniature crosses is in the form of St. Andrew's Cross in tribute to the Scottish church's role in ordaining the first American bishop, Samuel Seabury, in 1784. The Rev. Clayton Morris, liturgical officer for the Episcopal Church Center, responding to "Since you asked" ask@episcopal-life.org in the Mountain Echo 2002 issue.

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