Join us for a fantastic weekend at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in New Hampshire June 4-6. Deadline for registration is Friday, April 23.

The food drive has been going very well! This is the last weekend before Palm Sunday, so please remember to bring as much food as possible for next weekend! Thank you to everyone who has already donated. Please remember to bring food to the table at the Commons. Canned goods or food in glass containers are suggested. Our goal is to fill as many ziggurats in the Commons as possible by Palm Sunday; for more information about our goal or the food bank, please stop by and talk to us at our table in the commons. Thank you for your support in helping The Greater Boston Food Bank.

Remember a loved one, celebrate a milestone, or give thanks with a donation to the Easter Flower Fund.

At the Annual Parish Meeting on Sunday, April 25, the parish will elect officers and members of the Vestry, delegates to the Diocesan Convention and to our region of the Diocese–the Boston Harbor Deanery.

Please send in the registration forms for the 2010 Confirmation class to the Rev. Lorna Williams as soon as possible. Confirmation is open to young people ages 15-18, and classes begin Sunday, March 14. The Confirmation service will be on Saturday, May 22 at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Boston.

Contact: The Rev. Lorna Williams, lwilliams@trinitychurchboston.org, 617-536-0944, x387

The Rev. Lorna Williams, Trinity's new Assistant Rector for Youth and Children's Ministries, was featured in a recent issue of Bay State Banner. Click here to read the article.

Trinity Church offers guided and self-guided tours throughout the week. Below is the schedule of guided tours for the month. Times and dates are subject to change; please call the church in advance at 617-536-0944 to confirm that a tour will be happening at the scheduled time. We encourage you to join us for a guided tour! Please arrive a few minutes in advance. For more information on tours, click here.

The reponse to the Rev. Rodney Hudgen's Forum presentations on February 7 & 14 has been tremendous. So much so that Rodney is offering two options for those who want to go deeper in formation around around our liturgy and music. Many of you have already signed up for one or both of these and will be contacted via email by the liturgy office next week to determine your availability. If you have not yet added your name to the list, it is not too late.

Trinity Church offers guided and self-guided tours throughout the week. Below is the schedule of guided tours for the month. Times and dates are subject to change; please call the church in advance at 617-536-0944 to confirm that a tour will be happening at the scheduled time. We encourage you to join us for a guided tour! Please arrive a few minutes in advance. For more information on tours, click here.

These events are free and open to the public. Each lecture begins at 1:30 pm in the Church and is followed by a book signing downstairs in the Undercroft.

Sunday, February 21
Harvey Cox is the Hollis Professor of Divinity emeritus at Harvard. His book, The Secular City is regarded as one of the most influential books of Protestant theology in the 20th century. His most recent book is The Future of Faith.

Pray. A prayer chapel for Haiti has been created in the St. James’ Street vestibule (to the right of the altar). There you may light candles, and say and write prayers for all those who are suffering and providing relief efforts.

The Nominating Committee is accepting parishioner names for a Clerk, members of Vestry, delegates to the Annual Diocesan Convention, delegates to the Boston Harbor Deanery, and representatives to the Episcopal City Mission, all to be elected at Trinity's Annual Meeting scheduled for April 25, 2010.

16 April 1963

My Dear Fellow Clergymen:

While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake. Amen.

In the aftermath of 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the Episcopal Church is responding.

No prior musical training necessary. Join this exciting introduction to the lively drumming and vocal music of the Ewe people of Ghana, West Africa. Using authentic hand carved drums from Ghana, participants learn to perform this indigenous music in an ensemble setting from a leader who has traveled and studied extensively in the region. It promises to be not only a musical adventure, but an adventure in community-building. It may also be just the kind of soul-opening experience you are looking for as you prepare for Easter in the coming season of Lent.

Interested in leading worship, deepening your faith through music, and making new friends? Sign up for a 15-minute audition on one of the dates below with the director of music, Michael Kleinschmidt.

To sign up: Contact Katie Vogele-Bongiovanni.

Tuesday, January 12, 6:30-8:00 pm
Sunday, January 17, 2:00-4:00 pm

For more information, contact: Katie Vogele-Bongiovanni, Music Coordinator, mcoord@trinitychurchboston.org, 617-536-0944

Trinity Church offers guided and self-guided tours throughout the week. Below is the schedule of guided tours for the month. Times and dates are subject to change; please call the church in advance at 617-536-0944 to confirm that a tour will be happening at the scheduled time. We encourage you to join us for a guided tour! Please arrive a few minutes in advance. For more information on tours, click here.

Do you want to explore faith? Journey more deeply into Christ? Be baptized or confirmed? Explore the Episcopal/ Anglican tradition? Explore a deeper life of faith and action at Trinity?

Come join us in the Spring Inquirers' Class.

The Diocese of Massachusetts has two job opportunities: (1) Chief Business Officer; and (2) Accountant III. For more information, contact Lynn Clark at the Diocese of Massachusetts, 138 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02111, or lclark@diomass.org.

Trinity’s pastoral care ministry has recently returned to the tradition of praying for each in- dividual in our parish by name once a year, and then sending out a postcard informing the person that they have been prayed for on our private prayer list that week. It is an opportunity to give thanks for every member in our life by offering a prayer of thanksgiving in their name. The postcards have a picture of the St. Francis statue from our garden, and Trinity parishioners write a short personal note on each card. It is with prayerful hearts that we give thanks for our whole community!