Do you know someone who is unable to attend church, but would like to receive Holy Communion at home? Our lay Eucharistic Visitors are trained and ready to visit parishioners with the Holy Eucharist on Sunday Mornings. Visits can be to those who are home-bound, in hospitals or at a group living center. To schedule a visit, please contact Jon Hattaway or the Rev. Ann Stevenson.

Contact: Jon Hattaway, mjberroesdesign@aol.com, at 617-353-0859; or the Rev. Ann Ste- venson 617-536-0944 x389

Hallelujah — and how high might we go?

Thanks be to God and to the nearly 600 of us who have made pledges. We are thrilled to be able to report: we have met our 2012 stewardship goal of $2.25 million set by the Vestry! We celebrate with Gratitude to God Together being able to count on what the Vestry budgeted for a solid, growing program year. Even still, if you’ve been considering but haven’t yet made a 2012 pledge... please do, and bless all of us with your support for an even more vibrant year of worship and witness to God’s great love than we’ve yet imagined could be possible! What surprises might God have in store for a Trinity where we’ve surprised ourselves by exceeding our annual goal for financial generosity? To pledge, contact Joan Mansfield Roberts by e-mail, or by phone, 617-536-0944 x355.

Help Us Save Cash: Pick Up Your Pledge Envelopes!
Have you picked up your pledge envelopes yet? Today is the last day pledge envelopes will be available in the Commons on Sunday morning, or in the Parish House during the rest of the week. Picking up your pledge envelopes at church saves Trinity significant postage fees. Please help the Stewardship Office continue to be good stewards of Trinity’s resources!
Contact: Joan Mansfield Roberts, jmansfieldroberts@trinitychurchboston.org, 617-536-0944

Children’s Ministries will have a Mitten Tree on the 2nd floor of the Parish House ready to receive hats, mittens/gloves, and scarves for families in need. Stitching in the Spirit will have a Mitten Tree in the Commons to receive hats, mittens/gloves, and scarves for the residents of the Pine Street Inn, as well as the Inn’s traveling van, which serves homeless individuals throughout the city each evening.

Both Mitten Trees will be available during Advent: Sunday, December 4, 11, and 18, following the 9:00 am and 11:15 am services. Donations should be of new or hand-made items.

Questions? For more information on the Mitten Tree contact: Cathy Portlock via e-mail at cportlock@trinitychurchboston.org, or phone: 617-536-0944 x356.
For Stitching in the Spirit, contact Mary Sherman via e-mail at mary_sherman@us.ibm.com.

Join other Trinity parishioners in providing $25 gift cards as Christmas
gifts for the 21 Yearwood House residents. Write a check to Trinity Church
with ‘Yearwood House Christmas’ in the memo line and leave it at our table
at Coffee Hour or at the reception desk in an envelope for Judy Fitzsimmons.
We will buy the gift cards for you. Please be generous because these may be
the only gifts the residents receive this Christmas.

Questions? Contact: Judy Fitzsimmons, judyfitz3@me.com

Anyone interested in becoming a Trinity usher may contact Michael P. Jones, 508-561-3526, or approach any of the ushers at Trinity. Ushers are needed at all services. All ushers, both new and veteran, are requested to attend the worship ministries' retreat on Saturday, October 22, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm at the church. More information will be forthcoming.

Artist John La Farge's "Christ Preaching" (1883)—newly returned to the church after a multi-year restoration—is Trinity Church's crowning glory and one of the artist's most significant windows. In 1893 the French critic Samuel Bing (perhaps most famous for coining the term art nouveau) declared that this window's "astonishing brilliance surpasses in its magic anything of its kind in modern times." In this window La Farge combined several of his most innovative features, most notably faceted orbs of blue and green which fill the west wall with an ever-present and glimmering sky. "Christ Preaching" continues to astound observers and is ranked among the finest works in stained glass.

Weeknight classes, musical offerings, fellowship events — find out what's happening at Trinity this Fall by downloading the 2011 Fall Events brochure.

Are you curious to explore the mystery of God and the generous Christianity we practice here at Trinity?  Come join us in the Fall Inquirers' Class.  This class will help you journey more deeply into God, Jesus, the Bible, the Church, and things that matter.  The class invites your questions about faith, and is created for all seekers - those who know absolutely nothing, those who have been church-damaged, or those who haven't examined their faith in a long time.

Whether you're new to Trinity and Christian faith, or have been a lifelong Episcopalian, this class may be just right for you. Last year, various students said this class was: "Fun!" "Engaging and thought-provoking" "A class with no judgments" "A class of immense impact—it has allowed me to move closer into a relationship with God that feels freeing."

Are you concerned about the East Africa drought and famine? If so, Episcopal Relief and Development is working to make a difference. You may make a contribution to their efforts online or via USPS. Remember, 92% of each dollar given goes directly to programs.

Make a contribution to ERD's Disaster Response Fund here.

On August 6, thirteen Trinity and TEEP Youth and a medical team departed for Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for a week-long Mission Trip. The youth will be working in an urban parish, laying tiles and building an altar. The youth will also have the opportunity to travel to different villages to assist the medical team. We need your help! We ask that you keep us in your prayers. Please also consider making a financial donaton. Funds received will benefit the Youth on this trip and — hopefully—youth on future mission trips.

Trinity Public School Partners is accepting applications until September 9 for volunteers to tutor or mentor local middle school students at the Dearborn School or Orchard Gardens School, both in Roxbury. Time commitments and schedules vary. Some training required. TPSP builds strong relationships inside our community and with neighbors, other faith communities, city-wide partners and the Boston Public Schools to improve life outcomes for all students.

Members of the Trinity Choristers, accompanied by Assistant Director of Music and Organist Colin Lynch, have had a fantastic week of music and merrymaking at the Montreal Boys' Choir Course. Be sure to tune in on Sunday, August 7 at 4:00 pm to hear the final evensong from the week, broadcast on the radio live from Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal. Follow the link on this page to listen online: http://www.montrealcathedral.ca.

The St. Francis Garden has been selected as this year's third place winner in the Large Yard Garden Category in Mayor Menino's 2011 Garden Contest. The Awards Ceremony will be held Tuesday, August 23, at 5:15 pm at the Public Garden (Arlington Street and Commonwealth Avenue gate). Congratulations to Trinity parishioner Debbie Alexander and Trinity staff member Steve Brathwaite, who both give their time and talent to make Trinity's St. Francis garden a beautiful and serene space in the midst of Copley Square.

Thirteen Trinity and TEEP Youth and a medical team will depart on Saturday, August 6 for Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for a week-long mission trip. We want to thank you all so much for your prayers and for the toothpaste, soap and other supplies you brought us—there was an abundance of supplies and we are SO grateful.

We are pleased to announce that Kelly Zaval has been hired as our new Assistant Director of Children's Ministries. Kelly most recently worked as Church School Director for five years at St. John's Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms, MA. She has been teaching church school for over ten years, and is an accredited Godly Play teacher.

Read the letter from Wardens Bob Cowden and Alex Burke.
Read the letter from Sam Lloyd.

"Fresh new ministry in familiar and much-loved place" to begin in October

BOSTON (July 8, 2011) – The Vestry of Trinity Church Boston has announced its approval of the appointment of the Very Rev. Dr. Samuel T. Lloyd III as Priest-in-Charge, by the Rt. Rev. M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Lloyd will assume the leadership role at the historic church in mid-October. He currently serves as the Dean of Washington National Cathedral, but is well-known to many in Boston, having previously served as Trinity's rector from 1993 until 2005.

July 7, 2011

Dear Friends,

James Coakley was 17 when he died of gunshot wounds on Monday night. He was a victim of a culture of violence that has left 24 people dead this year and thousands more wounded, traumatized, grieving and scared.

The press is quick to label James. But no label can come close to describing the 17 year-old who participated in Trinity's Street Potential program this year. We'd like to tell you about him.

On Sunday, June 26, the Boston Athletic Association will sponsor an inaugural 10K race through the Back Bay. The race will begin at 8:00 am and will start and finish on Charles Street near Boston Public Garden in Boston's Back Bay. While it will not pass directly through Copley Square, some sections of nearby roads will be closed.

Congratulations to the Boston Bruins, winners of the Stanley Cup! The parade for the Bruins will be this Saturday, beginning at the TD Garden at 11:00 am and ending at Copley Square. Because of anticipated crowds, Trinity Church and the Parish House will be closed during the rally.

Exterior scaffolding is almost completed. Pedestrian protection will be installed at the front of the church at all three entrances/exits. Also, construction fencing will be added to prevent people from accessing the scaffold stairways. Next week, scaffolding will be installed on the West Gallery. Protective covering has been placed over the nave organ pipes to protect them during the work on the west wall at the Christ in Majesty window. For the length of the construction this summer only the Chancel organ will be used.