august 2008 trinity topics newsletter, trinity toledo episcopal church

8/8/2019 August 2008 Trinity Topics Newsletter, Trinity Toledo Episcopal Church

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TrinityTopicsThe Newsletter of Trinity Episcopal Church in Toledo, Ohio

AUGUST

2008

VOLUME134,

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BER8

Whether youre in Honduras, Boston or Canterbury,

its all about relationships.

Clockwise, from

top, SusanLowrey, WayneAnthony andElizabeth Lowerywith children fromEmanuel

Childrens Home

in San Pedro Sula,Honduras.


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SUNDAY, AUG 3 !PROPER 13AGen 32:22-31; Ps 17: 1-7, 16; Rom 9:1-5; Matt 14:13-21

9:00a Morning Prayer

10:45a Liturgy of the Word

SUNDAY, AUG 10 !PROPER 14AGen 37:1-4, 12-28; Ps 105, 1-6, 16-22, 45b; Rom 10:5-15;Matt 14:22-33

9:00a Traditional Eucharist

10:45a Festive Eucharist

SUNDAY, AUG 17 !PROPER 15AGen 45:1-15; Ps 133; Rom 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matt 15: 21-28



SUNDAY, AUG 24 !PROPER 16AEx 1:8-2:10; Ps 124; Rom 12:1-8; Matt 16:13-20

9:00a Morning Prayer

10:45a Liturgy of the Word

SUNDAY, AUG 31 !PROPER 17AEx 3:1-15; Ps 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c; Rom 12:9-2; Matt 16:21-28



SUNDAY, SEP 7 !PROPER 18AEx 12:1-14; Ps 149; Rom 13:8-14; Matt 18:15-20



SUNDAY, SEP 14!

PROPER 19ARALLY DAY

Ex 14:19-31; Ps 114; Rom 14:1-12; Matt 18:21-359:00a Traditional Eucharist


Bishop Hollingsworth on Lambeth and a covenant

The following is an excerpt of the statement that Bishop Hollingsworth submitted to the Covenant Design Group andthe Windsor Continuation Group at Lambeth. If you dont know or care what any of those terms mean, thats fine. Amidstthe hype and the talk of schism, Bp. Hollingsworth reminds us that we can remain together in our differences. Notsurprisingly, personal relationships are the key. Read the entire statement at ohiobishop.blogspot.com. Its the July 30 entry.

...[W]e are each members of the Diocese of Ohio and The Episcopal Church at Gods invitation. It is aninvitation that may have been delivered by a friend, a family member, a neighbor, or a co-worker, but it waswithout question Gods invitation. Each of us, regardless of her perspective or conviction on any of the issues thatchallenge us, is there as legitimately as the next. And we are subsequently becoming aware that, given what an odd

lot we are, it is not agreement that God is offering us. If our agreeing with one another were thedivine intention, God would doubtless have started with a more likely group. Ratherit is a unity in diversity that God has called us together to explore, a unity more challenging than any we have yetachieved, one we are coming to imagine may resemble the very heart of God.

So why is God offering us this deep and difficult unity? We live in a world that is spinning into ever-increasingpolarization, desperate to learn how to live with great differences. If, as the Churches of the Anglican Communion,we cannot learn how to live with the differences God has called together in the body of Christ, then we have nowitness to make, nothing to offer the world that yearns for direction and help.

We in the Anglican Communion may indeed have irreconcilable differences. But irreconcilable differences arenothing to be afraid of; irreconcilable is generally what differences are. God calls people to be reconciled, nottheir differences. God calls us to be reconciled precisely in spite of and because of our differences.Let us have a covenant, but let it be a covenant, like those in Holy Scripture, that will show the world not howpeople separate themselves from one another, but how people with great differences come together incommunion with God and each other. Let it be a covenant that will show the world how a diverse people can finda holy unity, and by that unity with God and one another grow into godliness, into the full stature of Christ, inwhom all are reconciled and redeemed. This is an opportunity and a responsibility we dare not drop.

Read more about the Lambeth Conference on p. 7.


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Praying farewell with open hand s

I will not be here on Aug ust 24, Maries last Sun day before she

head s off to seminary. Let me take some time here to say wha t a

blessing it ha s beenand still will be--to work with her! She ha s

been incredibly helpful to me in my first nine month s here, and

has taught me mu ch about advertising, computers, and how w ecommun icate who w e are to the comm unity. Her hum or is edgy

and infectious. Weve trad ed times d ialing each other b ack, and

shes helped m e find som e creativity I did not know I had . I will

miss her.

This commun ity has pu lled together aroun d Marie and Kathy in

helping to d iscern their pa th. Marie will be forming ties with other

commun ities, and her primary faith commu nity will become the

seminary and not u s. Kathy w ill still be here with u s as a vital

loving m ember of Trinity, and will need ou r love, hu mor and

supp ort more than ever.

Dur ing the pa st month s, its been hard for me to NOT say, "Now , when I was in seminary...."

Marie is going to a d ifferent seminary than I did, and is going at a d ifferent time in life. She w illhave d ifferent challenges. But she w ill need some of the same sup port from u s that any sem inarian

will need. The job of this commu nity does not end with Marie getting u p in the m oving truck and

heading east. Now, m ore than ever, she will need u s. We will continue to sup port h er with

prayers, with some of her expenses, and w ith our commitment as her sp onsoring parish in the

diocese.

That commitm ent to prayer is no small task. A big par t of seminary is having your faith

broken dow n and reformed. Much of what one goes into seminary thinking is sure and

unchangeable is quickly challenged and deconstructed--and that is wh at needs to happ en. But

through this, she will need our p rayers.

Marie will still be helping w ith Topics and some other pu blications and ad s, albeit from a

distance, but her p osition will change am ong u s. In ou r new relationship with h er, we w ill have to

practice some holy restraint. It will not be fair to her to seek her responses to everything that

occur s at Trinity, or to pu t her in the position of a regular staff mem ber wh o can help get

information w here it needs to go or help resolve a situa tion. Let us remem ber that her first role

now is student, not staff member.

Barbara rem inded me abou t one of her first conversat ions with Marie. Marie explained that

she prayed with open hand s as a way to include all, to be receptive to God, and to let go and let

God d o Gods work. When w e pray for Marie, let us d o it with open hand s. We include her still in

the Commu nity of Trinity, we let her fly to w herever God w ill take her, and w e trust that God will

do God s creative and surp rising w ork in her life.

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The job of this community does not end with Marie

getting up in the moving truck and heading east.


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Renaissance Welcome

Home bagsIt is good to see ou r neighbors back at

Renaissance Senior Apartm ents after such a

long absence and they really appreciate our

Trinity welcome hom e bags. We received a

nice thank you card from resident Jane

Matthew s saying: I want all of you to kn ow

how mu ch your gift of the bags you sent

meant to all of us here and wh at a big help it

mean t at a time of need! This is an ongoing

ministry for Jeff Albright as w e hop e to

welcome all new residents with one of our

welcome bags.

Feed Your Neighbor We are emphasizing food

collections for our Salem

Lutheran Feed Your

Neighbor partners over

the summ er when many

childr en are missing

meals provided during

term time. Welcome foods include cann ed

unsw eetened juice, pow dered milk, canned

fruit or vegetables, hot and cold cereals,

peanu t butter, protein foods (canned meat,

tun a), pasta, soup and crackers. They cannot

accept hom e cann ed foods, baby foods, or

perishable items.

Augu st Outreach m eetingThe Augu st Outreach team m eeting w ill be

held on Tu esday, Au gust 5 from 5:30 to 7 pm

at 2121 Bosha rt Way, Toledo, OH 43606.

Everyone is welcome. Come and see where

you can be involved.

Stewart Academy backpacksWe are hoping to donate man y backpacks

filled w ith school sup plies to returning

students at Stewart Academy in September.

Items to be included are: 1 one-subject w ide

ruled notebook, 3 two-pocket cardboard

folder s, 1 pack of ten #2 p encils, 1 pencil box, 1

ru ler, 1 scotch tape and disp enser, 1 packmedium point blue or black ball point pens, 1

24-pack of Crayola crayons, 1 package of three

non-toxic glue sticks, 1 pack p aper clips, 1

eraser, 1 pencil sharp ener, 1 package of 3 pairs

white ankle socks (girls ages 5-8), 1 box

Kleenex tissues, 1 pack colored markers, and 1

pair of roun d-tipp ed scissors. Please bring

filled backp acks in on Sund ay, Augu st 24.

Thank you!

Other new s from StewartAcademyWork has begun on the new p layground

connecting the school with the community

gard en area across Elizabeth Street. The

ded ication of the Ella P. Stewar t museum at the

school will take place dur ing the w eek of

Septem ber 22.

Valerie Garforth, Ou treach Chair

Race for the CureRace for the Cu re is September 28

this year. Its not too early to

consider how youd like to

par ticipate. Last year, many Trinity

parishioners made a difference by

working at the stadium to help

distribute w ater and food to

walkers and runners. Still others

walked and ran. As has been our tradition,

Trinity will host a run ners mass on that d ay,

but in a n ew location, closer to the start of therace. Watch for up da tes in Topics and eTopics.


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End ings are beginningsOn Sund ay, August 24, the

Trinity family w ill wish a fond

farewell to Marie Harkey as she

leaves Toledo for Boston to

comp lete her tw o remaining

years of seminary at Episcopal

Divinity Schoo l. We will miss

Marie, but are excited for her to

respond to God s call and begin

this new adventu re. Please be present that day as

we bless and celebrate her journey, and send h er

off in true Trinity style. And please keep her and

Kathy in your p rayers.

Diocesan leaders soughtIn 2008 the Diocese is un der taking a br oad

search for parish leaders who are read y to use

their gifts as diocesan leaders.

This year at Diocesan Conven tion, we w ill elect

new mem bers of the Diocesan Trustees, Standing

Comm ittee, Diocesan Cou ncil and Episcopa l

Comm un ity Services, as well as Provisional

Depu ties for General Convention. Please consider

prayerfully the peop le in you r parish commu nity

wh o are ready to give, grow and serve through

Diocesan leadership. Any member in good

stand ing of a par ish in the Diocese, can nom inate

candidates to stand for election. Nomination

forms are available on the Diocese of Ohio

website: www.dohio.org. The deadline for

nom inations is Septem ber 15.

Traffic noteOn Sunday, Septem ber 14, the entrance to St. Clair

Street w ill be blocked from Ad ams Street . You

can access St. Clair Street and the parking garage

from Jackson Street.

A difficult par ting

So let me say before we partSo much of meIs made of what I learned from youYou'll be with meLike a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories endI know you have re-written mine

By being my friend--lyrics from For Good from the musicalWicked

As I go to seminar y, I will

take this commu nity with

me.

I will take the sense of

tradition and history that

informs the creative and

loving commu nity that we

are today.

I will take you r love, your

incredible, open , generous love. I will take you rsense of hu mor and your w illingness not to take

your selves too seriously.

I will take your sup pleness and you r desire to

re-invent, time and again, what it means to be

Christian in th is time, in th is place.

I will take the image of us w ashing each

others feet on Maund y Thursday an d the soun d

of our singing Bind Us Together, Lord arou nd

the font.

I am certain that I w ould n ot be on this

journey w ithout your sup port. You gave m e the

courage to answer the qu estion, What wou ld

you d o if you w erent afraid? It is a

heartbreaking irony th at the result of my finding

the answer at Trinity is that I now mu st leave.

You h ave all left your h and prints on m y heart

and word s cannot express my gratitude for all

that you are to me.

MEMBER MATTERS

Congratulations to Megan Simmons, whopassed her nursing boards!

John Woellnerhad a triple bypass and aorticvalve replacement on July 11. He is home andrecuperating well.


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My name is Elizabeth Lowrey and my

connection to Trinity is throu gh m y

Mom and Dad, Susan and Mike

Lowrey. Id like to tell you a bit abou t how I got

involved in th e life of Emanu el Childr ens Homeand how important the w ork is that youve taken

on there.

In the w inter of 2007 I traveled to Iowa to

attend a job fair for

International

teaching. I

interviewed with

various schools

around the w orld

(Egypt, Mexico,

China, Myanmar,

etc) and finallysettled on

Honduras. I left

last July to start

my first year.

While I was there I

began to feel

un fulfilled in m y

wor k. I believe

teaching is a great

profession no

matter where you are or who you are teaching,

but something w as missing. I got an email one dayfrom a fellow foreign hire teacher asking for

others to join her in a visit to an orp han age. I

emailed back right

away and met up

with abou t five

other teachers to

go over after

school.

Typically the

teachers w ent to

play soccer with

the kids or justwork on th eir

Spanish. Im not

mu ch of a soccer

player, so I hu ng

around w ith the

kids w ho were

playing on the

rusty playground equipment. They taught me

how to count and to watch where I stepped

because of the ants below the sw ings. I learned

quickly how to say be careful in Span ish,

because the dar edevils kept show ing off. It was a

fun d ay and exactly what I needed . I became

attached to the kid s and I kept going back.

I soon became friends w ith a volunteer fromPennsylvania who has worked at the orphan age

for almost two years. Leah became my contact and

friend over the next few mon ths. Some other

teachers and I decided to do some art an d craft

projects instead of soccer and the kid s loved it. We

mad e beads, Gods eyes, and pet rocks. Many

times the kids figured out multiple uses for the

materials, which always proved interesting. (They

mad e Gods eye kites and boom erangs). I knew

my connections were growing d eeper and I

wan ted to try to d o something to help this place

and these kids.When my Mom, Lidd y, Chuck, and Wayn e

came for a visit I was hop ing they w ould feel the

connection to the home that I did . They took a

tour, met the d irector and my friend Leah, and

most imp ortantly som e of the kids. After they left

my life took a hectic tur n at school, so I didn t hear

mu ch about what Trinity had d ecided to do. I

heard m y Mom talk about building the nu rsery,

but I though t she was talking about one at Trinity.

Then I came to chur ch a few w eeks ago. When I

walked in and saw the p oster with all the faces of

the kids I knew , I was shocked. I am so excited,proud , and moved by the generosity I feel from

the folks at Trinity. Its ama zing to m e that p eople

in Toledo, Ohio are w illing to wor k to make

money for children they hav e never met and

probably never will.

I hope that everyone who is helping with the

project u nderstand s wh at this means. There are

families being ripp ed apar t because of the lack of a

nursery at the orp hanage. There are brothers and

sisters w ho d ont see each other for years. The

hom e tries very har d to keep fam ilies together.

They keep track of the kids wh o are separated andbring them in as soon as possible. With the

nu rsery in p lace the families can come in a s a

wh ole and stay that way.

I cant imag ine life with out m y brother an d w e

are mak ing it possible for kids far away to never

have to live that w ay. Thank you so m uch for all

your kind w ords, thoughtful prayers, and loving

donations (time and money). I know there are kids

in Hond uras that will never know w ho to thank,

but w ill have a m uch better life because of you all.

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How d o you get to Hond uras from Toledo?Ed. note: Ever wonder how Trinity got connected to an orphanage in Honduras? No surprise, its about relationships.Elizabeth Lowrey explains.

Barbara Clarke and Karen Wabekework at the garage sale to raisemoney for the nursery.

Kids at Emanuel.


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Reflections on Lambeth

Its kind of hard to miss that something big just hap pened in the

Anglican Communion. As the bishops of most of the provinces in the

commun ion met together in Canterbury, England, reports from the

med ia make w ild conjectures abou t our fut ure. Its difficult to pred ict

wha t sort of statement on the issues that d ivide u s (most notably the place

of gays and lesbians in the Church) will eventu ally come ou t, but at leastweve got them all talking.

If you w ant news abou t the conference, there are plenty of sources.

Thinking Anglicans (thinkinganglicans.org.uk) brings together various

new s articles, as does epiScope (episcopalchurch.typepad .com/ episcope).

Jim N aughton , the comm un ications officer for the Episcopal Diocese of

Washington , offers insightful a rticles at The Episcopal Caf

(episcopal.cafe.com). Our own Bishop H ollingsw orth offers wise and

auth entic reflections on h is time at Lambeth at Bishops Blog

(ohiobishop.blogspot.com).

Something that ha s caught m y attention is a conver sation going on at the blog of Fr. Terry Martin,

Program Officer for Evangelism at the Episcopal Chu rch Center. You can find h im at

fathertlistenstothewor ld. blogspot.com. Once again, its all about the r elationships.

At the end of a recent post, he poses the following qu estion.

Set aside the "in house" debates for a moment. Your neighbor, who you know from past conversations is a

"reverent agnostic," reads in the paper about what is going on in the Anglican Communion. From those previous

conversations, this neighbor also knows that you are an Anglican. He or she asks you, "What' s this all about?" This

is your opportunity. W hat will you do with it? W hat will you say?

Its a good question to pond er as w e consider ou r p lace in the Anglican Com mu nion. Why bother

hav ing the conversation? Why try to change th ings? Why all the fuss? Here are two of the responses from

Terrys blog.

What we're trying t o do is to be a home for all those who are moved by the story of Jesus and all those who have

come to believe that Jesus has shown them something about God that matters deeply. - Fr. Scott Hankins, priest in

CT, who blogs at www.asksomenewquestions.blogspot.com.It' s the birth pangs of a Church trying to bring forth a deeper, more genuine relationship to Christ. - anonymous

commenter.

We can choose to focus on the conflict or we can set ou r hearts on t he new thing coming into existence.

As I head off to seminary, Im keep ing my eyes squarely on the new .

--Marie

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Wondering what the heck this Lambeth gathering is, anyway? Its not an easy thing to explain, but this is the bestsummary Ive seen. It comes from The Episcopal Church website (episcopalchurch.org).

The Lambeth Conference is a meeting of the bishops of the Anglican Communion held once every 10 years atthe invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Though it is one of the Communion's four "Instruments ofCommunion," it has no binding authority over any province of the Communion.

The first Lambeth Conference met in 1867. The meeting, neither a synod nor general council, was a purelyinformal gathering of bishops meeting at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The informal gatheringcontinues to have no power to make binding decisions. The Conference has met at 10-year intervals, exceptduring times of war. Its deliberations command considerable moral authority. From time to time it has madesignificant pronouncements.


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vision & missionTrinity is called to be a progressive, inclusive and creative urban community.

! We will practice radical hospitality.

! We will be engaged in the life of our city.

! We will stand with those in need: the poor, the sick, the friendless, the marginalized.

! We will actively invite all to experience and celebrate Gods living presence.

! We will journey together toward a Christ-centered life, pursuing personal ministries

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