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March 2017 The Newsletter of Trinity Long Green www.trinitychurchlonggreen.org

DAY LIGHT SAVINGS TIME March 12, 2017

Spring forward 1 hour. Remember to set your clocks ahead 1 hour before going to

bed.

LENTEN STUDY SERIES

Our Lenten Study finds its basis in this question from our Baptismal Covenant: “Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, respecting the dignity of every

human being?” Our answer is, “I will, with God’s help.” To explore justice, we will examine six ways of understanding justice derived from Christian theology, but also part of philosophical discussions. Those six are: Utilitarian, Contract, Entitlement, “Catholic,” “Protestant”, and Liberation. The series begins with the first Sunday in March (March 5) and continues each Sunday through Palm Sunday. The class will begin about 11:30 (after coffee hour) and last about one hour, ending around 12:30 with Noonday Prayer. Come for all the sessions, or any one session. No book is required.

LENT WORSHIP

In Lent we make several changes in our worship, changes designed to “wake us up”. On the First Sunday of Lent, we begin our worship with The Great Litany. In the past we have chanted this, but this year, because it is Family Sunday, our children and youth will help lead us by reading one or more of the petitions. The remaining Sundays of Lent we will substitute the Kyrie eleison (Lord Have Mercy) for the Gloria (Glory to God) and change the prayers of the people to Form IV. We will shift to Eucharistic Prayer A as it is more penitential. On Tuesdays during Lent, at 12:30 pm, we will have a simple Eucharist service in the church.

-Fran Stanford-

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 1, 2017 with services at 12:30 and 7:30 pm. The liturgy includes the Litany of Penitence and the Imposition of Ashes.

LENT ON-LINE

Do you spend a lot of time on your computer? Do you check email and social media throughout the day? Are you wondering how you can keep Lent this year? Consider one of these possibilities for doing Lent on-line (click the purple words to access the hyperlink) Arts and Faith, Loyola Press Episcopal Relief & Development—Daily Meditations SSJE—5 Marks of Love Lent Musical Devotions—Steve Eulberg

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Dear friends,

I don’t need to tell you that we live in troubled times, not because we are at war, nor

because we are afflicted by plagues or pestilence. We live in trouble times because

we have forgotten how to engage one another in civil conversation. It would be

tempting to point an accusing finger at one political party or another, at one person

or another, at one race or nationality or religion. It is so very easy to blame someone

else, but as Pogo has famously said, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.”

Over the last couple of months I have tried to understand the motivations behind

those who support the current administration and those who oppose it. While I have found spots of

encouragement, for the most part I have been angered and revolted by hate speech, by acts of intolerance,

by slanderous statements, by lies and twisting of truths. Most of all, I have been disgusted by fear-

mongering, from both sides of the political divide.

Fear may be the most dangerous of all human emotions, because fear originates in the most primitive

parts of our brains. Fear overpowers rational thought. Fear compels action, usually defensive and violent

action. Fear makes civil conversation impossible. Fear locks us into our houses, our enclaves of like-

minded folk, our tribes, our nations. Fear takes always our freedom to act out of compassion and

empathy, charity and graciousness. Fear is the weapon of the demagogue, the dictator, the master, the

anarchist. Fear drives out love and separates us from one another, and from our God who is Love.

I would love to claim the answer to fear is the church, but century after century of church history would

put the lie to my claim. The church has been just as guilty of using fear as any secular power or authority.

The Inquisition, forced conversation of native peoples, witch trials, excommunication, heresy trials,

public shaming—all these have been used to stir up fear in order to stamp out dissent, control the people

and protect the position of those in power. We have allowed our own fear—of death, of damnation, of

corruption, of sin—to make our churches fortresses against the world, the flesh and the devil. Our very

gospels have been used to persecute Jews, blaming them for the death of Christ.

No, the church is not the answer to the fear that is destroying our world. At least, not the public

institution it has become. However, if we are willing to examine ourselves, to name the wrongs we have

done (slavery, suppression of women, abuse of the vulnerable, etc.), to name them AND repent of them,

if we are ready to acknowledge that the enemy is us, then God is ready and willing to empower us to

resist the fear that breeds hatred. With God’s help we can seek and serve Christ in all people, we can

respect the dignity of every human being, we can strive for justice and peace.

In the 58th chapter of Isaiah, one of the options for Ash Wednesday, God describes the “fast” that pleases

God: a fast that looses the bonds of injustice, shares bread with the hungry and provides clothing for the

naked. Those who practice the fast acceptable to God will be called “repairers of the breach.”

I believe that we are called and empowered by God in this time of division and incivility to be repairers

of the breach. It won’t be easy, but with God’s help, it can be done.

Fran+

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LENTEN OFFERING Our Lenten Offering will once again go to St. Etienne’s School in Haiti. As was the case last year, the money we give will provide tuition, uniforms, books, food and other supplies for the children of the school. In this way they can advance their education, opening doors for new hope and new opportunities. Those who use envelopes for their regular pledge contributions will note that there are two envelopes for each Sunday of Lent - one is the regular white envelope and one is blue and says “Lent” on it. Offerings in the blue envelopes; or checks payable to Trinity with “Haiti” written in the memo line; or cash contributions (in plain envelopes with your name AND “Haiti” written on the outside of the envelope) received during the season of Lent will be designated to help the children in Haiti. Thank you.

MARCH MADNESS

Psalms Challenge

This year March

Madness is about

more than college

basketball! At

Trinity we are engaging in the Madness of

reading through the entire book of Psalms in a

month (or for those who need extra time, in

the 40 days of Lent). Using the divisions

indicated in the Psalter in the Book of

Common Prayer, we join with monks and

nuns throughout the world in the regular

reading through the Psalms. A poster will be

located in the parish hall to chart your

progress. Those who have decided to engage

in this Madness will indicate on the chart how

many Psalms. No one will know how many

psalms YOU have read, only how many

Trinity has read. You can either mark the

chart yourself or drop a note in the offering

plate and Sandy or Dr. Fran will update the

chart. Join Dr. Fran and Trinity March

Madness as part of your Lenten discipline.

- Dr. Fran+

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The Food for Thought Program continues to be a huge success. Thanks to everyone who has recently purchased needed food items for the backpacks. We will continue to collect the listed food items through the end of May. Please check the expiration

dates. Monetary donations are always welcome.

• Granola bars/Nutri Grain bars/Sandwich crackers • Pace Ready Meals Microwaveable pouches • Chef Boyardee microwaveable 7.5 oz. bowls – any

variety • Spaghetti O’s/Canned Chili with pull tops, (Hormel) • Horizon Organic Milk 8 oz. boxes • Juice boxes (100% juice) • Fruit Grab and Go Pouches • Bumble Bee Tuna Lunch Kits with crackers

Sue Berry and Liz Deford can answer any questions. Thank you for your ongoing support!

BISHOP CHILTON AT TRINITY Trinity will host Bishop Chilton for a Four-Church Vestry Retreat on March 18, welcoming members of Sherwood, Cockeysville, St. John’s, Mt. Washington, and St. Mark’s, Pikesville as we explore what it

means to be a small church. Although officially a “Vestry Retreat,” the morning portion of the day (9-12) is open to all who wish to attend. Bishop Chilton will help us understand what it means to be a thriving church, focused not on numbers but on the outsized impact we can have in our community. We will consider how to think outside the box and how to discern what God is calling us to do at this time in this place. After noonday prayers, we will share bag lunches and the Trinity and Sherwood vestries will remain to continue working into the afternoon.

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Trinity Long Green Parish Hall For more information please call the church office.

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Let’s go to the movies! Hey!

Bring your parents and pillows. Wear your jammies if you’d like! Includes popcorn and drinks. ...and it’s free.

Friday, Mar. 17, 6:30 pm

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MARCH BIRTHDAYS:

2 Roderick MacDougall 5 Charles Cook 8 Sue Luba Bruce Nelson Abigail Turner 12 Grant Talbot 13 Becky Fraser-Hand Graham Burton 15 Judy Wiseman 17 Eric Meyer 18 Brendan Fitzgerald 21 Doris Schmidt 24 Kevin Fitzgerald Justin Rims 25 Dex Nelson 26 Nelson Lowman Jane Franklin 29 Calvin Cook

MARCH ANNIVERSARIES:

21 Gerard & Melissa (Berry) Meyer 26 Nate & Diane Pierce 27 Bill & Claudia Troy

TIP OF THE HAT Cemetery Committee for cleaning up

the fallen branches in the cemetery. Everyone that helped with the

Pancake Supper. Everyone that made a meal for Eddie

Wood. Pat Pandolfini for her on-going

supervision and maintenance of a clean kitchen.

Ellen Lo Litsinger for regular service as teller and counter of Sunday donations.

Sandra Barnes for years of service scheduling the Lay Ministers for Sunday services (otherwise known as “People and Positions”) as she steps away from this position.

Nancy Bainbridge, Mike Berry and Diane Pierce who visit and take communion to those unable to attend church on a regular basis.

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COMING TO COMMUNION

This year’s class began on Feb. 26 when the children received their Gold

Books and the parents their guides. We have 4 children in three families in this year’s class. It’s not too late to join the class but you need to act immediately. See the February Trumpeter for details or ask Dr. Fran.

THE COMMON GOOD

The great crisis among us is the crisis of “the common good,” the sense of community solidarity that binds all in a common destiny—haves and have nots, the rich and the poor. We face a crisis about the common good because there are powerful forces at work among us to resist the common good, to violate community solidarity, and to deny a common destiny. Mature people, at there best, are people who are committed to the common good that reaches beyond private interest, transcends sectarian commitments, and offers human solidarity.

Walter Brueggermann Journey to the Common Good

Good Friday Prayer Walk The second annual diocesan walk will take place April 14 from 9-1. Participants will offer prayers for those who have died from gun violence in the last twelve months along the route. The walk begins at Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Walbrook (just off North Ave.), go east and north, ending with lunch and discussion at the Diocesan Center. The walk is less than six miles.

IN MEMORIUM

Lynn Hempey

April 11, 1936—February 27, 2017

Rest eternal grant to her.

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